Do or Don't: Adeptus Custodes

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Are you the kind of guy who wants to be the best? The uncontested number one in shining golden armor? Well then, maybe the Talons of the Emperor is the army for you.
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Raid: Shadow Legends Sponsorship
3:33 - Background
5:35 - Lore Positives
7:39 - Tabletop Positives
10:46 - Lore Negatives
12:49 - Tabletop Negatives
16:01 - Conclusion
16:43 - Shock of the Century
Music:
Dawn of War II - Angels of Death
Age of Mythology - Chocolate Outline, Hoping for Real Betterness
Rise of Nations - Dark Forest
Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus - Overlord

[@pancreasnowork9939]

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[@imperialhistati2348]

1,000 Custodes wins against 20,000 Tyranids 😂😂😂 What is this? 😭 The medieval Period?😭🤣😭 Your saying the Battle of Crecy was bigger than what was meant to be an epic Battle of a dystopian far future😂? GW is dumb…

[@TheNerdsFromHell]

@PJ Rivera RAID sponsors anyone he whored out lol

[@kanalithviper4744]

I called it

[@akumaking1]

No TTS shout-out?

[@ethanelam9175]

Ok bro

[@diamondmetal3062]

“Covert Ops” for a Custodes makes me chuckle, like just imagine them and their 2 trillion dollar golden gear trying to be stealthy.

[@pancreasnowork9939]

If I see a Custodes “sneaking” around wherever I’m at I’m gonna be the last motherfucker to say anything about it

[@alpha_9997]

@@pancreasnowork9939 the only thing I’m worried about is getting as far away from the planet I can.

[@chaoticspark2639]

"Who's that?" "Shut up dude"

[@bobjim245]

This kind of reminds me of the fact that big E, the behemoth of a man, somehow walked amoung normal men for a time unseen. How. Surely you'd notice letting the old man with an overwhelming presence break the structural beams of your home on his shoulders after coming into your house for a cuppa.

[@Dap1ssmonk]

@@bobjim245 a lot of that was his psychic might and how he projected his presence to others, blanks saw him as a tired old man. He could change his appearance at will, except against those with psychic nullifying presences.

[@michelebenedetti7507]

The ancient phrase made to instill fear into the opponent's heart "Hitting on 2s, rerolling 1s"

[@moderndavinci6599]

Dear god. Isn't that just a guaranteed hit?

[@michelebenedetti7507]

@@moderndavinci6599 you can still roll another 1 or you could have penality. The rerolling is any number of dices once per attack.

[@moderndavinci6599]

@@michelebenedetti7507 Ohh, I see. So you only reroll the one once, and not again if you get another?

[@user-cj9jk1pd4g]

@@moderndavinci6599 yes.

[@adamlouis3725]

@@michelebenedetti7507 its a single hit or wound roll, once a phase per unit

[@juggernautq2977]

Custodies, because the emperor wanted his own chapter

[@ARandomCustodian]

More like legion. Remember that we can outnumber 9 chapters at once

[@cyrusmuller6502]

@@ARandomCustodian shut up kitten

[@spottedslash4256]

Aren't those the Grey Knights?

[@ARandomCustodian]

@@spottedslash4256 more like malcador's chapter

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

@@ARandomCustodian wouldn't actual legions outnumber you 20 to 1 though? You'd be more accurate to call yourself a crusade (usually multiple chapters working together to achieve a goal, along with other imperial elements).

[@whistlerdan7718]

"Even though they somehow lose, it's still called a win" Ah yes, the Ork Mentality

[@lizadon0740]

Custodes never die their simply missing in action.

[@samlambert4770]

#grindset

[@justnate7852]

Orkizm

[@brianfarris5676]

He said if* not though. Are you implying the Custodes have lost? An inquisitor would like a word with you.

[@delta8989]

@@brianfarris5676 to the imperium’s gulag

[@mattdayman461]

One of my favorite things about the Custodes is a quote from one of them, which is this: "The Emperor's realm is a festering ruin of overcrowded worlds drowning in their own ignorance and fear. It is a tumbledown ghetto that burns from end to end with the flames of war. They do not deserve their Emperor. They do not deserve us. None of that alters the fact that our duty must be done..." -Telchor, Custodian Guard I just love how the Custodes acknowledge how shit the Imperium is, but yet they still continue to serve and fight.

[@idiotgaming6376]

Well tbf most of them rember the Horus heresy and before then they litterly know what actually good empire looks like

[@mojoforthewin3069]

Kinda paints them as assholes though, right? It’s not the majority of humanity’s fault the Empire is shit.

