Why You Should Collect Custodes - Army Showcase

The Custodes are the ultimate champions of the emperor, gods among gods. They are epic, elite heroes unto themselves, and are a ton of fun to paint, play, and collect.
In this episode we are joined by Custodes super fan Bridger, as we discuss what got him into the army, what he loves about it, and what keeps him playing them.
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[@muninrob]

"They're bikers and they're here to joust, that's the most 40K thing ever." IMO they come in second to "Drive the baneblade closer, I want to hit them with my chainsword"

[@PrestonDCox]

A Custudi with sitting in a bane blade saying "Get me closer so I can talk down to them."

[@theultimatelifeform7077]

It's hard to recommend custodes as your first army, since once you start painting and playing them all other armies immediately seem inferior.

[@TiboFPS]

This is me. I’m not painting new armies. I’m just recycling my old custodes paint jobs and repainting them

[@yoyogdh581]

@@TiboFPS i know i will be you one day

[@TiboFPS]

@@yoyogdh581 I think I have at max 50 models and I’ve just bathed them all in a paint stripper and then repainted them

[@mobilegamersunite]

Lmfao 😂 it is the cheapest second army to build for sure ☺️

[@magnusharris581]

Yes.

[@TheSuaveLion_]

34,000 points and counting for my Custodes army. Fell in love with them at the end of 7th edition and have not looked back since. Echoing some comments in here that all other armies will feel inferior to the 10,000. Enjoying the content, lads!

[@collegeoffoliage6776]

How many golden boys is that? Like 30 or so? 😅

[@TheSuaveLion_]

@@collegeoffoliage6776 Just about haha

[@collegeoffoliage6776]

@@TheSuaveLion_ for real though, I am curious, haha :)

[@StephenHenryIV]

34..........thousand? Not 34 hundred? 34,000 and not 3,400? Geez man, I thought my nearly 9k was a bit much. You’ve got more than 3 times the amount I have. Kinda jealous.

[@TheSuaveLion_]

Just started out buying all the GW stuff with extras then i had this mad idea that I wanted to get the whole 10,000 so i've been slowly building up the force to that goal over the last 3 years in particular by buying a box or three every month. Jetbikes are a lot of points xD

[@cameronengland6535]

"every unit does what its supposed to consistently" - Bridger *laughs in d3*

[@dylanhilton8431]

LOL so true!

[@skirk248]

Please make it d3+1 please...

[@senorsuave]

idk why, but this is the best bridger has ever looked/sounded on camera. he's right at home extoling the virtues of his banana boys!

[@seanw1186]

Hey! It’s golden guys to you mate

[@connorcmsmith4302]

The Astartes are wolves they fight as teams, the custodes are lions they can fight alone but when they fight together we’ll just give up

[@Mortys_Toilet_Attendant]

In Saturnine there is a marine watching (somewhat dismayed it must be said) the way the Custodes emotionlessly slaughter a host of Deamons.

[@sirjezzumz]

@@Mortys_Toilet_Attendant as someone who likes fantasy, should I give this series a go as my first 40k novels?

[@Mortys_Toilet_Attendant]

@@sirjezzumz The Horus Heresy would be a good place to begin. Horus Rising (the first book) is a great read. Just to note - this series is set 10000 years before the current 40K timeline, so it’s more mythological, a time of hero’s and Uber villains you might say, there is a feeling of hopefulness (at the beginning) that isn’t present in 40k.

[@aitoriri1]

The Golden Boys at last, I started following this channell becouse you have the BEST Custodes guides

[@TheExplodingbird]

My buddy just got his commissioned custodes and I will definitely be getting some of them :)

[@Makarislethal]

I just finished painting my custodians for a RTT this weekend. It was good easy, fun and rewarding. If you need a second army or a initial army to get started custodians are the way to go.

[@StudioNBS]

i've known about your channel for a while now, but the quality of these last few videos finally pushed me to sub, keep it up 🙌🏼

[@calebw2837]

Thank you for the info! Your overall presentation is incredible! Coupled with tons of knowledge about all things 40k! Love the channel!

[@garmnovus2228]

Great new format, love your work, guys!

