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2016/07/26 03:26:14
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir- Capitol Mechanicus
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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In the late 39th millennium, the Forge World of Agripinaa rejoiced as the noted Magos Kasabian Hvergelmir marched his armies aboard the Ark Mechanicum Father of Knowledge and set out on a reclamation voyage into parts of the Imperium long considered abandoned. The Magos believed that, within these systems isolated for so long, he could glean techno-arcana not seen for millennia.
When the Shadewolves of Leifnarr Morkaisson discovered the survivors of that quest in the Euripides subsector decades later, there were but a few score warriors and tech-magi remaining. The great Ark Mechanicus was no more, and Hvergelmir was reduced to a twisted cyborg kept alive only by an advanced life support capsule.
Morkaisson, never the most trusting individual, was ready to slay these twisted Mechanicus remnants where they stood but Hvergelmir, noting the condition of their weapons and armour, promised the assistance of his tech-priests if they would but listen to a single tale.
He recounted the voyage of the Father of Knowledge, of its discoveries and triumphs, and of how a force of Dark Mechanicus Hereteks had assaulted the ship with their corrupted war engines, destroying the vast part of his force, taking those ships not destroyed utterly and forcing Hvergelmir to scuttle the Ark lest it fall into their hands. He then pleaded with Morkaisson to aid he and his men in avenging this slight on their honour.
Appeals to honour strike a chord within the breast of any Son of Russ and Morkaisson swayed, but was not convinced. He spoke at length with his Wolf Guard and Priests, and finally decided that his Rune Priest, Burlokk Godspeaker, would scry these remnants for the truth of their words. Burlokk did so, and to his astonishment found that there was no doubt; every word Hvergelmir had uttered was true. Trusting his Priest, Morkaisson led Hvergelmir and his men to the safety of the Lost Companies.
What Hvergelmir had spoken was the cold truth, but what he had not spoken made a liar of him. The secrets he uncovered had undone his force, and he himself had fallen into the use of restricted technologies, creating an engram of himself and installing it in a vat-grown body. He thought to double his influence and control through this doppelganger, but forgot to take into account simple human self-interest. The two Hvergelmirs began to plot one against the other, and finally they created a schism within their own forces. One Hvergelmir stayed loyal to the Omnissiah, the other embraced the dark path of the Heretek. In the fighting aboard the Father of Knowledge, the two met and fought each other to near total destruction. The Hvergelmir accompanying the Lost Companies knew he was the loyalist, but beyond that his memory was too extensively damaged. Whether he was the original or the engram he could no longer recall. Aided by the Space Wolves, and replenishing his own forces as well as he could, Hvergelmir hunts himself through time and space, always striving to keep this knowledge from his newest allies.
Another facet of the Lost Companies that's growing a bit too big to be safely contained, the Taghmata is (currently) a sprawling madness of half-formed army lists and unpainted sprues. It's Mechanicum, but in many flavours. I have 2 Start Collecting Admech boxes and a pair of unopened Kastellan robot boxes, along with a box of Skitarii and Ruststalkers. On top of that I have a few models of other ranges to round it out.
The first aspect is an(other) Imperialis Militia and Cults list with the Abhuman Helots and Cyber-Augmetics upgrades, to give them all +1T and a 6++. The troops I have yet to get started on, but I have a few of he counts-as Ogrysn for your viewing. Named after Hvergelmir's tutor, Lazarus, these robots are simple yet effective combat models of a wide variety of types, more like a C.A.T or Firewasp than a Kastellan or servitor. Hvergelmir herds these forward, trusting in their reslience and ease of repair to shelter his more precious soldiers. Each make and model is assessed on their combat effectiveness, and suitable designs are retained for later production
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2016/07/26 06:18:39
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Magos Insendrine is of the Lacrimallus sub-sect; flesh-crafters and slave drivers in equal measure, it is they who monitor the human population of the Forge Worlds and they who create the many forms of servitor used by the Mechanicum. In the aftermath of the destruction of the Father of Knowledge, with many wounded and little chance of sybernetic repair, Insendrine's skill became highly sought-after, and she rose to command a not insignificant portion of the Taghmata's remaining forces
As well as having command of a maniple of Lazarus robots ceded to her, she can draw upon the services of her own creations; chemically and genetically enhanced soldiers. While they lack the advanced cybernetics of true Skitarii, these auxilia warriors are well armed and resilient in the extreme.
