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"No true Omnisiah would forbid the usage of such magnificent technology,
for knowledge left unused is knowledge wasted."
-Adept Keziam

As an apprentice under High Adept Koriel Zeth Adept Keziam shared the same open minded views on the advancement of technology as his mistress. Ever hungry for information it was only right that Adept Keziam was assigned aboard an Astartes exploration fleet, one of the few employed by the VIII legion astartes. On their way to the Isstvan system for the event that later would be known as the dropsite massacre the fleet was lost in a warp storm. Thought lost forever the fleet was trapped for millennia, although for them mere years passed.
Upon returning to real space they found themselves amidst one of the large raiding party of the Dark Eldar. The astartes vessels put up a fight and at the end of the week long orbital battle only one vessel remained: the frigate "Nocturnal Dart". It's warp drives damaged and life support systems failing the frigate made planetfall that same day. On the surface they found what appeared to be the remnants of a pre-imperial civilization far more advanced than anything they had seen before. The wartorn form of the Nocturnal Dart was quickly transformed into a mobile forge while Adept Keziam travelled the surface the of the planet doing what he set out to do all those thousands of years ago: acquiring any and all information he deemed relevant. All the while experimenting upon what was left of the Nostraman crew. It wasn't until he found an ancient tome detailing the rituals and incantations necessary to bind a daemon to a mechanical form that his true destiny as one of the most notorious Hereteks in the galaxy became clear. Now he leads his mercenary warband from system to system in the pursuit of knowledge and technology.

So there you have it, I finally shake of the robes of the lurker and reveal my own creations to the forums that inspire me. Most of all I'd like to thank GuitaRasmus, without him this army might have never existed. Anyway, without further ado, I present you the warband of Heretek Adept Keziam!





First up is what remains of the crew, my count as guardians. Made from vampire lords ghouls and any bits I had. Most are as of yet unnamed and any funny nicknames will be considered.



The remaining astropaths and any roque psykers form my seer squad. These guys were made from empire flagelants with random bits added. They'll spend their time on the board slinging spells and summoning daemons.


Next up, Adept Arif, riding the warband's pack mule/field artillery. Heavily inspired by GuitaRasmus' Helbrute but with even heavier weaponry. Still very WiP while I find a way to add the secondary weapon to the left side of the model.


What happens when you build a shell large enough to house a greater daemon of Khorne? This thing happens. My count as wraithknight. Kitbashed from riptide legs, lord of skulls torso and what remained of the forgefiend body. Less proportionately challenged in real life and quite massive.


Last but not least, the adept himself. A count as spiritseer. Not too different from the other seers other than a more static pose and a greater amount of detail. The staff still needs to be fixed but that's pretty much all I intend to do to him.

Not yet started is a count as Crimson Hunter, for which I have a few non-concrete ideas, and a bunch of Thallax to fill the role of wraithguard.

My current, but ever changing, list is:


So that's all there is to see now........





Just kidding, have a teaser pic for one of my side projects.

Very nice army, cant wait to crush it on the board.

Also that knight is so sweet dude.

What sublime conversions. I have to say I'm loving the wealth of Dark Mechanicus stuff that's springing up lately.

That Knight is an absolute beast.

Oh well now....those I like

Some great looking heretekal models there - rushing around right now but commenting so I don't lose track of this, definitely be watching......

What's that? An update, after all this time? A true martian miracle!

I have a good reason for all the radio silence: I moved 5 days after receiving the WONDERFUL dragonforge bases I ordered. But they're here now and the essentials have been unpacked and attached to each other.
First up an army shot with all the infantry that's currently assembled.(click for glorious megapixels.)

Now you may have spotted a few new additions and we'll get to those right now:

Two objective markers on either side of a little drone that will help fill up the fireprism's huge knight sized base.(there will be a lot of models on that base.)

Brightlance for the guardian squad. I'm really proud of how well this one came out.(it's actually on a 32 mm base which imho looks way better than the smaller 25 would have looked.)

And now for the real heroes of this post: The wraithguard stand-ins, 6 of 9 thallax.

Bug eye Prototype with equipped with multispectral cameras. Design worked well but was considered too complex.(Just look at that base!)

CUR-105 Experimental field Repair&Research unit given a small amount of free will and thought to investigate and catalogue discoveries. Prone to getting distracted by random trinkets. (I have been looking for a purpose for that bit for ages and now I've found it.)

"King-Fiend" Designed to relay commands to- and inspire nearby thralls with the speaker mounted in a commissar's skull. Some say the commissar's brain is still inside, it's messages now twisted by the heretek device it's attached to.

-Retracted- So far these three remain unnamed, open to suggestions.

And that's it for the Dark Mechanicum progress.

I remember having some other models........













Oh yeah those, let's show those too!

Knigthedral received some small details and a new balcony, I have a Volkmar the Grim on the way to stand in on the little balcony and preach.

And now something new: Ork stuff!

Inverted cabin/engine positions trukk. If you think this looks cool and want to try it yourself........Don't, it's more work than you'd think.


Kitbashed morkanaut. I like the orriginal model but wanted to build something like this for a while and now finally had a reason to do so. Bits from a few dozen different kits went into it but it was worth all the work. Now I just need to fill some gaps and he's ready to rock.

Some really rad stuff here.l hoping to see them painted up to really appreciate. Good job

Awesome conversions man! Keep it up!