How to Start an Adeptus Custodes Army in Warhammer 40K 10th Edition - Beginner Guide for Starting

[@auspextactics]

So this video has got more dislikes than any one I've ever published before! It's a bit dispiriting after putting a fair bit of time and effort into it. Maybe it was badly timed given how badly GW has done with the new codex, and the understandable negativity and fallout from the lore/rules changes. Perhaps I was a bit more positive than I should have been, but I don't usually find that being super negative is all that helpful for anyone new stumbling across the game/faction if they have chosen to get involved. I'm happy to hear any feedback on the video, but would ask people to save their dislikes etc. for GW if it is them you're annoyed at more so than myself! Thanks folks, and sorry if I've messed up here in some way.

[@Bonesawisready926]

It's the Adepta Custodes and their trash codex that is the issue. Your analysis on it was fine, it's just a sh!t faction with a compromised lore.

[@DesignatedHealer]

Idk why you have to be the one to suffer for GWs bad balancing. Sorry dude.

[@allancarey2604]

I’m really sorry to hear you feel this way for what really is one of your standard informative episodes. Please don’t swerve doing your episodes as you wish.

[@paranoidshadow8600]

Thanks for this video, the negativity about the codex has taken over all discussion about the actual army and a level-headed analysis is appreciated.

[@theendofmyropemydude]

Always a good idea to leave a cooling off period when a topic is as contentious as this if the dislike button upsets you. People are mad about Adepta Custodes for several reasons right now, and a video about them in a positive light will be a lightning rod.

[@arrushbharadwaj6238]

Step 1: Check out the new codex. Step 2: Cry Step 3: Decide to start an AdMech army instead Step 4: Cry

[@kevlonk]

Step 5. Decide to play Dark Angels Step 6. Cry.

[@christophermetzger8183]

Step 7: decide to play black templar. Step 8: proceed to fight other black templar. Lots of Black Templar spam.

[@CaydenSworn]

​Step 7: Decide to play an Ork army Step 8: WAAAGH!

[@qdshuck]

​​@CaydenSworn Step 10: Fight otha boyz Step 11: Life is good (Skipped step 9, we don't need no stoopid humie stuff)

[@danielhan4537]

Step 7: Decide to play Necrons Step 8: Gets nerfed Step 9: Cry

[@idc681]

Remember guys: Codex balance is temporary, loving your little guys is eternal

[@Kerath]

My little guys were turned into girls, despite the 37 years of iron-solid lore :(

[@davidszabo820]

If it would be only the rules it wouldnt be an issue but they fucked up the lore...

[@weaponizedwinnebago]

@@Kerath lol its their lore, its not like ret cons are unheard of in gw history. It has no bearing on the gameplay so who cares? Stop being an annoying virgin. Their lore is still cool

[@TheStreetad]

Just pretend your ones are all boys then. After all, there are trillions of women serving in the Guard, too, with nary a single model to their name.

[@bee5440]

​@Kerath you can literally just say all your guys are men They're *your dudes*, you decide the lore

[@MingCity]

Still cant believe they made the new combat patrol that good

[@MalefaxTheBlack]

…as they stick a chick in it and make them lame (nerf bat goes brrrt).

[@conradflanagan5003]

They needed to give at least one reason to buy custodes, and neither the new rules nor the new lore were it.

[@-TheMachineGod-]

@@conradflanagan5003you know there’s other lore that’s not the one short story that mentions a female custodian right? There’s 2 big series that heavily feature them, and Valdor got his own primarch book, all of which are pretty good

[@conradflanagan5003]

@@-TheMachineGod- No, until this point the Custodes have always been entirely male. The other mentions and stories are about the Sisters of Silence; awesome psychically null female warriors, and the other half of the Emperor's bodyguard, but not interchangeable with Custodes. I've had GW try to gaslight me recently, please don't you try it too.

[@joshuasutherland6692]

There's a HH book that mentions them too. ​@@conradflanagan5003

[@johnbaker7322]

Can probably get a 2nd hand collection easier than ever before right now.

[@spaghettimkay5795]

Ooofff

[@TrinityShoji]

Actually, no. I've been hunting the normal 2nd hand places (ebay, Facebook marketplace) and there's no noticeable change in price. Scalpers took the new Auric Champions box before the two lgs near me could get them.

