@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 actually, the Tau having a leader caste after devastating civil wars sounds eerily similar to what Necrons did with biotransference and control protocols. And they have a very short lifespan as well. Plus, they are as naïve with other races as the necrontyr were with the C'tan when they first met, or when they asked for the Old Ones to kindly show them the path to immortality
Excellent episode. Love this lore-heavy and personal history format. I always considered the phenomenon of WH40k as primarily lore driven. I never played the game but when I was in college I posted above my bed a sheet from the Black Templars codex with the quote 'For those who seek perfection, there is no rest this side of the grave'. Thank you guys, your channel is awesome.
Not that I don't like the idea (especially for a Destroyer Cult) but it's sort of a bad idea considering all of the ork spores they would be spreading all over place. Sort of like a landscaper wearing dandelion seeds to work. :)
@@B__C__ Naw, that's the beauty of it. Flayed Ones always need to find new victims, because their meat loot keeps rotting. But if they spread spores wherever they go, they spawn new people to flay. An endless supply of meat. It's like gardening, but with flesh.
The void dragon is the model that made me start collecting my necrons! Love that model so much. Plus with necrons in the starter set they are quite cheap in comparison to other armies
No, you see, the necron overlords are essentially kings, and they rule tomb worlds! It's totally intended! Never played fantasy but it's still a shame they nuked the world and dumped out cool stuff like the tomb kings.
@@michaelbuckthorp977 I'd always heard rumours that there was someone out there who thought the change from apocalyptic robo-horror to "tomb-kings is space" was cool. After a decade of searching, this man has been found. You have very VERY unique tastes my friend.
I’m building a ghost ark now and I gotta say the look really bugs me, thinking about doing a bit of conversion so it’s upside down like the doomsday ark but the guys inside are hanging down like they’re in racks
Pin it!! Mine was a nightmare to put together. I have foregone adding the guass flayed array but I managed to get the ghost ark to stay together by pinning it with a piece of a coat hangar
Love this showcase! Glad to see your response to another earlier comment was legit! Now we just need to get a real battle between Necrons and whatever faction going! I’ve rewatched the Tombworld narrative campaign too much already!
Necrons didnt visually grab me but they are a faction where the more I know the more I love them. There lore ranges from a a virus that makes them wear the flayed flesh of their enemies as they malfunction in their understanding of the flesh tranfurance to old man who doesnt know he is a robot tries to eat food and everything inbetween. Necron players are so free to define their army however they please. Badass army for sure.
@@Industriedampfnudel normally I'd be more annoyed here but correcting grammar on a comment with 4 upvotes on the internet is an act of pandantic elitism that only a necron could appreciate.
I'm currently looking to get into the tabletop part of the hobby and the search for my first army has officially begun. Necrons are currently on top of the list, so thanks a lot for making these types of videos!!!!
I have recently got back into necrons after a 15 year hiatus. And one thing I am really dying to get is the monolith because that was my teenage years' dream when I was broke. Nice army here though! Its really beautifully painted and its really fun to hear your army's story Michael!
I’ve watched these videos for so long and I just recently acquired my very first starter army of Tau! I loved how this video is structured and would love to see more for more of the races! 😁
LOL One of my first games was my Space Marine with a Plasma rifle vs OG Necron. I rolled bad and killed my own Marine with hot plasma...years later the Tau came out and I was like,'' No wounds from plasma overheat, sign me up!'' #MasterOfThePlasma
I just finished listening to the new Necron book The Twice-Dead King on my audible trial. Good stuff. The shoulders on that Necron army are on-point. I want to know what stuff he went with to fill.
Very interesting with him explaining the transition in lore and a beautiful Necron army to watch. Motivating me to make my dynasty riiiiiiise! Greetz & keep up the good work!
@@PlayOnTabletop Lets go!! Seeing you guys play inspired me to play the game, and sisters are my army. Cant wait to see them in action, thanks for all the hard work you guys do for us
I think between the old necrons and the new necrons hasn't actually changed much lorewise, just someday a huge army of silent, Immortal deathrobots appear and start to kill Everything. some of Them may have their hands switched with blades, but over all, the appearance to the outside only Changes when the higher necrons Communicate which non-necrons
We definitely should have thought of that! Unfortunately, the 40k in 40m games you see on our channel are typically shot about 1 to 1.5 months in advance of release because of the editing and work put into them. Something to consider for 2022 though!
