Heresy Thursday Heresy Thursday - Mechanicum Battle Group

[Joe]

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/0JMc7SDw/heresy-thursday-the-might-of-mars-comes-to-legions-imperialis/

Edited September 26 by Joe

[Lord Marshal]

Watch them decide to panic reveal this on Thursday instead of the Melee Weapon Arms now.

 

I guess now we know why the Knight and Titan Battle Groups were held back too.

 

Edited September 21 by Lord Marshal

[Marshal Rohr]

Oh hell yeh! Those look great!

[Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla]

Did Arlatax have normal models?

[grailkeeper]

Whoever painted these must have the steadiest hands in the world. I know BL has a surgeon working for them, didn't know Heavy Metal does too.

[Joe]

 

Did Arlatax have normal models?

 

Nope - this is the first tabletop representation we've had for the Arlatax.

 

Hopefully a sign they'll come in 28mm in the wave 2 releases for Mechanicum.

[Xirix]

Hello Arlatax design

[Mendi Warrior]

Oh man ... Please put me in for 2 boxes, subject to pricing 

Wallet n°1,387 dying ...

[Dagoth Ur]

While I don't care about LI it is very interesting to finally see an official design for the Arlatax

[INKS]

wish some of these things were in 40k. I like the tanks and robots a lot

[Waaagh?]

 

Watch them decide to panic reveal this on Thursday instead of the Melee Weapon Arms now.

 

I guess now we know why the Knight and Titan Battle Groups were held back too.

 

 

Hah, that was my first thought too but maybe now they wont drip feed the contents of the box over multiple weeks.

[Marshal Mittens]

This is likely a preview of what else is coming soon in 28mm too. 

[Matcap86]

Wow I want all of this! DAMN That looks great! Also hooray for an actual roadmap on what we can expect for 28/32mm mech!

 

Also: Wow does this again show that the initial marine tactical infantry was an outlier in sculpting quality. These look amazing and gives me hope for better variant armor marks infantry in the future. 

Edited September 21 by Matcap86

[Wormwoods]

Oh, those look great! Damn, GW has been leaking like crazy lately, huh?

[Madao]

Me: I am not into LI

This box: leaked

Me: Hyped as hell

[Fire Golem]

I’m not really interested in LI but I hope this bodes well for future 28mm Mechanicum plastics. 

[Matrindur]

So trying to guess the division of models on sprues the Astartes Battlegroups had 1 Infantry set, 1 Support set, 1 Fast Attack set, 1 Rhino (Transport) set and 1 Kratos (big Tank) set.
The Auxilia Battlegroup had 1 Infantry, 1 Support, 1 Dracoson (Transport), 1 Leman Russ set (small Tank) and 1 Super Heavy set (big Tank)

 

Based on this the Mechanicum box should also have 5 individual kits. 
The Triaros should be the Transport set and the Thanatar should be the equivalent to the big tank sets from the other Battlegroups. 
I'm guessing the Tech-Priest Auxilia, Tech-Thralls, Thallax and Myrmidons of both types and the Domitars are the Infantry set, not sure about the Domitar but the others also have the Contemptor/Sentinel inside so would make sense and they are all grouped together in the image.
The Arlatax, Vorax, Castellax and Ursarax could be the Support set equivalent as a "robot" set and the Archmagos is probably part of this set since the Infantry set would be pretty big if he is part of that one.
That leaves the Vultarax for the last set but only two of those would be pretty small so maybe they are part of the Support bot set and the 8x Thanatars are instead 2x sets of 4x Thanatars for the final 5x sets?

Either that or the Vultarax and Vorax are a set together since the text above says these two range ahead of the main force so a Fast Attack equivalent box?

 

Also new Thanatar arm weapons right?

Edited September 21 by Matrindur

[Fire Golem]

 

Also new Thanatar arm weapons right?

The Calix already has that different arm weapon. 

[Matrindur]

 

The Calix already has that different arm weapon. 

 

Yeah I just hadn't seen that hammer? arm before

[Mr Farson]

Madness that the artlax gets a legions imperialis model before 28mm scale.

 

It's profile has been out what 7 years now?

[Valkyrion]

At least this virtually guarantees a Mechanicum themed book that actually contains Mechanicum, unlike the most recent 30k effort. 

 

Not personally my bag, but this game needs some love more than an abandoned puppy at christmas, and this is very much a step in the right direction. 

[Robbienw]

ooooh, that's a really cool set, exciting!

[CL_Mission]

Tech Thralls still 12 pieces each

[DuskRaider]

I’ve recently been debating starting a small SA group to get a little bit of a break from Astartes, but now that I’ve seen this I’m definitely reconsidering… I have to wonder if we’ll see Forge Workd specific rules akin to the Astartes or if it’ll all just be a big conglomerate like the Auxilia. It does make me wonder what’s next as far as books go, I was under the impression that Tallarn is just the opening act of that conflict, yet if these are released that’ll be a completely different setting in HH. 

[Mendi Warrior]

Battlegroups for Astartes and Solar Auxilia have 70 models/stands whereas I count 56 models here (52 stands + 4 Triaros).

 

My guess is that this will be a smaller format than the battlegroup boxes, with the equivalent of 4 individual boxes.

 

Infantry equivalent, 26 stands:

• Tech-Priest Auxilia (2)
• Adsecularis Tech-Thrall Covenant (10)
• Thallax Cohort (8)
• Myrmidon Secutor Host (2)
• Myrmidon Destructor Host (4)

Support equivalent, combining all battle-automata models, 18 stands (just 2  Vorax and 2 Vultarax seem quite low for one single sprue of fast attack alone imho)

• Archmagos Prime on Abeyant (2)
• Domitar Battle-Automata Maniple (2)
• Castellax Battle-Automata Maniple (4)
• Ursarax Cohort (4)
• Arlatax Battle-Automata Maniple (2)
• Vorax Battle-Automata Maniple (2)
• Vultarax Stratos-Automata Squadron (2)

Tank equivalent, 8 stands:

• Thanatar Siege-Automata Maniple (8)

Heavy tank equivalent, 4 models:

• Triaros (4)

That is pure speculation of course. Wait & see ...

 

Edit: In view of the number of actual models per stand, this might even be 3 boxes, Infantry, Battle-Automata (combining "Support" and "Tank" equivalents here above together), and Triaros.

Edited September 21 by Mendi Warrior