Insendrine is not the only Magos in the Taghmata. Once Hvergelmir's staunchest ally, Etrigan was critically wounded in the fighting and reduced to little more than a brain and a nervous system. Insendrine placed Etrigan's mind into the vacant husk of a Class-H servitor, a heavy labour and combat model based on an Ogryn, and Etrigan now strides the battlefield as a colossus of steel-bound flesh and rage. His knowledge of weaponry grants his great frame a lethality beyond compare.
While he has accepted that the Hvergelmir he fights alongside is loyal to the Omnissiah, he will never forgive either Hvergelmir for the ruin they wrought through their own stupidity,
Etrigan has quite a following among those Magi and lesser tech-priests that suffered almost entire flesh-death in the battles against the Hereteks, and such warriors number well over half of the living complement of the Taghmata
In addition to Insendrine's forces, the Taghmata boasts more standardised arms, such as Kastelan robots
Although not all correspond to the accepted pattern of manufacture
And other, less usual forces such as animalistic cyber-predators to accompany packs of Sicarian warriors
And to watch over the battlefield and feed information to the Magi commanding
Hvergelmir can also rely on the remaining fruits of his reclamation crusade, which include unique weapons of war
The paint on some of those models is the old scheme, and I will be repainting all of them to fit the Agripinaa colours, so lots of crimson and bone armour and black cloth
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2016/07/26 06:29:27
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Pious Palatine
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Well colour me interested. Cool blog, some neat models and conversions in here. Looking forward to seeing more.
EDC
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2016/07/26 09:02:50
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thanks EDC! I'm fairly sure I can provide enough madness to amuse for a while
The taciturn Magos Renard, a close ally of Etrigan, is amongst the most heavily armed warriors in the entire Taghmata, and his tank-like armour bears a miniaturised plasma reactor at its back to power the weapon and shield generation systems hidden within the suit. Officially of the Myrmidax sub-cult, Renard is actually of the Malagra, the feared Mech-assassin cult that answers only to the Fabricator-General of Mars. Why such a warrior was included in the Taghmata in the first place raises serious questions about Mars' faith in Hvergelmir's crusade; but perhaps a better question is, with such a warrior nearby, why is Hvergelmir- either of them- still alive?
Automatically Appended Next Post: The once-great Archmagos Kasabian Hvergelmir has been reduced to little more than scraps of flesh kept alive by the arcane technologies within his abeyant. Those who take his physical state for weakness are sorely misinformed, however. Potent energy shields and weapon systems make Hvergelmir as deadly as he ever was in life, and his remaining cerebrum is linked to quantum-level cogitator banks stored within the abeyant's armoured frame
While Etrigan and Renard nurse their animosity, and Insendrine stands aside from all politics to focus on her medical experimentation, one Magos stands firmly with Hvergelmir. Magos-Dominus Faulkes has seen many battlefields and knows that one cannot always count on logic to win the day, and that treachery and betrayal can come from any source.
Of all the Magi of the Taghmata, Faulkes has integrated the best with the Lost Companies, and his bodyguard-apprentices are drawn from the ranks of refugees that shelter with the Wolves
So, that's the last (for now...) of the Dramatis Personae articles. There's a few more characters on paper but I have no names, back stories or models for them so I'll hold off.
Did some more work on Etrigan as well:
Automatically Appended Next Post: A little work on Lazarus bots, two completed and ready for spraying tomorrow
They have the scanners to better find their prey....
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2016/07/27 09:48:33
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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2016/07/28 09:14:28
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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2016/07/28 09:56:48
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Pious Palatine
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Cool paint scheme, liking the dark blue/dark grey with the lighter grey.
