So far, the Consensus seems to be that the Tomb World was first Awakened by a passing rogue Trader, digging into the Crypts on the rumors of ancient Treasure, and the continuing forward, spurred by the allure of Great wealth.

After they awoke the Slumbering Necrons and Destroyed, the Rising Sons chapter was called in to deal with the Problem ,and were promptly defeated and repelled by the forces of the Necrons under a Platinum Lord.

The Symbol of the "Warriors of the Eight Tombs"

Hmmn, sounds Interesting and at least Its a deviation from those Incessant Space Marine chapters.

Are we looking for traditional Chinese Inspiration on the names of the eight "Lesser" lords? or can it be whatever we prefer?

>>15059078

I think at the moment the general consensu Is to try and stay fairly close to the Chinese idea seed.

Although we also have things that are not Chinese at all, for Example, Gatling Gauss blasters!

Pic related

>>15059030
Well, first of all, I really don't like the look of that symbol. I like how it's trying to integrate the 8 symbology we've been going for, but I think it look stoo much like...well...a pair of hairy balls.

Perhaps something that shows the whole 8-fold-division thing a little more loosely, perhaps using ancient chinese numerals? (pic related)

Godammit I thought I would be the only one to have ever monopolized the Terracotta Warriors for Necrons. (Pic being just that, my wraith lord)

Anyway.

Their tombworld should be littered with cables strung across the ruins which forces crawl across to rapidly traverse their cities and descend upon interlopers.

Tomb Spyders and Scarabs are particularly present among these Necrons. Maybe hordes of tiny, arachnid like scarabs piggyback on Warriors, surging out to overwhelm and devour assailants whole if they attempt to melee their Warrior hosts.

>>15059103

Oh god. that's a mental Image that I'm never going to loose.

As for the Traditional Chinese characters, I think it would be good to Include them, but the main problem is very few people actually read traditional Chinese, so its better to have a few tings that an outsider can relate to and recognize easily.

>>15059078
Well, the origional inspiration for the 8 Gold Lords was the 8 Immortals of ancient china.

From the wiki article on Zui Quan:
>Some of the moves from drunken boxing were derived from the legend of 8 gods or immortals. Each immortal had their own style and exaggerated movements that are used in the art of drunken boxing in Jackie Chan's movies. The gods were said to be drunken with power instead of literally drunk. The immortals include: Immortal Woman He, Royal Uncle Cao, Iron-Crutch Li, Lan Caihe, Lü Dongbin, Philosopher Han Xiang, Elder Zhang Guo, Han Zhongli.

>>15059123

Wait wait wait...

So we get a drunken master style Flayed one?

Fuck yes, FUND IT!

>>15059123
>Lu Dongbin
Confirmed for ancient chinese whore

>>15059171

I lol'd

I was Thinking about the Actual size and Strength of our Army when I realized I actually don't know how many Necrons there are per Tomb-World

Anyone got an Idea? especially factoring there are Eight separate tombs on this world.

Good question, and honestly One I had not thought about.

Space marines are easy, 100 to a chapter, Done. Necrons.... they have entire worlds as their tombs, and they are still only just awakening. There could be up too Hundreds of Thousands of thing on the one World, all things considered. but that's just idle speculation.

I am back. Seems it took me less than I anticipated, customs people were awesome.

So , back on the subject at hand.

Can we please have them use the old fashioned green glow?

I am seeing numerous awesome depictions with Orange Gauss :(

>>15059413

I've always vastly preferred the Green glow to any of these new fangled colors. I think the Orange was just that particular Drawfag's preference.

+1 to Green glowy-ness

At the moment I'm just trying to figure out how many Necrons we would have on the one world

8,000?
80,000?
800,000?

Personally I don't think it should be anywhere near those last wo numbers, but I'd like to be fluff correct before I say anything that is horribly wrong.

>>15059466

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tomb_World

Not much is known about accurate numbers...

I guess its up to us.


