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What The? I hear you say.. Isn't 2003 long gone?

Well yes it is. A long 5 years gone.. I got this army ready for the Melbourne GT and although I didn't have time to actually write an article on it at the time, I did take photos to enable me to do it afterwards. I originally posted this diary on WargamerAU and found it again the other day. As I was reminiscing about it, it occured to me that the third person style was an idea I had pinched from a poster on Dakka (can't remember who now but it was a GREAT necron diary) and I thought that 5 years on it might be nice to gradually transfer a copy over here by way of thanks..

So on with the posting:

Will Rargh make it in time?
Will he have wasted his money on a GT ticket?
Will he make it but go insane in the process?

You'll have to stay tuned to find out..

Suffice to say, I was running out of time due to real life so the article was to be called..




40K IN 14 DAYS

Well, it was just over two weeks now until the 40K Melbourne Grand Tournament and Rargh stared at the pile of plastic on his desk. Yet again he was staring down the barrel of an unfinished army. He had no-one to blame but himself (again). He had paid for his ticket long ago, so short notice was no excuse.

It was crunch time. He had to either pull his finger out and get his army done in the next two weeks, or admit defeat and look like a goose wasting money on a tourney he couldn't attend. So, with an audible popping sound, he rose to the challenge. He did have a head start of sorts. He had all the troops he needed and some were even assembled! A plan began to swim it's way through the murk. He had a couple of days up his sleeve, enough to at least get everything assembled and probably undercoated. That would leave him with two whole weeks of painting time. Of course his work might interfere during the day but Rargh was never one to let small issues like that stop him!

So his first task was to get the whole army assembled:

Being the perfectionist that he was, Rargh trimmed all the remaining warriors off the sprues and organized all the torsos, legs and arms to achieve as much variation as possible. He figured the Necrons all looked pretty much the same so he would need to do this to avoid them all looking the same. After a long night of cutting and scraping, he had done the majority of them and went to bed happy in the knowledge that a quick bit of gluing the next day would see a large portion of the assembly work done.


THE PICTURE OF PERFECTION

Next morning, the sun rose high and bright in the sky. The birds were singing and the day seemed perfect... Until Rargh came out to find that Rargh junior (Rargh's 3 year old son) had used his work area as a racetrack for his matchbox cars that morning.

Necron parts were everywhere... the desk.. the floor.. everywhere.

Rargh gaped..
Rargh hyperventilated..
Rargh screamed..

but the damage was done.

So 30 minutes of frantic scrabbling around the floor later, Rargh has picked up every single piece of metal and grey plastic he can find. Slowly, he counts them all out... and they are all there! Rargh does a little happy dance when he realizes that a disaster has been narrowly diverted. Although his joy is dimmed somewhat when he realizes that he's going to have to try and match all the arms up and re-distribute everything again if he wants variation in his Necrons. He thinks about it for a moment but there is never any doubt. Slowly he begins to sort them all out again. He’s anal like that.. :S
   
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I see a Necron and I want it painted black..

The next stage Rargh has to think about is basing. Naturally he forgot about that when he took the two days into account for assembly. Luckily he has a 'basing box' which he normally uses so the process is pretty quick.


HEY - WHO'S THAT IN THE DISTANCE?


IT'S A REGULAR BEACH PARTY!

He uses a mix of grout sand and two types of model railroad ballast for a mix of grades. You can see the different colours in the pictures. Aside from that it's basic basing. From this point Rargh is actually almost on time for his (very late) schedule. At this point though, he realizes that he has run out of undercoat, so a quick trip to GW is called for. Once he has his brand new tin of Chaos Black, he gets to work with a frenzy:


THE WORK IN PROGRESS..

If you look carefully, you can see Rargh has already started work on some of the figures. He has had his colours planned out ever since he bought the miniatures, so there is no real decisions to be made in that regard.

Next, Rargh will show you some basics on how he's painting the Necrons...
   
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We are Rargh. You will be assimilated..

Today Rargh will reveal to you his master plan for the Necrons when it comes to painting. Not one to settle for a simple colour scheme (plain silver is for wimps! ) he has nevertheless had to compromise slightly. Several layers will be dry brushed with final highlights done by brush. This will allow him to make the last (and most visible) highlight a clean one.

