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Post by: [So]Rice
Hello everyone,
Lazuli Miniatures Studios here with the most insane project we have ever received, 40k points of Necrons. Previously we had painted a 3,000 point Apocalypse army for the customer and he was so happy he had us to do another 40,000 points.
The Team
Head Artist: [So]Rice | -=Lazuli=-
Artists: elotsip, Kobayashi, tpistole
Trainee Artists: sivooo, Lynn, phanda, artie, Kameron, m3ndo, Mandrake
The models:
We started with the 6 Flying Saucers (sorry forgot what they are called!):
Since he wanted us to continue the black and silver theme, we cleverly did two color spray painting:
The assembled ships, 3AM
More to come later, thanks for looking!
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Post by: Flashman
He must have money to burn.
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Post by: Eiríkr
What the ...
I have nothing to say... at all.
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Post by: blood reaper
How much is that!?
Seriously, how much did he pay for it?
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Post by: [So]Rice
Test model painted:
Wash is still wet, but I'm happy with it, takes only about 10 minutes to paint each of them.
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Post by: dajobe
that is alot of necrons
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Post by: Dr. What
That flyer looks....bland.
No cool glowing from its hull?
Do Necron vehicles ever actually show battle damage (living metal fixes that, doesn't it?)
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Post by: filbert
It looks good and all that but why on earth does someone need 40K points worth of an army? When are they ever going to practically use all of that in a battle, let alone finish the battle in any given time frame!
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Post by: omgitsduane
Dr. What wrote:That flyer looks....bland.
No cool glowing from its hull?
Do Necron vehicles ever actually show battle damage (living metal fixes that, doesn't it?)
Yes, but wear and tear always looks awesome. It could be damage happening at the moment, flying through flak or whatever. The only thing that could be missing is edge highlights but I guess that's expecting a bit much if you are intending to finish them quick (that appears to be the purpose)
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Post by: MrJakkadakka
Forty thousand points of 'Crons is awesome. But I'm afraid that colour scheme, unless it gets some Gauss glow added in, is way to basic. I'll be keeping an eye on this and hope that the colour scheme may become more exciting in time.
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Post by: dankdrummer
Flashman wrote:He must have money to burn.
yes yes he must, i stopped adding it up after the 2k mark......wow, thats just what i could see not whats probably buried underneath all of that.......
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Post by: Trondheim
Dear lord.... I am somewhat pleased by this
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Post by: Lead Farmer
I want to dive into those boxes like a pile of leaves and roll around. I'll dial 9-1 and then when you go mad I'll dial 1. Good luck, sincerely.
Just notices you are in Texas. I guess the expression is true.
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Post by: [So]Rice
MrJakkadakka wrote:Forty thousand points of 'Crons is awesome. But I'm afraid that colour scheme, unless it gets some Gauss glow added in, is way to basic. I'll be keeping an eye on this and hope that the colour scheme may become more exciting in time.
Yes, there will be decal and gauss effects on the weapons, but not the hull.
omgitsduane wrote:Dr. What wrote:That flyer looks....bland.
No cool glowing from its hull?
Do Necron vehicles ever actually show battle damage (living metal fixes that, doesn't it?)
I am not sure, I don't play Wahammer  There will be a little bit of glowing, not too much.
Yes, but wear and tear always looks awesome. It could be damage happening at the moment, flying through flak or whatever. The only thing that could be missing is edge highlights but I guess that's expecting a bit much if you are intending to finish them quick (that appears to be the purpose)
Yes, that is the goal, get them done fast
Lead Farmer wrote:I want to dive into those boxes like a pile of leaves and roll around. I'll dial 9-1 and then when you go mad I'll dial 1. Good luck, sincerely.
Just notices you are in Texas. I guess the expression is true.
Which expression (I'm Vietnamese, just living in Texas  )?
filbert wrote:It looks good and all that but why on earth does someone need 40K points worth of an army? When are they ever going to practically use all of that in a battle, let alone finish the battle in any given time frame!
Apparently is has an opponent with a 40,000 Eldar Army ready to go. How or where they are going to play I don't know ^_^
Thanks for all the replies, the flyers are a bit boring with no weapons, but the other units will pop a bit more. And what is there all to paint... There are 6 Battleforces, a Necron Phalanx, 6 of the Flyers, 4 Walkers, 10 Spyders, 15 boxes of Tombguard (?), about 300 or 400 Necron Warriors, a ton of Finecast/Metal Characters and a lot more.
