It's blows my mind that there was a time where GW encouraged scratch-building a whole model.

So Necrons started out as a Chaos Squat's walking toaster, but my lovely noble stunty friends had to get eaten by bugs? There is no justice in the world.

"I'm not your dad. Yet..." -Wib 2019 Also pretty hype to see a new model retrospective.

"You may laugh now" Trust me, I very much did so.

"you specifically, David" I admit, I nearly spat tea over my keyboard at that. I need to see if I can get a sound bite of that and use it as a text alert.

Fun Fact: The song in the transitions is “Dance of the Cryptek” from the game Mechanicus

We need a video of you guys just playing Space Crusade, how has this not happened yet?! Also, there's a parallel universe where they never changed their names and GW recently released the 8th Edition Codex Chaos Androids

10:39 I believe from a lore standpoint that the one eye, or monocular, has more sensors and can be specialized for specific purposes. For instance, Orikan the Diviner has a monocular that apparently allows him to see the movements of planets and stars, as it is required for being a chronomancer.

8:48 "Through that they may live forever in our hearts." *laughs in Ultimate Apocalypse*

I'd love to see a similar episode for the tyranids.

"Some bloke chilling in his flying recliner" don't exactly know why but that killed me

“Greetings Chaos Squats” Too soon 😢 Btw, will we ever get a Squats video?

“Chaos Squats” *Triggered Krieg Gas Mask noises*

I know you mentioned that you’d never be able to mention the scratch building a band blade, but I’d love to see a video on the culture of scratch building back in the day.

"Satisfyingly chunky" I'm holding onto that one.

Woah, woooah, slow down there, as a Guard player you had me at “scratch build a bane blade”

6:15 -- Hail Assholetep, the best Space Tomb King! >Assholetep is one of the few remaining Lords wearing the original attire >Always made fun of >Goes around blowing up other sleeping Tomb Worlds out of spite 12:00 -- He's a patron and you didn't mention him? Oh, this is gonna get messy...

I saw the joke coming, thought "it can't be that sad"... I was wrong.

Hope we get an Eldar one of these as they have a great lineage I think.

Another great Codex Compliant. I actually really like these model line retrospectives, they are a nice change of pace from time to time. Are there any other model lines you guys were considering?

Those 3rd Edition Immortals look amazing

I really love the chemistry between both of you. Outstanding channel!

A new codex compliant the best birthday present i've recieved today. Thanks guys

That’s a nice Necron video you got there. Would be a shame if someone were to... release a new range

"You may laugh now" You cant tell me what to do, you are no my dad....yet.

"I'm not your dad... Yet!" 😂😂😂 You guys are great. Thank you for all the work you put in your videos ❤

I heard those little tidbits from the Mechanicus soundtrack and I approve. That music is awesome.

Loved this vid! Issue 217 was the first WD I ever bought, so Necrons had a special place in my heart. When they released the first Codex, they were my main 40K army. I never played the most recent editions post-2007 so didn't know the Lore had changed. Thanks for a lovely look down metallic soullness lane x

tyranids next? i feel as though they have had the most drastic redesign.

Fascinating information and C64 music, this playlist has it all and I love it!

My only peeve with the Necron vehicles is that they are commanded by Necrons, instead of being semi-sentient objects of living metal. That's what's so unique about the monolith, it just moves on its own (or looks like it) instead of being controlled by a guy with a joy-stick. They have giant spider walkers called Triarch Stalkers now, and for some reason they have a pilot on top? Instead of just being an even bigger self reliant tomb spider. But that's just me, they're still pretty neat to say the least.

Nice video. Just to point it out back in 2002 wraiths, heavy destroyers and destroyer lords were also released.

Great nostalgic look back. ☺️

Ahh I see you used the Mechanicus music. Good choice

Love your guys codex compliant series. You two are great.

As a Necron player this is the video I wanted but don't know I needed, thanks :)

Mechanicus soundtrack in the intermezzos - pretty spot on!

nice video and well done digging up all those old models!

Oldcrons were quite the colorful bunch back in the beginning.

We've come a long way, now with another phase of models the Necron range ha truly evolved into something new

Great video, Snipe and Wib! You guys are awesome! :D

This is the best breakdown of the Necron line of seen.

That White Dwarf with the free Necron blister pack was was the first issue I ever bought. Still got it somewhere. Also included the Praetorian Guard, some photos from Gamesday (also my first) and a rather good battle report between Undead and Beastmen. Thank you for this rather pleasant jaunt down memory lane!

First video I've ever seen on necrons. Finally someone talks about these badasses

and when are you going to be my dad?

I'd be interested in seeing a Tyranid video like this! Those older models were gloriously goofy...

5:06 That army shot is glorious. I wish I could get my hands on those Immortals. They practically scream Terminator. Beautiful.