After reading a few 'eavy metal articles, he has noticed that they all seem to use a base coat of Tin Bitz when painting metallics. Rargh is not sure how it will go but he's decided to give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, he figures it'll just look like a bit of discolouration. Not out of place on robots that have been around for millennia.


THE TIN BITZ MAN


LOTS OF WORK TO GO HERE..

And against all expectations, (especially when working to a severe time limit), IT WORKS! The metallics go on a LOT more evenly over the Tin Bitz coat which goes on really well itself. He figures that it would have taken at least two coats of chainmail to get the same coverage straight onto black.

Rargh's basic colour process for the Necrons is:

1. Undercoat black as shown above and paint chaos black on any spots that were missed.
2. Drybrush with Tin Bitz
3. Once dry, drybrush with Chainmail.
4. Wash with watered-down Armour Wash.
5. Re-drybrush with Chainmail.
6. Highlight hard edges with Mithril Silver.

That leaves them looking something like this, although the detail is a little blurry due to the flash reflecting off the metallics:


GETTING CLOSER NOW.

One last little bit - Rargh's gone all 'changing rooms' and decided to throw a lick of colour in the mix. One word: Shining Blue.

Ok.. maybe two words. :S

Rargh has a bottle of (nearly) untouched Shining Blue that is screaming out to be used on the Necrons. If nothing else, they'll look different to all the green Necrons doing the rounds. Of course, Rargh is also taking a risk here. If he runs out before the army is done. HE'S IN TROUBLE. Shining Blue hasn't been available for many years. But then he figures 'what the hell'. Life's no fun if you don't put on the line one in a while..

Just to give you a feel for how they look, Rargh's giving you a WIP shot of his Scarab swarms:


HELLO MY LUVERLIES..

One base hasn't been finished and he's tested a grey-ashen colour for the bases. This gives a pretty good indication on how the scheme ties together.

So Rargh is on his way. He's working on his base colour and is throwing in a hint of blue. But there's one problem. Since he's gone for a blue metallic colour, the green fluorescent rods are going to look really out of place when he uses them...


OR WILL HE????
   
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A theme, my kingdom for a theme..

It's the time of the week again where Rargh will again impart his wisdom to the masses... or something like that..

One vitally important aspect of today's tournament preparation is the theme you use for your army. While some people use theme as an excuse to turn innocent armies into a cheese platter, Rargh does not work that way. His long standing feud with his dice will ensure that no matter how powerful his army is, he'll never have better than a fifty-fifty chance of winning.


THE CULPRITS..

So with another night of miniature painting over, Rargh lay in bed thinking about his army theme in the darkness as he tried to get some sleep. He had sent in his army list without a background story when it had to be handed in to GW but he still wanted to write something up for the GT. What Rargh usually does is look at the source of inspiration for the army if he can. Usually there are many ideas in the original concept that would make good 'spin-off' backgrounds in the game.

So Rargh thought about the Necrons. Where did GW get the inspiration for them? Obviously the 'We'll be back' rule and the look owed a certain homage to the Terminator films. The C'Tan were clearly based (loosely) on the Goa'uld from Stargate - godlike beings who ruled their followers completely and had an Egyptian feel, teleporting portals, pyramids, archaeological sites finding ancient archeotech..



VS.



Initially, Rargh started thinking about rogue Necron cults that were striving to re-awaken their C'Tan leaders but the fact that there are only four C'Tan sort of shot this down.

But even so, Rargh likes the idea of a separatist cult that is pursuing their own agenda and he falls asleep dreaming of electronic sheep..

ok maybe beer..

However, the next day in the cold, hard light, our hero suffers a set back. Every piece of fluff for the Necrons is completely undescriptive. None of them show any individuality on the part of the Necrons..

HOW THE HELL DO YOU WRITE YOUR OWN FLUFF FOR A RACE THAT HAS NO INDIVIDUALITY???

Muttering and cursing, Rargh resolves to come up with something.. but for now he has miniatures to paint.. lots of miniatures..
   
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All your base are belong to us

The next step in the army for Rargh was a crucial one. How was he going to do his bases?