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Post by: Hammer18
and I thought I had a lot of models. I couldn't paint that many models.
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Post by: kenshin620
So many necrons
Good luck!
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Post by: Matt.Kingsley
 40K points of crons!
Wow, that is one lrge number, shows how much he loved the job you did...
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Post by: IHateNids
I don't know how someone could complete a 40000 point battle in under 24 hours. Good luck with all that painting.
Also, those Tombguard you mentioned, they are either Tomb Blades (small flying things) or Lychguard (Guys with Scythes/Sword & Shield)
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Post by: SilverMK2
Will be interested to see this come together.
Though I would have to echo the bland comments - was expecting at least a little bit of green or something in the runes.
I also would love to know why you have a hello kitty alarm clock 
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Post by: Sidstyler
I can't say I'd like to have 40,000 points worth of an army, but I'd like to have the cash it took to buy 40,000 points worth of an army.
Anyway, I echo others in saying that it looks a tad "basic", but considering it's a commission for a huge amount of models I imagine quality is less important than speed at this point. Details can always be added later anyway.
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Post by: LunaHound
filbert wrote:It looks good and all that but why on earth does someone need 40K points worth of an army? When are they ever going to practically use all of that in a battle, let alone finish the battle in any given time frame!
So they can have a room dedicated to a painted Diorama of Necron versus Spess Mehrenes. Its fun collecting.
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Post by: Barksdale
The paintjob is lacklustre and leaves alot to be desired. I don't quite understand why the client cheaped out on the paint job after paying for 40000 points of crons.
How much did that 40000 points cost?
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Post by: ghostmaker
Wow.... 40k of necrons
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Post by: HAZZER
40k????????? Points????????? WOW….………
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Post by: evildrcheese
Wow that is a huge amount of necrons!
What an epic project, I'll be watching to see how it turns out.
D
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Post by: DaWaagh!
[quote=[So]Rice]
We started with the 6 Flying Saucers (sorry forgot what they are called!):
At our club we call them the flying corssiants! 
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Post by: Snrub
.....
Thats a stupid amount of Necrons right there. Sort of want.
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Post by: BeLozey
I agree with the comments regarding paint scheme. More use of colors is a must, what good is an epic 40,000 pt army without an epic paint scheme?
On the other hand, if I were asked to paint 40k points of anything, I would need 2 lifetimes to finish them. I respect anyone who dares to attempt this colossal feat.
Don't quit, and keep us updated.
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Post by: Tunach
DaWaagh! wrote:
At our club we call them the flying corssiants!
HAHAHAHA, now if only someone would paint them as croissants, that would look both delicious and terrifying.
and that is a lot of boxes oh god. Good luck on painting all that.
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Post by: MrMerlin
Holy gak, that is a LOT of necrons!
Subbed!
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Post by: progreen10
HOLY MOTHER OF A GUN! THAT'S A LOT OF NECRONS.... wow
 Tunach wrote:
HAHAHAHA, now if only someone would paint them as croissants, that would look both delicious and terrifying.
haha just saw this:
Good luck with all of those necrons! Is it just the one person working on them ALL? or is there a team of you. I can see how you could do a lot of vehicles, but all of those warriors...ouch. Keep up the good work so far! ;D
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Post by: [So]Rice
Thanks for the replies everyone, I was on vacation last week, but I'm back now!
That is 300+ Necrons Warriors in unassembled form. We are waiting on another 100-200 to arrive and we had already painted around 100 for the client last round.
@progreen10: I have a team of seven working on this project, 5 of them are "trainee" painters and this will be their first project. I can always call in more people if needed I'll get a picture of us all tomorrow.
@Tunach: I would like to do that but I don't think the client would like it ^_^
@BeLozey: The finished models will have a lot more color, I have not done any of the green gauss but we will probably have it glowing OSL like.
Also a quick plug for you Zombicide and Sedition Wars fans, just because we have a Tomb World's worth of Necrons doesn't mean we aren't taking other commissions (in fact we have about 2 dozen in house), we are running specials on Exhibition Standard painted sets. There are 5 slots left for Zombicide and 4 left for Sedition Wars. Zombicide will run at $450 and Sedition Wars at $350.
Thanks for looking as always!
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
The title for this blog immediately caught my eye, and I found myself wondering aloud to no one in particular, "Where would you store 40,000 points worth of Necrons??" I love the new Necrons and all, and Necrons in general, but 40K worth is too mind-boggling. Still, I look forward to seeing if you and your team can pull it off. Best of luck, Necron painter!
