They Shall Know Fear: Hobby Update

Monday, October 31, 2011

Hobby Update - Necrons

This weekend I had a little time to get started on my Necrons and I figured I'd share the beginnings of my newest army.

Here is a photo of how I'm building all of my Necrons. It'll help me represent the the Reanimation Protocals when models go down.

It's a quick and easy job with not drilling required. You put one of the magnets into the recess on the warriors torso. You remove two of the top portions from the legs and attach the magnet directly on top. As you can see from the middle photo this appears just like a normal warrior with the magnet replacing a single vertibrae (sp?). This will allow me to remove the torso from the legs when a model dies and then reattach if the Reanimation roll works.

Next is the paint scheme I think I'm going to go with. This is one of the warriors I built before I figured out what I wanted to do with the magnets.

And finally the Scarab swarms I painted last night. Be bases with be done when the entire army is finished and that's when I'll paint the vehicle detritus I put on the swarm bases.

Looking at it now the upper swarm photo turned out darker than I'd like but finding good lighting in my apartment is harder than at the last one. Oh well. I got nine of them painted up tonight which isn't a bad start. Once the rest of the magnets I ordered come in I can finish up my 20 warriors hopefully before the new models come in.

I pretty much just wanted to share.

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The Community · 700 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing! I'm digging the colors. Warrior's skull reminds me of the Destroyer Lord's skull--which I've always been a huge fan of.

Might we (the community at large) inquire as to your thoughts on the Units thusfar?
I in particular am interested in what HQs, Elites and Heavy Support (if any) you're favoring.

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Hulksmash · 700 weeks ago

HQ's are totally up in the air right now. A lot is going to depend on the point costs but I'm seriously considering 2 Overlords and 10 Crypteks w/the St8 Ap2 shot. Again it'll depend on point cost and the way special rules read. For elites I'm salivating at converting up the walker but otherwise unless something really pops at me I probably won't be carrying many elites in my force. And for Heavy Support again it depends on the rules but right now based on what I've heard 6 Tombspyders and a that cool crescent vehicle might be it. I'll write up a ton of stuff towards the end of the week once my codex is in :)

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The Community · 700 weeks ago

I look forward to the write up.

Depending on the point cost, I'm thinking generic lords with the tankbusting Crypteks might indeed be the way to go. (2 solar pulses to mitigate the enemy's shooting).
And I'm very eager to see the Walker's stats.
Also plenty to suggest monoliths will have some kind of DS protection.

BUT that will be gotten into in a later post as you said--so I'll stay my fingers.

Great job on the modeling, I look forward to see any conversions you pull off. For the Walker, and for Cryptek wargear as well!

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Kirby 118p · 700 weeks ago

See if you can find some orange rod things to replace the green ones (though I guess this depends what the new rods are like) - I've always liked the neon colors the different plastic rods give but that might subtract from the darker orange you are going for.

Either way looks good and simple conversion :). Magnets FTW.

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Guest · 700 weeks ago

I'm concerned Necrons are going to be another transport-spam army.

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Hulksmash · 700 weeks ago

My current intent is zero transports and maybe 1-2 vehicles. I think some people may try to play it that way but I don't think it's going to be it's strength. Could just be me though :)

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WhoaDirty · 700 weeks ago

Seems like the transports are way to expensive points wise to spam.

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Khornatedemon · 700 weeks ago

I doubt you'll see more than 2 arks in armies 2k and under. I'm thinking in certain builds 9 warriors + AT cryptek + ark will make a good unit for grabbing objectives.

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inquisitor_dunn 51p · 700 weeks ago

I like the look.

I have been getting my SOBs in shape and got a game in sunday with them. They are good. I'm pumped to get them rtt ship shape and playable.

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Neiltj1 · 700 weeks ago

Love the magnet idea. unfortunately I have 52 already built. I was thinking using bike bases with a spot on the end for 2 gw sized dice then putting scrap everywhere else on the base. If I can finish my current project I might see if I can whip a couple up.