Horus Heresy

The Taghmatas of the Mechanicum march to war supported by a variety of bizarre and deadly war machines.

The Arvus Lighter is a utility shuttle used by the Imperialis Armada for transferring supplies or small groups of personnel.

The Malcador Infernus is, in effect, a huge flamer on tracks, with a fuel trailer towed behind it.

The Valdor Tank Destroyer mounts a devastating neutron laser – each a meticulously wrought iteration of a recovered relic of the Dark Age of Technology.

Stalker Constructs are a stark example of the Dark Mechanicum’s pervasive touch.

The Serperos Heavy Stalker is a heavily armoured and heavily armed siegebreaker for the Dark Mechanicum. Thick armour plates and several shield generators provide protection against all but the heaviest of firepower.

The Thanatar Siege-Automata is a mobile artillery platform built to accommodate an array of heavier weapons..

The Legiones Astartes have access to vast arsenals of death-dealing wargear, often equipping leaders with specialised weapons for close-quarters fighting, and Despoiler Squads, sent in to butcher their opponents in the swirl of melee combat.

An Archmagos Prime is a commander of the Taghmata Omnissiah – a high adept of the Machine Cult, chosen from amongst their peers to lead in battle, armed and girded for war with the finest armaments and defences their arcane arts can provide.

The Thallax are hulking, heavily augmented cyborg shock troops originating within the Ordo Reductor faction of the Mechanicum.

The Triaros is the primary armoured battlefield transport of the Mechanicum Taghmata in the Age of Darkness, relying on unique technologies held as arcana by the magos autokrator and never divulged for wider Imperial use, even by the Legiones Astartes.

The Thanatar Siege-automata is a mobile artillery platform rather than a general battle unit, with a heavy frame built to accommodate its huge weaponry and requisite power systems.

Tech-thralls are a source of expendable labour on many forge worlds, typically created from those poor souls who transgress against their Tech-Priest masters.

The Castellax Battle-automata are general purpose combat robots, developed from older designs during the Great Crusade.

Having declared its secession from Imperial rule at the very dawn of the Horus Heresy, Mars sat like a viper upon the doorstep of the Loyalist Throneworld.

The mysterious Mechanicum of the 31st Millennium marched to war armed with esoteric and arcane science.

Legion Command Squads are selected from the most worthy and trusted veterans of the Legiones Astartes.

Legion Command Squads are selected from the most worthy and trusted veterans of the Legiones Astartes.

Hermes Sentinels are employed as scout walkers and mobile fire platforms by the Solar Auxilia.

The Medusa and Basilisk artillery tanks employed by the Solar Auxilia are armoured bombardment platforms, their heavy guns mounted on a hull derived from the Leman Russ.

The Leman Russ Assault Tanks used by the Solar Auxilia are aggressive, heavily armoured vehicles, augmented with Solar-pattern survival systems that allow both tank and crew to operate in the harshest conditions.

Malcador Heavy Tanks are mighty armoured vehicles, based on ancient designs dating back to the Age of Strife on Terra itself.

Veletaris Storm Sections are an elite amongst the Solar Auxilia, assigned the most potent weaponry and the most arduous missions.

Aethon Heavy Sentinels are a common sight among the ranks of the Solar Auxilia and are most often piloted by grizzled veterans adept at identifying key enemy targets.