Post by ravix on Feb 15, 2011 4:27:09 GMT
Not to long ago, after growing more and more frustrated with the Necron codex in 5th edition, an idea popped into my head:
"Why not use my Necron army with another codex while still maintaining the fluff/theme of the Necrons" (at least until Necrons get their 5th ed codex)
The more I thought about it the more I wanted to try it... although I was a bit reluctant as to what my gaming community would think. Would they even play me? Would they think this idea was stupid/confusing? or would they applaud my creative thinking?
Well, The codex I immediately thought of was Space Marines. After all, the basic marine has a very similar stat line and weapon to a Necron warrior if you don't count init, LD, and "we'll be back". Plus there were a few other units that could also easily pass as a space marine unit.
Here is my break down:
Marine = Warrior
Land Speeder = Destroyer
Land Raider = Monolith
Necron Lord = Pretty much any Space Marine HQ
Terminators = Pariah? (I actually made a new Necron unit called "Tomb-inators" that were converted from real terminator models)
Razorbacks and Rhinos = Obelisks (basically a Necron "mini-monolith" that works as a transport and something I built from scratch)
Tech marine = Tombspider
So these are the units I currently use. I'm sure you (the Necron community) could think of some other clever comparisons to use.
For the last 5 weeks, I have been playing this new "Necron themed Space Marine army" in a competitive league and have been doing fairly well. I own a lot of destroyers so my current list is heavily based on Land Speeder Typhoon spam (glass cannon). So far my opponents have been pretty tolerant of my conversion army. Some think it's the coolest thing since sliced bread and others just go a long with it. At the same time, I hear murmurs of it being stupid and feel I should just purchase an entire space marine army (only from a few people I have not played yet)
Last Wednesday I faced off with a Tyranid player and he made a battle report of it here:
www.warpshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=15355
(pics of my army inside!)
Anyways, just thought I would share what I have been up to lately and to ask the Necron community (although small) what they think of this cross-over army I created. I also saw this as an opportunity to show off my painted models as promised
"Why not use my Necron army with another codex while still maintaining the fluff/theme of the Necrons" (at least until Necrons get their 5th ed codex)
The more I thought about it the more I wanted to try it... although I was a bit reluctant as to what my gaming community would think. Would they even play me? Would they think this idea was stupid/confusing? or would they applaud my creative thinking?
Well, The codex I immediately thought of was Space Marines. After all, the basic marine has a very similar stat line and weapon to a Necron warrior if you don't count init, LD, and "we'll be back". Plus there were a few other units that could also easily pass as a space marine unit.
Here is my break down:
Marine = Warrior
Land Speeder = Destroyer
Land Raider = Monolith
Necron Lord = Pretty much any Space Marine HQ
Terminators = Pariah? (I actually made a new Necron unit called "Tomb-inators" that were converted from real terminator models)
Razorbacks and Rhinos = Obelisks (basically a Necron "mini-monolith" that works as a transport and something I built from scratch)
Tech marine = Tombspider
So these are the units I currently use. I'm sure you (the Necron community) could think of some other clever comparisons to use.
For the last 5 weeks, I have been playing this new "Necron themed Space Marine army" in a competitive league and have been doing fairly well. I own a lot of destroyers so my current list is heavily based on Land Speeder Typhoon spam (glass cannon). So far my opponents have been pretty tolerant of my conversion army. Some think it's the coolest thing since sliced bread and others just go a long with it. At the same time, I hear murmurs of it being stupid and feel I should just purchase an entire space marine army (only from a few people I have not played yet)
Last Wednesday I faced off with a Tyranid player and he made a battle report of it here:
www.warpshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=15355
(pics of my army inside!)
Anyways, just thought I would share what I have been up to lately and to ask the Necron community (although small) what they think of this cross-over army I created. I also saw this as an opportunity to show off my painted models as promised