Adeptus Mechanicus for 40k new pics p162

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**Sick Bag**

What is the current word on Ad Mech Cult or Cybernetica?

**Verviedi**

HQ! Wooo!

**Nicky J**

bols is reporting this image (from the inside cover of the limited edition version of the Skitarius novel) is the electro priest:

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/04/electro-priests-image-emerges.html

**raziel69r**

Please remember that these are rumors. Still no word on when these will come out.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
couople points for the cult mechanicus
-no knights or titans are in it. also no skitarii.
-tech priest dominus are the hq
they can restore a hull point or heal a point of damage

also they are nice model. a hunched over robed techpriest who is mostly mechanical. think of previous admech artwork. inspiring model with lots of detail

**Yodhrin**

So if the rumours are right, what are we looking at so far then;

Electro-priests dual kit.
Praetorians dual-kit.
Robots dual-kit.
Techpriest clampack.

Assuming it's not just BOLS balls and Faeit clickbaitery, and assuming the rumour that this is another Skitarii-esque release is on the money, that'll be about all of it.

Hmm. Now, don't get me wrong, if that's even close to what we end up with I will be a happy(and poor) chappie, but if GW miss yet another opportunity to give us plastic servitors, models that no less than two existing armies and multiple FW Heresy armies could use as well as AdMech, I'll be a bit annoyed.

**Super Newb**

Yodhrin, what's the robots rumor? I've heard of the other three but not that one...

**Mr.Church13**

Following the two kits, two weeks. release from the Skitarii that seems reasonable.

**migooo**

Oooooh interesting. I wonder what weapons he be having. Yeah plastic servitors are a need.

**aka_mythos**

Yodhrin wrote:So if the rumours are right, what are we looking at so far then;

Electro-priests dual kit.
Praetorians dual-kit.
Robots dual-kit.
Techpriest clampack.

I don't know the reliability of the rumor, but one of the rumors also mentioned a tracked vehicle kit of some sort.

Super Newb wrote:Yodhrin, what's the robots rumor? I've heard of the other three but not that one...

The rumor on the robots was dual kit to build either a Conqueror or Colossus pattern robot.

**WrentheFaceless**

Hmm seems weird the Cult book wouldnt mention the skitarii.

More purchases though blegh

Not sold on the electro priests if the tracked guys serve the same purpose, but a HQ is neat

**Mr.Church13**

WrentheFaceless wrote:
Hmm seems weird the Cult book wouldnt mention the skitarii.

More purchases though blegh

Not sold on the electro priests if the tracked guys serve the same purpose, but a HQ is neat

I'm 100% sold on Electro-Priests on the fact that they run around half naked waving live powerlines and shouting about the machine god.

That image alone entertains me.

**Warhams-77**

It's clearly another standalone mini-codex as rumored several weeks ago by Lords of War Gaming. The third book, Adeptus Mechanicus, will also be the main codex according to them. Sad Panda said here on Dakka they will make AdMech ('the guys from Mars') into a full faction (like Orks, Eldar etc) over the summer. These mini book releases prevent that GW 'gets robbed' by people creating minis for the army entries before they can.

And Natfka's source early this year turned out to be correct about everything Skitarii. Natfka seems to provide more reliable information than in the past this time

**the_Armyman**

Warhams-77 wrote:
It's clearly another standalone mini-codex as rumored several weeks ago by Lords of War Gaming. The third book, Adeptus Mechanicus, will also be the main codex according to them. Sad Panda said here on Dakka they will make AdMech ('the guys from Mars') into a full faction (like Orks, Eldar etc) over the summer. These mini book releases prevent that GW 'gets robbed' by people creating minis for the army entries before they can.

And Natfka's source early this year turned out to be correct about everything Skitarii. Natfka seems to provide more reliable information than in the past this time

So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

**Mr.Church13**

the_Armyman wrote:
Warhams-77 wrote:
It's clearly another standalone mini-codex as rumored several weeks ago by Lords of War Gaming. The third book, Adeptus Mechanicus, will also be the main codex according to them. Sad Panda said here on Dakka they will make AdMech ('the guys from Mars') into a full faction (like Orks, Eldar etc) over the summer. These mini book releases prevent that GW 'gets robbed' by people creating minis for the army entries before they can.

