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Hi guys,

Some of you might already know me and my Blood Angels:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/351169.page

Well...
Today I present you the beginning of one of my side projects.

A 2000 points army of the Emperors' finest: The Adeptus Custodes.



It will consist mainly of 20 custodes (purifiers), 5 custodes terminators (paladins), HQs, transports and heavy support.

Here is what I have assembled so far. Shoulder pads are still missing because I haven't decided which ones to use.
Also the barrels need to be drilled, holes have to be filled, a bolter has to be attached to the halberd of the left guy etc.












The project is very expensive considering the low model count. The backpacks alone cost me a fortune.... Try to get your hands on 20 space marine commander back packs...

...EXACTLY.

It will also contain a lot of Forgeworld stuff: 2 pre heresy rhinos, 5 cataphractii terminators, 2 contemptor dreadnoughts and a storm eagle (counts as stormraven).

I'd like to thank this guy because I stole his idea:
http://rhysknightminiatures.blogspot.co.at/

And my bits suppliers:

Without those guys projects like this would never happen.
http://stores.ebay.com/Hoard-O-Bits
http://myworld.ebay.com/window-box/

Wow they look really good. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

I'm not entirely convinced on the arms and legs, they look too spindly and small for Custodes.

The gloves and boots might look a bit small but if you look at the artwork he posted the models actually fit right into the theme.
You will want something quite bulky for the shoulder pads as well.
Good job keep up the pictures mate.

Yeah, I think somewhere in the HH books it's mentioned that Custodes have less of the ridiculous proportions of Space Marines, and the artwork seems to verify that.

Overall, very well done conversions. Curious to see what the terminators and HQs look like!

What HQ will you be using, maybe a count as Castellan Crowe to make all the purifiers troops choices seems like a good idea.
Could make a cool model aswell.

I will be watching this. I'd never thought about high elf models as a base for this conversion.

i will be watching this will love to see how they come out

Very nice conversions. I've seen too many "Grey Knights with High Elf heads" Custodes armies before - you've captured the lithe, spindly Custodes very well, but I feel that the shoulder pads could be bigger.
Looking at the artwork you've linked, they do seem to have pretty bulked pauldrons on.

Another point would be the old classic, the sheathed Bezerker sword:
http://www.modelbits.co.uk/Warhammer+40k/Chaos+Space+Marines/Chaos+Khorne+Beserkers/Chaos+Khorne+Beserker+Sword+in+Scabbard.html
A great bit and should suit the models nicely.

You've done a very good job of scaling up those elf parts - I will keep my eye on this blog :-)

@Valkyrie: Thing is... the Custodes don't wear power armour on their arms and legs. And these models are HUGE. Just have a look at the size comparison I will post later on. ; )

@Eversor assassin: I will do a conversion based on Lysander to create a model representing Constantin Valdor who will count as Crowe. And some day there will be the Emperor himself using the statline of Draigo (or the Emperors if they will be released some time).

@Tek: As I mentioned in the first post... They will get shoulder pads, but I haven't decided which to take. Thank you very much for the imput on the sword. It's awesome.

I like these a lot, and look forward to seeing more. Do you have a build in mind for the Terminators? I have been planning a squad myself (allies for a pre-Heresy Thousand Sons force, using Codex: Space Marines) but haven't figured out a bits list yet.

I will be using Cataphractii terminators from FW. I think they are a perfect match.

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
This is exactly what was planning to do!

Great work here, Im defo gonna do some of my own now, they also look more true scale than GW heroic (not as in larger, but their proportions are better)

Thanks so much for being the first guy I have seen to do this with these exact parts!

keep up the good work.

The legs look really spindly. I would thicken them up with some GS.

Looking forward to seeing more. These are looking pretty cool so far.

I love the way the models look! One thing I need to mention is that whenever I fight my friend with his Custodes army, he rewrote the Stat Line and Points Costs. Custodes are to Grey Knights what Grey Knights are to SM Initiates. They are made from the more pure versions of the "Primarch'ian Geneseeds" Their Stat Lines would be more along the lines of around WS-5, BS-5, S-5, T-4, W-1, I-5, A-2, LD-10, Sv-3+. And they use Grey Knights rules otherwise. Of course, you can't use these in other than friendly games with an opponent whose willing. But if in a tournament then you would want to use them as Purifiers and use Crowe to unlock them as Troops. (at least I believe it's Crowe who does so...)

Can't wait to see more, these are cool!

I feel like these may be an excellent contribution, but they are from maxmini, so if you don't like unoficial parts, then these may not be for you.

But they seem to be almost designed for this purpose.

http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22_23&products_id=186

Hope this helps!

Thanks Rennoc.
Actually these would be really nice if you could buy each design seperately as I really like the middle one.
But sadly you have to take all five in a set.

i've seen custodes fielded as paladins (made troops with draigo), since they are one man armies XD and some other sweet conversions along the way! (dreadknights and others)

Yours in any case are to begin with, better converted than the ones I know ;D and they are well on their way to become GREAT! keep up the good work.

Thank you very much.
I will field them as purifiers since I need to differntiate them from the custodes terminators I will build.

Here's a little update:

Very nice! Could you give a list of the bitz you use to make one of them?

 JohnnoM wrote:
Very nice! Could you give a list of the bitz you use to make one of them?

Here's the list:

Head - High elves white lions
Torso - Sanguiniary guard
Legs - High elves phoenix guard
Feet - High elves white lions
Weapon - High elves spearmen (spear) + grey knights (falchion)
Cloak - High elves phoenix guard
Backpack - Grey knights interceptor (backpack) + space marine commander (eagles)

maybe add some shoulderpads to give them a more powerarmor like look? other then that interesting conversion but im still on the fence

I don't want to come across as offensive, I really don't.
But you could have just read the first post to know that I just haven't decided which shoulder pads to give them yet.
;-)

But I guess I will get some from Anvil industries.

Looking good so far
I'd only suggest you do something about the boots. The legs you are using are fine except for when they reach a tiny point at the bottom. It somewhat distorts the posting of your models.
You should consider using different feet or, if you'd rather not hack your models up, find alternative legs. At the moment your Custodes appear to be walking around in ballerina shoes.

 Xendarc wrote:
Looking good so far
I'd only suggest you do something about the boots. The legs you are using are fine except for when they reach a tiny point at the bottom. It somewhat distorts the posting of your models.
You should consider using different feet or, if you'd rather not hack your models up, find alternative legs. At the moment your Custodes appear to be walking around in ballerina shoes.

These legs are the best alternative I could find, but I'm open for suggestions if you have any?
; )

By the way. They do not look so tiny anymore when you compare them to a regular marine.

Painted pics, pronto!

Wow, they'd fit in better with truescale marines, those guys are huge! They look amazing, but could you blu-tack a few shoulder pads on so we get a better idea of how they'd look completed? Also others may be able to give feedback as to which are most suitable.

@Master of asgard:
Since the army will not contain any regular marines I do not care so much about the difference in size.
Actually they look much more impressive on the table.

I have tried out different shoulder pads already, but I do not like them. I ordered a set from Anvil industries. I think they will look quite good.