[@cyrusmuller6502]

My favorite quote is “this is a childrens card game”

[@piraveenparaneetharan963]

@@idiotgaming6376 Im pretty sure only about 200 or so custodes survived the heresy and the rest were created after the heresy to replenish their numbers. That being said, the custodes are still thousands of years old and probably witnessed the Imperium slowly decay and turn into a cult lead by religious zealots who essentially destroyed everything the emperor worked for. It's easy to see why they resent the vast majority of the imperium.

[@aster4405]

@@cyrusmuller6502 Wait, there’s a warhammer 40k card game?

[@Zhyro00]

I always love the irony that the factions with the most elite soldiers, hard to find and even harder to make ended up being the cheapest ones irl and vice-versa

[@thenerfkid9228]

I mean, yeah. Knights are quite rare and very elite, and technically the cheapest army

[@ciandaly9575]

It's sort of like how the Blue Eyes White Dragon is so easy to get but it's so iconic because in the "lore" it's the rarest fucking thing next to exodia

[@guyinbluu]

Technically a single warhound titan is the cheapest 2000 pt army

[@jacobyounce3223]

i’m crying in GSC right now

[@nuh_uh210]

@@guyinbluu Hello everyone, welcome to another video, today I’ll be dipping this fully assembled and primed warhound titan into this home depot can of red paint!

[@megan00b8]

From lore standpoint I love the fact that Custodes aren't just super soldiers. They are artists, scholars, scientists of countless fields, politicians and diplomats even. They aren't just the perfect warriors, they are defacto human. It is said that the emperor didn't just make them weapons, he made them as his companions in every sense of the word. They are the ones he can have a meaningful conversation with, and unlike their lesser Astartes brethren, they have actual life's with other points than killing things. They are supposed to be the perfect people in all ways, and the fact that they are also perfect soldiers is just a side effect. This is why in an imperium with quadrillions of citizens there was only a few thousands of people who could be made like this, because they are all out and not a penny saved.

[@Four_Shadowing]

I like the idea of there being a chef Custodes that makes killer omelets

[@Bananakingchad]

@@Four_Shadowingomelets that will make you murder a planet to get your hands on and die because the flavor make your taste nerves say fuck That am out and rupture

[@thejuiceking2219]

there's just a custodes that's like the ultimate gamer

[@megan00b8]

@@thejuiceking2219 from what I know gaming does exist in the lore so this is absolutely canon friendly

[@Appropriatenamenumbervalid]

​@@thejuiceking2219one taps for the emperor

[@raithdoom]

Its great how the Custodes respected Dorn & Guilliman enough to pretend to listen to them probably only because it wasn't all that unreasonable of a request to protect their master but still kinda dumb to just have them all sit around

[@hammond1994]

There are only 10k " active duty" Custodes. The retired ones still live quite a long time. I have no idea how they conceal themselves in the general population.

[@Lowdian]

A massive 9 feet tall and incredibly buff guy enters a bars and goes "Hello fellow regular humans, as you can see I too am a regular human"

[@ssjjshawn]

I mean they probably have the resources to stay hidden from the get go, and while they are 8 or 9 feet tall out of armor, with a bit of work for a cover they could pose as an Ogryn on the move with handlers, or an abnormally tall Human or /Catachan (since it is still canon that individual humans can grow to the size of Space Marines (even modern people do if all be it with medical complications due to it)).

[@hueghh3775]

@@Lowdian >be heretic >meet with heretic friends >Greg has brought a new guy >9 feet tall, my bowels quake in his presence, glares at us like we just killed his wife and children “this is my friend Timothy Sunshine Sparkles Ullanor Eternity Gate…” >rambles for 3 hours “…Raptoris Shitass Johnson. He’s new around here, and asked if there were any cool traitor clubs to join.” >seems legit

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

It’s technically 9,999 cause one was abducted by Trazyn and died on Cadia

[@hammond1994]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 They actively recruit new members as needed.

[@stevengrey3617]

I'm pretty sure the sisters almost definitely have some kind of augments. That or chicks in 40k are just so badass they can clap damn near any of the 8 foot gorillas in power armor

[@birdknight6616]

They're supersoldier Blanks so honestly, it was either this or being a Culexus.

[@osoaries]

They have minor augments but it's mostly training on par with custodes training, and because they're blanks their training is actually even more top tier/secretive than even the custodes

[@wiseguy01]

the Imperium has access to gene enhancement therapy, which is separate from Gene Seed and however Custodes are made. So I have always assumed that the Sisters of Silence/Battle undergo this procedure as well as being given the best training and power armor.

