I've been working on these guys for a while now, and I am half way through, will be updating photos as I finish them after this

In chronological order:

They are absolutely stunning! and such a beautiful style of painting you do! I am very impressed and simply love how they look, the colour choice is so totally different to anything I've seen on Necrons before and surprisingly works perfectly (for me) I can't wait to see more of these excellent models!

It's so pwetty!

I demand a shot of the entire army. Your blending skills are quite superb.

Wow, disco inferno! Lovely paint job, really unique look to your army too.

I am utterly in love with these. ill keep my eye on it

Lovely to see Necrons done is something other than silver and green.

0_o
These look bloody quality!
Never seen anything like this done with crons before and its a pleasent supprise to have not seen a sea of silver and green.

Very original and incredibly well done! Your army is a feast for the eyes!

Very unique and interesting. Awesome paint job.

these guys have a real comic book feel to them. never seen them like this but have often seen necrons (armies/models/etc)
that aren't metallic/green. some fine examples (this one included)
are to be found in the gallery section of this fine website (also google, flickr etc) but overall IMO really done a great job.

Nice mix of colors. You got the whole rainbow in there without it looking like a mess. Very original. Nice work.

That's an awesome color scheme and some really nice work! Props

Freakin' beautiful! These are amazing!

I really like the looks of the foot soldiers. Very different and very striking. Your army will be noticed by anyone walking by,and most likely remembered too. However, the vehicles I think should have been done in the same manner as the weapons on them. The pilots/drivers are not even noticed. Overall, great.

thanks for the compliments guys! Glad you like them! I've got a few more photos to share tonight, and army shots will be another day, for now, here's mr Overlord w/scythe.













and in case you were wondering, this is how how I do my Barges:




Thanks for watching!

I really like the effect...almost makes them look cartoony but not in a bad way.
Intentional or not the result is stunning. I love the armour (nice blending) and the NMM like effect on the guns is outstanding.

I like the choice of all your colours except for me it's not working as much as it could on the base. The purple is just too unrealistic, although it does work with the rest of the colours to a degree.

Very stylized and animated looking, I like it.

My one gripe is the shading. If you are going to a glowing, magma look, shouldn't you be reverse shading, e.g. the low points of the model are hotter and brighter than the high points? You did that on some of your vehicles. I would have enjoyed seeing it carried over to the rest of the army.

I wasn't so sure about these until I reached the scarabs- they are beautiful.
I'm in agreement with earlier in that the pilots do look lost on the vehicles, at first I just thought you hadn't put them on yet.

These are quite striking and very amazing to look at.

Those are amazing. I love your overlord. You should really post an army picture when it's finished!

Wow, what a fantastic colour scheme. They are beautifully painted and a real break from the norm. I think the reason it works so well is the focus is shifted from the usually bright green weapons to the models themselves. Top job!

This is insanely unique and perfectly executed. I love them.

Truly dedicated layering that! Very unique colour scheme for necrons

My eyes just melted. Its ok, I didnt need them.
MAAAAAAAAAAAAN those are cool.

Awesome looking necrons mate!

Love the tablecloth.



On point, top notch work here mate. Love the colour scheme. As Howard said its nice to see something aside from silver and green on Newcrons.

thanks guys, I must admit the barge pilots were the first experimental models I painted, then chose to stick with them because I wanted to see how far I could improve, that and I'm lazy that way!
The other point about the scheme disparity between vehicles and models, I guess you are quite correct, I did try the same scheme when I started, having a darker edge, it just didnt have quite the same feel of 'molten magma' as they do now, just google magma and have a look, there really is a transition between super dark to super bright, funnily enough, seemingly random and inconsistent at times.
I'm working on the super elite immortal squad now, starting with 'captain america' as I like to call him, so stay tuned!

Wow! Talk about alot of work. I can't image how much red and yellow you go thru. Visually stunning.

Original painting so amazing ;à

Freaking Awesome!

Pretty damn rare to see an orange army and one pulled off so nicely to boot.

Those colours are superb.

This really is something unique, you should be very proud. Fantastic work, keep it up.

Really different look you have there, they are visually striking with the nice usage of contrasing colors. At first I was likey "whoa" but I really like them. The blending work is quite nice and the weapons are a really different color but goes with the model. I really like the vehicles.

Really nice color scheme, very original!

