Mahoo Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 If i remember correctly (which i doubt i do lol) Skitarii are beings from the Mechanicus end of the pond, Similar to Servitors but far more combat efficient (hope i got that right otherwise im gonna look like a right :P lol) Anyways, my question is this does anyone have any photos, artwork, or even models as a visual refference for these guys? I dont intend on making one, just general curiosity. Mahoo Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_claw Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 ok Skitarii are nothing like servitors lol, they are the planets guardsmen who are all upgraded with implants and tech they have there own mind are are just like humans in every ther sence, servitors are mind scrubbed people that are just programed to do some task and its all they ever do. as for pics you can brouse through the following wep page http://z6.invisionfree.com/adeptusmechanicus/ on here you will see loads of mech things Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvux Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 What Dark Claw said was mostly correct although they are not neccisarily a planets guardsmen, they are a forgeworlds version of guardsmen basically and they are not as human as Dark Claw has stated either they are more of a half way zone between human and servitor with most communicating through scrapcode and being brainwashed to different extents so they serve one cause and are easily controlled. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_claw Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 but if you read mechanicus then there is a referance to the brave ground forces fighting in the middle of a titan battle why refer to them as brave if they are just mindless ppl that obey rules and orders they would not be brave they would be a meat shield and not considered as anything but machine not man. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvux Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 As i said they are a half way point between servitor and man. as you stated: servitors are mind scrubbed people that are just programed to do some task and its all they ever do. skitarii are made purely for military duties there bodies and minds are modified for this cuase and this cause only that is why they are so close to servitors the only thing keeping them from being servitors is the fact that they are not all totally mind washed so as they can still make theyre own battlefield choices and decisions. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firenze Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Skitarii are gene bulked humans who go through rigourous selection and training. They are bionically modified but not that much, mainly code emitters, weapons and stimm glands. The are better than Guard but alot worse than marines. Think them as Spartans from Halo without the cool armour. Unfortunately I know of no pictures of Skitarii. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Ahhh I get it now ;) Thanks guys Ive yet to read Mechanicus so thanks for the info :P Thanks for the link as well Dark Claw Appreciate all the contributions so far guys! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2068722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firenze Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 :) No problem. The servants of the Omnissiah are here to help. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2069147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Some of you guys are a little off. Skitarii is the techspeak name for a forgeworld's tech guard, which is the same as a non-forgeworlds planetary defense force (i.e., Imperial Guard). Within the Skitarii are Praetorians, which are genetically engineered and cybernetically enhanced shock troops fielded as elite units. Add to this Robot maniples and electro-priest units, and you have the equivalent of a 5th Ed Imperial Guard army. SJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2069222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firenze Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Im going by Titanicus. They are depicted in there as I said. Same in Mechanicum. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2069778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake28 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Im going by Titanicus. They are depicted in there as I said. Same in Mechanicum. Yeah, those books are easily the best sources of information on Skitarii and just about anything Mechanicus. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2071537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaled100 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'd say you have a lot of scope to have your Skitarii look however you want. Ones from different worlds are likely to look very different, as are ones who perform different roles. E.g. a Skitarii-Provost will look very different to a front-line trooper. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2071811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tuditanus Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Source/Reference material(ain't Lexicanum great?! It was the first hit on Google!!): http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Skitarii What Dark Claw said was mostly correct although they are not neccisarily a planets guardsmen, they are a forgeworlds version of guardsmen basically and they are not as human as Dark Claw has stated either they are more of a half way zone between human and servitor with most communicating through scrapcode and being brainwashed to different extents so they serve one cause and are easily controlled. Half to disagree.. Nowhere in the fluff does it state they are so subhuman.. In fact, a few novels,one in particular which mentions electro priests and Hypaspists,(the grunts you seem to lump ALL Skitarii into) they are described as being quick thinking, improvisational, and inventive... Also.. Srcap Code is Chaos corrupted techna-lingua, or machine-code so lets pray to the Omnissiah they're not communicating by it! I'd also like to note that every reference source I've read states that Skitarii vary GREATLY from Forgeworld to Forgeworld, so there is no definitive look or answer to their question. Just like a Space Marine.. If someone asked what an Astartes was, and you replied by explaining an Ultramarine, you'd be wrong because there are Blood Angels, Space Wolves, White Scars, and more! As i said they are a half way point between servitor and man. as you stated: servitors are mind scrubbed people that are just programed to do some task and its all they ever do. skitarii are made purely for military duties there bodies and minds are modified for this cuase and this cause only that is why they are so close to servitors the only thing keeping them from being servitors is the fact that they are not all totally mind washed so as they can still make theyre own battlefield choices and decisions. One, please, please use some punctuation... It is painfully hard to read posts in such a discussion when you have a three line long continuous sentence. Not being rude or uppity, it's just rough on the eyes... Secondly, I refer you to my rebuttal to your first quote, sirrah. :P ;) As for how Skitarii look.. They are generally accepted to be robed and carapace armored for Hypaspists, for things like Tribune (officers/veterans) and praetorian, the equivalent of Power or TDA.. However Tribunes and Praetorian haven't seemed to come to a general look consesus yet. (NOTE: models depicted are NOT my work!!!) http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6550/admechwip0pz.jpg These are made with Cadian arms/guns, torsos, High Elf Archer legs(some will transplant the cadian feet for more height and armored look) and a variety of heads.. A bit of plasticard is used on the shoulders for the pads, and for a groin plate.Some use glade-guard heads and GS on respirators, other us respirator heads and GS on the hood... Some, like the ones I have bits for, opted for a more armored/tech look and used things like the Elysian heads from FW, that bit seems up to debate/variance amongst modelers of the Machine God... I hope the small debates, and information presented here have, at once, answered your question, and shown you there is no clear, concise, set in stone answer! Not yet, anyway.. Though rumors persist of Ad-Mech being done by FW, nothing ever concrete has surfaced. Not even a GS proto-type... