Among the Warhammer 40kImperium armies of Space Marinesand transhuman warriors, the Adeptus Custodes are the elite of the elite. They stand guard over the Emperor and his Imperium, the last line of defence between civilisation and eternalChaos. So you bought the Age of Darkness Box…you painted your Son’s of Horus or your Imperial Fists and they’re cool but they’re not Custodes cool. Here’s how to get started with The Ten Thousand. Two of these help you adapt to specific types of targets – Dacatarai gives you horde clearance with Sustained Hits 1, while Rendax is designed for hunting big game, providing Lethal Hits. Alternatively, if you need to just hold the line, Kaptaris gives your opponent -1 to hit any units with the ability.

More Aggressive: Lots of abilities and tools both reward and enable a playstyle focused on slamming into the enemy.Brawling MSUs: Small units of Allarus and Wardens have an actual role to play in pressuring the opponent. If you’d rather learn a little about all the 40k races, try our overall Warhammer 40k factions guide – but, if you’re looking to start an Adeptus Custodes army, or simply want to know more about who they are in the game’s ever-evolving story, read on.

We also dropped the Shield-Captain. Again, we need the points. What are we going to replace him with? We’re going to put him on a Dawneagle Jetbike. Because those things are too good. True to their revered and ancient origins as the Emperor’s original praetorians, the Adeptus Custodes are an elite army, featuring few named characters. In the current Edition of Warhammer 40k, there are only three characters available to Adeptus Custodes armies – and, technically, one of those characters isn’t really a member of the Adeptus Custodes at all. Any model playable as part of the Adeptus Custodes is a mighty one, though, so let’s meet them: The Legio Custodes were the first genetically and psychologically altered creations created by the Emperor, predating even the Thunder Warriors (the hulking proto-Space Marines that would be his final instrument in conquering Terra). The warriors of the Legio Custodes were fierce creations, each towering over baseline humans, and possessing many qualities that made them stronger, faster, more intelligent, longer lived, and just plain better than their normal human cousins. Purge Corps Deltic-9 is led by a Tech-Priest Manipulus by the name of Skand, who goes to war protected from enemy fire by a squad of 10 Skitarii Vanguard . Manipulus Skand can choose to deploy with the Aspergilla of Tarentum Enhancement to mist his allies with an energy-diffusing oil that improves survivability, or he can boost his bodyguards’ weapons with extra range and cover-penetrating capabilities using Overcharged Electropositors . Alas, they could not be everywhere, though, and many things were hidden from them; despite the Custodians’ incorruptible influence, Chaos successfully gained a foothold in the legions, and the catastrophic civil war that was the Horus Heresy became inevitable.You’re probably going to want to attach your Captains to your Terminator/Hectaeron guard unit and another to the 4 man Guardian squad with the Vexilla. Keep this in mind when you’re deploying your units. You generally want your vanguard near the center so they aren’t having to run the length of the table to engage. You’re going to want these lethal units in combat ASAP. It’s safe to say that, if you love the modelling aspect of Warhammer 40k, then the Adeptus Custodes are your dream army. They offer almost limitless opportunities for customisation and developing your own paint schemes, and each model tells a story through their sculpting. New Faces: Quite a few units even outside the Sisters of Silence were pretty much unusable in 9th. All of these have had major tuneups, so should actually see play.