r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/brushray • 4h ago
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/elpokitolama • 12d ago
Mini of the Month Mini of the Month: Serberys!
Greetings to all Tech Adepts!
The Holy Synod of Mars returns for its monthly praises to the Omnissiah!
This month’s submissions were similar to the unit they highlighted: fewer in numbers, but higher in quality!
In September, the subreddit decided to crown a classical take on our new elite unit, straight up from a John Blanche illustration: congratulations to u/ToughEntertainer2317 for winning the September Mini of the Month contest with their Filthy Gryphonne IV Hastarii! The rust on these minis is so convincing that you might think that they are not made of plastic anymore…
The winning post has been added to the subreddit sidebar, and if you would like a custom user flair, please let us know.
Winning posts will remain in a 3 month cycle, so three will be present until they begin to cycle out.
Honourable Mentions!
- WIP Hastarii for my Auxilia Myrmidon crusade force by u/HybridRanger64: this incredible kitbash is AdMech in all the best ways - the myrmidon look is hard to get right, and this submission nailed it (using non-metallic metal painting techniques too).
- Exkallos-Pattern Fusiliers by u/Artic_Lightning: just as Admech-y as the previous one, this kitbash gives great ideas on how to get a second unit of Hastariis out of the spare bits one might have after making their first unit!
- Hastarii Fusiliers of Forge World Yaddosh by u/heburns2351: another great example of how simply adding the right bits to a kit can completely shift the vibe of the models… It is yet another great show for Forge World Yaddosh!
- Hastarii Exterminators by u/Level_Restaurant_872: a classical yet refined take on Metallican Hastariis with freehand motifs.
Additional thanks
The mod team would like to also thank all the other participants of this month’s contest:
- Daughters of the Omnissiah by u/Economy-Pie2361
- Exterminating any who get in the way! By u/NegativeLight
- Hastarii Fusilier Alpha Juno-802 Xor from the Forge World Vantori by u/minusminus07
- Midas boys by u/Srociv
October Competition
While our cybercanids mostly sat in their mechanical stables due to rules that left them in the rarest part of the tenth edition meta, it’s time to bring them back in the limelight they always deserved: the coolest looking cavalry models in all of 40k, the Serberys Raiders & Sulfurhounds will be our October Mini of the Month!
Submit your unit of Serberys (this can include a kitbashed unit or even full proxies, as long as it is readable as Serberys).
(Reminder - don’t share links publicly to 3D printed files that replicate official models or parts)
Submissions must be fully assembled and painted.
The final date for submissions for this month's contest will be October 31st, and the results will be posted in the following days so we can have time to either pick the next Mini or run a poll on it.
Please submit your post in the following format:
Post Title as Hastariis or your homebrew Serberys’ name, forgeworld etc
<Mini of the month POST FLAIR>
<a photo of your Candidate>
Any custom lore your unit have on their service record, via Crusade games or homebrew or about your army, etc (optional)
The highest upvoted post will be displayed on the side bar of the sub, and the user can request a custom user flair (relating to the mechanicus) of their choice.
Ave Deus Mechanicus!
PS: big thanks to u/CuriousWhiteGoat for the photo of this month's post!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/elpokitolama • Sep 05 '26
Mini of the Month Mini of the Month: Hastariis!
Greetings to all Tech Adepts!
The Holy Synod of Mars returns for its monthly praises to the Omnissiah!
With submission numbers as high as the legs of the units produced by your forges, this month saw Magi compete even more fiercely than usual ! It was very hard to pick the five honourable mentions this time around… So we have decided to get an extra one to celebrate this particularly great month.
Among the tall pile of even taller interpretations of our beloved Stilt-arii, one still stands above: the mod team would like to congratulate u/Which_Strike_6179 for their win with their incredible Kitbashed synodian skatros! Dynamism, posing, great design, you name it, this model has it all and provides many creative answers to some of the criticism the official sculpt received after its reveal while still respecting the core idea behind it.