Also I would like to emphasize some more on Karr. Can we please try to conceptualize him a bit more simplistic?

I feel that the current visage is a bit overkill ( as much as its awesome).

Remember Necrons are supposed to be Practical, efficient , harvesters of life.

>>15059413
Never fear.

>>15059504

Mhmn, but he is Also a Platinum Lord. Which kinda Entitles him to be Pimped out.

Although I do think 6 arms might be just a tad too much overkill. Perhaps downgrade it to four?

>>15059517
trying to save the necron? Making cool pictures?

can I play? Just a little bit, I've got other stuff running.

>>15059517

Damn it I love /tg/ Sometimes.

I actually have to go grab some sleep, its 2AM here, but if a thread is still around when I get back I'll start writing some stuff up and post it.

G'night all

>>15059517

Well shit. O.o You are much more talented than me at sketching stuff up.

Congratulations, you have my admiration.

Now, a thought of mine occured, that Necrons do not have diversity in their ranks.

I was thinking of a heavy unit, A Golem style unit, something to rival , say Dreadnoughts. A melee oriented thingy.

Something like this, Scept Necronish, and without a head, and instead of a chest theres the face that looks like those from easter Island.

Would you please conceptualize this for me? <3

>>15059030
necron glyphs are supposed to be a cross between sigils and constellations, but this is an interesting variation, while still retaining the astronomical aspect.

>>15059560

Gah!

I'm trying to tear myself away from the concept and sleep, stop being awesome, so many good drawfreinds in here right now, its like Necrons somehow summon them....

>>15059587
don't worry, i'll only sketch one or two concepts. I have my own project running, more lovecraft-oriented.
>>15059571
how is that supposed to look chinese (if I got the idea right)?

>>15059600

TECHNO! Heeey whats up dude? Thanks for the Nurgle dreadnought! I love it.

We are not trying to LOOK chinese, we are just infusing chinese elements into the lore.

>>15059618
then what's the point of not making them look coherent to their background, or not to make their background coherent to their look?

>>15059634

Don't mistake a way of conduct for fashion hun.

>>15059634

They're not supposed to be "Chinese Necrons". They're necrons first, China-influenced second.

>>15059634
>>15059618

For what I gathered, we are trying to make them Evoke Ancient China, but we don't want to go around and brandish it in everyone's Face. Elements, Symbols, tactics formations are good. Entirely remodeled armour to make it look Chinese or Destroyer-to-Chariot conversion are just too far.

At least in my opinion. But its not bad to mix and match parts of the two together.

>>15059661
not sure I can see the difference properly.
>>15059658
didn't understand either. I'll blame my poor english abilities.

I'll lurk a bit more and I'll see.

>>15059668

Indeed.

>>15059661

It all started as a big UP YOURS to the Rising Sons weaboo chapter anyway.

>>15059668
ah, this. Well, obviously. This one already looked subtly oriental >>15059517 so I thought we were going on this way, because the other concepts were quite generic, or not eastern-influenced at all.

>>15059674

To make it slightly more visual.

Pic related is an Ancient Chinese spear. I don't think it would be too far out of the question to have our necron lord wield a modified version of it as his staff of light or Warsythe. However, I think it is going to far to have him also kitted out in Full Ancient Chinese had battle amour. Chinese-ish symbols on the chest and shoulders? Yes. Driving a chariot? No.

>>15059702
ah, right, a bit like the likeliness of the new necrons having a nemes and fancy scale armor, some kopesh and all the stuff, while a few pectorals and fancy collars would have been sufficient?

>>15059729

Indeed

>>15059729

Interested in doing the Golem? =3

What if there are either;

A: 800 per tomb.

B: 100 per tomb, leaving us with 800 overall.

>>15059767

TOO FEW thats barely the size a single monolith would carry, the Weaboos would crush us.

>>15059790
what's wrong with the Rising Sons? They're cool, and managed to avoid typical weeabooism.