The Flayed ones are pretty cool fluff wise... not only are they cursed, but the other Necron believe it is contagious and some Lords will not use them but they just show up to "protect their brothers" sometimes :D
Love the paint job! Nihilakh Dynasty hasn't let me down. My LFGS everyone goes Mephrit or Novokh and looks down on my waves of blue and gold. When I beat my last opponent by not letting them get any primary points by the end of turn 3 (opponent conceded at that point) they started to respect them :)
I reckon a tau army with tau styled necrons would be cool because if some overlords do diplomacy with other factions then at some point there could be a necromancy army that joined the tau and there are already humans in tau armies
I’d love to know how that verdigris job was done. Also, the first Necron minis were in 2nd Edition, not Rogue Trader, but I’m being pedantic (1st ever reference in lore was in Gorkamorka).
"I'm been currently going through the entire Gaunt's Ghosts series". There's a gap in the Audible series. Books 7 "Sabbat Martyr" to Book 12 "Blood Pact". I'm impatiently waiting for Book 7.
Awesome video, love the colors and the dynasty love. One point of note, based on my math the army in front of you should be a lot closer to 3900-4200 points. I too collect necrons and I personally posses roughly 8.5 - 9k points in necrons. I totally get that you probably misspoke and were referring to you entire army and not the gorgeously painted ones in front of you. Keep up the painting and the amazing work. Hail Watson and Hail Necrons!!!
#nitpick RT era wasn't Necrons, but Chaos Androids, and they were only in Space Crusade. Necrons as a race appeared in WD during the tail end of 2nd Edition as a WIP army with just Lords, Warriors, Scarabs, and Destroyers
From what I have read/watched, the reason that the Necrons went into a slumber was because the galaxies that they had conquered were completely devastated and provided nothing, so they went to sleep in order to allow the planets to regrow from the death and destruction. Lutein does a really good video on the story of the Necrontyr, might help clear up some of the backstory because it does get a bit confusing at times th-cam.com/video/GuEka-NHzPY/w-d-xo.html
It'll probably never happen but I'd love if you could do this style of video for Age of Sigmar. Its really good now, 1st edition was a long time ago and the newer models are SOOOO cool. A man can dream
The Ork vs Necron battle report is what convinced me to start playing 40k. 4,000 points of Necrons later and I still love my space Egyptians.
they are alien egyptians, thousand sons are the space egyptians.
Nick: "Those Necrons saw the superior tech of the Tau and decided to copy it."
Some Cryptek that's way too old for this shit: "Sure, kid, sure..."
New theory: The Tau are the last forgotten surviving Necrons, crash landed on a planet and evolved over the centuries into what they are now :P
Necrons in my mind will always have Clint Eastwood's voice. Lmao
@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 actually, the Tau having a leader caste after devastating civil wars sounds eerily similar to what Necrons did with biotransference and control protocols. And they have a very short lifespan as well. Plus, they are as naïve with other races as the necrontyr were with the C'tan when they first met, or when they asked for the Old Ones to kindly show them the path to immortality
Michael is so soft spoken, almost shy. So the “Egyptians in Space” bit hit me like a left hook
Yes yes yes finally a necron army showcase
About time right?
@@PlayOnTabletop "Yes. It is about time." ~Cleitarch the Chronomancer of Skipiro
As a necron player, can I just say I've been waiting for this forever? XD This is so awesome
Glad we finally delivered
Excellent episode. Love this lore-heavy and personal history format. I always considered the phenomenon of WH40k as primarily lore driven. I never played the game but when I was in college I posted above my bed a sheet from the Black Templars codex with the quote 'For those who seek perfection, there is no rest this side of the grave'. Thank you guys, your channel is awesome.
Yeah, I've often felt Warhammer (all forms, even AoS though I'm very unfamiliar with that and prefer Fantasy) are very much lore driven
I am completely new to warhammer. After watching Tau Nick I took the plunge to start a Tau army! Wish me luck!
Has anyone ever done Flayed Ones who were so into flensing Orks they started having Choppa fingers?