[@hobblesofkarth3943]

@@wiseguy01 actually from what i can tell what puts them on par is the armor. No augments, mods, genetherapy. Power armor does alot for the user, increasing strength and speed and letting them use less energy to do an amount of work so they dont tire out quite as fast. the training if of course a huge part as well but it cant push you too far past human limits without being silly

[@OnlyRoke]

I love the absurdity of the Aquilan Shield. They basically just operate on prophetic visions of the Emperor telling them that they have to go out and save a person, because that person might be relevant to the Emperor at some point in time perhaps. So you have this squad of hulking demigods who just teleport into some slaughter to protect a single random Guardsman, because that Guardsman one day might do something that's of importance to the Imperium, lmao. It also gives very fun narrative hooks for wins and losses. You play against Orks and you somehow lose? Well, as planned, because the Warlord will, in hundreds of years, become a great threat to the Imperium at which point humanity will find another leg up against an adversary and beat the Warlord. But him beating the Custodes was necessary for his ego to swell and his Boyz to revere him, so he can BECOME a threat, lmao.

[@adobo_man]

as a casual fan with super limited knowledge of the lore, I ask you this: did the person that they saved somehow had an important effect to the imperium?

[@heightnoworkchris8093]

"Whatever the weapons we wield, whatever the deeds we perform, they are justified. Without us, the Golden Throne would fall, and without the Emperor to guide them, Humanity would follow."-Ganestus Talorn Nice video king

[@Red22Black]

I mean without the imperial guards and space marines there every thing would fall

[@seekingabsolution1907]

Pure arrogance. They place too much value on their leader. The imperium would die, humanity probably wouldn't, unless the Tyranids eat everyone but I'm not sure how much anything can stop that.

[@althesilly]

These do or don'ts have become instant watches for me, Well done!

[@manysKojot]

I don't even play 40k games but it's so well done with nice humor that it's must watch for me lol

[@joshb1898]

when someone asks me the difference between custodes and astartes I use the analogy of lions to wolves. In a stand up fight the custodes will win every time, but the astartes can use their brotherhood to greater effect.

[@azir64]

Until a second Custodian turns up. Or a shield host. ;) But yes in many books, they can be overwhelmed, or dragged down by the masses of enemies. Still love them

[@joeblazer3429]

@@azir64 I'm pretty sure the Custodes can literally take millions with them per fallen custodes. Probably more to do with the fact that they're outfitted with nigh Age of Technology gear then their biological perfection though.

[@Botar48]

More like wolves and Tanks. Wolves might be pack animals but a tank is a tank.

[@davidtrujillo1689]

I mean, even so, Constantine Valdor went up alone against 30 thousand sons at the burning of prospero. He just got a little wounded. A literal undead titan had to be resurrected to balance the fight. (And yes, I believe the custodes carried the burning of prospero, the doggos where getting owned by tree librarians in a trenchcoat.

[@zayffon1325]

Well good news! That’s how they describe the difference in the books!

[@TheOther19]

8:29 Unless your Death Guard and have Disgustingly Resilient. I actually almost beat a Custodes army... but then the player deployed a Callidus assassin and Captain General behind me and rolled prefect rolls.. killing my Lord of Virulence and plague surgeon... then charged my plague marines and they all died. At which point I was crushed.... Custodes pretty much win, even if they're losing horribly, they can pretty much pull a win out of thin air if you make the slightest mistake

[@timeenoughatlast3368]

That 60% competative win rate is probably a reason why Custodeas players may find it hard to find games in the future. My idea of fun isnt watching my GSC get obliterated by an army they literally cant win against

[@BrotherVoidBomber]

@@timeenoughatlast3368 Or you know that feeling when a guard tank gets yeeted off the game by one motherfucker on a bike. Or, you know play grey knights against a custodes with some sisters. Oh look the two armies I play.

[@alfonsocyrusjoshua9551]

@@timeenoughatlast3368 prenerf mechanicus vibes

[@timothywillox8564]

@@timeenoughatlast3368 it helps that people can get a Custodes army prepped from sprue to tabletop ready in a very short period of time because of their elite status. A meta-chaser can have a Custodes list be tabletop ready in a week tops.

[@timeenoughatlast3368]

@@timothywillox8564 meanwhile my GSC took like 2 months of nightly painting to do 2500 points :(

[@mahoganydoughnut6082]

Remember if you see harlequin fans bragging about that time they killed a few custodes remind them. They're totally right. (Yes i know the writer thought they were regular dudes with fancy armor but let them have it they don't really have much.)

[@thenerfkid9228]

Lucifer blacks exist. there basically the best of the best of the best guardsmen, but still guardsmen. I'd argue that the harlequins did get a few kills in on the stodes, mostly due to shock tactics, but not the sniper guy killing a custodian with a rifle butt. Sniper guy probably just melee'd a Lucifer black.

