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Hi,
Just trying to get people's opinion on whether the weapons on the Necron Scythes are hull mounted or turret mounted. There is nothing in the rules mentioning a turret mount, but I'm pretty sure even Leman Russ rules don't specify the battle cannon is turret mounted. The Fluff on page 51 of the Necron codex does state "With it's turret mounted tesla destructor, and the nerve shredding shriek of its engines, the night scythe is a formidable fighter craft in its own right."

On the actual model, the tesla destructors are fixed to the hull by two large plastic lugs but this appears to just be a model design consideration as the destructors are far to big to be held by just the mounts that connect them to the death ray or portal. The main weapon is connect by a ball joint and it appears to be able to at least the limits of the two power cables contacting up to the hull.

So what's your opinion? Is the whole thing a turret with 360 degree rotation, a limited arc turret or a 45 degree hull mounted weapon?

I'll add pics in a sec.

Fluff =/= rules. It looks hull-mounted to me.

Looking closely at it again it does appear the destructors are fixed, but the death ray still appears to have a limited traverse.

Look hull on the destructors for sure. As for the ray it doesn't matter much since it's a ranged line weapon.

Have one my self and when I played a game with it I used a 90 degree fire arc for placing the starting point of the line but then fron the way the rules are written it could go anyway.

Even if the fluff says they are turret mounted, I would think the "unless the design of the model prevents this" caveat would kick in to limit the firing arcs of the Tesla weapons, of course, I have no idea what the result would be, since the design of the model allows for 0 degrees of lateral movement it seems, I'd think the safest thing is to go for a 45 degree arc a-la a Hull Mounted weapon