Adeptus Mechanicus Ranger Skitarii - Sniper Squad #2

Hello Tech Adepts, thanks for dropping in. My latest offering to the paint gods (Peachy and Duncan) are a squad of Ranger Skitarii with Transuranic Arquebus special weapons. Like the squad posted two weeks ago, these have the minimal number of troops, designed to sit back and snipe whilst area denying deep strikers.

I have denoted the Skitarii Alpha with the bit that usually signifies an Enhanced Data Tether, but the extra comms backpack suits my idea of an Alpha being connected with the Noosphere beyond basic Skitarii troop's link.

I have once again armed the Skitarii Alpha with the same basic firearm, the Galvanic Rifle so they can maximise the long range firepower rather than spending the points on CC weapons - Skitarii melt in CC anyway.

And the firepower of the squad that can reach out and sting the enemy characters out to 60in, 66in if a Techpriest Manipulus is nearby. That's quite a good reach and hopefully cause of some concern for enemy Characters.

A nice cheap objective hugging squad that can still reach out and tickle the enemy Characters and light vehicles. Cheers, Siph. (5 paint points)

Adeptus Mechanicus Ranger Skitarii - Sniper Squad #1

Hello All, thanks for having a look-see. So I wanted some more cheap troop choices for my machine heavy AdMech force, and Skitarii Vanguard and Rangers fit the bill. Skitarii Vanguard are quite short ranged but have a lot of shots and can punch with triple Plasma Calivers, so two more squads of them are in the pipeline. But, for some shooting at range and objective camping, Skitarii Rangers are the best troops.

Armed with Galvanic Rifles they can reach to 30in, add a nearby Techpriest Manipulus and we are now shooting to 36in, the Techpriest Manipulus is in the painting queue for next week. But to really maximise the Rangers potential beyond cheap troops for troops sake when Command Point maximising, I think the Transuranic Arquebus can give your enemy something to worry about.

The Ranger Alpha is basic armed with the Galvanic Rifle for maximum reach, in CC these will fold, so CC weapons are a waste for what I want these to do. The addition of a Omniscope strips the enemy from the benefit of cover, boosting the weapon output.

The squad can have two special weapons in a squad less than ten models, and three if the squad is ten models, so a small squad sitting in a ruin can reach out with two sniper (character targeting) shots to 60in, 66in if the nearby Techpriest Manipulus is boosting weapons. It is Strength 7 and -2AP dealing D3 damage but also has the ability to cause Mortal Wounds in addition - suddenly that souped up Smash Captain or bunkered Character boosting nearby Hellblasters is not so safe.

Are these the best snipers, no. But they are cheap and can be plentiful, so another squad is in the to-do painting pile to give me the option of two small squads or the ability to arm a ten man squad with three Transuranic Arquebus (Arquebi, Arquebuses?).

A nice addition to the force.

And to demonstrate the area denial ability of small squads, if a suitable piece of terrain is nearby then all the better, but this is the denial range these small additions can have, and still be able to reach out and sting the enemy. I have already fielded them against a Blood Angel army and they helped slay the Jump Chaplain who thought he could grab the relic and run...

A tasty addition to the growing AdMech force, and a versatile area denial unit that can reach out and still sting. Cheers, Siph (5 painting points)

Mechanicus Skitarii Vanguard and Ranger Comparison Scheme WIP

Hi all, a super quick post to finish off the last post really, here is the requested comparison test scheme for the Vanguard against the already completed Skitarii Rangers Squad.

Both have Red, Gold and Tan elements, the main difference is the Vanguard have more Leadbelcher and have Black Overcoats with a red lining. Both share the bright Blue power cables.

Col H, hopefully that helps the comparison, side by side... something I should perhaps have done in the first place...  more new content up Monday with some more Relictors goodies, flutter that hobby butterfly...

Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Rangers Squad

Hello Readers, thanks for dropping in. These are another unit I bought from my blogger buddy Mordian7th, and an excellent squad they are too. I updated some lenses and did the bases to match my other armies, but all his paintjob.

Armed with the decent Galvanic Rifles (30" S4 AP4 with Precision Shots) and a couple of Arc Rifles for Haywire goodness, these are fairly cheap and cheerful troops. An Omnispex seems compulsory as it makes the unit shoot with a -1 modifier to Cover Saves. And finally the Ranger Alpha has a Taser Goad and Arc Pistol. The unit is Relentless and Moves Through Cover so can re-deploy quite quickly.

My thanks again to blogger buddy Mordian7th for these, I now have a decent Ad Mech contingent. Cheers Man.