Review: Necron
Lychguard / Triarch Praetorians Box
This box review is on the Necron Lychguard / Triarch
Praetorians box. These are my favorite Necron models I just love the way both
of these units look. I also think that
the fluff for these guys is sick I mean how are these guys not awesome look and
fluff wise. Most people hate on both of
these units and say this box is only good for making Lords and Crypteks. I am
planning on using the Praeorians with an attached Destroyer Lord for my list
and if I go with an Overlord on foot I plan on putting him with a Sword and
Shield Lynchguard squad. I believe to get the best out of either of these squads
you need an attached IC with a Resurrection Orb. For the Praetorians the only character
available is a Destroyer Lord because they are Jump Infantry and Either an
Overlord or a regular Lord would work for the Lynchguard. So let’s get to the Box Review and for those
of you that haven’t read one of my box reviews before I use a 5 point system to
judge the models including looks, Easiness to Assemble, Mold Lines, and Value
for Money. So now onto the Box review:
Looks: 5/5 Points – I had to give it a 5 because these are
sick looking models.
Easiness to Assemble: 4/5 Points- I gave them a 4 because
they are pretty simple to assemble however it can be trickey cutting some of
the pieces out and the sword arms need to be pinned.
Mold Lines: 4/5 Points - This is a newer kit so the mold
lines aren’t that bad but they are still their so I can’t give it a 5
Value for Money: 4/5 Points- I gave this kit a 4 because this
kit can not only be used to make these 2 squads but it is the perfect kit to
make Lords out of so you dont have to buy those Fincast ones and the staffs are
good for Crypteks as well. But it is
still only a 5 man unit you get so I can’t give it a 5
So Overall I would give this Box: 4.5/5 Points
This box comes with 3 sprews and like a lot of the newer GW
unit Boxes it only contains enough bits to make 5 guys. However it is a dual unit
box so you get lots of extra useful bits. For those of you that may not know
you should always keep your bits if you can because they may be useful in the
future for conversions or if you need a replacement piece also you can sell
your bits to other people or to some companies and stores.
Let’s talk about the Lynchguard first. Depending on which
way you choose to arm them will be a big difference in the time it will take
you to assemble them. If you arm them
with Warscythes then it won’t take you to long however if you go with the sword
and shield option it will take a lot longer.
The shields are hard to cut out of the sprew because you can easily cut
out part of the shield with it. I found the easiest way is to leave the part
the extends from the sprew still attached when you cut it off and then use an Hobby
knife to cut the extra plastic off. This takes a little longer and is more work
but looks a lot better in the end. |
| This is what I mean by leaving cutting the part of the sprew that attaches the shield out instead of just the shield |
Also the sword arms
and the single Warscythe arm will need to be pinned. This is because the joint
is not strong enough to hold when painting it and even if does hold it will
easily brake in the future so avoid a lot of problem in the future pin it now.
If you don’t know how to pin its easy just take a hobby drill and drill a whole
in both sides of the joint. In this case
drill a hole in both the hand and forearm then insert a medal rod I use paper
clips then glue the two pieces together with the rod in he hole and you will
have a much stronger joint.
The other unit that comes in this box are the Triarch Praetorians. The only thing I really don’t like about the Practorians is the tails so I am
planning on using the loin cloths from the Lynchguard unit on them instead.
However I haven’t fully assembled one yet since I paint my models in pieces so
will see how it looks after their done.
If you are like most people and paint your models whole I would suggest
not attaching the back piece until after you paint the model because it will be
nearly impossible to paint their backs with that thing attached. Assembly wise these
guys aren't too bad. The hardest part is after you assemble them is when you
try to get rid of the gap in the shoulder pads.
This is a huge pain because unlike all the other units they have their
jet packs attached to their shoulder pads so you cant really file it down
easy. I used green stuff and tried to
use an emery board so smooth it out but it couldn't reach everywhere. So I had
to break out my files which I haven’t used in a long time since I started to
use the Emery boards. The reason I
prefer the Emery Boards is I find that the files can leave fine line in the
model after you file the mold lines off.
However in the past I still used them and then used the emery boards to
smooth it over. Now however I go the GW cleanup kit and that tool is amazing I haven’t
need files in forever and any mold lines that tool can’t reach I have my hobby
knife for.
Grizwald
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