I've seen some neat sky blue necrons, f you really try, you can make them different, and not cheesy at all.
Yeah, I spend a lot of efforts on my minis too, since I always loose ( well, at battle. at 40K I win a lot, but dunno, at battle, I seem to be cursed, my dices always betray me, and with orcs and goblins, bad dices make you lose, whatever the veterans say ), at least, I can say my army is the most beautiful on the table

Ah, darn, I thought I had a pic of my army uploaded, but no. Only pic I have to show my l33t painting skills is of an anime chick garage kit.