And now, with the start of the new year, I finally start my Hello Killy project log.
As one might expect, the army is a Hello Kitty themed Necron army.
Here's the models I currently have constructed to a point I feel comfortable sharing, and more will crop up in this thread from time to time as I finish them.
There are also more pictures of most of these in my galleries, so if you can't see a detail of a model, see if you can find one in the gallery.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/user/47990-Crackgnome.html

Models as of 2/2/2012


Current Plans:
Modelling To Do List (underlined items are completed):
HQ's:
- KitTrazyn
- Command Barge, KitTrazyn's
- Crypteks, Trazyn's RC:
- HoDespair
- HoDestruction
- HoE
- HotS
- HoT

- Nemesor [Name] (Counts as Nemesor Zahndrekh) OR Anrakyr
- Command Barge, Second HQ

Troops:
- 9 Warriors (Lower grade beads for heads, to reflect quality of biotransferrence construction)
- Ghost Ark
- 15 Warriors (Lower grade beads for heads, to reflect quality of biotransferrence construction)
- 10 Immortals (Hello Kitty heads)
- Night Scythe

Elites:
- 10 Deathmarks (Hello Kitty heads)
- 5 Lychguard (Hello Kitty heads)
- Deceiver Shard (face will be molded over and carved into, either classic Hello Kitty, or Octopus face O

Fast Attack:
- 10 Scarab Swarms (7 done, kitty ears similar to KitTrazyns)
- 5 Wraiths (Hello Kitty Heads with mittens instead of claws)

Heavy Support:
- Doomsday Ark
- Monolith (With Laser-eyed Hello Kitty Head in place of the crystal)

First we start with KitTrazyn:
Fairly simply conversion, just a Trazyn kit with ears carved from finecast sprue. Some minor casting issues, but nothing hot water and patience can't fix.


Next in line are KitTrazyn's Royal Court of 5 Crypteks. Yet to come up with a clever name for them.
All five were made from a Lychguard box, and each has a custom staff, as well as a head removed from a squishy Hello Kitty figurine from Walmart.
I made one of each of the Harbingers, though I may run them differently as the situation calls for it.
I still need to make a cloak for HoD and HoE, as well as a Crucible and Harp for HoT.

Harbinger of Despair:
Abyssal Staff made from warscythe handle, Bloodcrusher collar, backpiece from lychguard box, piece of a rod of the covenant, and skull and chain also from Bloodcrusher box. Shoulder decorations made from another rod of the covenant. (Better picture of staff in the Cryptek staves gallery)
I chose a mouse head, because even giant elephants are scared of them


Harbinger of Destruction:
Eldritch Lance made from two warscythe blades mounted on a single handle, with a small bit from the back end of the warscythes mounted in the middle. Shoulder decorations made from sharpened back pieces from lychguard box. Bear head because his little bow rocks. And bears are scary.


Harbinger of Eternity:
Aeonstave made from support column of Dispersion shield, warscythe handle, two hyperphase sword blades, and assorted small bits on the top from all of the aforementioned bits. Chronometron (on left hand) made from small orbs found on the bottom of lychguard torso backs, mounted on half of a particle caster. Teacher head because time manipulation requires super smarts.


Harbinger of the Storm:
Voltaic staff made from warscythe handle, a random piece of metal I found in a parking lot shaped like a pincer of some kind, and the back half of a particle caster. Monkey head because it's adorable and uh... monkeys... use tools...?


Harbinger of Transmogrification:
Tremorstave made from warscythe handle, and pieces of three Bloodcrusher collars. Sheep head because Transmogrification reminds me of polymorph and similar. I broke the model at the knees so it could be smashing the staff into the ground.


Deathmarks:
Still looking for a name for these fools.
Regular Deathmark models, minus the heads. I found a pair of Hello Kitty stud earrings, which I plan to use to make a mold with which to make heads for all of my Deathmarks, Immortals, and Necrons of similar rank.


Badly mounted earring head:


Assorted bits:
Standard Hello Kitty squishy from the box the Crypteks' heads came from


In Progress:
- Monolith:
Laser eyes almost ready to be installed. Debating magnetizing laser-head to swap out with spinning head.

