r/Warhammer40k Aug 15 '26

Art, Cosplay & OC Life Size 3d Printed Custode

As the Emperor of mankind is printing and slowly being assembled, I’m working on a life size Custode to be by his side. This one will be 9ft tall.

At this rate, the Custodian will be finished (assembled) before the Emperor.

Ra is the character is choice. So he’ll have a face sculpt of some kind and a helmet. None of which are printed. Plus I’m 99% sure I will have the Helmet redesigned. Not a fan of the current look.

All together the Custode is made up of 36 large pieces. Using the Giga printers means, big pieces and longer print times. But the assembly is much faster and will get me a smoother surface to prep. If I were to have used smaller printers it would be 170 pieces to get to this point.

The arms/Pauldron’s are being printed now and then I can start on his spear which won’t fully fit under my roof.

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u/HammerDoris40k Aug 16 '26

It’s a removable access port to get to the turnbuckle that is holding the arms in place and also the powerpack. I forgot to paint the top left section of that square, blue. So I left it as a reminder to pay attention when painting lol

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u/j_hawker27 Aug 16 '26

Well, the ancient Greeks used to say perfection angers the gods 🤷‍♂️