ADEPTUS MECHANICUS VEHICLES: AS THE OMNISSIAH WILLS | Warhammer 40k Lore feat

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

It was actually in the codex that alot of ironstriders are shoved onto treadmills to power stuff.

[@thatguy9569]

Yup! Which, like in the real world, is insanely inefficient. Which makes it Admech as hell.

[@guyinbluu]

​@@thatguy9569inefficient infinite power is still infinite

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

The mechanicus took a modern marvel and use it to power ancient mundanity. You litteraly cannot find a blunter metaphor..

[@shadowrobot7708]

@@guyinbluu But its not because they still need to power the ironstriders.

[@bruisedfrog]

​@@shadowrobot7708 the Ironstriders are perpetual motion machines

[@jakebailey1636]

Think it's worth bringing up that the ordinatus are not just giant tanks, but are flat out superweapons that are always unique and named after the planet they were for use on they're meant to basically levelling cities, wiping out armies and more in single shots

[@Fools_Travels]

i think there's core exceptions to that, and it may be up to authors whim on that front, cases; oberon, helicon, incus, magentus, and all of the minoris engines

[@luketfer]

@@Fools_Travels The ones featured, the Giant Drill, the Volcano cannon one are all Minoris engines IIRC, it's only when you get to Epic scale you get the BIG bastard Ordinatus like Armageddon or Mars.

[@Bear38-u7l]

I loved seeing one in Hellsreach

[@matiasyannuzzi9655]

​@@Fools_Travels Isn't Oberon the nickname for the Ordinatus Armageddon?

[@celsetialarchives5909]

​@@luketfer what weapon does the mars kne have?

[@MLCrisis1790]

1950s America also gave us the Davey Crockett, basically a nuclear tipped mortar. Im pretty sure the lethal radius was greater than the range. Why? Because the inventor was an Amer-I-Can, not an Amer-I-Can't.

[@TheGreatBlueBlob]

I should hate this pun, why don’t I?

[@jeambeam3173]

It's been test fired without instantly killing the testers so you can shoot it and be out of range of the lethal blast in terms of physical force but not out of range of the radiation

[@cheeseninja1115]

then the American 60s gave us Project Pluto, something the admech would love. A nuclear POWERED cruise missile that showered the places it crossed with radioactive steam. holding a payload of 14 nuclear missiles that it would launch along the journey and one final warhead at the tip of the body for good measure.

[@Khornecussion]

God bless America - and no one else. *Salutes Enclave flag.*

[@mahoganydoughnut6082]

I don't want to set the world on fire.... actually yes I do

[@MrMorphine482]

The thing on the end of the Transauranic Arquebus is a big muzzle brake, basically a recoil compensator to help avoid knocking the Skitarii on their augmetic ass when firing.

[@eduardodiaz9942]

Well, knowing the AdMech, it also probably makes shots really loud, they don't have to be mutually exclusive uses

[@nofuxgivens2797]

You mean Sonic Concussion Balancer Aka Loudener....which if you happen to modify or use rifles with muzzlebreaks, they are louder. Instead of sending all that pressure outwards, it's diverted in various angles. Also makes varied flash patterns

[@ElDesperado7]

couldn't they just add springs on the skitarii's ass so he pops right back up?

[@centric3125]

​@@ElDesperado7put anchor spikes in their feet and a small jet on the back to compensate.

[@Ed-1749]

Another thing that's fun with the Ironstriders is that the skitarii have magnetic lassos that they use to catch them, which implies that they just let them roam the dessers and whenever they get ready for war they lasso onto a pack of ironstriders walking by.

[@TheDeceptiveMoss]

And they do have giant hamster wheels for them.

[@Irondrone4]

25:20 Loudeners are a time-honored Ork weapon modification that increase either the damage or accuracy of the gun (I can't remember which) because the Orkz believe the louder a gun is, the more accurate/powerful it is.

