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Hey guys, I just got 5x castellax battle automatas with maulers and a Skit/Mechanicus Domnius.

What lists can I make with this domnius? Isnt there some insane body guard unit for a praetor that uses automatas?


EDIT

This is the list weve been working on



----Praeorian Consul----

Praetor - Thammer, Volkite Carger Melta Bombs?

3x Castellax battle Automata - disk-blade-hands-of-doom, 2x MM/ 1x Maulter with Flamers in their hands


Dominus - Kitted for Shooting

Domnius - Kitted for Melee

2x Castellax Automatas - disk-blade-hands-of-doom, 3x Darklances with Bolters in their hands

Everything is CC oriented with the Praetor up front. The Dark lancers stay behind the first wave. Each wave gets 1 dominus. Shooty one goes with lances. Everything will get to be used in CC. Considering Libbys with Technomancy to boost the insanity. We can take psychis from the new Angels of Death in 30k right?

With the second option, is that for 40k? and the fist if 30k?

Ah gotcha.

Any word of this praetor castellax body guard attachment?

 foto69man wrote:

 xSoulgrinderx wrote:
Hey guys, I just got 5x castellax battle automatas with maulers and a Skit/Mechanicus Domnius.

What lists can I make with this domnius? Isnt there some insane body guard unit for a praetor that uses automatas?

Praevian is a consul type for a Legion army. He can take Castellax as a unit and be joined with them.

I play Mechanicum so let us know what other questions you have. What's your play style? All Castellax?

Also all these units are 30k only, Mechanicum is 30k and Skitarii/Cult Mechanicus is 40k just so you don't confuse anyone.

Perfect! yes im looking for the Praevian consul of 3 automatas with the other two as 2x troops. I was going to run 2x Maulter/ shock fists for my two ranged options and then 3x disk-blade-hands-of-doom with 2x dark lances and a MM for the bodyguard trio. The Praevian has a hammer, some good relics n jazz id imagine.

Okay, so it would be legal to take a list like this? Gonna try a little role reversal

----Praeorian Consul----

Praetor - Thammer, Volkite Carger Melta Bombs?

3x Castellax battle Automata - disk-blade-hands-of-doom, 2x MM/ 1x Maulter with Flamers in their hands


Dominus - Kitted for Shooting

Domnius - Kitted for Melee

2x Castellax Automatas - disk-blade-hands-of-doom, 3x Darklances with Bolters in their hands

Everything is CC oriented with the Praetor up front. The Dark lancers stay behind the first wave. Each wave gets 1 dominus. Shooty one goes with lances. Everything will get to be used in CC. Considering Libbys with Technomancy to boost the insanity. We can take psychis from the new Angels of Death in 30k right?

HandofMars wrote:
Not a legal list. The main detachment has not met the criteria for bringing Castellax, nor the two troop choices that are mandatory for any list. For the allied detachment, you can't have two HQs. Not even close.

Even if it was a remotely legal list, there are no scoring units, so you auto-lose.

Okay, thanks for the words of encouragement.

Now how about some useful advice?


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 Brennonjw wrote:
maybe something like this:

Legion Cybernetica

1 (shooty) Archmagos Dominus

2 2-man Castellax squads

Allied Legion

1 Praevian w/ 1 castellax

1-2 tactical squads

Not a bad suggestion.

Can i not take mechanicus as the primary detachment and then the consul as the allied? Is there any way to fit the praetorian consul with more of a robot theme?

xSoulgrinderx wrote:
HandofMars wrote:
Not a legal list. The main detachment has not met the criteria for bringing Castellax, nor the two troop choices that are mandatory for any list. For the allied detachment, you can't have two HQs. Not even close.

Even if it was a remotely legal list, there are no scoring units, so you auto-lose.


Okay, thanks for the words of encouragement.

Now how about some useful advice?

Um, the part where I tell you which parts you are missing to make a legal list? Or where I point out that you have no scoring units and thus have literally no way to win games? If that's not useful, I don't know what else to tell you, except to buy the rulebooks and actually read them. If you are not aware of how a Force Organization Chart works, you're a bit early to start planning an army.

Youre right, it was useful just came across rude imho.Thank you for the suggestions regardless

HandofMars wrote:
Damn internet!

Apologies, Adept, no rudeness was intended. The language of the Omnissiah wastes no data on such subtleties, but I will give tone more consideration when using meatbag language in the future.

Beep boop.

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 Jackal wrote:
To be perfectly honest, your shooting yourself in the foot a bit with the allies.
Your paying a huge points tax just to take castellax, which you can get anyway.


I'd suggest looking into taghmata mechanicum.

Base for that would be a dominus.
Then for troops you could run 2 units of 3 thallax, which fit your theme.

That is then a 100% legal base list.

Taghmata can take castellax as troops too, but they can't be used for your mandatory choices (hence taking the thallax)

Then if you want to add more CC to the army, take a look at domitar and vorax battle automata.
Also, ursurax are being released soon which are thallax with lightning claws and power fists.


So all that keeps up the smashy robot theme, pays no points in unit tax to add stuff that is perfectly legal

This seems quite viabale and its all Robits. As long as I can stick a domnius in with castellax thats really what im looking for. Big honking robo body guards.