Bitterness, and then some..

Imotekh the Stormlord

I've been working on the full clutch of new Necron characters lately, applying the early, long-drying stages between other projects this week and finally sitting down tonight and bashing through all 5 in about 6 hours.

They are a commission for a very nice chap who wasn't as fussed about having them amazingly done as he was getting them done full stop, so hopefully he will be pleased with them!

The bases have been left unfinished as he is yet to decide on a scheme for them, less work for me! hoho!

First up is Imotekh the Stormlord, a gorgeous, if fiddly model, the extra detail from it being a finecast model shows quite nicely in the final product i think, and i am still undecided as to what i think of finecast as a medium, i think i prefer it just for the ease of assembly, but conversely for models like the Necron characters i think it is a little too flimsy in the long run, i can see a lot of breakages happening.

A nice detail of the Imotekh model is that he doesn't actually have one giant hand like i thought he did, but a regular sized one inside a larger housing a la the Dreadknight, a nice little detail, the cloak was quite interesting to paint as well,

Trazyn the Infinite

Next up is Trazyn the infinite, i don't know why, but i absolutely love this model.  The Background is awesome for him, his rules are really unique and interesting, and the model really fits the character perfectly, he isn't big and imposing, or even that scary looking, but you look at it and think "what tricks is he up to?".

The model is gorgeous, start to finish to paint, only complaint being that the staff is ridiculously thin and stands pretty much zero chance of coming out of the deal perfectly straight, but details like that don't fuss me too much.

I'm already having ideas about getting around to doing a Necron force of my own (probably the third army in my painting queue if i'm right) with a few nice conversions here and there to give them a unique look, all off the back of this one model, that's what this hobby is about for me!

I'm really glad GW went with some named Necrons for this book, i still remember how mindblown i was with the old 4th Ed. Tyranid codex when Old One Eye and the Red Terror appeared, little character quirks and background add a lot to another army that runs a similar threat of being devoid of both those very things.

Necron Overlord with Resurrection Orb

And onto the Necron Overlord miniature, i remember seeing the previews of this mini and assuming it was going to be the most badass special character in the codex, i'm still a bit confused as to how a model for a generic HQ came out so big. 

The pose is so dynamic he doesn't photograph well unfortunately (or fit into a figure case particularly well.) but there is something about the added beefiness of this model that i love, Imotekh is a cool dude but this chap looks like he can bench press him no problem when you stand them side by side.

Still, i'm interested to play against some Necron forces and see if people plump for anything besides Imotekh and writhing worldscape C'tan shards.  They sound nice and all but they don't really do it for me personally!

Necron Cryptek

Next up the Cryptek, new boys on the block for the Necrons, these guys act as nice little force multipliers you can purchase and have either in royal courts or as squad upgrades, my only worry with these guys is i've heard that the Chronometron allows you a dice re-roll a phase or something similar and people seem to be raving about it, i'm not a big fan of model rules that present a vast array of choices but have one that is clearly better than the others for the points, i guess i am going to have to familiarise myself with the codex a bit more! 

I thought this model was kind of ugly when i saw pictures of it first time round, but i have to say it looks a lot nicer in the flesh (though a lot of GW sculpts really have that effect nowadays which is great!) it really has this cool vibe that he was probably quite an old man by the time he was entombed in his Necron form, and that it still retain this hunched posture, another nice little character adding feature of one of the new models, also i am a huge fan of the Cyclopian heads this guy and the Deathmarks got, really characterful and cool.

Necron Lord with Resurrection Orb

And lastly, this plastic Necron (under?)Lord with resurrection Orb, from one of the new vehicle kits, the detail is really nice on this model, nicer than on the older metal models definitely, a shame about his static pose in terms of legs and body, but with the right tweaking in the assembly stage this could actually be a good thing, i really like the way Games Workshop is adding little detachable usable models to some of their larger kits, and the multi-use nature of vehicles and big warhammer beast boxes now, always tons of conversion/trophy bits coming out of every new thing you buy which is good! 

The Models were painted Scab Red and then highlighted up through blood red to Blazing orange and finally to Golden Yellow on the final spot highlights, the capes were drybrushed with a mix of Mithril silver and enchanter blue before being re-highlighted with mithril silver, i hand them over tomorrow,

and unfortunately i think i am being tempted to a newer, weirder 40k army before i even finish my Grey Knights.....