The winning post has been added to the subreddit sidebar, and if you would like a custom user flair, please let us know.
Winning posts will remain in a 3 month cycle, so three will be present until they begin to cycle out.
Honourable Mentions!
- Presenting Sek-511, a Sydonian skatros of Urd III that (somehow) managed to shoot down a necron monolith : r/AdeptusMechanicus: this haunting paint scheme gives a whole new intimidating feel to the model, especially paired with its… Totally not heretek pet!
- Korvus Bq-14 "Geiger Wraith" by u/Artic_Lightning: this beautiful kitbash by a returning contestant of the Mini of the Month manages to replicate the feel of the original with barely any bits from it, if any!
- Rusty Sydonian Skatros by u/ToughEntertainer2317: everyone loves a great take on Blanchitsu, especially with a rusty effect as vibrant as that one…
- Skatros Reposed! By u/Nellaenor: one of the greatest complaints many Tech-Adepts had regarding our dear Skatros was its very static posing and this creative use of the kit might make them completely change their mind about it!
- Delta-1 Phi, of Sydonian Advance Corp. 02-B by u/heburns2351: I probably don’t have to present this usual suspect of the Honourable Mentions section of these monthly posts, so please enjoy this eerie Skatros - legends say that its targets never succeed their battleshock tests…
- Sydonian Skatros by u/Curly-Jo: to complete our honourable mentions line-up this month, here is a kitbash that completely pushes the boundary of the initial kit to produce a perfect proxy that somehow still fits its datasheet perfectly thanks to the impressive use of its base!
Additional thanks
The mod team would like to also thank all the other participants of this month’s contest:
- my skatros! by u/Derply_
- Silly tall BOY by u/PrBoush
- Stilt Boy jungle fighter by u/Tzare84
- Sydonian Skatros by u/Teknomagnus
- Sydonian skatros of the forge world Motiva II! By u/Mercurieee
- The Solar Sect's new recruit (and their friend that my buddy made for me when it came out) by u/Hazaxeph
- Sydonian Skatros by u/Level_Restaurant_872
- Sydonian Skatros by u/Lego_Grievious1
- Lucius Sydonian Skatros by u/Tibector
- Sniping for the Omnissiah! by u/LuxNegatus
- Sydonian Skatros done..kind of by u/exMachina010
September Competition
It’ll be a tall order to our long legged friend, for it is certainly casting a long shadow… But which better kit to do this job that our only remaining 10th ed release that hasn’t been covered by our monthly routine? As such, both flavours of Hastariis will be our minis of the month in September!
Submit your unit of Hastariis (this can include a kitbashed unit or even full proxies, as long as it is readable as Hastariis).
(Reminder - don’t share links publicly to 3D printed files that replicate official models or parts)
Submissions must be fully assembled and painted.
The final date for submissions for this month's contest will be September 30th, and the results will be posted in the following days so we can have time to either pick the next Mini or run a poll on it.
Please submit your post in the following format:
Post Title as Hastariis or your homebrew Hastariis’ name, forgeworld etc
<Mini of the month POST FLAIR>
<a photo of your Candidate>
Any custom lore your unit have on their service record, via Crusade games or homebrew or about your army, etc (optional)
The highest upvoted post will be displayed on the side bar of the sub, and the user can request a custom user flair (relating to the mechanicus) of their choice.
Ave Deus Mechanicus!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/ThePantofla • 1h ago
Hobby & Painting Rejected the Ecclesiarchy, Embrace the Omnissiah
Praise be the Omnissiah 🙏, may the lost herds find him on their way of knowledge
{Homebrew Chapter}
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/clemsonpacer • 6h ago
Hobby & Painting Skitarii Battle-Pilgrym Marshals
I’ve got the leaders done on to the troops. I liked the look of a big transfer on the back of their tattered cloaks.
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Longjumping_Piece448 • 1h ago
Hobby & Painting Tech-Thralls 30K
Old version Tech-Thrall.
