scottshoemaker Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I like the Imperial knights, I really do. But being a uniquist how would you feel about about a Megarachinid army? Not sure what those are? They were "exterminated' in 30k by the Blood Angels, the Luna Wolves and the Emperors Children. "During the Great Crusade, the 140th Expeditionary Fleet discovered Urisarach (dubbed "One-Forty Twenty"), and, ignoring the Interex's orbital warning beacons, descended to the surface to effect compliance in the name of the Imperium. Then all contact with the 140th ceased, save for a lone distress call from Blood Angels Captain Khitas Frome, which ended "This. World. Is. Murder".[1x] The Imperial forces that responded to the distress call included the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet under Warmaster Horus, a detachment from the Emperor's Children under Lord Commander Eidolon, and a relief force from the Blood Angels, led by Sanguinius himself. The war on "Murder" as it was dubbed, took several months, and all three forces suffered serious losses, but eventually the Megarachnids were exterminated. The Megarachnids possessed long sword-like claws which appeared to be made from an organic metallic substance, and lived and worked in large swarms. Their bodies were heavily augmented through a technological or biological process that, according to Captain Saul Tarvitz, made it impossible to discern where their bodies ended and their weapons began. Well? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sure. The Interex could easily have missed a Megarachnid Fleet that fled and founded a new colony, which only now has gained the resources to start expanding again and is once more intruding on Imperial space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Bionic Arachnaroks with cannons? Yes please, conversation over. Back to work, chop chop;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aventine Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I love the concept. I has the benefit of arguably fitting in both 30K and 40K, which not a ton of armies can do. Would you base the model on reposed/converted Arachnarok spiders or something else? I love the Arachnarok kit and think it would have great potential for something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosGerbil Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Sounds cool. I love bringing lesser known creatures back into the game. I bought some Cold Ones to make a couple Zoats, and at some point I'll make some Hrud out of clay and Kroot arms. I can use them for Ratlings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Angel Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I would think Nid's would be better. The troops where big but not Knight big. They had many diff. kind from flyers to builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Angel Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 If anyones interested their in book 1 of HH series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Arachnarok spider bodies, Triarch Stalker legs, Forgefind Bits & Guns. Do some technovirus looking transitions. From the books I got the feeling the were tainted. I didn't want to use Tyranid parts cause I don't want to just reconfigure bugs, I wanted something different... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbusePuppy Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 The description and such, along with other fluff elsewhere, strongly implies that they were an early precursor Hive Fleet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 The description and such, along with other fluff elsewhere, strongly implies that they were an early precursor Hive Fleet. I got the feeling that they had cybernetic feel to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Angel Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I was thinking more techo-organic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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