- All warriors constructed, simply awaiting beads for finalization.


Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, insults, and rage

so much win the heads are a little big but there's nothing wrong with that :3

I like the idea of slightly chibi-ish heads for the Hello Kitty forces anyhow, so I figured they'd work well

That's bringing badass to a whole new level.

They remind me of the Hello Kitty marines which went with the same type of heads and worked well.

Would look great once you have a full squad up and painted.

I thnk you are a little late to this party...

The Garden of Necrons army was actually kind of an inspiration for this.
My Monolith will be standard black, but will have pink trim instead of green.
I also have the working for a laser-eyed Hello Kitty head to replace the crystal, which will contain functional red LED's in place of the normal eyes.

Those aren't Hello Kitty though, just pink and flowers.

Mein gott! What fiendish machines are these?

NeKitties!

I need to translate like... fish, or cat, or maybe hug or something into Egyptian and Necron-itize it to be the name of my Hello Kitty Dynasty.

Mau means cat in Egyptian, so maybe the Mauvokh Dynasty?

...Ow....Oooooooow....my brains hurt.

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Mau means cat in Egyptian, so maybe the Mauvokh Dynasty?

I dig it.
I might have to use something similar

My girlfriend just went mad that her favourite thing and my favourite thing were mashed together haha.

Look forward to more.

Thanks!

Since the beads for my warriors are still en route, as are the blue acrylic rods for my Monolith, I've been working on the electrical components of the laser-eyed Hello Kitty head.
I'll post pictures of the basic wiring and mechanisms soon.

yay! can't wait

After quite a wait due to the start of the school year, my laziness, and a general lack of energy, I bring you (most of) my Kittylith!

This is the head. I removed it from a McDonald's bobble-head figurine, and viciousl- I mean carefully removed the eyes with a power drill. I widened the holes a bit more and implanted two 2.6V Red LED's. A bit of glue finished the job easily.


Here is the internal view:


The lights were soldered together, and a basic power supply/button setup was added. A 9V battery and a 220ohm resistor made for a simple wiring job that wouldn't blow out the bulbs.
I cut access panels in the center column of the Monolith, and a hole in the crystal assembly, then fed the wires through.
Here is the nearly completed result (a slightly warped Monolith kit called for some green stuff to keep it in line):


I mounted the button on the bottom of the monolith. I simply cut a hole in the bottom and widened the bottom hole on the central column to accept the back section of the button.


Here is the internal access panel. The outermost two wires come down from the head, and the other two come off the button. I figured it would be easier just to solder everything together in an open space than try to attach it inside the column.


Solder the last wires in sequence, add a battery, press the button, and you get a very angry Hello Kitty.


Hello Kitty will receive one(1) plastic-wrap helmet for the duration of the priming process.
The rest is assembled as of last night (including custom blue rods for the guns) save for the rods that I'll put in after painting.
Hope everyone enjoys this, and I'll keep working!

The Kittylith is pure awesome.

Thanks
It looks even better with the other walls and the upper pieces on.
I dunno what to do about the big rods on the sides, since I don't have the right size rod for it. I was thinking maybe heating two of the smaller rods and twisting them together, though I dunno how well that would work, if at all. The other option is to haphazardly stuff them with some of the beads I got for my Warriors' heads, maybe paint them a similar color so it looks like Hello Kitty heads are the power source.

On a different note, I'm starting to get some fluff ideas for why this army exists. And I'm putting a Hello Kitty miniature into what would have been the Monolith crystal, and it can serve as Hello Kitty in a stasis tomb from which my army draws its power and prototypes.
So y'know, objective marker.

DEMON HELLO KITTY! U Mad?

I think my favorite part of making this model was taking it to my FLGS in the dark.
I'm considering making one of the heads as a hood ornament for my car.

While gimmick armies can potentially be amusing (especially if converted/painted to a high standard), I can't help but feel like this is old hat...

Angry Marines where funny the first time you saw them. The fourth of fifth guy to do them? Not so much...

Completely awesome...

This. is. so. awesome.

Bleh... never understood why this kind of thing was popular.