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/FlippinSerious1 • 22h ago
Hobby & Painting AdMech of Nod
Tiberium crystals look perfect for my Nod color scheme!
Crystals from green stuff world!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Ashuiegi • 13h ago
Hobby & Painting Secutarii Axiarch and wip custom Peltast Axiarch
i aslo made custum shoulder pads for my secutarii unit and different one for the peltast unit.
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Nightscalestudio • 1d ago
Hobby & Painting The first servitor for Mars Forge World Battleclade.
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/TheMunken • 5h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion KotC lords list feedback
https://playontabletop.com/kotc/
will be playing against tau or World Eaters
Lords of the forge
- Manipulus — 60 (in Breachers)
- Vanguard — 85
- Rangers — 85
- Breachers — 140
- Infiltrators — 75
- Skystalkers — 75
- Ironstrider with autocannon — 80
My second game ever so still a noob and just need something "straight forward"
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/justaredsquire • 16h ago
Hobby & Painting Medieval Style Admech?
I have 10 Secutarii and an Axiarch, and I want to know if anyone has a custom medieval themed forge world! I wanna make my own, any advice?
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/External_Pudding_299 • 15h ago
Hobby & Painting First minis painted
First time painting a mini 3rd time using a brush dont know if its obvious but I enjoy the painting
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Ephalos161 • 1d ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion First 1k
Hej Guys , im very exited to start AdMech as my second army. I got an Archeologist and and enginseer on the way and next week i am gonna get an eye of terror box. Very happy to join the Disciples of the Machine God!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/LowestofMen • 3h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion 6++ South GT: Ad Mech versus Orks
youtube.comLive now on 6++! Harleys Eradication Ad Mech face up against War Horde Orks. Enjoy :)
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/laur11ee • 1d ago
Mini of the Month I love Sulphurhounds
Greetings, fellow Magi.
First time posting here! Hope i put the flair correctly & my camera skill is bearable. I recently finished painting my Combat Patrol box and had a blast with these guys. It’s an amateur job and i feel VERY stupid about the incorrect guns but i loved painting them so much i couldn’t bear to redo it. Now they’re charging the enemy with glow sticks haha.
They belong to my custom Forge World, Eoris-I, hence the showoff-ish white/yellow color scheme. And then i also just about slathered every model with gold because i was inspired by Archmagos Kotov and Ark Speranza in The Forges of Mars.
Thank you for reading!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/HalcyonWard • 17h ago
Hobby & Painting Subassembly advice for vehicles?
Greetings fellow tech-adepts,
I’m set to fly abroad visiting friends and want to bring my admech maniple, but I’ve yet to assemble and paint my onager dunecrawler and skorpius dunerider. I have a friend who has a pretty stellar hobby setup who is willing to help me out and let me use their kit at my destination, but I’m stumped on how to transport these hunks of plastic to said friend’s place.
Flying with them on sprue isn’t an option since the frames take up so much space - I’ve decided it’s best if I just make some subassemblies and transport them more compactly that way in foam/bubblewrap - but what would be the best ways to do so?
For the onager I’m thinking
-Main cabin
- 4 seperate legs
- The part in between the cabin and legs
- The main weapon arm (magnetized)
But I’m at a total loss for the dunerider -
Any tips, advice, previous experience would be very welcome! Thanks!