These are the painted Necron I have ever seen

I hate to think how many hours have gone into them.

Love your work.

Each model takes around 7-8 hours, that's for a basic immortal, lord took almost twice that, and the vehicles, well I paint them in parts while painting the models, because they take a million years lol.

I think it is awesome that you are putting that amount of work into the troops as well as the H.Q. and vehicles.

Be great to see the whole army when finished.

Will be a very impressive sight on the table

Totally reminds me of Nards painting style. They look really cool. From a distance these are going to jump right off of the table.

Well done sir. I love the style and the blending is excellent.

i love that paintscheme! its very original and looks really cool on the table i bet!

i love those weapons even more btw! really nice NMM.

what i do think is that the characters you painted deserve some more TLC... they look very plain even with your cool paintscheme!

I love the table cloth, crons are bad ass too.

Hands down best damn necron army I have ever seen.

That is another awesome Necron paint job that I've seen on Dakka. This one is hands down the most original. Love the way they look. You should be proud with that work.

Mat

Wow....Just wow Amazing...

I am sorry, I am not a fan of that painting style at all. Its to bright and unattractive. IMHO.

Not to take away from the paint job though. It looks like you did a good job painting them. Just not my style.

Especially the one HQ, the cape mixes with the model himself and looks like a blob of yellow and orange and red.

This one.


It just blends all together. would be better to dee the cape a different color.

Those look flippin brilliant!

Outstanding!!

The effect is visually stunning and I can imagine that with them on the table nobody is looking at the opposition! Almost hypnotising.

My one criticism (which is really more observation than criticism) is that because your vehicles and their operators are indentical colours and shades its a bit like looking for Wally That said this may be the effect you were after? But as I said its not really a criticism and in no way does the effect detract from the awesome overall effect.

Huge Fan!!!

I've tried to make living metal be magma, hence the identical pilots and barges, I guess fluff wise it would make sense, artistically I dont want to confuse the viewer, but initially trying multiple paint schemes seemed to be inconsistent at best, which is why I chose a very uniform scheme across the board.

I have updated my Necron lord's warscythe, I hated the original and chose to use my blue shceme on the blade, see what you think!


Two new Crypteks! I chose the illuminator as a cryptek, fluff wise he is one but he's a terrible HQ, so might as well right?








Two new immortals, Pincer and Captain America!








and a group shot of the new five! Up next, Varguard Obyron,
so stay tuned!

The varguard is done!

Here we go again, this time army shots with the new guys!

Looks awesome the basing is very unique!

Really great army, very unique and pleasing to look at. Great job!

I really like the red magma colour scheme of your Necrons. Good job.

Astonishing !!

The overall work is nearly perfect. I would have changed the color scheme for the vehicles : something like a colder magma (more black, deep red, etc...)

Quite possibly the coolest and most original Necrons I have ever seen, I am a big fan.

Very nice comic book style, you must share the blending technique with us, please!

Really interesting and cool army, only down side is the HQ robes blend in to much would IMHO looked better in a contrasting color so it would be set off. Immortals and vehicles are epic. Great job.

Fantastic work! Really impressive.

Technique is superb. Hue selection is also intelligent.
Uniqueness, and impact is high.

But to my taste, some of the colors (say, purple and blue) could be more dark and subdued for better contrast. It's a bit overwhelming otherwise.

I'll try and do a step by step guide showing the layering, I dont consider myself a good painter, so it shouldnt be hard achieve similar, if not better, results

Looks great... amazing.

Love how pissed Obyron looks. Those blue eyes really pop and add to the attitude of the mini.

Nice work

Batman, Spiderman and priest Cryptek are done, Zhandrekh is next, with a proper tutorial to go with him!

Zhandrekh is done! This guy took me a while and I think he turned out brilliant, thanks to the people who recommended changing the cape sheme

First off however, Green Lantern:










I've also prepared a step by step collage that I'll be uploading very soon

Outstanding work!

well done indeed

amazing...

khengoolman wrote:Zhandrekh is done! This guy took me a while and I think he turned out brilliant, thanks to the people who recommended changing the cape sheme

First off all let me say that you have a very original necron army there and I really admire the amount of work you have put into this. There is no easy way to blend, and blending a whole model one at a time is really painstaking and time consuming.

