Hello everyone, GuassGuy here, gonna start working on my 1500 pt list that I made up and started buying models for. Ill have the list posted here shortly as well as what I have purchased. The intention of this log is to keep me motivated and have, well as you may have guessed, a fully painted army that I would like to expand upon. Without further ado the list of models!! Oh another thing there will be 0 GREEN rods in my army. I dislike them that is all.

List:

Overlord - came with annihilation barge
Warrior box- Purchased
Warrior box - Purchased
Immortals - Purchased
Immortals - Creating from warrior box (taking two warriors bodies and using extra immortals from deathmark kits)
Deathmarks - Purchased
Deathmarks -
Destroyer - Purchased
Destroyer
Destroyer
Annihilation Barge - Purchased
Ghost Ark - Purchased
Ghost Ark - Purchased
Doomsday Ark - Purchased

Edit: Edited with new purchases

Alright first image up will be my Overlord. This way you can get a general idea of where my scheme is going. As well I will be entering him into a local competition for painting on feb 18th. Comments and criticism are more than welcome and I do hope you like what you see.
Without further ado:




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All comments and Criticism welcome. I also will have photos up of warriors in progress later today.

Very cool paintjob!It has a very ancient look to it all. Nice base as well. Looking forward to the rest of the army!

Thank you Dr. Temujin as I mentioned the warriors will be up as soon as I get my new desk together. I plan on doing the two ghost arks and one doomsday ark all at once, Build, prime, paint, pull hair out.

What can I say... it's a flawless paintjob, just keep on doing what you're doing! It doesn't matter if the foot troops aren't up to the same standard as this guy.

Be sure to put a link to this blog in your signature!

*edited to correct a spelling mistake.

Thank you, I will definitely put a sig together for this Work blog. I was wondering, for the scarab swarms, can I model just three on a base? that way I can get more scarab bases together from the warrior sprues.

Got some necron updates for everyone. Here are some work in progress warriors.

Quick update. I mentioned that I was not going to use green rods at all so out of the box of deathmarks I found myself with left over gauss blasters...... To what maniacal end have I achieved? See for yourself.

Alright got a major warrior update, steps away from being complete, Let me know what you think. Criticism and comments welcome

Edit: Edited for picture description

Such little activity makes GuassGuy a sad....Necropanda. I HAS AN UPDATE I worked on the power source on the weapons over the last few hours. The weapons are almost complete, then I just gotta pull them off the bases, do the bases, put them back on, and seal them...soon as I buy sealer. Anyway here you go. Comments and criticism welcome.

Sooo warriors are still in progress but for those that are following here is a peek at what I have coming up in the works. What do you think I should work on next? Most votes is next on the project list.

Nice Necrons. Luckily for you that some people posted on your blog, mine currently stands at 0 other user replies. Though I know why that is. XD

Also have fun with your new toys, some of em look a pain to paint which is why I don't have em haha.

your lord has a very similar pose to mine!

real nice colour scheme, I'm also using light blue for my power sources!

johnscott10 wrote:Nice Necrons. Luckily for you that some people posted on your blog, mine currently stands at 0 other user replies. Though I know why that is. XD

Also have fun with your new toys, some of em look a pain to paint which is why I don't have em haha.

Shoot me a link and I will comment on your blog. Thanks for checking. What do you think I should work on next?


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Matt.Kingsley wrote:your lord has a very similar pose to mine!

real nice colour scheme, I'm also using light blue for my power sources!

The lord is the Annihilation barge lord fyi. Thanks for the kind words. I totally wanted to get away from green. I am also not having green rods anywhere at all on my army.

Interesting what you did with the Warrior squads. When you said no green rods, I thought "So... he's just going to put blue rods on, then?" Personally, I still like the old green rods, but I suppose that's me and not you, necessarily.
*Low whistle* that's alot of toys you have amassed there. My vote is to start up on the Annihilation/Command Barge first.
Keep up the good work!

I really like that Guass flayer idea I might have to steal that, thanks for sharing, keep up the good work

GaussGuy wrote:

Matt.Kingsley wrote:your lord has a very similar pose to mine!

real nice colour scheme, I'm also using light blue for my power sources!

The lord is the Annihilation barge lord fyi. Thanks for the kind words. I totally wanted to get away from green. I am also not having green rods anywhere at all on my army.

I know that, but you've assembled him very close to the way I did

Matt.Kingsley wrote:

GaussGuy wrote:

Matt.Kingsley wrote:your lord has a very similar pose to mine!

real nice colour scheme, I'm also using light blue for my power sources!

The lord is the Annihilation barge lord fyi. Thanks for the kind words. I totally wanted to get away from green. I am also not having green rods anywhere at all on my army.

I know that, but you've assembled him very close to the way I did

I understand, Its a very nice model. When I get my second annihilation barge I plan on using it to make a destroyer lord.


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General_Chaos wrote:I really like that Guass flayer idea I might have to steal that, thanks for sharing, keep up the good work

I had a 3000 point necron army back in the day, just cant stand the green rods oh and FYI the annihilation barge comes with a gauss blaster that has those rods modeled on it.... I plan on using it for the destroyer

I'n personally painting my rods...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/422755.page

Theres the link to my blog, was going to update it tonight but can't find the camera.

