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So, I was thinking about how to make a themed yet original and fun Necron Combat Patrol. I had seen Molochs "The Terror from the Black Lagoon" and so the swamp-idea was out. I thought a minute about a desert force, but that's what regular Necrons are all about after all. So finally I decided on a Cityfight-themed Patrol. Looking for inspiration, I suddenly remembered the Transformers of my youth. My favorite Transformers were always the Constructicons. Thinking about it for a few seconds the idea suddenly struck me, and the ConstructiCrons were born.

(I'm terribly sorry for the horrible picture quality. I will borrow my friends camera to take better pictures when I get the chance, since my camera is really lousy. Also note, these are painted extremly fast and simple, since I mainly wanted a tabletop-worthy, yet fun, force finished quickly, and didn't want to spend to much time on it since I'm working on several armies at the time.)



(From left to right): Inculcator, Frenzy, Shredder, Devastator and Inferno



Scavenger, Bludgeon, Scrapper, Grappler and Slag

I still have 4 Wraiths (Blowout, Onslaught, Razorclaw and Rumble) as well as their commander, a Tomb Spyder (Omega Constructor) to complete, but hopefully it won't take to long.

Below I'll also post a short piece of background I've written for them:

It was in the blasted city of <st1:city><st1:place>Antioga Prime</st1:place></st1:city> that Imperial forces first encountered the deconstructing rearguard of the Necron forces, nicknamed ’Constructicrons’ by soldiers of the Imperial Guard. The Necron assault on Antioga Prime had driven the Imperial soldiers out of the city, but during the conflict the 14^th squad of Antiogian Dragoons, under the command of sergeant Raynor, was trapped under a collapsing building. Raynor and his men spent six days digging their way out of the rubble, and when they emerged the found themselves surrounded by weaponless Necron constructs, metallic workers with the sole purpose of tearing down what was left of the city and turning it into raw resources for the Necron army. Without hesitation Raynor led the attack on the defenceless Necrons and easily defeated them. Surpringsingly, the loss of their resource gatherers affected the main Necron force more than anyone could ever have imagined. A first weakness had been discovered in the terrifying undead soldiers.

This discovery led to a series of Imperial victories against the Necrons, but as it turned out, joy was to be short-lived. On Tessara, Raynor, now promoted to major, led an all-out-attack on the Necron deconstructors behind enemy lines. To the attackers horrifying discovery, the Constructicrons suddenly fought back. Carrying short-barreled gauss rifles and wielding their very tools as cruel close-combat weapons, the Necrons cut down the human attackers as mere wheat. Raynor himself was torn limb from limb by a specially modified Tomb Spyder, seemingly the leader of the Necron work party. Only a few humans survived to tell the tale of the terrifying Constructicrons. Since then, that very same unit of weapon-wielding deconstructors have been encountered where the fighting is thickest, moving in behind the main Necron force, tearing down and processing buildings and straggling survivors alike.

Wow, I love seeing Necrons with character. Awesome, awesome idea!

My one concern: why don't you have a "Bender"?!

EDIT: Raynor? Dragoons? Someone's been playing some Starcraft...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Sweet work, nice conversions and I agree, great to see Necrons with some character instilled. But now I need a moment to reminisce about my proper Constructicons, sitting in a dusty box somewhere back home ...

- Boss Salvage

just wait, this summer will see more Constructicon themed armies.

I want to see them unite to form Devastron!

What? No Mix-Master?

Awesome models though. I like the guy with the shears and the guns on his shoulders.

BYE

This was real nice to see good show!

Thanks, I'm really glad you like them!

 



Actually, a lot of ideas were abandonded during the construction process, while another made it through but simply became too silly to actually use. I'll show you an example. Named from another Constructicon, I give you: Long-Haul




Luckily, I've gotten some serious work done as well. Or actually, two quite simple wraiths anyway. First up is Razorclaw:



Next up is Blowout (he is actually supposed to look like he's bursting through the floor, but I'm not sure if the effect came through):





Now I eagerly await some bitz I've ordered from GW so I can complete the Combat Patrol (expect lots of saws and a Matrix-sentinel-wannabe.)

Nice poses on the wraiths.

really great squad, you have to keep Long Haul in the squad though!

When will you have the VDR Devestator Titan ready?

I finally recieved my bitz from GW, so now the Combat Patrol can be completed. First up I give you Rumble:



Unfortunately, I'm still stumped on ideas for my last wraith, Onslaught. I have three Ork Dreadnought Buzzsaws laying around, but I'm unsure of how to model him with them. I'm thinking of just giving him buzzsaw arms and a buzzsaw tail, but then I still need a good pose or a cleverly modelled base to go with that. Tips and ideas are very welcome!

Wow, I really love the ominous "come get some" pose you have on Rumble there, very imposing. Is that a city o' death building tile all scratched up there?

Posted By ForceVoid on 04/18/2007 4:48 AM
Wow, I really love the ominous "come get some" pose you have on Rumble there, very imposing. Is that a city o' death building tile all scratched up there?

Yes, all building parts comes from a Cities of Death Manofactorum building set I bought specifically for this project. Thought as it turns out I will have a lot of pieces left (though I'm all out of floors. Guess I'll have to make a floorless building and blame the Mechanicus for the STC's, or something.)

Anyway, my last wraith is finally done. I simply went for the arm/tail idea, since it was quick and I was eager to start working on the Tomb Spyder. So without further ado, here's Onslaught:




Work has also begun on Omega Constructor, in fact, his base is finished, and he is almost done (just thinking of adding some scarabs to his back and some more arms made from guitar strings, though I haven't done anything with those previously so I'm not sure how it will turn out.) Tell me what you think!

Nice, I really like all the little ancillary arms around the head there, very insectoid. One bit of critique, however: perhaps another color to accent the sawblades on Onslaught there. Perhaps a tin bitz or copper on the half-disks the saws rotate through would break up the model a bit. I do love the anchor point on the tail saw, very dynamic!

ForceVoid

They just get better and better. The last two were fantastic.

About Long Haul: I do agree that it deserves a space in your force. The model only looks off as yoyu have glued a face onto the skip. A bit Thomas the Tank Engine really. What is needed is a neck sticking out of a socket on the front preferably with a little bit of backbone modelled beneath it fading into the plain metal of the skip.