And Natfka's source early this year turned out to be correct about everything Skitarii. Natfka seems to provide more reliable information than in the past this time

So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

Unique Formations, Fluff, new art, and some unseen units in the big dex I'll take it. I wont exactly like it wholesale, but I'll take it.

**Warhams-77**

The latter will probably bring new units as well but yes it looks to be like Tempestus -> Astra Militarum. Or Lords Of War Gaming have wrong information and the Codizes will be kept seperate books, like Eldar/Harlequin, and you will have to buy all three to play the entire army. To stop the asumptions right there, no rumors have said so

**Accolade**

the_Armyman wrote:
Warhams-77 wrote:
It's clearly another standalone mini-codex as rumored several weeks ago by Lords of War Gaming. The third book, Adeptus Mechanicus, will also be the main codex according to them. Sad Panda said here on Dakka they will make AdMech ('the guys from Mars') into a full faction (like Orks, Eldar etc) over the summer. These mini book releases prevent that GW 'gets robbed' by people creating minis for the army entries before they can.

And Natfka's source early this year turned out to be correct about everything Skitarii. Natfka seems to provide more reliable information than in the past this time

So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

Haha, I remember people clamoring when it was rumored there would be two books.

"No, it's definitely the painting book. They're not going to do Codex: MT thing again. What? You heard three books? Well that's definitely wrong."

**KiloFiX**

Wasn't there some thing about new Knights?

**Super Newb**

the_Armyman wrote:
So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

That's why I am not going to buy the Skitarii codex for a couple of months - first need to see how this pans out.

**MajorWesJanson**

I don't mind multiple books for Admech. They are priced lower than full codices, and being a new faction, full of new fluff and art.

What I do mind is all these awesome models coming out at the same time as the WARLORD TITAN!

Kind of hard to afford an army of machine worshippers when you are saving to buy a machine GOD.

**Kanluwen**

Accolade wrote:
the_Armyman wrote:
Warhams-77 wrote:
It's clearly another standalone mini-codex as rumored several weeks ago by Lords of War Gaming. The third book, Adeptus Mechanicus, will also be the main codex according to them. Sad Panda said here on Dakka they will make AdMech ('the guys from Mars') into a full faction (like Orks, Eldar etc) over the summer. These mini book releases prevent that GW 'gets robbed' by people creating minis for the army entries before they can.

And Natfka's source early this year turned out to be correct about everything Skitarii. Natfka seems to provide more reliable information than in the past this time

So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

Haha, I remember people clamoring when it was rumored there would be two books.

"No, it's definitely the painting book. They're not going to do Codex: MT thing again. What? You heard three books? Well that's definitely wrong."

To be fair, at that time we were being told that there were three books and one was called "Cult Mechanicus"--and that it was coming out at the same time as the Skitarii book.

**Nithoggr**

Is it not odd that we have seen pretty much all the AdMech rumors, at least the basics, without a rumored release date.
I know May was mentioned, but still we got the troops, elites, and HQ already, and I'm sure in a few days heavy and fast units.

Still, Johnny 5 is alive!!

**Warhams-77**

Accolade wrote:

Haha, I remember people clamoring when it was rumored there would be two books.

"No, it's definitely the painting book. They're not going to do Codex: MT thing again. What? You heard three books? Well that's definitely wrong."

Yep

It's okay though, no bad feelings

**nudibranch**

I've got a feeling these mini-dex's (like Codex: Skitarii) will have some unique rules (such as Doctrina Imperatives, which wouldn't makes sense in a full list with a HQ on the board) and formations to justify their existence outside the complete dex. Still pretty money-grubbing on GW's part though...

**Warhams-77**

I never felt like this when I bought the Black Legion and Crimson Slaughter supplements. The fluff and also the campaigns included made me enjoy the books even though there weren't much rules

26 EUR for the Skitarii book instead of 40 for the supps (with same page count) seems okay

Back to the topic: In the current fluff are Skitarii still operating side by side with the Titan Legions? In case GW is going to release more Apocalypse products it would be great to get a Warzone book featuring those two.

