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 Ratius wrote:
Is this fan art?
If not what is that mech in the background and 4 legged flamer spider to the left?

Fan art or not, i like it!

I wanna be the dude connected to the tracked lascannon!!!

 Ratius wrote:
Is this fan art?
If not what is that mech in the background and 4 legged flamer spider to the left?

Knight-class gun servitors and Flamenspyder.

I love how the Mechanicus priests always seem so casual even in the middle of the battlefield. They never seem to be excited or fearful, they just go about their tinkering while ordnance
explodes all around and death-beams whizz overhead.

Any fluff source on those guys? Are they Epic era units?

very cool pic

It's just something someone drew and threw on Deviant Art.

 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
It's just something someone drew and threw on Deviant Art.

If fan art based off some descriptions given in some novels.

So since Cult Mechanicus has both an HQ and troops units, can I use the ally CAD with them ? (1 HQ + 1 TROOP)

 RedFox wrote:
So since Cult Mechanicus has both an HQ and troops units, can I use the ally CAD with them ? (1 HQ + 1 TROOP)

Allies are a detachment, but yes. They can also be taken as a CAD (HQ + 2 Troops) for the traditional OBSEC bonus.

 BloodGrin wrote:

 Thairne wrote:
Comparing these to the next unit that comes to mind:
DAAttack bikes for 55 Pts with a Multi Melta.

You get +1 BS, WS, A and I, although -1 str (as if this matters on these)
Krak and Frag Grenades
12" movement
Ability to turbo boost, scout, outflank and hit and run

Those weapons better pack some serious punch, otherwise they're not gonna be worth fielding, despite the pretty models.

I can not and will never think this way.
I do not play math-hammer or power hammer and will never understand or really enjoy playing with people that do.
I watched someone over the weekend play a list of Draigo-Star allied with Screamer-Star....wtf is that crap.
Yes I am sure it is strong as hell and can be brutal but fluffwise it is broken as can be and gamewise it is just...
Looking through every new release for the biggest numbers and the most broken units so that they can be mixed with the other mathematically broken units is just not fun to me and using that as a metric for what is a good release or a good kit ....no.

Have fun losing vs all but the most basic and unstrategic opponents. You might be able to pull out a draw vs them.

I have a problem with people who refuse to win.

 BloodGrin wrote:
More

remind me of these

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120627212210/terminator/images/e/e2/14989_0883_1_lg.jpg

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
Saw the Kastellans today in the flesh. They're tiny! Castellax are bigger than them. Datasmith is awesome, however.

Wait, whut? They literally cannot be "tiny"; both robots come on the same size of base, 60mm. The Castellax has a broader, flatter torso and additional illusory bulk added by the shoulderpads and huge cannon, but the Kastelan has some additional height.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Quarterdime wrote:
German has gender nouns? Eh, well I'm sure it pays off once you actually learn it all. I enjoy being specific about things in an efficient manner. Also, I've been mulling over which country in Europe I'd choose to move to if I had to pick one, and Germany definitely continues to come up. Not that this is on topic or anything... But yeah. Oktoberfest!

Yeah, I believe, although it may be an urban myth and I'd happily be corrected by a German speaker, that when JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner" he should have said "Ich bin eine Berliner" and rather than say "I'm a Berliner" actually said "I am a doughnut."

The truth of it is that a 'Berliner' is a specific kind of donut, filled with jelly, that is/was common in Berlin. By saying "A Berliner" he was saying he was that treat- if he'd said "Ich bin Berliner" with the 'eine (the 'a')', then it would have been right, since the '-er' at the end of the city name means that you're from that city.


On-topic, I really do think, especially seeing that side-view, that I'm going to buy myself a box of those Destroyer/Breachers, just for the modeling. I've stopped worrying about rules, and I now just appreciate GW plastic for what it is- really super-high-quality plastic miniatures.

 Alpharius wrote:
Yes.

Please.

Thanks!

Don't you mean:

Ja.

Bitte.

Danke.

 ninjafiredragon wrote:


I have a problem with people who refuse to win.

And I have a problem with people who can't seem to let others enjoy the game the way they want...

 Lockark wrote:
If fan art based off some descriptions given in some novels.

And an army someone kitbashed.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:


Back on topic
That drawing is an official pictures? There is some cool stuff on ther

Nah it's fanart I'm afraid. Been around for a while as well.


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Lockark wrote:
If fan art based off some descriptions given in some novels.

And an army someone kitbashed.

This army to be precise:
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?96161-Adeptus-Mechanicus-army-Mk2/page3

What I can't figure out is what came first - that army, or the Iron Brotherhood models Micro-Art makes. I seem to remember that the Iron Brotherhood were based on those scratchbuilds, but I could be wrong.

Super Newb wrote:

dubovac wrote:
Since we are on language topic right now, I would just like to say that German language is in my humble opinion the perfect language.

Wrong. No language that wastes tons of energy on genderizing words can be perfect. Such a practice is a collosal waste of time.

Back on topic. Re using one of the canticles could be great since they are one use only. The crazy ignores cover rumor still sounds better though

Yes.

this.