Also I say work on the barge next.

10-4 barge it is, I'll check your page when I get to my desktop



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I feel you on the lack of comments. Took a while before I started getting comments on my work as well.

Anyhow, nice work so far. Looking forward to seeing what you do going forward. The new Necron range is fantastic.

I may have a complete warrior to post up in a bit. just finishing a few things. Anyone think I should give the warriors glowy eyes? Thanks wolfshadow for the words and yeah like I said. sad Necropanda

UPDATE: One complete warrior, sans glowing eyes, and some sort of flying base.....hmm could it be for my Anni barge? Stay tuned to find out.

"Is that all that has awoken" Overlord Munakhmet ( Mu-knock-met) of the Dosemndekht (Doe-sem-deckt) dynasty thought to himself... "I must attempt to increase the progress of the awakening if I am to save this crypt from those foul....Imperial fists as they call themselves...." with that Munakhmet withdrew to his inner chambers in hopes of converting other power sources to speed up the awakening of his most loyal servants and their engines of destruction.


Alright cranked out the first squad of my Dynasty! Here ya go. Comments and criticism more then welcome.




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I apologize if my photo taking is terrible at the moment. I plan on constructing a decent light box as soon as I have the means too.

Incredible progress, Gauss! Excellent work all around!

I love the blue, its much nicer thatn the standard green rod. Its a pity that GW don't give the option of different colour rods.

Looks pretty good. I like your Gauss conversions.

Cosmic wrote:Incredible progress, Gauss! Excellent work all around!

Thanks cosmic, I can not wait to get my Anni barge started sadly work is busy busy. Though I do have days off coming up and that should see a lot of progress on the barge.

M0rdain wrote:I love the blue, its much nicer thatn the standard green rod. Its a pity that GW don't give the option of different colour rods.

I agree, however it is not so much an issue to paint them your own color or acquire from another source. However I would have enjoyed having it come straight from games workshop

40kFSU wrote:Looks pretty good. I like your Gauss conversions.

Thank you, I just hated the green rods plain and simple haha.

I just put together a 500 pt list to get me started playing games or I am gonna freak hahah. do you think this List will do well?

HQ:
Overlord
warscythe
rez orb

Troops
5x warriors
5xWarriors
5x immortals with tesla

Fast attack:
4x scarab bases

Heavy support:
Annihilation barge
Total: 495

Any insights on what anyone would change with my 500pt list?

it's a good list, but I would consider merging the 2 warrior squads together, 5 warriors won't last lond on their own!

I agree after looking at it, between the annihilation barge and tesla immortals there gonna be taking out a lot of models. 10 man warrior squad with lord +or bit is
thanks for the advice

That's ok, glad I could help

Thank you for doing something other than green on the Necrons. I love the shade of blue you're using. I think it definately fits with the metallic color you've chosen.

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Looking very nice, as ever! You have done blue-gauss Necrons much justice, it seems. The blue rods you converted are starting to grow on me a bit.
And I see you have named your Overlord and the Dynasty he comes from. That part of the hobby is always a fun spot for me.
Keep it up!

Matt.Kingsley wrote:That's ok, glad I could help

Certainly will help when I give it a shot after my anni barge and immortals are done.

Ardor wrote:Thank you for doing something other than green on the Necrons. I love the shade of blue you're using. I think it definately fits with the metallic color you've chosen.

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I always wanted to do subtle conversions in my army and this I think is as good as any. but thank you for the kind words.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Looking very nice, as ever! You have done blue-gauss Necrons much justice, it seems. The blue rods you converted are starting to grow on me a bit.
And I see you have named your Overlord and the Dynasty he comes from. That part of the hobby is always a fun spot for me.
Keep it up!

Good to see to you posting again Dr.Temujin as we could all use a dose of your optimism, I'm not very skilled in story telling but I hope to kind of develop some back story.

Thanks again everyone for posting and I have a small sneak peak.

You've spilt the beans now! Great stuff

Great stuff man! Big fan of the blue rods

That’s a fine start to a good army. I look forward to seeing more of your work finished. The pictures make it a little hard to tell, but it looks like you have a good paint job on the Necrons and the basing looks great. I think it’s always a smart move to start out with a 500 point list, and then do your best to not start another project until they are all ready to play.

Cosmic wrote:You've spilt the beans now! Great stuff

Not sure if I quite understand that one but thank you

Thatguy91 wrote:Great stuff man! Big fan of the blue rods

Thanks so much. I got something special planned for the anni barge Im sure you will enjoy.

MeatShield wrote:That’s a fine start to a good army. I look forward to seeing more of your work finished. The pictures make it a little hard to tell, but it looks like you have a good paint job on the Necrons and the basing looks great. I think it’s always a smart move to start out with a 500 point list, and then do your best to not start another project until they are all ready to play.