**Kid_Kyoto**

WrentheFaceless wrote:
Hmm seems weird the Cult book wouldnt mention the skitarii.

More purchases though blegh

Not sold on the electro priests if the tracked guys serve the same purpose, but a HQ is neat

Wasn't there a rumor of 3 books?

So it could be Codex: Wave 1, Codex Wave 2, then Codex Both.

**the_Armyman**

Super Newb wrote:
the_Armyman wrote:
So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

That's why I am not going to buy the Skitarii codex for a couple of months - first need to see how this pans out.

At this point, that's what it's come down to: wait and see how things shake out and make my purchases from the position of being an educated consumer.

**Super Newb**

the_Armyman wrote:
Super Newb wrote:
the_Armyman wrote:
So they put out two mini-dexes a month or two apart, then lump it all together into one codex four months later? Feth me. What a bizarre little bubble GW lives in.

That's why I am not going to buy the Skitarii codex for a couple of months - first need to see how this pans out.

At this point, that's what it's come down to: wait and see how things shake out and make my purchases from the position of being an educated consumer.

Indeed. I bought a few boxes of Vanguard / Rangers because IMHO the models look so cool. Between the rules in the box and what people have said online about the doctrines I can field them in an army in a friendly game if I want to (once I put them together lol). I have a feeling that when the rumored main Ad Mech codex comes out, that will be the only codex I will really need to use my Skitarii dudes, along with whatever other cool Ad Mech stuff is out by then.

**migooo**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
WrentheFaceless wrote:
Hmm seems weird the Cult book wouldnt mention the skitarii.

More purchases though blegh

Not sold on the electro priests if the tracked guys serve the same purpose, but a HQ is neat

Wasn't there a rumor of 3 books?

So it could be Codex: Wave 1, Codex Wave 2, then Codex Both.

Yup 2 codex type books and a painting book if I remember correctly.

It could say in cult mechanicus you may include units from the skitarii codex

I have a feeling the electro priests will have a horde type rules possibly even frenzy and very little armour basically send wave after wave of men at them.

The pretorians sound like heavy weapons platforms and cc / heavy armoured busters

**Dramagod2**

Im betting that when the admech book comes out it will reflect the majority of the boxes on the admech organizational breakdown pic in the skitarii codex. They will then probably go together in some type of decurion detachment. So so far we have skitarii and cult so that leaves the others. Titans are knights and FW, Cybernetica may be represented through FW as well. I think we will see all or most of those boxes represented in the full admech book though with some (legio cybernetica, titans, etc.) probably being part of an IA addition. The minidexes just represent that single sect of the mechanicus while the admech book will show how all the sects work together.

**manrogue**

Another one from BoLS-

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/04/new-mechanicus-hq-revealed.html
New Mechanicus HQ Revealed!

Posted by Rob Baer at April 23, 2015

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This may be the reason we never saw a ‘HQ’ model for the Skitarii. Here’s the new Mechanicus HQ details!

There is a bit of speculation about what the Cult Mechanicus may contain exactly, BUT if we know anything it’s that the Adeptus Mechanicus models can literally be anything.

Currently we’ve heard of new Knight Titan Variants that may be part of the same release, Electro-Priests, and tracked Infantry models.

Today we get a new twist on an old staple for the Mechanicus!

Via Captain Citadel

The HQ unit for the New Cult Mechanicus is called a Tech Priest Dominus. This is a larger character model that is similar to the Forge World Magos models, except it is done in plastic. He is similar yet different that a Magos, robed and slightly hunched over from the arcane mechanisms mounted on his back. There are two head options one is crowned with a strange almost papal hat and the other with the normal hooded mechanicus garb.

There are servo arms that stabilize the figure to the ground and do not have free motion. He walks with an immense staff that is a much larger and more ornate version of a Tech Prist’s weapon, and also sports a cane.

The model has multiple spidery legs concealed under his robe, and is on a 40mm base.

With the way Games Workshop has been releasing clampack multi-part kits I could definitely see this description as being thoroughly possible design wise. Plus it may even explain why there was no Independent Character model release with the Skitarii as well.