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Post by: [So]Rice
@ Dr. Temujin: Thanks for the encouraging words! I don't know how we will even store them. I had to convert the photography table into a storage space for the figures already, but even with only 6 ships, it's already crowded!
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Post by: Ifepy
"uh... Sir I think we need evac from this thread"
"what's the problem corporal?"
"too many necrons, too much wasted money, too much wtf ,Over"
*captain takes a look at picture*
"whatttt thhhhaaaaa fuuuuuuuuuuuucccxxck!"
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Post by: [So]Rice
Hello again Dakka,
Another update.
Working on the Tomb Spyders 4AM.
Tomb Spyders finished 12AM-5AM. 4 hours assembly and 1 hour painting.
Sleep from 5:30 to 6:30, other trainee artists came over at 7. Here is what the studio currently looks like:
Left Row: Lynn, sivooo, Kameron
Right Row: m3ndo, Artie, phanda
Lynn gluing Necrons legs.
sivooo and Artie cleaning mold lines.
Thanks again for looking, will update once more at the end of the day.
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Post by: Smolo82
I am still trying to figure out who the hell would want 40k of any army. I mean really? Damn!
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Post by: BeLozey
Wow, I can't believe you're spending the extra time to clean mould lines. That's crazy talk!
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Post by: Bufo bufo
This is still madness, but I'm kind of impressed you have a production line going on...
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Post by: Henners91
Just you tell me this isn't on your 'if I were an eccentric billionaire' list...
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Post by: Flashman
 Henners91 wrote:
Just you tell me this isn't on your 'if I were an eccentric billionaire' list...
Well it's certainly not at the top of my 'if I were an eccentric billionaire' list. And depending on much Natalie Portman charges for dates with random strangers, my 'if I were an eccentric billionaire' list might not be very long.
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Post by: [So]Rice
Another update, ended our 12 hour shift. Finished assembling 196 Necron Warriors and 48 Scarab Swarms. Pretty impressive considering that this is the first time most of the trainees have even seen miniatures. And yes, all the mold lines are gone! Here are some more pictures.
Assembled Figures.
Not pictured are 50 or so Warriors that Kobayashi is working on and many more that we have not received from the client yet.
Korean Pop music, and lots of coffee keeps us awake. OPPA GANGNAM STYLE!
For those who asked: The Hello Kitty Alarm clock is there to time our breaks ^_^
Lynn doesn't know how to assemble Necron heads.
Also these came in the mail today:
Official Lazuli Miniatures Studio T-Shirts courtesy of Derek Anderson of Freelance Art Studios.
Thanks again for reading, encouraging words are welcome, we are going to need a lot more encouragement to finish everything!
And one last thing, we are not able to disclose the amount paid for on this commission, it is between the Studio and the client, so please don't ask! We have pricing guides on the website if you would like to do a rough estimate.
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Post by: progreen10
Loving the new necron head ;D
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Post by: Great Deceiver
MOTHER OF GOD. Soooooooooo many Necrons. I applaud you sir.
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Post by: MrMerlin
This looks like fun! Who doen't love cleaning mould lines? lol
And I usually get tired of it after 5 or 6 models.... so kudos to you!
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Post by: Ovion
I think the difference is at the end of the day, we do it as a hobby, while these folk are getting paid for it.
Money is often a good motivator. 
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Post by: G. Whitenbeard
Wow, and I thought I was developing a serious problem with spending money on Necrons.
I just want to know how many cans of Matte Aluminum Krylon you go through.
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Post by: [So]Rice
 G. Whitenbeard wrote:Wow, and I thought I was developing a serious problem with spending money on Necrons.
I just want to know how many cans of Matte Aluminum Krylon you go through.
So far only 1!
The other materials for the project:
8 cans of Matte Aluminum (1 used)
10 cans of Black (1 used)
1 can of Army Painter Strong Tone (*cough* wood paint! *cough*)
5 bottles of Super Glue (4 used)
8 tubes of Plastic Glue (2 used)
5 Mithril Silver paints
5 Delvan Mud paints
1 huge can of black paint
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Post by: evildrcheese
Kudos to you guys. What an epic task!
D
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Post by: shingouki
Wow,i will never look at my pile of unpainted mini's in the same way again.
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Post by: [So]Rice
Day 3 of [So]Rice's Miniature Painting Sweatshop. All in matching uniforms too.
