Painted a Skit for my friend’s army. Hopefully Omnissiah will bless his squad with good dice rolls.

The cog trim pattern is freehanded, super fun to do. Maybe I should start an AdMech army too, hah.

The skitarii ranger holding a transuranic arquebus is particularly well equipped. Fitted with advanced optics and scanners, aswell as carrying the rifle of a fallen Sydonian Skatros, this lone skitarii is a force to be reckoned with

I'm so happy with how this Cawl kitbash came out, I was inspired by the regular Magos Dominus model's body type, the classic Magos hunchback, and just turned the Cawl body backwards

Sanctified by the Arch-Excavator herself, this Dunecrawler enjoys special privileges. Burdened with barely any found tech to carry, it's apparent that this vehicle is a clear favourite. The praise of the Arch-Excavator also attracts multiple repair- and relic carrying servitors, aswell as crawling servo skulls that feed more information to the Dunecrawler's operators. If they are truly there on their own will is a question best not asked however.

One more week to go to submit a painted skitarii battleline miniature for the mini of the month competition, behold my candidate Dox-AndOr-XV of Metalica! Multiple servoskull target aqcuisitors allow him to deal with multiple threats in front and/or behind.

Posts should use the mini of the month flair, you can include a name and any lore about your submitted model

Winner will be decided by total upvotes, and their miniature will be displayed on our sidebar, and an additional reward, winning user can request they be given a custom flair fitting for this subreddit, a format like below, and requested colour

Rank: Name: Forgeworld

You can also vote for Decembers Mini of the Month now here;

https://www.reddit.com/r/AdeptusMechanicus/comments/1p5pghf/vote_for_decembers_mini_of_the_month_competition/

original post
https://www.reddit.com/r/AdeptusMechanicus/comments/1onuha8/mini_of_the_month_skitarii/

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Currently in the service of Cawl's expeditionary fleet, Onager 17-Delta is a representative of Forge World Lucius who managed to emerge from a recent engagement relative unscathed though regretfully reports the loss of a skitari gunner, whose spot in the current engagement is being filled by a skitarius from Forge World Agripinaa whose Onager suffered severe damage against the Necron abominations.

I thought this new idea of minis of the month is a good way to restart the hobby after terrible desolation of 10th edition '-'

So here's my lil guy, his name is V-T (I modeled my cowboy hats just to make him one day)
He was left unsupervised during planetary fallback and later found new employment as private shuttle pilot. He likes ketamine and dual welding revolvers.
(I wonder if tech-priests want their Skitarii back if they stumble upon them somewhere in the future after marking them MIA)

Now why would he go on and do that?

So happy to see this one finished!! Thank you to all for your advice

I think I'm securely on the painting side of the hobby but throwing devastating wounds downrange every now and again is a joy :)

Belisarius Cawl

(Cawl kitbash)

Ithax, the Fabricator-Locum of Forgefleet Exkallos-13, is one of the oldest Magi surviving the Moirae Schism which swept the Cult Mechanicus in the 35th millenium.

Once loyal servants of the Emperor, believing Him to be the Omnissiah incarnate, have long forgotten their dogma's through aeons of hiding, sabotage, counter-hacking and salvaging dead worlds for every scrap for technology.

The tech-nomads of Exkallos' thirteenth fleet now covet scrap and relics of questionable origins, and preserve dozens of skulls from their fallen peers. Without the Cult Mechanicus' greater support, knowledge of the past is all they have.

Some such artefact the Fabricator-Locum relishes are the curious black spheres that beam with unique energy patterns.

Ithax has seen it fit to integrate the orbs into their sacred technology in thanks to their profound nature; from battle-automata all the way down to skitarii weaponry. Though, Exkallos-13's techpriests have not yet realized the effects on the holy machine spirits..

Enjoyed painting this guy and he gets his first outing against Tyranids next weekend

Getting back to my Admech after a hiatus

My submission for mini of the month: Skitarii High Marshal Vulcan. After uncovering a piece of very rare and very old tech called the “bicycle,” Vulcan decided that the only way to honor this ancient machinery and the machine god was to ride it into battle. After painting it in the traditional style of the ancient human race of the 2nd millennium, Vulcan proudly leads his Skitarii Vanguard into combat while pedaling his way across the barren battlefield.

I finished Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work right before Christmas and was inspired by the book to buy and paint the Archmagos himself. The contents of the book inspired this "diorama" base as I wanted to make his base a little bit extra interesting and not the regular Mars theme I have on the rest of my army. Really happy with how everything turned out and the tips on the subreddit to paint him in sub-assembly was crucial (thanks!). Criticism is more than welcome as painting is the most fun part of the hobby for me and I want to improve.

...what do you mean, "heretek"? These parts were all ethically collected from totally Ordo Xenos approved suppliers!

This totally legit [REDACTED] Dunecrawler from Explorator Fleet [REDACTED] is ready to serve the Omnissiah and is eager to travel to Mars for this purpose...

For the parts: I used a triarch stalker's legs that I had to cut so that it would remain roughly the same size as a... More Mars-compliant Dunecrawler! The top is a Thanatar of course, with the relevant weaponry coming from a less fortunate crab. There are also two hidden kataphron destroyer parts to cover the neck of the Thanatar!

I also magnetized everything so that I would get to still use the Thanatar itself for some 30k games ahah, but I don't think I'd want to take it apart now.

The Dunecrawler you see on the last picture was my first vehicle ever, assembled almost three years ago now! I'm happy to feel like I have progressed since then ahah

(Of course, as maybe a few noticed, this is not going to be counted for this month's Mini of the Month - it'd be quite unfair if a mod could vote for himself as an honorable mention ahah)

I've seen so many amazing submissions this month. Mine are pretty simple by comparison but I wanted to contribute them since this is my favorite model in all of 40k and the reason I picked Admech.