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Recently I saw the new Kharadon Overlords of Age of Sigmar and instantly loved the idea of steampunk dwarves and when I was looking at them I thought of the idea of these models representing an army in 40k as do look like they could fit in the setting. The rules I made are a very rough draft and since only three Warscrolls are out right now I could only make dataslate for those three and I only got the rules done and not any fluff.

For some background: I am thinking that after the Tyranids destroyed the Squat homeworld the surviving population was forced to become refugees. The Imperium was less then welcoming to the Abhumans and because of this the majority of them effectively deserted The Imperium to become independent. During this time they discovered an unique gas that can only be harvested from gas giants that can then be processed into an energy called Aether. This energy has allowed the Squats to create new and powerful technology. Mining the gas is very dangerous as the heat and pressure and poisonous gasses of a gas giant is very hazardous as well as the native fauna (here is a video by Carl Sagan showing some ideas of life on a gas giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uakLB7Eni2E) so the miners need to be tough and battle ready. This has allowed even the basic workers to become pirates and mercenaries in times of need.

PDF to the first draft here

As of now, this pretty cool. Its still pretty limited in the unit selection (maybe the next wave of release for the Kharadon are going to give you more material to work with), but I would also invite you to check the Dispossessed since the Irondrakes can make good 40K units and the Runelord a decent base for a psyker.

In terms of rules, I would say your units and completly fine, but a little bit overpriced the Arkanaut Company could be 100 pts base considering they have very low leadership and not a extraordinary punch, while the Admiral could be 10 pts cheaper in my opinion. The Assault Frigate is more than fine.

When it comes to weapons, I like the idea of the assault pistols. Is the Heavy Sky Cannon supposed to have a blast effect? If not, I would say it needs a little buff a single shot autocannon that happens to be Ordonance is pretty bad in my opinon. The Volleygun would need to be either assault or salvo since at such range, it will almost never be used. The Carbine would benefit from the same treatment.

I hope you will produce some good fluff to go with the units, I would be interested in reading that. Congrats on the presentation too. You little PDF is quite nice (what software did you used to produce it?). Finally, since I am a shameless self-promoter, feel free to raid my Dvergar codex if you wish for some concepts. Both are dwarf based armies and could have some points in common (even if they are certainly going to be extremely different in execution, fluff and tabletop).

Keep up the good work!

epronovost wrote:
As of now, this pretty cool. Its still pretty limited in the unit selection (maybe the next wave of release for the Kharadon are going to give you more material to work with), but I would also invite you to check the Dispossessed since the Irondrakes can make good 40K units and the Runelord a decent base for a psyker.

In terms of rules, I would say your units and completly fine, but a little bit overpriced the Arkanaut Company could be 100 pts base considering they have very low leadership and not a extraordinary punch, while the Admiral could be 10 pts cheaper in my opinion. The Assault Frigate is more than fine.

When it comes to weapons, I like the idea of the assault pistols. Is the Heavy Sky Cannon supposed to have a blast effect? If not, I would say it needs a little buff a single shot autocannon that happens to be Ordonance is pretty bad in my opinon. The Volleygun would need to be either assault or salvo since at such range, it will almost never be used. The Carbine would benefit from the same treatment.

I hope you will produce some good fluff to go with the units, I would be interested in reading that. Congrats on the presentation too. You little PDF is quite nice (what software did you used to produce it?). Finally, since I am a shameless self-promoter, feel free to raid my Dvergar codex if you wish for some concepts. Both are dwarf based armies and could have some points in common (even if they are certainly going to be extremely different in execution, fluff and tabletop).

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the comments. I actually did have the idea of using those models so it is nice to have someone else think they could work as well.
I have always been bad at figuring out points so thanks for your help with that as well as your ideas on the weapons. It can only help to improve them.
The software I use to make PDFs is called CutePDF. I just use the free version.

I had the same idea earlier today!
Started making notes on a memo pad on my phone, this is what I have so far, few of the same rough ideas, see if there's anything you like!

Arkanaut Company Squad

WS BS S T W I A Ld Sv
Arkanaut: 3 3 3 4 1 2 1 9 3+
Captain: 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 9 3+

70 points (4 Arkanauts + 1 Captain)
Upto 15 additional Arkanauts for +11 points each.