[@Forestxavier20]

Rules can change and adapt, so most people are keeping them for now. If they get squatted at the end of the edition like Beasts of Chaos in AoS and turned into a Heresy exclusive line? Weeellll-

[@sir_dreadlord_on_blitz7042]

I got the fully painted old big Box of Custodes for 100 bucks a year back

[@Saf_Ibn_Sayyad_Bacon]

Nope All custodes even the used army and bits bins have been sold out now So I just bought my auric box 😊 got lucky and found one canceled pre-order a State away

[@roxxdude1]

Just throwing it out there for people. A downvote here is not going to affect GW, it's going to affect AT. Please look after Auspex because he brings us some banging content consistently and always at a high standard. We can hate on GW all we want, but plz care for the guy that got me painting and playing again

[@swheen]

no. Dood chose to release at a bad time. no amout of keeping the cake and eating it. none.and if ya want to shame people for calling out on eating the cake and keeping it, you are part of the problem.

[@deleted4577]

Tbf his content is off the mark a lot of the time because the toxic positivity he pushes can be just as damaging to the health of the game as all the salt and baby rage. In reality the squeaky wheel gets the grease and if people didn't complain then nothing would change :/

[@SPEL858]

@@deleted4577’toxic positivity’ truly only a term a warhammer player could use unironically. What a sad take. ‘He’s too positive’ yeah because people like you exist and make up a huge majority of the hobby.

[@jrs3739]

@@deleted4577 Why oh why did we let laypeople learn new terms? Without at least trying to get them to only use them when appropriate? Whatever problems it might have, nothing in AT's oeuvre is giving "toxic positivity".

[@d.w.7203]

@@deleted4577 You dont know, what toxic positivity means. please google it.

[@Tehstampede]

If you want to start a Custodes army because of their rules and mechanics, right now is probably not the best time. If you want to buy, assemble and paint Custodes models because you think they look cool (they do), any time is the right time.

[@johnhildenbrand2642]

It was the bikes for me, it was always the bikes. I tried to resist them, but a guy I knew was trying to move a bunch of boxes because he needed the cash and made me an offer I couldn't refuse...still though, even though painting them can get dull and repetitive, they are an objectively awesome looking army once you get them on the table

[@spicethief4826]

True and based. Always buy the army you think is coolest, no matter how shit cuz the rules may change, but the models wont.

[@DominatorLegend]

Nothing wrong with Hobbyism

[@Saf_Ibn_Sayyad_Bacon]

Rules change Hobbying 😊 is always fun

[@KingBobbito]

@@spicethief4826 mech based orks have been shit for ages, but I always thought they were cool. Now ork mechs are actually looking good in the new codex. Stick with an army long enough and it will (probably) become good at some point.

[@WacaRK]

Step 1: Don't Joking of course, I have 2.5k worth at the moment... Just sad at the state of the army.

[@AncientIrishCelt]

15 minis max.

[@amess3592]

Damn, I was gonna use this step! Touché

[@runeh3022]

Is it doing that bad? I've just seen it being tested against the new Orks 3 times on youtube and I think the Custodes won 2 and lost the 3rd to a bit of a mistake, so it was close as well. Granted, that was 3 games against Orks only.

[@khaledibrahim614]

@@runeh3022they below average but game is quiet balanced relatively speaking to the far past. The issue is their rules are aggressively boring and not exciting

[@runeh3022]

@@khaledibrahim614 Ok. I haven't seen much data yet, but I winder if they have fallen as hard as CSM did or not I suppose. Boring rules are nerver a good thing, but I suppose it's rather tricky to make to many "fun" rules to stack on their profiles to their super-elite status, without straying into OP territiry.

[@jeffreystenquist]

This is gonna be a salty comment section.

[@TheCrimsonApostle30k]

Already is

[@Bonesawisready926]

Rightfully so. They nerfed them to hell and back then disrespected everyone with the lore additions and how they handled them on social media. We've seen this song and dance so many times with stuff like Marvel and Star Wars.

[@cfsm984]

@@Bonesawisready926 Like the custodes we´re the first ones to have a weak codex this edition. Run to the hills!! lol

[@ninjapirate47]

Name me one show, movie, comic or game that became better when it was infused with dei? I'll wait...

[@Bumbaclart247]

@@Bonesawisready926REEEE

[@lukewatkins8617]

1. Look at all the cool Custodes Forgeworld kits 2. Cry at the prices

[@Bonesawisready926]

They do get a little less cool when you think about a femstode trying to parallel park a Calladius tank now though.

[@glock986]

3. order from a sketchy recast website from china

[@danpsyker6122]

Games Wukong sell the models for much cheaper 😜

[@bulldozer8950]

Telemon: wow looks so cool Telemon cost: $98 oh that’s not THAT bad…. Oh wait that’s just the torso you still need $28 for each arm (which it can take two, but you might want 3 or 4 or even more total to have some options to magnetize)

[@colinmorgan2511]

How to start collecting Custodes in 10th. Collect Orks and wait for 11th. WWWAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH !!!!. You Shiny GITZ.

