This week andrew is talking about his beautiful adeptus mechanicus. The adeptus mechanicus is the faction within the imperium that is responsible for technology and manufacture of weapons, vehicles, and armor. Adesecularis if you really want to break the mould. Adeptus mechanicus gained two specialist detachments in the vigilus defiant book, the cybernetica cohort and the servitor maniple. The army lists, whilst capable of standing alone, are intended to be used as allies for the legion army list. Mars was colonised very early in human history, long before the start of even the dark age of technology, and developed a society different from terra both culturally and in terms of technological advancement. Engine war is the seventh chapter of the psychic awakening saga, and it. Keep an eye out for more information about that book.
The dark mechanicum, also sometimes referred to incorrectly as the dark mechanicus, and who refer to themselves as the new mechanicum, is a sect of traitorous techpriests, members of the collegia titanica and chaos knights of the ancient mechanicum who have become hereteks in service to chaos they willingly swore their loyalty to the warmaster horus and the. Every thursday in our army showcase series, goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies weve been collecting for years, and the new ones weve just finished what drew us to them, why we keep building and painting, and how they play on the table. Its possible to start an army with a single magos, and a pair of castellax or small thallax cohorts. If youre looking for tactics with the previous versions of the mechanicum, found in the horus heresy books, youd find them here. Here is a quick and dirty sample of our tips and tactics breakdown.
Your every decision will shape the missions ahead and ultimately decide the fate of the troops under your command in over 50 handcrafted. The 8th ed adeptus mechanicus codex cometh, and the cybernetic. The adeptus mechanicus swoop into battle warhammer community. The organisations adepts, the techpriests, are vital in maintaining much of the imperiums more technologically advanced equipment, not the. The adeptus mechanicus is a technological organisation, often known as the priesthood of mars.
Engine war requisition approved warhammer community. Pick it at the start of battle round 1, and then try to roll for it every phase. Were also going to mostly exclude knights from this the imperial knights book is the real knights codex, and the ones included in ad. Finishing your own army is core to the warhammer 40,000 hobby. It holds a monopoly on technological knowledge in the imperium. If you choose to run a standard army you must put at least 50% of your points into the standard adeptus mechanicus list. These are the current rules for the horus heresy era mechanicum, featured in forgeworlds book called mechanicum. It affects techpriests dominus, enginseers, cybernetica datasmiths, and kastelan robots. Adeptus mechanicus battleforged army rules, abilities, and wargear. Historically, when the emperor of mankind first visited mars, a pact was forged with the humans that lived there deemed so important that one of the eagles heads on the imperial aquila is meant to represent the forces of mars and the mechanicum, as it. Its possible to start an army with a single magos, and a pair of castellax or small thallax cohorts adsecularis if you really want to break the mold.