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@thenerfkid9228 It's possible the sniper just knocked out the Custodian.

[@Si_Sireeni]

@@ladywaffle2210 they have similar skull lining to mountain goats I believe, makes them pretty much impossible to knock out.

[@ladywaffle2210]

@@Si_Sireeni "Pretty much impossible" and "impossible" are not the same.

[@Si_Sireeni]

@@ladywaffle2210 well the kind of force that would be required to do it would be enough to just kill the custodian outright.

[@thelonelypilot]

As a fellow human who's pancreas doesn't work as well, I love your content, it's a lot more chill and easy to watch than other W40K youtubers who are either super fast or act like a British historian in cryofreeze. Also, Custodes need more oil and less armor lol.

[@thehermitman822]

Weshammer is chill with his long formats compared to his shorts and Adeptus Ridiculous (well, its in the name).

[@diamondmetal3062]

“PLEASE send us to FUCking Mars already!! I want to crAWL on the DUnes with my FINGERED NAILS!!”

[@ireallycant4416]

Dude.. your pancreas doesn't really work? I hope for your good health man

[@maximsavage]

@@ireallycant4416 Loads of people have a malfunctioning pancreas. They're called diabetics.

[@AuburnTigers111]

*AWAKEN INTENSIFIES*

[@midgetydeath]

Training doesn't explain the Sisters of Silence being able to keep up with Custodes in combat. Most likely their negative psychic power can be used to enhance themselves like the Eldar and, perhaps Astartes, do.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

Tbh it's no different then sisters of battle and space marines, gw wanted a "new unique model line" so they made female marines, frankly don't be surprised if we get primaris sisters of battle unless the primaris becomes the only marine

[@thejuiceking2219]

i mean they probably have some degree of cybernetics or something like that

[@literallythewizard2793]

Big credit to Pancreas for sectioning off his video so I know exactly where to skip to to avoid yet another RAID ad. Selling one's soul to that devil is understandably profitable, so I get why he took the sponsor. Does not mean I'll endure being advertised to if I can help it.

[@danielhall6578]

I’ll be honest here, he’s sponsor section was pretty funny

[@thehermitman822]

Yeah. He made it fit his style at least. Pint is the only other YTer I can remember because of his personal spin.

[@RetroRadianceLight]

gotta pay for that insulin somehow

[@spyciarz170]

For Kitten

[@tdab3883]

One of the things that I love the most about this channel is the music from age of mythology

[@tdab3883]

i'm an absolute sucker for age of mythology and d a m n this is absolutely marvelous

[@midgetydeath]

One might wonder why there are no Brothers of Silence. That's because the male blanks ended up made into either assassins or weaponized in psychic titans.

[@GhostOfAces]

Best way to counter Custodes? Death guard. Their perks literally cancel eachother. Ends up being high numbers high wound units i.e. Death Guard vs low numbers high wounds i.e. Custodes. Plus Morty can ram a line of Custodes and mulch them with Silence.

[@hunterkillerxyz]

There’s a few Word Bearers With the distinguished honor of beating a Custodes albeit only because they were possessed by daemons which enhanced their abilities at the cost of turning them into monsters. Argel Tal has personally killed three, maybe four Custodes gaurds in one book. In Betrayer he wields a Custodes sword and halberd from the two that he bested, both out of vengeance for his Chaplain and his waifu

[@williamsalisbury7492]

@@hunterkillerxyz aye, Argel is a fucking boss, and didn't deserve what happened

[@SamueL-td7fb]

@@williamsalisbury7492 at least Kharn beat the shit out of Erebus after that

[@catalyst772]

About Mortarion... Lockwarden.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I find that, perhaps ironically, the Imperial Guard kinda stuffs the banana boys. There are usually more guardsmen than the bananas will even get attacks in the entire game, there are enough flashlights that someone will be a lucky boy almost every time they shoot, heaven forbid a guardsman spears a Custodian in melee, objectives are a completely lost cause for the bananas, and the artillery and tanks can shoot sisters off the field before they can blink, take juicy bites out of Custodians, and are meaty enough to not immediately die if a squad of bananas glares angrily at them.

[@lindwurm-arts6959]

I once played 2000 pts Astra against Custodes, I had the first Round and killed one Custodes by shooting and 2 in Close Combat. that was the 2nd round after 3 lost Tanks and one lost shocktroop of Cadians, after that I couldn't wound any of them and lost by losing all Army models

[@hobblesofkarth3943]

basilisks or earthshakers......golden tear makers

[@fabiopauli420]

5:00 a friend told me about the fire and water annalogy once. If A normal soul is like a flame in the warp and a psycher like a Bonefire a Blank is like mist or a very powerfull blank is like a Tsunami

[@RebelOfTheNorm242]

It really says something when, I have watched hundreds of hours of WH40k lore over a wide array of channnels, yet I stumbled upon yours only a week ago, and can’t get enough of your dry sarcasm and humor. It really is great quality content. Keep it up sir! You got yourself a subscriber!