I do plan on getting a proper light box together to take pictures, as of now I just plan on getting the points done. I plan to start with 500, then increase by 250 increments each time. That way it keeps it small and enjoyable

GaussGuy wrote:Not sure if I quite understand that one but thank you

I don't know if it's universally known in the English language, but it is generally considered to be a negative phrase that suggests letting loose of a secret or plan. I used it sarcastically here, as you had previously shown us the models base, and hinted at what it could be, but not actually shown it! I try to say something different than "good work" or "keep it up" all the time but yeah, keep it up!

Cosmic wrote:

GaussGuy wrote:Not sure if I quite understand that one but thank you

I don't know if it's universally known in the English language, but it is generally considered to be a negative phrase that suggests letting loose of a secret or plan. I used it sarcastically here, as you had previously shown us the models base, and hinted at what it could be, but not actually shown it! I try to say something different than "good work" or "keep it up" all the time but yeah, keep it up!

Ahh my apologies when I read it I had just woken up and I mistook it for "split" not "spilt"

Interesting colors so far for the barge. You said you had something "interesting" for that?

Dr. Temujin wrote:Interesting colors so far for the barge. You said you had something "interesting" for that?

That is of course if I can get it to go as planned. Still some techniques I am having trouble with, BUT ill have another hard go at it tomorrow and we shall see how it comes out. They only new thing today is I got more paint on it and built my 5 immortals, those are to be painted after the barge.

Looks great!

What process/colors do you use for your bases? They look really good.

G. Whitenbeard wrote:Looks great!

What process/colors do you use for your bases? They look really good.

The base is liberally coated with Foundation: Calthan brown. Then washed, again liberally, 1-2 times with badab black. The highlight is done with Tallarn flesh; drybrushed generously.

Colors:
Calthan brown
Badab Black
Tallarn flesh

Process:
Base
wash
highlight

These new nercon Fliers look tricky to paint!

Tortured-Robot wrote:These new nercon Fliers look tricky to paint!

I must say it is quite time consuming hahaha

Does it balance okay? the flying base seems very far back.

Tortured-Robot wrote:Does it balance okay? the flying base seems very far back.

Its fine the plastic is not too heavy for it. the base seats deep as well so its not like it just sits on the initial peg.

UPDATE: 1/24/2012

So I have an update on the anni barge I know the suspense was killin me too and without further ado!

Good to see a Necron thread where there are conversions, they are subtle yet well done, the paint scheme is different yet works and where the weathering stays true to the old style Necrons without being simplistic.

subbed and looking forward to seeing how you finish the barge.

Dark_Gear wrote:Good to see a Necron thread where there are conversions, they are subtle yet well done, the paint scheme is different yet works and where the weathering stays true to the old style Necrons without being simplistic.

subbed and looking forward to seeing how you finish the barge.

I am excited as well to see how it comes out. It looks like I still have a lot of work to get done on it yet. Good observations and well I can not wait to get a lych/prae box to make some lords I dont have such as Zandrekh and Obyron. Those should make for interesting conversions.

To make sure I didn't go out and revive my 3000 point Necron army from hibernation I made a vow not to buy any new models until a)All my Nids and Dark Eldar are painted, b)GW releases the Doom Scythe and Walker kits.

Here's hoping they don't release those models in February as it's going to make it really tempting to break that vow.

Hey, looks nice so far! How did you paint the runes on the Barge? Has a very clean look to it. Also, is this going to be a Command Barge, or Annihilation? Or is there going to be magnets?

The runes are modeled onto the barge so I just paint it in and paint over anything that gets too much.

Whoo got to break out my crons for the first time last night in a 500 pt game


Battle Report

Necrons VS. Sisters of Battle

Necron forces:
Overlord
Scythe
orb

10 warriors
immortals with tesla
4x Scarabs
annihilation barge.

Sisters force:
Canonness
2x squad of sisters
flamer
melta
excorcist
(Not sure of all his stuff)

Deployment:
Game is capture and hold on a 4x4 table with table quarters.
Sisters deploy with the excorcist guarding the objective, ugh.
two squads are deployed 12 inches away from the centre one squad on the left, one on the right in his quarter.
Necrons deploy with overlord and 10 warriors starting on my objective. Immortals and anni barge are to the left of the centre on my qaurter, scarabs are placed behind the centre piece of terrain to block los from excorcist.

Turn 1:
Sisters:
They run forward, no real range on anything from the sisters
Exorcist takes a shot at the annihilation barge, miss

Necrons:
Necrons advance...slowly. Anni barge takes a couple shots...Misss. Immortals take a few shots and one sister down.
Scarabs move towards second squad of sisters to get them into assault in the assault phase. Lord and warriors advance to assist scarabs
Anni barge takes a couple shots...Misss. Immortals take a few shots and 1 sister down.
Warrior squad fire at second squad, 3 sisters down.
scarabs assault the sisters 1 sister down.