Tons of silver Necrons:
Necron Commander Ship Thing WiP:
phanda and Lynn basing models:
phanda and Lynn NOT doing work:
Thanks again for reading! Hopefully we will finish soon!
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
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It's... Beautiful... I can't wait to see just THESE guys all painted up, let alone 40,000 (Oh, I see what you did there, LOLOLOLOLOL) points worth.
Also, could we get a close up of the Overlord by himself? Looks really nice.
Keep up the good work, you insane people you!
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Post by: allibator
40k of 40k. love it. but necrons?! lol. this is insane! can't wait to see it all.
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Post by: MrMerlin
Imagine 40k points of Orks.... I thank that model count would be too insane, lol!
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Post by: IHateNids
The table would break Merlin.
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Post by: 40kFSU
I cant decide which I find more impressive. The scope of the commission, the quality of the painting, or that you seem to be a young man starting his own business. And is apparently good at it. I wish you good luck and great success on all counts sir!
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Post by: [So]Rice
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It's... Beautiful... I can't wait to see just THESE guys all painted up, let alone 40,000 (Oh, I see what you did there, LOLOLOLOLOL) points worth.
Also, could we get a close up of the Overlord by himself? Looks really nice.
Keep up the good work, you insane people you!
Here you go, it's a 5 minute (minus drying time) paintjob, don;t judge too harshly (3 of those minutes were for the glowing eyes).
MrMerlin wrote:Imagine 40k points of Orks.... I thank that model count would be too insane, lol!
I dare someone to commission us 40k worth of Orks I couldn't be THAT bad! Although I do envy those people who ONLY have to paint a Space Marine Company...
40kFSU wrote:I cant decide which I find more impressive. The scope of the commission, the quality of the painting, or that you seem to be a young man starting his own business. And is apparently good at it. I wish you good luck and great success on all counts sir!
Thanks! The painting is on the low end of what we offer and the commission is large, but not something I can't handle ^_^ I might be young, but the rest of the main artists (not trainees) have all been painting longer than I have been alive!
Wrapping up another successful day. Almost all the assembly has been completed. I need to put together 5 Transport ships, 3 Pyramids (Monoliths?), 45ish Tomb Blades, and 30ish-50ish Special Characters and metal figures Kobayashi still has another 50 Necron Warriors, Monolith, 6 Destroyers, 12 Beetle Swarms, and a Commander Figure. I am still waiting on another 50-100 Warriors, Transport Ship, Monolith, and some other things from the client.
Necrons being washed:
Lunch Break!:
Lynn cleaning the floor since she can't do anything else ^_^
The entire Army:
Thanks again for looking, as always, C&C Welcome!
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Post by: _Apollo_
The paint jobs looks nice for five minutes and 40000 points of necrons.... Good luck finding a 40k apoc game
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Post by: Snrub
Thats a freaking massive army and thats WITHOUT the 6 Monoliths i counted tucked away in the very first pic.
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
... excuse me while I pick up my jaw.
Do you know how many points (rough estimate) is in the last picture alone? Out of how much?
I know you guys still have a commission to meet, but I would just be happy seeing just these guys fully painted up and ready to go. Anyways, keep it up!
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Post by: [So]Rice
 Dr. Temujin wrote:... excuse me while I pick up my jaw.
Do you know how many points (rough estimate) is in the last picture alone? Out of how much?
I know you guys still have a commission to meet, but I would just be happy seeing just these guys fully painted up and ready to go. Anyways, keep it up!
Apologies, but I cannot make a points estimate for you. I have not played Warhammer 40,000 since 4th Edition (and only a few games) and this is one of the first 40k armies I have worked on since (we mainly specialize in boardgame). I would say the picture is about half of the models. Here is a list of a rough estimate of what is in the entire army (going by box titles, not sure the names of the configurations):
Illuminator Szeras
Trazyn the Infinite
4 Lords
1 Destroyer Lord
17 Immortal (Metal)
2 Crypteks
4 Overlords
3 Annihilation/Catacomb Barges
6 Ghost Arks
6 Monoliths
384 Warriors
50 Scarab Swarms
18 Tomb Blades
40 Immortals
40 Tomb Guard
4 Triarch Stalker
C'tan Shard of The Nightbringer
15 Flayed Ones (metal)
6 Doom Scythes
15 Wraiths
15 Wraiths (metal)
50 Destroyers
I won't have an exact number until everything is in once place but I think that's it!
