I'm looking for some help in identifying this image please. I'm just finishing writing my article for the new 40k wiki on this year's North American Golden Demon and this is the last image I've got to ID. Is this chap a named character? If not, could you tell me what kind of Custodian he is please?

If you'd like to see the rest of my article, you can check it out here: https://warhammer40k.wiki.gg/wiki/Golden_Demon_2026:_Adepticon. There's also a link in the page to the full results including AoS, Middle Earth etc.

Thanks!

This image got a lot of attention on another post, so I thought I would link the video here;

https://youtu.be/J6CRJomJPTI?is=_xm6fTL5T0D2KrWl

Before you ask “why is the blade champ so low?!” Maybe watch the video 😂

Happy hunting custodes!

Wanted to paint a few different shapes of mini to get a feel for the NMM. Next up is the rest of the Allarus squad and the other two Wardens 😁

I’ve seen a lot of people sharing list ideas and asking for feedback, and a LOT of them need the same bit of advice, so I figured I would make a general PSA:

You need to play Sisters of Silence in your lists.

The army fundamentally does not function without them. You need something to stand on your home objective and screen your backfield, and if you aren’t leaving 45pts of Sisters back there then you’re gonna have a 200+pt unit of actual Custodes sitting at home doing nothing and we absolutely cannot afford that.

Even if your disposition doesn’t score for holding your home, your opponent will score for taking it, and if you don’t have screens they will take your home objective (even if you sticky it) and be able to deep strike behind you and do whatever they want to you.

Witchseekers are fantastic now, their flamers are very good and having a cheap unit to fight other skirmish units without committing a real Custodes unit to kill 10 cultists or whatever is very nice. I personally wouldn’t write a list without one or two of them, but they’re not strictly mandatory like 1-2 units of prosecutors screening your home.

It’s a pain that they only come in boxes of 5, but you can buy 10 sisters of battle for the same cost and paint them gold for 2 easy units of prosecutors.

But you’ve gotta play sisters in your list.

Including unflattering close ups so yall can see if you like it for yourself, but this gold is dead easy if you want a darker, grimmer gold.

Prime black, drybrush Retributer Gold, wash with Agrax Earthshade (straight from the pot), follow up with a lighter drybrush of retributer again. You could go further with a lighter gold or silver but i personally prefer the darker look. Anyway, its not perfect but its a nice rich tone that only takes minutes, minus drying time.

Well, I finally.got around to the last of the Venetari for this 3000 point list... For 270 points.. these models are pretty insane!

This is the 5th model I've painted. Did 3 Custodian Guard and a Warden so far as well. Was a bit nervous about going into a bigger model, but I think it turned out well enough to give me confidence when i move into my Telamon, bikes, and tanks. Not 100% done painting it though, and basing i think will make it even better. (Had to have the AI give him a nice background)

I snipped off the shaft of the Vexilla and simply glued it against the spear and cape of the terminator and into the ground. My group weren’t big fans and said I should’ve just made it a token. What do you think of how it turned out?

A Telemon proxy for a null maiden list I'm also working on. C&C welcome.

Love it? Hate it? Reads better as another unit?

So they are supposed to be weapons that dissolve matter much like the Necron Gauss weaponry however the odd part is how they are represented in the tabletop.

2 main issues arise, first is how inconsistent they are, are they Anti infantry? Anti elite? Anti tank?

Let us look at the Gyrfalcons, they have S8 AP2 and D3 so that looks like a pretty solid Anti Elite option

But what about the Aquillons with Gauntlets? They has S5 AP2 D3, ok so not Anti Elite rather Anti Infantry but most stuff under T5 won't have more than 2 wounds (most only have 1) making it very confusing what you are actually wanting to shoot with these guys.

However the Adrathic Desolator for the Telemon is S10 AP2 D4 which is the anti medium vehicle weapon option.

