Effective Necron Allies that Fit with the Lore - I'm Thinking Orkz?

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**Whereswaldo**

Blood Angels are already out lol - looking to do something non-imperial (although the idea of renegade guard under the mechanism does sound appealing)

Right now I almost have my 1500 Point Necron setup painted and I am looking to add in 500 points of allies to finish it off.

I already have a Ork AOBR set lying around, I was thinking about adding in a Warboss, x2 25 Man Ork unit with 2 Nobs equipped with Power Klaws, and a Looted Wagon (for the Boomcannon).

My Current Necron List is

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With adding in the Orks it would turn into

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Thinking about casting some small scarabish bits and attaching them to the Ork Necks to make it look like mind shackle scarabs - then painting the orks Nurgling Green (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat800003a&prodId=prod1500126a) to give them more of a diseased / engslaved look followed by a Brown Wash (Most likely Agrax Earthshade) then touching up the eyes /bits with scorpion green (the green I am using for my Necrons).

With 2 GAs, 3 ABs, 1 LW, 3 20+ infantry units walking up the board, & Immortals with a Veiltek to be annoying I think target priority would be very difficult (and good luck killing the 20 man Necron Unit).

Thoughts ?

**Magos Explorator**

Are you considering allies because you want to paint something different, or are you trying to fill a role your Necron list is missing?

From a fluff point of view I'm not a huge fan of Necrons with allies, so if you were going for allies to fill a hole in your list, I'd maybe add some Wraiths and more Troops of some kind rather than allies (as it looks like with your choice of Ork units you're going for speed and troops).

If it were to paint something different then the idea of diseased/controlled Orks sounds good!

**Whereswaldo**

A little of both

I could just max out on warriors with scythes or ghost arks and maybe add in a triarch stalker or two ... but then the army would be regular old cookie cutter crons

The mind shackle orkz has very undead robot overlord feel to it and adding in 50+ models (which can tar pit melee) and a str 8 ap 3 pie plate tank (until you roll double 1s) for 500 points is pretty hard to beat.

From a modeling stand point I think it would be pretty cool and outside of the box .... guess i'm just wondering what other individual's feel for it was and if they think the ally choice is a decent one in game terms.

Ultimately I want something that is semi-competitive (local friendly - not uber torny) that I wont get myself handed to me on a regular basis and is fun to model.