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2071838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaled100 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I've read states that Skitarii vary GREATLY from Forgeworld to Forgeworld, so there is no definitive look or answer to their question. Just like a Space Marine.. If someone asked what an Astartes was, and you replied by explaining an Ultramarine, you'd be wrong because there are Blood Angels, Space Wolves, White Scars, and more!Exactly, although I'd say a better comparison could be if someone asked about a guardsman and you showed them a Cadian you'd be wrong as guardsmen from Catachan, Kaledon, Krieg, Elysia, Mordia etc all look totally different. And then you have things like stormtroopers etc who are different again, and the stormtrooper equivalents raised by different worlds again look different and are often referred to by different names - Kasrkin, Bombardiers etc. The same is true of the Skitarii. Their appearance and equipment will vary from world to world; and likewise the names of various types of Skitarii trooper varies from world to world; in some places the elite hellgun-armed stormtrooper equivalents are named Secutors, in others they are named Praetorians. In other places, Praetorian is used to refer to a different, more powerful and heavily enhanced, type of Skitarii; in yet others, Praetorian may refer to a powerful battle-servitor. So even if Forge World do start producing Skitarii models, that still won't be a definative answer. Plus, as I mentioned before, you also have the Skitarii who perform roles other than 'soldier' - the Skitarii-Provosts I mentioned before are the 'police' of the Forge Worlds and so will be equipped very differently again. That all said, there is a picture of a Skitarius on p120 of the 4th ed rulebook if you want to see a canonical picture of one. Personally I'm of the opinion that he's a fairly high ranking Skitarius as he has quite a lot of fancy bionic enhancements thus suggesting to me he's favoured by the Machine God. I've got two Skitarii models in my collection - the first is a simple line trooper, he has a lasgun, a fancy shoulder-mounted targetter and one of his arms has been replaced by a bionic (presumably due to injury). He wears a camo-greatcoat and gasmask. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/kaled100/gansel.jpg The second is based on the aforementioned picture from the rulebook and has a lot more bionics (much better quality ones too), robes, and his weapons are implanted (they're designed so he can fit different hands depending on the situation). He's a lot more highly favoured and commands the military forces attached to my Explorator's expedition. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/ka...0/skitarius.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2072075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firenze Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Mine are based on Cadians (still design phase ATM) with new full helms and special equipment and bionics. I stick a bit of design up tommorow. @ Kaled: Great Covenant conversion. Simple and awesome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2072300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_claw Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 mine are simple legs = high elf archer body = cadian head = wood elf hooded or dark angel hooded arms = a mix of cadian, necron(old metal and new plastic) and pit slaves or anything bionic eyes are cut down bolter lenses or green stuff and i use the new cadian command masks for rebreathers on them all, i currentley have about 20 in the process of been built, my heavy weapons are small tank models with sent cockpit poened up and a converted servitor in it and my Cogs are just converted ogres or i use rogue trader robots :) after that all my tanks are converted too to look like small macarious and then i have 5 titans to back them all up plus i am going to convert my own super heavies to make them seem more ad mech and i am starting work on my warlord in 2 weeks after pay day and i will take pics or it all through WIP stages i just love admech there so cold its awsome :) praise to the machine god !!! kaled100 are those inquisator scale models or 40k? from look id say inquisator but they are vert good i have to admit Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2072741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaled100 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 kaled100 are those inquisator scale models or 40k? from look id say inquisator but they are vert good i have to admit They're 54mm - I have two AdMech warbands for Inquisitor, one is led by a very traditional Magos, the other by an Explorator with an interest in xeno-tech - pics are below if you're interested. Magos, Skitarius, Servitor, Praetorian Magos-Explorator, Tech-Priestess, Skitarius, Servitor, Praetorian The observant among you might notice that the Explorator and his Skitarius are converted from models of famous sci-fi movie characters... (I really need to take better pictures of that second warband!) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2072897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_claw Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I LOVE THE MODELS YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A 40K SCALE ARMY? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2073679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaled100 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I LOVE THE MODELS YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A 40K SCALE ARMY? Oh no - far too boring! Inquisitor is far more fun - the game is excellent and I prefer that every model is an individual (painting squads becomes dull very quickly!). I much prefer the larger scale - there's a huge range of 54mm models out there and the possibilities for conversion are pretty much endless. Converting and sculpting are perhaps easier at the larger scale, so in many ways it's easier to come up with interesting conversions. Also, the Inquisitor community is great - it may be small compared to the 40k one, but it is dedicated. There's a core of veteran players who write plenty of new material, and we still get good support from GW - maybe not in terms of new releases, but last year Gav Thorpe & Jervis Johnson turned up to the Inquisitor Grand Tournament and spent the day chatting with the players which was fantastic, then on top of that John Blanche came to judge the painting & modelling round! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2074059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_claw Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 i love inquisitor myself i have several models in the WIP stage including an oblitarator and a wraith lol, i am working on an iron father will bionics all over and i have a few guardsmen and some chaos marines and arco's and mutants once i even converted a chicken walker into a sentinal with internal detail lol god i was bored after i finished it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/174980-a-question-for-the-cog-heads/#findComment-2075048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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