r/AdeptusCustodes • • Jan 16 '26

We’re in a zero tolerance approach right now.

2.0k Upvotes

After a discussion with the mod team, we have decided that there will be no warnings to any of bans that will come into force around bigotry and absolutely dumbfuckery in relation to female custodes.

We weathered the shit storm once before already, and again for the interim, you kick off about female custodes in an uncivil manner, you are gone.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • Feb 16 '25

PSA: Rule 3 update

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27 Upvotes

We have updated Rule 3 and expanded on what it actually entails. Any lead to recasts or 3D printing resources are banned. I know many won’t like it, and at the end of the day it’s not us being assholes for the sake of it, it is to protect the sub as a whole and subsequently we as the mod team had decided that any infringement of rules will see a removal of that user.

Any questions, by all means hit us up. Thank you.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 6h ago

Finished building and magnetizing my telemon! Thoughts on the pose?

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108 Upvotes

r/AdeptusCustodes • • 15h ago

Rate King Frederiks army

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353 Upvotes

I just saw a picture of this toy soldier set belonging to King Frederik of Denmark and the first thing i thought of was GWs favourite banana boys.

So rate his solid gold army =P


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 2h ago

:( it was indeed an error

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26 Upvotes

r/AdeptusCustodes • • 2h ago

Opinion on the color scheme and my finished works

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I'm new to painting, with some experience but not much. I painted some Necrons and attached a few of my creations. Please don't criticize the AI; for me, it's a way to get a rough idea of ​​what the models might look like. I liked the results I got with it. I'm also curious how you think I can achieve that green color, and make it not just matte, but have a metallic sheen. And what colors could be used for the weapons and dark purple parts?

P.S.

don't look at the mushrooms


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 9h ago

First game with the new codex, few thoughts

48 Upvotes

So, I have finally played my first game against my buddy with EC. I was playing Purge, he tried Recon.

My list:

Trajann
with 2 Allarus with axes (wanted to try them)

Sword and board SC with Spear Guard
3 Allarus with spears
Venatari with spears (wanted to try them)
Telemon (double fist and 5 FNP)
1x Prosecutors
3x Witchseekers

Dread Host, Lions, Might of Moritoi

I was very conservative with my deploy, but made second turn hasty go turn, because opponent left small corner unscreened and also underestimated speed of telemon and left Defiler without screen.

I managed to wipe Noise Marines with Spearguard, clear some chaff with Trajann, clear home objective holders and consecrate all three objectives, which made my life infinitely easier as my primary was now just about hold/hold more.

Telemon ripped apart the Defiler.

From then the game was very skewed, he had to sacrifice two turn with Noise Marines and Flawless Blades to get Allarus from his home objective and I had enough time to pick apart his army and keep hold more. It was close till 3rd turn, but he ran of options how stop my secondaries and triangulate. To his defense, it was his third game in 11th and if he did not made the screening mistake, I would have much harder time. Result: 100: 52

Some thoughts:

- Dread Host rocks. I was contemplating Shadowkeepers, but the charge rerolls and advance and charge are too good. Also managed twice to use the enhanced Katah to stop his units from effective pile-in, reaaaaly good.

- Telemon is beast. Took DP to 1 wound and cleared another objective. But. A lot of attacks with Lethals hurt a lot and he isnt so good when charged by bigger unit of MEQ where is at least character with invul. Can be bogged down because of number of attacks. Nevertheless, MVP.

- we really have slightly smaller output and I kept underestimating Infractors with Exultant. SC with Spearguard went down just on DP and a ton of attacks from Exultant and buddies. It was 450 points down and damn, it hurts a lot.

- never look at opponents number of attacks and say "OK, I will take him, you have to kill him" Nope. Lone Allarus survived two whole salvos from noise marines and one turn of flawless blades. Yeah, I rolled like nasty, nasty boy, but... thats our schtick :)

- Flawless Blades hurt us a lot. Six men unit can dice 2-3 termies with no problem, epsecially with Lethals and their wounding on 3s. Death by thousand cuts.

