If you're referring to Absolutionist's...that's exactly what he did. He took photos from the GW site and went from there.
The actual BoW photo, if it were to be "photoshopped" would need something to already exist(namely: the necrons in their "seated" pose) to be photoshopping it.
Kanluwen wrote:If you're referring to Absolutionist's...that's exactly what he did. He took photos from the GW site and went from there.
The actual BoW photo, if it were to be "photoshopped" would need something to already exist(namely: the necrons in their "seated" pose) to be photoshopping it.
Yeah, and you will have to be very good at painting and converting in order to fabricate something like this.
So it is most likely real.
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CthuluIsSpy wrote:You know, I don't think this will be a vehicle. It looks more like a jetbike kinda thing.
The whole thing could count as a single character or MC even.
Yeah...maybe a souped-up destroyer lord like thing?
I am impressed by Absolutionis's photoshopping skills, considering the short time ago that Beasts of War posted, it must have been done in less than 3 minutes
Love the Daft Punks comments Have to be honest it's not exactly going to set the world on fire, but it has got a certain 80's kind of sci-fi kitsch about it. (regarding the actual mini that is)
This doesn't feel like a "leak" frankly.. more like a controlled release to a known site on GW's schedule. Either way, its a look at a new model. I'm glad that they're not screwing over existing necron players by completely changing the look/style of the figs also.
I think it's an excellent design... as long as it's not supposed to be Necron. As a Necron vehicle, it's laughingly bad. It defeats the entire point of what makes Necrons unique. Aside from a few rare leaders, Necrons are supposed to be soul-less, faceless drones. Operating a vehicle is a specialized skill. A pilot is an individual. They even look like individuals with their eye pieces. Furthermore, why is an army of robots with technology so advanced they can violate the laws of physics pushing buttons on a console? So this makes me think of either of two possibilities:
A) This vehicle was designed by someone who had looked at the Necron line visually but who had absolutely no notion of who the Necrons were supposed to be, or...
B) GW is completely ditching their previous notions of what made Necrons unique and just turning them into an army of independently-minded robots.
It's a cool design though. I would almost rather see it as a Dark Eldar vehicle than a Necron one though. It looks stately. Lordly. Maybe not super sleek and fast, but it also doesn't have a bunch of silly blades tacked to it for no reason. I could almost see this as the sort of thing an Archon chills in at home.
To make it suitibly Necronish, I think those pilots just have to go. There should be no console. No buttons. It should not have the appearance of something an ork could loot if they jumped on board and shot the crew. What I think would work maybe is rather than having pilots and chairs and consoles, have two "sarcophagi" at the front that a necron warrior is plugged into. The warrior doesn't push buttons or "operate" the vehicle, it simply faces forward with its arms crossed over its chest and allows the machine to borrow its processing power to improve its ability to quickly react to the Necron Lord's wishes. The warrior is literally "slaved" into the vehicle. If the warrior should be damaged, it can just be swapped out for another. This would not only show the soullessness of the Necrons, but depict the cruel disregard the C'tan and the Necron Lords have for lesser Necrons. They are disposable tools for eradicating life- nothing more.
JOHIRA wrote:To make it suitibly Necronish, I think those pilots just have to go. There should be no console. No buttons. It should not have the appearance of something an ork could loot if they jumped on board and shot the crew.
To be Orks, Orks must be able to loot anything. To be Necron, Necron tech cannot be lootable by Orks. Ergo, Orks and Necrons cannot exist simultaneously.
Usually people are clamouring for their army to be updated. I am actually not looking forward to new codices, as they tend to nerf old units and essentially require you to buy lots of new stuff. For the same price you could start several other game systems.
GWs strategy seems to be to release new books that nerf old books, thus driving interest in the new book and in updates of the old books. Update an old codex, but require people to buy lots of new stuff anyway. I think I will pass.
JOHIRA wrote:To make it suitibly Necronish, I think those pilots just have to go. There should be no console. No buttons. It should not have the appearance of something an ork could loot if they jumped on board and shot the crew.
To be Orks, Orks must be able to loot anything. To be Necron, Necron tech cannot be lootable by Orks. Ergo, Orks and Necrons cannot exist simultaneously.