Rargh thought long and hard about this one. Partly because he is anally retentive about painting his miniatures and partly because it meant he didn't have to think about a background story.

What colours would he use?

Initially he looked at the colours that GW used and thought that an ashen grey would probably look the goods. He dug out his White Dwarf magazine with all the Necron release info in it. He stared at the bases so small in the magazine and resolved that staring would not get the job done. So he cranked out his paints and started with a test base on one of the Scarab swarms. 'Easy' he thought. Once he was finished he set the miniature down on his desk and stared at it.

No..

No..

NO!

The silver metallic colour that he was using meant that the Necrons would blend in nicely on the base, making it harder to make out details when looking at the on the table. Effectively they were the perfect camouflage colour for the base!


THE TOP DOWN SHOT

Rargh went back to the drawing board (this time with a headache). He decided to use colours similar to his usual ones. Normally Rargh uses mid browns on his bases and applies static grass in patches which he feels give a nice temperate look. This time though he would use darker browns and avoid the static grass.


RARGH'S USUAL BASE COLOURS

So he went about the new colour scheme. On the black undercoat he drybrushed Dark Flesh followed by Bestial Brown then Bubonic Brown. Once he was done he painted the rim with Goblin Green.


VERSION 2

It was a definite improvement but still it didn't quite sit right. Rargh had to abandon his mucking about with colours for the base at this point. He still had miniatures to paint. Eventually, he did work out what was irking him. (much later) It was the rim. Eventually he went back over them with brown and was much happier with the result..


THE FINAL BASE COLOURS

Overall. Rargh is happy (as he can be) with the bases. The brown gives a barren earth feel without the risk of blending in to the figures.
   
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Of growths and things

One of the first figures that Rargh worked on was a Necron Warrior. He used it as a test figure, although it wasn't exactly a 'spare'. However, he was happy with the final look of the figure so there was no damage done.

This meant that early in the piece, Rargh had his colours sorted. It also meant that he was able to start dicking around with figures that he should have left for later. :S

One of those figures was his Necron Lord. Rargh had plans for a unique Lord, but since time was of the essence, he would have to save that for later. Luckily, he had the 'limited edition' Necron Lord that had come in the army boxed set that he had originally bought. Unfortunately, he also hated it..

So Rargh thought about it while he was driving around for work. What was it that he hated about that particular figure? Slowly a thought began to swirl it's way to life. It started with a tinkling sound, then graduated to roaring, honking crescendo. Rargh pulled into another lane and let the big truck past. As the truck sped past him, Rargh noticed that there was a veritable plethora (Rargh was feeling very verbose that day) of antennas sticking up from the truck's cab. A thought struck him and he resolved to try something out when he got home.

Later that day, Rargh arrived at his home and made a bee-line for his painting table. Dodging Rargh Junior and Mrs Rargh, he had to find out if his revelation was correct... and it was.

Rargh had realized exactly what it was that he didn't like about the Lord miniature(s). It was the 'stem' that extends their spine up behind their heads. Admittedly, this was mostly due to the photos he had seen (which make them look like something is growing out of the Lord's head instead of it's back) , but once Rargh looked at the Lord Figure and considered leaving off that simple little piece, he was a LOT happier with the figure.


NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE LORD THAT RARGH HATES. THIS LORD IS PURELY FOR A FUNNY GROWTH FROM HEAD DEMONSTRATION

So at least Rargh could settle on the figure that he already had. That meant no last minute rushes to buy, clean and undercoat any figures. But now the problem was - how would he make the Lord stand out?

The answer came pretty easily. Rargh had restricted himself to a very limited palette of silver metal colours and shining blue. The Lord would have to follow that scheme or look out of place. But all Rargh would have to do was use a bright contrasting colour for some of the detail work and he would catch the eye. The tattered robes that seem to adorn every Necron Lord seemed the most likely, but Rargh didn't want to make the contrasting colour overpower the blue that would be present. Rargh paused to ponder how the robes hadn't just rotted away to dust over the millennia
anyway before resuming his work. The simple answer was his staff. The robes would be a strong (but fading) blue to continue the overall colour theme but the staff blade (and other small details) would be a very strong gold to catch the eye.