I have shorted out those two pics for a reason. First the cape defines the model much better now that it is a different color than the rest of the model. Second I would try to break up the yellow orange red scheme using some green exactly as the

one on the back of the model in the second pic. Green is the complementary of red so they stick great on your model. Maybe try putting some in the joints so the eye can track the models body more easily. Anyway thats my two cents and

congrats for this great army.

here's the tutorial I promised, I've got a few more images of the new guys too, coming up!

Heavy Red [4:1] followed by a wash of Red shade [6:1]
Heavy Blue [3:1] then washed with Blue Shade [5:1]


Cleaned with Bloody Red [4:1]
2x Sombre Grey + 2x Magic Blue + 1x Black [5:2]


Large layer of Hot Orange [4:1]
Large layer of Magic Blue [3:1]


Skipped a pic here, sorry! :armata_PDT_04:
Medium layer of Orange Fire [4:1] then small layer of Gold Yelow [3:1]
Medium layer of 1x Magic Blue + 1x Electric Blue [2:1] then Electric Blue [2:1] then highlighted with 1x Electric Blue + 1x Wolf Grey [2:1]


Highlight of Sun Yellow [6:1]
Very marginal highlight of Wold Grey [4:1]


As you can see, a fair few steps

Bases are done with a run of:
Heavy Blue [4:1]
Hexed Lichen [3:1] (just dumped everywhere)
3x Hexed Lichen + 1x Squid Pink [3:1] Thick highlights
Cracks filled with GW Lustrian Undergrowth, then:
Livery Green [2:3]

edit: fixed up the image links

Big update today! The second and final command barge is done!









two new Crypteks, Time lord and Testicles are also finished:





and finally, my fourth immortal squad is done, Thor and Two face:

Love the concept and the models just look beautiful!

Beautiful!

Love the bears just adds that little factor of intimidation to the army.

I love the idea of the Necron with the split head still able to carry on fighting but it doesn't fit in with the exceptionally clean and crisp look of your army.
And that giant hammer looks a bit daft, looks like it's just dumped on their for no reason.
I'm still amazed by your colour blending techniques though!

That's some bright Necrons.

The orange is quite stunning, and up close looks fantastic, but as a full army I think it lacks a little needed contrast. It all just devolves into a mass of orange. I think they need a little more shading into the creases and joints, so that it's easier to see detail from further away.


Really love the orange with the blue detailing, though.

My mind has just been repeatedly blown, these are incredible!

The doom scythe is done!

This time I used a tripod with the camera, and tried the following settings:
Aperture: F16
Shutter: 4 seconds
White balance set to soft white
ISO: 500
Distance: 50cm
I think the photos are infinitely more detailed and better looking, see what you think!

Dear lord...this was epic! A job well done. Great to see such armies

First off can I just say

A first I wasn't too sure. The single miniatures that you had posted just kind of blended into each other and the just seemed to 'blob' together. If you get me?.....

But I perservered and boy am I glad I did, ya see, the single minis are nice, not outstanding but nice. But when you see the army as a whole it all makes sense.... Like a tidal flow of magma with guns.... It's pretty awesome stuff, and when I read that you take 7-8 hours per basic warrior? That damn near blew my mind dude... Great army and awesome looking vehicles. Great job!

Here comes the stalker!
I also finished Anrakyr, plus the objectives, as they were too bland to start with









also Anrakyr + objectives:

An amazingly original colour scheme, it looks really impressive . I especially like those objective markers, I would love to see tutorial on them.

Damn good paint job my friend.

Awsome

It has been a while since my last update, I have finished multiple models in that time, however.
I now also have a full album of updated shots, my new setup will allow for better lighting for each model, see what you think!































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And better shots from the storm lord:

amazing how such a simple technique (drybrushing) can bring such amaaaaazing creations. They seriously look like theyre molten hot. So awesome!

EDIT: Actually even more amazing that its Necrons, since theyre usually the army people grab because they scream "Paint me the least!" out of all the races.

Clearly i didnt even think of that when i picked mine (orks) lol but i enjoy painting them anyway.

Those happy white bears complete the shot, offsetting the hot colours of the necrons nicely.

Minus the purple, i love this scheme. Very awesome! I love the 2 headed monster also.

This is a great, unconventional approach to the 'crons. I really like the pop of color on them, but I am inclined to agree with Gray1378, in that, I'm not crazy about the bases. That being said, they look great. I'd love to see them on a battlefield.