[@daneerickson8796]

custodes fanboy with a dark angels hoodie. beautiful.

[@buscast7213]

I can’t unsee.

[@thomashutchinson1]

Good old Martin

[@natejean3867]

Waiting for there 9th edition dex to bring my shadow keepers to the table

[@brh9262]

Me too, however, if you want shadowkeepers on the table now, pick up war of the spider as there are rules for fielding different custodes shield hosts

[@naphaen8766]

Just starting my custodes!!! So I loved this video, really make me more sure about my decision to join the Ten Thousand

[@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648]

Oh! I just had an idea. How about they make the axe more consistent, but change the spear to make 2x the attacks of the model, so they have an anti horde/medium spear and a better than a thunder hammer, Castilian axe. Ya, that would work.

[@Demortixx]

Guys, awesome vid but a little advice. Lay off the fog a bit in the closeup.

[@allanpeterson1137]

i love these why you should collects! please keep them coming!

[@awstontabeling1790]

I was able to pick up an awesome second hand Custodes army (around 2300 points) for 185$ around the time of end of 8th edition. It's been really fun having this army available that I can have to let my friends play with if they are new to 40k ( My main army is tyranids). The low model count, high toughness, and great output of this list makes it a great 1st 40k army for players to learn on.

[@Arjac1312]

Love these kind of videos. Will you be doing space wolves and deathwatch?

[@joemountains1539]

To your point, my Shadowkeepers army is how I learned to apply the paint techniques I’ve been watching for months. I can see the progression, especially in my jetbikes.

[@SergentJConn]

I love watching you guys play this army

[@pootytangluvr619]

GOLDEN BOYSSSSSSSS I was hoping to see this video pop up on your channel!

[@greengames3429]

AC will be my first army, thanks for putting together this video!

[@TerminallyNerdy]

I have been researching which kill team and 40k army to start with and just found this video. Holy cow this is nearly perfect for what I want. Tough, Elite, Heroes, and small sized model count. I wonder how they would look in purple and gold

[@kiswithy5541]

Oh boy do i have the news for you...

[@sdghtjsdcgs]

Worth noting if you have a resin printer, these guys have some of the best "proxies". Like identical to the forgeworld models and really decent with the GW plastic stuff.

[@johnadam4117]

Just bought 5000+ points a couple weeks ago! Can't wait to start playing them

[@beorntrahern8825]

Just ordered my first Custodes model. Blade Champion coming soon

[@warmagic9312]

You had me at "every model is a terminator". I love terminators, they are just so cool to me. I bought custodes this year for actually a reason you guys only kind of touched on. Being a low model count army means that you make less decisions. Lets say every unit interacts in 3 phases (movement, shooting, fight). If you have 10 units, thats 30 decisions a turn. Over the course of a 3 round tournament, that could become thousands of decisions. Having a low model count army reduces the mental fatigue from making all those decisions, allowing you to be more attentive in the later rounds of a tournament. This will of course vary from person to person. Top players are generally less prone to mental fatigue, but in your local RTT's this could make a HUGE difference. This is also especially good, like Bridger said, for newer players. Having to make less decisions yourself means that you can pay more attention to your opponent's. Being able to take your custodes army in your carry on for flights is nice too.

[@danicovanzyl4666]

Thank you guys.

[@dreadmunkey2128]

Thought I was watching PlayOnTabletop for a second there

[@cacaloltron]

My love for Custodes has no equals. They are by far the coolest of models with the coolest of story.

[@JinxThe27]

great collection, whats your opinions on shadowkeepers?

[@ThijsSchrijnemakers]

the enthousiasm of bridger is great

[@ashleyjennings5691]

I've just got into custodes. Love the lore and models, painting mine silver. Picked up just under 2000 points for £200 great cost effectiveness

[@uhzik40k77]

What is your list ?

