Games workshop CAN'T Paint Custodes! Can I?

[@EonsOfBattle]

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[@Thecrewgaming328]

I got a question what would be a easy way to paint ultra marines?

[@sirvivor7835]

You undercoated them in black!!

[@Thecrewgaming328]

@@sirvivor7835 ok I will do that🙂

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

for Custodes should be bright af gold like perfect untarnished gold.

[@honnorgaurd]

Hey! important question about your bases, i know you used cork in between, but can you give me more detail/explanation about how to do the top part? was a little too quick for me to understand. Im REALLY inspired by how you did your bases and want to do the same for my own custodes.

[@jimholmes4729]

I like that you left the custodes' balls different. Balls are a very personal, individual thing.

[@brockmacpherson8730]

I love “balls”

[@builder969channel6]

_Clears throat_ "Dammmmnnnn those are some good looking balls," - Jay

[@NothingIsKnown00]

Indeed. Individual balls are also important for Eldar models.

[@churchesquire7321]

reading this before watching the vid got me asking weird questions.

[@mattblack6736]

Everyone knows entering the battle with blue balls heightens their senses.

[@Florkl]

The thing I like about the GW Custodes vs. the FW ones is that GW looks shiny but FW looks dingy. Gold vs. vintage brass. I feel Custodes should be shiny beacons of bright gold, because stealth and subtlety is for people who need an additional advantage, not mighty embodiments of the Emperor’s will.

[@vatiti9573]

And in that way, I always found the dark gold style EOB made a bit too grimdarkey. I'm not saying that it is bad or that the way I do it is better, he made an excellent job. But the illustration for the 8th Edition Codex Custodes front cover inspired me to make my own Custodes with a shade of Fuegan Orange (rather than Reikland Fleshshade), as it makes for a warm bright orangey gold, and the result turned pretty good, I named that style "Emperor's Light" (because I found it quite specific, and I think of it as my way to represent the beacons of the Emperor's Will they are).

[@warherd_miniatures]

I've never in my life had an interest in painting up custodes.. my mind has been changed these are beautiful 😍

[@sebastianls412]

Do it. Join the ten thousand

[@chris.replay]

I'm doing my entire Custodes army as members of the 300 Hetaeron Guard, the personal guardians of the Emperor himself. Since they spend so much time in his direct proximity, their armor is almost burned by all the psychic energy from the Emperor. Dark, dark almost black gold with bright edge highlights, lots of contrast. Went for a TMM working up from a black, dark silver, several different golds, to a gentle chrome edge highlight. They look SICK. Then I did marble bases using broken imitation marble wall tiles to give their bases a bit of weight. Loved your scheme, probably going to try the orange ink over silver approach on an unpainted Custode next!

[@Dorsidwarf]

That sounds super awesome

[@chris.replay]

@@Dorsidwarf thanks!

[@holdencross5904]

@@chris.replaydo you have somewhere I can see this?

[@hiddenbladestudios7248]

That’s how I paint mine too, except I do a darker mud base to look like they’re out doing covert operations.

[@daili4917]

Now Jay has painted up a Custodes team, that means 100% guaranteed that the next Kill Team big box will have Custodes with a new bespoke team - with brand new minis no less.

[@jackgebhardt2932]

Oof

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Hot take: The Solar Watch and Shadowkeepers have the best Custodes colour schemes. I personally painted mine as and play them as Shadowkeepers

[@smiggles9378]

By far! Solar Watch is certainly a pain to paint, but so worth it

[@philipppreiser]

that is not a hot take

[@iansiegfried99]

This is quite the lukewarm take, how ever a take I agree with. Lockwarden gang

[@smiggles9378]

@@philipppreiser ok

[@ACoolDude.]

I 100% agree. I'm planning to paint mines as Solar Watch but I'm not sure what to do with their bases, I would go for white marble for standard gold custodes, but white bases for white armors doesn't sound so great. Any ideas ?

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

That Greenstuff trick to add height/scale is a great idea. I've dithered on buying some Custodes because they look stumpy and mis proportioned. Definitely gonna reconsider now (from a 3rd party seller of course).