[@KolmManison]

I mean they aren't wrong. *Laughs in 50bmg*

[@bodenking]

Based on pure gut feeling, I think (hope) it’s power

[@soapy4821]

I always imagined the Ironstriders running around in a corral on Mars like hyperactive ostriches or something and like a Mechanicus guy wearing a cowboy hat just like lasso's them in when they needed one.

[@YoBen100]

May your weapon be guarded against malfunction, As your soul is guarded from impurity. The Machine God watches over you. Unleash the weapons of war. Unleash the Deathdealer.

[@Azrael178]

skavens and admech are the most unique esthetics in all of warhammer

[@Bluecho4]

And they both love them some mutation-causing radiation. Preferably weaponized for more-more destruction.

[@consolescrub4031]

I feel a lot of the factions are at least somewhat unique compared to equivalents in other media now so deciding who's the most unique is hard. Vampire coast is a riff on your classic ghost pirates but taken to another level with things like the necrofex colossus. Chaos dwarves have their red bull and fire daemons combined with WW1 era weaponry. Over on the 40k side we have the crusades on steroids with the sisters of battle, whatever the hell chaos knights are and (this one admittedly may be a bit of a copout) all the various shades of daemon hopefully soon to be including some more mechanical-daemonic hybrids courtesy of the new big power on the scene (I mean yes, the concept of daemons is not particularly original but there aren't that many other works of media where you find something like the Screamers of Tzeentch or the Fiends of Slaanesh you know? Even Khorne who is the most classical of the daemonic depictions has the Skullcrushers).

[@tedd_zero7657]

Shoutout to Kirioth and people who watched Thunderbirds AND Captain Scarlet. My dad and I used to watch that after school on the Sci Fi channel. Was cool to watch what he liked as a kid outside of Star Trek. Very unusual, but a product of its time.

[@mattfantastic9969]

I spent the whole episode hoping you'd mention the Atrax Siege Walker. ADMECH DESERVES THIS MODEL

[@patricktavares1722]

PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH

[@veszekium5693]

The Omnissiah will be pleased with this video relic!

[@ammarancha6341]

Ah yes, the omnissiah. The misunderstood comprehension of that blasphemous C'tan, The Void Dragon - Eater of knowledge. Necron supremacy toaster f*ckers

[@QuankoMalanko]

Hell Yeah!

[@QuankoMalanko]

Beepity-boop-bap-bip

[@gulag4767]

Praise the Omnissiah!

[@BTM8109]

Genuine question, how much electricity could Jaghatai produce if he was just Naruto running in a big hamster ball?

[@Bluecho4]

Yes

[@ЯАга-я4л]

All of it

[@travelingspartan2035]

Wouldnt surprise me at all if it was enough to jumpstart your car in a jiffy.

[@toastie8173]

probably atleast 7

[@obisvanainobis9950]

Power an elder city mabye

[@wiccanthropy1956]

The scorpius is absolutely like a 1950 s car, and I like that. Blades fallout new Vegas jazz while drifting on the omnissiahs enemies. But I wish that it was on legs or tracks

[@kaleonpi]

For me looks more like a submarine

[@joaogomes9405]

It's also a terribly designed tank. Never a good idea to make the front of your tank the most vulnerable and obvious weakspot, and that big boxy whatever the fuck it is at the front is just begging to be shot

[@kaleonpi]

@@joaogomes9405 Yes that nose is exactly what gives me the vibes of a submarine. Personally, I hate more the boxy turret from the top

[@LunarShadow313]

The Radium Jezail is named after old Afghan rifles called the jezail that are increadbly awesome looking.

[@Bluecho4]

"Ah yes, the Radium Jezail. Named for its discoverer, Techpriest Ahmed al Jezail."

[@angry_zergling]

@@Bluecho4 I wonder if he knew Munitorium Adept Johan Krakk, of Krakk grenade fame? He once stuck a grenade fuse to a portable shaped charge used for mining to make a throwable, anti-armor grenade capable of even penetrating the armor of the Land Raider. (Land Raider named after its creator, one Arkhan Land)

[@Valsorayu]

@@angry_zergling Don't forget to mention that the Land Raider is fielded by Space Marines (Space Marine named after their Emperor "Jimmy Space").