[@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648]

I wish I was quicker on the draw, still trying to get some FW custodies, specifically sags and termies

[@killmethennnow]

Love the video. It's especially cool since I'm just getting into wh40k tabletop (been a fan of the lore for years) and when picking my army I knew I didn't want marines due to not really loving any one chapter ( have since fallen in love with lamenters and iron fist) . So while looking for an army custodes lore had always liked my interest even when they were still stuck on terra. Then. Hear they have finally taken to the sky? Hello emporer don't mind if I do. Needless to say they are going to be my first army. And for added fun, buying straight from gw I can get my 2000 point list for about $700 us and the wife gave me a 1500 dollar limit. U understand why I'm Happy

[@chriengo89]

Nice! Do Blodd Angels when Brian gets back! =D

[@brianrowe5624]

Keep up the great work guys! Deathwatch all the way!!! What a cool way to pimp out the best of all marine factions in one!

[@shaunhutton2201]

After painting nearly 5k of death guard I’m thinking of doing custodes. I’m going to buy a box of custodian guard & build 3 as basic for a kill team, a shield captain & a vexilla and go from there!

[@DarthAxolotl]

Why do you do this to me. Ive been thinking about collecting custodes for a while and this made me want them so much more

[@yoyogdh581]

So much truth in here ! Thx

[@michaelhansen2309]

For anyone who would like to know more about their lore, politics among High Lords and the return of the Sisters of Silence, then Emperors Legion is a great book/audiobook. The narrator for the Sister Aleya is really good :)

[@iwasinnamuknow]

Also Master of Mankind has a lot of both backstory and combat. It also has one of the few occasions of the Emperor actually fighting in detail.

[@alwaysanotherday1043]

Love my Custodes. Hope their 9th codex has them ignore all modifiers to hit. Always on 2's because they're just that good. No permanent Trans-human but -1D would be great, Definitely need to add to their attacks charateristics.

[@shadowops666nate5]

Yay fully painted models!!

[@Nazasu]

I'm newer to Warhammer and was going to collect Necrons since i bought the starter box.... But then I saw the Custodes Gold and Red and just how badass they looked. I'm now 1750 points in. Please send help. Allarus Custodians are my favorite. I love being surrounded by 2 squads of like 5 units, and just being like "I spend my CP to Release the Lions" and just go ham on them. Also, controversial opinion: Wardens are better looking than the regular guard. But totally agree on the don't buy Wardens lmao. I just say "yeah they're Guards" since I built them with spears. They just look better and are easier to build imo. Plus that red cloth around one half of their body, so badass and regal. But i did buy a box of guards to make them all into storm shields so when i make 4 man squads of Guards, I use my 3 Wardens with spears, and throw in one Guard with the Sentinel blade and Storm Shield.

[@mpstroudy88]

I'm new to WH40k and I want to go Custodes. What's a good army (unit composition) to start with? Like, I'm still learning about the units and don't know which ones to avoid and which ones to include in my army.

[@yayothejowen2541]

One thing is for sure. The Custodes is the army that you never heard of (or atleast shrugged) during your early days as a 40k fan but then realize it's the coolest army later on.

[@trevorwoolson3860]

Only thing I heard that was wrong was how the Custodes view one another in battle. Its not that they dont trust one another, or think theyre better, but how I remember it described was they are so elite and so so intune with their brothers they trust each man to their flank so much they fight as an individual knowing they're covered.

[@Jimalcoatl]

I switched to Custodes from orks. I love the Custodes play style. There is almost no dead weight in a Custodes list and everyone can do tons of work.

[@B__C__]

"Jimalcoatl, You are dead to me." ~Gobstoppa, da Evalastin', Warboss of da Evalastin' WAAAUGH!!!

[@marjohnbuncio2782]

That T-posed Achillus is horrendous. Love all the rest though!

[@Dat4bien]

Man I love the soundtrack of this series pls tell me what it’s name??

[@mobilegamersunite]

I can convert every space marine I have collecting dust! 😂 Get some shoulder , heads,, and the wepons you want and you get some amazing models... especially with the dominus box set? (Guessing the name here)

[@Kalron9]

I don't need to hear why I should collect but I'll listen to your opinion on why I already do

[@Mortys_Toilet_Attendant]

You know Bridger, you really suit red. Come winter we want to see that hoody in every video!

[@skirk248]

Can y'all do imperial guard next?

[@noahgassler746]

Okay, I'm sold. Stodes it is.