[@estevanrodriguez4002]

for real though

[@quackpack747]

That’s exactly what I did 🤣

[@Savalus]

Step 1 see the drama with the Custodies codex. Step 2 decide to play Horus Heresy instead of 10th.

[@johnbenedictsy530]

And you think this cancer isnt coming to HH?

[@johnbenedictsy530]

Next thing youll know, Horus is a chick with alopecia.

[@Savalus]

@@johnbenedictsy530 I just meant the rules for the custodies are better in HH and they are a strong army.nothing to do with the adding of a female Custodies.

[@d.w.7203]

@@johnbenedictsy530 Moron.

[@NornQueenKya]

If you're on a budget, get a second hand land raider and prime it gold. Whole lot of points to get that list ready at 2k and you get lascannons

[@PeteOfDarkness]

I'm still baffled that HH Contemptor is GREAT kit that also can go guns/fist akimbo, and yet GW still used entry for OOP easy to build kit they don't even sell anymore (there is no Contemptor model in 40k Custodes section)...

[@timunderbakke8756]

Second hand land raiders I’ve seen have been going for the rate of discount store new land raiders. Just got to wait for the restocks

[@Xayify]

great tip! and as a tyranid player i love your name! 💚

[@baumgartner025]

Great video dude. Your content is always too notch! Don’t let the current wave of salt get you down keep on keeping on brother

[@Fotta1989]

Thanks for putting this out! I'm hoping to start the army for cheap from someone sexist who can't stand them anymore. :)

[@spaciouswest]

In a rare stroke of luck for me, I started an ork army a month ago instead of custodes lmao

[@horuslupercal2385]

Best army in the game, bar none. Win, lose or draw...... You'll always have fun playing an Ork army 👌

[@armstrong2052]

​@horuslupercal2385 my friend says that too.

[@armstrong2052]

U did well as time has shown. 😂

[@ringo3917]

It’s not luck considering one day orks will be in the garbage and custodes on top

[@horuslupercal2385]

@@ringo3917 Garbage Orks will (almost) always end up being more fun than GigaChad Custodes 💚

[@nukem8128]

Step 1: Dont give GW money Step 2: onepagerules

[@mtuktuk9627]

nobody plays this...pls stop

[@NEGAProductions24]

Cope. My local play group plays more opr than 40k.​@mtuktuk9627

[@antoinecalloud6547]

Yeah… onepagerules sucks…

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@antoinecalloud6547Why?

[@khaledibrahim614]

Their rules are boring but it’s not unplayable come man damn

[@powrongster]

3d printing some female heads for my friend lul. He's gonna bring female custodes to a tournament

[@nukem8128]

It would be fitting since they're trash now.

[@hope121107]

You just had to be the one didn’t you. Just couldn’t resist. Well congratulations on being brilliant with your intentions. Just couldn’t keep on topic.

[@Thicccactus]

That's awesome lol

[@abroken-heartedliberal9507]

I still can't believe they only gave 4 detachments. Like GW couldn't even get off their lazy asses to make a Bike detachment?

[@davidcanty7903]

Hunt for Ebay sales from players jumping ship, wait 6+ months for GW's rules department to get their heads out of their rectums and start patching?

[@Archon762]

There's one big thing to keep in mind, the rules can change, the points can change. At least you still have a book, where as Harlequins got vored by Asuryani and now have zero support aside from "You wanna be all clowns? .. uh sure... but why?" Also bright side, all the Custodes that are getting dropped by the power chasers are going to be ultra cheap online.

[@RaixsOreh]

Auspex, please don't take the dislikes personally, most of it is likely due to the terrible state of custodes. this is still a quality video that is fore sure going to help a lot of new custodes players! edit: people don't take your anger and disatisfaction at Auspex, he is literally one of the cornerstones of the community, and you think making him suffer will make GW make your army rules any better?

[@brianhutton2370]

I am happy to be wrong here, but did they change the KZbin algorithm? otherwise any interaction helps him, Yay or Nay. I do digital marketing for a living, i haven't seen any changes. Any checking all of my normal resources i don't see anything. Or is this a case of someone white knighting without understanding what they're white knighting over.... love auspex btw. Still downvoting the video as it was WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to positive, if i was a new player, followed this, got into it, and then got curb stomped constantly until a more experienced player was like wait 3-9 months, and you'll be good ... i'd be annoyed af.

