Adeptus Mechancius (counts-as Space Marines)

[miteyheroes]

I've been collecting an Adeptus Mechanicus army since the end of last year. Originally this was started because I was given a pile of classic Space Crusade Space Marine models, and wanted to find *something* to do with them. Most standard Marine chapters were too boring: I considered Space Wolves and Pretty Marines, but wanted to do something more special. And I love converting!

So I came up with the idea of making them a steampunk successor chapter to the Iron Hands. Over the months this idea morphed into just making an Adeptus Mechanicus army. Fluff-wise I call them Praetorians, although my Praetorians are more about heavy armour & cybernetics rather than the more common gene-bred Ogyrnesque creatures.

Anyway. Enough chat, have some pictures! All these photos link to their bigger versions on Flickr. For more, go to my blog [URL="http://admech.blogspot.com/"]http://admech.blogspot.com/[/URL] or my Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47446154@N08/sets/72157624191172526/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/47446154@N08/sets/72157624191172526/[/URL]

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Rules-wise they could count as Space Marines, Space Wolves, Chaos Space Marines, Witch Hunters, Necrons... Whatever I feel like, really! So far I've just been using them as Space Wolves, but I'm looking to try out some other stuff.

The army is currently around 1,500 pts- not all of it is displayed here, but I've got a Techno-Magi Lord (normally my Rune Priest), two Techpriests (Iron Priests) plus their servitors, 4 Praetorian Defender squads (Grey Wolves) and 3 Praetorian Support squads (Long Fangs). I'm currently putting the finishing touches on a converted a Praetorian Assault squad (Blood Claws / Wolf Guard), and an Avatar of the Machine God converted from Nightbringer (possibly to use as a Thunderwolf Lord? Or as a Daemon Prince in CSM?)

I'm not really very good at the whole gaming side, but you can read battle reports and army lists and so on at [URL="http://admech.blogspot.com/"]http://admech.blogspot.com/[/URL]

[miteyheroes]

Double posting isn't good, I know, but have one last photo that shows how I made the models: they're Space Marine torsoes with all iconography removed, then with added Westwind Productions Wierd World War II gasmask heads and lots of Green Stuff...

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[Vorlon]

This is a really well done army thats practically dripping with character. Any chance we could get a closer look at those transports?

[fuzzbuket]

mk 1 rhinos with a building on top ... CLASSIC

i love this army very neat nicely presented and cool

[The AKH]

Very cool army there!

[miteyheroes]

This is a really well done army thats practically dripping with character. Any chance we could get a closer look at those transports?

In GW Oxford they're known as the "Razorbricks"!

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They were two horrible paint-encrusted Mk1 Rhinos I was given at the same time as my Space Crusade models. Two nights before my first game everyone told me I needed to add mobility, so I built & painted these! They're very very simple, as I had next to no time.

The servitors on the top are magnetic, so they can be removed to turn the vehicles into Rhinos or to show weapon destroyed results.

[Aldramelech]

Excellent. A great Idea and well executed.

[Grabnutz]

Little short of brilliant! Keep it up

[Image]

This is really amazing stuff.

[Sign Ahead]

These are absolutely gorgeous!

Edit: I've been thinking about these models all night, and my tiny one-line post just doesn't do them justice.

With the goggles, flared Mk. 1 helmets and rolling Gothic boxes, it's like an alternate WWI science fiction story. Sure, I can imagine these models facing off against horrors from beyond the stars. But they'd also be right at home in the trenches, surrounded by barbed wire, shell craters and mustard gas.

The scenery and photography make it even better. Great work all the way around, miteyheroes!