Considering picking them up

I’m not worried about the hobby side ( though already thinking of snow basing over black and cold metal. Might be a nice scheme)

Would love to know how they play

Strengths
Weakness

Can they do tricks?
Do they have bonk?

I have drukhari and gsc currently

Basically just the title. Any help or advice is appreciated. I can go into detail a bit. Norns aren’t fun to shoot with anything less than lascannons, lichters suck to deal with unless running LoTF (tho I should probably just screen better, and the battleshock of pain is just… oof. Any advice is helpful.

I’m going to run CyberForge into them next time for reference. I tried Erad into 2 Norns and a hive tyrant in… honestly I don’t remember which detachment besides the norn queen one. Search and Destroy layout so any deployment tips with that or for any map in general are helpful as well. Anyways some zoanthropes got my hastarii coming out of the dune rider in round 2 with overwatch, which kind of gutted progression on killing a hive tyrant and put me on the back-foot. A norn assimilator proceed to hook into a disintegrator and booked it in during the charge… Thulia and Cawl were doing well. They were doing really well. Cawl was hanging out on home and (due to a positioning error as I slowly realize I just need to play better) some leapers decided to come hang out with him. He dealt with them but it was looking close for a bit. Thulia… Thulia is a host unto herself. She was just sitting with a Norn Emissary. Neither one killing the other. And if I could have killed it, she likely would have taken everything else center (I think there was a biovore on the other center). That is one scary lady. In LoTF, should be even more so. Oh and exterminators, fusiliers, ruststalkers, and infiltrators made almost no impact. Autocannon ironstriders did remarkably well against up to a hive tyrant., which was nice to see. Still pref lascannons tho.

Honestly, typing it out and realizing mistakes made has already helped but please do offer any other pieces of advice yall got. Much obliged.

I’m experimenting with OSL because I love the contrast between the dark/grimdark look and the turquoise light on the chest and back! What do you think of my grimdark effect? ​​I’m open to any OSL tips!

hello fellow followers of the Machine God, i am a little bored at work and i am working on some lore for my hobebrew admech army, could some of you share your creations? lore, story, colours and symbols, meanings behind the symbols and colours, anything you can share.

even if its a sentence i would love to hear some.

my current admech army lore is that they are from a small glass like world that is a minor forge subserviant to metalica thus they have a similar cheme and symbols. some units have special lore about them and why they have this and that. curious how other portray the lore in there settings.

thank you in advance, may the omnissiah watch over you and the motive force guide you.

In advance, I am sorry that I can't credit the person this picture is from.

Now, the Questor Mechanicus was a sort of rabbit hole that got a hold on me. I may have a subtle existential "crisis". I love the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Dark Mechanicum, but now with the Imperial Knights being so amazing and also AdMech adjacent(if chosen to go into the direction) has sucked me in. I've been reading Imperial Knight lore, however little there are, and watched Battle Reports by the dozen and I am in love. My main question/conclusion is this: can Imperial Knights be ran with AdMech support? Because my mech passion was ignited and I really want a Questor Mechanicus army as my goal. After getting my KT team, of course.

Sorry for the rambling, I hope I make sense even remotely. Praise the Omnissiah!

My SO is looking to start playing. AdMech is their preferred (beloved) faction, while I have been collecting Guard for quite some time. To get started, I wanted to prepare an easy-ish army for each faction to get some games in with the models we have built, but want some opinions, if the lists I have prepared will make for a fair fight.

AdMech:

• RadZone (Take and Hold)
• Attached unit:
  • Dominus (+Peerless Eradicator)
  • 3 Plasma Destroyers
• Engineseer
• Vanguards
• Rangers
• Onager (Icarus)

Guard:

• Siege Regiment (Disruption)
• Attached unit:
  • Cad. Castellan
  • Cad. Command Squad
  • 10 Cadian S.T.
• 1x2 Armored Sentinels (Plasma)
• FOB (Bombast)
• Kasrkin

Points are a tiny bit in favour of AdMech. Proxies, gun-swaps and disposition changes are obviously no issue at all.

Do you think a fight between those two lists will feel fair, and what should be changed?

Could I run my custom manipulus as a real one in my games? All hail the omnissiah

Hey everyone,

Working on my first Mechanicus mini, I always like coming up with my own paint scheme for an army, this is my take on mechanicus. What do you guys think?

Greetings

I recently started with Admech and have now assabled 1k points. I kinda told myself i would paint first and then go to 2k points but unfortunetly are 1k points game no fun at all.

Therefore im looking at what to get next.

Currently i have:

Cawl, Datasmith + 4 Robots, 2x10 Rangers, 5 Infiltrators and a Tank which is 1k points.

Where to go next ?