[@rossvolkmann1161]

I love the idea of putting a spacer under the heads to add height. I'm currently putting some custodes together and I think I'm doing to slice and contour some discs of plastic rod to do just that.

[@JMcMillen]

Next step... Sisters of Silence. Good for when you need extra bodies, even better when facing a psychic heavy opponent.

[@Jimothyjohns]

Imagine facing the Thousand Sons boarding patrol with Sisters of Silence

[@ratedjentertainment]

I love bringing a full Sisters of Silence list for my Talons of The Emperor Kill Team, because my brother plays Warp Coven and ALWAYS brings those 3 Sorcerers. His fury is always a joy to behold. I hope they bring World Eaters to KT for him to vent his frustrations on me.

[@Jimothyjohns]

@@ratedjentertainment haha. Good luck.

[@Alertacobra12]

​@Caleb Messinger not exactly a boarding but have you ever heard of a certain event called The Burning of Prospero? it gives you a preview of what that situation would look like

[@Jimothyjohns]

@@Alertacobra12 true. That is a fair comparison

[@Davidwentworthart]

i feel like the marble texture trick would work well on the power weapons, creating almost a static-like lightning effect if you paint the weapon white and then add the blue over top.

[@odharrison23]

Those custods look amazing!! I like your recipe for gold and marble bases. The milliput and breaking it really add a little extra to the base! I’ll have to try both methods!!! Thanks gents! Fantastic as always!!

[@morganmememachine466]

7:21 "Your baseplate" *throws down flight of stairs "Turboflex baseplate" *gently taps it

[@LL-bh6bt]

Those custodes on the webstore are, funnily enough, even more limited than the paint recipe used for the other custodes units. That's because those were released before retributor armour, liberator gold, or (I think but I might be wrong) Stormhost Silver were created so they look cold and sad compared to the other guys haha.

[@gasknight]

they don't use the airbrush paints i believe which are different as they are mostly forge worlds old airbrush paints.

[@iamyourmom2]

Storm host silver, retribution armour and liberator gold were released at the same time I'm pretty sure, and IIRC custodes were released just after retributor and liberator gold was released in the burning of Prospero box

[@Capzielios]

10:30 It's kind of funny that you decided to have the balls be what's different between each Custodes. Lore dictates that the best way to distinguish which squad or shield company someone belongs to is their matching balls lol. I love it though, models like these deserve to be different to each other.

[@ElCrims]

In the lore, gemstones (the balls) are standardized across shield-hosts, though I like giving my dudes a little more individuality too.

[@gregmccormack5709]

Your comment about the individuality of custodes warriors gave me colored lightsaber vibes based on the person. They look great!

[@ThePhildozer89]

I really love those bases and how you made them look a bit taller with the green stuff. I'm still pretty new to the hobby and I want to try this with my custodes. Any tips with adding the green stuff and using the milliput?

[@bigdrac]

Thank you so much for the tutorial. Used it and it is stunning. Used other accent colours but this is my go to gold now

[@MrCrystalwarrior1]

I found some dirt cheap marble effect vinyl floor tiles in my local discount shop, and bought the whole lot, just so I wouldn't have to paint marble effect on the bases of some Custodes I painted fro a customer :-) Worked for me, and she was delighted with them. I LOVE how you've painted and "converted" your Custodes, to make them look SO much better than they do on the GW website. To be honest, I know many people who don't like the NMM finish GW seems to use on their Custodes, saying they can't achieve that effect themselves, and so are put off trying. I'll definitely give your method a try for myself, as my NMM painting really needs improving, and any help is very welcome :-) Wonderful tutorial yet again :-D I just wish we'd had the internet way back in 1970, when I first started in the hobby, and had only enamel or watercolour paints to work with :-> If I knew then what it's taken me over 50 years of being in the hobby now, I'd be a definite powerhouse painter. Then again, 50 years of learning and experimenting, working things out for myself, it's all been so much fun, and I wouldn't appreciate the skills I have now if I hadn't put in the time and effort :-) Being able to still learn and be inspired after a lifetime in the hobby is what keeps me painting and modelling today, as it never gets "old" for me :-D

[@ProxyofMalice]

For anyone wanting to recreate this, when adding the orange ink go very light on the ink. I was using too much the first couple times. I ended up priming again since it was a test model. Going very light on the ink with my air brush and using a bronze on the details gave me the result I wanted. A great guide that just requires a little trial and error.

