#darkmech

[kitto-paint]

Here's a little angi dude

[machinespirited]

what is Lighthouse's "I will kill you in real life" bugaboo?

I mean he's Khornate. She will escalate ANYTHING to that level of rage for almost no reason.

Pre-Khorne though? It was the secrets of the machine god being locked behind closed doors. Lighthouse has ALWAYS been a radical who believes that the average citizen should be able to at very least maintain and operate their own equipment.

[farsight-the-char]

Apparently a newer White Dwarf issue did another series of pages dedicated to hyping up the Darkmech and Vashtorr.

Apparently there has been a rise in Tech Heresy and sightings of Warp Mechanicum forces, some directly under Vashtorr's authoirty. The completion of Wyrmwood is attributed to this.

Iron Warriors and Black Legion particularly among the Chaos Marines, for obvious reasons.

Other quotes and stuff from across the Galaxy...

and interestingly, warp tainted Ironkyn, and a Battlesuit turning against it's cadre because of sabatoge.

[farsight-the-char]

Why not both?

friendly reminder that the age of technology is coming to an end and a new age of blood magic and dark rituals will take its place

[ocherednoe-dno]

Belisarius Cawl is highkey The Emperor's Bitch

[celestial-fang]

Dark Mechanicum

I think that compared to the Admech, the DarkMech are not limited to metal in their augmentations- their forms can blossom like abstract art out of organic material.

[kitto-paint]

Goobers

[farsight-the-char]

For The Forge of Souls!

For The Warp Mechanicum!

For King Vashtorr!

something about this illustration from playboy september 1965

[machinespirited]

One of Lighthouse's heresies is that while yes, she believes in the secrets of the machine and thinks information is holy, he also thinks that hoarding that information is foolish. When questioned, he frequently provides this example: if a Magos dies before getting the chance to pass on their knowledge, that knowledge is lost.

It usually sounds as if she is speaking from experience.

[farsight-the-char]

Let's Go LGBTs!

Mechanicum Battlegroup coming to preorder this Saturday.

Knight Battle Group, Castigator and Acheron, a double Cerastus Knight box, is also coming.

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Devestation of Tallarn Legions Imperialis book and a bunch of the "Epic Scale" Tanks also coming.

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Dwarf Made to Order stuff for TOW.

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Speaking of Dwarves, White Dwarf 503 has a heavy Leagues of Votann focus (might get).

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A "Divine" model reveal coming tomrrow, as well as a mechanicum focus on Warcom, among the usual.

[farsight-the-char]

I say Darkmech could be combined with "Chaos Guard", and just have it be one book that can lean into certain specialized lists.

With Dark Admech being a real possibility in the near future with the leaks being shown pretty accurate, what would you expect and/or want them to be like?

I think it’ll probably just be 1 or 2 units added to the CSM codex honestly, a full codex kinda seems like overkill considering all the demon engines and vehicles that would overlap. I’d want possessed Skitarii as an elite option with a bunch of warp weapons and fleshmetal mutations. I’d want a corrupted Tech Priest, and mutant Servitors. Maybe some robots like Kastelans with horns growing on their armor or flesh growing from parts within.

[transmechanicus]

TINY KRIOS SPOTTED!!!!!!!!! also Wow these darkmech thangs are big O_O

[tenebris-metallum]

LIGHTHOUSE - 2024

Drawing my DarkMech Khornate Vashtorran boygirl and doing some Cronenberg shit to him. Very proud of how the flesh pulling apart on her side turned out :3

Yes the background is an anarchist flag on purpose

[bieriestsk]

My Mechanicus OC Cassius Decimus Curio. They are not darkmech, but... "Fuck omnissiah, I believe only in Deus Mechanicus"

So, they aren't non-binary. Actually, they are two cis-men. (That's why "they")

[farsight-the-char]

I hope for Chaos Knights at least they give options for "Men-at-arms”/Cultists in the next book, and/or maybe Darkmech support.

I'm very disappointed that Games Workshop have neglected to create a Combat Patrol box for my faction when it would be so incredibly easy to do so. So instead, here is my proposal:

Imperial Knights Combat Patrol: 20 Sir Hekhturs

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

Now that GW has revealed the EC coming to the game, there is only one real faction left to join the party: Dark Mechanicum, essentially the Chaos-equivalent to regular AdMech.

But instead of just making them "Skitarii, but spikey", wouldn't it be interesting if they want into an entirely different direction? The Mechanicus are very "metal and physics" based in their theming - what if instead we push the "DarkMech" more towards an entirely different field of science, such as biology?

"The certainty of steel" Vs. "Life, uh, finds a way"

There is just one problem: the bio-horror theme is already extensively covered. We have the demonic mutations in CSM, the entirety of GSC, and the Nids in general in terms of "living monster". All seems to be covered except one thing: botanical horror. There is not a single plant-based faction in 40k, despite that always having been a staple in fantasy. In this case however combined with a healthy dose of "warp bullshit".

Imagine weaponizing Kudzu to make it grow even faster and also mutate it so it can bite and eat people...