Mechanicum Allies list

[Dono1979]

Wasnt sure whether I post his here or in general discussions, opted here as it largely revolved around lists. Basically I am in the midst of planning out my Mechanicum allies, they will be Biologis themed and be a little creepy, bordering on dark Mech.

 

They will be primarily used as allies for my Imperial Fists, Knights or (in Apoc) my Titan Maniple using the Leviathan list. I doubt they will ever be fielded as the Primary themselves (largely to limit the size which they can get to!).

 

At the moment the proposed list is looking like the following:

 

• Lachrimallus Magos Prime w/ Augury Scanner, Cyber Familiar, Corposant Staff, Photon Gauntlet, 4 x Cyber Occularis, Machinator Array
  
• Tech Priest Auxili (Lachrimallus) w/ Additional Tech Priest & 8 Servitors (largely Servo Arms) & a Triaros
  
• Adsecularis (x20) w/ the chem and weapon upgrades
  
• Thallax (x9) w/ Phased Plasma Fusil and Destructor
  
• Ursarax Cohort (x9)
  
• Thallax (x9) w/ Photon Thrusters and Icarian
  

 

That gives me one of each slot (two in Troops) and enable me to keep to the theme quite well with each model being some sort of bio-mutant rather than Cyber. 

 

Something I am missing which I have some cool conversion ideas for, are Castellax. I was thinking of maybe bringing them in via the Imperial Fists with a Preavian so that they get the bonus BS to their Mauler Bolt Guns.

 

The main idea was that the Magos Prime and the Tech Priest along with the Servitors and Cyber Occularis all pile into the Transport for mobility and initial protection (though the unit is going to be T5 with Feel No Pain as well). They will be used to repair any vehicles (especially useful for Knight or Titans being allied) or the Castellax, with three Battlesmiths and a half dozen Servo armed Servitors they should be repairing two to three times a turn without a worry. In Close Combat they are also pretty potent against vehicles or high T, low I opponents.

 

The Thallax will bounce around shooting stuff while the Ursarax make their way upfield and engage when they can. The Thralls.... well they die.

 

I couldnt see any way that would allow me to fit the Castellax into the list without dropping a Thallax, except.... (its a little RAW and I am not comfortable with it) the mandatory Adsecularis unit is only compulsory if the force Primary not allied, so technically I wouldnt need the Thralls and could instead replace them with the Castellax, but half the fun of the Lachrimallus is the thralls.