Honestly, this is about the hobby to me.
Playing is fun, don't get me wrong, but what's the point of having the exact same models as every other player of your army type?
Besides, doing a great conversion gives me a great sense of pride and accomplishment.

I love a gimmicky army. Epic. That monolith is almost scary. Demon kitty.

Crackgnome wrote:Honestly, this is about the hobby to me.
Playing is fun, don't get me wrong, but what's the point of having the exact same models as every other player of your army type?
Besides, doing a great conversion gives me a great sense of pride and accomplishment.

Ok, then I don't understand how any of this is a great conversion then, I guess.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Crackgnome wrote:Honestly, this is about the hobby to me.
Playing is fun, don't get me wrong, but what's the point of having the exact same models as every other player of your army type?
Besides, doing a great conversion gives me a great sense of pride and accomplishment.

Ok, then I don't understand how any of this is a great conversion then, I guess.

Because it is FUNNY.

Hehe, id love to play this army!

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Crackgnome wrote:Honestly, this is about the hobby to me.
Playing is fun, don't get me wrong, but what's the point of having the exact same models as every other player of your army type?
Besides, doing a great conversion gives me a great sense of pride and accomplishment.

Ok, then I don't understand how any of this is a great conversion then, I guess.

Stop being a stick in the mud and accept that not everyone has the same sense of humor as you. Making the serious ridiculous has been a popular form of humor for thousands of years. They were doing it in roman times for heavens sake. It is OK if you don't find it funny, but why do you care that others do? The fact that they enjoy it is enough reason for it to exist.

Haha, great stuff dude, I'll definetly keep tuned.

Construction completed on the Kittylith, just have a few things left to decide for detail work.
Did a rough highlighting of the main sections, and here are the results!
Please ignore the rough paintjob and slight soldering iron melting of the front faceplate <.<








I am a little scared of this picture D:


I'm starting to lay down some more detailed fluff for why this exists, most of it involving a Hello Kitty AI launched by Japanese descendants in the year 5000 or so to guide a colony ship, it goes crazy and creates a planet of Hello Kitty-based mechanical-lifeforms.
Long story short, Trazyn discovers it on some backwater planet near the Galactic rim in his search for technology, and is subsequently infected by the Hello Kitty master program, during which he transfers his consciousness to another body and flees the planet.
The master program cannot overwrite the base commands implanted by the Silent King before his exile, and thus infects a small Tombworld nearby in an effort to "restore" its "dynasty."

Thinking about painting the leftover warrior/deathmark/immortal heads I have and putting them in tubes that will replace the side rods on the Monolith, like they're somehow being used as fuel.

On a related note, my army is doing fairly well when it come to gameplay, though it seems to perform better when the Monolith's eyes are lit, which confuses and terrifies me.

god that is scary!

scariest monolith ive ever seen!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's terrified by it xD
The beads for my Deathmarks/Immortals/Lychguard should be arriving in the next couple days, so there should be some deathmark conversions up in the next couple of days. Got some fun ideas for Deathmark heads
My warrior heads are a few days out, so that'll be later.

this'd look extremely evil in the dark. Its psycho clowns baby sister!

Even grey knights would turn and flee at the sight of that thing coming.

The day I put the lights in, I actually had to carry this in the dark on my way to my FLGS, and it was like carrying a tiny daemon D:

You need to put some sound effects in it now, get the psycho theme or something coming out of it when you turn the lights on

Haha, I totally could.
I was wondering what to do with the engines on the bottom, I could put little speakers in there xD

this is all sooo awesome /)^3^(\

the monolith looks amazing, cant wat to see the rest painted like this. oh and your hello killy crons NEED to fight my little space marine army at some point lol

If you're gonna put sound to it I would go with Hello Kitty themed music - or J-Pap. But I'm a sick bastard.

:mind blown:

steelcult wrote:If you're gonna put sound to it I would go with Hello Kitty themed music - or J-Pap. But I'm a sick bastard.

Maybe I should paint the portal like a poptart and make the speakers play Nyan cat O:

This is simply AMAZING!

OMG!