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Post by: IHateNids
8410 in the picture by my quick look. Ofc, that will vary tremendoudsly dependant on wargear
40k in that list
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Post by: Rabid Ferret
It's... BEAUTIFUL!
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Post by: evildrcheese
Yeah watching this project unfold is great fun.
I dubt Dakka will see anything of this scale again anytime soon!
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Post by: [So]Rice
Day 4 update, only half day, but we did a lot of painting.
Tomb Spyders:
Walking Spider thing:
A picture of the warriors:
Automatically Appended Next Post: Day 4 update, only half day, but we did a lot of painting.
Tomb Spyders:
Walking Spider thing:
A picture of the warriors:
Automatically Appended Next Post: Missed these pictures of the Necron Wraiths:
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
I really like the green lenses for all these models, and that they're all pretty much uniform. A minor bit of criticism, but there's a bit too much silver on the stalker, he appears a bit splotchy. Anyways, keep on chugging along, you guys!
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Post by: William T
I suppose I should add my own progress on this army.
We also have a Phalanx box that is in my possession for completion.
Unfortunately due to a work accident, I was put well behind schedule. But late at night I am putting the final touches on the Warriors and Scarabs.
Cheers
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Post by: [So]Rice
Day 5 wrapped up, Kobayashi (William T.) showed up today to help us out a bit, here is the army shot so far. Still missing 6 Ghost Arcs, 30ish Destroyers, 150ish Warriors, 35ish Immortals, 15ish Wraiths, 2 Monoliths, 20ish Flayed Ones, and a ton of heroes.
Playing League of Legends on breaktime, anyone who plays, message me for Gamer Tags!
Not part of this commission, but some other Necrons Keerplunk painted for another client, shows how much work we can put on these models:
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Post by: HAZZER
WOW!!!!Looking good! Can wait to see this toom world finished!!!!
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Post by: Nowlan
That's quite the sweat shop you've got going there.
Whoever was stuck on mold-line duty is going to have carpal tunnel by the time you get 25k finished.
Also, you should tell the guy in the plaid shirt to stop trying to eat the sprue, its counter-productive.
Whoever this client is, they're either one wealthy businessman, or one incredibly spoiled child. I think they bought Matt Ward a new car with their purchases.
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Post by: Commander Cain
See this project makes me feel so bad. I bought a single set of lyche guard a month ago and have only just assembled two...
Anyway, great work everyone!
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
Yeah, it took me forever just to get to the 1250 mark (I think) that I'm at.
Looking good so far, great work!
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Post by: [So]Rice
HAZZER wrote:WOW!!!!Looking good! Can wait to see this toom world finished!!!!
Thanks!
Nowlan wrote:That's quite the sweat shop you've got going there.
Whoever was stuck on mold-line duty is going to have carpal tunnel by the time you get 25k finished.
Also, you should tell the guy in the plaid shirt to stop trying to eat the sprue, its counter-productive.
Whoever this client is, they're either one wealthy businessman, or one incredibly spoiled child. I think they bought Matt Ward a new car with their purchases.
He's probably eating the sprue so he doesn't have to clean the mold lines! ^_^
Commander Cain wrote:See this project makes me feel so bad. I bought a single set of lyche guard a month ago and have only just assembled two...
Anyway, great work everyone!
You can get us to assemble and paint them for you! Thanks!
Dr. Temujin wrote:Yeah, it took me forever just to get to the 1250 mark (I think) that I'm at.
Looking good so far, great work!
Thanks! Your Necrons are higher quality and plus you don't have sweatshop workers! I I mean trainees.
We have assembled everything (I think!). There will be no updates for awhile as school starts tomorrow and unfortunately this commission doesn't pay for all of our college!
Models Count:
Necron Overlord x1
Trazyn the Infinite x1
Necron Cryptek x6
Necron Lord with Resurrection Orb x7
Necron Triarch Stalker x4
C'tan Shard of The Nightbringer x1
Necron Lychguard / Triarch Praetorians x45
Necron Immortals / Deathmarks x45
Necron Flayed One x20
Necron Warriors x374
Necron Night Scythe/Doom Scythe x6
Necron Ghost Ark / Doomsday Ark x 6
Necron Catacomb Command Barge / Annihilation Barge x3
Necron Tomb Blades x15
Necron Canoptek Wraiths x15
Necron Destroyer x32
Necron Canoptek Spyder x9
Necron Monolith x7
Necron Scarab Swarm x106
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Post by: sir william the bold
WHAT THE HECK WOULD SOMEONE NEED 40K OF NECRONS FOR?
what do they do for a job?
great work here! Keep it up!