Are you the guy who gave us that one about the butterfly flapping its wings?
Overall I like it! I think it might look a bit cooler if the "pilots" were chained in to look like they were slaving for the lord or something but I'm pretty happy with this model personally.
After the day I've had I needed a good laugh! Seriously the first model looks like a Necron version of the Enterprise's bidge. It has a Captain Kirk, what more could you ask for?
The second one looks like the Necron Lord is surfing. The two at the front look like those battle robots about to slug it out with each other.
Seriously these must be fakes!
Larger versions. Not linked off their site to give their servers some rest. lol.
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Slipstream wrote:After the day I've had I needed a good laugh! Seriously the first model looks like a Necron version of the Enterprise's bidge. It has a Captain Kirk, what more could you ask for?
The second one looks like the Necron Lord is surfing. The two at the front look like those battle robots about to slug it out with each other.
Seriously these must be fakes!
I'm loving the designs and hope these are the real deal. I respect your opinion though, the design difinetly is different!
I especially love the 10 guns sticking out the side!
Interesting design but the Necron pilots set me off a bit, I mean why would Necrons require pilots for their vehicles? I mean, I could see Necron gunners but its not that bad.
blood reaper wrote:Interesting design but the Necron pilots set me off a bit, I mean why would Necrons require pilots for their vehicles? I mean, I could see Necron gunners but its not that bad.
guess the fluff must be trying to humanise them a bit more; like Tomb Kings. So they represent that on the models.
"It was the best of times it was the... blurst of times?" You stupid monkey!
Quite possibly my most favourite post on Dakka ever!
The first vehicle looks alright, I'm thinking some sort of fast attack scout?
The second one looks very similar to the concept scotches we saw 6+ months ago, actually although I can only see the small pictures on my phone I'm gonna say it looks really nice. MechCrons anybody?
Curious why it looks like the Ghost Ark...flips? Is this maybe a variant, or does the model maybe have moveable parts (like LR doors)? I mean, I guess it's one way to disembark.
"As you know, the key to victory is the element of surprise......Surprise!" *Necron Lord dumps the contingent of Warriors out of the Ark onto their collective head*
Necrons getting new stuff cool, awesome, about time.
Flyer thing I am suspecting is special character lord, and the transport and variant looks a bit off for me. The necrons in the transport look cool though . Apparently they're out Nov 5th too.
nectarprime (and yakface) wrote:
Roll a D6 for every type of model (friend or enemy) that the special character killed that turn. On a 4+ all other models in combat of that type take a wound (armor/inv saves can be taken as normal).
Example: If the Necron character kills an Ork Slugga boy in close combat and got the 4+ roll, all other Slugga boyz in the same combat would take a wound, but NOT the nob (as he's a different type of model). Any Shoota boyz, for example, in the same combat would be unaffected as well. If he killed a marine and got the roll, all other marines would take a wound, but not the vet sgt, etc.
Clunky, but could possibly be used as an attempt to simulate a 'lightning arc' weapon that hits everything the same as its target.
My main question here is: are different models distinguished by profile or profile and equipment. So in the example above would all the marines get wounded except just the vet sgt or vet sgt and the aspecial and heavy weapons person.
If it is handled purely by profile, what of IG heavy weapons, they would throw in an aberration.
I cannot see why people cry 'salt' over this, I have no difficulty believing GW can write clumsy rules.
There's something ridiculous about it but I can't put my finger on it.... all I know is that as soon as I saw these pics I burst out laughing... (it could be my 12 hour shifts have made me delirious).
That has to be a transport, the two different pictures show it in cargo mode and unloaded mode, apparently.
I too think the crossed arms warriors inside look quite silly. It's like they're all swearing their oaths for their Necron citizenship test.
As for the first model, it should be part of the Star Wars Galactic Senate along with Aun'va the Space Pope. I do quite like the model, but the dangling legs on the pilots look out of place, just like those on the GK Dreadknight.
Oh, and has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Lego green rod bits from all the gauss weaponry? Hooray!
Yeah, the second models' Trireme-Design is actually rather cool. It doesn't look silly.
Those two models, the Troop-Transport and the Big-Pewpew-Barge are probably the same boxed set. I guess if you build the Big-Pewpew Barge, you'll have several arm-crossed Necron parts. That would be rather cool for some conversions.
