Do or Don't: Adeptus Custodes 

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

Custodies, because the emperor wanted his own chapter

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

"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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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

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For Kitten

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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! ♥

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.

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.

“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 😂

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.

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

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

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.

Baffling to think that almost two years ago you were on your way to that special number of subs. Now you're almost to 200K as of writing this. Stay unhinged, Pancreas.

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.

6:54 THERES OUR MAN

Quick explanation of the “No soul VS Negative soul”. A Necron has no soul, as such it has no presence in the Warp. A Blank has a negative soul, meaning they have a sort of “reverse” presence in the warp. Imagine it as the difference between silence and a noise that cancels out other nearby sounds.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Kitten army!

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1:09 Oh, how poorly that aged.

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!

*Pillarmen theme intensifies*

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

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

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!!

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

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

Our lad got the sponcer.

"Not kitten" that right there earned you my like

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!

Love your vids, keep them coming

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

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.

6:44 There he is. Always wondered where Kitten was from.

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

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

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

That "not Kitten" made me giggle

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

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

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

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

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

Aaaah, the Custodes..the guys the Emperor actually enjoyed being around

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.

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

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.

These Do or Donts are legendary dude

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.

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

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

[Insert "if the emperor had a text-to-speech device" meme about the custodies here]

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.

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.

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

6:46 it’s the late captain general!