Thanks for all the love guys :B

Currently making a Stasis Tomb for my Hello Kitty, using the Monolith crystal.
It'll just be an objective marker most likely, or I could pull some silliness and call it a C'tan Shard since the thing I'm using for the base is MC size.
Pictures will be posted as I make a little more progress, it's not quite constructed to a point of display yet, but soon. SOON.

My god... im not sure if I should be petting it or running away O.o

Marine_With_Heart wrote:My god... im not sure if I should be petting it or running away O.o

I would say if the light is off your okay to pet it, but if the light is on... seek shelter fast.

I agree.
It always scatters 8"+ without the lights on :(

I gave off a great laugh when I saw the kittylith with the glowing eyes. It is really looking amazing, it's like it is possessed.
About the other necron, I feel a bit that it might look better if the heads where smaller than they are now, but still bigger than the necron heads... you know, about an inch in size. Now, while funny, they look like they are about to fall over.

edit: yay, new rank!

Crackgnome wrote:Maybe I should paint the portal like a poptart and make the speakers play Nyan cat O:

That would be epic! you should totally do that! most terrrifing monolyth ever

Hilarious but i fear you may get bored of this. Love the effort tho, thats ALOT of hello kitty heads lol!

I've lost steam a couple times, but each time a new conversion has sparked new interest for me.
I got some beads for my Warriors today, and they look a LOT more proportional than the squishy heads.
Again, pictures as soon as I get a few done.

Best. Monolith. Ever.

The hello kitty head could slowly rotate too!

I actually have a rotating Hello Kitty model from something <.<

Finished writing rules for an Apoc unit for the army.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/429172.page

Posting pics as soon as I can get the images uploaded (by which I mean stop being lazy and find the camera cable).

Oh how I hate Hello Kitty. This is freaky to me. Still...

Crackgnome wrote:

I love what you did this this! The idea that you can add lights to large models like that is pretty cool.

Here's the Apoc unit I built:


Rules for it posted here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/429172.page


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Finally got around to photographing my most recent work.

First we have the Ca'tan Shard (see what I did there? Hyuk hyuk)
Fairly simple conversion, just trimmed down the face on a C'tan Deceiver, cut a bead in half, and mounted it with green stuff. I purposely left the little rim around the top of the head, to make it look like a little hat, and I plan to paint it sorta like a jester hat.
Ignore the small pockmarks on the face <.<






Next are my warriors.
Very simple here, take a warrior, trim the neck a bit to fit, greenstuff over the features and holes on one side of a bead, and mount.

Warrior before:


Heads:


Warrior after:



And by far the easiest conversion, my KittyBlade (Tomblade conversion).
Take Hello Kitty on a tricycle, drill a hole, mount on flying base. Laugh at silliness.


Hope you guys enjoy, and more conversions are still underway

That monolith is made of so much WIN. It looks to me like something out of Tron, to be honest (the pink lines all over the model, not the giant creepy kitty head).

I approve of this army.

Started working on some actual Necron Lords, as I keep finding need for them in my lists.

I bought some beads specifically for higher-caste Necron heads, but they're taking their sweet damn time getting here, so I may just end up using the same heads as my Warriors, or perhaps doing something similar to what I did with Trazyn.

Also, I came up with an idea for Resurrection Orbs. I'll be using balloon-shaped peridot beads like these:


I'll mount them on little string-wires and make it look like my Lords are holding little balloons, which I will paint appropriately res-orby.

Again, thanks for all the support guys, and I'll keep posting as things get finished!

I'd get my gf into 40k if i'd show her this thread

Trying to get my girlfriend to play Space Puppies and make them all giant Huskies.

eh while i dont get things like this and Angry Marines, if its your "thing" more power to ya and nice progress.

That being said, if an army like this ever showed up at my house, i would give it a proper introduction to my sledgehammer.

Have fun in your way...

The Dwarf Wolf wrote:Have fun in your way...

Agreed.
I'd much rather have my own style than try to emulate something that's been done hundreds of times.
The point of a hobby, for me in any case, is to have fun and gain a sense of accomplishment, which is much more significant to me when I've made my own thing/design/etc, as opposed to just making another thing that's been done many many times before.