[@DadBodFit]

I love this channel because of his honesty. He really loves air brushing. (Something im not yet using but want to!). Great work man.

[@xd2s928]

Psst hey. One thing you left the eyes that should be red but if every Custodian with different ball colour get the some hue of that balls on their eyes, also black orbs with black eyes... That would be Epic. Great job btw

[@Tgruss]

Idk why I had a bad impression of this guy on the first video I saw, but the more watch the more I like and the more I notice that this guy is exactly the kind of hobbyist and warhammer nerd that I am. Everything is on point. Glad to have found a battle brother.

[@felix_thebear]

I have to say the idea of the floor at the bases is really great!

[@TheLemonFox]

"Dang those are some good looking balls" made me realise what it is about this channel that I love - the tone is just exactly my brand of tongue in cheek humour but played with a straight face.

[@mami3790]

i actually gasped when you painted the marble base. absolutely fantastic work with the (dry) wet wipes!

[@darkowl9]

That trick with the dry wet wipe to make marble was a stroke of genius. Fantastic effect, looks amazing.

[@soopafamicom]

Years ago in WD one of the resident painters did a tutorial on how to paint Dante using Renaisance/Classical techniques and colours, browns and yellows that were used to create a gold effect in portraits.

[@M0xieLeTwlnk]

Love your way of painting, keep doing what you do! You made me develop a passion for Warhammer 40k! Also, I probably would've went for a slightly brighter gold color for them to be closer to the pure gold color they have in the art works. Also, question. Will you paint a squad of imperial fist space marine soon? I've been thinking about starting my own little army and I'd love to see how you'd paint them.

[@danielh2945]

man I'm glad I just finished a bunch of custodes and then saw this and now I'm gonna have to go strip them and repaint them cause this looks way better

[@dockoutt3197]

I'm actually building a 2k point custodes army right now. Was planning on airbrushing ret gold but I like your gold much better.

[@mickbrilliantfootballeroft327]

Man you are such a joy to watch.. Wish I had a pal like you. So skillfull at our hobby. Top drawer man. Tops :)

[@DIAzazel]

Waits for Jay to say "blue balls!" but it never happened ...I see what you did there

[@Primal0991]

Ahh this is wicked, I was looking for this kind of burnished gold look so this has made my day! Could you please tell me what colour you brushed the details with after spraying the orange ink?

[@TheFezmond]

They look amazing. I prefer my gold a bit duller too but I'm not that handy with the air brush to get that result. I would've painted in the eye lenses though.

[@aszargo]

Their scale should match the epic stories they have, so I also used greenstuff to make them higher and more menacing and it did wonders for them!

[@shadowops62]

I totally like your paint job far more than GW's. Their technique gets tired after so many years. You bring a fresh look and I like it. Thanks for the video!

[@benives254]

Amazing job. I like how you increased their height slightly. I have always loathed those ridiculous swords however.

[@tactbutters]

Honestly the idea of greenstuff between some parts to make them slightly taller is BRILLIANT because these guys should be standing taller than any unnamed character.

[@Jasonlol73]

Dude you’re really fun to watch, the paintings are dope but you also have character

[@MentoliptusBanko]

I feel you with the capes. I never seem to find a way to paint then that I like. When I find a way to paint that I like, it turns out that it works only on huge models or on very textured capes. They way you did it has the best result....but it is the most time consuming. Btw, super nice custodes....waaaay better looking than the GW website ones :)

[@cademiksek6769]

Your skill with an airbrush is incredible. I have so much to learn about that painting style!

[@o0Takeno0o]

i cant tell how much better they look with the slightly higher statue

[@owenwatkins9490]

Its amazing how a non gold paintjob will make these dudes pop. Saw one set painted turquoise/purple. Looked awesome.

