Risen Like Immortals

   I've just had two weeks off work after some really minor surgery and I had thought I'd get some jobs done around the house, but that my hobby time would sky rocket. This was not the case, however, ,the first day I did hide down my hobby shed and paint some something easy just to ease myself in, and two units for my Necrons were the chosen project.

 

The two units are a Hexmark Destroyer and a 10 robot unit of Immortals. Like the vast bulk of my Necron army all of these models came from past issues of various Warhammer magazines, I can't remember if it was Imperium or Conquest, so were so much cheaper than buying at retail that it is daft. I do have one or two things left on my shopping list for this project that I do need to spend real money on, but I've really enjoyed the fact I have a decent sized force for next to nothing.

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The Sleepless Awaken

   For some reason I put aside my important painting projects for a bit and mass painted Necrons. No idea why, so I'm not going to try and justify it but I made some serious progress in a short amount of time.

Second unit of Warriors

Royal Warden - 1st HQ

Third unit of Warriors

Fourth unit of Warriors

Immortals

Death Marks

Fifth unit of Warriors

   In one fell swoop I've very nearly completed everything I own for this project, mostly due to a simple colour scheme and the vast bulk of this army having been built and sprayed in advance - thanks past Mike.

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Awakening The Tomb

   I am pretty confident that the next few posts will all be the first units of a series of different new(ish) projects instead of me actually getting on with something useful in my limited hobby time. The first of these new projects is a Necron army for 40k. I've said before and I'll keep saying it, while I don't play 40k a huge amount - normally a small game or two a year with someone who is thinking about getting back into it, the universe has a grip in my head that I'll never get rid of and I like the idea of having armies ready in case I ever fall into a group that does play it regularly.

   But why Necrons? Honestly, cheapness and speed to paint. I've got so many projects where units take ages to paint, and I like the idea of one where I don't need to think a whole lot while I'm painting. Plus I can box them up when done and due the cost of the figures (mostly the other halves of other people's starter sets and magazine freebies) I'm not going to cry about how much money is stored in those boxes if/when I don't use them for years.

   The first finished batches are a unit of Necron Warriors - although I think my basic unit will be boosted up to 20, a Necron Spyder (the only thing I've bought in separately from GW) and 5 packs worth of Necron Scarabs. There is nothing too special about the colour scheme, as I have gone for a dirty version of the classic metal and black, however, I've been using the technical paint Tesseract Glow for the green bits and that pot is what's making this project work.

Next time, something completely different.

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A 40k Detour (and another new project)

    One of the last games I placed recently, was a game of 40k 9th edition as I previously threatened I would. 40k will always have a soft spot in my hobby heart and its nice to scratch the itch once in a while, except this couple of games didn't so much as scratch the itch but make me find a whole new gnat bite I didn't know I had*.

   I wrote two quick lists out of models I had to hand - Primaris Space Marines vs Sisters of Battle, using points from the Indexes released at the start of 8th but using 9th rules (as stats etc will carry over but the points didn't) and we had a blast. The rules were simple enough that it took us a couple of turns to get our heads around and the rest of the game and following game, were spent chatting and eating snacks while we played, exactly what you want in a game.

*Did that analogy go too far?

   This game got me thinking. I want to have an easy small campaign I can from my front room in the new year that I have all the figures for and can be kept fun, simple and cheap. I'd picked up the new Recruit starter set to get the assault marines (more on them another day) and the Necrons that came 'free' became an obvious enemy for an Imperial army (which I am swimming in).

   The campaign will be based after the events of the Battlefleet Gothic campaign I played a few years back. The Aurora Knights home world has been destroyed, leaving a lifeless rock in space but something that was dormant below the planet's crust has been awoken and the Knights can't have a xenos force on their homeworld and monument to their failure.

   Step forward the first batch of Necrons. . .

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