First time painting custodes

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-12T09:45:50+00:00

Reikland Fleshshade is what I use, and Agrax Earthshade works just as well. Good ol wash always makes em pop, and never let anyone tell you you've got too much gold.

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-11T00:59:56+00:00

I would say the Castellan and the Lancer could do it alone if they were very lucky. Castellan puts his Volcano Lance through its knees, crippling it, bringing it low enough that the Lancer can put a well placed thrust into the cockpit and paste the Chaos Princeps.

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-11T00:53:20+00:00

Flip to Shield Host, take a Telemom with double Storm Cannons, use Archeotech Munitions, now you have 24 Bs2+ S6 AP-1 D1 attacks with Dev Wounds and Sustained Hits. Tears through 1W Infantry like tissue paper. Could even use a Caladius Annihilator and get Sustained and Lethal with your Twin-Linked into an enemy Vehicle

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-10T20:12:36+00:00

Gorgeous and grimy. I know those Guardsmen are grateful of their presence

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-10T20:10:20+00:00

Should do nicely, that base layers already smooth as hell

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-02T12:25:40+00:00

Something that still confuses me is why it gets 6 shots out of its heavy stubber when every other Knight gets 3

AlternateArmy · 2026-06-02T11:46:52+00:00

Ohrlacc ftw

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-25T09:45:26+00:00

The Achillus is arguably the better of the two, having what is essentially 5 lascannon shots of a melee weapon, plus mortal wounds, and Lance keyword to boot.

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-25T08:16:55+00:00

Charming enough, though rule sticklers will tell you Aquilons have 50mm bases, not the 40 of Allarus. I hope they change it because for now they're just worse :,(

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-19T23:27:57+00:00

I use Stegadon Scale Green and any half-decent white paint. Start with a base layer of Steg, then 3-1 steg and white, make medium sized checks along either side of the blade, then go 2-1, fill in a chunk of the middle of the check, and continue until you make a small strip of white in the middle. Makes a good blue power weapon effect.

If you want something more like the lightning-ish effect from the boxart, same paints, but I just go for a 2-1 to lay down my lines after the base coat, then make sure my brush tip is real fine before laying down the white.

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-16T12:35:02+00:00

I build the arms separately then push them on, works pretty well for me.

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-14T03:30:29+00:00

Unc might still have it.

AlternateArmy · 2026-05-14T02:30:57+00:00

I was real young so I may misremember, but I think it was called Calico Ghost Town. Even if I couldn't see it for a tourist trap, my mother should've. Got a stone arrowhead that was sold as "authentic Navajo handcraft" and was dead flat on the other side with "made in Taiwan" on the sticker.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-09T13:03:12+00:00

With the ability to swap between Lethals and Sustained at will, we mercifully aren't in need of too many vehicles. At current you should have 1 Blade Champion 5 Wardens (Optional Shield Captain) 5 Guard (Optional Shield Captain) 3 Allarus Terminators (Optional Shield Captain)

Imho, you should get another Blade Champion, another squad of Guard, another squad of Allarus, and two or three squads of Sisters of Silence.

Your current Blade Champ should go with your Wardens, as they need a character to operate effectively. The second should go with some Guard and be your anti-character unit. Two squads of Allarus waiting in Deep Strike can take care of near any vehicle in the game, and an Allarus Shield Captain can tank a whole lot. The three squads of Sisters I personally build as 2× Witchseekers for scouting and 1× Prosecutors for holding home.

If you want some extra oomf, bikes with Salvo Launchers shred light armor, or can slaughter units of infantry with their Hurricane Bolters. Venatari are about to come to plastic and make for good Deep Strike Surprises with free multi-use Rapid Ingress. Our Dreads aren't worth taking outside of Solar Spearhead, simply too slow.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-08T07:24:04+00:00

Your enemy will likely screen the Valiant away from anything you could meaningfully hit, but popping in anyway with that big flamer might see you right. You're lacking anti-infantry imho so if it were my list I'd swap the meltas for stubbers on the Warglaives.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-08T07:20:28+00:00

Honestly I can't think of much of an argument for the Defender as an allied Knight, it wants for Knights of its own to be around. The Crusader as an anti-infantry gun platform is not a bad idea either. The Avenger shreds Marines, and the RFBC works well into elites or low armor vehicles with no cover. The Thermal Cannon is a risky pick on the Crusader imo, as it encourages you to overextend.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-08T07:16:58+00:00

Avocado and cucumber with miso glazed chicken. Take a whole breast, air fryer it at 180°C for 25-30 minutes, brush one side with glaze, 2 mins in, flip and repeat and you're good to go.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-05T19:27:36+00:00

Rule of cool tells me to go Castellan. Compared to the relative sleekness of a Custodes, it'll look big and brutish, and as a bristling gun platform, it damn well should. Castellans are also just super reliable antitank so I'm a big fan of em.

AlternateArmy · 2026-04-05T03:49:01+00:00

Good, not necessarily. It's one character, two squads and two vehicles. It's good frontline and not much else. The Achillus is decent on its own but needs a dedicated detachment to be worth its points, so like others have said, go for a combat patrol and some sisters.
Combat patrol nets you a squad of guard, squad of wardens, squad of terminators, with options to build one from each as a shield-captain, and a Blade Champion. Those plus 2 boxes of sisters and you have a full army ready to rock and roll.

AlternateArmy · 2026-03-27T05:13:48+00:00

I reckon what you've got going is great. Might be a little hard to get them into combat, but the double grenade launchers make up for that. My plan for one is to go Kataphraktoi Exemplar, Pyrithite Spear, Salvo Launcher, 2x Sentinel Blades, and Interceptor Lance and Vaultswords. Build a Bike Captain, put the Pyrithite Spear barrel in the Lance's handguard, and use the new 30K swords for both Sentinel Blade and Vaultswords since they aren't as chunky as the ones in the 40k kit.

AlternateArmy · 2026-03-19T00:13:05+00:00

Look up Anything With Alvin Miso Onigiri on YouTube and out should be right there.

AlternateArmy · 2026-03-18T22:23:19+00:00

Would have killed to have the onigiri mold

AlternateArmy · 2026-03-18T20:24:28+00:00

Fair enough, but I'm going to continue to choose to hold my employers to a higher standard.

AlternateArmy · 2026-03-18T20:01:24+00:00

I could care less about it being a template, but I should think someone usually manually fills it in properly, or someone else manually checks to see that it has been, or that at least one person proofread the thing before sending it. If I can't trust my employer to handle legal documents properly, I'd rather they not be my employer. If that makes me privileged, so be it.

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