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Can't seem to find info on this anywhere. But several units that are in the red book, appear in book, which is newer but I can't seem to notice any differences?
Such as the macrocarid, the ordinatus and the cybertheurgy rules. Are there any minor changes that I've missed in book 6?

The macrocarid entry changed the order of the wargear (no difference) and has a box to explain the explorator augury web.

Thats it, the other units are additional and oh so tempting to create.

I think that the Arlatax would be a huge success especially if it had echoes of a thallax about its form.

 SirDonlad wrote:
The macrocarid entry changed the order of the wargear (no difference) and has a box to explain the explorator augury web.

Thats it, the other units are additional and oh so tempting to create.

I think that the Arlatax would be a huge success especially if it had echoes of a thallax about its form.

Awesome, wasn't sure if I was missing a points change or anything.

The arlatax does have awesome rules, though I think it's basically an older STC of the Domitar?

The Artalax is an older development based on the Conqueror STC, from which the Domitar was later developed, so yes. Given the statline and rules I'd expect to see something slightly less bulky than the Domitar (lower T) with the jump pack intake built into the cowling where the Domitar's missile launcher sits. Hopefully in a more active pose, too.

The unholy offspring of an Ursarax and a Domitar, basically.

 AnomanderRake wrote:
The Artalax is an older development based on the Conqueror STC, from which the Domitar was later developed, so yes. Given the statline and rules I'd expect to see something slightly less bulky than the Domitar (lower T) with the jump pack intake built into the cowling where the Domitar's missile launcher sits. Hopefully in a more active pose, too.

The unholy offspring of an Ursarax and a Domitar, basically.

And you know what ALSO seems to be based on the Conqueror STC, looks hunched and 'Dark Mechanicum'y and has snippy claws? THIS GUY:



I'm betting the Arlatax will look like a cross between a 30k Domitar and that ^^

 ArbitorIan wrote:

 AnomanderRake wrote:
The Artalax is an older development based on the Conqueror STC, from which the Domitar was later developed, so yes. Given the statline and rules I'd expect to see something slightly less bulky than the Domitar (lower T) with the jump pack intake built into the cowling where the Domitar's missile launcher sits. Hopefully in a more active pose, too.

The unholy offspring of an Ursarax and a Domitar, basically.

And you know what ALSO seems to be based on the Conqueror STC, looks hunched and 'Dark Mechanicum'y and has snippy claws? THIS GUY:

Spoiler:

I'm betting the Arlatax will look like a cross between a 30k Domitar and that ^^

Pretty sure the decimator isn't based off the conqueror or even any stc that I'm aware of, got any sources?
It's a lot bigger and broader in pretty much every way than a domitar

All the blurb i can find links it to the contemptor dread.

 SirDonlad wrote:
All the blurb i can find links it to the contemptor dread.

And the only thing I can find that even say that purely says it's larger than an contemptor

Well, this was a surprise..

In 'imperial armour vol 13 war machines of the lost and damned' it mentions early in its fluff "some unknown force, it is beleived, barters these dread killing machines for a high price in blood"

And on the next page it says "..the sepktraal cult, if indeed this dread fellowship is responsible for the decimator, has gained access to..."

'dread' can be used as an adjective though; Meaning 'feared', its use is rare and requires the user to be living in the 1600's, but given that this is GW we're talking about, that may well be the case.
Both uses are grammatically correct - one requires the reader to know that 'dread' is a shortened name for a piloted machine which are typically made by a covetous group; and the other requires mental theatrics usually reserved for a crappy little stage in stratford-upon-avon.


But there's a box out on that second page which backs up the 'robot' link - it mentions that some daemon engines have a 'vessel' which seems to contain the daemon and it mentions that this vessel bears similarities to the cortex and reactor chambers utilised 'long ago' by the 'cult mechanicus'

I'm still in the camp of "that thing is far too big to have serious links to something which is supposed to have a lower toughness threshold than a domitar robot"
which is essentially why most Arlatax conversions right now are crudely butchered domitars.

 SirDonlad wrote:
I'm still in the camp of "that thing is far too big to have serious links to something which is supposed to have a lower toughness threshold than a domitar robot"
which is essentially why most Arlatax conversions right now are crudely butchered domitars.

Or in my instance a converted Castellan.