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So a simple history class has given my the idea for my next army: Roman Necrons
the parallels in the fluff are just too much for me not to make it. I've got some fluff I need to expand upon, but basically a Necron overlord crash lands on a planet after his dynasty gets destroyed. this blog will follow him restarting his dynasty from converted locals.
here's a list of what each unit will be:

HQ
Overlord: Principe
Lords: consuls (they'll have togas and those bundles of staves with an axe in the middle (I forget what they're called))
Crypteks: Augers
Destroyer Lord: Legatus on a hover board type device

Elites
Deathmarks: Venator
lychguard: Praetorian guard
praetorians:
Flayed Ones: Gladiators
Stalker: Walking Scorpion

Troops
warriors: Hastatus
Immortals: Triarii

Dedicated Transports
catacomb command barge: not quite sure what this will be, but it will be roman looking
Ghost Arks: triremes
night scythe: Expolretores (a basic scythe modified to be more roman looking)

fast attack
wraiths: Alaris
scarabs: mechanical war dogs
tomb blades: equestrie
destroyers: Sagittarii

Heavy Support
Doomsday ark: Balista
annihilation barge: not sure yet
monolith: Heliopolis
Doom scythe: same as the night scythe
spiders: not sure yet

the first minis will be arriving tomorrow so watch this space.

Fast Attack

alright I've got some WIP of the basic warriors:


(they still need their helmets, and their shields, and their arms. I'm waiting on my shipment from the warstore of Romans before I put the arms on them, need to position them to hold the shield.)
the warriors will have Lorica Sigmentum, I'm still working on what the scarabs will look like. fluff will follow tomorrow morning. tell me what you think so far?

alright I've got the overlord done:

his pose is based on a statue of the Emperor Augustus, the Augustus of Prima Porta:


I've also got a prototype of my Flayed One Gladiators:

this one is a Secutor, and the other ones will be other types.

also I'm having a bit of trouble with creating my other lords because I just can't seem to sculpt their togas right, anyone have any ideas?

Creative, and this theme isnt far fetched from what the current writing of fluff could suggest that the necrons could be.

The gladiator/flayed one is a perfect fit for its combat role and the pose is fantastic.


Im looking forward to the lynchgaurd and what I expec to be towershield.

thanks.
alright I've got the first of my Lords done, I give you:

Lord Agripus. he still needs his helmet, should be here Monday or so.

also I have my Scarab Auxiliaries prototype ready:


they're shaped like an Auxiliaries shield.

also I have the first bit of fluff for the army:
“and furthermore I believe the Old Ones must be destroyed!” Cation concluded and sat down. It was Octios’s turn to address the triarch.
“thank you phaeron Cation, but your catchphrase has passed beyond the vogue and is approaching the point of absurdity. I suggest you find another before the soles on that one wear out.”
The past, the present, maybe even the future all intertwined in the digitized mind of Nemsor Octios as he drifted in the upper atmosphere of the planet the meat-bags called Hispania. Above him the wreckage of his fleet, his home for millions of years, all that he had, drifted lifelessly. As far as he knew he was the only survivor, and he might not be that way for long. He was entering the planet’s atmosphere, and even his necrodermis might not save him from re-entry. His cybernetic senses detected the plasma sheath forming around him as he took one last look at the wreckage of his tomb ship before shutting down and making his body limp to prepare for impact.

I'll post the next bits as I complete units.
until next time see you soon.
EDIT: bad news, Agripius broke and when I went to fix him the bottle of glue I was using leaked all over him, ruining the model