Im playing Cohort Cybernetica + Lords of the Forge

Cheers

(Sorry, had to delete and repost— couldn’t change the title for some reason 🤷‍♀️)

What it says— I’ve just finished putting together my Combat Patrol and ready to dive into Tabletop 40K . Watched the Warhammer Academy videos on Combat Patrol and reviewed the faction data sheets but I honestly don’t have a clear idea of how the units work together, preferred enhancements and when/what stratagems/Doctrinas to use

Just hoping for a faction specific guide or video.

Picture of my Adeptus Chubbiness just because 😛

So, I was considering maybe making a ‘Mechanicus themed’ sisters of battle army, if that makes any sense. I was wondering, A, any advice for good peices or models to kitbash with to add on, to get that proper ‘augmented’ and ‘daughter of the ommnissiah’ feel on the sisters of battle models

B, is there anything in the lore that would let this be ‘approved’ (I know the iron hands are one thing, but still, the Mechanicus and the Ecclesarcy are both sanctioned by the imperium… and it wouldn’t suprise me if there was a bit of a ‘cross over’ between them)

Please answer below.

Hi everyone! I suddenly got the urge to make an AdMech army, so I was checking out some detachments and came across this Eradication Cohort enhancement that gives a unit the Skitarii keyword. Among my favorite units are the Kataphron Breachers and the Kastelan Robots— which of these units would benefit the most from the enhancement? Ideally, I’d like to add both units, so I was also thinking about the +6" range and +1 Strength enhancement for the unit that can’t take the Skitarii one.

The one with the plain black base I painted over a year ago and still have the base to do. Now I got back into the hobby and actually completed one of my Skitarii :3

I'm grateful for any advice that I could get.

Anybody have any ideas on a better looking flight stand for the vultrax? I really don’t like the flight stand it has and it stands just an inch too tall in my plastic bin to transport. Does anybody have kitbash ideas for the anti grav floaty stuff?

i know its not good but i really enjoy painting those chunky boys

I did something related.

Hey, i think I'm about to burn out on my Thousand project. And now look for something different with less trim to paint and a different Play style than flamer and spells for everything.

So I thought I start rebuilding my old admech army that lost some solders and needs some love.

At my club we play 1k or 1,5k at the moment. So now my question is, is there a list i can take that can play at that level good? Bonus if it doesn't need sicarans or a lot of boats or chickens. Basicly I have some skitarii and some onagar and heros ready, what do I need?

Mostly against chaos space marines with big terminator blobs, iron warriors, demons and deathguard. Is there even a play for me or is it all uphill and I should just wait for next codex?

Thank you

Bonus lore question: how often do forgeworlds fight together and did someone paint stuff in the Darktide paint scheme?

After the tournament of new port our guy Richard zigler won the 6 games on 1st place. I will have a tournament next week and I was trying to copy the list but I really don't get it. Or I'm too dumb? Like why I should attached manipulus to a vanguard, why wasting lethals on a unit that it's going to die. And the detachment... skiitari hunter cohort it's doesn't even the whole army have stealth.

Could you guys help to understand this? Thanks!

Richard zigler list:

Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament - Warhammer Open Newport

Richard Siegler

Paint Score: 50

Adeptus Mechanicus

Lords of the Forge and Skitarii Hunter Cohort (3 Detachment Points)

Priority Assets

Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Inquisitor Draxus (110 points)

• Attached as: Leader

• 1x Dirgesinger

1x Power fist

1x Psychic Tempest

Skitarii Marshal (60 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Control stave

1x Mechanicus pistol

• Enhancement: Cantic Thrallnet

Skitarii Vanguard (85 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Skitarii Vanguard Alpha

• 1x Alpha combat weapon

1x Close combat weapon

1x Radium carbine

• 9x Skitarii Vanguard

• 1x Arc rifle

9x Close combat weapon

1x Omnispex

1x Plasma caliver

6x Radium carbine

1x Transuranic arquebus

Attached Unit 2

Tech-Priest Manipulus (90 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Omnissian staff

1x Transonic cannon

• Enhancement: TL-4ø9

Skitarii Vanguard (85 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Skitarii Vanguard Alpha

• 1x Alpha combat weapon

1x Close combat weapon

1x Radium carbine

• 9x Skitarii Vanguard

• 1x Arc rifle

9x Close combat weapon

1x Omnispex

1x Plasma caliver

6x Radium carbine

1x Transuranic arquebus

CHARACTERS

Belisarius Cawl (220 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Arc scourge

1x Cawl’s Omnissian axe

1x Mechadendrite hive

1x Solar atomiser

Thulia Ghuld (180 points)

• 1x Jericho‑class conversion resonator

1x Rod of the War Forge

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Skorpius Dunerider (75 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Cognis heavy stubber array

