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we needs pics!!! we crave them.... am a lych for pics!!!^^

Okay, so new pics of the risen death machines of ancient past glory!

The troops and scarabs
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Warriors
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More warriors and scarabs showing.
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Warriors/Immortals showing.
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Immortals
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Lychguard
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forgott how you did the green metalic look...
which is in fact very cool looking and i think one of my favorite ways of painting necrons...
the purple on the immortals and the lycheguards is looking like a cool addition... but if possible i would add here some highlights later on... then this would be truly perfect!

by the way... nice lightning effect on their blades!!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:forgott how you did the green metalic look...
which is in fact very cool looking and i think one of my favorite ways of painting necrons...
the purple on the immortals and the lycheguards is looking like a cool addition... but if possible i would add here some highlights later on... then this would be truly perfect!

by the way... nice lightning effect on their blades!!!

Thanks vik, I mixed some burnished gold with Dark Angels green, Some lighter purple will be added for the effects as well.

just used dry brushing techniques on my guys!

Now for the Lords!(with the shard of the Deceiver)
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Lord of the Command Barge. A well done plastics model.
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Finecast running lord, (Had to pin his staff as it was too delicate, and added some plastic staff handle as well to help it)
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Finecast Imotekh(another delicate mini)
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Cryptek, wonder what he has in his hand??
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The Shard of the Deceiver
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I am debating on what to do with his weapon, either leave as it, or snip the part off and replace with a warscythe blade instead?
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Yo-yo Orb lord!
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Re-modified Lord with warscythe
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Trazyn, almost finished!
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The Big slayer lord with a void blade!, I also had him get that Tachyon Arrow!
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wow... you certainly were very productive...

as for some of your questions/musings...well...
i would keep all the non GW weapons on the cryx (?) models...i think this sets your force apart from the standard necrons now roaming the tables...i really wouldn´t substitute scythes or blades...wysiwyg will still be working...even a five year old would understand what this counts as...

by the way... on some orbs you did a very cool effect... what do these orbs resemble? never read necron fluff...

the deciever is a mixture of cool effects and some that i think need a redo... the cloth he is floating in and around is looking wonderful! i like the darker blueish folds and the purple here really has a centre stage moment! what i am not sold on is the blue facemask...your scheme for me doesn´t support this color...if i was you i would do it too in purple...

about the orbs again... have you considered giving the orbs a bit of texture with mabye some uneven coats of PVA or some greystuff sculpted attempts at creating flames? i think with your methode of making lighting effects this really could create a sparkle^^

cheers, vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:wow... you certainly were very productive...

as for some of your questions/musings...well...
i would keep all the non GW weapons on the cryx (?) models...i think this sets your force apart from the standard necrons now roaming the tables...i really wouldn´t substitute scythes or blades...wysiwyg will still be working...even a five year old would understand what this counts as...

by the way... on some orbs you did a very cool effect... what do these orbs resemble? never read necron fluff...

the deciever is a mixture of cool effects and some that i think need a redo... the cloth he is floating in and around is looking wonderful! i like the darker blueish folds and the purple here really has a centre stage moment! what i am not sold on is the blue facemask...your scheme for me doesn´t support this color...if i was you i would do it too in purple...

about the orbs again... have you considered giving the orbs a bit of texture with mabye some uneven coats of PVA or some greystuff sculpted attempts at creating flames? i think with your methode of making lighting effects this really could create a sparkle^^

cheers, vik

The original orbs were GS painted before they finished curing, so the paint cracked as they dried.

I am going to mix scorpion green with skull white to get some really wild lightning in the orbs and the other spheres amongst the group.

I am thinking instead of the Klown from Spawn, maybe the Joker? or just the pattern in purple.

white to could work for the face...hmmm...but i would be very careful...or...what about a deep black mask? like an abyss? could that work?only with piercing eyes...,maybe some OSl for the eyes even...

also i just saw the red tuft of hair...meh....^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:white to could work for the face...hmmm...but i would be very careful...or...what about a deep black mask? like an abyss? could that work?only with piercing eyes...,maybe some OSl for the eyes even...

also i just saw the red tuft of hair...meh....^^

That is more a red jewel in his head.

oh^^ as i said i am not really on firm ground with necrons... tho i think one could find endless possibilities for cool and unique schemes...hmmm...

Love the huge Necron lords. NICE WORK!!

More work has been done, i mixed white with the scorpion green, so it became a light shade for the energy weapons and eyes!
His blade is brighter.
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Cryx-Cron
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Cryptek Ozymandius
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The Savager!
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Aren't his eyes and blade a tad brighter?
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Plastic Lord
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The running lord
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Trazyn, the old man! Even he has more a shine to him.
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Imotekh
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Pimped Necron ride.It is still in the shop as it were.
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Chariot podium for a Lord to ride the barge
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Or the heavy support Tesla cannons of doom!
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Speaking of Doom, the Ark with the Doomsday cannon!
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Now you see the direction I ma going with the Necrons here.

