DarkAngeal Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Hello Admech! I am coming to this forum to ask advice on a gift. My local war gaming club is putting on a gift exchange- participants construct, convert, and paint a model for a randomly assigned member. I was assigned an admech player, but I don't know much about admech at all. The model has to be HQ or larger. I am wondering what model/loadouts you folks might suggest to fit well in any admech army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyriks Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I don't know anyone who has used a Sydonian Dragoon that doesn't love them. That would be my first recommendation, unless it's 30k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Cato Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I second a dragoon, although it's a bit pricey. I would recommend staying away from Tech priests unless you feel like you could do one thats very unique. In my experience, people bought a lot of the Start Collecting packs and have tech priests coming out the wazhoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritFox22 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Honestly it depends on what the guy plays. Is he running Cult Mechanicus or Skitarii? For Cult I would buy the Kataphrons and mag the hands. For Skitarii either a Dragoon or Onager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngeal Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 I am under the impression that he plays both cult and skitarii, but I can guarantee that he plays skitarii. So this dragoon, it looks like a great model for this... what should I know about how to load it out for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicus Tech-Support Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 For the dragoon I would go lance and pistol since the other loadout would make the Balistarii(s/p?) and then you would have to choose between gun load-outs and I know personally I would magnetize the balistarii to swap weapons, which may be a bit more work than you want. I have seen battle reports and the balistarii seems pretty decent but everyone seems to love the lancer dragoon. As for actually building and painting the model...well it can be a bit fiddly when actually making the model (lots of pipes and tubes etc) and I found the Onager to be muuuuch easier to paint. I guess the only real downside is that both models aren't the cheapest of the range price wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngeal Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Oh! It's a dual kit! I understand now. The price is right in the middle of my range- I am happy there. Do you happen to have any guides for magnetizing one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicus Tech-Support Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just doing a quick google search comes up with this blog:http://bloodybeast.com/blog/2015/07/18/adeptus-mechanicus-ironstrider-ballistarius-sydonian-dragoon/ It's not a step by step and more showing off the finished product but the last image if you scroll down should give you an idea of the parts that one would want magnetized. I swear I've seen a couple threads here kicking around showing people magnetizing theirs. Once I'm back from class tonight I'll take some pictures of my test dragoon which I haven't gotten around to painting yet, so you can see where I've magnetized mine and the area's I GS'd pretty clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Hmm I can't find any magnetization threads here either . . . wonder where they all went? I'm guessing it's something as simple as magnetizing the weapon mounts for the Ironstrider Ballistarii (the shooty one), but for the Dragoon you're probably safe to build it with the lance. I for one think the pistol (jezzail) is pretty lackluster overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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