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Post by: Eldar Vampire Hunter
Suprised nobody else commented on 40k of 40k...
Awesome to see this taking shape! Good luck to you and your trainees haha
Nice painting as well... someone is going to be very lucky!
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Post by: Blacksails
I don't even...
I...
Wut...
I anxiously await this project's completion. Just, so many robots...
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Post by: King Pariah
Oh dear god... but somehow not as frightful (thus far) looking as a 10k Apoc list I saw that consisted of:
Imotekh
Orikan the Diviner
C'tan with Writhing Worldscape and that dust one that gives him cover and assault and defensive grenades
4 squads of 5 immortals
and then a gak ton of Pylons and Doomscythes and Nightscythes
(Yes, if the owner of these necron models happens to be a dakka member, I'm encouraging him to get Pylons. Too much Cron? NEVER ENOUGH!!!!!)
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Post by: Commander Cain
Not bad, not too bad at all!
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Post by: hemmis92
Dear lord, that is a LOT of crons! How is the client (most likely Bill Gates if you judge by the shop-price ALONE for all those figures) ever going to get to field them all??
He'd be walking into his local gamestore an go:
"Ahaha, I can play ALL you people here! At the SAME TIME!"
Anyways, great work, I don't envy you having to paint a gazzilion more of them though!
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Post by: Fervor
Haha wow, this is just mind-boggling.
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Post by: Dr. Temujin
Man, how many cans of primer spray paint have you guys gone through? And how many more do you still need?
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Post by: Iron Father 575
Amazing blog! To see you paint all this so fast is incredible. Good luck on the rest!
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Post by: evildrcheese
Makes me a sad panda that they'll he no more updates for a while. Can't wait to see more soon though.
D
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Post by: [So]Rice
sir william the bold wrote:
WHAT THE HECK WOULD SOMEONE NEED 40K OF NECRONS FOR?
what do they do for a job?
great work here! Keep it up!
Maybe to play very large games! Thanks!
Eldar Vampire Hunter wrote:Suprised nobody else commented on 40k of 40k...
Awesome to see this taking shape! Good luck to you and your trainees haha
Nice painting as well... someone is going to be very lucky!
Thank you
Blacksails wrote:I don't even...
I...
Wut...
I anxiously await this project's completion. Just, so many robots...
Me too, hope it is finished soon!
King Pariah wrote:Oh dear god... but somehow not as frightful (thus far) looking as a 10k Apoc list I saw that consisted of:
Imotekh
Orikan the Diviner
C'tan with Writhing Worldscape and that dust one that gives him cover and assault and defensive grenades
4 squads of 5 immortals
and then a gak ton of Pylons and Doomscythes and Nightscythes
(Yes, if the owner of these necron models happens to be a dakka member, I'm encouraging him to get Pylons. Too much Cron? NEVER ENOUGH!!!!!)
I will ask him about getting Pylons, those are the big Forgeowlrd things right?
Commander Cain wrote:Not bad, not too bad at all!
Thanks!
hemmis92 wrote:Dear lord, that is a LOT of crons! How is the client (most likely Bill Gates if you judge by the shop-price ALONE for all those figures) ever going to get to field them all??
He'd be walking into his local gamestore an go:
"Ahaha, I can play ALL you people here! At the SAME TIME!"
Anyways, great work, I don't envy you having to paint a gazzilion more of them though!
The Gamesowrkshop employee has a 40k point Eldar Army (although probably not painted) to play him.
Dr. Temujin wrote:Man, how many cans of primer spray paint have you guys gone through? And how many more do you still need?
I lost count, we just go to Walmart if we run out (it's right down the street), but maybe 6 cans of silver and 8 cans of black.
Iron Father 575 wrote:Amazing blog! To see you paint all this so fast is incredible. Good luck on the rest!
Thank you! ^_^
evildrcheese wrote:Makes me a sad panda that they'll he no more updates for a while. Can't wait to see more soon though.
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Despite our busy school schedules, we have a workday planed next Saturday. After that I am not sure, we are all taking AP or College level classes and those are a lot of work. I will paint some of the models myself if I get the chance. Thanks again for all the comments, they keep us motivated!
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Post by: Nowlan
40k of Eldar vs 40k of Necrons? The shooting phase will involve rolling dice by the bucket-full.