Edward choppa hands
Not that I don't like the idea (especially for a Destroyer Cult) but it's sort of a bad idea considering all of the ork spores they would be spreading all over place. Sort of like a landscaper wearing dandelion seeds to work. :)
That's a very fucking good point hahaha
@@B__C__ Naw, that's the beauty of it. Flayed Ones always need to find new victims, because their meat loot keeps rotting. But if they spread spores wherever they go, they spawn new people to flay. An endless supply of meat.
It's like gardening, but with flesh.
@@Bluecho4 Now dat's sum proppa greemdark!
What an awesome army. It is nice to see a splash of color on Necron armor panels.
The void dragon is the model that made me start collecting my necrons! Love that model so much.
Plus with necrons in the starter set they are quite cheap in comparison to other armies
It's a great model
Love that the title card says (with Watson) and then in even smaller letters (and Michael)
I absolutely love the Destroyer Cult lore. Just the "I can't live, so neither can you" thing gets me going
17:18 Freudian slip with "Tomb King lore" lol. Gosh I miss playing my Tomb Kings
No, you see, the necron overlords are essentially kings, and they rule tomb worlds! It's totally intended!
Never played fantasy but it's still a shame they nuked the world and dumped out cool stuff like the tomb kings.
Haha I played tomb kings too! I totally had them on my mind when I was shooting this interview.
@@michaelbuckthorp977 I'd always heard rumours that there was someone out there who thought the change from apocalyptic robo-horror to "tomb-kings is space" was cool.
After a decade of searching, this man has been found. You have very VERY unique tastes my friend.
The Infinite and the Divine is actually one of the best 40k books, i have ever red. The humor is great. It's like oceans eleven with necrons.
It's easily my favourite book!
I’m building a ghost ark now and I gotta say the look really bugs me, thinking about doing a bit of conversion so it’s upside down like the doomsday ark but the guys inside are hanging down like they’re in racks
That's pretty cool, definitely a unique look for a transport.
@@reginlief1 trying to emulate the MTT look from star wars, with the droids hanging from the racks.
@@WingsaberE3 stolen!
Pin it!! Mine was a nightmare to put together. I have foregone adding the guass flayed array but I managed to get the ghost ark to stay together by pinning it with a piece of a coat hangar
I magnetized mine so I can flip it to use as either kind of Ark. I left out the Warriors because I like the look of the empty Transport
loved it. just dipping my toe into 40k. Necrons are by far the army I'm most drawn to.
Love this showcase! Glad to see your response to another earlier comment was legit! Now we just need to get a real battle between Necrons and whatever faction going! I’ve rewatched the Tombworld narrative campaign too much already!
It’s coming…
You guys are my favorite Warhammer 40k youtube channel.
The Content between 20 and 45 minutes is PERFECT for my attention span. Thank you!!
Necrons didnt visually grab me but they are a faction where the more I know the more I love them. There lore ranges from a a virus that makes them wear the flayed flesh of their enemies as they malfunction in their understanding of the flesh tranfurance to old man who doesnt know he is a robot tries to eat food and everything inbetween. Necron players are so free to define their army however they please. Badass army for sure.
*their
@@Industriedampfnudel normally I'd be more annoyed here but correcting grammar on a comment with 4 upvotes on the internet is an act of pandantic elitism that only a necron could appreciate.
As a Necron player myself this has inspired me to invest more in them
I'm currently looking to get into the tabletop part of the hobby and the search for my first army has officially begun. Necrons are currently on top of the list, so thanks a lot for making these types of videos!!!!
Dude those destroyers look like the could take a city by themselves! Sweet paint job on em!
I have recently got back into necrons after a 15 year hiatus. And one thing I am really dying to get is the monolith because that was my teenage years' dream when I was broke. Nice army here though! Its really beautifully painted and its really fun to hear your army's story Michael!
The Monolith update is great for sure
Can we have a rematch against the blood angels of JP?
Yes can we?
Your Necron v. Blood Angels game is what convinced me to start playing! RIP that poor Repulsor. All hail Wattson!
Another kill for dear Wattson
Sorry to Tak, JT, Tycho and Steve but my favourite PlayOn member has to be Nick. Always so fun a great sport all the time
Completely understandable (the other guys)
It’s awesome to see Necrons on the channel again!
Cool looking Necrons.