[@elinoirsmythe224]

I remember being really baffled by the AdMech codex because it said the Onager Dunecrawler was based on the beasts of burden used on ancient Terra. I was like wtf do they think we use crabs as beasts of burden? Then I realised the Dunecrawler is based off the Martian Universal Land Raider (MULE).

[@ScryeTheMindless]

The Dark mechanicum asked me to inform you that they'd like to speak to you about your imperial propaganda in regards to the pattern infringements of their Defiler. 🤣

[@alexandresiemsen798]

Bruh, it turns out the admech actually has ironstriders tradmills that power other stuff up: "Thousands are put to use as mounts in the Skitarii cohorts, their riders lowered into the saddles of ever-circling 'striders by articulated cranes that overlook the Iron Stables. Others are guided onto industrial treadmills and cog-steps where they pound away in their hundreds, used to power inefficient but far deadlier machineries of destruction." Took this from the wiki btw.

[@Knight-Bishop]

It's silly to think in the real world that there would be any wont for more power when you have fusion engines, sure... But then when you consider the scale and backwardness of 40K, these things that are probably still dependent on a delicate balance are also likely being pushed to their limits just for certain groups to operate or even just survive. It sort of reverts to modern day, where any drop added to the grid still counts. Like, where I grew up, we didn't have normal trash collection because of how rural we were. We took our garbage to a transfer station, and instead of taking it to a landfill, we and nearly all surrounding communities and even the ones surrounding them, sent in our garbage to a Waste Energy Reclamation facility. They sorted out material for what could be processed, then used a closed system incinerator to use it to generate heat, which powered a steam turbine tower. The pollutants were limited to the incinerator soot, which was what got sent to the landfill, instead of the raw garbage. It added a small surplus to the grid that reduced energy prices to the grid, which was helpful in an area that far North.

[@connorsmith1005]

The first models I ever painted were Skitarii Rangers. Took so long but it just sparked a love of the Adeptus Mechanicus aesthetic that has only grown. The sheer quantity of quirky anachronisms in every kit never ceases to make me smile. Painting the filigree and embellishments on the weapons is the best part. Very meticulous but when you get one just right, feels incredible.

[@TheSniperGTO]

At 23:33. You are correct DK. That gun is literally rad.

[@rainmanusmc2687]

The Disintegrator looks like a hovering version of the AAV7V which has been described as an ocean going Winnebago

[@TycoonTitian01]

ooh good a guide for what I should build as a Mechanicus Artificer in the D&D campaign that my friend is starting

[@IdioticSynergy]

Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: DK becomes a simp over femboy skitarii abs, Shy steals a Serberys Sulphurhound and rides into the night, Kirioth drools over the Onager Dunecrawler and it's throbbing Neutron laser and Bricky pilots an Archaeopter Stratoraptor to fly into Tedd_zero before Tedd can draw more Bricky forehead memes

[@ronanoftheborealvalley4353]

Thank you for those memes archon

[@IdioticSynergy]

@@ronanoftheborealvalley4353 I'm no archon lmao

[@Sir_Bucket]

Still at it after so many months, godspeed

[@IdioticSynergy]

@@Sir_Bucket lol

[@jonathan6401]

You just earned yourself a subscriber my guy

[@Zenn_Chan]

Quick note, objective mats might not be great with some of the new 10th edition rules I've been seeing, it seems like GW might be encouraging objectives to be proper items on the battlefield rather than mats, since units have to move around them. Just going off memory, but thought I should mention

[@krankarvolund7771]

You can still go around the center of the objective mat, and that way you're prepared for the next time GW rechange the rules XD

[@Exidous96]

Yeah they're still feasible they just need to have the base size of the obj clearly shown so ppl don't put their models on what would be the base

[@16Vessel]

The podcast is a temple. Each episode a sacred shrine. I name each host blessed, and every quote divine

[@thelonelybritV2]

The Mechanicum tanks give me a bit of a Disel-punk vibe. Stylistically at least. Especially the one at 47:35 1:03:44 Oh yeah... I recently finished reading the Forges of Mars books & the land leviathans were in the second book, Lords of Mars. They got some "screen-time" but didn't play a big role.

