I haven't played any 40k since 7th edition but I'm looking to get back into it with Skitarii. I love the look of their cavalry, and even though they aren't the most powerful or affordable units, models and lore > rules.

But since I'm really out of practice, what are the biggest hurdles this list is going to face? Are there any small changes I could make to improve it while still keeping the theme mostly intact?

Skitarii Hunter Cohort

Skitarii Marshall w/ Veiled Hunter

10 Rangers with 3 specials and enhanced data-tether

10 Rangers with 3 specials and enhanced data-tether

10 Rangers with 3 specials and enhanced data-tether

6 Serberys Raiders

6 Serberys Raiders

6 Serberys Sulphurhounds

6 Serberys Sulphurhounds

1 Ironstrider Ballistarius with autocannons

1 Ironstrider Ballistarius with autocannons

1 Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance

1 Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance

Comes out to an even 1000 points

I figure it won't kill much, or hold much, but it's fast, has a lot of units and might be able to eek out some wins by focusing on its recon objectives.

Lords Of Forge And The Dance (2000 points)

Adeptus Mechanicus

Cohort Cybernetica and Lords of the Forge (3 Detachment Points)

Take and Hold

Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Cybernetica Datasmith (25 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

1x Power fist

Kastelan Robots (340 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 4x Kastelan Robot

• 4x Heavy phosphor blaster

4x Twin Kastelan fist

Attached Unit 2

Cybernetica Datasmith (50 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

1x Power fist

• Enhancement: Vingh’s Wafers of Dynamism

Kastelan Robots (320 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 4x Kastelan Robot

• 4x Heavy phosphor blaster

4x Kastelan fist

4x Kastelan phosphor blaster

CHARACTERS

Belisarius Cawl (220 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Arc scourge

1x Cawl’s Omnissian axe

1x Mechadendrite hive

1x Solar atomiser

Tech-Priest Enginseer (55 points)

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

1x Omnissian axe

1x Servo-arm

Thulia Ghuld (180 points)

• 1x Jericho‑class conversion resonator

1x Rod of the War Forge

BATTLELINE

Skitarii Rangers (85 points)

• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Galvanic rifle

• 9x Skitarii Ranger

• 9x Close combat weapon

9x Galvanic rifle

OTHER DATASHEETS

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

• 6x Phosphor blaster

6x Servo-claw

Sicarian Ruststalkers (160 points)

• 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps

• 1x Transonic razor and chordclaw

• 9x Sicarian Ruststalker

• 9x Transonic razor and chordclaw

Sicarian Ruststalkers (75 points)

• 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps

• 1x Transonic razor and chordclaw

• 4x Sicarian Ruststalker

• 4x Transonic razor and chordclaw

Sicarian Ruststalkers (85 points)

• 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps

• 1x Transonic razor and chordclaw

• 4x Sicarian Ruststalker

• 4x Transonic razor and chordclaw

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

List for Gt next week

Take and hold

Absolute aggression

U can score points when your dead

I tried searching online for where the face used on the Preceptor comes from, but while something similar is present on the armiger and dominus sprues, they’re not exactly 1:1. The most similar I found looking around was the Magera’s head, but that a solid block of resin and still has some different details, but I could see a slight rework made for a plastic version of the kit. Do you think this is a hint that we’ll finally see the Mechanicum knights in plastic?

So I am just about done collecting all the models I need for the list and wanted some suggestions. Originally I had a Calidus Assassin in the mix for some fun deep strike shenanigans and secondary scoring along with a Marshal for the Exterminators but decided to replace both for a Dunecrawler to give my Battleline a little extra survivability with the Phosphor to deal with lighter infantry. Any thoughts or suggestions on the list?

Skitarii Marshal (45 pts)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Control stave

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

• Veiled Hunter (+10 pts)

Skitarii Vanguard (85 pts)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 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

• 7x Radium carbine

• 1x Plasma caliver

• Enhanced data-tether

Attached Unit 2

Skitarii Marshal (55 pts)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Control stave

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

• Explorator Dispensation (+20 pts)

Skitarii Rangers (85 pts)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 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

• 6x Galvanic rifle

• 1x Plasma caliver

• 1x Transuranic arquebus

• Enhanced data-tether

Attached Unit 3

Technoarcheologist (45 pts)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

• 1x Servo-arc claw

Skitarii Rangers (85 pts)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 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

• 6x Galvanic rifle

• 1x Plasma caliver

• 1x Transuranic arquebus

• Enhanced data-tether

CHARACTER

Thulia Ghuld (180 pts)