If BOW going down is because of this leak... Im pissed...
When your ad campaign is finally shot down because you're to stingey to advertise until its a week or two out from release date then you as the marketing rep need to kicked in the face with a golf shoe...
Regardless of whether you are pursuiting legal action with an entirely different set of models... wake up wake up wake up
if Matthew Maconhegh had to pay fines for playing naked bongos in his house, then its time to pay the piper...
Digital Paparazzi... gotta love em
I am very impressed with the ark models, and can only hope that their stats are impressive to match... not overpowered...
Besides, the Knights blades flicker in anticipation for the battles to come...
Kendo wrote:I wonder if when you build the one model with the big gun you will be able to salvage the spere necron warriors for troops?
Naaah. That's be too easy.
I think thats why they all have crossed arms and no guns so you cant do that lol
WarlordRob117 wrote:
Curious if this doomsday gun is really going to be a game breaker or not...
Let's combine it with the other Necron gun rumor and say that if this gun glances an enemy vehicle then every identical vehicle in the opposing army takes an auto glancing hit?
Kendo wrote:I wonder if when you build the one model with the big gun you will be able to salvage the spere necron warriors for troops?
Naaah. That's be too easy.
I think thats why they all have crossed arms and no guns so you cant do that lol
Necrons in my 40K universe shoot gauss beams out out their eyes triggered by crossing their arms. GW read my mind when they released this model. The 'guns' are really solar energy collector units randomly distrubed around their forces.
Oaka wrote:Oh, and has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Lego green rod bits from all the gauss weaponry? Hooray!
Yeah..I think I am glad to see those gone. I just hope it's not too difficult to update all of my existing rods to match the new style... I can't really tell if it's a painted-over rod or actually textured or what.
Oaka wrote:Oh, and has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Lego green rod bits from all the gauss weaponry? Hooray!
Yeah..I think I am glad to see those gone.
Not me. The most exciting Necron rumor I ever heard was that there might be other colors of those rods. But looking at these models, I'd say 40k is going in the same aesthetic direction as WHFB -- more cartoonish, less archetypal. I can see why people would be excited about this direction -- I'm just not one of them. It makes better sense in Fantasy than 40k, IMO.
Suddenly we went from talking anout guns to talking about rods... sheesh
since we're on the topic... does that mean that the rumor about the multi colored rods are out? or are we gonna start seeing purple rodded necrons? lol
Oaka wrote:Oh, and has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Lego green rod bits from all the gauss weaponry? Hooray!
I though they were just repainted with black and green. Aren't they ?
The rods (green, red, purple, silver, no matter) are for me the thing that differentiate Necron from Terminator (movie) or just any other robots. I hope they're still there.
I could care less about stupid rod colors I can simply change them to my liking. I want a refresh in the necron field!!!! ahhh I am happy.
now I wonder how many people will cry about this codex? and jump onto its bandwagon? bad players picking up the codex with the thought of "oh they are finally good" uhuhuhuh they have always been good if you can think instead of cry.
are those dethmarks failcast or plastic? They look failcast to me. The two poses on the left look the same. At least making them out of warriors would not be too terribly hard.
Man, all of this stuff looks pretty awesome...here's hoping the rules for these units are as good...i hate it when cool models are not really worth taking very often in the actual game (Dreadknights, for example...).
lord_blackfang wrote:All looks pretty cool. Building a second barge variant just by turning it upside down is a bit meh.
It looks like I might be able to magnetize them though so I could use either in a game, that would be nice.
But one variant has the 'hold' full of necrons and the other has a spinal mount type weapon. You might be able to flip the ribs up or down, but the detail might be lacking.
The Deathmarks look excellent. Best thing we've seen yet IMO.
Also, still hard to judge, but in the Deathmark photo it does look like it's still an actual rod. Still can't determine if those rings are texture or paintjob, but eh...I guess I'm fine either way. I don't really want to replace anymore Necron stuff than I have to...(except Immortals. And Tomb Spyders. Good riddance to both.)