[@DRRCreations]

Absolutely fantastic video! Such a fun tutorial to follow and the end result was gob smacking! Thank you! 🤟😀

[@barlotardy]

Thanks for sneaking in that marble base tutorial! That was a new one to me.

[@kjbyrd1113]

I really think that some gold grout would up the fanciness of the bases, I really like the unique colored balls

[@Perram]

Great job on these! I've been tempted to start a Fireteam of these and now you've sold me on it.

[@MrDeathMachine]

“They’ve never lost” My Brother in Christ, have you forgotten the very reason why The Imperium is crumbling? They lost the War in the Webway. But great paint scheme. My inner Blood Raven has purloined it for my future attempt at Custodes.

[@TheSpartan9670]

I'm about to start a custodes army in a alpha legion esque colour scheme with lots of blended sea type tones

[@mwingate774]

What paint color did you use for dry brushing on the gold?

[@mikhail628]

Hi! Did you find the answer to this question?

[@cheech381]

Such a good vid and paint job. I will take your advice and divert from GW meta paint style when I do mine now!

[@Epyon9]

I would suggest a dryer sheet instead of a wipe cloth for the marble base, big difference in the fibers between the two cloths and the marble looks more realistic and vieny. Trust me I work IRL with marble all the time

[@robertm8779]

I don't paint much - 180 to 300mm statues - But I love your orange ink method - I need to see if I have any or go buy some :)

[@nunyahbuidness7959]

Fun Fact, you can actually get real fine grain marble and cut it with stone hole saws to base size. Mind you I am really digging that green marble!

[@anakkepri5769]

gonna be honest the custodes painting and not forgetting the captain cape, is so awesome. it really represent the dark theme of the 40k. the weapon is good to but, me personally i would not use that kind of blue for the blade, for me the contrast is so strong almost not fitting. maybe ill do something else with the blade. regardless of my opinion on the blade painting, this is still a cool looking custodes, would love to do try this pattern myself.

[@Zakio378]

I’m going to be painting custodes for my wife. This is just a video I needed! They look absolutely amazing 😮

[@christianhines2671]

I understand how you did the base coat in orange, but how did you do the highlights? Did you change the orange in the drybrush?

[@mikhail628]

Hey! Did you find the answer?

[@TheMartinator99]

@EonsofBattle can you spare some more details on how exactly you did the miliput tiles? Ive been trying to cut hardend miliput and cant get edges like that. I know this video is a bit older by now but id really appreciate some help as im building and paiting custodes by your recipe (approx) right now :)

[@rjtwo5434]

Dude! That cape is phenomenal! You are clearly talented my man. Love the channel!

[@timchisholm5977]

What colour does he use for the highlight dry brush on the armour?

[@mikhail628]

Hi! Did you find the answer?

[@drfox291]

Same question here .. xD

[@howtohammer40k]

These look great! Some of the techniques you used I would have never thought of

[@keithsimpson2685]

after black primer I will dry brush dark grey a bit to see details to paint easier

[@paladinpariah325]

I could never figure out how to fix the guerilla arm syndrome these models have always had. Your solution is so simple and super effective. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@TheIronFourth]

Is there anyway to do the ink without a airbrush? They turned out great.

[@aguiaia1]

I'm always surprised no one tried electroplating a custodes model

[@DigitalOrigami]

I love your gold recipe. It looks amazing. I will say though that the idea of a custodes with blue balls scares me. 😳

[@joshuadickenson8266]

Would love to see the actual conversions I want mine bigger as well

[@Nico-0103]

Can you give me an detailed description for the bases iam new to the whole miliput/greenstuff thingi. Started my custodes this month and was looking for marble bases but nothing felt quite right for me until i saw your amazing work. you make awesome videos btw

[@OntarioGuy430]

When you are using your airbrush - is there a fume hood / paint booth behind you or are you just on the open desk?

[@Titus_Vespasianus]

so what color ink would you use if you were to do the Sisters of Silence???

[@zaelgarviel9766]

The thing when painting custodes is to make as much gold/metal variants as possible. Each one is unique and the auramite colors depends of the custodes.