[@saturnianlotus8343]

Just waiting for FW to restock tbh

[@Demortixx]

I'm painting custodes now.

[@akumaking1]

No honorable mentions to the Fabulous Custodes of TTS?

[@urilacambrafrias]

Waiting for the Grey Knights one! Great video series!

[@smoothgrvs]

That intro OOOOOOF

[@roland2864]

Hope tyranids are next

[@allmightyturtleduck5408]

Does anyone know the music that plays at the beginning?

[@Achillesnic]

I want the new codex to be a true Talons codex, where you can mix Custodes and Sisters in 1 squad like the the Crusader squads for Black Templars

[@Achillesnic]

Also I'm so sad, I haven't been able to play my main army because my friends whined at not being able to kill them and made me stop using them. I will always be loyal to my goldy bois

[@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648]

I love guard of all chroma

[@Quniverk]

That vehicles from behind where i can buy it? I cant find single one T_T

[@walrusproductions3496]

They're forgeworld so good luck.

[@lopesj6670]

What books are those ?

[@christophermooney5013]

It's a tough call for me between Custodes and Blood Angels.

[@GameMaster-or1px]

Just wish their vehicles and dreadnaughts looked a little bit cooler.

[@alel1234]

I think doing a different paint job can make the tanks look a bit better but yeah I agree

[@Warbringer95]

Oh a video from Tabletop Titans! *clicks video and proceeds to instantly go deaf to the intro music*

[@B__C__]

WHAT!?!

[@toninoedge1659]

Isnt this the music GW use for necromunda previews

[@custodesdan1089]

Did I miss the sisters of silence?

[@maartenboy37]

Needs some Silent Sisters.

[@LordBucketsMK2]

“I accidentally bought wardens don’t buy wardens” Me:(Looks over to box of wardens)FU-

[@TheDude_Jonathan]

Army is cool, but the hoody is great!

[@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648]

I just thought. Why not have sisters of silence with heavy ranged weapons as well? I want prosecutors as troops, but if they filled a few hole that custodies have, that would be perfect for the new talons book

[@filwilliamson9149]

Sisters of Silence snipers would be awesome

[@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648]

They should expand some of their ideas from 30k into plastic, they had sisters that had cyber hounds, and dual pistol types, if they had the option of sisters with melta and plasma pistols. There could be such perfect support options for the Talons. Have the omega nulls sort of option that they actually deep strike cause their anti psi feild makes it hard to actually see them.

[@wreagin1]

Come for the corn dog bikes stay for the cone heads leave for the price of forgeworld

[@enoughfafwa]

Love the content, but one small complaint - the into had way too much “glitch” and “wobble” effects. I couldn’t focus on the minis that the intro was trying to show off because all the after effects got in the way. A little here and there is great for the mood, but it took away from the feel with the amount used.

[@HinderYourGeneral]

I love my Custodes. Unfortunately I don't get to play them often as my game club is small and the other players are all convinced Custodes are broken and won't play games against me if I play them.

[@BandoraGamingTV]

"I think I mistakenly bought wardens - don't buy wardens" I bought wardens yesterday. Why shouldn't I buy wardens? xD

[@dolamrothknight]

whats the lore with custodes. are they able to make more? how long do they live for. and are they all dieing out from old age?

[@alexanderkentopp3070]

Each of them are alchemically changed individually (so not like Astartes) and they do age but sooooooooooooo slowly they're essentially immune to old age

[@StephenHenryIV]

Custodes are the best........maybe not their dex options, but hey we’ll get an update some day.

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

Fan number one wearing a Dark Angels sweater...

[@crowcom7526]

Glorious Golden Banana Boys

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

They're cheap when it comes to making an army due to their Hyper-Elite status, and they're very easy to paint due to most of each model being gold. Combine that with their T5 W3 Sv2+/5++ (4++ if battle-forged) and S6 AP-3 DD3 A3 means they are terrors in melee.

[@kevincastrillon6675]

I love my Custodes, but I see a common unit not present. The guard unit with a melta on the spear. I own and will be using deep striking or air drop in front of a poor vehicle. Why is it no one uses 5 melta deep strike more often. I made one using kit bash. the other 5 from forge world.

