Necrons: Bitter Defeat!

I played Sam-I-Am and his Orks-In-Progress not too long ago... and it was a fairly crushing defeat.

Ah, the balanced approach!  

I was testing (aren't I always) an idea... if one HBU with Veil is great - and it is - wouldn't two be better?  I was also curious how a foot list would do.

Afternoon Quickie: Projects Update

I've long admired Fritz's sturdy flying bases, so set about creating my own for the Necron Destroyers and Spyders.  Inside each tube is a magnet, allowing for a better hold during the game and easy storage after. 

Cannoness Test Model, Take 2

I repainted the brown cloth with a grey-based white, layering up to a final white highlight.  I didn't spend a particularly large amount of time on it, being a test model, but here's the result.

The contrast against the red armor is worlds better, but Lord knows white is a pain to paint.  After talking to the Master Manipulator (every store needs one), I've decided on red armor with grey tabards, a la Flesh Tearers and the like.  I'll probably use an off-blue for the spot color.

Just having acquired a Sisters army, I couldn't resist play-testing it some!  I defeated a Chaos Space Marines army first; a challenge, as though the player is new and inexperienced, his list made use of large squads of CSM with the Mark of Nurgle - and Toughness 5 is no mean trick against Nuns with (only) Guns!

Today I played the Mighty Mighty Carlos and managed to pull out the win.  His shooting didn't work out too well and he managed to immobilize three Chimeras over the course of the game, but I'll take what I can get!

Don't get me wrong, though: this army comes after Necrons and Bugs! in my 'must complete' list, and I'm still overwhelmingly in favor of taking the former to Adepticon...

...if for no other reason than to try to nail down Darkwynn to a video battle report!  Maybe I can champion the 'Dex and change his mind some.

Or lose horribly and blame it on the book - that works too!

Another for the Album...

Ah, staged pictures!  I'm an Empty Digital Headache... and evidently a folk singer.

Okay, back to painting.  *sigh*

Carolina Comics Tournament Highlights

Weekend before last I took my Necrons through the paces at their first tournament.  It was a small affair, only ten players, but the perfect opportunity to refine my approach to competitive play.

Game one was Capture and Control Spearhead against Chaos Space Marines.  Abbadon was hanging out with Terminators in a Land Raider, and he was by far the biggest threat to the army.  My plan from the beginning was to hold back the HBU 'Crons with the Overlord and Veil and jump on the objective in the latter third of the game. 

I had some issues with the Daemon Prince and Greater Daemon.  Never did kill that darn Greater Daemon!

Cannoness / Commission, Pictures

Woot!  I have a Thursday off!

For Confederate Heros Day.  In the same week as Martin Luther King Day.  Yea, Texas!

Regardless of any possible perceived irony, I'm going to enjoy it.  I'm about to head to the game store in the hopes of picking up a game - or at least working on some models, if nothing else.  Before I go, here are a recent batch of pictures.

Not a great spot to be.  (Actually, I just didn't want to move the Necrons before getting the pic - lazy...)

Necrons: Competitive or Crap, Part II

I posted my current 'competitive' list yesterday, and I got to test it against the Client Pimp in Question.

First, the comments!

Tao, from Tides of Madness, noted:

Convert one of your Particle beamers to a Gloom Prism on your Spyders. This will give you a 4+ Null to any force jibbing on the unit and also give you wound allocation (Beamer, Gloom, Naked)

With the 15 points you get from the conversion give yourself a 3 Whipcoil and 1 Partical Caster. This gives you 3 Whips and for better lack of terms 2 red shirts from wound allocation. In practice i find 3 whip coils has been the lowest amount to spread Inn 1 across the unit with the placement (alternating Whips).

With this change two of your units get wound allocation for some increased survivablity, and your spiders (who lack an invul) get force jibb protection.

Necrons 1850: Competitive or Crap?

Here's my stab at a tournament list for my 'Crons.  I've been playing around with 'Crons for a few weeks now and have had a blast.

Frankly, I disappointed myself by abandoning them in the City Fight Tournament last week, so with an 1850 at Carolina Comics in Oklahoma I wasn't missing a chance at redemption!

Anyway, here's the list.

Commission Painting Update

Turns out, this ain't so easy, but I'll admit to enjoying the challenge!

So besides the two characters, I've reached the tabletop quality level for the first ten strong Terminators.  No, the banner isn't done - I'm going to try a 'cloth look' for the images, grey for silver and yellow for gold - that kind of thing.  No, I won't even try NMM!

Afternoon Quickie: Necrons and the Movement Phase

Ah, Necrons!  I have to admit, these silver automatons have captured my imagination.  I've rarely been this excited about a new Codex.

Finished Grey Knight Librarian

Sometimes they're wrong...

...but sometimes they ain't.  Here's the finished GK Libby, and as you can see I went a different direction. I kept the interior glow effect inside the Psychic Hood, but I used blue to harken to the Codex color.

Commission; Grey Knight Draigo and Librarian

So, as detailed (mention, really) in the last post is the commission work I'm doing for the Client Pimp in Question.

Even as new to this stuff as I am, I'm finding it's a balance between time and quality.  We have an agreed upon price - if I 'spend' time equivalent to something beyond that 'price,' then it's really not worth my while.

Happy Xenos New Year!

I hope everyone made it home safely last night... and are paying for a night of drunken debauchery with extra special New Year's Day hangovers!

Nothing wrong with that - just feels like it!

Anyway, from a hobby standpoint 2012 feels like the year of excess.  My game room is practically overflowing with armies... too many, in fact.  I have almost everything I've ever wanted - all those models I could never afford when I was younger, I own.

Lord - now what to do with them all?