aka_mythos wrote:Presently there are strongly supported rumors that
GW is going to give the Mechanicum its own
40k codex because of their strong
FW 30k reception. The rumors imply that this is an army release beyond the level of support of the Harlequins.
The rumor are Skitarii and a large spider like troop transport as the first models. I'm curious to see what people want to see from this release or simply what they speculate
GW will do.
First the simple stuff I find hard to believe
GW would leave out... the Mechanicum's portrayal in the fluff is heavily reliant on servitors and techpriests, those seem a shoe-in especially when you consider such a kit can pull double duty for the
IG. The other Mechanicum units that dominate their portrayal are Robots and the large gun-tracked tanks, the question is how much will
GW define the
40k era Mechanicum with these, since by the
40k era the Legio Cybernetica are disbanded and artificial intelligence are banned and
FW has already done the Krios.
As
GW has done in the past with other armies, its likely the Skittarii will get some variants. The
FW Thallax are supposed to be an elite form of Skitarii, I doubt we'll get much in the way of
FW copied units but it might indicate the general gist and general power level of the skitarii and skitarii derived units.
Even though AdMech Robots aren't supposed to [be as common] in the
40k era, find it hard to believe
GW would complete nix the visual concept. I won't be surprised if the AdMech end up with some units that look like Robots but have some fluffy explanation such as being more like dreadnought, a robot body but with a skitarii brain instead of a true artificial intelligence.
Similar to what
FW did, I could see
GW including a Knight titan into the AdMech list as a simple Heavy Support choice.
Anyone else have ideas?
