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Okay the codex is coming along nicely, but I was interested in knowing what people want in it, and any suggestions they might have.

What i've got in it so far

HQ

Magos - Don't have different stypes but they are highly customizable.
Magnus - Secutorial general, basically death incarnate
Siege Engineer
Skitarii General

Elite

Myrmidons
electro-priest
Praetorians
Skitarii demolition team

Troops

Skitarii- yeah other than skill, str, and toughness these guys are nearly 100% modifiable
Secutors

Fast Attack
nothing yet

Heavy Support
Nothing yet.

Dark Mechanicus too please.
Seriously, doing both in the same codex is stupidly easy. There's a standard list, it includes everything you'd expect, Tech-Priests, Skitarii etc. Your HQ choice must choose between the rules Adeptus Mechanicus, or Dark Mechanicus. Depending on which one is picked you gain access to specific units and upgrades. The Adeptus Mechanicus rule gives you access to some really ancient and advanced tech, including their own wargear section and some really powerful units, as well as a specific HQ that comes with this rule already. The Dark Mechanicus has their own HQ, and gain access to some Daemonic enchancements, spells, and Daemon Engines.

Very large mobile factories/fortresses that crawl around on legs are mentioned in Dark Apostle, that could be a super-heavy kind of vehicle. Moreover the Skitarii utilize standard IG/SM/SoB equipment such as Chimeras, Rhinos, Leman Russ, Sentinels, even Land Raiders, etc..

Stalk tanks for fast attack/heavy support, also knight titans for heavy support would work well too I think.

Harriticus wrote:Very large mobile factories/fortresses that crawl around on legs are mentioned in Dark Apostle, that could be a super-heavy kind of vehicle. Moreover the Skitarii utilize standard IG/SM/SoB equipment such as Chimeras, Rhinos, Leman Russ, Sentinels, even Land Raiders, etc..

I don't think i'll be giving the codex any super heavies. That being said the skitarii are so customoizeable it's not funny, they can even take terminator armor.

Elite: Space Marine veterans? With alternative rules to represent their allegiance to, or alliance with, the Mechanicus. Also, the unit to be led by a Techmarine.

winnertakesall wrote:Stalk tanks for fast attack/heavy support, also knights for heavy support would work well too I think.

Knights aren't titans.

4oursword wrote:

winnertakesall wrote:Stalk tanks for fast attack/heavy support, also knights for heavy support would work well too I think.

Knights aren't titans.

So?

Knights Knights Knights and more Knights.

Do want Knights.

If you had GEQ units than they can be lead by techpriests!

Knights would probably be the size of the Ork Stompa model. Could work in the game.

Harriticus wrote:Knights would probably be the size of the Ork Stompa model. Could work in the game.

a little less actually, about the size of a trygon, or a dreadKnight

TITANS AS TROOP CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on a serious note, I second the Dark mech'.

Dark mech' should be able to take soul grinder/defilers for a heavy support choice...

no dark adeptus, they get their own codex.

gendoikari87 wrote:no dark adeptus, they get their own codex.

When their options would be pretty much the same? Waste of money and paper. Put them in one codex, it's stupidly simple.

money and paper? it's digital and open source.

iproxtaco wrote:

gendoikari87 wrote:no dark adeptus, they get their own codex.

When their options would be pretty much the same? Waste of money and paper. Put them in one codex, it's stupidly simple.

gendoikari87 wrote:money and paper? it's digital and open source.

Than I might add, it would also mean another codex for GW to take their sweet ass time updating...

It's a FANDEX. the community updates it.

gendoikari87 wrote:It's a FANDEX. the community updates it.

Sorry, I'm led to believe every thread about an ad mech codex is just a wishful thinking for GW to make one.........

hence why I'm making a fandex......... I'm actuallly going to send it in to GW after the community beta tests it and refines it and tell them they only really need to release a few things and add some fluff, and it's a cash cow waiting for them.

gendoikari87 wrote:Okay the codex is coming along nicely, but I was interested in knowing what people want in it, and any suggestions they might have.

What i've got in it so far

HQ

Magos - Don't have different stypes but they are highly customizable.
Magnus - Secutorial general, basically death incarnate
Siege Engineer
Skitarii General

Elite

Myrmidons
electro-priest
Praetorians
Skitarii demolition team

Troops

Skitarii- yeah other than skill, str, and toughness these guys are nearly 100% modifiable
Secutors

Fast Attack
nothing yet

Heavy Support
Nothing yet.

Heavy support and Fast Attack should be the easiest.

Any imperial vehicles can be used by them

Also, you could add Knights as an answer to the stompa.

And Ordinatus.

servitors and tech marines should be paramount, hell you can probably get away with LRBT as heavy support.


possibly call upon any imperial vehicle

dreadfury101 wrote:servitors and tech marines should be paramount, hell you can probably get away with LRBT as heavy support.


possibly call upon any imperial vehicle

Tech priests and servitors, not tech marines. tech marines fight with marines.

dont forget the rampant use of storm troopers

im2randomghgh wrote:

dreadfury101 wrote:servitors and tech marines should be paramount, hell you can probably get away with LRBT as heavy support.


possibly call upon any imperial vehicle

Tech priests and servitors, not tech marines. tech marines fight with marines.

the myrmidons and secutors are both just whole squads of warrior tech-priests. so we've got them covered well.

Fast attack: Servo skulls with laspistols, also act as homing beacons or some nonsense.

yeah someone on another forum was telling me about a caiphas cain novel where he gets attacked by weaponized servo skulls, Suffice to say I just finished putting them into the codex.

Also, Churbim as horde of squishy targets. They were weaponized in one of the Shira Calpurnia books.

gendoikari87 wrote:Okay the codex is coming along nicely, but I was interested in knowing what people want in it, and any suggestions they might have.

What i've got in it so far

HQ

Magos - Don't have different stypes but they are highly customizable.
Magnus - Secutorial general, basically death incarnate
Siege Engineer
Skitarii General

Elite

Myrmidons
electro-priest
Praetorians
Skitarii demolition team

Troops

Skitarii- yeah other than skill, str, and toughness these guys are nearly 100% modifiable
Secutors

Fast Attack
nothing yet

Heavy Support
TITANS, TITANS AND MORE TITANS!!!!

EDIT: fixed it for you

NO titans. that thars apocalypse territory