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Post by: bigfish
This is very impressive, not only have not only got this far with them but that you even took on a comision like this in the first place is just impressive. seriously well done
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Post by: Mr.Awesome1
This makes army me feel like I'm locked in Peter Griffins  face
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Post by: Duce
 Smolo82 wrote:I am still trying to figure out who the hell would want 40k of any army. I mean really? Damn!
I did, but I wanted 50k, I think it was severe OCD and also wanting to have option of fielding any combination of units in any of the marine codex's 
On topic thats a great job you guys are doing, really looking forward to seeing it all complete.
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Post by: [So]Rice
Hello Dakka,
Been awhile, but we just had another work day. I estimate only 2 or 3 or sessions until everything is completed!
For more pictures check out and like our Facebook Page here:
https://www.facebook.com/lazulipainting
No the best picture since a ton of models that wouldn't fit are missing, but here is what the army looks like so far. Everything at least has some paint on it except the Tomb Blades:
Here is the only way for the entire army to fit on one table:
2AM and I have 6 Arks all cut out:
Note to people building Necrons: Do not cut out all your Ghost Arks and put them in a pile. Each Ark is about 170 pieces, I mean who designs a model with a separate pieces for the neck?!?
Completed... Oh wait...
Remember to take your paint fumes seriously, until next time!
If you like your work and would like to see some of our other work, check out our Facebook Page, here is a look at some WiP German models for DUST:
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Post by: sir william the bold
Nice! Keep it up!
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Post by: evildrcheese
Wicked. I've liked those DUST Warefare models since the first time I saw them.
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Post by: Commander Cain
Hey,I own that exact same table you displayed the 'crons on!
Dust figs look great. I have been meaning to pick a few up some day.
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Post by: Engine of War
(sorry i had to )
Thats alot of necrons.
Where on earth did you get them all?
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Post by: Lycaeus Wrex
I think the client is single-handedly trying to kick-start the global economy...
Nice work though!
L. Wrex
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Post by: [So]Rice
sir william the bold wrote:Nice! Keep it up!
Thank you sir!
evildrcheese wrote:Wicked. I've liked those DUST Warefare models since the first time I saw them.
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DUST Warfare is a great game, you should try it sometimes. The figures are really cheap and that's a plus too.
Commander Cain wrote:Hey,I own that exact same table you displayed the 'crons on!
Dust figs look great. I have been meaning to pick a few up some day.
As said above, Dust is an awesome game
Engine of War wrote:
(sorry i had to )
Thats alot of necrons.
Where on earth did you get them all?
From the client of course, not sure where he got them all tough! Sorry your picture link doesn't work.
Lycaeus Wrex wrote:I think the client is single-handedly trying to kick-start the global economy...
Nice work though!
L. Wrex
Very true, now I can file tax breaks because I'm opening jobs due to this trick-down economics thing right?
Here is what the table looked like after our last session, I haven't had time to take close ups yet, but everything is almost done:
Introducing Lazuli Miniatures Studio's latest product, limited edition custom iPhone covers, get them while they last!
And due to the high rate of worker suicides from working on this project, we had to hire more workers:
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Post by: MrMerlin
I guess it feels great to look at those finished 40k points of models, after all that work!
Loving the iPhone cover btw!
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Post by: evildrcheese
Loking good.
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Post by: mayajid
This is an amazing project/ marathon you all are doing... Not to put things down or any thing, but I think it would be so sad to send it all off back to the guy. But keep on going y'all- I truly admire the professional stamina and insatanity of taking on this mammoth job(bow)...
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Post by: Brymm
Stunning. What an incredible task to undertake. Hats off.
I can't even imagine how much the primer would cost for these models.
I sure hope you are being paid hansomely for this. Assembly alone would destroy my tender finger tips. Considering pain and suffering from that, I would estimate this job would cost somewhere around $96,403.
Wait, I need to adjust for inflation (considering it would take years for me to complete). 6 figures, easy.
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Post by: Commander Cain
Your little helper there looks like she is coming up with some evil plan for all your necrons, maybe it is the hand rubbing and suspicious grin!
The case is so cool! Unfortunately I just bought a new one last week!
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Post by: [So]Rice
MrMerlin wrote:I guess it feels great to look at those finished 40k points of models, after all that work!
Loving the iPhone cover btw!
Thanks!
evildrcheese wrote:Loking good.
D
Thank you!
mayajid wrote:This is an amazing project/ marathon you all are doing... Not to put things down or any thing, but I think it would be so sad to send it all off back to the guy. But keep on going y'all- I truly admire the professional stamina and insatanity of taking on this mammoth job(bow)...