An Undead Showcase just in time for Halloween.
Now that you mention it ...
I kinda wanna watch him paint one of these, I love this blue-green paint job.
I’ve watched these videos for so long and I just recently acquired my very first starter army of Tau! I loved how this video is structured and would love to see more for more of the races! 😁
As we have more guests with great armies we will do more
Love me some necron! Must finish my army to Parade.
Paint for the paint gods!
Much love guys this is the way ya start a morning 7:30 am here in Cali baby and I got a Nid vs Orkz
Started a Necron army 2 months ago. Love them and now have almost 3000pts. hahaha Great video.
What dynasty did you decide on?
LOL One of my first games was my Space Marine with a Plasma rifle vs OG Necron. I rolled bad and killed my own Marine with hot plasma...years later the Tau came out and I was like,'' No wounds from plasma overheat, sign me up!'' #MasterOfThePlasma
i like michael, he seems really chill
He's great
I just finished listening to the new Necron book The Twice-Dead King on my audible trial. Good stuff. The shoulders on that Necron army are on-point. I want to know what stuff he went with to fill.
I do like the new lore, I struggled with it initially I will admit, but it's grown on me now.
Very interesting with him explaining the transition in lore and a beautiful Necron army to watch. Motivating me to make my dynasty riiiiiiise!
Greetz & keep up the good work!
Arise fellow overlord!!
These showcases are the best.
Would love to have him and his necrons back for a high point game.
I too share this sentiment!
These are so fun to watch. Can we get an octarius or indomitus fight?
I really like the concept behind the necrons. Literally selling your soul for imortality
I have a psychomancer that my brother nicknamed Lieutenant Dan because he has no legs.
love these showcases, fingers crossed for sisters someday soon
Sisters are planned for 2022
@@PlayOnTabletop nice, can’t wait!
@@PlayOnTabletop Lets go!! Seeing you guys play inspired me to play the game, and sisters are my army. Cant wait to see them in action, thanks for all the hard work you guys do for us
I think between the old necrons and the new necrons hasn't actually changed much lorewise, just someday a huge army of silent, Immortal deathrobots appear and start to kill Everything. some of Them may have their hands switched with blades, but over all, the appearance to the outside only Changes when the higher necrons Communicate which non-necrons
Play on before spooky/ork month ends can we see a orks vs necrons battle to see who officially own October skeletons or da orks
We definitely should have thought of that! Unfortunately, the 40k in 40m games you see on our channel are typically shot about 1 to 1.5 months in advance of release because of the editing and work put into them. Something to consider for 2022 though!
@@PlayOnTabletop alrighty cant wait for it happen hope we get to see da necrons again
Spooky skeletons vote for a rematch with James for next Halloween!
YES ... 3:30 few people remember that beautiful codex!
Always hated the phase out rule, was happy when it was removed!
The Flayed ones are pretty cool fluff wise... not only are they cursed, but the other Necron believe it is contagious and some Lords will not use them but they just show up to "protect their brothers" sometimes :D
Love the paint job! Nihilakh Dynasty hasn't let me down. My LFGS everyone goes Mephrit or Novokh and looks down on my waves of blue and gold. When I beat my last opponent by not letting them get any primary points by the end of turn 3 (opponent conceded at that point) they started to respect them :)
Thanks!!
Awesome looking army. Currently working on my newly created Mephrit Dynasty.
I reckon a tau army with tau styled necrons would be cool because if some overlords do diplomacy with other factions then at some point there could be a necromancy army that joined the tau and there are already humans in tau armies
I know you read these Micheal. Great job and amazing paint job.
Thanks my dude!
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clarke.
"Fireballs!" - lesser known Arthur quote
Beautiful verdigris on the Doomscythe and a great looking army
Such cool minis
Hope to see more Necrons battles
We got you
Great looking army! That is a really nice paint scheme for Necrons.
What is that tasty jam that plays 10sec into the video? Perfect fit for Crons!!
I will be mimicking this color scheme! What an awesome job!
Really enjoyed this video! I am already dreaming of a necron army after getting my Ork boyz painted :)
What a great showcase!
Thank you!
Would love to see a night lords showcase sometime
If there's ever another 'era' of 40k, besides 30k, that got rules and models.... the War in Heaven would be my first choice.