That is exactly why i like this Hobby, i can create what i want, the way i want, and i really dont accept whan people say me "c'mon, that is ridiculous!!!".

It's your models, your money, and your time... do the way you see fun, the ones who dont like it, do it their way in their models...

Whyle im not very sold in hello kit, you like it on your necrons, so go ahead and have all the fun you can...

The Dwarf Wolf wrote:That is exactly why i like this Hobby, i can create what i want, the way i want, and i really dont accept whan people say me "c'mon, that is ridiculous!!!".

In fact, I feel warm and fuzzy inside every time someone thinks a model of mine is ridiculous.
In other news, I have discovered a FANTASTICO crystal replacement for a second Kittylith:

Sick Cryptek Convesions Very Koo and the Hello Kitty Theme is lol

Thanks xD
Played this army in a 1500pt tourney yesterday and got third place! Played against my roommate's SoB my second game, and we tied (he won by ~100 pts technically, but since it wasn't more than 10% difference, it was a "true" draw, not just a draw by Kill Points). First place had 3554 total victory points, my roommate got 3546 (lol 9 point difference), and I had 3437, fourth place had 2600 <.<
Had a lot of attention for the SoB game, people enjoyed the Monolith quite a bit

Made a couple of ResBalloon lords (pictures forthcoming sometime this week) for the tourney, and they turned out pretty well.
Starting work on some magnetization for my Barges, as both the gun and the railing are IMPOSSIBLE to keep still during games.
Also found a couple of Destroyer sprues, so I'm working on making a couple of Destroyer Lords to use with Wraiths at some point in the future.

Hope you guys are still enjoying my work, and I'll most likely get Deathmarks and Immortals going here soon, since my beads for their heads FINALLY showed up.

Deathklaat wrote:eh while i dont get things like this and Angry Marines, if its your "thing" more power to ya and nice progress.

That being said, if an army like this ever showed up at my house, i would give it a proper introduction to my sledgehammer.

Why so serious?

Do you need a happy hug?

Holy crap, man.
There is just so much "WRONG" in this thread that i don't know where to begin.

I applaud your conviction!

Eric

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Dakka! I am not ded!

I bring you the first of the incredibly fearsome Wraiths of the Mautehk Dynasty, with Tickling Coils and Rending Mittens!
All photographed by the incredibly unskilled photography, the shaky Crackgnome!







More magic to follow, as soon as the rest of the Wraiths are constructed, megablock Hello Kitty figures are beheaded, and the unholy union between the two has been completed!
Crackgnome, AWAAAAAAAY!!!!
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I just want you to know i hate loosing to these things. Its happened twice now. Next time the kitties are going to be beat by the puppies! You cant possibly save against Jaws that many times....

JAAAAAWWWWSSSSS!
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

spacewolved wrote:I just want you to know i hate loosing to these things. Its happened twice now. Next time the kitties are going to be beat by the puppies! You cant possibly save against Jaws that many times....

about to run you're day...

JOTWW doesn't work on wraiths.


jump infantry

IronfrontAlex wrote:

spacewolved wrote:I just want you to know i hate loosing to these things. Its happened twice now. Next time the kitties are going to be beat by the puppies! You cant possibly save against Jaws that many times....

about to run you're day...

JOTWW doesn't work on wraiths.


jump infantry

You are my very best friend now.
And now I just want to run EVERY Wraith, forever. The Wolves will be tickled endlessly!

IronfrontAlex wrote:

spacewolved wrote:I just want you to know i hate loosing to these things. Its happened twice now. Next time the kitties are going to be beat by the puppies! You cant possibly save against Jaws that many times....

about to run you're day...

JOTWW doesn't work on wraiths.


jump infantry

While that makes me sad, his destroyer lord should not have saved three times. Which it did.

Destroyer Lord is Jump Infantry too <.<

Crackgnome wrote:Destroyer Lord is Jump Infantry too <.<

I thought they were a jetbike not jump infantry.

spacewolved wrote:

Crackgnome wrote:Destroyer Lord is Jump Infantry too <.<

I thought they were a jetbike not jump infantry.

That's pre-update. Now he's a Jumper. Sorry to burst your bubble, man.