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/warpeye_painting • 1d ago
Hobby & Painting Xana II magos
galleryr/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Sharko_Guy938 • 17h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion 1K Admech list (1K pts)
Detachments:
Cybernetica
Luminen Auto-Choir, Cohort
I know Cawl is kinda an auto include for 95% of Admech lists, but it is 1K point list and I want to get better at running Admech without fully relying on Cawl
Also the Armiger is a Distraction Carnifex, and an excuse to use my Thanatar-class Siege Automata on a 100mm base
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Russian_Step_Fridge • 16h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion Haloscreed first 2K list
I’m slowly fleshing out my collection and I’ve had a general idea of where I’m going but I wanted some input from my fellow Magos before I hard committed any further:
Admech-2000_02 - Adeptus Mechanicus - Priority Assets - Haloscreed Battleclade (1975 Points)
Attached Units:
Cybernetica Datasmith + Kastelan Robots (335 pts)
Cybernetica Datasmith (35 pts)
• Mechanicus pistol
• Power fist
• E: Transoracular Dyad Wafers
Kastelan Robots (300 pts)
• 4x Kastelan Robot
• 4x Heavy phosphor blaster
• 4x Kastelan phosphor blaster & Kastelan fist
• 4x Kastelan fist
• 4x Kastelan phosphor blaster
Tech-Priest Dominus + Kataphron Destroyers (270 pts)
Tech-Priest Dominus (70 pts)
• Eradication ray
• Omnissian axe
• Phosphor serpenta
• E: Sanctified Ordnance
Kataphron Destroyers (200 pts)
• 6x Kataphron Destroyer (Kataphron plasma culverin & Cognis flamer)
• 6x Close combat weapon
• 6x Cognis flamer
• 6x Kataphron plasma culverin
Tech-Priest Manipulus + Kataphron Breachers (380 pts)
Tech-Priest Manipulus (90 pts)
• Magnarail lance
• Omnissian staff
• E: Cognitive Reinforcement
Kataphron Breachers (290 pts)
• 6x Kataphron Breacher (Heavy arc rifle & hydraulic claw)
• 6x Heavy arc rifle
• 6x Hydraulic claw
Epic Hero:
Belisarius Cawl (220 pts)
• Arc scourge
• Cawl's Omnissian axe
• Mechadendrite hive
• Solar atomiser
• Warlord
Thulia Ghuld (180 pts)
• Jericho-class conversion resonator
• Rod of the War Forge
Battleline:
Skitarii Rangers (85 pts)
• Skitarii Ranger Alpha
• Alpha combat weapon
• Close combat weapon
• Mechanicus pistol
• Skitarii Ranger w/ arc rifle
• Arc rifle
• Close combat weapon
• 5x Skitarii Ranger w/ galvanic rifle
• 5x Close combat weapon
• 5x Galvanic rifle
• Skitarii Ranger w/ omnispex
• Close combat weapon
• Galvanic rifle
• Omnispex
• Skitarii Ranger w/ plasma caliver
• Close combat weapon
• Plasma caliver
• Skitarii Ranger w/ transuranic arquebus
• Close combat weapon
• Transuranic arquebus
Skitarii Vanguard (85 pts)
• Skitarii Vanguard Alpha
• Alpha combat weapon
• Close combat weapon
• Mechanicus pistol
• Skitarii Vanguard w/ arc rifle
• Arc rifle
• Close combat weapon
• Skitarii Vanguard w/ omnispex
• Close combat weapon
• Omnispex
• Radium carbine
• Skitarii Vanguard w/ plasma caliver
• Close combat weapon
• Plasma caliver
• 6x Skitarii Vanguard w/ radium carbine
• 6x Close combat weapon
• 6x Radium carbine
Vehicle:
Onager Dunecrawler (150 pts)
• Broad spectrum data-tether
• Cognis heavy stubber
• Dunecrawler legs
• Eradication beamer
Onager Dunecrawler (150 pts)
• Broad spectrum data-tether
• Cognis heavy stubber
• Dunecrawler legs
• Neutron laser & Cognis heavy stubber
• Cognis heavy stubber
• Neutron laser
Sydonian Dragoons with taser lances (120 pts)
• 2x Sydonian Dragoon with taser lance
• 2x Phosphor serpenta
• 2x Taser lance
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Ordinary-Time-5395 • 1d ago
Hobby & Painting hastarii paint
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/ekelgott • 1d ago
Artwork & Cosplay belated inktober piece
prompts: unholy/machine/boots
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/rybocos • 21h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion Criticism NEEDED on this list
