crandall87 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I've wanted to do an army of Custodes ever since I saw Dave Taylor's army a few years ago and with the Grey Knights book we've seen a few people starting their own so I'm jumping on the bandwagon myself. I plan to add some Sisters of Silence to the army as well as The Emperor and Malcador as my HQ choices. The first thing I plan to paint for the army is a dreadknight. Okay so the Custodes didn't have them in the fluff but the model is just too nice not to have one. I decided to convert this one up with a halberd style weapon to match the Custodes theme. http://www.leagueofextraordinarygamers.co....eadknight-1.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Now THAT is a guardian spear! Hahaha! Make a giant Aquilla Shield on his other arm, and this guy would look insanely awesome, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kodopitharos Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Looking forward to progress in this project. Adeptus Custodes just scream cool! (or bling?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 These boots are made for walking, and thats what they will do... Come get some, heretic scum! Let's dance pretty boy (reserved for Lucius,Khârn or Typhus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Now THAT is a guardian spear! Hahaha! Make a giant Aquilla Shield on his other arm, and this guy would look insanely awesome, lol! I'm hoping to add some brass etch aquillas to this guy. All I need to do is find out where I put them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrum Vinco Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Were did you get that great helm? I can't wait to see more of this army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crynn Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 He got it from scibor and I can say without any doubt as I have 20 of them that while lovely, they are way to big for any GW produced spacemarine model and look utterly rediculous on them. Sad but true... Rergards, Crynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 They are indeed Scibor helms. Too big for regular marines. A good size for terminators but no way they would fit onto the body without hacking the back off which is what I did here, however you can't see the terminators back on this model. For my regular guys I'll be using the Scibor torsos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Another addition to this army is a dreadnought based of this artwork: http://leagueofextraordinarygamers.co.uk/i...Dreadnought.jpg After seeing the awesome Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought from Forgeworld I knew it would make a great addition to my army. The artwork above is of a Custodes Dreadnought and I wanted to make my dreadnought also holding an unfortunate Chaos victim. I found this set quite interesting to put together. It's nice how easy it is change the pose although there are a lot of fiddly little pieces. I didn't like the assault cannon so much, the barrels come in pairs which have to be glued on to the main gun which was really awkward. Overall the Dreadnought was easy to put together considering there were no instructions. I do think I could have done more with this model to make it look more like it was running instead of walking but I am quite happy with the finished result. http://leagueofextraordinarygamers.co.uk/i...des_dread_1.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 What about the infantry? Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanvolcano Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 This army quite clearly has some great potential looking forward to seeing more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolbywhite28 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I've wanted to do an army of Custodes ever since I saw Dave Taylor's army a few years ago and with the Grey Knights book we've seen a few people starting their own so I'm jumping on the bandwagon myself. I plan to add some Sisters of Silence to the army as well as The Emperor and Malcador as my HQ choices. The first thing I plan to paint for the army is a dreadknight. Okay so the Custodes didn't have them in the fluff but the model is just too nice not to have one. I decided to convert this one up with a halberd style weapon to match the Custodes theme. http://www.leagueofextraordinarygamers.co....eadknight-1.JPG Very nice output! I'll be looking forward on more creative works! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 What about the infantry? Ludovic They are still waiting to be unpacked as I moved house recently. I have a 5 man strike squad, 4 paladins and some sisters of silence conversions using the rules for death cult assassins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 Right then. It's been a while since I updated this log but I have a couple of painted figs to share: First up is the painted Dreadknight http://www.leagueofextraordinarygamers.co....09/P1010752.jpg And also a Dreadnought http://www.leagueofextraordinarygamers.co....ead_painted.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonclaw Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 looking good i think they could do with a wash of badab black to get some depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgitzrick Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 That's uhh interesting so far. What's next? Some washes or layering or highlights I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Silvernale Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Good start. Don't give up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Have to say i love the dreadknight conversion and the contemp dread's looking good, more depth is needed though, concerning the traitor marine in his hand, you are going for the 'pre heresy'/battle of terra feel? if so the black legion wasn't formed till after the battle for terra cause Abaddon saw Horus as a failiure and so re named the legion, just something to consider that people will say if you obviously say "this army are pre heresy" rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 A very, very impressive start! I agree that there's a lot of detailing you can add (the shoulder-shield of the Dreadknight, for one) and those two'll be exceedingly impressive on the tabletop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crandall87 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 That's uhh interesting so far. What's next? Some washes or layering or highlights I hope? A better camera if I'm honest. Both models have been washed and highlighted but the camera doesn't pick them out very well. @Dorns_Fist - That's a very good point. I never even thought of that. However this dreadnought is based off a piece of artwork from the HH series in which he is holding a Sons of Horus who is in black armour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 ah my apologees, on first glance i thought they were iron warriors. my bad lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 ah my apologees, on first glance i thought they were iron warriors. my bad lol Also keep in mind that the Sons of Horus veterans also wore black armor prior to the renaming of the Legion, so he's in the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 ah my apologees, on first glance i thought they were iron warriors. my bad lol Also keep in mind that the Sons of Horus veterans also wore black armor prior to the renaming of the Legion, so he's in the clear. Very true I forgot about that, I thought that was just for their terminators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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