>>15059767

100 Per tomb sounds pretty good. I may stick with that number for now. At least 100 Awakened per Tomb.

>>15059753

Not sure about the Golem, we wanna do it in a way that actually fits with the theme of Necrons. For example, the Tomb spyder is a monstrous Creature, and is yet not Humanoid shaped, the same goes for the forge work Crypt Stalker. I think we may want to be wary about making a SM dred knockoff (Unless of course some makes a really cool picture and it looks awesome enough to change my mind) Really its up to a general consensus.

>>15059790

True, but Necrons Awaken rather slowly it seems, And remember that in the fluff their Gauss weaponry strips flesh from bone and deatomises tanks, plus they can repair themselves if they get damaged and for all intents and purposes Respawn if Killed.

Add to this Karr himself perhaps having an honor guard of 200 that awoke when he did and it is an extremely dangerous fighting force, nearly unstoppable to much short of an entire chapter or two bolstered with several Guard Battalions.

I think we should leave the numbers of necrons very vague, just mention that the Tomb is divided into eight separate sections for the 8 Gold Lords. In fact each Lord probably uses mildly different tactics to the others, depending on their speciality.

Then, perhaps, we can have the fluff say that after the first defeat of the Rising Sons to the 3rd Lord's destroyers, the sons retreated their heavy units and counter-attacked with their own fast skimmers, only to have their HQ ambushed and destroyed by the 7th Lord's deep-striking monolith phalanxs. Or something like that. And the marines get very confused, as it seems they're fighting 8 different specialised opponents on different battlefields.
Then the Platinum Emperor shows up and the amies coalesce into a whole...

Also, if we have any tendency to actually stat any of this up for the actual boardgame, we should probably make the Emperor only available in Apocalypse, so we can go all-out nuts on him.

>topology tchatur
Yes capcha, tchatur's topologies were very intricate when he designed the Tomb World for our Lord Emperor Karr.

>>15059799

No they didn't :(

I'm sorry techno , I dont want to argue about this.

>>15059800
>>15059813

Alright I'll try to wip up the golem thing, its not a Dreadnought EQUAL per say, I just gave out something in comparison for "rank" purposes lets say.

And keeping the numbers vague, Id love that.

Also are we having all 8 tombs on the same planet? Or individual tombs on other planets?

>>15059834

Whoo!

Yes, to everything you just said. Double, mega triple Yes. Especially each of the 8 lords different Tactics.

I also agree to the Platinum lord being apoc Only, that way we can have some real Fun with him, Something we could start working on at any time really, as its not hard to maintain that and fluff considerations.

>>15059853

Eight on the same world seemed to be the General Idea, Except spread out over the area of the Entire planet. An Immortal, Eternal guard for Karr, waiting for his word to move and Conquer again.

>>15059869
four tombs on northern hemisphere
four tombs on southern hemisphere

So, is the hsien-ko/jiangshi going to be incorporated somehow in this Necron tomb or not? Maybe for special units only, at least the clawed hand stretched forward, or the hopping due to malfunctioning leg servos?

>>15059970

mmmno. I don't think so.

Maybe we could do some elements of Jiangshi for Flayed ones but thats all...

>>15059981

>>15059998

Royal.

What is it?

>dredthing

doesn't look like a dread / golem, don't get me wrong I love it, I just cant put my finger on what exactly it is. :D

>>15059981
yeah, that's cool enough. Have one of the 8 have flayed ones that move unnaturally fast (or just faster than usual flayed ones) and arms outstretched, that's cool.

>captcha sez: Page Japork
Oh snap Captcha, are you trying to make 40k more weeaboo?!?

>>15060028

Necrons moving unnaturally fast isnt something unthought of. They do possess the technology called "Inertialess Drive" , I think they could apply that to individual HQ units...

I have just started our page.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warriors_of_the_Eight_Tombs

feel free to help fleshing it out , as I have no clue whatsoever :P

Im learning tho.

>>15060125
Closer?