[@mini_acrylics]

DK "How would a belt fed missle launcher work?" GW "introducing the Desolation Squad. Missle launchers with sextuple -double barrel rocket launcher that's also belt fed! Shut up and buy it for 10th!"

[@dragonllig790]

The catachan face eater is named after the discoverer captin Henry face-eater ( according to the regimental standard)

[@linked2dio26]

27:38 looks like a bucket on top of a hovercraft boat. Absolutely hideous looking... and I fucking love it. Plus its hilarious that despite being a troop transport it specifically says in the manual that Belisarius Cawl can not fit inside. 😂

[@hakonsgaming535]

a lot of the admech weapons are based on descriptions and art of the weapons of Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs' fantasy/sci-fi version of Mars. His books had things like radium guns and airships and very steampunkish ideas in them.

[@cornbeefboy7767]

I didn’t notice the guy piloting the ironstrider until I was already in the middle of painting one

[@lunchboxcomiks]

I assume some one else built it.

[@tombouric]

One of the things I like about the Admech's propensity to kill their own troops with their weapons is that it's not just that their stupid. It's that they legitimately don't care. It's mentioned with the Primaris dreadnought, that the Techpriests view the Space Marine inside as just a component to be replaced when it's worn out. That's how they view all their servants, from workers, servitors and skitarii. Tools and cogs within a machine; not equally valuable, certainly skitarii are more valuable to them than just some half-starved worker amongst the millions in a manufactorum, but all things they can simply replace when broken. Imperium's fucked.

[@bthsr7113]

I really like having Kirioth. Just just because he usually only shows up for motorpool vids. He really compliments this group for a guest star. If you guys want to talk about other settings, there's a lot more out there than Warhammer Fantasy. Some owned by decidedly less litigious companies. One of which might be a fun romp for the 4 of you with stompy robots and combined arms.

[@gbishel]

the word they are looking for adeptus mechanicus, is Retrofuturistic

[@Nightmare_52]

"looks orkish with how busy it look" have you seen a tech priest? the busiest character model in most universes

[@telkhine_4067]

Hey AdRic, I know it’s a tap the sign sort of but eventually when it comes time to do a Space Wolves episode, I would recommend reading the first few hours of “Prospero Burns” by Dan Abnet, I’ve just finished it and it’s definitely cemented my reasoning for being a wolves fan despite everything against them.

[@gospelarchain4504]

I adore the skorpius vehicles they look like a hovercraft mixed with like 1950s sci-fi design

[@67IronWhalE]

3:36 I believed it's more like orthodox christian monk than anything buddhist related. Really, their robe looks dope as hell.

[@krankarvolund7771]

I've always assumed it's just catholic monks, they have those very simple unicolored robes, with a hood (tibetan monks don't have hoods, and their clothes are not even real robes, and orthodox monks have those hats instead of hoods), and GW didn't really looked very far past middle-ages most of the time ^^

[@jameslude3146]

58:02 YEEEEEESSSSSSS my childhood was watching that show!!!!!!!!!

[@df36367]

i just started getting into the minis and chose ad mech for my first army. I'm loving it. they were already in my style of thought for futuristic art. and their lore makes me so happy

[@BarokaiRein]

It's always a good day when Kirioth joins the boys! I wonder which poster he got as payment this time.

[@Corenvalent]

He got the preview of bricky's feet pics

[@chugachuga9242]

27:13 I think this thing looks real cool, it gives me AAV7 vibes but as a hovercraft. That remote weapon system on the top also looks dope.

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

It's been awhile since they've had kirioth on since all the arks of omen, it's nice to see them back but i also thought they were gonna cover another space marine chapter?

