Necron 'Doom Cron' 2k Battle Report

Nick speaking,

Time to take the Doom Crons into battle against Blood Angels!

Doom Crons 2k

HQ 
1 x Destroyer Lord (160)

TROOPS
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)

FAST
6 x Wraiths/Coils (270) 
5 x Necron Destroyers (200)  
4 x Tomb Blades/Beamer/Vanes (160) 

ELITES
1 x Triarch Stalker/Gauss Cannon (165)

HEAVY
1x Doomsday Ark (175)
1x Doomsday Ark (175)
1x Doom Scythe (175)

2000 points     

Let the Doom begin...

 

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Necron 'Doom Cron' List

Nick speaking,

I have been looking at something a bit different for my Necrons lately, and it's the Heavy Support section that has taken my eye! I usually run with Annihilation Barges, which are in no doubt of being totally awesome for their points, but what about Doomsday Arks? I know they are a lot of points, but boy is that big gun good, especially when combined with a Triarch Stalker to make it twin linked! Talking of Triarch Stalkers, I onced asked the question on here about what gun to take, well I am 100% convinced the Twin Linked Gauss Cannon is the way to go, with the range of the gun being the main advantage in keeping the Stalker safe...

Luckily, I magnetised my two Ghost Arks into Doom Arks, so that is my starting point of the list, and to keep the Doom theme going, I will go for a Doom Scythe as well to top off the heavy choices. With no Ghost Arks for my Warriors to repair with my Overlord, and for another change up, I will exchange the Overlord for a Destroyer Lord for my Wraiths. I have used this fantastic combo before, but not as much as I would like. That leaves Elites free for my Triarch Stalker and some points left over for some other toys. Five Destroyers and a few Tomb Blades for distraction and we are all done...

Doom Crons 2k (v1) 

HQ 
1 x Destroyer Lord (160)

TROOPS
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)

FAST
6 x Wraiths/Coils (270) 
5 x Necron Destroyers (200)  
4 x Tomb Blades/Beamer/Vanes (160) 

ELITES
1 x Triarch Stalker/Gauss Cannon (165)

HEAVY
1x Doomsday Ark (175)
1x Doomsday Ark (175)
1x Doom Scythe (175)

2000 points     

Let the Doom begin...

                  

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Flying Stem Please!

Nick speaking,

Right, it's no good, I just have to get a new Stem for my Flying base! It has been bugging me for a while now, that stupid 'burn' I have at the bottom of my stem on my flying base. Obviously, I just put too much glue on it when I glued it. At the time, I just accepted it, but now I want to replace it with a new one, as I think it ruins the final mini. I can buy a replacement stand from GW for £6.15, or if I could find one in stock from one of the other on-line bitz companies, for a couple of quid less. Before I dig deep into my pockets though, I was just wondering if anyone out there has a spare stem, or knows where I could order a spare stem from at a reasonable price?

Any help on this would be most appreciated, please comment or email me if you are able to save me a few pennies...

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Necron Doom Scythe/Night Scythe Painted!

Nick speaking,

I have been a busy boy with my painting recently, thanks to the new Necron flyer pushing it's way to the top of my painting list! I really enjoyed building and painting this model and hope that I did it justice with my painting. I think it matches into my Necron colour scheme very well, and as usual, I wanted to stick with the 'green rod' type painting for the guns. Overall I am very happy with how it turned out and I think the portal came out a treat...

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How to Magnetise a Necron Doom Scythe/Night Scythe

Nick speaking,

I had a lot of fun building and magnetising my new Necron flyer, so I thought I would share how I did it with you. The first thing you will notice is the instruction book tells you to glue in the driver and paint him up before gluing it all together. I would actually recommend that you take that one step further and paint the driver before you even glue him in, there are some areas which will be difficult to get to if you did it the GW way. I would also suggest you paint the other sections of the cockpit areas as well, like the sides and rear, before putting it all together. It's worth noting that the wings will need to be glued together with the mid section as it is difficult to get them in after...

So, now we have the main body done it's time to look at magnetising. I built the Death Ray and Portal as per the instruction book. The only exception was the two front pieces of the Death Ray gun that cover the front part of the it, which I left off for ease of painting. Both of these sections fit perfectly into the Scythe without having to magnetise them, which is great. They just push in and fit in place without falling out, but you can still easily pull them out if you want to...

Next is the Teslar Destructors, I wanted to magnetise them so that I would be able to take them off if the Scythe received a weapon destroyed result. I used some 2x1mm magnets, cut out and drilled a couple of holes for them to sit into, and then glued them into place. They say pictures speak a thousand words, so this is how I magnetised them...

Job done, one interchangeable Doom Scythe...

and Night Scythe...

Now all I have to do is mask up the painted bits so that I can spray on the base coat and get it painted up!

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Necron Flyer Unboxing!

Nick speaking,

What can I say, It's a Necron Flyer! I have been waiting for a flyer for one of my four armies for some time, and now I finally have one. Who cares about the rules, or if it's worth the points! It's a FLYER! I plan to magnetise it up into both a Doom Scythe and a Night Scythe as usual, but until then, here is a video of me unboxing it...

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