These vehicles and the snipers go totally against the previous aesthetic of the necrons. They're just robot tomb kings now. I hope they drop the war in heaven aspect and the whole thing about them being the most advanced race in the galaxy. Otherwise these models are going to be totally innapropriate.
Also that necron fork lift with the two pilots is idiotic. Why would a robot, piloting a robot car need a special eyepiece so that he could see the touchscreen and trackball that he's using? Why is any of that needed? Who the feth is designing this gak? This release has me totally unimpressed and these models have killed my excitement for the line. These are the most saturday-morning-cartoon-like designs GW has produced since the old DE.
ShumaGorath wrote:These vehicles and the snipers go totally against the previous aesthetic of the necrons. They're just robot tomb kings now. I hope they drop the war in heaven aspect and the whole thing about them being the most advanced race in the galaxy. Otherwise these models are going to be totally innapropriate.
Also that necron fork lift with the two pilots is idiotic. Why would a robot, piloting a robot car need a special eyepiece so that he could see the touchscreen and trackball that he's using? Why is any of that needed? Who the feth is designing this gak?
I don't know, but I agree. This is a total left turn for the worst for the Necron army. It used to be a joke about "Space Tomb Kings" but now it's reality.
ShumaGorath wrote:These vehicles and the snipers go totally against the previous aesthetic of the necrons. They're just robot tomb kings now. I hope they drop the war in heaven aspect and the whole thing about them being the most advanced race in the galaxy. Otherwise these models are going to be totally innapropriate.
Also that necron fork lift with the two pilots is idiotic. Why would a robot, piloting a robot car need a special eyepiece so that he could see the touchscreen and trackball that he's using? Why is any of that needed? Who the feth is designing this gak? This release has me totally unimpressed and these models have killed my excitement for the line. These are the most saturday-morning-cartoon-like designs GW has produced since the old DE.
What do you want? a block that has 14 armor on all sides? if those pilots were not there people would prob be making surfing on croissant jokes.
what if it had no necron models? people would say its boring looking.
Looks good to me. I'm not sure where the drastic left turn from the previous aesthetic is. The arc thing clearly incorporates elements that are similar to parts of the Destroyer and Monolith.
This stuff being leaked on BoW just makes GW look ridiculous though. GW...you have a website. You could have been getting traffic to that site weeks ago by previewing this stuff yourself. It's 2011 and you're using print media as your marketing flagship.
ShumaGorath wrote:These vehicles and the snipers go totally against the previous aesthetic of the necrons. They're just robot tomb kings now. I hope they drop the war in heaven aspect and the whole thing about them being the most advanced race in the galaxy. Otherwise these models are going to be totally innapropriate.
I agree to a large extent. If the Necrons have been retconned sufficiently, it could still work. But with the fluff as is, the new models do not match what has been written.
Remember ? "No surprise here, but Necron are basically Tomb Kings in space."
But why are they bad looking tomb kings in space? Tomb kings are cool because they are literally mummies. Those things exist. These are cthulu esque multi million year old dimensional gods pretending to be robots now pretending to be mummies in their nile surfing reed boats and holding 90's rob liefield tubeguns.
Wow, looks like I might have to dig out the old models and give them a clean upp in preparation for this. I quite like how most of these new models are looking, it's just the transport that bugs me... :/
I like everything so far except the Flintstones croissant, but in general, why do any of these have to have pilots? Even the Arks have pilots. Why couldn't they just have robot heads, or sensor arrays on a sarcophagus, or something? Do we really have to have robots, piloted by robots, solely for the sake of ripping off the Tomb Kings aesthetic even more? We already get the point. Is the Tomb Spyder going to get a remake so it has a Necron riding it like a big zamboni?
So based on what we have seen thus far (2 plastic kits, 1 failcast unit and 4 character/ hero models), there is possibly 2 more plastic units to see? Thats a pretty sweet release. I wonder if the codex will only feature first wave models like the DE codex did, or if there will be some models that will be coming at a later date?
Man, stuff is showing up faster than I can type. Amazing! If this is what is the end result of the wait, I approve.
I am really digging the increased use of a single kit to provide 2 different options. I really wonder why they did not do this with the Dark Eldar? I applaud the rapid diversity it adds to a model range though.
The Arks are nice, but the interchangeability of the kits is too obvious.