>>15060302

HOLY SHIT YOU REDID EVERYTHING?

Yes thats exactly what I was aiming for! A hulky mass of necron-ness

All it needs now are weapons.Am I seeing claws there?

>>15060319
some kinder claws, bit like the T1000's when it opens the elevator doors

>>15060325

Now I have a boner.

We can have these dudes meld their weapons accordingly. WHILE STILL BEING MASSIVE HULKS OF AWESOME.

Thanks dude, you are one awesome guy! <3

>>15060336
Careful...

Polite sage for non-topic.

>>15060351

Sorry, I didn't even notice.

>>15060302
I really don't like this. too bulky, compact, clumsy-looking. If they were smaller, they would nearly be cute.

I'll try another version, and if it doesn't work, I'm off.

>>15060502

Technomancer trying out my concept!

Hey guys; there isn't a lot I can contribute to the Warriors of the Eight Tombs (I know jack about Necrons), but it got me thinking. At the moment, /tg/ has been coming up with shit for Necrons, Tyranids, Spess Mahreens and Chaos Space Marines. Should there be a page on 1d4chan to sort of act as a hub for all these threads. Sort of like a "/tg/ 40k" page which ties all of stuff we've created together?

Think Tiji Sector, just a lot bigger since all the shit we've made spans pretty much the entire Imperium.

providing soundtrack, maybe it will inspire some people.

it's like Burzum, but if Varg lived in medieval China.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDTLwE3mV70

>>15060561

I think there is something like that on 1d4chan, and thank you for adding the external links to our page. Much appreciated.

meh.

>>15060714

I like it, It looks prototype-ish tho, right? :o

>>15060719
you mean, the drawing itself? you can always improve it, I guess. But I don't know how.

>>15060737

No, uh the unit. looks like a flayer without the flesh + a loincloth

>>15060751
well, obviously. I don't get how something nefarious-looking, with a hunched back and needle-fingers can look like something else than a flayed one. Especially if it's supposed to look oriental, thus vicious and nasty.

>>15060763

I thought you would try your hand at the golem thing.

Don't get me wrong, I love this flayer variant just as much.

It even has HQ potential.

>>15060769
it IS supposed to be the golem. The thing is, as I said, I don't know how to make it look like something else than this, while still sticking to your suggestions so far.

for an HQ, I'd see some sort of Fu Manchu kind of guy. Flowing silk robes, still the needle fingers, thin and majestic. Don't think I'll draw anything else, though.

>>15060719
something completely different

>>15060800

Did I mention how much I love these things?

>>15060788

Aww thats fine dude, thank you for the input, and thanks again for the Nurgle dreadnaught.

an idea for one of the 8 lords, unfinished though
inspired by those old chinese movies.
this thread makes me want to make a necron lord based on Master pain aka "betty"

>>15061019

I like it!

Scept for 2 things. The scythe and the silly hat.

>>15061019
>Master pain aka "betty"

YES
YES
A THOUSAND TIMES YES

>>15061019
>>15061047

"What do you get when you cross a hormagaunt with a haywire grenade?"

"My rear-plate!"

When do we begin slaughtering the weeaboos for our Star Gods?!

>>15061121

As soon as we decide on the basics, how about you start contributing on something :P

>>15058985
I based his helmet on this
>>15061019
The C'tan is the evil council

>>15060620

Had a look around and I've not been able to find anything thus far.

>>15061019
>this thread makes me want to make a necron lord based on Master pain aka "betty"

Gentlemen, we have our comic relief Necron Lord!

Gaussian Overdrive.
A shift in hyperspace frequency. By seperating from the Eightfold web that sustains necron forces, variou effects happen.

Example Green goes to orange. All Gauss shooting attacks gain rending. All necron forces suffer a -1 modifier on We'll be back rolls.

>>15061368

Lets stick to core fluff before going into tabletop stuff.

Hey guys
did you use Charts to begin the creation of this Tomb World?

>>15061515

No friend, we did not.