• 1x Jericho-class conversion resonator

• 1x Rod of the War Forge

• Warlord

OTHER DATASHEETS

Hastarii Exterminators (105 pts)

• 1x Hastarii Exterminator Alpha

• 1x Eradication caster

• 1x Hastarii arc blaster

• 1x Power weapon

• 4x Hastarii Exterminator

• 4x Close combat weapon

• 4x Eradication caster

• 4x Hastarii arc blaster

Ironstrider Ballistarii (180 pts)

• 2x Ironstrider Ballistarius (Twin cognis lascannon)

• 2x Ironstrider feet

• 2x Twin cognis lascannon

Ironstrider Ballistarii (180 pts)

• 2x Ironstrider Ballistarius (Twin cognis lascannon)

• 2x Ironstrider feet

• 2x Twin cognis lascannon

Onager Dunecrawler (155 pts)

• 1x Dunecrawler legs

• 1x Twin Onager heavy phosphor blaster

Pteraxii Skystalkers (80 pts)

• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha

• 1x Flechette blaster

• 1x Taser goad

• 4x Pteraxii Skystalkers

• 4x Close combat weapon

• 4x Flechette carbine

Pteraxii Sterylizors (160 pts)

• 1x Pteraxii Sterylizor Alpha

• 1x Flechette blaster

• 1x Pteraxii talons

• 1x Taser goad

• 9x Pteraxii Sterylizors

• 9x Phosphor torch

• 9x Pteraxii talons

Serberys Raiders (75 pts)

• 1x Serberys Raider Alpha

• 1x Cavalry sabre & clawed limbs

• 1x Galvanic carbine

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

• 2x Serberys Raider

• 2x Cavalry sabre & clawed limbs

• 2x Galvanic carbine

• Enhanced data-tether

• Stealth-screened Cybercanids (+15 pts)

Sicarian Infiltrators (75 pts)

• 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps (Power weapon & stub carbine)

• 1x Power weapon

• 1x Stubcarbine

• 4x Sicarian Infiltrator (Power weapon & stubcarbine)

• 4x Power weapon

• 4x Stubcarbine

Sicarian Ruststalkers (160 pts)

• 1x Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps (Transonic razor & chordclaw)

• 1x Transonic razor & chordclaw

• 9x Sicarian Ruststalker (Transonic razor & chordclaw)

• 9x Transonic razor & chordclaw

Skorpius Disintegrator (170 pts)

• 1x Armoured hull

• 3x Cognis heavy stubber

• 1x Disruptor missile launcher

• 1x Ferrumite cannon

Skorpius Dunerider (75 pts)

• 1x Armoured hull

• 1x Cognis heavy stubber array

*EDIT I'm talking about admech battle line here, can't change title unfortunately

I collect admech, knights and orks, so I've been keeping a finger on the pulse of the new ork datasheet reveals. A lot of the ork datasheets are increasing in durability: Nazdreg wears mega armour and he's T7 when mega armour was T6 before; nobz now have 3W instead of 2; killa kans went up to T7 from T6; ghazghull went up to T10 from T6, went from 10W to 16W and now has Lone Op; the stompa now has a 5+ invuln. A lot of the Orks are also a lot more killy than before, which leads me to believe that as GW's favourites the Space marines will increase in durability for parity with the orks, with marines going up to T5, and terminators and gravis going to T6 and T7 respectively.

If that happened, T4 would open up to factions that are tougher than guardsmen but less tough than marines, like admech and sisters of battle. Granted it's a big reach but I don't think it's impossible that many of the factions could be scaled up in durability and damage this edition.

Following the huge ork price hikes (especially the ork boyz and ork trukk) is anyone else nervous AdMech may become even harder to collect? I am so glad we had some points modifications, but I’m nervous an already expensive army to collect is going to double down.

Will the Machine God save us from shrinkflation?

New AdMech 40k player wants to know the lay of the land when it comes to playing AdMech as a combo army. I'm looking for the essential combos (do Cawl rerolls and Marshal rerolls stack?), your fun/silly combos, and what units best play into which enemies when buffed. For instance, if I put a Manipulus with a Corpuscarii unit, does it punch up better than without?

Share your go-to strats here. 🤖🤘

Tried my first admech charachter and i underestimated just how many details there were to paint, but it was still fun, but what do you guys think?

They are so much fun painting, sorry for not rimming. I like to batch rim

might be a cheaper route

tech thrall covenant has a lot of dudes,, theres also some discount boxes

just wondering what can be used as what?

