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And now, with the start of the new year, I finally start my Hello Killy project log.
As one might expect, the army is a Hello Kitty themed Necron army.
Here's the models I currently have constructed to a point I feel comfortable sharing, and more will crop up in this thread from time to time as I finish them.
There are also more pictures of most of these in my galleries, so if you can't see a detail of a model, see if you can find one in the gallery.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/user/47990-Crackgnome.html

Models as of 2/2/2012


Current Plans:
Modelling To Do List (underlined items are completed):
HQ's:
- KitTrazyn
- Command Barge, KitTrazyn's
- Crypteks, Trazyn's RC:
- HoDespair
- HoDestruction
- HoE
- HotS
- HoT

- Nemesor [Name] (Counts as Nemesor Zahndrekh) OR Anrakyr
- Command Barge, Second HQ

Troops:
- 9 Warriors (Lower grade beads for heads, to reflect quality of biotransferrence construction)
- Ghost Ark
- 15 Warriors (Lower grade beads for heads, to reflect quality of biotransferrence construction)
- 10 Immortals (Hello Kitty heads)
- Night Scythe

Elites:
- 10 Deathmarks (Hello Kitty heads)
- 5 Lychguard (Hello Kitty heads)
- Deceiver Shard (face will be molded over and carved into, either classic Hello Kitty, or Octopus face O

Fast Attack:
- 10 Scarab Swarms (7 done, kitty ears similar to KitTrazyns)
- 5 Wraiths (Hello Kitty Heads with mittens instead of claws)

Heavy Support:
- Doomsday Ark
- Monolith (With Laser-eyed Hello Kitty Head in place of the crystal)

First we start with KitTrazyn:
Fairly simply conversion, just a Trazyn kit with ears carved from finecast sprue. Some minor casting issues, but nothing hot water and patience can't fix.


Next in line are KitTrazyn's Royal Court of 5 Crypteks. Yet to come up with a clever name for them.
All five were made from a Lychguard box, and each has a custom staff, as well as a head removed from a squishy Hello Kitty figurine from Walmart.
I made one of each of the Harbingers, though I may run them differently as the situation calls for it.
I still need to make a cloak for HoD and HoE, as well as a Crucible and Harp for HoT.

Harbinger of Despair:
Abyssal Staff made from warscythe handle, Bloodcrusher collar, backpiece from lychguard box, piece of a rod of the covenant, and skull and chain also from Bloodcrusher box. Shoulder decorations made from another rod of the covenant. (Better picture of staff in the Cryptek staves gallery)
I chose a mouse head, because even giant elephants are scared of them


Harbinger of Destruction:
Eldritch Lance made from two warscythe blades mounted on a single handle, with a small bit from the back end of the warscythes mounted in the middle. Shoulder decorations made from sharpened back pieces from lychguard box. Bear head because his little bow rocks. And bears are scary.


Harbinger of Eternity:
Aeonstave made from support column of Dispersion shield, warscythe handle, two hyperphase sword blades, and assorted small bits on the top from all of the aforementioned bits. Chronometron (on left hand) made from small orbs found on the bottom of lychguard torso backs, mounted on half of a particle caster. Teacher head because time manipulation requires super smarts.


Harbinger of the Storm:
Voltaic staff made from warscythe handle, a random piece of metal I found in a parking lot shaped like a pincer of some kind, and the back half of a particle caster. Monkey head because it's adorable and uh... monkeys... use tools...?


Harbinger of Transmogrification:
Tremorstave made from warscythe handle, and pieces of three Bloodcrusher collars. Sheep head because Transmogrification reminds me of polymorph and similar. I broke the model at the knees so it could be smashing the staff into the ground.


Deathmarks:
Still looking for a name for these fools.
Regular Deathmark models, minus the heads. I found a pair of Hello Kitty stud earrings, which I plan to use to make a mold with which to make heads for all of my Deathmarks, Immortals, and Necrons of similar rank.


Badly mounted earring head:


Assorted bits:
Standard Hello Kitty squishy from the box the Crypteks' heads came from


In Progress:
- Monolith:
Laser eyes almost ready to be installed. Debating magnetizing laser-head to swap out with spinning head.

- All warriors constructed, simply awaiting beads for finalization.


Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, insults, and rage

I like the idea of slightly chibi-ish heads for the Hello Kitty forces anyhow, so I figured they'd work well

The Garden of Necrons army was actually kind of an inspiration for this.
My Monolith will be standard black, but will have pink trim instead of green.
I also have the working for a laser-eyed Hello Kitty head to replace the crystal, which will contain functional red LED's in place of the normal eyes.

I need to translate like... fish, or cat, or maybe hug or something into Egyptian and Necron-itize it to be the name of my Hello Kitty Dynasty.

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Mau means cat in Egyptian, so maybe the Mauvokh Dynasty?