These are excellent mate. So vibrant!

WOW! I'm not that much into Necrons, but these models look superb! I wish I could blend like you did...

Are they all painted or did you use an airbrush, too?

The orange is very, very nice. I'll chime in with insaniak and agree that, as I look at it more, I feel like the army lacks some contrast to make the army shots look less like a mass of orange.

I appreciate all your comments guys, they push me to try and do better every time!
In response to your comment, that's why on my more recent models I've been using more and more blue, I find it compliments the overall scheme without taking too much away.

And I love the fact you have squeezed a little comedy out of your army. Not only is the colour scheme fantastic - now you've added the blue into things like capes - but you have added little flashes of inspiration to add spice to the army.

Love the guy who's snapped his weapon in half and the one who's broken his tip off even more than the siamese twin.

Not so sure that Thor works, and I think that the Captain America shield is just out of place. I would have thought that with the obvious talent you have, it wouldn't have taken much to 'Necrontyr' the idea and had a Necron symbol there for a Necron version of the Avengers.

Captain America is the biggest eye catcher when people look at the troops. At a glance, on the table top, it's hard to pick up the 'little' things I've done, but he's easily the most spotted guy, no matter where he goes

Great choice of colour. The orange army are incredible

Loving ur necrons, that paint scheme is amazing

Wow, very very interesting.
I know little about paint techniques but were you going for the sort of cell shaded look Nard has with his Nids?
Looks good either way.

It's a comic style look, high contrast tends to pop really well on the tabletop.
Mostly the red to orange transition is meant to show molten lava.
I've been improving on the technique as I've learned to apply it more quickly and effectively. Now I essentially paint the model a colour, then the next, but instead of trying to brush the next colour to create a smooth transition, I just mix the two and draw a thin line between them. I've used this technique on the stalker, Anrakyr, Imotekh and the flyers, and they easily have the best transition (especially in large flat areas..

except for the weapons it really dose look like they walked out of the magma!

Yeah fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your view), the armoury weapons are not living metal and thus were not altered to magma form. This is why ceramic weapons are grey and phase altering weapons are blue.

Mother of god, those are some of the best necrons I have seen. I would love to face an army like that.

was my reaction. Very well done sir. Excellent painting . and the hero inspirations are just great. Keep going my man.

And now, something different, I present to you, Zoltan, the scarab rider, the deadliest overlord of the Necrons!

Enjoy








And some 'cinematic' shots:

Two wide army shots. Tomb blades are still being modelled.

Argh. The colours just burnt out my monitor
Great to see a unique style of painting. I see you have gone with blue on your later craft. Definitely looks better as it breaks up the shapes more and you can see what is going on.
Cheers Vim

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoy seeing the pictures for the army.

Wow your necrons are great!

I like to see mixed universes I myself did this =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_Vi2_BtKc

I Iron manned my entire Army and made an Avenger Royal court. Yet here with you, your style of army, your entire look is so cool and awesome on itself, well you get my point probably ;D

Still you haven't touched the superheroes that much, which balances it I like that!

Great army, really, nice blending, for the bases, go for something normal, leave the comic idea a bit maybe. They are Magma crons, give them scorched and dead bases, It' will live them up, the purple, honestly, it kinda gaks on your army :p it's so cool, and the purple bases kill it a bit, no matter what your goal is!

Hope my comment is helpful and know you have a fan of your superb painting skill here!

Fantastic, not only is the army amazing looking, but the composition shows you understand your codex!

This has been a long time, coming, I have finally updated the bases to fully on black, thanks for those who pointed out the purple being "out of place", I'm very glad I listened, because now they look awesome!

Enjoy

I love it nice to see how they have changed and IMHO got alot better

The bases look so much better now! way to go! now your army can indeed be called, AWESOME

Thats pretty impressive... nice job!

Man, these look awesome! I love the colour scheme.

Beautifully done! I love the unique look and all the painting looks super smooth.

And they tried to tell me acid was out of style. lol

Awesome paint on those 'crons.

I just went through the entire thread. In-freak'n-credible!!! Love it. Merging, original concept, unique, memorable, polished all at once. Well done!

These are truly spectacular!

Nice, very original.

Wow that is stunning. It looks great on the simple models and even better on the more complex miniatures.