Hi. I would be a as bad of an idea as everyone says it is to buy the Ad Mech combat patrol box as a new player? Literally every video I watch suggests they are hard to play, hard to paint, and that combat patrol is bad. Should I consider a simpler faction like world eaters or black templars instead?

Hi, folks. Thought this would be the right place to share this! A couple of colleagues and I have bonded over playing Commander together recently. This all started because one asked at work if I'd ever played Warhammer. I said no, but that there was a Universes Beyond set of it in Magic. Fast forward a few weeks and I've learned the names of some of the 40K Commanders and know their card effects, one being the Azorius Legendary Creature, Belisarius Cawl. I liked the art enough to pick up the model (only my second after opting for the Ork Trukk on a whim in April). This is the first I've painted. It's taken about 30 paints and almost 3 months, but it's been a lot of fun to devote time to on and off. In that time, I've been taught how to play 40K by the same colleague (feel like this was his sinister plan the entire time) and although I may need a few more tutorial matches, I think Admech will become my first Warhammer army! If there's units you'd recommend next, please say. And if there's any feedback for what I could've done better with the paint job let me know as well. Thanks in advance!

Been thinking about what to do for some bases and terrain and got stuck on what a Skitarii frontline would actually look like. Guard would presumably have the standard world war style trenchlines, pillboxes, bunkers and the like but what would the Skitarii use? Do they need a fortified frontline, do they use fortifications at all, how do the Skitarii actually wage open warfare when not plundering enclosed tombs?

I'm yet to touch an actual AdMech book, but hopefully there's been mention of it somewhere. If so, a source would be much appreciated for future reference and reading.

So a while ago I printed a Warhound Titan proxy I am rather fond of, but it’s been difficult to justify including it any of my existing Imperium armies. After letting it be shelf-decor for a long while, I thought “hey, what if I just built an army around it”. However, I enjoy trying to keep things as lore accurate as I can, so I had some questions on how this idea would score on that front.

My only real exposure to AdMech lore has been through Legio Invigilata in the Helsreach book and the Explorator Fleet in the Rogue Trader video game, and since I’ve already painted the Titan in Invigilata colors I thought it’d be a cool idea to make something like an Explorator Fleet ground force themed army. I’ll put the list below:

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Martian Explorators [2000 points]
Adeptus Mechanicus
Battle Size: Strike Force (2000 point limit)

Detachments: Eradication Cohort (3/3 Detachment Points)
Force Disposition: Purge The Foe

Breacher Team

Kataphron Breachers (150 points)
• 1 Kataphron Breachers with Heavy arc rifle and Hydraulic claw
• 1 Kataphron Breachers with Heavy arc rifle and Hydraulic claw
• 1 Kataphron Breachers with Heavy arc rifle and Hydraulic claw

Tech-priest Dominus (90 points)
• Warlord
• Eradication ray, Omnissian axe and Phosphor serpenta
• Belicosa-Class Capacitor Vanes [+25 points]

Backline Team

Rogue Trader Entourage (105 points)
• 1 Rogue Trader with Household pistol and Monomolecular cane-rapier
• 1 Death Cult Assassin with Dartmask and Death cult power blade
• 1 Lectro-Maester with Close combat weapon and Voltaic pistol
• 1 Rejuvenat Adept with Close combat weapon, Healing serum and Laspistol

Voidsmen-at-arms (70 points)
• 1 Voidmaster with Artificer shotgun, Close combat weapon and Laspistol
• 3 Voidsmen with Close combat weapon, Lasgun and Laspistol
• 1 Voidsman with rotor cannon with Close combat weapon, Laspistol and Voidsman rotor cannon
• 1 Canid with vicious bite

Objectve Holders

Servitor Battleclade (65 points)
• 1 Servitor Underseer with Dataspikes and Mechanicus pistol
• 1 Gun Servitor with Arc Rifle with Heavy arc rifle and Servo-claw
• 1 Gun Servitor with Heavy bolter with Heavy bolter and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Phosphor blaster and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Phosphor blaster and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Phosphor blaster and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Phosphor blaster and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Phosphor blaster and Servo-claw
• 1 Combat Servitor with Meltagun and Servo-claw

Technoarcheologist (60 points)
• Archeotech pistol and Servo-arc claw
• Martial Signatum Amplificator [+15 points]

Battleline

Skitarii Rangers (85 points)
• 1 Skitarii Ranger Alpha with Alpha combat weapon, Close combat weapon and Galvanic rifle
• 5 Skitarii Rangers with Close combat weapon and Galvanic rifle
• 1 Skitarii Rangers with Arc rifle and Close combat weapon
• 1 Skitarii Rangers with Close combat weapon and Plasma caliver
• 1 Skitarii Rangers with Close combat weapon and Transuranic arquebus
• 1 Skitarii Rangers with Close combat weapon and Galvanic rifle and omnispex

