I finished painting my Telemon ready for an event on the weekend. Converted from a saturnine with Telemon components.

The forging of the Ultimum Supplicium.

During meditation this Blade Champion experienced a vision unlike any he had known in centuries of service.

He stood upon an endless plain of shattered blades. At its centre rested a single colossal sword, its point buried in the earth before the Golden Throne.

The Emperor spoke no words.

Instead, He simply placed one hand upon the blade.

When the Champion awoke, the design was burned into his memory with impossible clarity. Every proportion and every mechanism could be recalled perfectly, as though he had once forged it himself.

Rather than acting immediately, the Blade Champion sought judgment.

The design was presented before:

the artificers of the Imperial Palace

the senior Shield-Captains

the lore keepers of the Ten Thousand

They searched every vault and archive.

Eventually they discovered something astonishing.

The blueprint already existed.

It had been drafted during the Great Crusade.

The design bore annotations attributed to the Emperor Himself.

But it had never been constructed.

...

Only one suitable blade existed.

A titan-sized relic forged during the Dark Age of Technology.

It had been preserved for millennia.

Originally intended to become the execution blade of a Knight of the Imperium.

Instead...

The Custodes claimed it.

The Knight House protested.

The Fabricator-General questioned the decision.

None could overrule the authority of the Captain-General.

The relic was surrendered.

Its edge was recut.

Its balance altered.

Its machine spirit awakened.

Thus it became the relic grav tank The Ultimum Supplicium

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My first grav tank so I made a fun simple kitbash.

If I could give it additional rules -it would have assault on its gun. [Transport capacity of 1 blade champion] advance and change when he's inside

Melee would be Attack roll a D3+3

Ws 2+

Str 12 with lance [dev wounds]

Ap -4

Dmg6

Tbh not undeserved but mannnnnn let my termie captain cook with his evil bonk stick and score for murder every turn

Ngl kinda like the idea of not being dependent on talons to run take and hold

Some progress on my Stodstodes army! Will be adding a few more bikes. The theme is they are statues in a forest from an old civilisation, brought back to life to fight (featuring several woodland creatures lol)

Currently just painting my coronus for a tournament in August and I have to say painting the rivets on this thing has been a task and a half. I'm not even halfway through but luckily watching otzdarva has kept me sane

Sorry the pictures aren't very good. Really enjoyed doing these, I normally do Orks so fancied a change of pace.

Space marines 2 seems to have been a gateway drug for me. Three months later, and I am now 14 books into the universe and have a ~ 1600 point army.

For painting, I’ve been using the Vallejo TMM imperial gold set and a few citadel paints. I got a lot better with highlighting without obscuring shading after I started to dry brush more. That probably jumps out when comparing my first guard unit to the most recent venatari. Apart from that I would love to hear any suggestions! Also I could use advice on how to take better pictures lol.

For a list, I was aiming for something cost effective, somewhat competitive, and fun to play. I came up with a pretty mobile looking list below. I tried to avoid sisters because of the poor cost-point ratio, but I’m not completely against them. The only units I haven’t bought yet are a second set of allarus terminators and vertus praetors. So ideally everything else in the list would stay pretty close to the same. If I’m way off from ideal I could probably make some bigger changes though.

Thanks in advance!

The Winged Shield (2,000 Points)

Adeptus Custodes
Shield Host and Tharanatoi Hammerblow (3 Detachment Points)
Purge the Foe
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Blade Champion (125 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Vaultswords
• Enhancements: Auric Mantle

Custodian Wardens (260 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard ()
• 5x Custodian Warden
◦ 5x Guardian spear
◦ 1x Vexilla

Attached unit 2

Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (130 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Balistus grenade launcher
• 1x Castellan axe

Allarus Custodians (110 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard ()
• 2x Allarus Custodian
◦ 2x Balistus grenade launcher
◦ 2x Guardian spear

Attached unit 3

Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike (145 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Interceptor lance
• 1x Salvo launcher
• Enhancements: Panoptispex

Vertus Praetors (145 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard ()
• 2x Vertus Praetor
◦ 2x Interceptor lance
◦ 2x Salvo launcher

BATTLELINE

Custodian Guard (215 Points)
• 5x Custodian Guard
◦ 4x Guardian spear
◦ 1x Misericordia
◦ 1x Praesidium Shield
◦ 1x Vexilla

Custodian Guard (170 Points)
• 4x Custodian Guard
◦ 3x Guardian spear
◦ 1x Misericordia
◦ 1x Praesidium Shield
◦ 1x Vexilla

OTHER DATASHEETS

Allarus Custodians (165 Points)
• 3x Allarus Custodian
◦ 3x Balistus grenade launcher
◦ 3x Guardian spear

Venatari Custodians (160 Points)
• 3x Venatari Custodian
◦ 3x Venatari lance

Venatari Custodians (160 Points)
• 3x Venatari Custodian
◦ 3x Venatari lance

Vertus Praetors (215 Points)
• 3x Vertus Praetor
◦ 3x Interceptor lance
◦ 3x Salvo launcher

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Greetings to all,

About a week ago, I had a matchup against the Aeldari using my "Lions Of the Emperor/Dread Host" themed army. The game was great fun and very close until the very end, but that's not what I'm here to talk about today.