Wow. And I though my necrons were different cause they were white.

I bow to the glowy eyed kitty-ness of doom!

Great job on the army. It looks like it would be enormously fun to play. Have you have any games with them yet?

Cheers

Been playing with the WIP models for a while now, and they've done really well.
Actually just placed first in a 1000pt limited FOC tourney this past Saturday, though I used a cardboard Doom Scythe (new models on the 12th O

This stuff is amazing. You should use the finished Hello Kitty-laser monolith in place of a resume. If I were an employer, I would immediately hire anyone who said, "I have no references, but I made THIS."

Keep up the good work!

I love it! Keep'em coming!

Thanks for all the encouragement, it's great to see that people are enjoying my work.
Just wanted to post my current progress for you all (and for me).

I have nothing fully painted yet, still working on the conversion work.

Currently built and converted:

- Trazyn w/ ears, new staff (new pics to come)
- Ghost Ark (heads on the occupants, pics to come)
- 10 Warriors (painting in progress)
- 1 Wraith
- C'tan Shard of the Deceiver w/ Octopus face :B
- Monolith
- 5 Crypteks, custom staff and head for each Harbinger
- 2 Lords converted from Lychguard, with rezballoons (pics to come)
- 2 Catacomb Barges, 1 magnetized (heads on the pilots)
- 2 Destroyer Lords w/ custom weapons
- 5 "Tomb Blades"
- 1 Deathmark with custom lens
- Tomb of the Technokat


Built but not converted:

- 14 Warriors
- 20 OOP Metal Warriors (oldschool Raider models)
- 20 OOP Metal Immortals (Gorilla-looking things)
- Doomsday Ark
- 2 Wraiths
- 8 Scarab Bases
- 5 OOP Metal Destroyers (the old models from when destroyers were jetbikes)
- 2 OOP Metal Lords, headless and armless
- 4 Deathmarks
- 3 Lords converted from Lychguard


Waiting to be built:

- 3 Wraiths
- 5 Deathmarks
- Triarch Stalker


Miscellaneous bits:
- ~30 old metal scarabs, unsure what to do with them
- Hello Kitty Diamonds to be used in Monoliths
- Tons of beads to be used as heads for infantry
- Hello Kitty Megablocks models, heads to be used for Wraiths, maybe Spyders
- Blue acrylic rods to be used for weaponry
- A large assortment of small blue resin crystals for basing



Continue to hate me and love my kitties (you can pet them, but I won't be responsible for the results).
Pictures sometime in the next few days, whenever I get around to actually taking them.

In constructing my Stalker, I decided that it looked amazing without the cockpit, and also that it should be a crab monster.

Here's my super awesome MS Paint drawing of how it will be when I'm done, I'm probably about halfway done with construction.

This. Is. Epic.

You're god damn right it is.
Just wait till you see it.


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GUYS. BEST IDEA.
Scarab bases all have tiny chariots they're pulling, like they're tiny flying... crab... horses... shut up it's a good idea.
And there can be epic-scale somethings driving the chariots.
Oh god, I almost threw up in my mouth from all the awesome.

Throne help us all; nothing can save us from such a fate.

HEY GUYS


Crabracer is pretty much done, some of these pictures don't have the heat ray attached, but the turret is fully functional, as are the legs.

Front Detail


Pilot Chariot (Supported on wires)


View From Front


View From Chariot


Top View, To Compare to Super Awesome MSPaint



Yaaaaaaay!

Amazing! I'll admit, even with your super awesome drawing, I had some doubts about how this was going to be accomplished. But....now....forgive me for doubting!

Also, I think an epic battle diorama between your kitties and my Angry Marines would be pretty full of win. Oh, to have infinite time and money....

I love the crab chariot. I don't think I have seen such a fun conversion for a long while

Vyler wrote:Amazing! I'll admit, even with your super awesome drawing, I had some doubts about how this was going to be accomplished. But....now....forgive me for doubting!

Also, I think an epic battle diorama between your kitties and my Angry Marines would be pretty full of win. Oh, to have infinite time and money....