Necron: 4 Sisters: 0

Turn 2:
Sisters:
Move squad 1 towards immortals, squad 2 stuck in combat. excorcist moves to keep in LOS with anni barge.
Sisters fire on immortals 2 go down.
sisters assault scarabs, 2 wounds on 1 base.
excorcist fires at anni barge and nothing.
Immortals stand up

Necrons:

Immortals move back to keep out of combat from the sisters.
Warriors move to ensure assault next phase.
Annihilation barge moves behind cover from exorcist.
Immortals fire at sisters and another sister down.
Warriors assault sister squad 2 and overlord cuts down 3 sisters.
We remembered that sisters attacked first so we opted to keep the overlord rolls and just put in the sisters for their attacks.
Sisters cut down 4 warriors. they don't stand up ugh
Scarabs finish off the last few sisters, bad rolls for the sisters.
Scarabs consolidate 4 inches towards the excorcist
warriors and lord consolidate 5 inches to intercept other sister squad.

Turn 3:
Sisters:
Sisters move into rapid fire range with immortals. Excorcist moves back to table edge.
Sisters fire at immortals cutting down 2. Canoness fires at immortals nothing. They don't get back up :(
Excorcist fires at Annihilation barge and takes it down. :( anni barge did nothing that game.
Sisters assault immortals and cut down 2. They stand back up canoness strikes and nothing.
Immortal strikes back and takes out a sister. the other 2 stand back up.

Necrons:
Scarabs and warriors+ lord advance towards excorcist. Warriors fire and nothing.
Scarabs assault the excorcist and score two glancing hits, immobilized and weapon destroyed!! armor reduced by 6.

Turn 4:
had to make a choice either go for the draw by taking his objective and hoping the immortal lasts until the end to get a win....or Table the opponent. I chose to table and as it would make for more combat and more interesting dice rolls.

Sisters:
Her squad continues the assault on the immortals. taking down another immortal. Canoness strikes...nothing again.
Immortals strike back to no avail. Another immortal fails his re-roll.

Necrons:
Scarabs double time it back to the fight. along with run and fleet it ensures they make the assault. Warriors+ overlord march back getting close enough to enter assault.
Scarabs, warriors and lord assault sisters strike first and take out a base bringing it down to 3. canoness strikes immortal and nothing again.
warrior, and immortal strike the sisters, reducing the unit to 1 sister. scarabs strip the armor save from the canoness (Yeah!!) all she has left is her 6+ invuln.
Lord strikes down the canoness.

My opponent conceded at this point. so victory for the crons. We did however roll out one last assault phase for giggles. Scarabs strike at the sister. No wounds.....
Overlord strikes at the sister, 2 hits......Rolls good, 2 wounds!!! looks like the sister is going down except for.... oh whats that? 6+ invuln save? yeah good luck. My opponenet picks up his dice.......shakes them gently.....lets them fly onto the table....and..................DOUBLE 6's!!! My head then explodes....

My somewhat shoddy battle report. We forgot a few rules as he and I had not played in a while but we had a lot of fun regardless.

Hey, just popping in to say that i like your necrons, good paint scheme and conversions. As far as the list goes, i can see why you want to take the annihilation barge, and against some armies you will want to leave your list as it is, but you should think about taking it as a command barge sometimes, against the rear armor of vehicles its usually just as deadly and against troops it will do pretty well too.

All I would suggest with the list is dropping the rez orb: it won't be of enough use on a 5-man squad to be worthwhile. Maybe invest in semipternal weave and Mindshackle scarabs instead: then the overlord can extend the survivability of the squad by tanking hits with a 2+ save and annoying people in CC.

Love the colour scheme btw

genom.cor wrote:Hey, just popping in to say that i like your necrons, good paint scheme and conversions. As far as the list goes, i can see why you want to take the annihilation barge, and against some armies you will want to leave your list as it is, but you should think about taking it as a command barge sometimes, against the rear armor of vehicles its usually just as deadly and against troops it will do pretty well too.

Thanks for the info. Ill give the command barge a go when I line up another battle and see how it fares.

Warboss Gutrip wrote:All I would suggest with the list is dropping the rez orb: it won't be of enough use on a 5-man squad to be worthwhile. Maybe invest in semipternal weave and Mindshackle scarabs instead: then the overlord can extend the survivability of the squad by tanking hits with a 2+ save and annoying people in CC.

Love the colour scheme btw

I ended up pairing the lord with the 10 man unit of warriors, did well in the fact I only lost 4 warriors the entire game. I have been dying to try out mindshackle scarabs, though against SOB I just did not see the need as their WS is just as likely for them not to hit themselves, and their strength will keep it from killing anything.

Thank you for the kind words.

Small update: Been busy with work and other activities I am however closing in on completing my 500 points painted and based so I will have photos up soon. I did come up with a 1000 point list to build out to next. I would appreciate comments and criticism

HQ:
Overlord
War scythe
Mindshackle scarabs
Sempiternal weave

Troops:
10x warriors
ghost ark
10x Warriors
ghost ark

10x Immortals
tesla

Fast Attack:
Scarabs x4
Scarabs x4

Heavy Support
Annihilation Barge
Total: 1000

I LOVE your painting.. I am subscribing as soon as I push submit...

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Thank you Magnus.

Hey guys got an update for ya with what I have been working on. Between work and star wars I have not been painting much but today is a day off and going to be a good build day. Though I am here to show some pieces I have painted up. Comments and criticisms are welcome.