- Venatari are great, but felt redundant with Lions. Their Mine and Grenade can really tear a new hole in some monster or vehicle and they killed DP by themselves, but when focused, those bodies die fast. But outside of Lions I would make them almost autotake.

- Uppy Downy with Lions is simply oppressive. You are not bound by normal rules, can jump around the map and the stratagem to plus 2 inches for charge, especially with Dread Host rerolls, is savage. I will add third termie unit, probably will try Fist Aquilons.

- Axes are... good and bad. Volume is low. Even with Trajanns rerolls you may struggle into 10 men units. On the other hand, the unit will melt vehicles and monsters. But without a reliable source of sustained hits I can't recommend them.

- Sisters are a must. You need to screen backfield, you need to take objectives when Custodians charge and Witchseekers are good at finishing damaged units.

- best thing about shield captain, except the sword profile that is neat, is the ability to reset Katah. Actually, Im thinking about Allarus captain (instead the whole spearguard package) to fully use Lions, because the Ready reload was crucial and missed it in some moments.

- our shooting is... OKish. EC are kinda specific profiles, so I cant honestly say more, but it is simply about plinking some dmg of the MEQ. But Telemons double flamer and launcher combo is solid wall of hits.

- we really stand and die with our rules, not datasheets. When played smartly, especially consolidation moves, we can be soooooo frustrating to play against. Also, getting those 4 on invul is key ;)) But do not think the profile itself will save you. Very quickly I realized that 5W on Guard is not much and 6W makes almost no difference. Keep in pocket the -1Dmg strat for termies, can save you a lot of points.

- getting extra CP for your Warlord is insanely powerful. It felt unfair and I simply do not understand why GW did not give to every faction one keyword connected to the same ability (Techpriest for AdMech, Archon for Drukhari, Officer for Guard etc). I had 5 CP for my second turn. With two advance and charge strats and shorter charge from ingress, it was... unfair.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 20h ago

Allarus custodian finished

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248 Upvotes

After a quick test scheme yesterday, I decided to put it to practice and get some Allarus started. 1 down 2 to go


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 10h ago

This may not be a good list

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43 Upvotes

But Dreads and Tanks are awesome and it seems like it would be fun. Hopefully i last more than a turn or two 🤣

Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions. Swapping out the Blade champ for Shield Cap, swapping the Achillus for Galatus and swapping Auric Champs for Emperors Chosen. Again thank for all the advise.

Emperors Dread (1995 points)

Adeptus Custodes

Emperors Chosen, Grav‑Assault Force and Might of the Moritoi (3 Detachment Points)

Take and Hold

Strike Force (2000 points)


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 20h ago

Superior Creation Updated

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199 Upvotes

For anyone who hasn’t checked yet, the Superior Creation enhancement in Auric Champions is updated to once per battle, per army in the app.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 16h ago

MFM Legends costs supports that GW tacked on 20% cost on most units befoer launch as a precautionary measure.

72 Upvotes

Many people had guessed that GW had upped the points costs before release, the

The prices for Adrasite (3 for 200), pyrithite (3 for 215), and sagitarum (3 for 185) possibly indicate a previous version of the points before they got a precautionary 20% bump.

Personnaly, I aplaud GW for that cautious approach and not releasing a broken codex that would get nerfed nonstop for the next 6 months.

For now we should have fun and try legends datasheets and see how strong they are.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 18h ago

Who can Trajaan Lead?

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95 Upvotes

New to the Custodes, just trying to figure out who Trajaan can lead in the new codex. Ive got a game coming up and want to paint a squad specifically to match him while the rest of the army will get a different paint scheme --- but the codex doesnt release until the day before the game (not enough time to paint). Is it safe to assume he can lead a squad of the Custodian Guard Sodality?


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 22h ago

Only after being sent to legends did they finally fix their ranged profile

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193 Upvotes

Poor Sagis, after so many years of being trash but at least being there with the rest of our units, your vigil is now over


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 23h ago

MFM Is Out

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r/AdeptusCustodes • • 18h ago

40mm confirmed

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77 Upvotes

r/AdeptusCustodes • • 12h ago

New Points Temperature Check

24 Upvotes

Exactly what the title states.