It started out here

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15057410/

Why don't we worry about specific units later? You've got eight golden lords, there's no reason one has to follow the same combat doctrine as the other.

Since Necron personality is so focused on the commanders, I think we should depart from the typical bottom-up design philosophy and instead flesh out the philosophy of this Emperor and his eight great generals.

Why is Kaar the Hand of Unity? What makes him different from Joe Necron Lord? What does he want to unify? Is he still loyal to a specific C'Tan, or is he following his own agenda? Why does he shape his tomb world's court in this particular way? Is it an actual world, or a fleet of Necron capital ships, or what?

>>15061617

I reckon Kaal was a great leader and philosopher that unified the Necrontyr in a particular region of space (not sure they had colonies before they became Necrons though). The Golden Lords would be generals and politicians that used to oppose him, but that he brought into the fold. We could have it that Kaal is the one that introduced C'tan worship to the population that would become the 8 Tombs (I suggest a Jovian with 8 moons, each moon a Necrontyr colony), and he led the effort to convert himself and his subjects to Necron bodies.

The Golden Lords would have various histories with Kaal. An idea I had was for one Lord to be Kaal's right hand and trusted friend, and one to have been a sceptic and doubter, reluctant to accept Kaal's rule and Necron conversion. That one would have been punished somehow.

GUYS

WHAT IF

WE BASE ONE OF THE NECRON LORDS OFF SUN TZU?

>>15061688

Basically, I see Kaal as a kind of Buddha meets First Emperor of China figure. A warrior and spiritual figure that became "enlightened" (communed with the C'tan) and shared the gift of this enlightenment with his subjects (all became Necrons). Ironically, the enlightenment freed them from death but turned them into soulless abominations that hate life.

>Why is Kaar the Hand of Unity?

He united the 8 Necrontyr Tombs into a common planetary conquest.

> Is he still loyal to a specific C'Tan, or is he following his own agenda?

Id base it on The Nightbringer and his own agenda before heeding the call of the Nightbringer, he still remains sentient because he was not FORCED into Necron-ness he embraced it.

>Why does he shape his tomb world's court in this particular way?

Former traits of his race/homeworld.

>>15061699
Hell yeahs.

Let's see the weeaboos stop us now.

>>15061699

Harbinger of Fall: The mighty Destroyer Lord of Tomb Three, roused from his slumber only when a great harvest approaches. Once, he was a Necrontyr nobleman, a wise sage and Kaal's teacher. Venerated by the entire world of the 8 Tombs, he was kept alive with rejuvenant drugs and therapy until he could finally be granted the gift of immortality through Living Metal. The Harbinger of Fall has devoted his entire memory base to military tactics and strategy (this can probably be represented by a tabletop rule, but I dunno what). There is literally nothing that can surprise him on the battlefield, no stratagem he has not already analyzed and countered.

>>15061846

The Eight lords are walkers.


And its KAAR not Kaal.

>>15061699
So... a book gets written by combining a bunch of different authors' works, and put under a pseudonym that has nothing to do with any of them, and that becomes a necron lord?

What would he DO? Just be sort of off-screen at all times?

>>15061846
Lovin' this.

I must say, I think this entire concept is extremely awesome.

However, there something I need to have explained here:

The fluff so far is that they were awakened by accident by a bunch of marines from the Rising Sons, who were all killed shortly after, right?
I have no problems with that. In fact, I like that idea.

But then it seems that it moves on to them killing of the entire chapter.
And honestly, that sours the entire concept for me a little. Not because of the Crons destroying a chapter, but because the only justification I've seen so far is the spiteful "lol weaboos" kind.

That's my thoughts at least.

>>15062355

Where did we mention we'd exterminate them all?

And yes, the ones that awakened us, did not make it out alive.

>>15062409
I have no idea.
I must have been getting that vibe from a number posts made in the threads.
That's what I get for reading threads late at night though, tend to lose reading comprehension.