Agreed, that might be pretty amazing xD
As for infinite time and money... I dunno, I'd be tempted to build full-scale Kittycrons :B

This project is awesome. I salute you, sir!

I am incredibly lazy, holy crap. Nine months without an update?

So I finally got around to building more wraiths, and actually painted a couple after they won me a small tournament at my FLGS (the winnings went to paint and supplies).
This marks my first fully painted model for my Necrons (not based yet, but soon). Basing ideas thus far mostly include my blue acrylic crystals, happy green grass, and some flowers. And maybe some blood. Body parts are also encouraged.
After I finish the squad, I'll probably follow it up with my Ladybug Destroyer Lord, an homage to the Garden of Necrons project.
I've changed my basic aesthetic from the Tron-esque painting I did on my Monolith to a more classic Necron metal, with pink washes and possibly pink mold on vehicles (coming from some kind of dart maybe?) representing the infection that must surely have befallen the Necrons for them to become so adorable.

Without further ado, Canopkat Wraith!
(paints listed at the bottom)


Pink wash is slightly less coherent in person, phone cameras are only so detailed


Side view




One of my sloppier head mountings. I'm considering doing a wraith being infected with one from the next box I build, with tentacles coming out of the head and latching on to the Wraith's face as it tries to pull away, possibly with the pink wash only partially down the body. Maybe also green energy at the bottom, with the blue working its way down from the head.


Hello there :B


Whole body drybrushed with Ironbreaker
Washed with Carroburg Crimson
Detailed with Lothern Blue
Details washed with Drakenhof Nightshade

Learning to actually paint better will inspire me to actually paint my whole army. Theoretically anyhow. Hopefully more updates soon! Or at least, Soon(tm).

Finally got around to basing my wraiths, and FINALLY painted my Destroyer Lord.
My girlfriend wanted to help with my project, and volunteered to make an ADL, which we substituted white picket fence for. Made 4x 5" sections, and 4x 2" sections, as per specifications I found somewhere online and didn't really check that carefully.
Again, paints and materials at the bottom of the post.

Models done this weekend instead of laundry:



Some wraith basing examples:





My Ladybug Destroyer Lord:






Oh no! Mindshackle Butterflies!



Aegis DeFENCE Line (get it, get it?)








Fence was made out of bits of stiffer illustration paper, cardboard, and electrical tape.
Destroyer Lord was painted with a Candy Apple Red model car paint I found at an art supply store, which ruined one of my more terrible brushes, but came out looking nice and smooth. His metal bits are done with the same colors as my Wraiths: Ironbreaker and Carroburg Crimson, as well as Lothern Blue and Drakenhof Nightshade for blue energy bits. Abaddon Black and various other tiny colors for detail, and I used wire with green stuff for his antennae.
The flowers were small metal brads, and the butterflies are just stickers on wire, both found at a local art supply store.
The crystals I bought from Anarchy Models (http://anarchymodels.co.uk/), and the guy was super awesome. I made sure to put aluminum foil under the crystals to give them more color, as they tended to look more dull if I put them on flat black bases.

Hope you guys enjoy my work so far, my next project is a Doom/Night Scythe, which is going to incorporate some new ideas I think.

Dude.
This is both, hilarious and awesome at the same time.

... but you realize you've got a screw loose. Right?

: )

Eric

Purge this thread with fire.

It's been tried, but the thread keeps rolling WBB successfully.

Welp, only took me four weeks of painting, and a month or more of additional procrastination, but I finally got a Scythe painted.
Quite a bit of fun to paint. Started off with some blue in the details, then several layers of Dawnstone grey, white and black, applied with a sponge. Used similar techniques to my Wraiths for the metal bits, and washes for the blue.
Green bow for pizazz. Enjoy

Im curious,,,what are the reactions you are getting from folks you are up against?

This is FANTASTIC!

Gomericus wrote:
Im curious,,,what are the reactions you are getting from folks you are up against?

I play a lot against people who are highly familiar with my work, as they've been there from the beginning.
Against new people though... I get some pretty awesome faces. Phones usually come flying out of pockets to take pictures to send to girlfriends, with attached messages saying "Hey, if you start play 40k with me, you can make an army as faaaaabulous as this one O:"