A few hour's worth of careful painting and the result was looking good. Rargh forced himself to consider the miniature 'done' and not to look at it too carefully lest he spot something that could 'be improved on' (this can be an endless path to a room full of figures that Rargh consider half painted or even a methylated spirits bath..)

And here are the fruits of Rargh's work:


LORD MINUS GROWTH


CLOSE UP - THAT GREEN ROD SEEMS TO HAVE FADED..


IS MY HANKY DRY YET?


BACK OFF!


METHINKS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW CLOAK!
   
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Spare the rod and spoil the army.. (yeah right!)

So, the question had been asked - where did Rargh get his rods?

The answer starts way back in time - back when Rargh first purchased the first of his Necrons...
(cue harp music for dream sequence)

It began during the Grand Opening for the new Games Workshop store for Chadstone in Melbourne. Rargh had some money burning a hole in his pocket and the combination of a good discount and the new Necron miniatures proved too much. He rushed in and placed an order for one of the army boxed sets. After a quick look at the store demo army and reading through his new codex, Rargh got the feeling that there were going to be a lot of very similar looking Necron armies. But how to make his look different?

Of course, once he got home Rargh had a look at his paints and remembered the long-ago purchased Shining Blue. Taking it out to check it's condition, the cap on the old Citadel Paint container literally gave up the ghost. It cracked into a dozen pieces. Rargh knew he had to act quickly and dug out and old Ral Partha paint bottle that he knew had dried up. With a quick visit to the sink and some scrubbing, Rargh now had a new receptacle for his Shining Blue. One paint transfer later and all was well with the world again.

A new problem raised it's ugly head though.

Rargh had only given the pile of glowing green rods in the bottom of the army box a cursory glance. They were very green.. Somehow, he didn't think they would go very well with the metallic blue.

What to do? Rargh knew that there were several suppliers of plastic that could conceivably make a clear coloured rod. A quick visit to the Plastruct website and he knew that he could get clear blue rod when he needed it.

After looking at the international suppliers he emailed the Australian distributor with a part number for what he wanted. They promptly replied with a message confirming that while the part number was indeed correct, he would have to contact some of the retailers who were stockists of Plastruct items as they did not sell direct to public.

One of these stores was a well-known modelling store in the centre of Melbourne. Rargh made a special trip in with Rargh Junior in tow on a Saturday morning. While trying to stop Rargh Junior from destroying several shelves worth of models, Rargh managed to confirm that while the store didn't have the rod he was after, they could order it from the distributor and it would be there in a week. Rargh placed the order and paid before dragging Rargh Junior out of the store.

Next Saturday, having received a phone call to confirm that the rods had arrived, Rargh went in to pick them up.

They were the wrong ones :(

Rargh: These aren't the ones I ordered
Assistant: Hmm.. let me just double check the order book..
Rargh: I gave you the part number and everything.
Assistant: You're right. They're a different part number. - Can you use these?
Rargh: Not really. They're too thin.
Assistant: I'll check the catalogue.. Hmm.. the part number you gave me isn't in here..
Manager (butting in): So you gave us the wrong part number!
Rargh: Not unless Plastruct have the wrong part number on their website - that's where I got it from.
Manager: But the distributor wouldn't have just sent the wrong part. You must have got it wrong.
Rargh: Well, funnily enough the distributor confirmed it was correct just before they sent me to you!


So the store resolves to call the distributor on Monday and try and sort the mess out.

On Monday Rargh gets a call. Seems that Rargh did indeed have the right part number but the distributors didn't have the part Rargh wanted so they just sent something close to it without confirming. Seems that although it was a valid Plastruct part, they hadn't had to order it before and thus had none in stock. It would have been nice if they'd told Rargh this in the email in the first place! To make matters worse, they had just done their regular order so Rargh would have to wait for several months to get the rods he wanted!!!

Later that day, Rargh emailed Plastruct direct and placed his order. A week and a half later his rods arrived for a few extra dollars postage.

*timewarp back to somewhere just before the 2003 Melbourne GT*

Rargh finally digs out his rods to start work.

although they're not as bright as he would have liked, they still have an obvious blue tinge to them and that is good enough. Besides that he has come to the opinion that the really bright rods are too distracting and detract from the miniature anyway.