[@Azzie420]

Ahh yes the golden blanablas, I find it weird how they get spanked by dancing clowns... but held off a hive fleet with just 3 of the golden dudes

[@beatzdyer]

Writing inconsistency.

[@h0shidont35]

The person who wrote the first bit mistook the Custodes for different Terran defender guys

[@kallemort]

@@h0shidont35 No he didn't. You can read the section yourself if you like, but the Custodes and Lucifer Blacks are clearly differentiated and they're killing Custodes. Which isn't anything crazy since they're led by high-level Harlequins who are some of the most cheaty fuckers in the setting.

[@HolyknightVader999]

Because plot, that's why. It's the same reason why Superman can survive a supernova, then get shocked into submission by a punk like Livewire, who is, in essence, just a human version of Pikachu.

[@anna-flora999]

You mean the different terra defender guys that explicity showed up in the same story? That the author explicitly contrasted against the custodies to say the custodies are on a completely different tier than the other ones?

[@muzanjackson8827]

Two things you have wrong about the SoS: Not all daemons are perma-killed by the SoS; one Bloodthirster was actually so powerful that it overrode Aleya's (a SoS) blankness sporadically and she occasionally saw it the way normal humans did Second, SoS cannot keep up with Custodes, as has been shows many times in the lore. But they are certainly still inhumanly fast and strong

[@argeltalthecustodiankiller6552]

Proof ??

[@marvelouspatches8577]

Hell fucking yes my man!!! My favorite Imperial faction and you did it absolute justice. Thank you so much for such great content.

[@pancreasnowork9939]

I’m happy to do the Banana Squad the justice it deserves!

[@tadhgmcelligott3693]

Actually the custodes v hive fleet went down differently. Yeah there was 6 of em but only one survived. And there's not just gold custodes, there's a few different coloured custodes.

[@Ghostly_One1]

Shadowkeepers, the bois in black, are probably the scariest.

[@Tinytraveler]

I absolutely love your content, imo you don't get enough views or enough likes for the work you put into these. Love them! Keep it up! ♥

[@alt0799]

His sub and view count are definitely on the rise, so I'd say his frequent posting is most certainly paying off!

[@groovyhoovy2606]

He’s growing quickly though

[@chilidragon842]

6:46 *WAIT A MINUTE I KNOW THAT GUY-*

[@internetuser320]

Oh....damn

[@julianpourdanesh3339]

I fucking love the custodes from their look to their lore to how they play it’s fucking great. Easy to paint and build it’s great

[@andremeixedo7257]

Custodes allegedly always have the model advantage when capturing, no matter how many models, meaning a single Custodes vs 200 guard in a control point will give the Custodes player the objective so that they can actually capture objectives.

[@christophersmith8848]

The have the Objective Secured rule on basically all their stuff, because they just wouldn't be able to hold objectives at all without it

[@Haloister]

You forgot my biggest pet peve with the Custodes, it's that just like with Bloodthirsters if you want to make someone look cool, have them wipe out a dozen Custodes.

[@robertsullivan4172]

Can you do sisters of battle next please? I don't think I've ever seen anyone explain what their playstyle or tactics are actually like.

[@connorhennessey1316]

Hmmmm.... I wonder why this video is suddenly at the top of my recommendation list 🤔

[@kommando2938]

I faced Custodes once. Once. Yeah, best I did was when I had my AdMech Warglaive run up to the Captain General on a Hoverbike and did a Strike attack on them. Smoked the Captain-General in one hit, straight through that golden armor. I lost the match but still it is my favorite accomplishment. Gosh I need to play my AdMech more.... probably after someone gives me enough money or a 3D printer just for more basic Skitarii.

[@Si_Sireeni]

You killed kitten! YOU BASTARD

[@kommando2938]

@@Si_Sireeni did Shadowsun a favor

[@Si_Sireeni]

I will enter your house and explode. This is a Promise. Or your money back

[@kommando2938]

@@Si_Sireeni good luck. Imma go play with the skinwalkers and wendigos next door.

[@Si_Sireeni]

@@kommando2938 lol

[@izzymosley1970]

I'm glad that the sisters are silence are able to keep up with the custodians because that means that every normal person in Warhammer 40K has the potential to become as strong as a custodies and I'd like that it means everyone can become special.