Any langauge with genders automatically loses the 'perfect language' contest.

I mean really, what kind of freaks decided (in Hindi) that Manliness would be feminine?

So far Japanese has my pick for the perfect language, if anything I'd say lose the English/Katakana words and assign Kanji and single pronunciaiton and

Oh wait, we're off topic aren't we.

STAY ON TOPIC DANG IT


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What I can't figure out is what came first - that army, or the Iron Brotherhood models Micro-Art makes. I seem to remember that the Iron Brotherhood were based on those scratchbuilds, but I could be wrong.

to me it looks like he used some Iron Brotherhood in the army, I have some and those look like their heads and bodies.

Though the tracked servitors may have later inspired Micro Art's own line.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
Saw the Kastellans today in the flesh. They're tiny! Castellax are bigger than them. Datasmith is awesome, however.

Wait, whut? They literally cannot be "tiny"; both robots come on the same size of base, 60mm. The Castellax has a broader, flatter torso and additional illusory bulk added by the shoulderpads and huge cannon, but the Kastelan has some additional height.

If you have a skitarii transfer sheet on hand, look at the GW photos and the transfers placed on the Kastelans and you can kinda gauge of how large they are. They definitely aren't that big and you can tell from even looking at the sprues. But same with the Dunecrawler, when you see it in the flesh its a trip because you'd get the idea it would be larger than it really is.

Tiny as in skinny, yes. Castellax are broader. However both models are about the same height (from memory the Kastellan is a tad taller because of it's gun and dome-shaped 'head')

 Thargrim wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
Saw the Kastellans today in the flesh. They're tiny! Castellax are bigger than them. Datasmith is awesome, however.

Wait, whut? They literally cannot be "tiny"; both robots come on the same size of base, 60mm. The Castellax has a broader, flatter torso and additional illusory bulk added by the shoulderpads and huge cannon, but the Kastelan has some additional height.

If you have a skitarii transfer sheet on hand, look at the GW photos and the transfers placed on the Kastelans and you can kinda gauge of how large they are. They definitely aren't that big and you can tell from even looking at the sprues. But same with the Dunecrawler, when you see it in the flesh its a trip because you'd get the idea it would be larger than it really is.

I thought they would be about Dreadknight sized, if not at least Dreadnought sized. No, they're not much bigger than Terminators. They're about as tall as Castellax but have much less bulk.

 ninjafiredragon wrote:

 BloodGrin wrote:
I can not and will never think this way.
I do not play math-hammer or power hammer and will never understand or really enjoy playing with people that do.
I watched someone over the weekend play a list of Draigo-Star allied with Screamer-Star....wtf is that crap.
Yes I am sure it is strong as hell and can be brutal but fluffwise it is broken as can be and gamewise it is just...
Looking through every new release for the biggest numbers and the most broken units so that they can be mixed with the other mathematically broken units is just not fun to me and using that as a metric for what is a good release or a good kit ....no.

Have fun losing vs all but the most basic and unstrategic opponents. You might be able to pull out a draw vs them.

I have a problem with people who refuse to win.

Or, you know, he could have fun and win, lose or draw against like-minded players who choose to play units that fit a theme, fit a scenario, or that simply look cool -- rather than building a list for opponent-stomping awesomeness.

Different people have different definitions of fun, and what they like to do with their time.

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:

 Thargrim wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
Saw the Kastellans today in the flesh. They're tiny! Castellax are bigger than them. Datasmith is awesome, however.

Wait, whut? They literally cannot be "tiny"; both robots come on the same size of base, 60mm. The Castellax has a broader, flatter torso and additional illusory bulk added by the shoulderpads and huge cannon, but the Kastelan has some additional height.

If you have a skitarii transfer sheet on hand, look at the GW photos and the transfers placed on the Kastelans and you can kinda gauge of how large they are. They definitely aren't that big and you can tell from even looking at the sprues. But same with the Dunecrawler, when you see it in the flesh its a trip because you'd get the idea it would be larger than it really is.

I thought they would be about Dreadknight sized, if not at least Dreadnought sized. No, they're not much bigger than Terminators. They're about as tall as Castellax but have much less bulk.

When they cost £42 RRP for two of the Kastelan with a character? That'd be an amazing bargain!

Those robots in the background (to the right) remind me of the Decimator siege engines from Forge World.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What I can't figure out is what came first - that army, or the Iron Brotherhood models Micro-Art makes. I seem to remember that the Iron Brotherhood were based on those scratchbuilds, but I could be wrong.

Well, that army was made by one of the designers at MicroArt studio, so it's kinda hard to tell what came first: if the models were made for that army and then turned into their Iron Brotherhood range sold by MicroArt, or if MicroArt designed those models for the Iron Brotherhood range and then decided to use them in that display army. I think the former is probably true as that army doesn't feature that many models from the Iron Brotherhood range.

So anybody have an idea what's the price in GBP for the Servitors?

35 quid tops I think

Real money price?

 Verviedi wrote:
Real money price?

Oh 50 Cogs at least ....

migooo wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Real money price?

Oh 50 Cogs at least ....

Martian or Lucian cogs?

But seriously. Speculations on USD price?