Special Rules:
Strength of the Duardin

Wargear:
Privateer Pistol (Arkanauts)
Close Combat Weapon
Volley Pistol (Captain)

Options:
Captain may upgrade Volley Pistol to Aetherflare Pistol... +10 points
For every 3 Arkanauts, one may exchange his Privateer Pistol for one of the following:
Aethermatic Volley Gun... +20 points
Light Skyhook... +12 points
Skypike... +12 points

Strength of the Duardin.
Relentless
Stubborn
Generate 1 Warp Charge in the opponents psychic phase
Hatred (Tyranids)

Privateer Pistol
10" 4 5 - Rapid Fire, Pistol

Volley Pistol
10" 4 5 - Assault 3, Pistol

Aetherflare Pistol
10" 5 4 - Pistol, Blind

Aethermatic Volley Gun
30" 5 4 - Heavy 4

Light Skyhook
20" 6 3 - Heavy 1

Skypike
+2 4 - 2Handed, Haywire, Unwieldy

Power Axe
+1 2 - Unwieldy

---

Frigate - 120 points
BS:3 13/11/10 HP:4

Skimmer
Transport (12)
Open-Topped

Special Rules:
All Hands to the Guns!
Tireless Endrinrigger

Wargear:
Heavy Skyhook
2x Aethershot Carbine Array
Bomb Racks
Belaying Valves

Options :
May upgrade the Heavy Skyhook to a Heavy Sky Cannon... +10 points.
May take Grudgesettler Bombs... +10 points.
May take Detonation Drills... +10 points.

All Hands to the Guns!
Preferred Enemy if moving 6" or less.

Tireless Endrinrigger
It Will Not Die!

Bomb Racks.
At the beginning of your assault phase you may launch either Grudgesettler Bombs or Detonation Drills (if you have them!) at an enemy unit within 3".

Heavy Sky Cannon
30" 6 3 - Heavy 1 5" Blast

Heavy Skyhook
20" 8 3 - Heavy 1

Detonation Drills
The Target unit must take D6 armour saves, instead of taking any wounds instead reduce the targets initiative by 1 for each failed save (to a minimum of 1)

Grudgesettler Bombs
The target unit takes D6 hits at S4, AP-

Aethershot Carbine Array
20" 5 4 - Rapid Fire 2

Belaying Valves
The first unit to successfully charge this model each turn takes D6 S4 AP- hits.

This is great stuff, I'm digging the concept. It'd be great to see some inspiration from the classic Squat rules, probably wouldn't be hard to find... Stuff like the Living Ancestors have great lore, and attack trikes are cool, support robots were a thing too... I might also suggest to list the Mechanicum higher on their ally chart, in the lores they're decently tight.

 KingGarland wrote:

epronovost wrote:
As of now, this pretty cool. Its still pretty limited in the unit selection (maybe the next wave of release for the Kharadon are going to give you more material to work with), but I would also invite you to check the Dispossessed since the Irondrakes can make good 40K units and the Runelord a decent base for a psyker.

In terms of rules, I would say your units and completly fine, but a little bit overpriced the Arkanaut Company could be 100 pts base considering they have very low leadership and not a extraordinary punch, while the Admiral could be 10 pts cheaper in my opinion. The Assault Frigate is more than fine.

When it comes to weapons, I like the idea of the assault pistols. Is the Heavy Sky Cannon supposed to have a blast effect? If not, I would say it needs a little buff a single shot autocannon that happens to be Ordonance is pretty bad in my opinon. The Volleygun would need to be either assault or salvo since at such range, it will almost never be used. The Carbine would benefit from the same treatment.

I hope you will produce some good fluff to go with the units, I would be interested in reading that. Congrats on the presentation too. You little PDF is quite nice (what software did you used to produce it?). Finally, since I am a shameless self-promoter, feel free to raid my Dvergar codex if you wish for some concepts. Both are dwarf based armies and could have some points in common (even if they are certainly going to be extremely different in execution, fluff and tabletop).

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the comments. I actually did have the idea of using those models so it is nice to have someone else think they could work as well.
I have always been bad at figuring out points so thanks for your help with that as well as your ideas on the weapons. It can only help to improve them.
The software I use to make PDFs is called CutePDF. I just use the free version.

Garland is the best FF villain, love the avatar.