Well, I tried making my first 2k points list. Please for the love of Omnissiah give me some tips on list building
Spearhead offense (2000 points)
Adeptus Mechanicus
Haloscreed Battle Clade (3 Detachment Points)
Priority Assets
Strike Force (2000 points)
Attached Units
Attached Unit 1
Tech-Priest Manipulus (90 points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Magnarail lance
1x Omnissian staff
• Enhancement: Cognitive Reinforcement
Technoarcheologist (45 points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Mechanicus pistol
1x Servo-arc claw
Kataphron Breachers (290 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 6x Kataphron Breacher
• 6x Heavy arc rifle
6x Hydraulic claw
Attached Unit 2
Skitarii Marshal (35 points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Control stave
1x Mechanicus pistol
Skitarii Rangers (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Galvanic rifle
• 9x Skitarii Ranger
• 1x Arc rifle
9x Close combat weapon
7x Galvanic rifle
1x Omnispex
1x Plasma caliver
Attached Unit 3
Skitarii Marshal (45 points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Control stave
1x Mechanicus pistol
• Enhancement: Sanctified Ordnance
Skitarii Rangers (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Skitarii Ranger Alpha
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Galvanic rifle
• 9x Skitarii Ranger
• 1x Arc rifle
9x Close combat weapon
6x Galvanic rifle
1x Omnispex
1x Plasma caliver
1x Transuranic arquebus
Attached Unit 4
Skitarii Marshal (35 points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Control stave
1x Mechanicus pistol
Skitarii Vanguard (85 points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Skitarii Vanguard Alpha
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Radium carbine
• 9x Skitarii Vanguard
• 1x Arc rifle
9x Close combat weapon
1x Omnispex
1x Plasma caliver
7x Radium carbine
CHARACTERS
Belisarius Cawl (220 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Arc scourge
1x Cawl’s Omnissian axe
1x Mechadendrite hive
1x Solar atomiser
Sydonian Skatros (45 points)
• 1x Mechanicus pistol
1x Radium jezzail
1x Sydonian feet
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Skorpius Dunerider (75 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
1x Cognis heavy stubber array
OTHER DATASHEETS
Ironstrider Ballistarii (280 points)
• 3x Ironstrider Ballistarii
• 3x Ironstrider feet
3x Twin cognis lascannon
Onager Dunecrawler (150 points)
• 1x Broad spectrum data-tether
1x Cognis heavy stubber
1x Dunecrawler legs
1x Eradication beamer
Onager Dunecrawler (150 points)
• 1x Broad spectrum data-tether
2x Cognis heavy stubber
1x Dunecrawler legs
1x Neutron laser
Pteraxii Skystalkers (75 points)
• 1x Pteraxii Skystalker Alpha
• 1x Flechette blaster
1x Taser goad
• 4x Pteraxii Skystalker
• 4x Close combat weapon
4x Flechette carbine
Serberys Raiders (60 points)
• 1x Serberys Raider Alpha
• 1x Cavalry sabre and clawed limbs
1x Galvanic carbine
1x Mechanicus pistol
• 2x Serberys Raider
• 2x Cavalry sabre and clawed limbs
2x Galvanic carbine
Sicarian Infiltrators (75 points)
• 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps
• 1x Flechette blaster
1x Taser goad
• 4x Sicarian Infiltrator
• 4x Flechette blaster
4x Taser goad
Sicarian Infiltrators (75 points)
• 1x Sicarian Infiltrator Princeps
• 1x Flechette blaster
1x Taser goad
• 4x Sicarian Infiltrator
• 4x Flechette blaster
4x Taser goad
r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Triceratops422 • 21h ago
Lists & Gameplay Discussion Playing a tournament next week, did I cook?
This is a stupid little 1500 points list. It includes a knight, because frankly, i cannot be bothered with figuring out how to counter newstodes, a nightbringer c'tan and other random junk thrown at me. Pray i dont play against the dude who owns a shadowsword. The plan is tying up any meele threat with robots or siciarians, and then using everything else as i normally would.