Lookin' good!

edit: oops this was for your 500 pt list ^.^
id make 1 squad of 9 warriors and thatll open up your lord to have mss. well worth it and that way if you want to attach him to a unit a squad of 9 is worthy.

really like you stuff so far though man keep it up!

if it helps ill post a pic of my ghost ark and a cryptek and how i did my metal for the red parts. Perhaps you want to try something similar with your blues to get this metallic feeling color rather than a more flat blue. If not its all good just a suggestion ^^

I added a little bit of biltgun to my base red and colored up from there, then did a blood red/machite/red and mithril silver mix for all the edge highlights of the vehicle to make em shine and pop. The layering of the red was mainly drybrushed in a pattern to give the metal a bit of a swirl feel where its darker red in some areas and brighter in others. Give it a go and maybe youll have a result you like :-) I can take a better pic tonight of my ark and barge if you want to see it a bit better.

Hey DaBenz I would love to see a blown up image of your ark if I could. I really like the way it looks from the thumbnail.

Alright so I have not been painting a lot but I have been building up a storm over the last few days. I did some more work on my anni barge. I put together 10 immortals, 5 are kit bashed, 5 Deathmarks, 1 cryptek, and 1 ghost ark. I re-worked the heads of warriors to tie them into the scarabs. Here are some photos.

I wonder what this is for....

Looking good there! If I may ask, how come you decided to place the ark bit for the barge and the ark upside down? It seems, well... a bit silly to me.
Also, nice crawling cron conversion. Maybe he could serve as a good objective marker or something.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Looking good there! If I may ask, how come you decided to place the ark bit for the barge and the ark upside down? It seems, well... a bit silly to me.
Also, nice crawling cron conversion. Maybe he could serve as a good objective marker or something.

Im not sure why I decided to flip all the fronts around I just like the way it looks better. The crawling Necron will be on the ghost ark base to add a bit more character to the base. I always love going OTT on these bases.

Alright I just finished up the flight stand for the ghost ark, let me know what you think.

Suitably awesome!

Cosmic wrote:Suitably awesome!

Thanks cosmic. I can't wait to get started on the ghost ark, I think its gonna take forever especially since there will be a lot of them.

Hey guys, just a quick update. I have been working ridiculously because of lack of staff at my job so it has Cut into my Painting time. The annihilaton barge is soooo close to being done and I will have pictures up as sooon as possible. After the Barge I will be moving onto my 10 immortals and the rest of my scarab bases so do check back for updates when they come.

goooooood!
can't wait

I have been busy tonight....creating...something sinister!!! Something crazy, something Wraithy muahahaha. I give you my take on Frontlinegamings guide to building a wraith. All credit goes to Front Line Gaming for original guide and design. The only difference I made is using a shield for the body. Please let me know what you think.

:O
It's the spitting image of myself!

All jokes aside, excellent work

Matt.Kingsley wrote::O
It's the spitting image of myself!

All jokes aside, excellent work

Thanks Matt I plan on having 3 of them for a game I got on monday.

My list is looking like this against chaos

HQ:
Overlord
wscythe
Ms Scarabs
Res orb

Destroyer Lord
Ms Scarabs
Semp weave

Troops:
9x Warriors
ark
9x Warriors
ark
9x Immortals
tesla

Elites:
5x Lychgaurd

Fast attack:
8x scarab bases
3x Wraiths
2x whip coils

Heavy Support:
Annihilation barge
tesla cannon

My immortals are almost done being painted as well, can not wait to field 10 of them nicely painted.

seeming I also play chaos, I'd say give your Overlord a Phase shifter.

Hey, nice take on the Wraiths! So, will we be expecting more of these creations, or some of the official models when (if) they come out?

Dr. Temujin wrote:Hey, nice take on the Wraiths! So, will we be expecting more of these creations, or some of the official models when (if) they come out?

Yes I will building out 6 at least so I can run 2 squads of 3. I plan on using three in a list this monday. The list I made up is going to use, odds are, my favorite hq choice zahndrekh
So here is the list

HQ:
Nemesor Zahndrekh

Destroyer lord
Ms Scarabs
Warscythe

Court:
3x Destroteks

Troops
10x Immortals
10x Warriors
10x Warriors
Ghost ark

Elites
Lych gaurd
SNS

Fast attack
3x Wraiths
2x Whip coils

4x Scarab bases

Heavy Support
Annihiliation Barge

Plenty of anti-tank, plenty of assault, plenty of anti-troop. Comments and criticism welcome and appreciated!

Alright I have been busy building and gaming but I did get a fair amount of painting done today. That command barge is highlights away from being finished, also need arms and head for the drivers, and I built a bunch of lords, crypteks, and wraiths. Comments and criticism welcome!

Nice to see progress on the army. Can't wait to see them fully painted up!

Liking the front 'blade' on the anni barge.

Fantastic progress, GaussGuy!

Dr. Temujin wrote:Nice to see progress on the army. Can't wait to see them fully painted up!