You can still see the over all effect and although the rods are supposed to be fluorescent, they are not as bright as the GW ones.

Here are the vague details on what Rargh used:

Plastruct 3/32" (2.4mm) Fluorescent Rods (8-10" lengths per package)

#90252 - Blue
#90262 - Green
#90272 - Red
#90282 - Yellow

And here is another close up of Rargh's Necron Lord to give you an idea of what they look like again.


THE INFAMOUS BLUE ROD

Rargh's tip: If you want to go to the effort of using coloured rods go direct to Plastruct..
   
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Army lists - Cheesy or not?

Well, after all this Rargh had better show his army list and explain his choices.

The army was selected with several factors in mind:

• What miniatures he had.
• What he could get painted in time.
• What would be a reasonable army to play.
• Phase out.


So having gone through the various miniatures he had, Rargh decided on the army he would use. The problem with this was that, since he had only a limited amount of time, he wouldn't really have too much time to playtest it. In addition, since he had never actually gotten around to assembling his Necrons, he had no experience in playing with them.

Sigh..

'No matter', he thought, and indeed these were trifling matters.

RARGH'S ARMY:

1500 Pts - Necrons Army

1 Necron Lord (HQ) @ 140 Pts
Staff of Light
Resurrection Orb [40]

5 Immortals (Elites) @ 140 Pts
Gauss Blaster

10 Warriors (Troops) @ 180 Pts
Gauss Flayer

10 Warriors (Troops) @ 180 Pts
Gauss Flayer

10 Warriors (Troops) @ 180 Pts
Gauss Flayer

10 Warriors (Troops) @ 180 Pts
Gauss Flayer

7 Scarabs (Fast Attack) @ 112 Pts
Disruption Field

3 Destroyers (Fast Attack) @ 150 Pts
Gauss Cannon

1 Monolith (Heavy Support) @ 235 Pts
Gauss Flux Arc; Particle Whip
#Power Matrix [0]

Necrons: 49

Phase Out at: 12

Models in Army: 57


Total Army Cost: 1497


Rargh's general line of thinking was:

Necron Lord - Obviously a compulsory choice, but taking a res. orb for a bit of survivability since he really only had the standard staff of light.

Immortals - A bodyguard for the Lord. Good at pumping out a reasonable amount of firepower to try and maximize the Lord's lifespan and generally cause mayhem.

Warriors - compulsory troops choice. The more the better to prevent phase out, 'nuff said..

Scarabs - Quick units for harassing smaller enemy units or trying their luck with any disabled enemy vehicles as a nasty (disruption field) surprise.

Destroyers - mainly anti-infantry work, but also good as a disruptive, quick unit to speed around flanks.

Monolith - Heavy unit to both aid quick movement of Necrons around the battlefield and to pump some serious firepower into enemy units whenever and wherever possible. Naturally it would (hopefully) also act as a shooting sink..
   
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The form of the Destroyer is chosen

Ok, Rargh thinks it's time to cough up the goods again.

This time he will explain the process he went through to finish his Destroyers. Rargh had viewed the Destroyers with some trepidation. Whenever miniatures obviously need to be painted before assembly, Rargh breaks into a cold sweat. Something about scraping off paint to apply glue just doesn't sit right with him..

The first thing that Rargh always does with any model is examine the instructions and miniature (pieces). Hopefully it is at this point that he'll pick up any problem spots and be able to form a plan of attack to make assembly and / or painting simple.

With the Destroyers Rargh decided to go for sub-assemblies. That is, he would assemble the miniature until there was only three parts left to put together. That would be the main body, the torso and the weapon arm.

Once the models were assembled, he washed them in detergent to get rid of any remaining release compound and set them aside to dry. Once dry he undercoated them in black. Before commencing any paintwork, a watered-down chaos black was applied to cover any spots the undercoat missed.

The next step was the basic body colour. This was done in exactly the same manner as the Necron Warriors and has already been discussed. Once the body was done, Shining Blue was applied to certain sections. Shining Gold was used to pick out decorations for a bit of contrast and Marine Blue and Ultramarine Blue were used to pick out the edges on the Gauss Cannons. Once all this was finished, blue rods were inserted and fixed in place with PVA. The sub-assemblies were then glue together to form the finished miniature. The last step was to paint the whole miniature with gloss varnish. This is what gives the miniature that 'new coat of paint' sheen.

