A brief pause in the robots...

So this week sees me take a break in the Necron project. There is only so long I can sustain the same army without a break of some kind and to paint something else.
So last night it was time to break open the Forge World packets of the Land Raider Spartan I got in july and start cleaning up.
Not a bad kit to assemble but one of the track sections is quite badly miscast due to what looks to be a large air bubble that must have formed and wiped out the end linkage. Not difficult to repair to be honest, but annoying nonetheless.
The reason I wanted a break was also to ensure that this model was finished with a view to using at the upcoming event at WHW in November I am attending called the Sacking of Gaios Secundus. I will be attending the campaign with 3 or even 4 different armies for the various points games they are running, hopefully with the intention of competing for Best Army.
So a contingent of Eldar, Necron, Blood Angel and Pre Heresy Imperial Fists will be in attendance. I am thinking the Eldar will be better at the 750 points game with the BA and Necrons for 1000/1750/2000 and the IF for the 2500 where I can bring along things like the Storm Eagle. I expect some kind of allied use here though, perhaps with Eldar for their flyer options.

Weekend gaming and other fun

So this weekend just gone saw 60 odd players attend "The Great Waaagh"campaign event and Malestrom Games in Mansfield.
Awesome event for which my taskforce of Eldar and Dark Eldar comfortably won the event with 25 games, 22 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Not bad I thought for the team of 5! That included killing Biotitans with rending Harlies, and taking on custom built Mechanicum lists from a Codex developed by the Tempus Fugitives - the guys behind these campaigns.
www.tempusfugitives.co.uk

In the meantime I also painted up these for the Necrons. Taken quick with my iPhone.

Talking of iPhones, I have ordered my iPhone 5...have you?!

Hey people are watching!

Well I have received some comments on my fairly new blog. Awesome! Many thanks to those who have taken the time to visit my little world here and say something nice.

Anyway, there has been more progress to the Necrons of late. I have now finished the Catacomb Command Barge so that it is ready to escort some over powered glory hunting Necron character to battle at last. Additionally I finished the blue work on the Destroyers I had kicking around.

I have played a few more games with them as well under the new rules set and surprisingly my current list is still undefeated. Even extending to 2000 I managed a draw after a decidedly bad first 3 turns against an allied Marine and Guard force camping on 2 or the 3 objectives playing short edge to short edge deployment.
Necrons are not known to be fast, so I ensured my home objective was secure with Tesla Immortals while rushing multiple units to towards his lines and trying to stay alive long enough to be effective when they go there.
The CCB Overlord and Destroyer Lord made combat and shook off their Marine/Guard units on their objective and scored me the bonus of the secondary objectives of getting to their deployment zone.
As he got First Blood, it ended 4-4 in points after T5. I think had we had another turn I could have turned it to 4-1 by kicking off his other objective as well...but thats time for you.
A tough game though thats for sure.

More pics coming soon! 

Photo time!!!

Annihilation Barge, WIP Command Barge and Doom Scythe

Necrons rise!

So although I have had yet another small gap in blogging, I have been busy a. leaving my old job, b. shopping for new casual work clothers for a new job, and c. buying and painting new Necron models! Oh yeah it was also my birthday and had a game of 6th Edition.
Since the last blog entry, I have purchased what I forsee my last Necron models for this project. I have added two Ghost Arks and "AnrakyrThe Traveller" as a special character HQ.
The finecast model was in pretty good shape since cleaning it up. Just a couple of small airbubbles to fill but nothing major at all. I have also assembled one of the Arks and primed that ready for painting.

As part of my local GW challenge, July was an HQ and 3 objective markers. Although I could not attend the gaming side due to my works leaving do, I did manage to submit my Overlord and objectives and have discovered that I won the best painted entry!

Time for pictures this week me thinks. All words and no photos makes for a dull toy hobby blog eh?

Been 10 days!

Errr yeah I am sure you are supposed to regularly update blogs etc but whatever!

In the past 10 days I have resigned from work, accepted a new job elsewhere in a nice shiney modern company, and been painting Necrons. I cannot get enough of these little robot dudes :)

The total list of models I have now splashed out and bought of late, or have already had from an army 6 years ago thats being repainted to the new scheme is quite extensive. Remember my blog on "everything is always half finished" - this will be another one of those no doubt!

So the list of stuff

Necron Overlord, res orb and Staff of Light - I am sure i'll give other cool wargear to him too
Necron Destroyer Lord, res orb, Staff of Light - again same on wargear

10 Lychguard - New models that were too cool not to get and will have Hyperphase swords / dispersion shields

10 Immortals - the old metal ones with gauss blasters
10 Immortals - the new plastics that will be getting Tesla Carbine options
50 Warriors - all from my old army, with 40 now repainted and 10 nearly sorted

9 Scarab Bases - from the old army - will have to add a 10th I guess for roundness of numbers
3 Tomb Blades - new cool models, given mine Gauss Blasters and Shadowlooms
3 Wraiths - new models again one with Whip Coils
Triarch Stalker - new model looks cool, big guns
6 Destroyers - again from the old army I had

Doom Scythe - it looks badass like a Cylon Raider
2 Monoliths - umm from the old army I had and was a christmas pressie when Apoc was released and you bought 2 in a box for proper discount
3 Annihliation Barges - I suspect 1 may become a command barge

total is now 3175 points worth of Necrons.
What is missing? I think I need to look at the fancy new HQ options personally and look at royal courts etc

Whats on the table tonight/this week/this month?

Well its Necrons...for the time being! I still have a few Fist projects to do, but for now I am all gauss blasters blazing on a Necron project which is new units and repainting old ones.

So far its been 20 quick Necron Warriors to date

These have been painted to look a bit old and rusty but re-aminated by a magical orange power crystal.
So the metals are Vallejo air Gunmetal, washed with Mig Brown then Mig Engine Grease.
Once dried they get a coat of Testors Dull Cote to seal it all over.
The weapons (and crystals) are done the same way.
I overspray the area with Red gore, then blazing orange, then orange/yellow/white mix and finally white. A thinned tamiay clear orange is then blasted over the whole area.

With 20 warriors done, I now have at the Dull Cote stage over armour washes ready on 10 old metal Immortals, 6 Destroyers, an Overlord, and 10 more warriors.
I have 3 Tomb Blades, A Stalker and a Doom Scythe also primed black as well!

Airbrushing really is the future...