[@drussarn]

I got 2000 points worth 1 week before codex drop thinking custodes would have a fun codex. Im a bloody idiot 😢

[@andydogdad4349]

Rip

[@horuslupercal2385]

I feel for you, dude. I got just over 2k points of Custodes together for the end of 8th Ed. Was looking forward to 9th, but the Ka'Tah rules were horrific (I still managed some decent games without involving them). 10th Index rules were looking very promising, and then 10th Ed Codex seems to have sucked the fun out of the game 😭

[@Almighty_Mage]

I almost went with custodes for my second army. I chose admech instead 🥲

[@ghost_boy3108]

nah mae you rolled the dice like we all did with whatever faction we love - the backlash should mean balance changes if tradition continues

[@myaccount4871]

I feel for you mate. At least I am only in for a combat patrol box. Collected the (metal) minis 30 yrs ago. Just decided to get back into the hobby. Even visited my local hobby store and was going to start playing again soon. Think I will just paint the box now and go back to reading old lore

[@brogan1177]

Thanks for doing a video just about the facts without the allaround doom and gloom at the moment. Love your content, don’t let those doommongering idiots get to you. They aren’t the majority of players, but you know that of course

[@Klokan40k]

Guys, if you are chasing meta, choose some top army, if you wanna play casual custodes, they will be ok… Tbh if they will be crap they will get love in summer dataslate

[@91elpiris]

this is not ok even for casual games. We are not talking about weak rules, we are talking about bad rules. They won't change this crap rules and 4 detachments in the dataslate, they only adjust points or faq rules out, no big changes.

[@Klokan40k]

@@91elpiris that codex have just one really bad detachement and that is vigil, with solid points auric and shield host can be turnament viable for ~50% WR army what is absolutely ok, that army is just not stupid stat check anymore and you have to play the game

[@91elpiris]

@@Klokan40k auric is the character one, right? wound roll buffs only apply to character models, extremely weak but the worst offender: it makes you want to spam shield captains, whose ability allows you to use battle tactics for free... but the detachment has zero battle tactics!!! why? Because they wrote the thing at the beginning of the edition and sent it to print without bothering if the dataslate change to modifying strats costs would affect it its just lazy and sick, buying this crap is really just stupid. They could make custodian wardens 25 ppmodel and voila the army is the best in the game. And what? It's stil terrible design. Also 4 detachments is just embarrasing. 50 euros for 9 pages of rules. Total scam. I won't play a faction written this badly.

[@why3095]

@@91elpiris You say that, but Dark Eldar got the exact type of rework you're talking about in the previous dataslate so who knows? With how hard they're pushing the digital codex idea, anything's possible.

[@91elpiris]

@@why3095 dark eldar don’t have a printed codex

[@ChrisPrice12]

Simple: Play them in 30k.

[@brianhutton2370]

this is actually great advice. It's a chance to explore an entirely new game with your existing army and still play them.

[@ChrisPrice12]

@brianhutton2370 its why I actively encourage people starting out with Marines and CSM to grab Heresy models if they going for one of the original 18 Legions. Get models for 2 games.

[@brianhutton2370]

@@ChrisPrice12 great advice man!

[@jakubgembicki7725]

I absolutely love the comments on here - I assume people being outraged by the current codex were also constantly enraged throughout 9th and 10th about Custodes being overpowered? Or were they happy to just continue slamming casual players? 😂 Feels very similar when Iron Hands got nerfed to an average faction, but players got outraged that they didnt get guranteed wins anymore... which feels like a questionable mentality for casual games anyway.

[@joshuachapman59]

How to start a Custodes army in 10th edition: Step 1: - Throw your codex in the trash Step 2: - Play a different army

[@nukem8128]

Or... onepagerules

[@mcswaggin229]

Step 3: -Play a different game

[@troyanez373]

Paint your custodes grey Ad some dreadknights Say you playing Grey Knight

[@Chnmmr]

Not quite: Step 1: Throw codex in trash. Step 2: Glue female head onto shield captain Step 3: Play a different army

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@troyanez373 The silver lining to this is the Grey Knights are now the true chads of the imperium.

[@kristofh6812]

I wonder if custodes got worse codex then dark angels.

[@DJRaffa1000]

According to 2 of the top 10 40k players worldwide it competes for the worst Codex of the last 5 years. Then again thats only a problem if you play competitively or have regular matches with a meta chaser type of player. If you play in your local friend group its easy to ask around if they want to test some shit army idea and then you have a blast with it

[@DominatorLegend]

The biggest problem with the DA codex were the datasheets (removal of options of Legends phase-outs) and points (and subsequent balance dataslate), the later being easily fixable. Their detachments are still decent and they can always fall back on Codex Marines units and rules. The Custodes got it far worse, but at least they remain an affordable army with some cool big dong units, unlike AdMech (then again, you should just be 3D printing your stuff).

[@user-KR386]

The Custodes Codex is worse than the Dark Angels Codex, I have a Inner Circle themed Dark Angels list that should be playable because my list is going to be carried by a Land Raider Redeemer and a Storm Raven. I think the Custodes are lacking in anti-tank units in general. The other issue they have is they have limited tanks/transports, the best vehicle they have access to is the Land Raider.