[@kevindynes4215]

They need to cover the RAVEN GUARD!

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

​@@kevindynes4215 corvus corax? More like doofus borax

[@cornbeefboy7767]

I hope they cover Iron Hands soon

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

@@cornbeefboy7767 they actually might, it would probably be 2 really short episodes

[@Mortrexable]

@@crushersbutlessedgynow Word bearer spotted

[@Qardo]

Thunderbirds is a great show to watch. It is very well done for a show from the 60s. I do recommend anyone who likes sci-fi to at least give the show a chance.

[@sirkelendor5429]

Love the fact that twin lascannons on the ironstrider have front iron sights yet they are mounted turrets that arent aimed that way

[@Volvith]

I read the title as "AS THE OMNISSIAH WALKS", and honestly i want a poster or a shirt with that now. Shortstack mechanicus walker poster when.

[@colt4512100]

I've come to realize these karioth episodes are just the more in depth version of his range reviews. Man I miss those

[@theofficerfactory2625]

To answer your question DK; that's a muzzle break. It redirects the recoil of the escaping gases of a projectile being fired in directions to help stabilize the weapon so follow-up shots can be fired with little effort on the shooter.

[@tonkasonk2472]

Skaven and Ad-mech are the most unique warhammer factions. I can't wait for the fantasy episode I hope DK does it justice.

[@Yamazakura00]

Sweet they choose the Dunecrawler as the thumbnail!! I remember using 1 in a 500 point partrol game against my friend using a tau riptide 😂

[@devinbutler4742]

30:26 btw that funky bulkhead on the dunerider is actually front-mounted Disruptor Missile Launchers. 🤖

[@ArcAngelAlice]

Today was already a great day and now I get a Kirioth episode? Perfection

[@luketfer]

I love that this continues the tradition started by Ben and Tom of the Yogscast of the publicly outspoken hate for the whole Arkhan Land lore change (if you've not seen the clip I highly suggest looking it up) which also originated the 'Jimmy Space and the Space' Marines' meme.

[@maxdiehl1101]

That 4 Hour Long Episode about what 40k borrowed From dune idea sounds amazing

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

IS THIS A WAR OF THE WORLDS REFERENCE?! I LOVE THAT BOOK.

[@katarjin]

..heard Jeff Wayne's musical? the CD came with some cool artwork.

[@sparking023]

to be fair, the concept of strapping a big gun to some method of transport is a very real thing in our time. case in point, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, or the "Warthog". basically the engineers were given General Electric's brand new toy, the GAU-8 Avenger 30mm autocannon (firing depleted uranium rounds for maximum armor piercing capacity), and were told to make it fly and be as survivable and easy to maintain as possible. as a result, we got that old but reliable ground support aircraft that can take major punishment and keep functional, while raining heavy metal projectiles at high speeds, or to sum it up: *brrrrrt*

[@ThisWayUpV]

Explaining thunderbirds was something I was not expecting but appreciate

[@KillerOrca]

The landing craft was officially titled a Higgins Boat and thats what the scorpius transport was nicknamed when it came out

[@Gormathius]

51:21 Fair. However, counterpoint: 40K is basically a cartoon, and nukes are pretty much the 40K equivalent to fireworks.

[@kriegsman7585]

Can i get a ROCK AND STONE

[@FluffyPANZER]

Seeing them reacting to Mecanicum tanks...anyone else wanna see Kirioth showing them all the Mechanicums infantry options?

[@Jvegas2281]

Your frustration at the Arkhan Land retcon reminds me of jole from the Yogscast. They joked that the Emperor's real name is Jimmy Space and they are his "Space" Marines.

[@xanderhebert6257]

17:14, I imagine them doing the Boston dynamics jog where they just step in place.