A bit like the Stonetusk and Thunderbeast IK stuff. Good kit but you only want one or the other in your army, or it looks odd.
Sweet looking lords, but they will be Finecast, so I will stick with the old ones I have.
$20+ for a robot is going to be too much for me.
The sniper dudes are neat, but with 3 poses on 5 guys, bet on Finecast as well.
Thanks for the Dakka hosted pics guys! Much appreciated!
He's probably the Lord from when the Necrons came out of that Tau moon, destroyed a splinter fleet and then were 'Invited' as saviors from the populace. Trazyn the Infinite Party Crasher.
puma713 wrote:Looks like there's another build of the command ship-thing:
Gun needs to be bigger! : D
You'll also notice that the model on the left of the barge is the same single-eyed model as the Deathmarks. Probably a targeting-type something-or-other.
Kendo wrote:are those dethmarks failcast or plastic? They look failcast to me. The two poses on the left look the same. At least making them out of warriors would not be too terribly hard.
plastic.
There are very few fine cast units for the necrons.
Well, I don't care whether or not these models are plastic, fine(not fail)cast, or even playdoh.
These new models make the last 6 years of me personally waiting, TOTALLY worth it XD
Point of interst} in the time that it took me to write this post, 11 other people posted
Yeah, there are a couple clone poses in there. Failcast is a deal breaker for me. I can't afford to play the Wrack list becuse of the cost of those units. I would be very leary about starting another army with a bunch of units outside of my price range.
Yeah no they don't. Finecast has only a limited number of sculpts per box. Those models look like plastic.
Mmm, yeah they do. Take off your helmet, white knight, and look at the two in the front that are the exact same pose.
GW does this with all production photography, even for plastics. That just means they only painted two or three. Scrutinize marine pictures. They have like three storm shield terminators in total and I've seen the same tactical marine (literally) two dozen times in one codex. These also don't look very pose able. They're basically heavy bolter marines with a different gun.
So it looks like a few minor changes (no green rods). Does this mean that there is going to be new Warriors/Monoliths?
As for the current models other than the Immortals the rest don't make me want to pick up the army. The old lords had a very imposing and aggressive style. The new lords look out of place imo.
Yeah no they don't. Finecast has only a limited number of sculpts per box. Those models look like plastic.
Mmm, yeah they do. Take off your helmet, white knight, and look at the two in the front that are the exact same pose.
Actually, the three in the front may all be the same, simply turned at a different angle.
Look at the legs of the three you mention. Feet positioning, size and leg turns different to my eyes. And as mentioned warriors are also made of nearly identicle poses, so not shocking to see that again.
Also, seems silly ito remake a unit in finecast when they could have just kept the old vesions. Makes no sense.
Lord Magnus wrote:Out of curiosity, what is the big problem people have with finecast? Is it the resin?
Yes, people have posted about miscasts and bubbles effecting the models along with the ridiculous price increase. I've only purchased one model and it was fine, and quite easy to assemble and modify.
Chowderhead wrote:And stop calling them Failcast. It's Finecast.
But then how will we know how hilarious they are?
Exactly! See, he gets it.
And believe me, I would be overjoyed if they're not Failcast. My fear is that they are - so I stick with the disappointed point-of-view (as GW has taught me) and then, if they are indeed plastic, I will be pleasantly surprised and will spend money on them.
Same here, I purchased Coteaz, but a friend of mine bought Deathmaster Sknitch (I think that is how you spell it) and said he spent 45 minutes to and hour taking of flash
I think, while I never played Necrons something just died inside of me at the sight of these. I like the mild Egyptian theme to Necrons, but now its just Tomb Kings in Sphess. These just look terrible, the head design is horrid and just seems like Necron Usthubi.
The Lychguard are the the first ones of the bunch that I'm a little underwhelmed with. Though if they are "bodyguard" units like i've heard I won't mind a couple with my lord.
ShumaGorath wrote:Puke. This army isn't the necron army any more.
Uh, why? These guys look more like Necrons than the Pariahs did - which were similarly armed. And these guys look a helluva lot better than the Pariahs. Why the hate?
Lord Magnus wrote:Out of curiosity, what is the big problem people have with finecast? Is it the resin?