Ha Ha foul sleep I have conquered Thee!
Loving what has been done in my Absence, especially the developing fluff regarding the Necron lords, All sounds brilliant and I think sound defiantly be incorporated Into the the whole.

>>15061019
I actually don mind this, at least the Spear itself. The hat could *probably* be better incorporated so it doesn't just out and go "lol, Silly Hat!" but otherwise really good.

On the note of "Hand of Unity" I think the Idea that they were the original Necrontyr lords of a unit that Karr himself united/befriended works really well, and gives us a chance for some awesome backstory.

As for his loyalties, I believe we discussed in the first one Kaar losing his zeal for the C'tan, and deciding to strike out for himself. Exterminate the Galaxy, but to establish his own Necron empire rather than to feed his former gods.

>>15062430

Hehe, we ARE aiming for complete extermination hopefully, but we also understand that it would be redundant in terms of storyline / potential to build on further.

>>15061846

Gah forgot to quote you. You, my freind are Awesome, and I don't particularly mind the destroyer theme, as the Warriors of the Eight tombs use lightning fast Precision strikes as part of their combat doctrine.

But that's just me.

>>15062458
Why Do You Capitalize Random Words?

>>15062482

Hey , welcome back X.

I set up us the 1d4chan page. go check it out, maybe you can edit it better :)

>>15062494

Because my brain likes to? Honestly I don't notice it unless someone points it out to me, then I make the conscious effort to stop. Otherwise it just kinda... happens.

>>15062605
just like Chris-chan?

>>15062641

Well that's just mean,

Anyway, I think for now we should follow the advice of an anon up there somewhere ^^ And begin developing the personalities of the Eight golden lords and Karr himself. I'll be heading out to work when I don't have access to /tg/ but I can still access the Archive, So I'll monitor it from there. When I return I should post (Hopefully) some of the Ideas floating around in my head.

>>15062355

The Rising Sons could do with a decent rival. Going with Tau as the Chapter rival was a bit of a boring move, in all honesty.

bump

>>15062940

decent rival?

I'd like to think that these Necrons are the reason the Rising Sons are about to lose 90% of their recruiting worlds.

So for the eight Necron Lords we've currently got Sun Tzu, Master Betty...anyone got some more ideas?

>>15063452
Sun Wukong.

It must be so.

The Rising Sons stole shit from the tombs, there, now Platinum Lord has a reason to hunt them down.

Also

>not posting the updated version

>Necrons vs. Samurines

This will be perfect for the upcoming /tg/ crusade project...

Dammit, now we REALLY need a Mongolian chaos marine warband.

>>15063615
Traitor White Scars, with some conquered Lost and Damned slaves.

My work here is done.

>>15063591
There's a /tg/ crusade project?

>>15063723

Yeah, there were plans to write up a story with various Spess Mahreen chapters going on a crusade. Of course, more chapters have been made since then and now we have Tyranids and Necrons in the making.

Its why I made this:
http://1d4chan.org/wiki//tg/_40,000

>>15063829
Yeah we definitely need more non-SM factions. From here on, no more space marine chapters are allowed in. Want an entry? Fluff up a chaos warband or ork waaagh! Or some Eldar.

>>15063850

...And now I've got about twenty ideas. We don't have a Dark Eldar Kabal yet, I see.

>>15064423
When you've got something threadable make a thread.

>>15064423
Gotta make those volcano tyranids first I think

OP from last thread here.

We got those weeaboo figtan' marines thinking they can steal our fluff and say we attacked them first.

Also great work so far guys, those marines dont have a chance against Sun Tzu in necron form.

>>15065279
So the platinum Lord is sort of a Qin Shihaung figure who wants to eventually reunify the whole Necron race under his ideals?

And what is unity? Does he want to force convert other sapient races into Necron-dom? Unify the galaxy in mechanical undeath?