[@EnterTheFenix]

What you're missing with painting the gold is contrast (not the terrible product from GW.. but light contrast) and a gold product with luster. What you need is warm shadows, and shiny highlights... So a warm metallic like a copper works best for the base... and something like AK's true metal gold or brass for the highlights... which is a wax based paint that you can buff to get it up to a near mirror shine.

[@elisabethisidoro9027]

Thank you for your video which, unlike the 5 videos I've seen before, doesn't use the paints proposed by Games Workshop. I much prefer your painting technique, the result is magnificent!

[@leonidaspereirafilho499]

7:20, you barely put any force to them haha. Still, great video! The custodians looks amazing.

[@lstormhammer]

I didn't want to scrub 8000 points of Custodes clean and repaint them, but now I feel I must... :D

[@Tyrellie]

Same problem here with 12k of those auric Boys

[@lstormhammer]

@@Tyrellie what sold me on 'you gotta redo these' is the stunning and easy bases Jay put them on.

[@TacticalMetalhead]

What wipes did you use for the marble? Every wipe I have ever seen has texture on them which makes it impossible to replicate your method

[@calcifer9088]

Hey Jay, such a beautiful gold, in one of the early stages you mention coating the bananas with Magenta, I wondered if you would be willing to share which brand/form of Magenta you used? I would love to have a crack at replicating this effect as it's gorgeous!

[@logancrawford5379]

Soldiers can be unique to. A lot of guys customize their gear. I even used to wear a little lego keychain on my body armor. That’s why I like to make my Guardsmen different from one another as much as I can.

[@vashlex]

Very nice to create grim dark Custodes, I think they look better than the original box art 😊

[@nickdavis5420]

Love the dark wash for oil streaking.

[@aappodanschu9468]

Great video! I tried to copy the gold armor on my kill team but they ended up being just bright orange rather than golden🤔😅

[@christof586]

damn, that gold and red look great. And you make it look so easy

[@reddragon4482]

Impressed with those bases. Great idea bro.

[@ThYr0N]

In my case I followed you recipe, using DUAL EXO Gun Metal and Silver from AK some Creed Camo GW Contrast for the greens and a wash of oil (burnt umber+black) and it looked sick!!! Until I used FIRE ORANGE ink from AK interacte and ............................ the hole custode is orange 😆 Now I've tried and for my silvers Iyanden Yellow over silver it have a nice shade of gold.

[@Willabrador]

Wow dude, they look amazing!

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

I love how little force was applied to the cobolt base hahaha

[@morganmememachine466]

I thought I was the only one to notice

[@thomaskma5956]

Man, the marble effect with wipes is incredible,so smart thank you 🫡

[@BarelyDecentProduction]

this is a nice coincidence, I just bought some custodian guards and now I got a new related video

[@gonran4661]

@EonsOfBattle I have question, is it possible without air brush? I really want this method but still yet prepared airbrush.😮😢

[@IAmDdie1]

If you paint the silver as normal. Then do the ink as light coats until you like the color

[@kickingmagpie]

I'm definitely going to add a little blob of greenstuff to my custodes to make them a tiny bit taller, should have thought of it myself.

[@PutridDeadite]

*knock knock* „Who‘s there?“ „Castodeez“ „Castodeez who?“ „Castodeez Nutz“

[@koltonkossey514]

Try using guilliman flesh contrast over your gold some time. It looks really good.

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

God Emperor of mankind"you dare insults my golden bananas"

[@paulcatindig2260]

What paint did you use for drybrushing? The orange ink?

[@carbonatedswag4244]

Silver

[@LowlySlime]

These are some of my favorite models you've painted in the channel, they turned out great

[@Wataru917]

“..never lost a fight” Horus and the age of heresy named after him: “Am I a joke to you?” Peace and love just jokes and fun! Love your videos~

[@piotrjeske4599]

Green and not pink marble ? Why it is most often the łów grade Indian one and the irish green marble has distinct wave paterns. The "through a cloth" effect is the patern of white and pink marble. And those have distinct vein structures alongside their paterns.

[@Bruno24-j3r]

Bro just painted the most smooth capes I’ve ever seen🤯