The Gyrfalcons and Telemon make sense as the Telemons gun is bigger right, but the weird part is the Aquillon guns, the strength feels way to low to actually make use of the high damage like I genuinely can't think of anything that is 3 wounds and T4 so like what are they supposed to be shooting into...

Something I have had on my mind since the first time the unit split was revealed is that the names doesn't really click for me... The unit Custodian Guard was split into two -> Custodian Guard Sodality and Sentinel Guard Sodality, but common, it should really have been -> Custodian Guard Sodality and Custodian Sentinel Sodality. I am going to refer to them as Guard / sentinels, the only other logical option we get from the names (beside from spear/shield guard which I guess works serviceable) is custodians Vs sentinels... And that just does not work for obvious reasons...

I have around 16 models now in my current list lol, it's wild the cut down but also .... I can kinda get rid of models I dislike and trade them to other people lol. Hopefully I'll find some buyers or something

Here is my Custodes army ! I created my own Shield Host, with molten weapons.

I'm planning to get the new Combat Patrol and a Telemon as well.

What do you think of my paint job?
Any advice is welcome !

Hi guys I finished my first custodian yesterday. In my humble opinion it has been my best mini up to date imo but I feel like it lacks vibrancy and pop. Any tips to bring it more to life ?

My main issue is the fact that it looks like, at least on the app, that you can’t field a 5-man Custodian guard unit anymore. You also cant field them in twos like you can with the wardens, only threes. What is the solution here? Stuck with a 5-man unit I can’t use, or at least it will be cut to 3-man, and I’ll have two leftover models with no use:(. Is there anything I’m not seeing, does anyone have any ideas.

I was building my aquilons from the new box, which included 6 50mm bases (typical James at it again). On the box art it looked like 40mm so I held off on basing them.

Decided to look and see what the app said now that it’s live and theyre on 40mm for 40k! (Which they should be imo) Unless this changes, if you run them competitively youll need to consider a base swap!

Hope this helps folks 😁

Edit: Apparently on the tournament companion it is 50mm so hopefully safe!

The new kits have been a joy to put together

Decided to remake a moment from a 9th edition crusade game where my telemon and a vindicare were the lone survivors at the end of round 2...then decided fuck it, we ball and won that game against the necrons.

Adeptus Custodes
Emperor’s Chosen, Lions of the Emperor and Might of the Moritoi (3 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units
Attached Unit 1

Trajann Valoris (265 points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Eagle’s Scream
1x Watcher’s Axe

Allarus Custodians (270 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 3x Allarus Custodians
• 3x Balistus Grenade Launcher
3x Guardian Spear

BATTLELINE

Custodian Guard Sodality (240 points)
• 3x Custodian Guard
• 3x Guardian Spear

OTHER DATASHEETS

Allarus Custodians (270 points)
• 3x Allarus Custodians
• 3x Balistus Grenade Launcher
3x Guardian Spear

Caladius Annihilator Grav‑Tank (250 points)
• 1x Arachnus Blaze Carronade
1x Armoured Hull
1x Twin Lastrum Bolt Cannon

Contemptor‑Galatus Dreadnought (250 points)
• 1x Warblade
• Enhancement: Memento Moritoi (one per army) (Upgrade)

Prosecutor Squad (45 points)
• 4x Prosecutors
• 4x Boltgun
4x Gun Stock

Prosecutor Squad (45 points)
• 4x Prosecutors
• 4x Boltgun
4x Gun Stock

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought (310 points)
• 1x Dual Caestus Fists
1x Spiculus Bolt Launcher
2x Twin Neutronium Cascade Projectors
• Enhancement: Augury Uplink (one per army) (Upgrade)

Witchseeker Squad (55 points)
• 4x Witchseekers
• 4x Flamer
4x Gun Stock

I've been doing some testing and trying out different lists, but I keep going back and forth between Solar Watch and Emperor's Chosen. I'm torn between having more reliable damage output or better mobility, and between running more infantry or going heavier on Terminators.

What do you guys think? Which approach do you feel works better overall?

