How tall are Custodes?

Custodes are taller, much taller, around 9 feets. Primaris are taller than standard Astartes, and shorter than Custodes, they are easily over 8ft, but always under 9feet.

How tall are the Adeptus Custodes?

They tower over mortal men; each has the statuesque physique of an ancient hero, close to nine feet in height even without his scarlet-crested helm.

How tall are Custodes and Astartes?

While I'm reading the books I imagine Astartes to be around 3 meters tall, and the Custodes around 3.5. Primarchs around 4, and the Big E around 5 or 5.5.

Are Custodes bigger than primarchs?

They are made more like the primarchs than a space marine and are far stronger, faster, and better equipped than the space marines. To put it in perspective alpharius was a smaller primarch due to having a split soul with his twin. The 10000 custodes would be like having 10000 smaller primarchs.

How old can Custodes be?

The oldest non-Dreadnought Custodes should be pretty much 10,000-plus years old. Space Marines and Custodes are virtually immortal, given vastly extended lifespans, but not truly immortal until killed.

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Do Custodes feel pain?

As mentioned earlier, all non-vehicle Adeptus Custodes units get a 4+ invulnerable save as standard their 6+ feel no pain save now applies to all mortal wounds regardless of the source, this being the new Aegis of the Emperor ability that all non-vehicle Adeptus Custodes units have as standard on their Datasheet.

How physically strong is a Custodes?

Very strong. The Custodes are hand-crafted warriors, made by the Emperor himself. For example, Constantin Valdor, the first Custodes, was said to be almost as strong as a primarch. And that's without all his fancy wargear.

Could a Space Marine beat a Custodes?

Custodes are literally designed to kill space marines. 1 squad held off an entire Tyranid hive fleet's ground forces with no casualties.

Who is stronger Custodes or Primaris?

Custodes are still head and shoulders above even the Primaris Astartes in terms of combat. Each one is a legendary combatant, trained from birth to a regimen harsher than any Space Marine faces, constantly tested against their betters, and are forged from genetic sciences that the Emperor never applied to the Astartes.

Do Custodes have implants?

As they were born, they dont have any implants.

Who is the tallest Astartes?

The tallest non-primaris Astartes that weren't midget Primarchs (looking at you number 20), was Abaddon. The OP was asking for loyalist IoM chapters. As stated, Sons of Anteaus.

Who was the tallest Primarch?

Horus is described as being 3.5 metres tall (loken as 2.5, but abaddon and torgaddon were both taller with the latter being the tallest).

How tall is a Custodes in armor?

Custodes are taller, much taller, around 9 feets. Primaris are taller than standard Astartes, and shorter than Custodes, they are easily over 8ft, but always under 9feet.

Who can beat a Custodes?

A primarch is not only stronger than a Custodes but also has psykic powers to boot (varying depending on which primarch he was facing).

Who is the leader of the Custodes?

Trajann Valoris is the current Chief Custodian and 17th Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind, and perhaps the deadliest individual warrior in the entire Imperium.

Are Custodes immune to chaos?

Last time I checked, they are immune to the taint of Chaos since they are directly of the gene-seed of the Emperor.

Do custodes respect GREY Knights?

( the custodes to protect the emperor and his interests, the grey knight to fight of demonic incursions) and according to the the emperors legion book they respect but distrust each other.

Are GREY knights better than Custodes?

Custodes. GK's are nice but AC's we're made to crush, if needed, everything the galaxy could offer up. They're (AC) not invulnerable but if it's a generic GK vs a 'generic' AC. Then the Custodes wins 99% of the time.

Are Custodes immune to psykers?

The Custodians originated at a time when Terra was torn apart by psyker Lords and the Emperor was battling them. He didn't want corruptible guardians - hence why the Custodians were created from infants and non psykers - they would be utterly loyal, immune to psychic control and never doubted as His protectors.

Who would win a Primarch or Custodes?

A Primarch against a Custodes squad, I would still say the Primarch by a bare margin, with heavy losses to the squad. More than that I would have to say the Custodes by sheer amount of numbers vs 1 individual Primarch, again, with massive losses to the Custodes, but they would win by literally sheer weight of numbers.

Have Custodes fought Tyranids?

Now, however, we can say for sure that the Adeptus Custodes have fought the Tyranids since Genestealer Cults are a characteristic stage of a Tyranid invasion and the Custodians are also now being actively deployed around the galaxy to combat various grievous threats against the Imperium in secrecy.

How many Custodes exist?

As a result of the inherent difficulty of their creation, the number of active Legio Custodes warriors never, it is believed, exceeded 10,000.

How do Custodes view humans?

In these darker days, I see humans as essentially children, which is not intended to belittle them. They have the potential to be so much more, but we, their guardians, will never lead them into that future if we concentrate exclusively on their inescapable failings.

Do Custodes need sleep?

They can sleep but to what extend they need it is very unclear. Especially the companions stand watch for an incredible amount of time - perfectly on guard. Maybe their brain is just wired differently, like a bottlenose dolphin which can rest its left and right side independently etc.

How loyal are Custodes?

The custodes are loyal to the Emperor above all, Astartes tend to have stronger loyalties to their Chapter, their battle-brothers, and are strongly wired to be loyal to their Primarchs.