More new models acquired

So, I've got some more models for my Necrons and Tyranids, to update or expand on my current forces. Not to mention, get them before GW raises the prices (Although for some reason, they haven't mentioned what effect there will be on the UK prices yet)!
I got myself a box of Necron Canoptek Wraiths,a box of Immortals, a Canoptek Spider, an actual Tyrannofex/ Tervigon (to be made into a Tyrannofex) as opposed to the two I made out of Carnifices, an all-plastic Hive Tyrant and a Finecast Zoanthrope. Next week, I'll get my hands on some more models when my birthday comes!
The Hive Tyrant is mostly complete, apart from final painting touches and subsequent assembly and once that's finished, I'll get onto the rest, along with attempts to try to get a Land Raider back into a usable state and assemble/ paint a Land Raider that someone asked me to re-paint/ re-assemble for them (which has disassembled itself and I just have to get rid of all of the black gunge that was spray paint and then I'll paint it yellow).
Other things I'll get around to are to fit a Fleshborer Hive onto one of the Carnifex/ Tyrannofex conversion jobs (Hmm, a 20 shot fleshborer!), splitting 7 Zoanthropes into three units, building another unit of 10 Genestealers, building all the nice Necron stuff (probably edging them closer to 3,000 points) and continue with the long slog which is re-painting all of my Chaos Space Marine army.

3rd Heavy Destroyer

So, just after finishing Project Flayed One, another Necron conversion project (a simpler one) has finished!
Here is my second conversion job, converting a Necron Destroyer into a Heavy Destroyer, by making an all-plastic Heavy Gauss cannon, out of two gauss cannons and a tesla carbine. I ended up doing this, as I decided that it would probably be better if my unit of three Destroyers were all armed with the same heavy gun and would be better placed as an anti-vehicle unit, with three attempts at destroying a target vehicle.
Also, if I wanted to turn a Destroyer into a Heavy, I would now have to get a conversion kit from GW Direct Sales (in Finecast), as opposed to the old (probably now discontinued) Heavy Destroyer kit and I thought "stuff that for a lark!".
So, here is the end result:

So, I now have a unit of three Heavy Destroyers for the next time my Necrons go to battle.

Project Flayed One finished!

So, I've finally finished 'Project Flayed One', which involved converting twelve regular Necron warriors into Flayed Ones, using some plasticard and green stuff. To make out the fact that they are outcasts, the models were primarily painted purple, as opposed to my normal colour scheme of dark blue for the main armour plates.
Plasticard (I think it was somewhere between 0.8 to 1mm thickness) was used to make claws or talons (3 per hand) and the green stuff was used to make the flayed 'flesh', which was painted up using regular 'flesh' colours, washed with ogryn flesh wash. The texture on the base was applied using the new GW 'snow' textured paint, with a wash of purple or ogryn flesh many hours or a day after drying.
So, without further ado, here is the finished result:

My next work will be to fit a converted 'heavy gauss cannon' onto my third Destroyer, to upgrade him to a Heavy Destroyer, followed by building a second CSM Defiler.

Progress with re-fitting Necrons

So, I'm making progress in re-fitting/ converting some of my Necrons. I have finished 6 out of 12 Flayed Ones that I have made out of Necron Warriors, green stuff and some plasticard and progress is being made on the other 6 models. Once I've got all 12 done, I'll probably see to putting pictures up. Now, to mark out the flayed ones as 'outcasts', they are painted 'boltgun metal'/ purple (as opposed to blue), possibly with a wash of 'ogryn flesh' on the metal parts, to make those areas look more rusted/ bloody.
I've also decided to convert a regular Necron Destroyer into a Heavy Destroyer. So far, I've made the heavy gauss cannon out of two regular gauss cannons and part of a tesla carbine. I just have to put plastic rods in and paint it and it will be all finished.

Canoptek Scarabs Entropic Strike - Any records?

So, I have had my second game using Necrons that involved the Entropic Strike ability to destroy armour. This time, a unit of 10 Scarabs reduced the armour value of a drop pod down from 12 to -15, having scored 27 hits. The first time they destroyed a vehicle, they reduced the armour of a Land Raider from 14 to -2.
So, at the moment, my record for vehicle armour destruction by Entropic Strike only is sitting at 27 points of armour stripped off of a vehicle and reducing a vehicle's armour to -15.
Has anyone else using Necrons achieved any better results in tearing armour off vehicles purely using Entropic Strike?

New plan for my Necrons - Flayed ones

Well, I decided to do something different with my most recently acquired 24 Necron Warriors. I'll only make 12 of them up as regular Warriors and the other 12 will be converted into Flayed Ones.
For the 12 Warriors, I've sorted out the plastic rod issue by getting a 2.4mm hollow opaque white plastic rod (which I'll paint a relevant colour) from a local shop.
Now, for the Flayed Ones, I'm starting off with regular Warriors, using plasticard (maybe 0.8mm thick) to make claws for each hand (three per hand) of differing sizes, as well as green stuff to represent the leather/ flesh that covers some of the body. To tell the difference between the regular Warriors and the Flayed Ones, I'm painting them purple, as opposed to dark blue.
Why am I creating Flayed Ones instead of getting the official models? Well, firstly, I am just wanting to try them out (just like when I wanted to try out Obliterators). Secondly, this is probably cheaper as well for 12 models, as it would probably cost about £35 in materials, as opposed to £61 for 12 finecast models. Thirdly, when I want to try new models out, I prefer that the models I am using in place of the official ones look like what they're meant to be and make it clear what they are, as opposed to saying 'Here is a unit of X who are count-as Y'.
When it comes to using proxy models or converting models into something else to try it out, to each their own. I have my opinion as to how I like to play it and everyone else has their own opinions - I'm not going to say who is right or wrong - just do it whichever way you feel most comfortable with - end of!
Finally, when I've got some of the models fully made up, I'll start putting pictures up.

Necrons - 2nd battle and more of them!

So, I've had a second battle using my Necrons at my local gaming club. This time, I was fighting against Chaos Space Marines. It started off with me being in the lead but when my Doomsday Arks got immobilised/ destroyed and the CSM's got within assault range, things went the other way. Particular moments that went very well for them were when the enemy's HQs - A Daemon Prince of Khorne and a Chaos Lord got into battle with a C'Tan Shard, the C'Tan killed both of them without suffering any damage, as it passed every 4+ save it was called upon to make (I suppose its high Toughness also helped shrug off any potential damage). It also helped dispatch a three-man Obliterator unit, although that fight was closer to the wire, due to their power fists and my reduced luck in making saves. Another nice feat was a unit of 7 Scarabs destroying a Land Raider purely through Entropic Strike, stripping its armour down to zero (16 or 17 rolls of 4+ out of 35 hits) and wrecking it completely.
The end result was a loss for the Necrons by 9pts to 6. Mind you, it is only my second battle with them and battles don't always go your way.
I also picked up some more Necron warriors today, meaning that when they are all built, there will be 68 Warriors to play with, although I will have to find some plastic rod, as some of that was missing but I'll think of something that will do the job. Finally, in a couple of weeks time, I am scheduled to play in a 3 on 3 game on a side with 3 Necron players - Let's see how that will play.