-Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (May Update - I painted a Dragon!)

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**Warboss_Waaazag**

I really like your Necrons' color scheme. Beautiful models, excellent work. Keep it up!

**Mad..**

Nice Praetorians. You really are on a painting spree at the moment.

**Knightley**

@Warboss_Waaazag - Thanks, although I can't claim the scheme is that original, I've taken the look from Garfy's necons and removed a colour.

@Mad - Cheers, I think the long weekend helped somewhat.

Update: grinding to a halt on this one, so many mistakes having done this while assembled.

**Gitsplitta**

I don't envy you that one...

**moonpie**

If the brush cant hit it, then neither can the light. Leave it black. The CYA on this is that you are "using negative space".

Realism. bam.

You are welcome. Now! CRACK! Back to painting! CRACK!

**Briancj**

Moonpie is helping. He's a helper.

**Knightley**

@Gits - I should send my other one to you so you can feel for me in this time of woe

@Moonie - Blam, schooled - I learn something new every time you post mate

@Briancj - Certainly is, helps more than I know right at the point in time, no doubt it'll be 3am 5 weeks from now and I'll wake with perfect clarity ready to offer a tidbit of his information as mine, only to forget it as who remembers anything at 3am?

Update: Weathering on the warriors and black being added to the rear

**Knightley**

Very slow process today, only getting more black applied over the silver.

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More black applied

**Knightley**

More Black and Red started

**Gitsplitta**

Is that the nightmare to paint that everyone claims it is?

**Knightley**

Oh god yes, if anyone heeds my advice, do not, I repeat, do not glue this thing together then paint it unless you have a very very basic paint scheme in mind, all the fiddly little bits with the warriors on the inside are a nightmare.

Update base red done.

**Briancj**

Row, row, row your Ark, gently down the stream...merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is GAUSS GAUSS GAUSS GAUSS GAUSS GAUSS...

**Knightley**

Hahah, I do like that, however I would offer a slight change:

Row, row, row your Ark, gently down the stream...merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, if you see a melta bomb, don't forget to scream!

Update: I *think* all the dark red has been done and I'm on to the edge highlight now.

**Knightley**

Update: red edge highlight progresses!

**Knightley**

Update: Red edge pretty much done, small details and the blue left

**inmygravenimage**

*Just* the small details left?

looking good.

**Knightley**

Heh yeah I know "small" details, have a look and let me know what you think.

Update: all done

Urgh I have one more of these to do, I may leave it for last.

**Gitsplitta**

Very pretty. Um... I mean very cool looking!

**Knightley**

Should I add flowers :p

Update: last of the troops started, getting closer lads!

**moonpie**

You aren't just painting machines, you have become one yourself.

Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss stares back!

**Knightley**

Extermina..... ahem, I mean, no course not, nothing to see here, move along people!

Update: Weathering and black started

**Gitsplitta**

I really like the way those scarabs look with the touches of red.

**inmygravenimage**

Cyber scarab, not dalek scarab, surely?

looking good Bro, maybe you should repaint all the warrior torsos that way (ducks)?

**Knightley**

@Gits - cheers mate, how about with the final edge highlight?

@Graven - Remind me to send you a brick - air mail of course

Update: Almost done

**Mad..**

Nice ghost ark, and almost finished with the troops... flying along.

Great work.

**Gitsplitta**

Very nice. Just the right touch.

**Knightley**

@Mad - Cheers mate, I would say slowly and surely however that is not the case with the crons.

@Gits - That's what I like to hear

Update: Last batch of troops all done

I also took a group pic to show progress

thoughts welcome

**Knightley**

Update: followers will notice the painting setting is a little different for this one, sickness leads to productivity I feel. Get that monolith done son!

**Briancj**

Now I want to airmail someone a brick.

**Mad..**

Cant wait to see that monolith done, be the big eye catcher of this army on the table I reckon.

You sick? Or the kid? Either way, hope the sickness doesn't last long and you/him feel better soon (perhaps once the monolith is finished) Hehe