It is coming slowly hahah, I do have 3 days off coming up so I plan on having the immortals, scarab bases, and Anni barge completed.

Swordwind wrote:Liking the front 'blade' on the anni barge.

Thank you, still a bit more work to be done

Cosmic wrote:Fantastic progress, GaussGuy!

Appreciated.


WELL I played my first apocalypse game today for the warhammer 40k 25th anniversary and it was ridiculous, 17 players at 1,500 points per player. I got the shaft and was up against 2 grey knight players on my end. One was using Mordrak and ghostknights with a librarian and multiple Dreadnoughts. The highlights of that area was that I managed to redirect a lascannon shot back at the dread that shot it and blew up his Cannon arm. Another moral victory is I killed mordrak's units by combination of shooting and assaulting along with using wraiths to effectively lower initiative and Mind shackling his librarian. Other than that crypteks blew up some dreads and my immortals just would not die.

All in all a lot of fun.

Got an update on my immortals they are coming along very well. Here are some progress photos of the immortals.




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Comments and criticism welcome and appreciated!

Excellent work on the white! I like the colour of the metal. Good job!

Cosmic wrote:Excellent work on the white! I like the colour of the metal. Good job!

Thanks Cosmic. Well I just made the best purchase ever (In the history of my purchases) I blindly bought a friend of mines necrons for $150. Now to my surprise when I got through the mass death, rez incoming, I found 2x monoliths, 15 x destroyers, 4x heavy destroyers, 80x warriors (Useable anyway) 2x wraiths, 1x lord, and 1x c'tan. (Nightbringe) Now I have not counted all the flayed ones, immortals and pariahs I have eyeing but I must say I think is definitely a steal. What do you guys think?

Alright finally an update! A decent one at that too. I have for you my immortals and my Destroyer lord and an army update photo. Comments and criticism welcome and appreciated.

No criticism here! You've done a great job and they're looking good. Well done!

Ooh, I love what you have done with the Destroyer Lord! I think I may have to steal that particular idea see what I can do to snazz up my stuff in the near future. Anyways, looks pretty good so far, how many points is that total?

Cosmic wrote:No criticism here! You've done a great job and they're looking good. Well done!

Thanks cosmic. I am now working on my 5 man lychguard, with SNS.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Ooh, I love what you have done with the Destroyer Lord! I think I may have to steal that particular idea see what I can do to snazz up my stuff in the near future. Anyways, looks pretty good so far, how many points is that total?

That is approximately 500+ points.

Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Anpu-adom wrote:Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for your input! is there anything in particular you like? or perhaps see something I could alter or improve on?

Hey guys I am currently working my test model for my lychguard I am thinking another night and it will be up to snuff and I can post a photo of the completed model!!! Can not wait to finish them as they are my second favorite model in the new range.

I really like the conversion work you've done on the Destroyer Lord, and I'm planning on doing something similar with mine. I particularly like the extra spines on the shoulders, and how clean the conversion is. Also, your painting is much cleaner than mine (I'm here to learn, after all).

There is something that you need to look at, color balance and contrast.
An example where you are using it well is your tesla immortal. The colors you use are repeated throughout the model... green in the guts, green on the end hose on the gun. Blue low in the gun hoses, blue high on the head. The warmth that you create with the corrosion on the shoulders balances the coolness of the blue. They balance. They create harmony.
An example where you don't have harmony is the scarab swarms. They are washed out, and they aren't menacing. They really need a darker color (the darker blue, perhaps right around the eye). It doesn't have to be a lot, but the contrast needs to be there.

Petty thing here, really... I don't like the white in the eye... to me, a glowing eye is much more menacing. Just my opinion, and like I said... a petty thing.

Overall, your skill at painting and converting is impressive and inspiring.

Anpu-adom wrote:I really like the conversion work you've done on the Destroyer Lord, and I'm planning on doing something similar with mine. I particularly like the extra spines on the shoulders, and how clean the conversion is. Also, your painting is much cleaner than mine (I'm here to learn, after all).

There is something that you need to look at, color balance and contrast.
An example where you are using it well is your tesla immortal. The colors you use are repeated throughout the model... green in the guts, green on the end hose on the gun. Blue low in the gun hoses, blue high on the head. The warmth that you create with the corrosion on the shoulders balances the coolness of the blue. They balance. They create harmony.
An example where you don't have harmony is the scarab swarms. They are washed out, and they aren't menacing. They really need a darker color (the darker blue, perhaps right around the eye). It doesn't have to be a lot, but the contrast needs to be there.

Petty thing here, really... I don't like the white in the eye... to me, a glowing eye is much more menacing. Just my opinion, and like I said... a petty thing.

Overall, your skill at painting and converting is impressive and inspiring.