[@DJRaffa1000]

@@user-KR386 i've seen a working "custodes" list today. You just have to take 3 calladius grav tanks + the named inquisitor (forgot his Name) + canis mf'ing rex 1155p in forgeworld and imperium allies sure is a nice "custodes" list xD

[@spencerruston406]

Already bought a bunch of Sisters of Battle heads for converting my existing models.

[@Sol_Invictus_]

Won't the heads be a bit small for the Custodes models? I imagine Stormcast heads might work a bit better in terms of size

[@Bonesawisready926]

Nobody cares. There's a billion converted female space marine models out there.

[@PeteOfDarkness]

How to start Custodes in 10th edition? That's the best part, you don't!

[@Deer_God]

GW: “Hi, Woman Exist” “Fans”: *Mass Outrage*

[@Dethectic]

You obviously know nothing about this hobby, but you seem desperate for some attention so.. here, have a thumbs-up 👍

[@CorruptedPyrosharkTF3]

​@@Dethecticits a game where you paint dolls and make em fight its not that deep

[@Dethectic]

@@CorruptedPyrosharkTF3 You too? Here 👍

[@swheen]

Is it worth looking at your comments for unexplored venues of lolcow milking or is this here a one-off thing? asking for a friend.

[@Dethectic]

@@swheen Disparaging snowflakes, that's all. Nothing special.

[@PaintingNorth]

Y’all need to behave and control y’all selves I have lost every game against the custodies I’ve played chill

[@Dementia55372]

Really just need to check local listings and online groups for salty custodes players abandoning their flavor of the month

[@judaspriestchild]

Hilarious the but hurt over these pieces of plastic. The game is great, but the lore was crap since they wrote Horus Heresy. Gonna be making black women custodes this month to bring to locals. Gonna enjoy arguing with the seething neck beards.

[@BloodKraven]

Great video and please don’t feel dispirited as your videos are always informative and great to listen to while painting. Thanks for the great work and keep it up

[@drankrur]

Don't care about the culture warrior preachers out there Auspex, they are just here for the whinebait nonsense. You are a tremendous support for the people who play it all!

[@charleskaramon4569]

Tossed a like and a comment for the rythem.

[@HarryPhillips]

Hot Take; There are female Custodes. So fucking what??? You don’t have to play them.

[@jwest3257]

Step 1:Wait for the codex to release Step 2: Watch eBay

[@linhnghiem943]

I think just keep playing cus if you love it ,enjoy the game the atmosphere ignore the win or lose :v cus will comback in balance patch next and at this time cus still better than my no hope ultramarine in 9th

[@es83stevenson88]

Step 1 turn printer on Step 2 print model Step 3 play

[@commandershortsight]

Warhammer Players when people may want to play a non-meta faction

[@swheen]

If a pusher says" eat shit, it's brown like chocolate" , that pusher gets called out. The dislikes are warranted.

[@commandershortsight]

@@swheen mate, he’s “a pusher” for every faction when they get their codex

[@abelbabel8484]

Just get a Sisters of Battle box and paint them gold

[@hoolieburton8712]

HAHAHAH

[@nukem8128]

Big brain idea 👏

[@Valkyrie_3d]

SERIOUSLY it's 60 Dollard for 5 models AND THE KIT HAS ALL 3 SQUADS IN IT, so you have 5 body poses for the entire lineup. plus they don't even have a dedicated model kit for the centura so you need a 60$ box and then have 4 models left over. That's yhe reason you can take 4 model squads in the datasheets

[@goldentechmahroop3935]

Them or the box?

[@abelbabel8484]

@@goldentechmahroop3935 yes

[@zachtheblake]

The 10,000 do not claim those who disliked this video

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

There have always been 10 billion Custodians

[@zachtheblake]

@@Aku6Soku1Zan givin off big "I miss myself when I see women" vibe. Disliking Auspex Tactics' videos because you're horrible at digesting media that he has no control of is super embarrassing. Voicing that you're a sniveling weiner is even more embarrassing

[@overlord3051]

I don't usually like videos (mostly because I like to keep my "liked" playlist full of things that I really do like), but I'm just going to like this video to keep the positivity. To all people angry about their codex being crap, just ask anyone who has been into 40k for 10+ years (or, in my case, over 25 years); every army will have its ups and downs, and some armies are sadly stuck "being bad" for a while.

