War Machine Detatchment - Is there a list of all options?

[Rabidbunneh]

I'm tempted to do a Reductor army with a Lord of war but I can't find a list of all the options on battlescribe or online.

[ShadowCore67]

If I remember correctly its any super heavy with 6 or less hull points.

 

But don't quote me on that.

[carlisimo]

1 Super-heavy with 9 hull points or more from the following:

Titans

Ordinati

"Imperial Super-heavy vehicles and Flyer units from Forge World's wider Imperial Armour range such as Imperial Armour: Apocalypse or Imperial Armour: Aeronautica, which do not already have an era-specific counterpart listed in a Horus Heresy supplement." - with upgrade limitations

 

or 1-2 Super-heavy vehicles of the same unit type with 8 hull points or less, from:

Imperial Knight variants

Mechanicum-indentured knight variants in the Mechanicum Taghmata red book

Imperial Super-heavy vehicles/Flyers as above

 

or 1-3 Flyers with up to 3 hull points each, or one with 4+ hull points, or a single Super-heavy Flyer (can't be one already available in the list).  This one should refer to the same line about Imperial Super-heavy vehicles, etc., but it doesn't so I've seen one crazy dude try to justify using the rules for a Tau Manta.  Don't be that guy.

 

The Legiones Astartes book came out shortly after and was a little clearer about which SH tanks you could use and a lot of players just use that list.

[Caillum]

carlisimo has it right. If it’s the War Machine Detachment you’re looking at in particular, then these are the options for Mechanicum...

 

You can take the 1-2 of the following Walkers:

- Indentured Knight Paladin

- Indentured Knight Errant

- Indentured Knight Warden

- Indentured Knight Gallant

- Indentured Knight Crusader

- Indentured Knight Styrix

- Indentured Knight Magaera

- Indentured Cerastus Knight-Lancer

- Indentured Cerastus Knight-Castigator

- Indentured Cerastus Knight-Acheron

- Mechanicum Cerastus Knight-Atrapos

- Acastus Knight-Porphyrion.

 

Alternatively, you can take 1-2 of the following vehicles:

- Macharius Heavy Tank

- Macharius Vanquisher

- Macharius Vulcan

- Macharius Omega

- Crassus Armoured Assault Transport

- Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher

- Dominus Armoured Siege Bombard

- Minotaur

[Gorgoff]

Since we talk about superheavys... is the Minotaur one? Edited December 3, 2017 by Gorgoff

[Caillum]

No, it’s not. It’s a 5HP Tank (Heavy). It’s strange that it’s on the allowed list too, as technically you can only take “1-2 Super-heavy vehicles of the same unit type...”

 

Pretty sure you just roll with it though - Forge World be crazy! Maybe we’ll see an FAQ one day - it is a Titanic vehicle in 8th Ed, so it makes sense to treat it as a proper Super-heavy in 1st Edition Heresy.

[Rabidbunneh]

Thanks Caillum, I don't have the imperial arnours so I didn't know what options I had available to me.

[disease]

Search for user 'Hesh' - his signature had all the LOW's and where to find the rules

[Caillum]

This is Hesh's list. Pretty much all relevant still.

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/302242-resource-heresy-era-lords-of-war/?p=3925306

 

On one of the most recent Eye of Horus Podcasts, Tim & Michael discuss their unofficial FAQ with Ryan from Radio Free Isstvan. They bring up Lords of War a few times, including the list I mentioned previously, and it is pretty much the simplest and fairest way to run them (until we get an official FAQ).

[Rabidbunneh]

Thats really concise, thanks. I like the idea of running a Dominus with Caaleb babysitting it. I might hold off until the new rulebook launches as I don't want to sink money into a model with out of print rules just yet.