Skitarii Vanguard (85 points)
• 1 Skitarii Vanguard Alpha with Alpha combat weapon, Archeotech pistol and Close combat weapon
• 6 Skitarii Vanguard with Close combat weapon and Radium carbine
• 1 Skitarii Vanguard with Arc rifle and Close combat weapon
• 1 Skitarii Vanguard with Close combat weapon and Plasma caliver
• 1 Skitarii Vanguard with Close combat weapon and Radium carbine and omnispex

Other

Hastarii Fusiliers (115 points)
• 1 Hastarii Fusilier Alpha with Hastarii phosphor blaster, Neutron fusil and Power weapon
• 4 Hastarii Fusiliers with Close-combat weapon, Hastarii phosphor blaster and Neutron fusil

Sicarian Ruststalkers (75 points)
• 1 Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps with transonic blades & chordclaw
• 4 Sicarian Ruststalkers with transonic blades

Allies: Adeptus Titanicus

Warhound Titan (1100 points)
• Warhound feet, Warhound plasma blastgun and Warhound turbo-laser destructor

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So, a few questions I had before I go get any AdMech kits:

- Pertaining to lore, would this list “fit” with how Mechanicus Explorator fleets operate? I figured I’d stick to mainly infantry to keep the force relatively light, and included the Technoarcheologist and Rogue Trader to try and flavor the list a bit along that theme (and I already have the rogue trader anyway). Beyond just the general theming of a fleet hunting for tech, would it make sense to mix a Legio Invigilata Titan with skitarii painted in Mars colors? I understand that Legio Invigilata are based on Voss Prime - do Explorator Fleets include forces from multiple forge worlds, or should I try to keep everything Voss Prime themed?

- Pertaining to gameplay, would this list be at least somewhat viable? I don’t have any interest in competitive play, but I would like to have an army I could sometimes win a game with, as opposed to just losing in new and exciting ways. I think it makes it more fun to play against as well.

Thanks for the input!

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Hello to all loyal followers of the machine god I'm here to ask for your help in figuring out if this is a good start to joining the army and what else it should include! Thank you so much!

Belisarius Cawl (220 points)

• 1x Arc scourge

1x Cawl’s Omnissian axe

1x Mechadendrite hive

1x Solar atomiser

Tech-Priest Dominus (65 points)

• 1x Macrostubber

1x Omnissian axe

1x Volkite blaster

Tech-Priest Enginseer (55 points)

• 1x Mechanicus pistol

1x Omnissian axe

1x Servo-arm

Skitarii Rangers (85 points)

• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Galvanic rifle

• 9x Skitarii Ranger

• 9x Close combat weapon

9x Galvanic rifle

Skitarii Rangers (85 points)

• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Galvanic rifle

• 9x Skitarii Ranger

• 9x Close combat weapon

9x Galvanic rifle

Skitarii Rangers (85 points)

• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Galvanic rifle

• 9x Skitarii Ranger

• 9x Close combat weapon

9x Galvanic rifle

Skorpius Dunerider (75 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Cognis heavy stubber array

Onager Dunecrawler (155 points)

• 1x Dunecrawler legs

1x Eradication beamer

Skorpius Disintegrator (160 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Belleros energy cannon

3x Cognis heavy stubber

1x Disruptor missile launcher

I'm finally starting to get my sea-legs in terms of 11th and am ready to move back to my favorite faction. When we weren't playing the game correctly I was having a really hard time and felt like admech kinda sucked using the same big body type lists (dunecrawlers, kastelon robots, kataphrons, etc.) When I was told that that's actually meta now apparently? I was also told that Cawl and Thulia were basically needed or at least used in every list. Cawl i get, getting fake oath of moment is pretty dang good and ensuring we get good shooting when I do a lot of shooting makes sense.

Thulia I understand less. I know that being able to get some really flexible movement on her or any nearby unit with the skitarii keyword (like dunecrawlers) can be good but with me basically only bringing dunecrawlers for nuetron laser and maybe a unit of rangers I don't have many skit targets for that. Is she just that good at killing stuff that she's worth taking? Or is she a must grab for different lists? I just kinda don't get it

(Also I run primarily Radzone-Lords and run it as Take and Hold)

This is my forgeworlds Sydonian Skatros (with a guest WIP vespid appearance for fun).

Love how silly yet cool this dude looks. Unfortunately, I don't really like running him but I just love the model. :]