Really like these retrospectives. A Tyranid one would be cool

Great vid!!!! Love the background music btw, familiar somehow ;)

What's a Skeleton's favorite food? Ribs

Aaaah! The Scarab autopsy was something I wanted to talk about because I played a couple of games when that one was releasted.

Ayy i'm special! First in the queue for a new vid is a good feeling.

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Yes ! Necrons ! GW you cowards, bring back the Pariahs !

I legit have trauma from the green rod era! Those wankers were so spindly, the Monolith crystal was poorly cast, and mine never actually fit together properly; the store wouldn't give me a replacement either, and the green rod was so limiting most other players I knew just painted over it!

Just btw: That Marine at 2:41 is absolutely gorgeous. Looking forward to the next monthly mini-output- video, too. ANd of course, I like this one very much.

Nice, I own the first and second gen (the latter only one model), thanks for making this and the blast from the past.

As a David, I own and have painted 0 Necrons but I do sort of have a colour scheme in mind for if I did want to, weirdly enough. Got a lot of Guardsmen, Lizardmen, Sisters of Battle and maybe Orks to do before that though.

Necrons are the coolest thing to ever hit my display case

I imagine the necron raiders were just the failed prototypes of normal necrons but weren't discarded, and that they woke up extra early to scout the galaxy.

3:54 I'm shocked that anyone could paint that small jesus

Possibly one of my favourite video you two did.....dad!

this was deliciously niche and incredibly interesting

That Detective joke can surely put a smile on any Necron warriors...

Flight stands give me flash backs to playing tyranids and having two squads of metal gargoyles

My name is David and I've just started painting my necrons.... Guess what bit of this video gave me a mini heart attack

While I was expecting chaos space marines to follow up with the og space marines, this video is still great

That old school Destroyer makes me think of Professor Farnsworth from the Futurama episode "Roswell that ends well".

I still call reanimation the "We'll be back" roll.

Wouldn't be a true necrons video without a reference to dark crusade

The clear plastic rod 2002 necrons have a charm that the new necrons fail to capture.

Omg dat Amiga space crusade music

After hearing the joke at the end, I became as Necrons; my soul consumed by incoherent alien gods, and my body left as but a husk, devoid of life and will, made a puppet, the strings of whom are pulled by fate's machinations...

Those good old Immortals, the modern ones doesn't hold a candle to them. Chunky and cool.

Another great video to visit again and again :D

Looks like we’ll need a part 2!

Headcanon: Space Crusade "Chaos Androids" were Necrons captured and reprogrammed by Chaos Sorcerors using Warp Magic. Like the Dreadnaughts.

Those old metal necrons look so fucking cool

That rainbow llama next to the pumpkin :D Scaaary OooOoOooctober! :D

I would not mind an updated video for this Retrospective, more Necrons to cover!

Wow, Necrons are way later additions that I would have thought.

Fun to learn about my chosen faction!

Crazy how there now has been another redesign of the faction with 9th edition, its one of the factions with the most changes

the flayed ones would be the best "counts as" chaos spawn. metal . awesome sculpts.

Hey, you forgot the 9th edition necrons, you know the ones released after you made the video

As cool as the present day Necrons look, I wish they had stopped adding to the army in 3rd ed. The simplicity, and lore behind them (being mindlessly controlled by the C'tan, the 'Masters of the Material Universe', was much cooler than the 'C'tan are shattered into slaves' idea) was much more interesting, and made them feel like much more of a divergence from the rest of the bloated armies of 40k. That said, this was a really fun retrospective. I love the epic Chaos androids made an appearance. Can't wait till you talk about Trolls in 40k, and show the epic chaos troll models. lol!

You should have shown the current modells in detail. Just imagine if they change the designs again. Then your channel could function as a time machine :)

There's an alternate universe where the Necrons never existed. Instead the Chaos Squats received their own Codex and kept Chaos Androids as one of their main units.

found this on the day i finally finish my first box of immortals i had to have another look at the currently available necrons thanks to this video

Codex compliment on old models, best thing on the internet so far. Love Space Crusade - have 4 copies of it for some reason

These videos are amazing...

As usual. Great job on the video.

Fuck yeah I love these "retrospective" vids. I love oldschool 40k stuff (missed it all since I didn't get into it until 7th) but I remember looking at it in awe throughout my childhood every time I got to visit a GW store when my family took me to the mall Thanks for making these anyway. Hopefully one day you will cover nids?!

This is my 3rd time watching this video and it gets better everytime

I built that baneblade! Also converted a second into a shadowsword.... then built myself a half dozen Rhinos by measuring up my friends "real" one 😁

Considering my birth was a few years before the 90s ended , and he necron came out in 02, that makes me older then the necron . There for , I am a old one !

Please do more of these!

Alright but who else loves the old destroyer model, compared to the new one?! I’ve never seen that before and will now attempt to buy them online.

Year latter: GW: NEW NECRONS!

And just 9 months later it's just completly outdated.