[@gartan8449]

I truly love the aesthetic of the Custodes. I'll get some eventually but it's a shame their so iconic in gold. I try to make my armies unique but to paint Custodes not gold would ruin them for me I think..tricky decision.

[@trzynasty909]

I think that something similar and yet different would be pretty great - Brass! Dark, aged metal with the highlights still looking pretty gold.

[@gartan8449]

@@trzynasty909 I'm thinking if I do get some to try a heavily battle damaged look. Something I've not done before. So will start as a gold but will have extreme silver damage as the armor gets cut and shot at. Would help break up the wall of gold and help me be different without changing the whole ideology.

[@alexanderkentopp3070]

There are a lot of great options! I painted mine as Solar Watch, but there are great Shadowkeepers forces as well! On top of that, Auramite can canonically change its color to anything at any time, so as long as you have some gold in there you'll be fine

[@gartan8449]

@@alexanderkentopp3070 it's not really.about lore bud. It's that predefined idea we get into our heads. Like Tau for example. Most new players think tau should be and look the best in white... Myself and a few of the older people in the hobby I know remember them been more zandri dust brown orange and think the white looks weird. Orks, Who says the skin needs to be green? However even remarkably well painted orks with blue and red skin look strange to a lot of us. Korne models not focusing on red... Thousand sons not been blue with the iconic yellow stripes on their helmets. It's like the box art and magazines and websites have brainwashed us by their color schemes and it has become ( the way it should be). I find it strange how I view models and struggle to fight against it because I am not that creative when it comes to my imagination.

[@iratus9923]

These freehands tho

[@Ghost3210]

Custodes as a super elite army would actually be on the cheaper side to collect and play. Unless you want those sweet Forgeworld models.

[@metalwizard1969]

I have 4000 points worth of Death Guard about half painted. Told my wife I wasn’t getting any more Warhammer. Now I have to figure out how to order a new custodies army without her knowing…. Don’t judge.

[@ObiWanReksu]

I was broke... Then i noticed its only 600 bucks. That's a whole other level for me. :o

[@Mystyx-Sama]

"Because they're gold, and gold is the color of winners" - The Emperor of Mankind Also.... Why aren't they all naked?

[@Raven1984ful]

Venatari are 2+ guys, with tarsus buckler

[@alexanderkentopp3070]

They are aware, it's just not native to their datasheet (since it's a weapon option)

[@Katasunder]

Love the Custodes but it needs units from Forgeworld from which I refuse to buy anything.

[@dekai7992]

The Sagittarum upgrade kit isn't that bad, money-wise.

[@B__C__]

You could always play them as an allied force to some other army--Blood Axes for instance. ;)

[@thearmoredbugger9344]

"I mistakenly bought Wardens, don't buy Wardens." Please enlighten me as to why? Because I have Custodian Wardens and they are clearly no pushovers.

[@Chadegon1693]

Rn they are in a weird spot of doing nothing better then terminatora or guardians

[@nicolasg2315]

Why should I not buy wardens?

[@wwoolofl8056]

But they just announced grey knights! Platinum > Gold

[@toon4788]

What bugs me about Custodians is that they supposedly cant get corrupted because they are made to be uncorruptable. But half the Primarchs were corrupted, so are Custodians stronger than Primarchs or why were the Primarchs not made uncorruptable?

[@SamGlaze]

The primarchs were tampered with by the forces of chaos during incubation which sowed the seeds of corruption for most of them

[@jasonpeacock9735]

Custodes don’t have free will. Primarchs do.

[@toon4788]

@@jasonpeacock9735 Than why give Space Marines free will? I get that the original legions followed their Primarch when they fell, but since then many more Space Marines have fallen to chaos. If you can make hyper elite troops without free will, why not make the 'regular elite' troops immune too?

[@poopyhead4892]

It’s a much more selective process for custodes. They’re taken at birth and changed then. They’re put through school in arts, and war. They’re meant to be advisors to the emperor as much as fighters. The process is too long to make that many of them.

[@B__C__]

The Custodes have a better PR apparatus.

[@tombombadil9338]

Don't shit talk the Custodes, the Emperor left now own damn palace, that's on him.