[@Doku71]

Really depends on if you make the one in a trillion cut and survive the training. Whether you're a strong enough null male and get sent to the Officio Assassinorum to become a Culexus Assassin or a female null and get sent to train and become reconditioned as a Sister of Silence. Both have high mortality rates, and any rejects that aren't sent to either are then sorted to being Inquisitorial aides or ground up to become null bombs.

[@izzymosley1970]

@@Doku71 I don't really care how hard to training is what I care about is if normal people have the potential to become strong enough to affect the story because to me it just seems unfair when the protagonist are going on all these important adventures to save the world or something while normal people don't even have the chance to become strong enough to help them or affect them in really any way besides emotional support or giving advice

[@cryamistellimek9184]

To be fair, the emperor implied that humanity would be physically equal to the custodes and as psychic as Malcador if they evolved in the webway. Who’s to say the pariah gene doesn’t enhance the human body?

[@joeblazer3429]

@@cryamistellimek9184 I thought the emperor wanted humanity to do away with all things psychic?

[@angelopueyygarcia43]

@@joeblazer3429 Nah, it's cause anything psychic has the potential of being corrupted by the four and not even a small potential, it's more like a question of when are you gonna get corrupted rather than if you are gonna get corrupted. After the four warp cancer have been done away with, Emps would then proceed with his plan to elevate humanity to godlike beings on par with him so he can finally vanish in the background and get the vacation he deserves after more than 40k years of babying humanity so that it doesn't decide to kill itself for shits and giggles like they did during the war with the men of iron.

[@datscootusee213]

It is incredibly engaging to paint custodes. I play exclusively killteam, so I collect bits and bobs from all armies for balanced kill teams. Custodians, as I run them as the Solar Host, take around 14 hours to paint. The absolute zen as each model comes out beautiful and unique as I change gem colors, leather etchings, acid etchings on armor plates, exchanging their plumage and greenstuffing locks of hair, bands of cloth, and facial hair means that every single one is a joy and experience to paint. If you enjoy the painting side of the hobby, there is no more interesting and rewarding experience than to paint custodians on marble with the blood of heretics slick and among rivers. Even if you don't intend to play them, paint them.

[@skytheannur6168]

Imagine Kittens stats, he would solo the gods. Also side thought, skaven in 40k

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

I mean he did solo the emperor, Tzeench, and would have beat the void dragon (rip TTS)

[@Necroxion]

Kid, holding a spear: look at me I'm a Custodes! Custodes: awww that's cute, kid- Kid, taping a bolter to the spear: Custodes: you know what? Yeah, I'm starting to see the resemblance alri- Kid, spray-painting it gold: Custodes: BROTHERS, SOMEONE FOUND OUT HOW TO MAKE MORE OF US

[@leesnotbritish5386]

6:54 THERES OUR MAN

[@logosofgame4273]

Slight oversight, you can run psykers in a Custodes army. You need to run an Inquisitor as you can put one in any Imperium army without it messing up your list building. Other than that great vid.

[@celsetialarchives5909]

Imagine being an inquisitor working with the custodes in lore Man that'd be an ego boost and a half to work with the guardians of the god Emperor himself

[@logosofgame4273]

@@celsetialarchives5909 There is a book series where the Inquisition works with the Custodes on Terra. So it does happen. It's an interesting dynamic because the Custodes are effectively one of the few groups that are above the Inquisition.

[@lewisconklin7252]

10th is out now so we need an update on this video

[@forge4119]

I like this kind of description of the Custodes. If the Space Marines are Angels, and the Primarch's Archangels, then the Adeptus Custodes are Seraphim. Highest ranking Angel, arguably the most powerful, and the ones that sit closest to God as the throne guardians.

[@midgetydeath]

I wonder if they would obey Dorn if he ordered them to stay and guard the Emperor? He is, by the Emperor's own word, the Praetorian of Terra. Which makes Terra's defense his responsibility. So, theoretically if he decided to use that authority to use the Custodes for Terra's defense, it would have the Emperor's implied approval. Refuse his order, and you violate the authority to govern Terra's defenses given by the Emperor to Rogal. Obey, and you are accepting orders from someone other than the Emperor. In Guilliman's case, the Custodes were more like "Fuck it, you're the best chance we have to unfuck the Imperium and make it what the Emperor wanted" and just bit the bullet for the sake of their duty and the Emperor's dream.