Neckbeards won't let it go.
Interesting. Someone's distaste of a production material makes you so frustrated that it drives you to insult? Sounds like the bra calling the panties pink.
Just when I thought that GW couldn't surpass the level of fail that was the Stormraven, they come out with these? Tomb Kings in Space with crappy barges for vehicles?
The only decent looking models in the range are the new Immortals and they look like Failcast... Way to go GW.
The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
Check the feet, the two on the left are standing differently.
Once again, I'm happy to be wrong.
I simply said they "look" like Failcast. Apparently that causes a huge eruption. If there was nothing wrong with Failcast, then why would there be such a reaction?
Ketara wrote:The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
I was just going to bring the loincloth up. That's just utterly ridiculous IMO. What's it covering? A robotic mangina?
I think, while I never played Necrons something just died inside of me at the sight of these. I like the mild Egyptian theme to Necrons, but now its just Tomb Kings in Sphess. These just look terrible, the head design is horrid and just seems like Necron Usthubi.
Yeah, the pariahs were a hell lot better than these. I mean, what the is on their heads? Are they trying to pass as chickens or something?
Ketara wrote:The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
I was just going to bring the loincloth up. That's just utterly ridiculous IMO. What's it covering? A mangina?
What's it covering on Skeleton Warriors?
Why do the Grave Guard wear robes and tabards under their armor?
It's likely ceremonial, not modesty related reasons.
Also, seems silly ito remake a unit in finecast when they could have just kept the old vesions. Makes no sense.
Really? Eldar Striking Scorpions, Chaos Daemons, Ork Tankbustas, Tau Sniper Drones. . .
Those models aren't new sculpts. They are just the old metal scuplts in resin. These immortals are new scuplts. Which was my point. No sense scuplting new immortals that look generallt the same -- then make them finecast. seems more likely they are a box of 5 that make deathmarks or immortals.
Once again, I'm happy to be wrong.
I simply said they "look" like Failcast. Apparently that causes a huge eruption. If there was nothing wrong with Failcast, then why would there be such a reaction?
Cause you are wrong and the internet won't stand for it
Ketara wrote:The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
I was just going to bring the loincloth up. That's just utterly ridiculous IMO. What's it covering? A robotic mangina?
No a Nangina
Get it....cause instead of a M its a N like....know what this is going no where.
But any ways, I don't see any real use for it on the Model.
Ketara wrote:The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
I was just going to bring the loincloth up. That's just utterly ridiculous IMO. What's it covering? A mangina?
What's it covering on Skeleton Warriors?
Why do the Grave Guard wear robes and tabards under their armor?
It's likely ceremonial, not modesty related reasons.
If that's the case, it couldn't be less original. I'm sorry, when I think of robots, the last thing that comes to mind is a loincloth.
Ketara wrote:The Lychguard are horrid, but I think that's down to the choice of colour scheme. I also think its nothing a change of head and removal of silly loincloth won't solve.
I was just going to bring the loincloth up. That's just utterly ridiculous IMO. What's it covering? A robotic mangina?
No a Nangina
Get it....cause instead of a M its a N like....know what this is going no where.
But any ways, I don't see any real use for it on the Model.
Lt. Coldfire wrote:
If that's the case, it couldn't be less original. I'm sorry, when I think of robots, the last thing that comes to mind is a loincloth.
And that's the problem.
Necrons have always been thought of as "robots".
They're not. They're a construct housing a sentient being.
The level of sentience within these constructs ranges from "mindless drone following orders" to "fully sentient and independently thinking lord".
Lt. Coldfire wrote:
If that's the case, it couldn't be less original. I'm sorry, when I think of robots, the last thing that comes to mind is a loincloth.
And that's the problem.
Necrons have always been thought of as "robots".
They're not. They're a construct housing a sentient being.
The level of sentience within these constructs ranges from "mindless drone following orders" to "fully sentient and independently thinking lord".
thank you sir, for actually knowing fluff here! much appreciated.
I also dont see it as a cloth. It looks far too thick for that. seems more like protective/ornamental plating for whatever reasons the necron decide to adorn their armor ...
Kanluwen wrote:
What's it covering on Skeleton Warriors?