Also so I can contribute something besides dumb questions.
The Empty Chariot: Undisputed Lord of the forbidden 6th tomb world, The Empty Chariot keeps the hordes of tomb warriors infected with various stages of the Destroyer curse in check because Kaar has the one thing the Chariot desires besides glorious nothingness; an iron box containing a hard drive full of the Chariot's memories of his days as a mortal. Every hard won victory and successful corralling of the Destroyer cult's self destructive impulses earns the Chariot another sliver of memory; soon, he thinks, he will have enough to remember why he went mad in the first place. And then, the Hand of Unity will know fear...

>>15059094
That is just Mean

>>15065532
>And then, the Hand of Unity will know fear...

So is he an enemy? A rival platinum lord? Or what?

>>15066147

Well, you see, Kaar lost a hand a while back, and it reanimated. Now it attempts to start a rebellion by writing pamphlets, and reclaim the empire it sees as its own (after all, -it- was what pressed the button to activate its brethren and slay its enemies - what right does a mere body have to steal its position?)

This is so fucking chinaboo it hurts.

Good work hypocrites.

>>15066440

Its like raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain, on your wedding day~

>>15066318
Wait a minute... so the 8 lords were Kaar's bodyparts? Or maybe it's a more figurative thing?

>>15068429
>>15066318

No. The Eight are Gold Level Lords , each in charge of an individual tomb all governed by Kaar , a platinum level Lord.

>>15068457
OK, let's fluff 'em out then. We got ourselves a Sun Tzu gold lord, maybe we also pick other figures from Chinese mythology/history and translate their names into something cool like what >>15061846
did?
Suggesting Liu bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, along with Lu Bu and Cao Cao. Throw in Chairman Mao and Laozi, perhaps? Just pick out which ones should work, and which ones shouldn't.

>>15068547

Do we want our Lords to be able to speak?

Or just omnious mutes?

If so we could possibly infuse them with the personalities we choose for them.

>>15068598
I was thinking more to the line of 'their personality as reflected on their battlefield tactics/units' kind of thing, but let's just have them communicate between each other in their own characters. So you'd get these space marines looking at the 8 lords arguing between themselves in machine code and understand jack shit, but on a Necron perspective it sounds like a Chinese opera in there.

>>15068598

I figured the Lords don't speak as per canon (unless that's been changed?) and all information about their personalities and stuff would come from some kind of insider source. It's not like the Imperium knows any of these things. Maybe there's a Pariah historiographer that documents the 8 Tombs and speaks on behalf of the Hand...

>>15068665
>>15068649

Cronic language it is then, Can someone start organizing our 1d4chan page? I've tried numerous stuff but I failed misserably ;_;

>>15068649

They only argue until the Hand of Unity shows up. He has control over the 8 Lords' higher cognitive functions and can shut down their independent thinking capabilities remotely. That's what Unity is, the Platinum Lord puppeteers all the other Necrons on the planet. It's his dream come true, to be able to perfectly guide his people without failure or dissent.

Fluffing out more Lords:
>Chairman Mao

The End of Discord was formerly a great hero of the Necrontyr race. A general and politician of renown, he led the people on the colony that became Tomb Four in daring attacks on the Old Ones and their client races, winning spectacular victories that gave the Necrontyr hope in a losing struggle. End of Discord was approached by Kaar and granted immortality, but he wished for all his subjects, from the highest statesman to the poorest wretch, to be given the same treatment. Thus, End of Discord's tomb is populated with endless rows of Warriors, each a Necrontyr believer in their leader's vision. This Lord seeks to restore sentience and free will to his servants and works in secret to break Kaar's hold over his mind.

>>15068726

I appreciate your fluff additions, they are awesome, but lets get one thing straight.

The eight lords were united before being turned into Necrons. In a long forgotten age. There are no secret plans to overturn the Hand of Unity.

Think of Kaar as the voice of the 8 Lords.

The Collective Consciousness.