The bases were done in exactly the same way as all the others except that being so large, Rargh succumbed and put some lichen on them to try and prevent them from looking too barren.

So that's how he went about it. Now on to the pictures:


THE UNIT IN ALL IT'S GLORY


HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE POINTING THAT THING!


A BIT OF DETAIL WORK.


A NICE VIEW OF THE DETAILS


REACH FOR THE SKY!
   
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Rargh – the painting machine..


RARGH'S PAINTING MACHINE.. HE WISHES!

So by this time Rargh is going a bit cross eyed with all the Necrons that he has to paint in such a short time. There have been many articles written about how to paint armies and they almost always claim that the best way to do this is to mix troops with other types and keep characters as a ‘reward’.

Rargh thinks this is crap.

Here is Rargh’s theory: If you are painting to a deadline, and he means a REAL deadline, not just a motivational one because you’re lazy, then it doesn’t matter what you’re painting – they all become difficult to paint. Particularly as the ‘character reward figure’ is probably more detailed and requires a higher level of concentration and work since it will be a focal point in the army.

So Rargh has attacked all his Necron warriors at once. Production line style. He starts at one end with a certain colour and keeps going until he hits the other side.

So by now Rargh has done a couple of late night painting sessions. The early parts have gone well but they have degenerated into the same thing: Rargh having micro-sleeps and waking up after a second or to and having smeared paint all over the figure as he nods off at his desk.

Despite this minor problems, Rargh manages to grind his way through and (after a reasonable amount of cleaning up) he has the warriors nailed.


A NICE GROUP SHOT


CLOSING IN..


THE NECRON


THE CLOSE UP.. JUST DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSELY AT THE HIGLIGHTING!!

So what is the final lesson? – Armies are easier to paint over a longer period of time!
   
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Final days – the home stretch..

So here we are. In the last few days Rargh has finally gotten most of his army done. Although there were a few teething problems, he hits the last couple of days with renewed vigour. The last two nights are late ones and although he isn’t happy with the army yet, it’s reached a point where it is at least playable according to the ‘has to be painted to be on the table’ rules that apply at the GT.

He figures that he can go through and correct a few mistakes and clean a few things up at a later date as well as finish off a few highlights that he has just run out of time for.

So you’re probably wondering how things went at the GT? Good question..

Rargh made sure to set his alarm nice and loud so that he would be woken with plenty of time before the GT started, just to make sure. Once he did wake up he made himself busy getting him and his army ready. The GT was being held in the Melbourne Town Hall.


THE BATTLEFIELD

Luckily, Rargh lives close to the centre of town and as he jumped in the car he made sure that he did a double check to make sure that nothing had been left behind. Confident that everything was on board, he made his way in to town. Rargh was in luck, he managed to find a park just around the corner from the venue in a multi-story car park that had a (relatively) cheap rate for the whole day. Rargh circled his way up through the car park and found a spot right near the lift.

That was a bout the time when his mobile phone rang..


RAAARGGHH!

Rargh looked at the name on the phone. It was one of his customers from work. They wouldn’t call him on a Saturday unless it was urgent. Rargh thought about it for a moment, but answered the phone. They needed him to transport some gear to them and they needed it this morning! Ordinarily, this wouldn’t perturb Rargh but today of all days! To make matters worse the customer was in Albury!


THAT’S A LAZY 3 HOUR DRIVE ONE WAY FOLKS!

So, after he hung up, Rargh knew that there was no way around it. He was going for a long drive. He dropped in and let the organizers know that he wouldn’t be able to attend on the Saturday and therefore he was better off just dropping out. He said a quick hello to a few people but couldn’t stick around for too long. Needless to say Rargh took this turn of events with his usual grace and even temper.


RARGH’S PHONE RIGHT AFTER THE PHONE CALL
   
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The Aftermath..

So where does that leave us?

Well, after all of that work Rargh never got to play at the 2003 Melbourne GT. It was also the start of a run of seriously bad luck that stopped Rargh getting to any gaming events until 2005. Rargh got to play a single day at Komplete Fanatik in Melbourne in 2004 although he did this through a flu-induced haze.