Why do the Grave Guard wear robes and tabards under their armor?
It's likely ceremonial, not modesty related reasons.
Because they are skeletons and those are the remains of the armour they used when they where alive?
Necrons where never alive so their fashion sense and apparent modesty is a bit ridiculous...
...
Did you really just say "Necrons were never alive"?
You are aware that the Necrontyr were biological organisms that shed their organic bodies to become what they are now, right?
Are you being this obtuse on purpose? Or is this just your way of trying to defend GW?
Their robotic bodies where alive and so had to wear clothes? Really?
Yeah.. many remember their past lives and try to live like they did. Some even have a mental problem that brands them as an outsider because they feel they must rip off the flesh of the living and wear it..
Swara wrote:Hmm, the Preatorians look interesting. I wonder what role they might have?
"The Triarch Preatorians can be equipped with Particle Blasters & Void Blades or Rods of the Covenant… Power Weapons that come with an AP2 assault!!!"
No amount of long distance shooting will make up for those geeky looking deathmarks... and the whole army has become so fruity looking... for shame...
I was hoping to trash some epic looking models... NO!!! I will be forced to commence a beat down on a bunch of cross-dressin, grandpa shaped, automatons...
Lt. Coldfire wrote:
If that's the case, it couldn't be less original. I'm sorry, when I think of robots, the last thing that comes to mind is a loincloth.
And that's the problem.
Necrons have always been thought of as "robots".
They're not. They're a construct housing a sentient being.
The level of sentience within these constructs ranges from "mindless drone following orders" to "fully sentient and independently thinking lord".
I'm not understanding the justification for a loincloth regardless. It looks terrible. Might as well bring on the bras.
Agamemnon2 wrote:Whoah, there seems to be a massive overload of units arriving. Too bad I don't like most of them.
Well to be fair, Necrons need a lot of units to fill out their lines... and if it's anything like Ward's GK Codex then there's going to be a LOT of options...
puma713 wrote:Hm, just noticed - do the Praetorians have tails?
Perhaps, or maybe they're running down from the gun-thing on their crest-things... thing. Sorry I just saw The Thing so I've got that word on the brain...
Agamemnon2 wrote:Whoah, there seems to be a massive overload of units arriving. Too bad I don't like most of them.
Well to be fair, Necrons need a lot of units to fill out their lines... and if it's anything like Ward's GK Codex then there's going to be a LOT of options...
This is true. Imperial Guard has more special characters than the old Necrons had units.
Totally complete new range, liking it all so far. Will buy the book at least and see if the rules grab me. Hopefully there will be an option for Blood Angel allies...
Flashman wrote:Totally complete new range, liking it all so far. Will buy the book at least and see if the rules grab me. Hopefully there will be an option for Blood Angel allies...
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I was waiting for this to happen |
PS: While waiting for the next update, everyone click my Daemons V
I don't like the Mk one style mixed with an ancient civilisation. More so when it seems the sculpturer couldn't decided if that civilisation was Ancient Eygpt or Incas.
alphaomega wrote:I don't like the Mk one style mixed with an ancient civilisation. More so when it seems the sculpturer couldn't decided if that civilisation was Ancient Eygpt or Incas.
You have it backwards. Both Egypt and the Incas had a Necron look because both cultures worshipped the Necrons as their 'Space Gods'.
WarlordRob117 wrote:OMG the derp continues... Crons with tails?!?!?!
Next thing y'know they're gonna give space marines wings... oh... wait... yeah... DUR!!!!!!
Still dont make it right...
"Oh my god he's so terrifying he's going to rearrange my face ah... wait... is his tail wagging?!?!?! thats so cute, like a little puppy cron!"
On a side note, some people actually think these models look nice, and since you are now in the negative about this thread, is this really constructive?
I agree with Cthulu though, they are named after guards, so maybe they are shields? The rumors pointed to a lot of "tesla" names, maybe they where going for that effect as well?
People. Its not a spinal column. And we just discovered what the loin cloths are covering up. Well endowed necrons, but the green glowing balls look like they are sitting where the kidneys would be.
alphaomega wrote:I don't like the Mk one style mixed with an ancient civilisation. More so when it seems the sculpturer couldn't decided if that civilisation was Ancient Eygpt or Incas.