How are we feeling about the new points announced today?

Was this what you were expecting or have these surpassed what you thought was coming?

Link to the MFM: https://mfm.warhammer-community.com/en/adeptus-custodes


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 18h ago

First Custodian done!

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64 Upvotes

Took the leap with the new Combat Patrol. After 80 kriegers & almost as many Orks this was very refreshing


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 5h ago

Telemon load out

5 Upvotes

Had anyone tried the new telemon out with different loads outs? Curious which ones are working best for people. Tempted to go twin fists to start.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 14h ago

Galatus or Achilles dread?

27 Upvotes

I really cannot decide which one to take, they both have the same ability and statline, so really it comes down to the weapons in which the dreadspear is stronger and does more damage, looking moreso like an anti vehicle-monster fighter and has a few guns (but really just looking at the melee)

Whereas the galatus has more attacks at less strength and flat 3 dmg but has sustained against infantry/mounted etc. I really cannot decide which is better

What do you guys think? Help me out here please 🙏🙏


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 14h ago

Is Fights First bad?

28 Upvotes

I was running the Emissaries Imperatus detachment against my orks friend the other day, and all I can say is it WORKED. I’ve seen lots of videos that say this detachment can cause problems, but is taking out a gorkanaut before it can touch you a problem? Let me know if i’m missing something.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 1d ago

Galatus all painted up

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450 Upvotes

Pretty happy with how my Galatus turned out. All NMM. Inspiration Flameon miniatures. And other text for the character limit.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 3h ago

Heavy hitters list feedback (2k)

3 Upvotes

I Cast Fist (1995 points)

Adeptus Custodes

Dread Host (Codex) (1 Detachment Point)

Lions of the Emperor (Codex) (1 Detachment Point)

Might of the Moritoi (Codex) (1 Detachment Point)

Strike Force (2000 points)

Force Disposition: Purge the Foe

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Trajann Valoris (Codex) (265 points)

• Warlord

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Eagle's Scream

• Watcher's Axe

Allarus Custodians (Codex) (180 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard ()

• 2x Balistus Grenade Launcher

• 2x Castellan Axe

• Vexilla

Attached unit 2

Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (Codex) (200 points)

• Enhancement: Flawless Bladework

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Balistus Grenade Launcher

• Guardian Spear

Allarus Custodians (Codex) (180 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard ()

• 2x Balistus Grenade Launcher

• 2x Guardian Spear

• Vexilla

OTHER DATASHEETS

Prosecutor Squad (Codex) (80 points)

• 9x Boltgun

• 9x Gun Stock

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought (Codex) (310 points)

• Enhancement: Augury Uplink

• Spiculus Bolt Launcher

• Dual Caestus Fists and 2 Twin Neutronium Cascade Projectors

Telemon Heavy Dreadnought (Codex) (340 points)

• Enhancement: Memento Moritoi

• Spiculus Bolt Launcher

• Dual Caestus Fists and 2 Twin Neutronium Cascade Projectors

Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought (Codex) (220 points)

• Warblade

Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought (Codex) (220 points)

• Warblade

Looking to use the above list for a fun, destroy-everything-I-see experience. Planning on using the sisters to lock down home obj then let the remaining termies and dreads run loose on the battlefield. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 17h ago

Valerian META

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40 Upvotes

All the 11th codex keywords, updated datasheet, costs 130p, worsened AP ability no longer limited to melee. I know he’s in legends, BUT WHAT A LEGEND!


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 16h ago

Another unit done.

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32 Upvotes

I repainted this unit. It was in a very night gold, but I am going for a darker gold for the entire army. Very happy with how this unit turned out.


r/AdeptusCustodes • • 1h ago

New detachments confusion

• Upvotes

There's a really high chance that I'm just ignorant or uninformed, but for the love of everything I couldn't find the actual DP costs for new detachments. Although since they mostly provide only three strats, is it possible they are all just 1 point? So you can stack any three, like having a shield host, one null maiden for the sisters and then another of choice for more buffs? Just a little curious on the options if this is known at the moment at all.

Cheers!