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    Necron Army on a budget (and unique conversions)

    Hey guys!

    Newbie to 40K I decided to start small and simple with a necron army, but quite to my taste it now is something big and complex

    I'm a fan of good deals and the Necron army seems to come quite cheaply if you are up for some minor conversions and a few scratchbuilts. My calculations show that an unit of 8 Immortals and 8 Flayed Ones would cost more than 100 bucks, but I plan on saving up to U$70 by converting a few pieces to make those two! Monolith, tomb spiders and Wraiths will also be scratch or salvaged from other bits, read along to check it out.

    Another thing I decided as I waited for the first units to arrive was that my army was going to be unique. All Necron armies seem to be the same and people have a hard time making necron conversions. So I decided to change that and make some new and original stuff.

    Fluff-wise my necron are one of the first ones to give away their live forms and as such they are less likely to give away their humanoid forms. Thus my destroyers and wraiths all are going to be vehicles and "suits" with an immortal or warrior inside. Another theme is that my army will make exclusive use of machine-tentacles (think of Dr. Octopus or the Sentinels from the Matrix).

    Well, here are my plans:







    My Monolith will be quite different from the GW standard, I decided to mkae it like this so my army would be trulçy unique. Here's the Necrosphere:


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    I bid you good lukc on that necrosphere. Pull it off right and you have one hell of a centre piece my friend. I shall be watching....from the shadows, as usuall.
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    Well the stuff came in last week and I started cranking at them!
    Here are a couple pics of what I have so far:

    Warrior:



    more of him:
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron018.jpg
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron020.jpg


    Immortal (using Warrior parts and a destroyer torso purchased separately, half the price of an original model)





    With the warrior that gave away his Flayer for the Immortal Blaster I made this Flayed One (unpainted):

    More of him:
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron029.jpg
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron030.jpg

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    Make this work and I will be amazed (and low on cash, as I will try to best you ^^)

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    Well Arhurt, first off, I like the concept sketches, and if you pull it off you will have a one-off-a-kind army. However, I think your “lord on destroyer body” needs a bit less of the throne. Maybe its just me, but its remind me off a... toilet. Not too sure on what precisely does it, perhaps you should make it more like a chair or skip it, having the lord walking, or just having him standing on top of the destroyer body. Otherwise, looking forward to see you get this cool army done!

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    Hmm the Necrosphere might be best as an Apocalypse scratch build (maybe as the super monolith) But Very nice concept sketches.
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    I love the theme, looks more like the original necron pirates, simply sitting on the destroyers
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    double post oops
    Last edited by Arhurt; 24-04-2009 at 21:30.

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    Here's my Necron Destroyer Lord. As I said he still has his full body and uses the destroyer base as a skimmer. (I changed his position so he doesn't look like he's using the toilet)



    Few more:
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron022.jpg
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron023.jpg

    Lastly, my scratchbuilt Tomb "spider" squid:





    Few more:
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron035.jpg
    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../Necron031.jpg

    I made sure to make it large and big since it's supposed to be a monstruous creature like a carnifex! Check out it's massive size compared to a warrior:



    Well that's it, I'll post more as I progress!

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    douple post oops
    Last edited by Arhurt; 24-04-2009 at 21:30.

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    Holy crap man! This stuff is amazing! I'll be watching this for sure!

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    That Tomb Spider looks kinda like a Sentinal from the Matrix! How cool
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    HOYL CRAP@!!!! The tomb spyder, the conversions, the necro-sphere!! You have talent!!!!

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    What's up with all these really cool and original Necron armies lately? :P Great job man! Love that Tomb Spyder! Keep up the good work!
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    This looks excellent, and has great potential. I shall be watching!

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    This stuff is AWESOME!

    That spyder conversion came out great. I think you should have a bunch of scarabs at the front of the lords base. Kinda like the Nightbringers base.

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    Sweet stuff man going to keep my eye on this log
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    Nice stuff - The concept drawings and especially the scratch built tomb spider look fantastic. Looking forward to seeing more.

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    Great colour scheme, great budget, great basing and great concept! Yes, it's looking great and i'll be looking to see how the rest of your project pans out, specifically the Necrosphere. Good luck!
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    Arhurt

    Your drawings are impecable... so pretty in fact, sod the conversions, id let you play with them!

    but that said, the actual models you have created are exquisite...

    amazing paint scheme, fabulous necron lord, and the tomb spider.... well im lost for words.

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