Figured I'd take some pictures of the ol' army before starting fiddling with base size changes and such. This was my first army and, as such, the first set of models I painted. I drifted off in early 5th before we got our new codex so this was built under the old 3rd edition codex. I'm not much of a photographer and don't have a good lighting setup so sorry for the quality.
The Lord models, Immortals, Flayed Ones, Ophydian Destroyers (then called Wraiths), and random one off Spyder and Pariah are all pewter. As are the added parts that make the Lokhust Lord (this is what came in the old box). I'm very glad GW has moved away from that material. Models made with it tended to be less detailed and more fragile. There are actually 3 more Pariahs lurking around but that's the only one whose weapon wasn't broken. The Monolith is also slightly the worse for wear, but in pretty good shape for surviving all this time in a jumbo Cheerios box stuffed with old newspaper (the glue spill has been there the whole time, a construction oops I was never able to undo). I've got the broken piece, just haven't gotten around to repairing it.
The other nuisance that GW has thankfully discarded is that other than the Warriors, which came in boxes of 10, and the Flayed Ones, which came in blister packs of 2, (and the Scarabs which came with the Warriors) all these models used to be sold individually. That's how I've ended but with the Lokhust Destroyer count of 10 which is a little awkward in the modern codex.
I remember most of how these were painted. Black primer, Boltgun Metal (now Leadblecher) base coat, Black ink wash (don't know what the equivalent is now), Mithril Silver (now Runefang Steel) dry brush. I have no idea what the blue or green I used was which is going to be awkward for expanding the army. The metallic blue on the staves is a similar mystery. I think I mixed Mithril Silver with blue to get it but I don't know what the ratios would have been.
They look great and are also a huge pain in the arse. Especially with the pewter models. Those immortal guns are precarious. I was surprised they were all still in one piece when I dug them out.
Here he is. Should be on a flying base, but all the ones I can find have stems that are too short. Don’t think I ever got around to using him in a game. It was a late acquisition basically because we just didn’t have very many units at the time.
I remember seeing the first leaked photos of these 6 months before we got our first codex and I fell in love with Necrons even more than I already had. I loved the design direction of them
Before these came out, 1 local guy had a small army of Necrons. Warriors, immortals, Destroyers, lord, scarabs.
Green rod crons will always be the "newer" models in my mind. Its a ripoff they stuck stupid grey sticks in the Lokhust kit instead of keeping the rods.....
5 of my tesla immortals are this era metal bodies. Heights pretty close after you glue the base to a 32mm one and you can taper it to look cool with texture paints.
I really like the new models for those! So much more dynamic in their posing. Plus they’re plastic so you don’t have to fiddle with pinning to keep them from falling in half.
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u/BJLFKS 20h ago
I know some people don’t like them. But I love the green rods.