[@bobamer932]

My warhound titan, which I bought immediately after the episode with kirioths covering titans, is standing on a skorpius disintegrator. Big, wide stance, squishing an admech tank under one foot and an admech man under the back toe of the other.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Can't wait for the episode where they talk about Imperial Robots

[@Ripadrak]

30:40 Personally, I love the design of the Skorpius tanks; just purely because of how absurdley unique they are. There's nothing else quite like them in the 40k range; and whilst I do love all of them - most other AdMech vehicles are at least superficially similar to other vehicles (Onager is a smaller less demonic Defiler, Ironstrtider is basically an low-tech War Walker, etc.)

[@greenelmo7678]

Another banger episode from our favorite heretics. Tho I wish they mixed their audio a bit louder, peeps in my house are pretty loud that even at max volume with my earphones you guys get drowned out.

[@gufidaun]

I love the floating bricks aesthetic !!

[@dwaynemontgomery1851]

HELL YAH, another admech episode, im still waiting on the raven guard episode! but this is almost better

[@burnin8able]

Kirioth mentioning how the assault tank can ram things with the powered shock ram has my brain going "TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA BIG RED CAR"

[@infernalelysium7676]

Ah yes the reverse Dreadnought... the Dreadlot'

[@lunchboxcomiks]

Insert Brad pit pointing meme at the Atrax Seige Walker. i remeber that thing being started. Eric is ridiculously talented.

[@12ratsinatrenchcoat]

Toll the Great Bell Once! Pull the Lever forward to engage the Piston and Pumpg... Toll the Great Bell Twice! With push of Button fire the Engine And spark Turbine into life... Toll the Great Bell Thrice! Sing Praise to the God of All Machines

[@uselesspocketwatch]

Back in 7th edition, there were talks of an Imperial Armour book called Fires of Cyraxus that would have rules for the Horus Heresy Forge World Mechanicus 'bots and tanks that would make them playable in 40k. Sadly, a lead designer, Alan Bligh, passed away and the book was never finished.

[@ThePhoenix743]

The dunerider really looks like it either needs weapons twice as big or twice as many.

[@g0ld3nthr0n3]

Haha, yeah, I made the Atrax Siege Walker back when you could do allied detachments, it was a counts-as Shadowsword. It's got magnetized mechanical arms with the sponson guns too. I ended up hating the Skorpius too because it looked like a brick, and i made my own version out of an Armiger and Onager kit to look like the Corrupter from Horizon Zero Dawn

[@TycoonTitian01]

@Adeptus Ridiculous hey man do you sell adeptus ridiculous style D&D dice? I would buy many a dice if so

[@joaogomes9405]

Fun fact about that thing in front the transauranic arquebus, it's a muzzle brake. And it's a near-exact replica of the one on the soviet WW2 era anti-tank rifle, the PTRS-41. In fact, a lot of the transauranic arquebus's design borrows from WW2 era anti-tank rifles.

[@MrPenfold666]

OMNISSIAH BLESSES US WITH THESE IMMORTAL MACHINES

[@Torchwood5A]

It makes me giggle every time Kirioth calls someone a 'lad'

[@willbade7668]

I just finished brutal Kunnin I’m so happy they remembered that those vehicles were stolen by orks

[@gallusdomesticuskfptechpriest]

the cyber-dogs of the serberys raiders IMO make a lot of real sense - something like that would be super useful for reconnaissance missions and over difficult terrain

[@connorsmith1005]

The dunerider is sick! It's a hovering ww2 lander craft! Plan to kitbash one with some 3d printed speakers and subwoofers, neon rave skitarii within.

[@windwalker5765]

"Power Ranger knockoffs?" Bricky, Thunderbirds first appeared on TV more than ten years before the original Japanese shows, let alone before Power Rangers hit in the States. That show is older than _Star Trek._

[@matthiasenblade7416]

Remember your kirioth checklist everyone: - “COVERED in guns” - “Gigantic cannon” - “Peak 40k” + Reply with your own

[@unnoble1]

This was a great episode loved the kitbash unit at the end would love to see a contest/ episode of community kitbashs

[@divineclaypuppet7460]

51:16 With all the discussion about the radioactive weapons of the Mechanicus : Have you heard about the Damocles Sector, and the Space Fire deployed against the T'au ?