Necrontyr models would be sweet.
I as a Necron player totally agree with all of Michael's comments.
Big fan of the ancient Egypt trap remix 👍
Gaunts Ghosts is an awesome series, good choice.
Holy fuck i used to do the mega battles too!
Geez, am I alone in - having briefly looked into 40K back in 04 - having heavily preferred the energy tubes configuration of Necron weapons?
You aren't alone but not in agreement with these two
I like this guy, He's awesome. And not annoying like Luka.
I like that quirky backstory for your Dynasty, might I suggest you call it the Brittanikhan Dynasty?
i enjoyed this vid gents, nice to see someone getting excited about the lore.... (i like the harlequin lore myself).. well done
Also, blast you Michael (and of course Watson) you've succeeded in getting Necrons into my mind as the second army I'll collect!
Flawless victory
I love this lore talk. Gimme more!
Would be cool to see some flayed ones with orc or tau flesh draped over them
That's a very cool idea.
Uuuuuh, was it just me or did anyone else have a picture screen reading 'with Watson and Michael?'
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” is a quote by science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke.
Love the army showcase!!
Hey thanks man!
I’d love to know how that verdigris job was done.
Also, the first Necron minis were in 2nd Edition, not Rogue Trader, but I’m being pedantic (1st ever reference in lore was in Gorkamorka).
"I'm been currently going through the entire Gaunt's Ghosts series". There's a gap in the Audible series. Books 7 "Sabbat Martyr" to Book 12 "Blood Pact". I'm impatiently waiting for Book 7.
Would love to see a dark eldar army showcase
Awesome video, love the colors and the dynasty love. One point of note, based on my math the army in front of you should be a lot closer to 3900-4200 points. I too collect necrons and I personally posses roughly 8.5 - 9k points in necrons. I totally get that you probably misspoke and were referring to you entire army and not the gorgeously painted ones in front of you. Keep up the painting and the amazing work. Hail Watson and Hail Necrons!!!
Right you are! I answered for my entire collection, rather than my painted. Although the painted has grown even more lately!
#nitpick RT era wasn't Necrons, but Chaos Androids, and they were only in Space Crusade.
Necrons as a race appeared in WD during the tail end of 2nd Edition as a WIP army with just Lords, Warriors, Scarabs, and Destroyers
Does anyone know what blue colour Michael used on his necrons?
From what I have read/watched, the reason that the Necrons went into a slumber was because the galaxies that they had conquered were completely devastated and provided nothing, so they went to sleep in order to allow the planets to regrow from the death and destruction.
Lutein does a really good video on the story of the Necrontyr, might help clear up some of the backstory because it does get a bit confusing at times
th-cam.com/video/GuEka-NHzPY/w-d-xo.html
I like to imagine necrons sounding like B1 droids from Star Wars
What size base is that Triarch Stalker on? It looks really good.
160mm I believe
I also see you have a Star Wars Legion core set on the shelf 👀 have you guys been playing that at all?
It's being edited so hopefully in the upcoming month
Great Audible recommendation for Gaunt's Ghosts; I highly recommend anyone late to comments/video to check it out!
What's a name of the first music 0:08
Hey Tau Nick how are you doing my dude
Hello!
@@PlayOnTabletop it is nick
Love these showcases!
Necrons!
I’ve always been interested in warhammer, and necron seem really awesome. Are necron relatively beginner friendly army to build around?
They're pretty easy to use, but not super-powerful unless you get some very specific units.
Whats the background music? Sounds awesome!
bro that music is nice
Can anyone tell me what the blue/turquoise color is on the main body parts?
Does this mean we are geting a battlereport with Michael soon? :)
Soon-ish.
@@PlayOnTabletop Yay!
It'll probably never happen but I'd love if you could do this style of video for Age of Sigmar. Its really good now, 1st edition was a long time ago and the newer models are SOOOO cool.
A man can dream
We do really like the miniatures. It’s on the docket for one day!
When I told my brother in law about Necrons I described them as "Egyptian Space Terminators" 😃
Quite accurate.
Please do an Alpha Legion Battle Report.
Have you watched any of Steve’s games…?
@@PlayOnTabletop No...
Where do you guys get your music? It's a banger every time.
^^^ especially the one at the start