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Post by Nick P on Jun 9, 2015 10:33:58 GMT -6
With the future of Fantasy kind of up in the air, I'm not sure I'll ever have a good enough reason to invest in/paint some of the End Times models that I've always had a crush on. Namely, the Mortarch kit: My first thought was that the Mortarch mount might make a good C'tan shard, but I'm not sure how often I'll ever use that in a game. So my second thought was to convert it into a Command Barge, with a mounted Overlord on top. Then I could strap some Tesla to it along with some less tomb-king looking necron bits to bring it into 40k. Thirdly, I thought maybe mounting it on a oval base and using it as a Tomb Sentinel or Tomb Stalker could be really cool - big, demi-ethereal monstrous creatures from Forge World to hunt down tanks and low I elite infantry. And then there's the Morghast kit: For these guys, again they would make decent c'tan shards - but the same issue; when would I ever use one, let alone 2 of them? Maybe could be used as Destroyer lords, if I ever decided to take a CAD with double Destroyer lords and an attached Destroyer cult lol but that's pretty situational too. Gah, I just want to convert and paint cool models - someone give me a reason to make it happen! I beg you!
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Post by dex on Jun 9, 2015 11:56:23 GMT -6
Destroyer lords sound like a great idea.
For mortarch, pull that tail a bit and mount your tesla there, bash the lord on top with some necroning stuff. Lower it down a little and put it on an oval base call it a CCB
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jun 10, 2015 11:21:23 GMT -6
I think you already have all the reason you need.
Apocalypse.
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Post by Craig on Jun 17, 2015 8:02:08 GMT -6
I would convert one to a C'tan and use it with the Conclave of the Burning One formation. Throw it with 2 crypteks and give them the god shackle. T8 model unit running around pissing people off is great.
I also really like the idea of converting one to either a destroyer lord or barge. I would say that you will probably use the barge a lot more so I would stick with that for the mounted unit and make a c'tan with the other.
That's my 2 cents.
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Post by doubleback on Jul 2, 2015 12:43:13 GMT -6
I would like a character for the campaign, and hate the look of all the necron characters, this seems like an awesome idea....where do I get them?
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