I understand what you are saying about the scarabs though the decision for that is based on diversifying the different units in the game such as the canoptek: scarabs, spyders, wraiths, will somewhat have their own scheme that still ties in with the whole army while the troops have their scheme (Simple base scheme) whilst lets say the elites will have darker shoulder pads and glowing eyes (as an example). The idea is to create a complete composition when looking at the army as a whole. When you look at the vehicle you see a higher concentration of blue and darker shades, when you look at the foot soldiers you see a balanced scheme and when you look at the canoptek you see grey in a brighter more clean scheme. I toyed around with making they eyes glow but I realized I may rip my own hair out trying to do X amount of warriors and immortals with glowing eyes so I am reserving that for Elites and lords. You will see the glowing eyes on my Lychgaurd that I am currently working on. As well I would like to blame the camera and myself for poor picture taking in regards to units looking washed out.

Looking good mate. I really like what you're doing, particularly with the gauss rods. Keep it up.

Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

Wow... I really like that. The pose is great, the detailing on the sword is amazing! Wow.

Anpu-adom wrote:Wow... I really like that. The pose is great, the detailing on the sword is amazing! Wow.

Thank you, after completing the D.lors power weapon I feel I should carry it throughout the army.

Nice Lychguard! I really like the shield so far.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Nice Lychguard! I really like the shield so far.

Thanks again the shield is my favorite.

Hey everyone just a quick update so you know I have not disappeared. I Have some photos of my lychguard that are sooo close to being done.

Let me know how you think there coming along!

Very classy-looking army you got there. The glow isn't obnoxious, the whites have depth, tasteful metallics that look suitably grim and aged.

Inanimate wrote:Very classy-looking army you got there. The glow isn't obnoxious, the whites have depth, tasteful metallics that look suitably grim and aged.

Thank you Inanimate! I appreciate that you took the time to view and comment. There will be plenty more in the future.

Time for an exciting update. After all my hardships regarding work I have finally finished that lychguard squad and here they are. Photographed in all their glory out of my brand new, well as in just mashed together out of cardboard and wax paper, light box. Enjoy and always C&C appreciated

I think 3 and 2 are my favorites. 4 has an interesting pose, never thought Lychguard would try to sweep from above. 5 looks a bit awkward, but maybe that's because of the angle of his shot.
Anywhos, fantastic work as usual.

Dr. Temujin wrote:I think 3 and 2 are my favorites. 4 has an interesting pose, never thought Lychguard would try to sweep from above. 5 looks a bit awkward, but maybe that's because of the angle of his shot.
Anywhos, fantastic work as usual.

Thanks Doc, I think I need to work on my light box-fu and yeah the angle I think is what does in the last one. Im just glad they are done, Its been a trip with them, I am gonna take a short cron break and paint up my Trygon Prime

Hey guys, not dead, just super busy with Military taskings and other stuff messing up my paint time. I do have updates soon as I find my camera, and it will be glorious.

Alright so here are a few photos of things I've been acquiring/working on. Anyone know what I could use to strip those models? Also I am looking for a Different primer to go with instead of GW's

Look at that lovely Nightbringer just waiting to be repainted! Not sure why, but I want to see what you do with that model the most.

Ill get to stripping him as soon as I can. I may have a neat idea.

Alright guys got some flyer Updates, no idea what happened but I had some super motivation to get some work done.

Wow, only just tuned in but these necrons look great! The mix of colours are awesome and really bring the best out of these models, and the detail looks brill! Really liked the lych guard's shields, they were sublime. Really looking forward to seeing some more!

Budda 09 wrote:Wow, only just tuned in but these necrons look great! The mix of colours are awesome and really bring the best out of these models, and the detail looks brill! Really liked the lych guard's shields, they were sublime. Really looking forward to seeing some more!

Thank you, I look forward to painting more eventually. I would like to see your blog and models if you have one.

Currently working on a blood angels, Knights of blood army, will be a little while before I put up pictures (Around September when I go back to uni) And the basing still needs to be done, but I will keep it in mind and get some pics up as soon as possible, my painting skills are far below yours but I would be happy to share anyway

GaussGuy wrote:Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

I really like your scheme - but the Lychguard are particularly nice. It's hard to figure out which parts to paint in the color palette one chooses for one's Necrons. I'm going with a (slightly altered) "Nihilakh Dynasty" scheme (GW's turquoise and gold scheme, as seen in WD and the codex). Some of the units haven't been shown painted in this scheme, or I am not entirely satisfied with GW's version, so I'm tweaking it slightly. But even then, when GW's already produced a scheme I like, and even been nice enough to publish short pieces on how to paint this scheme, I still am deciding on how to paint some of the more complex figs.

Your Lychguard, though done in a different color scheme of course, are very helpful in this regard. I think I will borrow some of how you've chosen to paint the different parts (the thigh, for example, with the plate, the thigh itself, and then the thin resecessed designs, I think is very effective)

Keep up the good work! I'll be keeping a closer eye on your progress

-C6

catharsix wrote:

GaussGuy wrote:Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

I really like your scheme - but the Lychguard are particularly nice. It's hard to figure out which parts to paint in the color palette one chooses for one's Necrons. I'm going with a (slightly altered) "Nihilakh Dynasty" scheme (GW's turquoise and gold scheme, as seen in WD and the codex). Some of the units haven't been shown painted in this scheme, or I am not entirely satisfied with GW's version, so I'm tweaking it slightly. But even then, when GW's already produced a scheme I like, and even been nice enough to publish short pieces on how to paint this scheme, I still am deciding on how to paint some of the more complex figs.