[@brianhutton2370]

100% this. saying that, A) downvoting shouldn't hurt the video. Any interaction should actually help it. (unless youtube has changed something , i am happy to be wrong here) - things change all the time, cant' know everything, so if you know otherwise I'm happy to be educated. B) I downvoted the video due to the lack of clarity to new players about how bad the state of the faction is, and how heavily you will most likely need to be leaning on FW kits. Furthermore, how hard resin is to work with for beginners. It isn't the cheapest faction to get into if you want a CHANCE of winning a game. It's overly positive and doens't reflect the current state of the faciton accurately, which as a new player who knows nothing could be a very frustrating experience 3-4 months down the road . So purely as a "snapshot in time" i didn't feel it was as transparent as it should be with new players, so was downvoted.

[@Thannazzar]

Nothing wrong with the video or analysis, any down votes likely a reaction to the quality of the codex and the 1984esque approach GW have taken to the lore as well as blocking anyone who questions them on these shenanigans. Its a shame as whatever you think of GW, content creators that havnt expressed a view on the events of the last week dont deserve the downvotes. People forget that GW does not equal 40k, you can play 40k without giving GW any money whatsoever and ignore 40k Lore that you dont like (its all just the opinion of a random inquisitor anyway).

[@ElGordoBandito]

Disregard Golden Banana Boys. Embrace The WAAAGH!!!

[@zetta-slow-gobbo]

I am doing both and making Ork-stodes. Rather cost-effective "deffkoptas and Meganobs"

[@dratesdragetes777]

The first step is getting a 3d printer

[@sethbaskin1019]

I just play 9th.

[@Wildwolf5910]

Based. I'm doing the same, the edition Is just flat better

[@DominatorLegend]

I play 4th most of the time, but I can see a case for 9th. 10th is unbearably boring.

[@devinshimer8183]

Agreed , our group has decided to just play 9th. Was pretty balanced towards the end and we don’t have to give GW any more money.. hahahaha they can have the Custodes with bolt on tits and trash stats!!!

[@aliywafiy]

How to start custodes army: Dont play the codex

[@TheKlawwGang-n7n]

Custodes 💅💄♀️

[@jpick8245]

The best way to start the army is 3d print, dont give a cent to gw

[@DJRaffa1000]

I just asked my local 3rd party store to secure me both the new combat patrol and the auric champions box. All the models look great imo and the only thing that would be too much is the 9 allarus. But i can just build 2 as captain and then 7 normal and have a wonderful pool to mix and match squad sizes. From there i'll see what happens to my custode army

[@fallenfossl]

If you downvoted AT give your head a wobble...

[@Weltrath]

I will be starting a new Orkstodes army once I get my hands on the codex. So far I'm thinking of Ghaz, a few Warbosses in Mega-Armor and a boatload of mega-armor nobz, all painted gold of course. Probably get a few Land Raiders to convert into Battlewagons for transporting.

[@AndrBR0]

Dont forget about your Choppa-Captains

[@WanderingCelts]

Laughing in Necron, all necrons are equal in metal. Trazyn was annoyed that he had never found a female Custodes. Need to scarab slave some writers and delete new codex.

[@epicwaba6424]

There is a canonical transgender Necron

[@WanderingCelts]

​@epicwaba6424 All Necrons are Equal. No gender, just Metal.

[@epicwaba6424]

@@WanderingCelts It would be a fun meta joke to have Trazyn get upset upon realizing there are female Custodians he never knew existed. “Now I need to complete the set! You know how hard it was to get the first one?”

[@WanderingCelts]

@epicwaba6424 The Infinite and Divine made me laugh so hard. I would love for Trazyn to start popping up on Earth checking Custodes for their gender. Going mad when he cannot find one.

[@CorruptedPyrosharkTF3]

​@WanderingCelts no there literally is a canon transgender necron

[@shyvini4026]

I started printing my first custodes model today, its a Telemon... This video hits hard And I am getting into custodes bc a friend keeps trashing my Orks with his Eldar

[@cyrusmann5443]

Poor soul...

[@HankScorpio355]

Fellow Custodes collectors, let's not give Auspex grief and smash the dislike button for this. If anything I'm gonna give our boy a like. He's at least trying to give impartial and informative content on our faction rather than being clickbaity. If we're unhappy about a dumpster fire of a lazy codex and pandering disguised as retconning lets channel it to Games Workshop itself who actually made the changes. Let's not project it onto an excellent content creator that tends to stay neutral.

[@StigPrice]

How to start a custodes army. Buy a 3d printer.

[@horuslupercal422]

Timing my padawan is everything, jokes aside rules are a fickle thing, im sure they will be updated by the end of summer, so if you enjoy the lore and like the models, go for it, they are still fire and death for anything they touch (provided they touch it)

[@warhammered6485]

They should have told us they are trans and you should paint the blue pink and white

[@lukassiqueira314]

But they ARE trans. Always have been! ...transhuman

[@warhammered6485]

@@lukassiqueira314 really I don't remember that in the books

[@lukassiqueira314]

@warhammered6485 What? Custodes, Primarchs, and Marines have always been clled transhuman.