The Necrons saw their first real outing at Liber Animus II in Ringwood (Melbourne) in 2005. I’ve included a couple of photos of them for reference (ignore the flayed ones – LA was more points) from that event.

Aside from that Rargh has sworn off ever doing anything as crazy as this again. At least for the time being…


RARGH CONSIDERING HIS NEXT PROJECT..







   
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and with that... my work is done.

I hope that (if) anyone who reads this finds it an enjoyable read. I know that I certainly enjoyed it when I first put it together and I hope that it brings some laughter or interest to others, 5 years later..

cheers

R
   
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Charlotte

Bravo!

Clever, entertaining, and your army looks brilliant. Great work! I do hope this isn't the last we see of your army threads...

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This was very enjoyable to read, I hope you post some more (so go torture yourself again for our pleasure!). Plus your models look great.
   
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Ha! Good read, and the army does look great after all that. Pity about not getting to attend the event in the end, or any for the next few years!

Looking forward to the next bought of madness

- Salvage

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Crazed Witch Elf




Albuquerque, NM

Wow, that is a serious kick in the . Great story though and the army looks wonderful. I really like the way Necrons look and it's very cool when people go the extra mile with them like this.

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City Fight - 0-0-0
Planetstrike - 0-0-1
Apocolypse - 4-2-1  
   
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A fantastic read, and a brilliant looking army.

It's also a perfect example of "Sod's Law"

   
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Good read, nice army, and I finally know what size of rod to order
   
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Veteran Wolf Guard Squad Leader






Minneapolis

Coming form someone who HATES Necrons, i gotta say this is a very cool looking army. Looks great on the field as a whole and individually. Kudos!

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You are known to him already

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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot




Bay Area

Great Story. And your army looks great too. Gw should pay reparations after the sleepless nights their gaming event caused you. Very entertaining story. And it is quite well written.


 
   
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Veteran Wolf Guard Squad Leader






Minneapolis

snorkle wrote:Great Story. And your army looks great too. Gw should pay reparations after the sleepless nights their gaming event caused you. Very entertaining story. And it is quite well written.


They should also hire him to write for WD, i would read it more if they didn't exclusively hire monkey/pikachu hybrid babies with downs syndrome.

Thats not fair, monkey/pikachu hybrid babies with downs syndrome would probably be entertaining.

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Know thine enemy.
You are known to him already

* Sermon Primaris, the Ordo Xenos

 
   
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Bay Area

FearPeteySodes wrote:
Thats not fair, monkey/pikachu hybrid babies with downs syndrome would probably be entertaining.


That would really help get GW some publicity. Just imagine:
Read all about it. Wargames company Games Workshop has been using underage,slowed animals human hybrids to write their rules and articles. They have committed two grave crimes. The gamers had this to say:"Well we're not really surprised. Their releases have been going downhill for a while now and their customer service is horrible. Now we know why." The Prime-ape(get it) Kirby could not be reached to give a statement.

They always say there is no such thing as bad publicity, but I think this might prove that saying wrong.


 
   
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Hi guys,

thanks for the replies - as I said previously I was hoping that someone might get a bit of a laugh out of it and seems someone has so I guess that's mission accomplished.

I do actually have a project in mind although it's top secret right now. I'm presently slapping together Tau for the late 2008 tourney circuit here but the project I've got in mind for 2009 is going to take a bit of work and probably be more insane than trying to make an army in 14 days.. as usual, that means I'm struggling to keep my focus on the Tau..

cheers

R
   
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Infiltrating Oniwaban






Focus shmocus! More madness, and more great blogs!

And three cheers for the third-person writing. That was a great read.

Infinity: Way, way better than 40K and more affordable to boot!

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Utrecht, Nederland

yeah good job dude, entertaining blog and good story, sad you couldnt attend to the event of well you need to find urself a better job then mate .

about your army, pr0 paintwork, necrons are indeed one of the easiest races to paint at first, but to make them look special or distinctive of other ppls necrons is another story
i like the way you did em and even better after the few years where you gave em a mithril-ish look with the blue, very good, nice story and great imagination!

keep it up and keep em comin' !

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