Your Lychguard, though done in a different color scheme of course, are very helpful in this regard. I think I will borrow some of how you've chosen to paint the different parts (the thigh, for example, with the plate, the thigh itself, and then the thin resecessed designs, I think is very effective)

Keep up the good work! I'll be keeping a closer eye on your progress

-C6

Thanks cath I saw your crons and I really enjoy how you are coming along with them. I love the lychgaurd more than any unit and I love in this edition how they can be a very effective shock troop to deliver your lord, or obyron right into the thickest battle. Do keep a close eye as my flyer may be revealed in all its glory

Hey guys, I know it has been a long time but I have been bitten by the cron bug again and I have an update for you I give you Imhotek in my personal patented color scheme. Here you go

Nice work, and I'm glad that you are working. I've also got the bug, but I need to shrug my hobby-ADHD. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

 Anpu-adom wrote:
Nice work, and I'm glad that you are working. I've also got the bug, but I need to shrug my hobby-ADHD. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

Thank you I got one solid haul for christmas that I am going to post up next week or so when the rest of my items arrive. I am on a special character fix atm. I am only missing Zhandrekh and Illuminor Szeras right now, but I can't keep away from my imperial fists so I understand the back and forth nothing gets done sort trouble.


Cheers, Happy holidays and I wish you well in the new year.

Nice paintscheme!

I really love, and I know this is not entirely up to date, and on topic, but I love what you did with the Necron Warriors Guass Blasters. I think, what with the new Necron update, the clear Green beams don't fit in with the new aesthetic that well. However, the rods you put in really seem to look like they were 'meant' to fit there.

Love the Fallen Necron, crawling along the ground. It reminds me of terminator (Obviously) but also the Walking Dead, with the Bicycle Zombie. All in all, I approve!

 ghosty wrote:
Nice paintscheme!

I really love, and I know this is not entirely up to date, and on topic, but I love what you did with the Necron Warriors Guass Blasters. I think, what with the new Necron update, the clear Green beams don't fit in with the new aesthetic that well. However, the rods you put in really seem to look like they were 'meant' to fit there.

Love the Fallen Necron, crawling along the ground. It reminds me of terminator (Obviously) but also the Walking Dead, with the Bicycle Zombie. All in all, I approve!

Well thank you! I have not liked the green rods since 3rd edition and when looking through the codex I believe there is a flayer with the rod I have in there, to which I got the idea from. The crawling cron is for my Ghost Ark base..... when I decide to paint a ghost ark....someday

Very nice!

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Very nice!

Cheers Matt!

Hey guys! I know ive been gone a long time and this hasnt been updated since last year BUT I am back in the saddle and slowly working my way into getting back to painting. I finished up this model and I figured I would share it and I would like to know what you think!












If You look carefully you can see Orikan WIP in the back. Thanks for looking and I hope more will be coming soon.

Hello again, That Orikan WIP in the back is making an appearance! Let me know what you think of the OSL on the head.

Hey guys, Just finished up my Orikan. Let me know what you think!

Hey, if there is still any of you out there following my blog, here are some photos of my C'tan.

If it helps I'm still following

Looks pretty good. The blue and white work well.

 johnscott10 wrote:
If it helps I'm still following

Looks pretty good. The blue and white work well.

Well thank you. Ive got 2 more special characters to put up and Im currently working on my Tomb Stalker.

Hey guys, Working on my tomb stalker. Here are a few WIP photos. Let me know what you think of my composition

Looks pretty good so far. Nice and simple.

Any chance of an army pic of what you have painted? Would be Interesting to see.

 johnscott10 wrote:
Looks pretty good so far. Nice and simple.

Any chance of an army pic of what you have painted? Would be Interesting to see.

Yeh sure Ill set it up after I get some legs on that floating fellow.

Here is a clearer Photo of my C'tan

Just read through this blog tonight (as well as your Fists one). Great work man. Love the blue theme. The lychguard was of particularly well done I thought. Subbed

Ps, how did you get the tan colour on the chest of your lychguard?

are you talking about the rib area? if so that is Runefang steel washed with agrax earthshade. Im hoping to get my army shot as soon as my Tomb stalker is finished.

Hey guys, got a WIP of my tomb stalker. Let me know how its going. Will work on a light box at some point to get rid of this flash

Hey guys, just finished my necron tomb stalker. Before I get to that though an army shot was requested and without further Ado I give you my army!

Wow, thats a nice Necron army. Makes me want to continue working on mine lol

 johnscott10 wrote:
Wow, thats a nice Necron army. Makes me want to continue working on mine lol

Thank you! This pay I am going to order the 2 missing characters, Zhandrekh and Szeras, as well as plan on how to do the 2 characters from IA 12: The fall of Orpheus. I need to matte varnish my tomb stalker then it will be on to a vehicle. My ghost arks have been ever so patient.

Been a little slow on the painting. I moved onto vehicles and I realize it just not the same w/o my necron abyss :( so I called around and am gonna pick up 6 pots of the old stuff