Mechanicus??

[dark messenger]

So whatever you call them (gearheads, cogboys, etc) it seems they are the red-robed blood that slicks the gears of the imperial war machine.
Lest we forget, the two-headed eagle of the Imperium (supposedly) symbolises the partnership between the Terran and Martian empires.

The tech-priests make the shiny guns, the bada*s tanks, the myriad starships and the stomping titans.
But does anyone actually play them?

In my 8 years at my local gaming club, I have seen all sorts both tabletop and electronic, miniatures and cards. The 40K scene here is quite popular, but never once have I seen anyone walk in and field a Mechanicus army!

Is there some kind of stigma attached to them? Some gamer voodoo that everyone steers clear of?

I don't know much about the Mechs but considering the amount of tech they have at their disposal, they should be nearly as good as the Tau right?

Only reason I don't play them myself is the whole "heretic cyborg people" vibe they have kinda creeps me out a little...

Incidentally, apologies if this has already been posted but I couldn't find what I was looking for so I made thread.

[Wolfshade]

The biggest trouble for them is the question of how to play them.
They don't have a codex, nor have they so we are left having to proxy them.
Then is how do they look? We have some descriptions of them and a few Blanche pictures but no models so they will be an entirely scratch built force which i think is slightly beyond the average gamer.

I think I have only seen this as Imperial Guard, indeed a lovely force is found here [url]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?6462-Adeptus-Mechanicus-Imperial-Guard-a-WIP-blog[/url]

Oh found this which is a Grey Knights count-as going through the henchman route
[url]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?15830-Adeptus-Mechanicus[/url]

And miteyheroes has a nice little blog about his Ad-Mech [url]http://admech.blogspot.co.uk/[/url] which is worth a read through as he has some neat conversions.

A space marine list as ad-mech
[url]http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?176971-Jimbobjeffs-Skitarii-cohort[/url]

[Pendragon38]

The biggest trouble for them is the question of how to play them.
They don't have a codex, nor have they so we are left having to proxy them.
Then is how do they look? We have some descriptions of them and a few Blanche pictures but no models so they will be an entirely scratch built force which i think is slightly beyond the average gamer.

I think I have only seen this as Imperial Guard, indeed a lovely force is found here [URL]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?6462-Adeptus-Mechanicus-Imperial-Guard-a-WIP-blog[/URL]

Oh found this which is a Grey Knights count-as going through the henchman route
[URL]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?15830-Adeptus-Mechanicus[/URL]

And miteyheroes has a nice little blog about his Ad-Mech [URL]http://admech.blogspot.co.uk/[/URL] which is worth a read through as he has some neat conversions.

A space marine list as ad-mech
[URL]http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?176971-Jimbobjeffs-Skitarii-cohort[/URL]

They used to have models in the early 90s with a list of weapons and troops you could
take in WD.

[Mr Mystery]

Horus Heresy books are slowly introducing Mechanicus....

So far? One character and one troops choice. But it's a start.

Or at least it will be once the models are released.

[Wolfshade]

They used to have models in the early 90s with a list of weapons and troops you could
take in WD.

From '89 winter retail catalgoue



That's all I could find
Certainly the roborts are Ad-Mech (c.f. A Thousand Sons) but the Ad-Mech just look like what became Techmarines

[rtmaitreya]

From '89 winter retail catalgoue

That's all I could find
Certainly the roborts are Ad-Mech (c.f. A Thousand Sons) but the Ad-Mech just look like what became Techmarines

The robot maniples are done either as terminators (they're about the same size as modern terminators) or as sentinels, depending on your army list.

You need carapace and power armor, lots of vehicles and artillery type things for Admech, which supposes an IG list with SM allies, or vice versa. Lots of work is the problem, or access to a lot of very hard to find miniatures. You won't see too many of these armies. Squats are easier, because, y'know, dwarves, so they can be modeled or augmented based on small quantities of ancient miniatures and plenty of modern ones. Admech takes work no matter what you do.

RTM

[Gotthammer]

Robots are part of the Legio Cybernetica which is, like the Collegia Titanica, a subset of the Mechanicus that is quasi-autonomous. Those old models were also essentially add ons to the IG army of the day much like Enginseers are now. The models for robots are a fair bit larger than Terminators, at least in height if not breadth.

And for AdMech I field a pair of Titans with IG support - sentinels and horde infantry for screening.

[Houghten]

I was under the impression that the Legio Cybernetica was an entirely different faction from the priesthood of Mars...

[dark messenger]

I must admit, despite my personal reservations about the Mechs, there is some beautiful work done on those models. Very impressive.
Seeing all this evidence that points to the Mechs being a unique and very striking force when assembled and painted makes me wonder why they don't have their own army. That was news to me btw.

I thought GW would be proud to release models of skitarii and servitors? Plus the many ways the tech-priests themselves are a combination of man/machine - even so far as to be part-man, part-tank...
It's a miniature maker's dream surely? How much cash they could spin off it?

I know it's mostly curiosity for me, but I'd like to see a Mechanicus army in action. I'd love to know what they'd be capable of.

[Wolfshade]

I suppose that the skitarii and other forces can be built into whatever form the arch-magos (?) (forge leader) wants them to be