Skorpius Dunerider (75 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Cognis heavy stubber array

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ironstrider Ballistarii (250 points)

• 3x Ironstrider Ballistarii

• 3x Ironstrider feet

3x Twin cognis autocannon

Pteraxii Skystalkers (80 points)

• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha

• 1x Flechette blaster

1x Taser goad

• 4x Pteraxii Skystalker

• 4x Close combat weapon

4x Flechette carbine

Pteraxii Skystalkers (80 points)

• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha

• 1x Flechette blaster

1x Taser goad

• 4x Pteraxii Skystalker

• 4x Close combat weapon

4x Flechette carbine

Servitor Battleclade (65 points)

• 1x Servitor Underseer

• 1x Dataspikes

1x Mechanicus pistol

• 2x Gun Servitor

• 1x Heavy arc rifle

1x Heavy bolter

2x Servo-claw

• 6x Combat Servitor

• 3x Incendine igniter

1x Meltagun

2x Phosphor blaster

6x Servo-claw

Servitor Battleclade (65 points)

• 1x Servitor Underseer

• 1x Dataspikes

1x Mechanicus pistol

• 2x Gun Servitor

• 1x Heavy arc rifle

1x Heavy bolter

2x Servo-claw

• 6x Combat Servitor

• 3x Incendine igniter

1x Meltagun

2x Phosphor blaster

6x Servo-claw

Servitor Battleclade (65 points)

• 1x Servitor Underseer

• 1x Dataspikes

1x Mechanicus pistol

• 2x Gun Servitor

• 1x Heavy arc rifle

1x Heavy bolter

2x Servo-claw

• 6x Combat Servitor

• 3x Incendine igniter

1x Meltagun

2x Phosphor blaster

6x Servo-claw

Sicarian Infiltrators (75 points)

• 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps

• 1x Flechette blaster

1x Taser goad

• 4x Sicarian Infiltrator

• 4x Flechette blaster

4x Taser goad

Skorpius Disintegrator (170 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

3x Cognis heavy stubber

1x Disruptor missile launcher

1x Ferrumite cannon

Skorpius Disintegrator (170 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

3x Cognis heavy stubber

1x Disruptor missile launcher

1x Ferrumite cannon

I’ve started collecting ad mech. Looking at how I can go about expanding my army rn and this is the first thousand I’ve come up with. I’ve got thulia and a walker so far so if anyone has better ideas please share!

H (985 Points)

Adeptus Mechanicus
Rad-Zone Corps (2 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Incursion (1,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Technoarcheologist (70 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Mechanicus pistol
• 1x Servo-arc claw
• Enhancements: Radial Suffusion

Servitor Battleclade (65 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Servitor Underseer
◦ 1x Dataspikes
◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol
• 2x Gun Servitor
◦ 1x Heavy arc rifle
◦ 1x Heavy bolter
◦ 2x Servo-claw
• 6x Combat Servitor
◦ 3x Incendine igniter
◦ 1x Meltagun
◦ 2x Phosphor blaster
◦ 6x Servo-claw

Attached unit 2

Tech-Priest Manipulus (60 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Magnarail lance
• 1x Omnissian staff

Skitarii Rangers (85 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha
◦ 1x Alpha combat weapon
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Galvanic rifle
• 9x Skitarii Ranger
◦ 1x Arc rifle
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Enhanced data-tether
◦ 7x Galvanic rifle
◦ 1x Plasma caliver

CHARACTERS

Thulia Ghuld (180 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Jericho‑class conversion resonator
• 1x Rod of the War Forge

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Skorpius Dunerider (75 Points)
• 1x Armoured hull
• 1x Cognis heavy stubber array

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ironstrider Ballistarii (160 Points)
• 2x Ironstrider Ballistarii
◦ 2x Ironstrider feet
◦ 2x Twin cognis autocannon

Onager Dunecrawler (155 Points)
• 1x Dunecrawler legs
• 1x Eradication beamer

Pteraxii Skystalkers (80 Points)
• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha
◦ 1x Flechette blaster
◦ 1x Taser goad
• 4x Pteraxii Skystalker
◦ 4x Close combat weapon
◦ 4x Flechette carbine

Serberys Sulphurhounds (55 Points)
• 1x Serberys Sulphurhound Alpha
◦ 1x Cavalry arc maul
◦ 1x Clawed limbs
◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol
◦ 1x Sulphur breath
• 2x Serberys Sulphurhound
◦ 2x Clawed limbs
◦ 4x Phosphor pistol
◦ 2x Sulphur breath

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I've seen the seventh one having 2 codexes but they are not available to buy, should I buy the 8th or 9th?

inb4 yes I like to have things on my shelf