[@grimshwiz]

Step 1) buy combat patrol Step 2) greens tuff boob armour since wahman Step 3) lose

[@krissarable]

Dont worry your video is fine. He analysis looks good to me and informative. Just some people are disappointed by GW and want to hurt everyone for it. Please ignore the negativity and focus on the positive. It is the Internet after all.

[@swheen]

Having the cake and eating it is a practice that gets called out. Not having the brains to not touch a toxic subject is also not something that should be blamed on others. Especially if your compensation depends on the goodwill of people you cater to.

[@foxnut13]

​@@swheen??????

[@Ariokh2363]

Step 1) Buy a salty custodies player army lot, second hand, primarily from all those offloading the army they bought to chase the meta Step 2) Profit

[@nevermorebouquet3681]

No one 'chases the meta' for a 53% winrate.

[@DominatorLegend]

@@nevermorebouquet3681 Oh, you'd be surprised...

[@nukem8128]

@@nevermorebouquet3681 people out there swapping between rtx 4090s because of the brand and a .0005% increase to performance. People absolutely chase the meta at that level.

[@captaincorundum9788]

​@@nevermorebouquet3681 wrong

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@nevermorebouquet3681 Winrate is not a determinant of going X-0 in a tourney.

[@IronAMVS]

Hey dont watch 40k stuff much but heard you were getting thumb down bombed due to silly stuff wanted to support

[@RadioEnnui]

It's too soon for this video, we need to first see what exactly they do to fix the army if at all.

[@robertcarlsson9720]

Next up: How to start Dark Angels. Azrael+Dark Shroud + Techmarine Techmarine Tonk Tonk Walker Walker Bird potatoe Bird potatoe

[@Krigarkaj]

Adpetus!

[@pillage8662]

I feel like this would have been better to wait on this video, not just until the controversy dies down (if it does) but to see if any decent force compositions appear, see if it is really as bad in practice as it seems on paper.

[@benjaminsabourin8274]

Auspex you are the single handedly BEST Warhammer KZbinr. No one has the work ethic you have. You are undisputed as the GOAT. how DARE people take out their anger on you. Keep it up you're doing amazing!

[@trwhite80]

The reaction to what is really an inconsequential change in the lore says far more about the people who hate it than it does about the chapter, the new codex, or most importantly this amazing channel. There is a toxic streak in most fan bases and Warhammer is no exception. Keep making videos and being the Astronomicon of the hobby!

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

It has enormous consequences. It ended the hobby.

[@an0nycat]

LOL Step 1: DO NOT BUY CUSTODES 10th Edition codex Step 2: BUY 3D PRINTER

[@powrongster]

yep full range of custodes STL pops up every few months

[@AClockworkMelon]

Great video as always. One of the best 40k content creators on KZbin.

[@StephenHenryIV]

I have over 10,000pts in Custodes and am really excited for this codex. Gives me a chance to finally play my Orks again…

[@brycedery9596]

LOL nice swerve

[@ImrahilToChaos]

You could just play Heresy instead?

[@StephenHenryIV]

@@ImrahilToChaos I do, but the game is nearly dead in my area.i think there’s been 3 games in the last year and a half. I was a part of each.

[@brycedery9596]

@@StephenHenryIV yikes, I know the feeling. 14 players in my town and they're all league playing meta chasers.

[@guerrillavanilla]

lmao really had me

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

2 Combat Patrols 1 TJ 1 land raider = HQ 2 Blade Champions with any enhancement you want 1 TJ warlord 1 Alaris SC any enhancement Front line: 2×3 Alaris Terminators 2×5 Wardens Transportation: 1 Venerable landraider Total Points = 1955~ Cost = €380

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

I don't wanna talk codex, I'm acting as it never released. My heart is already broken.

[@JonathanSirico]

Where are all the female models if women have been Custodes all this time?

[@nukem8128]

In the imperial kitchen.

[@genghiscarnage4015]

None of them passed the fitness test, (they couldn't do pull-ups) so they're all still in training.

[@mrpigie3292]

I love your videos man. Sorry to see all the saltiness come your way. As a long term fan of you and custodes lore, this is super helpful. Have saved all of your custode vids recently as I finally decided to start my collection. Had a deathwatch collection going but we got booted. Apparently I have a knack for getting into dying factions

[@zeiphie]

As someone who picked up the battle force box AFTER the codex reviews and 'drama'. I still say its a great time to get into custodes! Despite the state of the codex the models didnt get any worse. We got a rare good combat patrol and I get to hoover up a lot of the doomers' old minis for cheap(great way to access FG units). If the rules bother you thar much just skip the codex. Theres a mountain of hobbying I cann do while I wait for the inevitable balance pass. Models always outlast the rules are 😊.