There was a single Allarus Terminator Shield Captain that outperformed himself the entire match, taking on vehicles, Elite Infantry and if memory serves, a god damn Wraith Knight, and winning every time.

Not to mention, he had the "Superior Creation" enhancement, so when he did EVENTUALLY go down in round 4 no less, he got back up and took the last objective I needed to score, killing a War Walker and a Farseer like it nothing happened.

I've basically been calling him " The Indomitable Shield Captain", but it needs something a bit more...classy. I thought about this a lot and I think this character deserves to be honoured with a proper name. It would be easy enough to just put everything into a name generator, but where's the fun in that?

So, fellow warriors, what name should this Captain be honoured by receiving? What does the community think he should be called?

Thanks for having a read of my ramble for the day, and I eagerly await everyones thoughts! And once I've fully painted him up in his Dread Host Colours, I'll post him to!

https://mfm.warhammer-community.com/en/adeptus-custodes

Aleya is 55 (-10)

Rhino is 65 (10), from the fourth is 75

Wardens are 200 for four, 250 for 5 on the 1st unit. From the second is 220 and 270 (-10 on all of them)

Venatari are 150 for three and 300 for six (-10 and -20). Third squad is 160/310 (0/-10). Lance is +5 per model

Admonimortis from Lions is 30 (+10)

From the hall of armouries from Shield host is 20 (-5)

EDIT (credits to u/Prospi88): Might of the moritoi is Take and hold (before was Purge the foe)

Wanted to do an army based around old treasure guardian statues. A hidden vault filled with riches, these old guardians of vast treasure make sure to make short work of any who dare to enter. Placed there by a man long dead, the stand vigilant in their purpose thousands of years later.

They have two squads of 10 termagants, barbgaunts, leapers, a prime and a psychophage round 1. We have four models. I have no idea how to hold any objectives or kill the phage - i'm playing a game in a few days. Any ideas / experience / thoughts?

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Imperium - Adeptus Custodes

+ DETACHMENT: Shield Host, Tharanatoi Hammerblow (Martial Mastery)

+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Purge the Foe

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 2010pts

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+ WARLORD: Char1: Trajann Valoris

+ ENHANCEMENT: Mnemo-locked Shrine Cipher (on Char4: Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour)

& Castellan's Mark (on Char5: Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour)

+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 13

+ SECONDARY: - Assassination: 5 Characters

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Char2: 1x Blade Champion (110 pts): Vaultswords

Char3: 1x Blade Champion (125 pts): Vaultswords

Char4: 1x Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (155 pts): Balistus grenade launcher, Guardian Spear

Enhancement: Mnemo-locked Shrine Cipher (+25 pts)

Char5: 1x Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour (150 pts): Balistus grenade launcher, Guardian Spear

Enhancement: Castellan's Mark (+20 pts)

Char1: 1x Trajann Valoris (135 pts): Warlord, Eagle's Scream, Watcher's Axe

5x Custodian Guard (215 pts): 5 with Guardian Spear

5x Custodian Guard (215 pts): 5 with Guardian Spear

3x Allarus Custodians (165 pts): 3 with Balistus grenade launcher, Guardian Spear

3x Allarus Custodians (165 pts): 3 with Balistus grenade launcher, Guardian Spear

5x Custodian Wardens (260 pts)

• 4x Custodian Warden (Guardian Spear): 4 with Guardian Spear

• 1x Custodian Warden: Vexilla, Guardian Spear

3x Vertus Praetors (215 pts): 3 with Interceptor lance, Salvo launcher

4x Witchseekers (50 pts)

• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior: Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer

• 3x Witchseeker: 3 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer

4x Witchseekers (50 pts)

• 1x Witchseeker Sister Superior: Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer

• 3x Witchseeker: 3 with Close combat weapon, Witchseeker flamer

Going to a tourney soon, thoughts on this list? (Its 10pts over 2k since wardens just went down by 10pts)

1. The blade champs will go to the guards, and Trajann will go with the wardens
2. i was thinking to use the guards and bikes to be the big dps, wardens sit on the centre and deny area + any primaries that rely on holding the centre. Then termies to be deepstrike threats and vehicle killers. Witchseekers simply hold the expansion and screen

Basically, I’m curious if anyone else thinks the new codex will buff the Contemptor dreadnought and let us swap out their weapons. I’ve only got the idea due to what they said in the Q&A video from a few days ago (being that Custodes will be able to use all their weapons, ie neutronium projectors and etc), I might be coping but it’d be nice if it happens.

I was go scared to give OSL a shot on this one. I didn't plan on it going in so oh well. I'm still happy with it.

G’day golden-ish boys and girls.

Simple question that probably doesn’t have a right answer, but the only dumb question is the one you don’t ask, right?

When assembling my lovely vertus praetors from my auric champions box, is it generally accepted to use the large oval base, or the clear base? The kit comes with both, so I assume it’s fine either way (except the clear bases historically are garbage imo), but is one considered correct as far as play goes?