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Hello welcome to my AdMech blog!

I have always loved the concept of walkers in sci fi ...mechwarrior...battlemech...anime etc etc (who doesn't). I have been waiting to field a mildly competitive and yet still good looking walker army in 40k for about 3-4 years now. One of my favourite ranges is dust tactics which always make me sad when going back to 40k since the walkers are so poor in comparison (bar the knight and the riptide).

So when the skitarii book came out..I decided this was my chance to make a proper walker army! And with rumours of mechanicus and new knights this was the push I needed. So I decided to convert some of my dust tactic models (I have ALOT of them lol). Unfortunately the real models for the skitarii walkers while relatively decent looking are out of my price range right now.

Here was my first attempt at making my alternative sydonian dragoon from a MCW/M3 walker model.













Comments? Any improvements? I'm all ears. Would you have a problem playing against these instead of the real models?

More to come...this is about 1/3 of my dust collection ready for conversion...

To be honest that's closer to how I imagined an AdMech walker would look than the official model, although it does seem like it should be sporting a gun rather than a lancer since it doesn't look equipped for speed.

That's true, I will work on making them a bit more dynamic . Also some will have sniper rifles (using the guns on sticks models) so that will suit the more slow looking ones hopefully !

that´s a jaw dropping force you show here...
and the paintjob on that walker looks very tasty... kinda like a lemon pudding... very eyecatching in the best sense of the term...!

chheers, vik

Hi

Been busy with work recently so not much to update.

My bases arrived. They were very cheap and are the perfect size.

Here are some progress shots.





Here are the next set of walkers to be painted. Ill do the riders for them all next!

Basing has began!





Group shot so far...



More to come soon.

Real life has taken over..but progress continues at a slow pace. 1/2 the army is now based and primed ready for more colour.

I've put a few of the riders on (I am painting them seperately for now...still missing arms and undecided ratio of lances/jezzails i want.)










More to come!

That is a lottttttt of walkers. Have you actually bought a few Ironstrider kits to get the Taser Lance or have you just swapped them with friends?

I really like your scheme, and the weathering and paintjob on the finished walker looks excellent. It should be quite a sight when it is all finished, best of luck.

I've managed to get about 10 from friends. I need some more and will slowly try and pick them up or have a go at converting them.

Progress is indeed slow, aiming to paint 1 a day.

It looks good, but are you planning on using a spot colour/decals/weathering to break up the yellow?

That's a good point-i'm going to do some transfers + weathering once its all done to break it up. Far too much yellow otherwise!

I have a few Dust tanks I was considering giving this treatment to. However, I was going to leave the turrets on the Allied tanks, and add the lance in (or convert) so it was coming out of the turret. I also think it's a bit empty looking with the driver just put into the turret slot, it needs something else/conversion to fill it out a bit more. Perhaps some turbo jets on the back to add a feeling of speed.

Cheers for the feedback. I did try to remove the top turret on the main turret (if that makes sense!) but it seemed very difficult to fit anyone in that gap.

Yeah that has been my main concern and I think I will address it when i'm nearing the end of a squad and I have some bits (from cult mechanicus etc) i'll look how I can fit it all together and tie it into more ad-mechy.