[@BigMayhem24]

My friends just told me they absolutely dont care if i just use old index rules. They said they would prefer a neck and neck game over just completely stomping me with dev wounds

[@BloodyArchangelus]

I lost all will to paint them after Codex release I lost all will to buy new stuff from gw after chaos BC came But Blood angels refresh still supports me. Great Angel save us... I must Endure as Dante endures

[@Valkyrie_3d]

Same I had all my bases painted up as scenic bases [100 of them] and just didn't start on the actual models yet because the codex sucks, so I started printing World Eaters instead

[@BloodyArchangelus]

@@Valkyrie_3d I still belive in ancient times of 8-9 edition. When even with flaws, we have seen the light of the Lord. Now i must endure and be on guard. Guess Blood angel refresh would be the last thing i would buy from gw untill they reject chaos corruption. sadly it can really happen only after WW3 or something xD

[@brianhutton2370]

Get'm. :) BA refresh, SW refresh... looking forward to both!

[@cyruskhashabi794]

I'll start a Custodes army when they actually add female custodian models.

[@Bonesawisready926]

Best you're gonna get is some heads. Virtue signalling is for the lazy.

[@hope121107]

@@Bonesawisready926yeah I’m sure he’ll get some heads for his model. Nice one.

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

? There have always been female custodian models.

[@_d--]

my comments getting deleted @.@ i'm just writing "buy a 3d printer"

[@Bonesawisready926]

Blackrock has a long reach.

[@nimfadoro1169]

Appreciate the work, Auspex. Sorry people are upset, but I think the codex has some great and exciting flavor wins and I’m excited to see how it shakes out going forward!

[@Carpatheon.]

Custodes were quite strong before the codex. GW decided to take everything that made them good away, instead of just a few things. Losing the Mortal/Dev Wound protection is a death blow, but also taking all our fights first away completly nerfs the army. I am sure people will eventually find a new way to make them playable, right now it seems like you just will have to play them like a worse World Eaters army, or stupid expensive orks. The Sisters of Silence are garbage rules wise, they are only useful for cheap bodies on objectives. You can not make them useful, giving them +1 to hit is completely pointless. They cant fight their way out of a paper bag, but at least they can reliably hit the bag now I guess...

[@alecatnight1540]

& then wait for 11th ed

[@Kakashi-ip8mg]

Really thought by the reaction you went hard. Lol. I’m really torn on sticking with one army. I’m looking for a tanky buffing army is The Auric Champion boxset a better start than the combat patrols?

[@Mr_J1984]

Step one, don't buy the 10th edition codex. Step two, play Horus Heresy with Custodes instead.

[@franciscobaez2074]

Just play orks

[@christophermetzger8183]

You dont even have to like orks you can play orks just for fun cause no one takes them seriously not even the orks themselves.😂

[@cyberware5323]

Unpopular opinion. the new Shield Captain turns me 10.000 times more off than the existence of female Custodes. Hopefulle female Custodes ar the kicker for a new model line with better proportions and size. like the Stormcast Eternals.

[@Mr_Bunk]

Step 1: Get into the lore Step 2: Ignore the competitive-obsessed, toxic dudebros on KZbin comments and Twitter Step 3: Maybe don’t play them competitively and play casual instead Step 4: Enjoy, no crying over ‘bAd cOdEx’ needed

[@giacomochiu2280]

Can i buy the combat patrol 790 pts box and be confortable playing against a friend who has a ork army at 500 cp? I mean is it easy to adjust cp for this box?

[@Elbacone82]

Saw a reddit post about salty comments. Time to spread the love and give a much needed positive comments, youre doing a great job!

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

That is vestigial love from before Custodes was subverted.

[@cyrocloud]

Little late to add anything, but you do good work man. I'm one of the people really annoyed with GW (to the point of questioning if it is worth it to ever touch my pile of shame), but you do not deserve any dislikes keep up the solid work man!

[@Lyderc91]

You don't.

[@genralawsome244]

Never been less interested

[@evilsonic47]

"you don't"

[@BiggestDefilerFan]

Is kyria draxus really worth it i think for about the same points I really much rather have an assasin

[@timunderbakke8756]

Big buff to shooting for a unit and keeps them from being shot off the board from long range seems like a pretty solid value to me. More for custodians than other imperium factions.

[@bigguyjamal3533]

Stock price is falling.

[@JohnSmith-lo8cn]

1. Don't.