Nope, I will be quite happy, I need my space back!
Brymm wrote:Stunning. What an incredible task to undertake. Hats off.
I can't even imagine how much the primer would cost for these models.
I sure hope you are being paid hansomely for this. Assembly alone would destroy my tender finger tips. Considering pain and suffering from that, I would estimate this job would cost somewhere around $96,403.
Wait, I need to adjust for inflation (considering it would take years for me to complete). 6 figures, easy.
We've only been through about 20 cans of spray paint
Hello everyone,
Long time no update, but everything should be done by the next post, we did a photo shoot of the miniatures today. Here are the pictures:
[img]https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/541063_464443926940544_680932288_n.jpg/img]
[img]https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/21820_464444286940508_1178218336_n.jpg/img]
Thanks for looking everyone!
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Post by: Commander Cain
Very nice! They fit in great with the terrain (which is amazing btw).. Where did you get the buildings from? The cathedral is pegasus arts but I can't tell where the others are from!
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Post by: evildrcheese
Really nice photos. Great job.
D
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Post by: CuddlySquig
My brain just crashed.
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Post by: Young_Logan
So many necrons......
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Post by: Snrub
Truely an impressive amount of Necrons.
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Post by: cordan123
Wow, group of kids not much older than me with a successful business doing what they love well with their friends....... what the hell have I done with my life?
Btw, incredibly awesome scale of apocalypse army
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Post by: [So]Rice
I think we're finally done!
That was the Studio at the end of the day, still missing a few hundred scarab swarms from the pictures. Thank you Lynn, White Phanda, sivooo, m3ndo, Kameron, and Mandrake for the work they put into this project. I would like to also thank our guest painters Kobayashi, Caroline, Yadira, and Kevin for showing up to help and give morale support. Together we put in over 500 man hours into this and we're finally glad it's all done. Pictures will have to wait until later, we pulled a 12 hours shift to finish today and went to party afterwards, happy painting all!
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Post by: King Pariah
Holy Shiiiiiii....
That's a lot of crons. Bravo good sir.
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Post by: combat engineer
Just tried to enter your site, but am unable to.
Mat
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Post by: Looks Infected
I guess the only question left is how to ship all of those?
Maybe just get a big cardboard box and try to fit all of them in there. Maybe X amount of boxes will do.
thats just biblical to do, have, hell even present that
i mean the largest army iv'e seen would be 10k of guard but this ups the ante on a whole new level.
I tip my hat off to you sir. Well done.
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Post by: [So]Rice
Commander Cain wrote:Very nice! They fit in great with the terrain (which is amazing btw).. Where did you get the buildings from? The cathedral is pegasus arts but I can't tell where the others are from!
Thank you, the other buildings are from Fantasy Flight Games in the Operation Cerebus and the Warzone Tenement sets. We used 6 Pesgasus churches and 15 Warzone Tenements.
evildrcheese wrote:Really nice photos. Great job.
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Thank you!
CuddlySquig wrote:My brain just crashed.
Young_Logan wrote:So many necrons......
Yes there are ^_^
Snrub wrote:Truely an impressive amount of Necrons.
Thanks!
cordan123 wrote:Wow, group of kids not much older than me with a successful business doing what they love well with their friends....... what the hell have I done with my life?
Btw, incredibly awesome scale of apocalypse army
Thank you!
King Pariah wrote:Holy Shiiiiiii....
That's a lot of crons. Bravo good sir.
Thank you!
combat engineer wrote:Just tried to enter your site, but am unable to.
Mat
We just redid our website: www.lazuli-miniatures.com That should work!
Looks Infected wrote:I guess the only question left is how to ship all of those?
Maybe just get a big cardboard box and try to fit all of them in there. Maybe X amount of boxes will do.
thats just biblical to do, have, hell even present that
i mean the largest army iv'e seen would be 10k of guard but this ups the ante on a whole new level.
I tip my hat off to you sir. Well done.
Luckily the client is one an hour drive from us so we can hand deliver them in one or two cars
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Post by: evildrcheese
Wow, over 500 man hours...I wonder if I've even spent that long painting!
Great job though, may have to bookmark your website.
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Post by: Snrub
Sir i applaud you and you team. Truely a massive undertaking.
So tell me. Do you ever want to see little green plastic rods or the colour Boltgun metal again? I know i bloody well wouldn't.
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