Another idea for one of the 8 lords
the lord who specializes in flayed ones
the fans are made from the flayed skin of "her" latest victim
"her" mask was based on the ones they use in chinese operas

>>15068942

I love the concept, but TOO MUCH CHINESE STUFF.

we need SUBTLE stuff in not, IN YOUR FACE CHINESE RIP OFF.

The face mask.
Make it out of flesh.

>>15069029
like lil' Xeno's?

sounds believable

>>15068753

>The eight lords were united before being turned into Necrons. In a long forgotten age. There are no secret plans to overturn the Hand of Unity.

Well, see, my view is that even though the union happened long before the Necron conversion, there was a lot of politicking, intrigue and manipulation that happened prior to and during the unification. And the Lords have retained memories of it. Some resent Kaar, some still love him. Some have grown disillusioned and bitter.

I just think it adds a nice twist to the army's backstory.

>Think of Kaar as the voice of the 8 Lords.

>The Collective Consciousness.

I like to think that Kaar has assumed the role of the collective mind of the Lords, but they're not all that happy about it.

>>15068942
DAMMIT! MY OCDONUTSTEEL RULE 63'd!

I mad.

>>15069199

Id like to steer clear of Lords resenting Kaar, lest we dwelve into a Horus Heresy , Necron Style.

>>15069223

Did I mention how much I LOVE this guy?

>>15069318
never, but if you know someone who can handle a quest about him, tell me.

>>15069339

What kind of quest?

>>15069384
I already explained it in my tgchan thread, and I don't think this thread is the right place to do it even more. if you're interested, I'll be over there.

>>15069223
Oh my they do look the same but
here's the rule 63 oh your scdonutsteal
still mad?

Sun Wukong as one of the lords!

>>15069293

I'd hope we could find a happy middle ground between FATHER WHY DID YOU NOT LOVE ME and making the 8 Tombs the Necron answer to a Tyranid Hivemind.

>>15069834

where the hell did Nids come into the picture?

>>15069737

>Sun Wukong

Herald of Unmaking is the undisputed lord of Tomb Two, the largest besides the Central Complex wherein Kaar and his host reside. But the path of this particular Lord was a long and arduous one. Born sickly (even for Necrontyr standards) and of low status, Unmaking grew to become a scientist, drawn to stellar physics. His pioneering particle research formed the foundation for the discovery of the C'Tan. However, he was never credited for this discovery, something that only fueled his resentment. When he learned of the C'tan, the Lord decided on a course of action. He would convert himself into an energy form akin to the C'tan, becoming a Star God himself. Herald of Unmaking never managed to achieve his foolish dream, but his research into energy/matter conversion caught the eye of Lord Kaar, who took him in as a protege.

In Necron form, Herald of Unmaking has mastered the art of molding and reshaping his Necrodermis body. Unlike most other Lords, he can take whatever form he desires, sometimes masquerading as a rank-and-file unit, other times appearing as a monstrous war machine.

Necron Lu Bu.
It needs to happen.

Bump.

>>15070045

Actually, Necron Lu Bu stat wise would be easy, some from of Necron Horse, perhaps with faster than normal movement to represent Red Hare, a disdain for Gauss weaponry, favoring the war scythe so higher ws, probably Infiltrate or some such due to the way he almost always ambushes in the DW game.

Fluff wise he is a lot harder to justify, as he's near uncontrollable, and an incredibly traitorous bastard, which doesn't seem like it would work as a Necron. A chaos Lu Bu is a hell of a lot eaiser.

earlier there was discussion over where these tombs were located and how. I suggest we stick with the story of the eight immortals on this one and go with five small planetoids that circle a star together as the 8 immortals story has them living on a group of 5 islands. We can debate where each gold lord is placed afterwards but I think the idea is solid enough to build off of

>>15073614
>Disdain for ranged weaponry

Are you fucking high
Lu Bu was an incredible archer.

He ended an argument by shooting an arrow through the eye of his halberd.

That's fucking crazy.

>>15074584

The eight tombs are Located on a single planet called Ti'anxia in the Yamato subsector.