The speed in wich you finish these models ist astonishing.
The quality is also astonishing(ly): low.

If only you were to take but a little tiny bit more time to paint your stuff, your quality could be waaaaaay higher.

As it is, I don't like it.

wow... now this is an amount of work you have done!!! what color is the darker metal you use all over the necrons? looks like bronze but way darker as i can recall? looks cool by the way...only thing i would think about is to break up the greenmetal so that the minis inside the vehicles are looking not screwed on...you know... as of now they almost seems to be part of the model as oposed to be sitting inside...something paintwise to make happen that the parts are looking seperate more...
otherwsie i think you did a very good work on the vehicles...how did you get the coates of paint so heavenly even and thin? looks very professional... for a sec i thought you had used an airbrush...your tanks if i am honest dont hove that smooth finish...you must have changed something...hmmm...


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at archont...

such harsh critics should better explain why they don´t like the work as only stae that they don´t like it... constructive criticism is done differently...

The works are still in the unfinished stage. Those that know me, also know my work goes in stages, for me this is merely initial stage of the work, more touch ups will follow as I go along, the darker color is called "Tin Bitz" by GW, and also is the color for their seats in the vehicles, the Necrons and the main plates of the vehicles will stay the gold/green color. For now, you see the basic colors for the vehicles. Not bad for someone with arthritis thus far.

My IG tanks get the rougher look because of the flat colors and applied as if soldiers were indeed re-painting the machines, hence that rougher look. The metalics, applied in layers get's a more even feel to it.

Rest assured, each will get more goings over to fix the bad spots, and other messes on the parts and vehicles, I even redid the Lords, faces around the eyes with the green/gold to avoid the over brushes of the eye colors.

ah that famous tin bitz... i need to really go out and get me some new paints...

i was just amazed by the smoothness of the armor plates of the necron vehicles...

Viktor von Domm wrote:ah that famous tin bitz... i need to really go out and get me some new paints...

i was just amazed by the smoothness of the armor plates of the necron vehicles...

Yeah, I am happy that the vehicles look that smooth, I hope they remain that way when I go over the fixes agin so that the light green "glow" is coming from within those panels.

Tin bitz are the base color for the weapons and parts of the vehicles, I also am applying gold to certain areas as well as you may have seen, the gold will need some more applications as shows in the pics, but as I said, I am simply at what i call stage 2 of my painting for them. But in reality, a fairly simple scheme, nothing to elaborate, just table top play level of goodness for the Necrons. Still good enough for hunting the accursed Eldar

first...tabletop is always the thing i try to achieve... nothing fancy above that so
second... it is understood that this is a mere second stage of this theatre of painting^^

yup noticed the gold...it is what makes these xenos look cool... that green and gold together with the purple and tin bitz is a cool scheme!

yup! all thumbs up for smashing punny elves^^

With the new codex, the Eldar may be faster, but the lords of the tombs are sturdier!

after all they can come back from the death^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:after all they can come back from the death^^

Added to a higher toughness and armor.

after death even tougher??? is that fair?

Just tougher, better armored, and can return from death.

ah so, missunderstood that then...

Someone has a new toy!
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More Ark work
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The Big Kahuna with his guards!
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The other Big Boy with the Immortals.
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The Savage King with Tachyon Arrow and Immortals
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Ozymandias with immortals
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Lord with Immortals
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The new Barge of Pimpness
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the seat clamps look very good and help to seperate the drivers from the platform quite good....
the new toy loks very cool...where did that came from?

one thing tho... i think with your charcter models you should break up the pace more... as of now i have realized that there is too much greenness on them...ozymandias in particular...

Yeah, I had to make parts of the vehicles look more like the bare essentials. the new weapon(Tachyon Arrow) is made from parts I was not using from the Triarch Praetorians, spinal parts and their pistols!

Yeah, still looking to make some purple on Oz, he ius too roach like in his build, instead of a cloak, he has more metal parts like a shell on his back, I will likely find more ways to gold and purple him, but he is a tough lil bugger for such. I am thinking that his loin tabbard may get the purple to it, and have the glow like the shields of the lychguard.

i think the tabrd is a most likley place to be purpled up a treat...
also what i had forgotten earlier... those shield wielding crons... i think the inside of those shields need too a breaking up...

I agree, purple inside for the shield's inner panels!

or you could add a bit of devaln mud...or a greener wash over the shields... i dunno if purple there would be the best idea... i had a look at the GW shop model and they had a darker shield...i think this item should look like a bumper...a working bumper and not like cars newadays show some chrome bumper...you know...atm they look really crips and shiney...and in thruth a shieled should look a bit used...

Well, then Tin Bitz panels will work, I tried the green wash, and it detracted actually from the look