EDC
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2016/07/28 20:08:31
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thanks EDC!
I've been working on converting this guy
Into something a little more Imperial and acheotech-ish, so here's the first attemot
I'm thinking of using the rules for the 30K Thanatar-Cynis, the one with the unreliable plasma weaponry, to represent him. I'lll scratch-build the plasma weapons and sling them from each arm mount, with the mauler cannon on top
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2016/07/29 08:43:41
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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During the war with his other, Heretek, self, Hvergelmir's forces were reduced from tens of thousands of crewmen, Skitarii and auxilia to a scant few hundred survivors. Many of these were so badly wounded that they could only continue to serve as servitors. For this reason, those warriors with free will and full comprehension are precious resources indeed to the Taghmata. This is not a matter of compassion, however, but simply logical; without the directions of free-willed humanity, most of the Taghmata's advanced weapons are useless.
Each individual group of warriors has an elected representative, known as the Primus, who answers only to the Magi of the Taghmata. it is the duty of the Primus to ensure his or her warriors are equipped and ready to fight at any time. Hvergelmir often gifts such warriors with advanced weapons and wargear.
This is my Sicarian Ruststalker Princeps-Primus (a mouthful, I know) who is armed with a Chordclaw, twin Transonic Blades and the Pater Radium. Like all the Lost Companies forces, the Taghmata Hvergelmir are by necessity scavengers, and this warrior has integrated an Electro-Priest's generator into their wargear to power their weaponry
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2016/08/01 14:47:38
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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2016/08/03 02:37:56
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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2016/08/12 13:35:11
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Currently off work so much hobby time is mine! From the last few hours, a Myrmidon Secutor converted from a Magos-Dominus.
Apologies for the bad photos, i'll get some better pics tomorrow
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2016/08/15 02:19:10
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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2016/08/21 09:27:30
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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2016/08/21 17:52:15
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Sagitarius with a Big F'in Gun
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Awesome Stuff
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2016/08/22 06:14:41
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Very prolific of your Ad-Mech bunch!
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2016/08/22 23:42:37
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thanks The Warp Forge and Shasolenzabi
I'm planning to add some of the Wargame Exclusive and HiTech minis stuff to the army before it's finished, as well as a couple of odd units- Ogre Ironguts with spare weapons grafted to their arms as Kataphron for example... Watch this space
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2016/08/23 22:44:11
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Looking forwards to it!
You can also check ideas from my thread and others.
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2016/08/25 02:30:19
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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2016/08/25 19:55:26
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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They always make me thin of a child from a human and a tank-musume. Looks brutal, I see he has the electric weapon, very nice and brutal!
And no problem.
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2016/08/26 01:40:15
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thanks man. I shall now call him Panzer-chan :p
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2016/08/26 02:41:35
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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[MOD]
Making Stuff
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That's a nice varied bunch of robots... Looking good!
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2016/08/26 03:59:24
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thanks insaniak
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2016/08/26 09:10:12
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Kataphron Breacher!
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Pious Palatine
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Looking good dude, lots of cool robots.
EDC
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2016/08/26 13:18:23
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Thansk EDC!
For when you absolutely, definitely, must move that Heretek off the archeotech pile you've both discovered, few things beat an Imperial Knight. Here's the first of my Skitarii Knights
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2016/08/26 20:53:33
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards
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Ah the Knights! I went with a cheaper "counts as:" alternative.
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2016/08/26 21:22:14
Subject: The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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Potent Possessed Daemonvessel
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Wow, this thread is made of pure mechanicum madness, consider me subscribed !
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2016/08/27 00:23:13
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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Thanks Kernelterror, that means a lot Your Chaos thread is utterly nuts
Shasolenzabi, what did you go with for your Knights?
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2016/08/27 04:04:23
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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These guys!
Automatically Appended Next Post: They are a decent size.
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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2016/08/29 00:21:41
Subject: Re:The Taghmata Hvergelmir; split personalities and the Adeptus Mechanicu- Indentured Knight Warden
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Those are quite nice indeed
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