my adeptus mech forces

[lord marcus]

using the daemon hunter rules, i have the ambitous prject of making an ad mech force. and i have the money to do it but i don't want to use it all in one go!

[Dan296]

thats actually a really good idea! i can see where you are going with that.
stormtroopers=tech-guard
grey knights=praetorian servitors
dreadnaughts=perhaps Legio Cybernetica war machines?

[lord marcus]

yep. i'm planning to use the karskrin models as tech guard though, as i cannot find a suitable way to convert them

[Dan296]

just alot of cybernetic enhancements. maybe you could get alot of servitor units and mix up the bits between them. then you have enhanced stormtroopers!

also, the inquisitor=Magos? he can take servitors, other retinue guys are other mechanicus critters...

[lord marcus]

thats what i already had in mind

inquisitor = magos
grey knight hero = senior mechanicus in terminator armor wielding a tech relic
stormtroopers= tech guards

[Ion Raptor]

a lot of people seem to have trouble finding good models for the Cyber-war machines.

Simple really, use Mechwarrior Age of destruction figures, they're perfect for the job and cheap too, most your going to pay is $6-$7 for one. Browse through here and take a look at the mechs

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarr...p?frame=figure

many of them are good as-is, but some may require clever hiding of the cockpit area

[lord marcus]

yeah, i guess your right. i am also going to use the guard rules (including the warrior weapons doctrine) to make an army of servitors

[Dan296]

are those 25mm scale though?
it looks more like epic scale...

and plus, some of that stuff is obviously not GW stuff
(for some reason i cant really see myself using proxy models like that....i dunno the cocaine in GW plastic has kicked in...curses...)

[Ion Raptor]

alot of them are just as big and bigger then Dreadnoughts, like I said some of the ones would do just fine straight from the package to the table, while some others would require the cockpit to be covered over in order to make the scale look right.

can't very well proxy a model that doesn't exist can you?

[Heroka Vendile]

Originally Posted by lord marcus

yep. i'm planning to use the karskrin models as tech guard though, as i cannot find a suitable way to convert them

cadian bodies and arms on high elf archer legs(they're cloaked!)
also, use as many of the vox opperator heads as you can, increases techy-ness

also, because you are using an inquisition codex as your basis you can take:
Penitent engines = Jumbo-sized Praetorian servitors
Enginseers from the Imperial Guard list = use as-is
Any tanks from 3 different lists! = Whirlwinds and Preaditors with Hellhounds, Leman Russ' and Exorcists?
Stick some doctrines onto the gaurd that you use - such as; Mechanised, Enginseers, Cyber-Enhancement, Carapace Armour and one more of your own choice = a Forge Worlds own PDF

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Personally I think Praetorians are more of an Ogryn/Obliterator mix, but GK work well too! (except make them START as S6 isntead of having a weapon that makes it +2S)

EDIT:
Yeah I'm currently working on "CODEX:Apocalypse: Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions"
After which I will hopefully be able to do a realy AdMec codex, which y'all are welcome to use

[lord marcus]

but will it be gw legal, thats the question....

[Ion Raptor]

oh, well if you plan on doing GW tournies then your best bet if you plan on using thoise Mech models is to find one you like, then mutilate it and cross it with other GW parts.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

I know for a fact that non-GW-range (even bits and pieces) models aren't Competition legal, but Tournies are a different question =/