Games Workshop Releases Mechanicum Battle Group
The armies are moving again and this time it’s a new battle group that could reset the balance, as Games Workshop fires again. The new box sets are currently on preview and will hit preorder shortly. Dubbed Mechanicum Battle Group, the forces of the Omnissiah have arrived.
According to the blog post on the weekly Warhammer Community Review, the new groups come packed with firepower.
The forces of the Omnissiah arrive in plastic, and the new Mechanicum Battle Group is the tip of the spear. This box contains 29 new plastic miniatures: six cyborg Thallax form the potent core – armoured shock troops armed with lightning guns and jetpacks.
Two Castellax Battle-automata deliver blistering fire support with shoulder-mounted heavy weapons, while 20 Adsecularis Tech-thralls provide a screen of troops to capture objectives. Rounding things out is a Triaros Conveyor, a dedicated transport option unique to the Mechanicum and armed with volkite calivers. The box also comes with three transfer sheets: a Mechanicum Macro-Constructs sheet with 394 decals, and two Mechanicum Construct sheets with 558 decals.
Knight Battle Group: Castigator and Acheron
One of the biggest threats to infantry and light military vehicles is the Castigator. Armed with cannons and unstoppable war blades, these new knights are ready to make the battlefields run red. On the other side is a group armed with flamestorms and chainfists. are the Acheron.
The blog description simply boasts the gothic prowess of these knights.
The Knight Battle Group pairs a Cerastus Knight Castigator with an Acheron variant in a deadly duo ready to dominate the battlefield. With its colossal bolt cannon and crackling tempest warblade, the Castigator is a threat to infantry and light vehicles, while the Acheron terrorises foes with its arm-mounted flamestorm cannon, and guts heavy armour with its reaper chainfist. This box contains two different Cerastus Knight transfer sheets featuring numerous household icons and other decals, one with 234 transfers and one with 214.*