[@buckethead8284]

“If you can’t stand the color gold, just leave. There’s nothing for you here” That is the best line for asking someone if they wanna make Custodes 😂

[@cavemancult1999]

If I were to make a 40k army I'd absolutely bring the custodes and sisters of silence, more so the sisters as I do really like the idea of like normal humans with a mutation that can be used as a weapon against certain enemies

[@mikoajciemiega8018]

I will start collecting gold boiz and I will call their leader Kitten and you can't stop me

[@Tehstampede]

A Vexillus Imperator and the Ka'Tah stance that gives +1 attack but changes your weapons to D1 are extremely useful for enemies with -1 damage. Also that thing about FW is spot on. Custodes' full potential is locked behind an absurd paywall.

[@hellojo100]

Finally finished my first army, and it's Knights 😂 managed to fit it into exactly 1000 points but that's only 5 models

[@thenerfkid9228]

whats ya composition?

[@bottheskitarii8881]

To summarizes space Marines and custodes. Space marine = 100 men Custodes = 100 space Marines

[@aaahyesname8296]

Inaccurate but i get what you mean

[@zerotohero884]

Primarch = 2 and 1/2 Custodes

[@Karhall]

@@zerotohero884 they're more accurately 50 of them depending on how strong they are

[@zerotohero884]

@@Karhall But like, Angron killing just 1 and Alpharius [that i belive that wast Omegon at the time] also killing just 1 wast like, a major feat?, for what i undestood util now from the books, the Primarchs are more special because each of them have one unique power.

[@Karhall]

@@zerotohero884 its pretty clear in the lore that the weakest primarch is still miles stronger than the average custodes. (Angron pushed a titan off of him and survived for gods sakes) But yeah the custodes are harder to kill. Essentially the primarvh have their unique powers, speed, and strength. While the custodes seem far more durable. Tho this could be wrong in some areas.

[@emmanuelhuerta9101]

I'd say there's at least a single "low key" custodes story in Garro from the HH series. Nothing super galaxy changing just a short story about a custodes and some Marines inspecting some ships carrying refugees for traitors

[@lawindacera7219]

In all honesty, the creative way people advertise Raid is in itself quite entertaining to watch

[@Predator20357]

Aren’t these the guys that had some of their men killed by some Harlequins initially? Edit: Oh, I thought the Harlequins were just some fancy assassins and not the lore equivalent to these guys. Never mind

[@BrotherGS]

Most people are mad after that harlequin thingy, mainly because it was really badly written, the harlequins went through custodes like they were nothing, and nothing should be able to do that except greater daemons and primarch and stuff like that

[@oniemployee3437]

@@BrotherGS From what little I know about the 40k lore I don't think that even Primarchs and greater daemons are going to have an easy time in a 1v1 with a Custodes. Would either of those win when against one? Probably. The Custodes' chances are smaller than his opponents here, but I never thought it'd be an easy time for any challenger.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

@@BrotherGS If it was an avatar-like situation or the goal was to kill as much banana-man I feel like it would have been more accepted. But no, the reason was because they wanted to talk to the emperor. It's just the sheer stupidity of the whole clusterfuck.

[@retardcorpsman]

ONI employee #343 I dunno man, the gear and feats the Primarchs are capable of are pretty overpowered. A single swing from present day Girlyman and his daddy’s sword could probably cleave through 6-10 Custodes at once…and he’s just a mid-tier fighter in the Primarch ranking list both in TT and in lore.

[@joshuagraham2843]

the harlequins looks ridiculous enemies straight out of jojos

[@oscarwind4266]

They could win our trust back by adding Kitten and crediting TTS. Just imagine what it would do for their imagine

[@matars9346]

Our lad got the sponcer.

[@cosmicwooloo]

Shadow keepers exist, you could paint your custodes with the patterns of different shield companies

[@AGloomySchizo]

Props to Pancreas for actually making a Raid: Shadow Legends comercial that was actually funny! First time since they started popping up that I actually watched one.

[@Stealth86651]

Hey, just wanted to say I really enjoy listening to your videos. Appreciate the effort/time/work put in, love listening, thanks.

[@TrinityShoji]

Rise of Nations soundtrack? Nice. Surprised anyone remembers that game.

[@pancreasnowork9939]

I’m never gonna forget it

[@Historyfrek4ever]

Talons of the Emperor, when you want to go to war wearing more bling than everyone else combined and actually have it also be practical.

[@leviherrera7796]

Your great at what you do. I have been binge watching all your do or don't videos today. You have earned my sub. I am sure your growth will come in great tithes from the imperium of man!

[@oldmanswaggy782]

Hey man I just recently discovered your content but honestly I wish I would've sooner, it's really underrated imo just keep it up don't ever stop your content is my highlight now

[@dividewalker5673]

Congrats on the sponsorship, my man. Enjoy the money!