[@CommissarMitch]

The Ironstrider constantly walking would be an amazing 40k rule. Have it so they can Fall Back without issue, or something.

[@TheSpoegefugl]

Oh my god, I had completely forgotten about The Core, and how immensely stupid it is! I remember them having a scene where birds act insane, and then the very next scene, they explain why the event with the birds wouldn't happen at all ever.

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

9:15 Shy, that's the Lead Storm! You need to put the Hurricane up there!

[@jacobfreeman5444]

The thing about radiation is it screws up machines too. They just are generally seen as more expendable. Gamma rays and x-rays are both part of the electromagnectic spectrum so will burn out any circuitry before long.

[@alexoliveri140]

For the onager, i remember being pissed by the name, Onager is a type of donkey, so you had the M.U.L.E, and now we have the fecking Onager

[@harrystuart8758]

If I may Bricky, I think the more accurate parallel is Gregorian monks, not Tibetan; the big hooded cowls and use of incense burners is more iconic to Gregorian/Catholic religious orders, and the use of psalms, canticles and chants in a religious capacity is very Gregorian (not saying that Tibetan monks don’t, just that I think it’s more likely this is what GW probably used as inspiration). Sorry to ACKCHUALLY, but I thought it might be worth mentioning. :)

[@thewitch7342]

During transport ironstriders can stay still in one place, they just can't stop the engine. They basically make them trot in place

[@CHESTNUT246]

isnt thunderbirds just old school paw patrol

[@christophermitchell7001]

The ironic thing about the Ornithopter thing is that its actually more realistically possible ( aka, could actually fly) than many of the more "standard" looking 40k flying machines. Depending on the air density on Mars ( dont really know if the lore has hit on anything that specific) , The larger the machine is , ( this actually helps counter intuitively) the slower the wings would have to beat to produce a high enough Reynolds number which would result in lift. The only thing you would have to worry about it the materials vibrating apart but They make machines that cross galaxies material science should be up to it.

[@schizosamurai8840]

Ironstriders do have designated pens for them to walk in circles in and are used to power stuff on treadmills. Also Im not 100% positive on this one, but I think admech can make more, but just arent sure what to do with one after its turned on. I might be wrong tho.

[@thewitch7342]

They can make more but they don't know how It works. Also there are prototypes running around in the wasteland of Mars.

[@schizosamurai8840]

​@@thewitch7342 yeah, thought so, thx for confirming

[@Зеленьюная]

54:00 I really want GW to bring this thing as a command vehicle, I love it

[@ctcrusader7479]

17:49 they legitimately do that to power larger vehicles. And they have places called an iron stables which is literally just a bunch of treadmills with iron striders running on them so they can transport them easily. Btw they build ironstriders they just don't know how it works. It was a blurb in the 8th edition codex lemme check real quick. Edit: Found it. Quote from the ironstrider page (talking specifically about the ironstrider engine) from the 8th edition admech codex 'Such is the way of a Tech-priest; to turn a work of genius into a weapon, to forge from an exquisite design something that is no longer understood, yet can be replicated and put to use in the Mechanixus' never-ending war effort'. 45:49 It is NOT basically a lascannon it shoots lightning.

[@Zenn_Chan]

I did not expect a Thunderbirds reference in the year of our lord 2023, but it has in fact happened. Also yes, the big-ass drill was just called "The Mole", and the big green one Thunderbird 2 would take it to places. I love Thunderbird 2, he's a big chunky boi

[@DehnusNorder]

The reason there are so many "ordinatus" ones and why they look so "silly", is that they are created on sight for a specific purpose. For instance: Breach a wall or crush the voice shields of a city or reach an underground bunker, etc, etc. They are very specific things, that are build on site a bit like the "siege weaponry" of medieval times. This is also were their naming comes from, not medieval times, but they are named after the place they are from. Armageddon, Ulanor, etc.