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OK, I should probably preface this by saying these guys did not come out anywhere near as awesome as my previous Lychguard. I had a really hard time getting inspired, so wound up with the bog-standard color scheme. I think I got a nice tabletop standard though, and am pleased with them.

Group Shot:



OK, although I did 10 of them, I doubt anyone wants to see 10x 4-ups of very similar looking models (you can see them in the gallery if you so desire). So, here are some of the better ones.









My build process was: Army Painter Plate Mail Primer (which I dislike and will not use again), a drybrush of Chainmail to bring down the shine, a thin wash of Asurmen Blue, another drybrush of Chainmai to reduce the blue tint, and then 2 coats of gold, where there is gold. The hold was Shining Gold, washed with thinned Flesh Wash. The tips and ends of the rods were done with an airbrush, and then washed with Thraka Green. I tried filling in the recesses with bright green on an earlier test model and did not like how the effect came out for me; I think that requires more skillz than I have to pull off.

If I could do it over again, I'd simply have shelved them until I wasn't near-sick of Necrons, and have waited to be inspired. I also had a really hard time smoothing out the crease where the forso halves joined, which shows in some places. Finally, out of 40 pictures I took, a single one came out blurry (!) so I might redo the 4x image of that one. I'd also probably pick a color other than gold. I'm not that great at painting gold. I'm good at red. I should have gone with red.

That being said, I'm mostly pleased with the results.

If you'd like to see the build progress of these (and my other Newcrons) I have a work log going.

Thanks for looking!

They look awesome, but the 2nd pic of the 2nd 4-up isn't focussed

Swapped to a different one. I've got to re-take that picture.

Beautiful models. Big fan of your blog.

You are making me doubt about myself...when the preatorians were released i wanted to buy a box of em' but i resisted the temptation but now...i want these so bad >.<(i dont play crons)

Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:You are making me doubt about myself...when the preatorians were released i wanted to buy a box of em' but i resisted the temptation but now...i want these so bad >.<(i dont play crons)

If it's any consolation, the general consensus is that they are one of the worst units in the codex. I'm not a very good player anyway so it's sort of a moot point.


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Thatguy91 wrote:Beautiful models. Big fan of your blog.

Thanks. This really makes me feel like I need to update it more

Ouze wrote:

Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:You are making me doubt about myself...when the preatorians were released i wanted to buy a box of em' but i resisted the temptation but now...i want these so bad >.<(i dont play crons)

If it's any consolation, the general consensus is that they are one of the worst units in the codex. I'm not a very good player anyway so it's sort of a moot point.

sorry but whats a moot point? i'd buy them for the models themselves because the look so cool, as said i don't run crons and never will

I think they look great!

I would love to have seen the orbs on the back jeweled out a bit more.

and this is a CLASSIC example of how a proper setting and beautiful background can make a good miniature look amazing. (not a slam on your mini, a compliment on your background)

those pictures are stunning. the lighting from the Monolight, the ground effects, the terrain, the dynamic poses really all come together to make for a VERY well executed set of pictures.

BRAVO good sir, BRAVO indeed!

There's something about these models that looks weird to me. I believe it has something to do with the three testicles hanging from their back...
The paint job is very good sir. and sometimes going with the flow is as good an option as any...

Is it bad I am really diggin on the table more than the necrons? I love what you did with the clear resin over the skulls!

But on to the necrons, top notch work and good colors

Johnny-Crass wrote:Is it bad I am really diggin on the table more than the necrons? I love what you did with the clear resin over the skulls!

No, that's actually the first thing that caught my eye too. I'm almost not certain if that's a ROB tile or not. Is it Ouze?

Ouze wrote:My build process was: Army Painter Plate Mail Primer (which I dislike and will not use again), a drybrush of Chainmail to bring down the shine, a thin wash of Asurmen Blue, another drybrush of Chainmai to reduce the blue tint, and then 2 coats of gold, where there is gold. The hold was Shining Gold, washed with thinned Flesh Wash. The tips and ends of the rods were done with an airbrush, and then washed with Thraka Green. I tried filling in the recesses with bright green on an earlier test model and did not like how the effect came out for me; I think that requires more skillz than I have to pull off.

