After much consideration when planning the project, it was decided that the mechanicum fell into two uses, it would either be an allied detachment or attached as a cybernetica unit attached to a consul/techmarine.
To that end it follows two different colour schemes
- Thousand Sons: Boltgun metal armour, cherry red shoulder pads and gold trim. As found here.
- Zhao-Arkhad: bronze armour, boltgun metal bodies and a green stripe down most armour surfaces. As found here.
Vehicles
The primary steps for both Thousand Sons and Zhao-Arkhad colour schemes…
- Prime Colour Forge Matt Black.
- Magnesium Vallejo metal colour airbrush.
- Zenithal Aluminium Vallejo metal colour airbrush.
Through experimentation the units that were going to be dedicated to

The outer vehicle support struts and armour recipe…
The original artwork is bronze so we improvised an alternative
Step 1: Dark Star – Copper
Step 2: GW – Retributor armour
the Warhound titan was painted in the colours of Legio Xestobiax
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Legio_Xestobiax?file=Legio_Xestobiax_Reaver_Titan.png
