I am a Custodes player myself and have been playing with them since 8th edition. This is how I painted my own army in a super grimdark paintscheme. I want my Custodes to look as if they have been in battle for 10.000 years.
I don’t like the bright and clean gold and red paint scheme that Games Workshop uses. I prefer something darker and that’s how I got to these bronze custodes.
More (simple) grimdark Custodes paint schemes
Do you want some other Custodes colour schemes? How about a grimy and grimdark Solar Watch jetbike. It’s a pretty simple paintscheme that you could follow along with, even if you’re still a relative beginner.
I’m using mainly Games Workshop paints, that you can just get at your hobbystore. But!
I also use some Streaking Grime from AK Interactive and a bit of rust streaks to line the panels. Try out these enamels, even if you are still a beginner. It will blow your mind.
Slapchop Shadowkeepers terminator
Another paint scheme I did is this Shadowkeepers terminator. It’s a very simple paintscheme, I would call it slapchop if I didn’t have a severe dislike for the word 🙂 It’s so simple that you can easily do a unit or 3 in a week.
Painting black is strange, because you shouldn’t use black paint when you are painting black. Rather do some greys and wash it with a super dark blue wash like Drakenhof Night Shade. That way you can get much more detail in your mini.
Check out the Shadowkeeper Custodes video here.
