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I’ve had a small Mechanicum army for a few years but I’ve never owned or used Tech thralls (largely because of the price barrier). However, now there’s some plastic ones heading my way in the Mechanicum box I’m debating what to do with them or if they’re even worth bothering with at all. It’s a lot of models to paint up for a 75 point unit after all. Their stats are obviously nothing very special but I’m fine with that if they have other uses. The problem I see is that even though they’re stubborn they only have leadership 6. It seems like it’ll be trivially easy make them run as there’s no way to make them fearless like in 1st edition (not that I have a problem with that in itself, a fearless blob of 30 models is not fun for anyone to face) and using a hq to babysit them seems a bit over the top. So does anyone have experience of running tech thralls this edition? What have you done with them? How did it work out? Are they worth the effort to build and paint them or should I just put them on eBay? Cheers

Hi all, I recently noticed this pic/illustration in the Liber Mechanicum (pp 23). In the vein of the usual HH illustrations we have a mix of scenarized/photoshopped miniatures and background. All in sepia mode. Yet this one specifically raised my eyebrowns: It looks like it is a conversion work (a least the Mago has a body that I think is one of a Myrmidon, except his "telescope"), but the rest does not fit. The abeyant is in no way similar to the Resin one available as a Dramatis Personae and the weapon tooling looks genuine to me. What do you think: is it a well inserted art inspired from the rest of the range or is it a potential unreleased (test or future hidden in plain sight) model? My heart beat for the last option but...

A 3,000 point Iron warrior list. Fluff wise it's a force dedicated to assaulting fortresses. Praetor hangs out with the Calix, magos hangs out with Cavas, Siege breaker hangs out with tyrants. Apothecaries with two tac squads and Iron havocs. List should be pretty tough, but I suspect WS5, 2+/4++ Elite melee will give me trouble. I have melee dread to counter other dreads. + Allegiance: + IV: Iron Warriors Allegiance: Traitor + Rite of War: + Rite of War: The Hammer Of Olympia + HQ: + Siege Breaker, Cataphractii: Grenade Harness, Thunder Hammer Praetor, Cataphractii: Tyrant of the Dodekathon, Warsmith, Grenade Harness, Thunder Hammer + Elites: + 3xApothecary Contemptor Dreadnought Talon Contemptor Dreadnought: Gravis Chainfist, Gravis Power Fist, 2x Plasma Blaster Contemptor Dreadnought:Gravis Melta Cannon, Gravis Power Fist + Troops: + Tactical Squad . Legion Tactical Sergeant: Shrapnel Bolter, Power Axe . 14x Legionaries: 14x Shrapnel Bolter, Augury Scanner, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox. Tactical Squad . Legion Tactical Sergeant: Shrapnel Bolter, Power Axe . 14x Legionaries: 14x Shrapnel Bolter, Augury Scanner, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox. + Heavy Support: + . Legion Deredeo Dreadnought: Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery, Four Boreas Air Defence Missiles, Twin-linked Heavy Bolter Iron Havocs: Augury Scanner, Autocannon, 10x Iron Havoc Tyrant Siege Terminator Squad . 7x Tyrant w/Power Fist . Siege Master: Power Fist + HQ: + Magos Dominus: Augury Scanner, Cyber-Familiar, Laspistol, Power Axe, Artificia Cybernetica + Troops: + Thallax Cohort: Meltabombs, Phased Plasma-Fusil, 4x Thallax + Heavy Support: + Thanatar Siege-automata Maniple . Thanatar Calix . Thanatar Cavas