I dig it.
I might have to use something similar

Thanks!

Since the beads for my warriors are still en route, as are the blue acrylic rods for my Monolith, I've been working on the electrical components of the laser-eyed Hello Kitty head.
I'll post pictures of the basic wiring and mechanisms soon.

After quite a wait due to the start of the school year, my laziness, and a general lack of energy, I bring you (most of) my Kittylith!

This is the head. I removed it from a McDonald's bobble-head figurine, and viciousl- I mean carefully removed the eyes with a power drill. I widened the holes a bit more and implanted two 2.6V Red LED's. A bit of glue finished the job easily.


Here is the internal view:


The lights were soldered together, and a basic power supply/button setup was added. A 9V battery and a 220ohm resistor made for a simple wiring job that wouldn't blow out the bulbs.
I cut access panels in the center column of the Monolith, and a hole in the crystal assembly, then fed the wires through.
Here is the nearly completed result (a slightly warped Monolith kit called for some green stuff to keep it in line):


I mounted the button on the bottom of the monolith. I simply cut a hole in the bottom and widened the bottom hole on the central column to accept the back section of the button.


Here is the internal access panel. The outermost two wires come down from the head, and the other two come off the button. I figured it would be easier just to solder everything together in an open space than try to attach it inside the column.


Solder the last wires in sequence, add a battery, press the button, and you get a very angry Hello Kitty.


Hello Kitty will receive one(1) plastic-wrap helmet for the duration of the priming process.
The rest is assembled as of last night (including custom blue rods for the guns) save for the rods that I'll put in after painting.
Hope everyone enjoys this, and I'll keep working!

Thanks
It looks even better with the other walls and the upper pieces on.
I dunno what to do about the big rods on the sides, since I don't have the right size rod for it. I was thinking maybe heating two of the smaller rods and twisting them together, though I dunno how well that would work, if at all. The other option is to haphazardly stuff them with some of the beads I got for my Warriors' heads, maybe paint them a similar color so it looks like Hello Kitty heads are the power source.

On a different note, I'm starting to get some fluff ideas for why this army exists. And I'm putting a Hello Kitty miniature into what would have been the Monolith crystal, and it can serve as Hello Kitty in a stasis tomb from which my army draws its power and prototypes.
So y'know, objective marker.

I think my favorite part of making this model was taking it to my FLGS in the dark.
I'm considering making one of the heads as a hood ornament for my car.

Honestly, this is about the hobby to me.
Playing is fun, don't get me wrong, but what's the point of having the exact same models as every other player of your army type?
Besides, doing a great conversion gives me a great sense of pride and accomplishment.

Construction completed on the Kittylith, just have a few things left to decide for detail work.
Did a rough highlighting of the main sections, and here are the results!
Please ignore the rough paintjob and slight soldering iron melting of the front faceplate <.<








I am a little scared of this picture D:


I'm starting to lay down some more detailed fluff for why this exists, most of it involving a Hello Kitty AI launched by Japanese descendants in the year 5000 or so to guide a colony ship, it goes crazy and creates a planet of Hello Kitty-based mechanical-lifeforms.
Long story short, Trazyn discovers it on some backwater planet near the Galactic rim in his search for technology, and is subsequently infected by the Hello Kitty master program, during which he transfers his consciousness to another body and flees the planet.
The master program cannot overwrite the base commands implanted by the Silent King before his exile, and thus infects a small Tombworld nearby in an effort to "restore" its "dynasty."

Thinking about painting the leftover warrior/deathmark/immortal heads I have and putting them in tubes that will replace the side rods on the Monolith, like they're somehow being used as fuel.

On a related note, my army is doing fairly well when it come to gameplay, though it seems to perform better when the Monolith's eyes are lit, which confuses and terrifies me.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's terrified by it xD
The beads for my Deathmarks/Immortals/Lychguard should be arriving in the next couple days, so there should be some deathmark conversions up in the next couple of days. Got some fun ideas for Deathmark heads
My warrior heads are a few days out, so that'll be later.

The day I put the lights in, I actually had to carry this in the dark on my way to my FLGS, and it was like carrying a tiny daemon D:

Haha, I totally could.
I was wondering what to do with the engines on the bottom, I could put little speakers in there xD

steelcult wrote:If you're gonna put sound to it I would go with Hello Kitty themed music - or J-Pap. But I'm a sick bastard.

Maybe I should paint the portal like a poptart and make the speakers play Nyan cat O:

Thanks for all the love guys :B

Currently making a Stasis Tomb for my Hello Kitty, using the Monolith crystal.
It'll just be an objective marker most likely, or I could pull some silliness and call it a C'tan Shard since the thing I'm using for the base is MC size.
Pictures will be posted as I make a little more progress, it's not quite constructed to a point of display yet, but soon. SOON.

