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Ok, it's that time of year again, where I complete an army in a weekend and see if everyone else can keep up, lol!



Last year I successfully completed a Chaos army in 2.5 days.

This year my army of choice is Necrons, as crazy as that may be. But, ya kinda gotta be nuts in the first place to tryk and omplete an army from the box in one weekend!



So here is the army itself, itching to get out of the box and start the assembly process.



This is where the magic happens. As you can see, it has all of the neccessaryksupplies.



The stack of Dr. Pepper! Only $40 for this mountain of soda. I just hope it's enough! 88| (You think i'm joking, but I'm not.)

So the rules are as follows: Everything must be in the box, and you can't start until noon friday. After that, I've got until midnight on sunday to get the army completed.

I'll be taking pictures of Hyde's attempt, as well as Steve and Tim, so wish us luck and check back often! I will be posting pics every couple of hours and we will have 15 minute podcast updates every 6 hours or so.

See you tomorrow!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

OH GOD....

Necrons and diet soda?


Clearly you have demonstrated a serious lack in judgement....

I can't wait to see the progress on this, seems awesome!

I hope the other guys didn't cop out and pick Necrons too, lol.

I wish you luck you crazy crazy man. lol

This is gonna be sweet, can't wait to see what comes outta 2 days and that many Dr. Peppers....
Granesh

Your progress will surely motivate me to keep up.

Too bad about the everything in the box rule, I have tons of stuff (about 10k points?)on the sprue/in various stages of painting and assembly that would love to get done, and this thread has motivation written all over it.

you are either insane, or a complete genius!

course, you dont really have to paint over the metal parts so you might get a head start

You sir, are crazy. However, diet Dr. Pepper? Really? Dr. Pepper is one of the finest soft drinks ever crafted, you might as well get the real stuff - it's not that much worse for you anyway! You'll just get diabetes from all that high fructose corn syrup, rather than the runs from all that diet soda! Cherry Dr. Pepper was my poison before I stopped drinking soda.

Back on topic though. I can't say I'm a fan of Necrons, but how many points is that? I support this endeavor, as it can only end well. Good luck, and get yourself a soft drink with a bit more kick to it!

Wanted to post the color scheme of the Necrons, they are not going to be as easy as you think! No silver necrons for this crazy man, lol.



The gold is three parts: Tin bitz, then shining gold, then a wash. The purple is pretty straigh forward but the gun barrels will be a little time consuming. Plus I will be making custom bases for these guys. So I've certainly got my work cut out for me!

I am doing 30 warriors, 10 scarabs, 10 destroyers, 6 Heavy Destroyers, a Monolith and a Destroyer Lord. Just a little over 2,000 points.

Well I am off to breakfast to meet the other idiots, see you at noon!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: EXTREMELY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: I WANNA GO BACK TO BED.

I love this idea so much.

Kudos for doing this, good luck with the build and can't wait to see what you come up with.

You paid $40 for 12 cases of soda? Man thats a ripoff. Around here we pay something like $7 for 4 cases, or less than $25 for 12 cases.

Sub-SCRIBED! I can't wait to see how this goes, I'll be cheering you on in spirit!

L. Wrex

*chant* MegaDave! MegaDave! MegaDdave! MegaDave! MegaDave!

Hey good luck man! I admire your ambition (though I think your shooting yourself in the foot with that colour scheme )

- null

MegaDave wrote:Wanted to post the color scheme of the Necrons, they are not going to be as easy as you think! No silver necrons for this crazy man, lol.



The gold is three parts: Tin bitz, then shining gold, then a wash. The purple is pretty straigh forward but the gun barrels will be a little time consuming. Plus I will be making custom bases for these guys. So I've certainly got my work cut out for me!

I am doing 30 warriors, 10 scarabs, 10 destroyers, 6 Heavy Destroyers, a Monolith and a Destroyer Lord. Just a little over 2,000 points.

Well I am off to breakfast to meet the other idiots, see you at noon!

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 0

MOVIE COUNT: 0

OPTIMISM METER: EXTREMELY HIGH!



SLEEPINESS: I WANNA GO BACK TO BED.

Prefer mine to look metalicly bone like.

And we're off! Here is mountain of stuff we are putting together!



8,000 points of army to be completed by sunday at midnight.



The insane team of Tim, MegaDave, Steve and Hyde. Let's git er done!

BTW, the first mini-podcast will be up soon, check it out at http://www.40kbasement.com

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 2

MOVIE COUNT: 1 (Starting with LoTR)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NORMAL

Good luck, you guys may need it.

Good luck!!

So... a little after 1pm EST... done yet Dave?

I'm jealous. Good luck guys, I look forward to seeing the progress. I wonder if I could do the same...somehow I doubt it.

So two hours in, I'm doing pretty good with my bases, only 17 destroyer bases to crystalize until I can get the sand on there.



I wasn't sure how the Plastruct hexagon rods would look, but I think they are doing the job admirably.



Hyde has his first model done, he has decided to go the route or one squad at a time.



Tim and Steve are in pure assembly mode, the sound of clippers snipping a constant in the background.

DR. PEPPER COUNT: 6

MOVIE COUNT: 1 (Starting with LoTR)

OPTIMISM METER: VERY HIGH!

SLEEPINESS: NOT SLEEPY AT ALL!

I love your choice of beverage, infact Im drinking a DP right now, damn I love these.

Very awesome, I think I remember you doing your chaos army last year......unless about a year ago someone went nuts on an army in a similar fashion. Anywho, good luck fellas!

haha this is just awesome ! Good progress so far. your all nuts and I like it

Good luck can't wait to see how far you get by tomorrow.

There is a high probability that this will kill you.

You have my intrest.

This post had created an upwelling of emotion in me:

Awe & inspriation: Your determination is inspiring me to put forth further effort in completing my own projects.

Jealousy: You have four friends that are up for doing something so crazy with you as well AND you tolerate them enough to be willing to spend that much time with them at the same time. Lucky you.

Curiousity: Is that a bottle of whiskey in the middle of the shot of your workbench (to the left of the superglue)? And is that for helping you thin your paint or for helping you thin your Dr Pepper?

Disgust: Your going to be drinking how much Dr. Pepper for how long?

Either way, this is definetely the best thing I've read all day. Good luck and Godbless.

This is so cool, I love the idea!
And [see forum posting rules] luck!

Wow this is really awesome I can't wait to see the finished product. You guys are so lucky you get to but all that stuff at once. You picked an awesome movie.

Ah no painting station is complete with out with out a bottle of Bushmills to Irish up the Dr Pepper. Good luck fellas looking forward to seeing the final results also loving the yellow on the nids.

Tip of the hat to you guys.

Quite a project; good luck to you!