Necron Warrior Squad and 1750pt Army List

The back problems I mentioned in the last post have really been hampering my attempts to crack on with the Necrons. Some progress has been made though; a Warrior Squad and 6 Scarab Bases.

The next 12 Warriors. I forgot to wash the resin bases before painting, which has lead to the paint not sticking properly around the edges of the base. Now they're varnished, i'll try paiinting them again and see if it sticks!!

These are the Scarab Bases that came with the Warrior sets. Painted in the same
scheme as the Warriors.

Here are some pictures of the Gauss Blaster rods. I used the marble paint again, and had much better results! There's defiinately a knack to it. Only one out of the 12 wasn't quite as i wanted it. Below are some of the rods from this batch.

Finally, the army list. I've never been that great at writting lists, but always managed to get a decent one together in the end. The Necrons have made list writting a real pain in the arse though! I usually make a 'take on all comers' list, or at least something close to it! I just can't seem to get that here. The army list feels very...modular to me, if that makes any sense!! Each section seems to have to compliment the other, and the player needs to have a firm idea of the strategy he or she is going to use.

That being said, i've tried to make a list that has:

• Plenty of Troop choices
• Transports
• Anti Tank

Seems pretty standard, but it helped me put this list together. See what you think:

HQ

Necron Overlord – 185pts

·         Phaeron – 20pts

·         Sempiternal Weave – 15pts

·         Resurrection Orb – 30pts

·         Tachyon Arrow – 30pts

Cryptek – 55pts

·         Harbinger of Destruction with Eldritch Lance – 10pts

·         Solar Pulse – 20pts

Cryptek – 35pts

·         Harbinger of Destruction with Eldritch Lance – 10pts

Cryptek – 55pts

·         Harbinger of Transmogrification with Tremorstave – 5pts

·         Harp of Dissonance – 25pts

Troops

Necron Warriors – 232pts

·         9 Necron Warriors - 117

·         Ghost Ark Dedicated Transport – 115pts

Necron Warriors – 232pts

·         9 Necron Warriors - 117

·         Ghost Ark Dedicated Transport – 115pts

Necron Warriors – 130pts

·         10 Necron Warriors

Immortals – 85pts

·         5 Immortals with Gauss Blasters

Immortals – 185pts

·         5 Immortals with Gauss Blasters

·         Night Scythe Dedicated Transport – 100pts

Heavy Support

Monolith – 200pts

Doomsday Ark – 175pts

Doomsday Ark – 175pts                                     

1,749pts

The list is pretty self explanatory for most part. I don't see a lot of Doomsday Arks in the 'Net lists, but i think that S9 AP2 gun is underrated (and i LOVE the model!). I'll probably sit one of these in each corner of my deployment zone and blast away for as long as possible. Yes they'll be vunerable to Deep Strikers and Infiltrators - but isn't everything...?

The Warriors and Ghost Arks will be securing and babysitting objectives, supported by attached Crypteks. The 'Arks will provide fire support and spare Warriors as nessesary. The 5/10 strong Immortals (i'll decide on the day how large the squad will be) and the attached Overlord will be providing my mobile support in the Night Scythe, going where they are needed most. The Overlord is excessivly tooled up, simply because i had the points to burn. I was going to spend those points on Scarabs, but i'll try a few playtests first.

Finally the Monolith. Again, these guys seem to get a bad rep' in this Necron incarnation. Having not played Necrons before, i guess i don't feel that effect as acutely as others, but theyre still a AV 14/14/14 tank with a load of guns which can put pressure on multiple units each shooting phase. His main role will be Fire Magnet and moving units around the field with his Portal, as well as Fire Support.

I'm sure this list will change as games progress and new models are released. I love the looks of the 'Stalkers, and think their Twin Linked-confering abillity will prove invaluble so im sure they'll make an appearance. We'll see how it goes. For the time being, i'd love to hear peoples thoughts on the list!

The GunGrave