I agree.
It always scatters 8"+ without the lights on :(

I've lost steam a couple times, but each time a new conversion has sparked new interest for me.
I got some beads for my Warriors today, and they look a LOT more proportional than the squishy heads.
Again, pictures as soon as I get a few done.

I actually have a rotating Hello Kitty model from something <.<

Finished writing rules for an Apoc unit for the army.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/429172.page

Posting pics as soon as I can get the images uploaded (by which I mean stop being lazy and find the camera cable).

Here's the Apoc unit I built:


Rules for it posted here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/429172.page


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Finally got around to photographing my most recent work.

First we have the Ca'tan Shard (see what I did there? Hyuk hyuk)
Fairly simple conversion, just trimmed down the face on a C'tan Deceiver, cut a bead in half, and mounted it with green stuff. I purposely left the little rim around the top of the head, to make it look like a little hat, and I plan to paint it sorta like a jester hat.
Ignore the small pockmarks on the face <.<






Next are my warriors.
Very simple here, take a warrior, trim the neck a bit to fit, greenstuff over the features and holes on one side of a bead, and mount.

Warrior before:


Heads:


Warrior after:



And by far the easiest conversion, my KittyBlade (Tomblade conversion).
Take Hello Kitty on a tricycle, drill a hole, mount on flying base. Laugh at silliness.


Hope you guys enjoy, and more conversions are still underway

Started working on some actual Necron Lords, as I keep finding need for them in my lists.

I bought some beads specifically for higher-caste Necron heads, but they're taking their sweet damn time getting here, so I may just end up using the same heads as my Warriors, or perhaps doing something similar to what I did with Trazyn.

Also, I came up with an idea for Resurrection Orbs. I'll be using balloon-shaped peridot beads like these:


I'll mount them on little string-wires and make it look like my Lords are holding little balloons, which I will paint appropriately res-orby.

Again, thanks for all the support guys, and I'll keep posting as things get finished!

Trying to get my girlfriend to play Space Puppies and make them all giant Huskies.

The Dwarf Wolf wrote:Have fun in your way...

Agreed.
I'd much rather have my own style than try to emulate something that's been done hundreds of times.
The point of a hobby, for me in any case, is to have fun and gain a sense of accomplishment, which is much more significant to me when I've made my own thing/design/etc, as opposed to just making another thing that's been done many many times before.

The Dwarf Wolf wrote:That is exactly why i like this Hobby, i can create what i want, the way i want, and i really dont accept whan people say me "c'mon, that is ridiculous!!!".

In fact, I feel warm and fuzzy inside every time someone thinks a model of mine is ridiculous.
In other news, I have discovered a FANTASTICO crystal replacement for a second Kittylith:

Thanks xD
Played this army in a 1500pt tourney yesterday and got third place! Played against my roommate's SoB my second game, and we tied (he won by ~100 pts technically, but since it wasn't more than 10% difference, it was a "true" draw, not just a draw by Kill Points). First place had 3554 total victory points, my roommate got 3546 (lol 9 point difference), and I had 3437, fourth place had 2600 <.<
Had a lot of attention for the SoB game, people enjoyed the Monolith quite a bit

Made a couple of ResBalloon lords (pictures forthcoming sometime this week) for the tourney, and they turned out pretty well.
Starting work on some magnetization for my Barges, as both the gun and the railing are IMPOSSIBLE to keep still during games.
Also found a couple of Destroyer sprues, so I'm working on making a couple of Destroyer Lords to use with Wraiths at some point in the future.

Hope you guys are still enjoying my work, and I'll most likely get Deathmarks and Immortals going here soon, since my beads for their heads FINALLY showed up.

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Dakka! I am not ded!

I bring you the first of the incredibly fearsome Wraiths of the Mautehk Dynasty, with Tickling Coils and Rending Mittens!
All photographed by the incredibly unskilled photography, the shaky Crackgnome!







More magic to follow, as soon as the rest of the Wraiths are constructed, megablock Hello Kitty figures are beheaded, and the unholy union between the two has been completed!
Crackgnome, AWAAAAAAAY!!!!
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

JAAAAAWWWWSSSSS!
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

IronfrontAlex wrote:

spacewolved wrote:I just want you to know i hate loosing to these things. Its happened twice now. Next time the kitties are going to be beat by the puppies! You cant possibly save against Jaws that many times....

about to run you're day...

JOTWW doesn't work on wraiths.


jump infantry

You are my very best friend now.
And now I just want to run EVERY Wraith, forever. The Wolves will be tickled endlessly!

Destroyer Lord is Jump Infantry too <.<

Been playing with the WIP models for a while now, and they've done really well.
Actually just placed first in a 1000pt limited FOC tourney this past Saturday, though I used a cardboard Doom Scythe (new models on the 12th O