

While the Emperor was fighting the Unification Wars on Terra, the Tech-priests were sitting pretty on Mars, organised as the Mechanicum – an entirely separate empire. In the lore, the Adeptus Mechanicus are an interesting piece of the Imperial puzzle. It’s a good time to worship the Void Dragon Omnissiah. As we approach the end of 8th edition, Engine War has just been released, and the Tech-priests have seen a flurry of model support – the Tech-priest Manipulus, the Skitarii Dunerider and Disintegrator, and then a whole set of new kits released alongside their Psychic Awakening book.

A decision driven more by marketing and what would be manageable to release in the then-weekly White Dwarf (yes, really), but it did the job of getting Ad Mech back into the game. They then more or less disappeared from the game, with a few scattered markers – a Cult Mechanicus symbol here, a metal Tech-priest Enginseer there – until 7th edition saw them re-released in the slightly weird format of two separate codexes, Skitarii and the Cult Mechanicus.

The Adeptus Mechanicus have a long history in 40k, having appeared all the way back in Rogue Trader. With the release of Engine War, we’re taking a look at the cybernetic warriors of the Adeptus Mechanicus and how to paint them, with several methods and schemes. Our goal is to build upon and consolidate the great work already being done by other community members across various forums, reddit threads, and hobby blogs, and bring together a comprehensive library of all these useful Build Instruction booklets.Īll of our 'products' are just downloadable PDF copies of the instruction booklets you'd usually find in a box set if you picked one up in-store, and everything you'll find here on our site is provided for you to download for FREE.In our How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. We also realised that many other members of the community have a need for these Build Instructions and How To Guides, which often aren't supplied if you buy your models unboxed and just on the sprue, from secondary markets such as eBay. We are a small team of Warhammer Enthusiasts and miniature collectors, hoping to support and further promote the hobby.Īfter years of collecting, buying and selling, building and painting, we realised that we had amassed a small library of Build Instructions, Assembly Instructions and User Guides for various Games Workshop products.