You have it backwards. Both Egypt and the Incas had a Necron look because both cultures worshipped the Necrons as their 'Space Gods'.
You, sir, win the internets for the day.
OT, these things are a real mixed bag for me; one pic will come out and I go OMGWTF THAT'S AWESOME!!!1
Then the next picture makes me go followed by something there's not an orkmoticon for.
Kendo wrote:People. Its not a spinal column. And we just discovered what the loin cloths are covering up. Well endowed necrons, but the green glowing balls look like they are sitting where the kidneys would be.
So they didn't ace Anatomy. But they got Physics down pat!
WarlordRob117 wrote:OMG the derp continues... Crons with tails?!?!?!
Next thing y'know they're gonna give space marines wings... oh... wait... yeah... DUR!!!!!!
Still dont make it right...
"Oh my god he's so terrifying he's going to rearrange my face ah... wait... is his tail wagging?!?!?! thats so cute, like a little puppy cron!"
On a side note, some people actually think these models look nice, and since you are now in the negative about this thread, is this really constructive?
Only "allowing" positive comments isn't constructive either...
BrookM wrote:Most interesting, I'm sure a few of those kits will find some sort of use in my Rogue Trader collection. Xeno constructs of unknown origin.
The Deathmarks are looking like they might find a home in my collection as some kind of Adeptus Mechanicus experiment gone horribly, horribly wrong for scenario games.
Swara wrote:Hmm, the Preatorians look interesting. I wonder what role they might have?
Man, if only there were some old rumors from May that actually talk about what some of this stuff does...
Seriously though, you may want to go back and have a look at my old rumor thread. You may find some new answers there now that you've seen some of the models.
alphaomega wrote:I don't like the Mk one style mixed with an ancient civilisation. More so when it seems the sculpturer couldn't decided if that civilisation was Ancient Eygpt or Incas.
You have it backwards. Both Egypt and the Incas had a Necron look because both cultures worshipped the Necrons as their 'Space Gods'.
Still not something that gets me excited, they just look confused (and seem to have smiley faces too...)
WarlordRob117 wrote:OMG the derp continues... Crons with tails?!?!?!
Next thing y'know they're gonna give space marines wings... oh... wait... yeah... DUR!!!!!!
Still dont make it right...
"Oh my god he's so terrifying he's going to rearrange my face ah... wait... is his tail wagging?!?!?! thats so cute, like a little puppy cron!"
On a side note, some people actually think these models look nice, and since you are now in the negative about this thread, is this really constructive?
Only "allowing" positive comments isn't constructive either...
What I meant is that his negativity is not constructive.
Wow... It certainly looks like people will no longer have any reason to complain about lack of variety in the Necron codex. That's a whole boatload of new stuff.
I'm not keen on the Command Barge, but everything else looks sweet.
The trick for me is going to be figuring out how to build all of these new units from my old 2nd edition Necrons
Some of you nay-sayers, stop for a moment. You're entitled to your opinion, that's fine, but think of this from a designers point of view, and ask yourself - 'How can I differentiate enough looks for a bunch of skeletal robots so that they can be easily identified at arms length? And by people that may not have read all about them?' What would you do?
They're doing a very basic iconography with the silhouettes of the Necrons. The basic warrior is the simplest, the silhouette gets more complex as you go up the chain of command. It makes sense to add different shapes to areas on a model as a graphic and identifiable way to discern different troop types - especially when they're so small and seen in relatively large groups.
I think everything looks pretty dang great. I'm not a Necron player and likely won't ever be, but the amount of infantry types and the new vehicles look very good.
insaniak wrote:Wow... It certainly looks like people will no longer have any reason to complain about lack of variety in the Necron codex. That's a whole boatload of new stuff.
I'm not keen on the Command Barge, but everything else looks sweet.
The trick for me is going to be figuring out how to build all of these new units from my old 2nd edition Necrons
The boatload arrived on the dreadfleet tomb king ship
Have to be honest it's not exactly going to set the world on fire, but it has got a certain 80's kind of sci-fi kitsch about it. 
(regarding the actual mini that is)
. Apparently they're out Nov 5th too.
beautiful!
