Year of the Rat – Necromunda Focus

Necromunda – This year I’m going to focus on getting all of my Necromunda collection painted. Which seems appropriate being the “Year of the Rat.” For the uninitiated Necromunda is a game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, however rather than focusing on large scale battles between armies it focuses more on the day-to-day struggle for power on the planet Necromunda. This planet is an industrial wasteland in which trillions of people live in massive Hives dotted across the toxic wasteland.

This concept probably sounds familiar, probably because Games Workshop borrowed /paid homage to Judge Dredd and the concepts presented in 2000AD as well as almost every Post Apocalyptic Wasteland movie ever made.

If I only owned one gang this would be easy to do since you’d typically just have 10 or so models to start with maybe another 5-10 for additions, hangers on or hired guns. However if you plan on being an Arbitrator (DM essentially) or being the guy to convince new players to join up you’re going to want to have significantly more than just one gang. As well as enough scenery to fill out several tables, if you plan on having game nights where everyone plays.

As a base line I have the Deadbolt’s Derelict set from Deathray Designs, the Zone Mortalis set from Dark Uprising as well as a bunch of Sector Mechanicus terrain and molds I’ve made of various interesting bits over the years. This gives me a solid starting point for my terrain. The goal for the year is to get it all painted to my top standard with details to make it look lived in and complete. I feel like this is doable as I have a basecoat on most of the pieces now and finishing them will give me practice with my airbrush.

Model-wise I have Goliaths, Escher, Orlocks, Cawdor, Van Saar, Delaque, Genestealer Cult, Enforcers Corpse Grinders, and a bunch of Scum/Bounty Hunters to assemble and paint. Initially I just want to get each gang to a tabletop standard so they are useable. By the end of the year I want to have them finished to my top standard and sealed so I can call them complete.