Here's the next unit of my Custodes painted using the techniques I shared in the original post. The hardest part of painting these guys was the large flapping skirts they have on. Close behind was definitely the weapon hafts.
On the back of the champion, or the model that would be built as a Captain, is a cool design. Unfortunately, I didn't think about it and ended up with a normal trooper AND a Captain (another post) rocking the fancy filigree. On this one, I chose to simply ignore the design...The rest of the models were pretty easy to paint and only took me a total of around eight hours (spread over three days) for the unit. Layering up the red and highlighting the weapon haft certainly took the longest time. My favorite part of painting these models was definitely the axe-blades. It's like that shape is made for this kind of highlighting and comes out beautifully.
Now for the rules part:
Allarus Custodians
These are the 'killers' of the Adeptus Custodes. The Allarus are made up of troops that the Shield-Captains realize are a bit aggressive and they are given the means to capitalize on that aggression. With Terminator armor and the powerful weapons of the Custodes at their disposal, squads of Allarus are held and deployed when sudden fury is needed to break the enemy. They are so aggressive, in fact, that the units rarely stay together and the terminators often go alone to annihilate their enemies.
For almost 240 points, you get three models with
- Four wounds each with a save of 2+/5++
- Four attacks with a Strength 8, AP -1, Dmg D3 axe that hit on 2+
- Shooting with an assault grenade launcher with D3 shots at 12" and -3 AP
- and the ability to deep strike, consolidate towards characters, and use a strategem to become one-man units after deploying
Allarus may not be necessary in the already-elite Custodes army, but they certainly put out some hurting on the enemy regardless.
More units to follow!
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