Try doing a mixture of Scorched Brown and Burnished Gold to establish a "basecoat" for shining gold. It seems to take hold much, much better that way--at least that's how it's worked on my Wight King so far.

In regards to filling in the recesses with the bright green, have you considered making a wash and then applying it to the weapons wholesale, then using like a Q-Tip or cotton ball to remove the excess? Could work quite nicely, I think.

If I could do it over again, I'd simply have shelved them until I wasn't near-sick of Necrons, and have waited to be inspired.

This is something I had to do with my Vampires as well. The Black Knights are a good way to dive back in, so if I were you I'd shelve any other "big" units you have to do until something really comes along and takes your fancy.

It really does help.

I also had a really hard time smoothing out the crease where the forso halves joined, which shows in some places.

This is actually where liquid green stuff is becoming solid gold, in my opinion. Apply a light coat of it and it seems to cover up mistakes quite well.

I'd also probably pick a color other than gold. I'm not that great at painting gold. I'm good at red. I should have gone with red.

I think you did a good job with the gold. However, one thing I would say is that you should see about maybe adding some verdigris to the gold to really jazz it up if you think it's too boring. A little wash with Hawk Turquoise goes a long way to livening up gold.

Kanluwen wrote: I'm almost not certain if that's a ROB tile or not. Is it Ouze?

It is indeed an ROBB. I'm planning to eventually make it into a Necron themed board, so the board color scheme matches the ash waste on their bases. Maybe some imperial ruins, I see it as tomb world that has awoken and has run off the Imperium.

I will eventually make it a showcase thread in and of itself, but for now, here's what I got:


This is a panorama composed of 3 images composited in Photoshop (which is why one end seems wider than the other).


Back side.


Some imperial terrain.


Long side down.


Skull pits. After painting them as normal, I filled them with clear resin tinted green. Maybe they'll count as difficult or dangerous terrain.


The other skull pit.



If you zoom in on the hills, you can sorta-kinda see that I covered a lot of the board in sand before priming it. In addition to matching the other bases aesthetically, many people posted that unless they flock their boards models slip on the slopes. This should prevent that quite nicely. My specific technique was to glue the sand with PVA, let it dry, and then I gave it several airbrushed coats of watered down PVA to strengthen it. It seems to hold on there pretty well. I don't move the board pretty much ever so that might have been overkill.

Kanluwen wrote: Try doing a mixture of Scorched Brown and Burnished Gold to establish a "basecoat" for shining gold. It seems to take hold much, much better that way--at least that's how it's worked on my Wight King so far.

In regards to filling in the recesses with the bright green, have you considered making a wash and then applying it to the weapons wholesale, then using like a Q-Tip or cotton ball to remove the excess? Could work quite nicely, I think.

For the gold, I'll give it a try on the next 5: I plan on doing 5 more praetorians with swords & pistols (I'm still coming up with swords I like, though). You had suggested in a different thread mithril washed with gryphonne sepia; I did try that and wasn't fond of the effect. I'll try the other technique next time. So far as making a light colored neon wash and rubbing it - no, I hadn't tried that. It's not too late though, as the recesses are pretty deep and they're all fairly accessible (and even if not, I have like 20 spares). I'll give it a try at some point and see how that works.

Kanluwen wrote: This is actually where liquid green stuff is becoming solid gold, in my opinion. Apply a light coat of it and it seems to cover up mistakes quite well.

I will definitely pick that up. I'm still using Testor's Contour Putty until this paycheck, and when I did some quick googling a while ago, one review called it the worst putty product on the hobby market. It's a pretty poor craftsman who blames his tools, but I do kinda wonder about this crapass putty. I'll try the liquid GS (as well as some Squadron stuff that had good reviews). Open to suggestions here, if anyone uses a different putty and loves it....

That looks awesome Ouze! Im a big fan of those green-tinted skullpits! That works really well! Good thinking on adding the sand as well!

Thanks for sharing! Makes it tempting to buy one of those boards unfortunately ....