Artificer Armour is the name given to individualised and heavily modified suits of Power Armour. Existing suits of Artificer armour have generally been modified and decorated for a certain individual at point in the Chapters. These suits are kept within the Chapter even after the death of their original wearers and then inherited by high ranking and honoured individuals. Commonly this type of armour incorporates elements of the various "marks" of power armour as well as more unique, customised armour plates and helmets.
精工盔甲是动力盔甲的个性化和大量修改的套装的名称。在战团中，现有的精工盔甲通常会针对某个人进行修改和装饰。即使在最初的穿着者去世后，这些套装也会保留在战团内，然后由等级高和受人尊敬的个体继承。通常，这种类型的盔甲结合了各种“型号”的动力盔甲元素，以及更独特、定制的装甲和头盔。
Artificer Armour 精工盔甲
Construction 制造
Suits of Power Armour are difficult to manufacture and so must be maintained in the best possible condition for as long as is possible, hence a Space Marine Chapter may well have a number of archaic suits, which now are kept as heirlooms. Although even the earliest forms of Power Armour are far from obsolete, many of the older suits lack auxiliary systems found in the most recent suits.
动力装甲套装很难制造，因此必须尽可能长时间地保持在最佳状态，因此星际战士战团很可能有一些古老的套装，现在作为圣物保存下来。尽管即使是最早形号的动力盔甲也远未过时，但许多旧套装缺乏最新套装中的辅助系统。
1st Edition Artificer Armour 第一版精工盔甲
To maintain, repair and upgrade suits so that they carry the latest systems, the Chapter's Techmarines and Artificers have to constantly work on all the suits that a Chapter owns. Many of the changes made are non-standard and are one-offs for the particular suit they are on, and many additional, purely ornamental adornments are added to recall major campaigns or battles the Chapter has fought in. In time suits become encrusted with unique decorations and individual upgrades and becomes known as Artificer Armour. Because of these heavy modifications, Artificer Armour is often highly superior to newer suits of standard issue Power Armour, and afford much better protection.
为了维护、修理和升级套装，使其携带最新的系统，该战团的技术军士和工匠必须不断地处理该战团拥有的所有套装。所做的许多更改都是非标准的，是针对他们所穿的特定套装的一次性更改，并且添加了许多额外的纯粹装饰性装饰，以回忆该战团参加过的主要战役或战斗。随着时间的推移，套装会镶嵌上独特的装饰和个人升级，并被称为精工盔甲。由于这些重大改进，精工盔甲通常比新的标准动力盔甲套装优越得多，并且提供了更好的保护。
1st Edition Artificer Armour 第一版精工盔甲
Nevertheless, Artificer Armour is priceless to a Chapter and wearing it is not undertaken lightly, for it cannot be replaced if it is lost. Only the greatest heroes are entitled to wear such armour on the battlefield, and when a Space Marine does it is often as a symbol of his martial prowess as well as protection, and may even be chosen over Terminator Armour if it is available. However, the Salamanders chapter creates more artificer armour than any other chapter, due to their renowned craftsmanship skills.
然而，精工盔甲队一个战团来说是无价的，穿戴它不是轻而易举的，因为如果它丢失了，无法更换。只有最伟大的英雄才有权在战场上穿这种盔甲，当一名星际战士这样做时，这通常是他武艺和保护的象征，如果可以，甚至可以选择终结者盔甲。然而，由于著名的工艺技能，火蜥蜴战团制造的精工盔甲比其他任何战团都多。
Effects and Distribution 影响和分布
The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes hold the largest number of suits of Power Armour that could be classified as Artificer, but numbers of suits of similar quality have been acquired by high ranking members of the Inquisition, who often collect such items in their line of work.
阿斯塔特修会的星际战士拥有最多可归类为精工的动力盔甲套装，但审判庭的高级成员也获得了类似质量的套装，他们经常在工作中收集此类物品。
Famous Suits of Artificer Armour 著名精工盔甲套装
Gilded Panoply - Worn by Fulgrim
覆金之铠 - 福格瑞姆穿戴
Armour of the Word - Worn by Lorgar
言语之甲 - 珞珈穿戴
Draken Scale - Worn by Vulkan
火龙之麟 - 沃坎穿戴
Nightmare Mantle - Worn by Konrad Curze
梦魇斗篷 - 康拉德·科兹穿戴
Armour Elavagar - Worn by Leman Russ
冰波战甲 - 黎曼·鲁斯穿戴
The Protector - Worn by Azrael
守护者 - 阿兹瑞尔穿戴
Secret's Shield - Worn by Ezekiel
守密之盾 - 以西结装备
Armour of the Forest - Worn by Corswain
森林之甲 - 考斯韦恩穿戴
The Armour of Dante 但丁之甲
The Armour of Mephiston, Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels
墨菲斯顿之甲，圣血天使的首席智库
The Armour of Brother-Captain Erasmus Tycho of the Blood Angels
圣血天使连长修士伊拉斯谟·第谷之甲
The Armour of Inquisitor Torquemada Coteaz of the Ordo Malleus
圣锤修会审判官托尔克马达·科特兹之甲
