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I'm making myself a Mechanicus army and for my termites I chose the old Chaos Terminators.

Im leaving off the trophy racks and filing down all the eight pointed stars(there arent that many actually)
I am then going to put some gears and mechanicus symbols on them.
I am swapping out the heads for Grey Knight termite heads which look rather unique on the chaos termites.
I really like the reaper autocannons and all the combi weapons.

I might use the space wolf rules allied with IG or I might use the new chaos rules(with all the daemonic powers being modeled and represented by mechanical augments)

gendoikari87 wrote:

Exergy wrote:I'm making myself a Mechanicus army and for my termites I chose the old Chaos Terminators.

Im leaving off the trophy racks and filing down all the eight pointed stars(there arent that many actually)
I am then going to put some gears and mechanicus symbols on them.
I am swapping out the heads for Grey Knight termite heads which look rather unique on the chaos termites.
I really like the reaper autocannons and all the combi weapons.

I might use the space wolf rules allied with IG or I might use the new chaos rules(with all the daemonic powers being modeled and represented by mechanical augments)

1. Where are you getting the gears from,

2. Where did you get the old chaos termies.

1. ebay

2. ebay

Look for watch gears. You can pick up ~a hundred for $10-15.

The terminators are a different story. I have been watching them on and off for a few weeks now. You should be able to get 5 with mixed weapons for about $25 with shipping
this one just sold for 27 http://www.ebay.com/itm/251105829883?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649#ht_500wt_1182

remember that as you are converting you dont actually need the whole model. I found a bunch of bodies without arms or trophy racks for $2.50 each and then I found some combimeltas for $1 each. FIlling in the power fist, ax, or weapon is easy. You can also use Ork Nob combi weapons for mechanicus stuff. It looks a little more unique which i feel helps the Ad Mech cause.

gendoikari87 wrote:

yeah I thought about use these or some regular Ork Power Claws:
To give them this look:

For the rest of the army I am going a very traditional route I think. Dark Angle Veteran and Black Templar upgrade sprues with necron warrior legs and arms mixed in.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1400016&prodId=prod900140a
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1400013&prodId=prod1060205
http://hoardobits.com/cgi/hob/shop.pl?cat1=Bits&cat2=Warhammer%2040k&cat3=-Necrons&cat4=&page=1&view=40k-04052012-45
For assault marines I really love the chaos raptors(they dont have hands, they have claws and the champion has lots of tubes and coils on him)
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440211a&prodId=prod1230102a
I am very hopeful for the new starter set and its chaos cultists. I hope they have robes.


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orkdestroyer1 wrote:Nah get a stormraven a blood angels codex and a HQ choice and beat the hell out of other armies

Laughing that one off. BA are far from the strongest army out there particularly against my competitive army, DE. BA are one of the easiest matchups.

But that is not what we are talking about. Making an adeptus mechanicus army isnt about making a world beater of an army. Its about looking cool while doing it. I am going to use whatever rules make the army feel right, not which ever rules are the strongest.

gendoikari87 wrote:Dark angels do make really good mechanicus armies. Here's one I started a while back, but had to sell off. I want to try it with terminators this time... just because.

awesome, although to me swords are too clean and uniform for my tastes. I guess that is why we all make our own ad mech armies, to express our own vision.

working on mine now, dont know what weapons to give.



I'm swapping out the spiky tropheys for gears. I swapped out the heads like I said as I am not a fan of tusks. 10 terminators and abbadon cost me about $60 after the GK heads.

I started a thread in modeling I think is more appropriate for this. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/465549.page#4579412


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gendoikari87 wrote:right now I'm waiting for some cables to come in from zinge industries, i've drilled holes in the faces of the terminators from AOBR, and I'm using the weapons from kromlech.

for the finishing touches I am going to be using some guitar strings(E string) for my cables.

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mindfield wrote:This is cool, I also have been into the planning stages for my Mechanicum themed army, are they finally getting their own codex? (GW! please please please????)

unfortunately it seems the mechanicus will get their codex when pigs fly.

might be a while after they fly. Perhaps when pigs get to the moon.

Warpsmith