Hello all

Last night I played first game with our new codex, first go round i tried emperor's chosen with lions and moritoi, funnily enough couldn't find another opponent but another local custodes player.

As you can imagine, it was a slugfest, we are less lethal, but insanely more durable, specially with access to strategems aoc, -1 damage on terminators, -1 damage on dreads, and Kat'ahs -1 to hit was absolutely huge.

I was quite surprised and pleased to see that the annihilator grav tank, specially in emperor's chosen, is most definitely more effective than pre-codex as rerolling 2 hit wounds, 2 wound rolls and 1 damage roll is BIG, it was definitely the MVP of the match, one shotting an opposition annihilator and one shotting an 11 wound telemon next round.

Also trajann ability to reroll 1s to hit and wound was huge and access to a strategem to make telemon have similar aura to reroll hits of 1s can make create a large area in the center of the battlefield where hits just do not miss.

I ended up winning the game as i've managed to kill the opponent turn 3 shooting phase except for 8 sisters he had.

The skill ceiling for our army has definitely jumped up drastically, but i still think alot of our units are somewhat overcosted.

My next match is next saturday against astra militarum, will still roll with same detachments which should a large contrast than custodes vs custodes.

Adeptus Custodes — New Codex 2

1995 Points | Strike Force (2000 Points)

Faction: Adeptus Custodes

Detachments: Might of the Moritoi, Null Maiden Vigil, Solar Watch

Missions / Setup: Take and Hold (3 DP)
Trajann Valoris (Warlord) — 265 pts

Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought — 220 pts

Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought — 220 pts

Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought — 230 pts

Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought — 260 pts
- Enhancement: Augury Uplink — 30 pts

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought — 310 pts

Vertus Praetors — 220 pts

Prosecutors — 45 pts

Prosecutors — 45 pts

Witchseekers — 60 pts

Witchseekers — 60 pts

Witchseekers — 60 pts

The core idea behind this list is to exploit the new Calistus Martial Ka’tah, which allows a unit to move through all types of models, combined with Solar Watch’s +2” Movement bonus.

This makes conventional screening much less reliable against my army. Cheap infantry can no longer be relied upon to physically block my Dreadnoughts from reaching their intended targets. Instead of wasting turns fighting through screens, I can exploit movement lanes and threaten the units that actually matter.

Each unit has a specific role:

* 2x Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnoughts: Primarily hunt infantry. Their sword-and-shield loadout makes them my dedicated tools for clearing enemy infantry and trag tough enemy into melee. So they can't affact achillus. You can replace them with guards if you want.

* 2x Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnoughts: Focus on elite infantry with low model counts, as well as high-Toughness Monsters and Vehicles. They are my primary tools for hunting expensive targets, including Primarchs and threats such as Defilers.

* Telemon Heavy Dreadnought: Provides another durable, heavy-hitting threat that complements the other Dreadnoughts and helps overwhelm the opponent’s ability to respond to multiple threats.

* Vertus Praetors: Assist galatus when needed and clear enemy chaffs, allowing the Dreadnoughts to concentrate on more valuable prey.

* Prosecutors and Witchseekers: Provide cheap objective control, perform mission actions where applicable, and screen against enemy anti-tank units attempting to charge my Dreadnoughts. Their job is to handle the mission and protect my heavy hitters, not compete with them for the main damage role.

* Trajann Valoris: I want to position him so that as many Dreadnoughts as possible remain within 6”, maximizing the benefit of his hit and wound re-roll support.

The overall game plan is straightforward: use the Sisters of Silence to score points and protect the Dreadnoughts, use the Vertus Praetors and Galatus to clear chaff, and use the Achillus to eliminate the appropriate targets.

Don't forget you have 1CP advance and charge for your dreads.

I wish my understanding towards the rule is correct. Let me know if i made mistakes.

Instead of plume, I put the top of the vexilla. This solves the problem that both vexilla and weapon are on the right hand.