Necrons

The Space Marine and Necron Codexes are out today!

Today is the 10th of October, an exciting day for 40k as the first two codexes of 9th edition are finally released - one each for Space Marines and Necrons! We were lucky enough to get preview copies of the...

Army Showcase: Rockfish’s Necrons

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. In our Army Showcase series, Goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies we’ve been collecting for years, and the new ones we’ve just finished – what drew us to...

Hammer of Math: Reanimation Protocols

This week's Hammer of Math looks at the biggest change to the Necrons since the discovery of green translucent plastic rods; the 9th Edition changes to Reanimation Protocols. Readers who aren't familiar with the new codex are encouraged to...

How to Paint Everything: Necrons Updated!

Necrons are back, baby! Not like last time, where they had shit rules. Or the time before that, where they had insanely good rules. Or the time before that, when they would just leave if you killed 75% of...

The Kids’ Table: New Necron Units

While Goonhammer’s A-Team is busy going through the new Necrons Codex properly, we’ve dispatched our B-Team to offer a look at the new Datasheets in the books. Clearly with a big 40k release like this you want to do...

The Goonhammer Review: Codex Necrons 9th Edition

Cover Image Credit: Games Workshop We could do a sensible introduction to this. We really could. Perhaps should even. Nevertheless... HERE WE GO MORTALS! OVERLORD WINGS IS BACK! After suffering through the whole of 8th with an extremely underpowered Codex, Necrons are at...

Hammer of Math: Xenos Dedicated Transport Survival

This week's article continues our look at Dedicated Transports from last week, focusing on the xenos options available. We continue to see transports get fielded as key parts of winning lists, and as more events continue to responsibly open we're...

How to Paint Everything Update: Rockfish’s Illuminor Szeras

While we’re always going back and adding updates to our older How to Paint Everything series when we have new methods or need to adjust old links or rules talk, sometimes the updates are big enough that they deserve to...

9th Edition Faction Focus: Necrons

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild, the Faction FAQs released and the first details of the Grand...

How to Paint Everything: Indomitus Necrons

In our How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. With the recent release of the Indomitus boxed...