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

Some of my favorite short stories are about Custodes during a Blood Game

[@stephen19590]

I feel the humans winning wars is down to sheer unending amount of men that is sent to a literal uncountable number of men and just simply ‘had enough men’ at the time

[@didekjozwiak]

I love that it is pretty much impossible to depict a Custodes without using the chad face

[@rakisuzuki-burke4148]

You are wrong.

[@TheLetterNate]

Adeptus Mechanicus next? Really been enjoying the Do or Don'ts!

[@williamhohmeister4841]

I feel like this dude came out of nowhere I just now started seeing his videos, but the humor and quality of content is really awesome. You earned a new sub!!

[@realboomslang]

This video encouraged me to buy a Custodes army. I’ve got them cleaned (waiting for paint and glue to arrive). Thank you for the video!

[@scottjacobsen5894]

Love your vids, keep them coming

[@overlordmadness1548]

The vast differences from lore to table top is big man.

[@haldir56]

If I ever build an imperium army, it’ll probably be the Custodes. But not until that Grav Tank is in plastic.

[@zacharyeisenman1086]

6:44 Kitten!

[@hansiboo657]

Codex: Main Character Syndrome. They are the bestest at shooting, punching and shrug off damage and there's so few of them because they're just that special.

[@cigman777]

Someone once told me that Custodes can parry a fucking Knight's chainsword on the tabletop. Please tell me this is true.

[@anteas0184]

It technically is, because of how the game mechnics works i.e an invulnerable save does not give a damn that you've been hit by a Chainsword twice your size, it still works.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

Guardsmen can survive getting hit by titain bullets

[@alek7998]

A bike shield captain can fucking solo murder a bloody Knight. Look up the unkillable bike captain and you'll understand.

[@anteas0184]

@@alek7998 oh I do understand, I play Custodes myself

[@cgreen7157]

In the books/lore "A Custodes can take on an army of thousands of regular humans/orks/tyranids. In the table top game: Your Custodes is worth one Guard Squad.

[@slanenurgle1075]

These Do or Donts are legendary dude

[@xaga8794]

Really? An entire Custodes episode without body oil? What a shame

[@Wbfuhn]

I recently got more interested in 40k thanks to "If the Emperor had a text-to-speech device in the golden throne" fan parody.

[@greenwitchinc.1682]

Yesssss! I've been jonesing for you to make this one!

[@juliancalero8012]

To explain no soul and negitive souls: having no soul in the warp is like having no star where there should be one, a negative soul is a black hole where there should be a star

[@oscarjessen6523]

Please please please do genestealer cults, would love to hear your take on them.

[@webvixdarklove7551]

So uh…. Maybe don’t

[@RyanEX2000]

For some reason when I hear about Custodes "special ops" and "being stealthy" I can't help but imagine it being the Steiner brand of stealth.

[@ayoxe348]

The Kitten army!

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

1:09 Oh, how poorly that aged.

[@terrorbilly8177]

happy to see another episode be cool if you did something on the eldar.

[@jadenjorr4653]

He die dark eldar and craftworld already

[@terrorbilly8177]

@@jadenjorr4653 it's a joke because he's obssesed with the eldar

[@VestedUTuber]

Honestly, there is _some_ potential for interaction between the Emperor's Finest and your average guardsman, but it's mainly the guardsman asking the Custodes questions about them. What it's like to _be_ a Custodes, what the difference is between them and the Astartes, what it was like to fight alongside the Emperor, what the Emperor himself is like, etc.

[@erikjacobsen7952]

Love watching these on my break during work, entertaining and relaxing

[@anthraxcrab3238]

Love this shit, keep it coming. May the Emperor guide your hand!

[@ryanrusch3976]

Who knew I'd like a channel fostered by a man with an unworking pancreas who makes videos about plastic figurines I'd never buy. Keep up the good work my man, I hope ya hit 100k subs.

[@Brother_Rony]

"If you don't like gold, leave." If you aren't basic use a different paint scheme. It is like the sigmarines. The second you use a different paintscheme they look 50 times better. My personal recommendation is the shadowkeepers

[@addoinatrum4339]

Congrats on the sponsor my dude! Glad things are going well for you, love your videos :)

[@hellionimmortis9362]

Please, do Necrons eventually. I want to hear you tell me why my army of choice sucks.

[@Ragatokk]

These guys sound underpowered, pretty sure they need a buff.

[@YourBoyNobody530]

So, I tend to mix my Custodes with the guardsmen with the Custodes and Sisters of silence acting as shock troops and anti psycher BS with the guards providing big ranged support. I particularly like the bikes for the express reason that the added speed lets them get into melee much for readily. Additionally, the guardsmen make it so that even if I loose one of two custodes I can make up for those losses by sheer concentrated fire.