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2012/11/12 04:42:05
Subject: FearGFX's Necron blog - updated 2012/11/12
Most people that will know me will know me from my Blood Ravens blog, which I changed into FearGFX's WIP thread in which I tried to create a Blood Ravens Spacemarine army but as some of you people might know, I have a really hard time focusing
So in an effort to change all that I started a new army, something completely different then Space Marines this time to keep me interested and give me a new "challenge".
I asked around the guys at my FLGS and came to the conclusion that Necrons kind of suited my needs and wishes the most. It would also be a great opportunity to test my new airbrush, the Harder & Steenbeck Ultra. While looking for inspiration for a paintscheme I ran across some pictures of an Necron Immortal owned by MajorTom11 and I loved it! Its bone colored body gave it an ancient look and a very Egyptian feel IMO. So I set out and got myself a Necron Battleforce, a Doomscythe and Nemesor as my HQ.
I also ordered some "modern" Gaus rods from Shapeways.com to replace those really old school clear plastic rods GW kept for warriors but ditched on all their new models. (lazy bastards) Those 3d printed rods should look like this:
They where pretty inexpensive but I hope they turn out as I hope, if not I'll just have to paint the clear plastic ones.
As for colorscheme I'm gonna use will be a 2 colored scheme consisting mainly of a bone or cream color and a dark grey for most troops and vehicles. I'm gonna try to implement some OSL on consoles and weapons. for HQ and elite units (don't have any elites yet but still) I'm gonna paint some turquoise accents.
Paints I'm going to use:
Vallejo Surface Primer:
German Panzer Grey
Vallejo Air Color:
German Grey
Sandy Brown
Sand Yellow
Sand
Pale Green
White
Vallejo Game Color:
Cold Grey
(some other colors will be added for different weapons but I haven't decided on those yet)
Now for the progress pictures so far:
I cleaned 20 warrior legs and glued them to the bases with superglue so I can snap them off later
Added the torso's to the warriors, tried to get the seams as smooth as possible using sanding pads
Apparently I build them a little to straight up. The problem that creates is that the warriors will be looking upward when you attach the heads. I tackled this problem by extending the the necks with greenstuff
20 Necron warriors all build up
Immorals cleaned and build up. tried to get the shoulderpads as smooth as possible with sanding pads
Building the Ghost Ark. Here are the damaged necrons that are in Ghost Ark. The rest of the Ark is still in pieces because everything has to be painted separately. OMG spooning Necrons!!!
I had to paint the pilot of the Doomscythe before further assembly. This is also my first attempt of OSL
Finished building the hull of the Doomscythe. Decided im not too happy with the lightsource of the OSL.
Fixed the lightsource of the OSL to a degree I'm happy with and added a gloss varnish to the orb. Also primed the Hull.
I used Vallejo Air Color Sandy Brown as a basecolor for the canopies.
Added the "mid color" Vallejo air color Sand Yellow to the canopies, i tried to leave a little bit of Sandy Brown on the edges and in the crevices
Added the final highlight color, Vallejo Air Color Sand. This is the final stage of the initial airbrush work.
I colored the lines inside the panels with a sepia colored micron pen. Made this picture with artificial light so it shows the color transitions really nice
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56 views in 24 hours and still no responses... its allowed to post responses people, i swear i wont get mad if someone says my paintscheme isn't cool in their opinion of if its lame i didnt modify my warrior's poses...
just kidding of course, i'd love to hear some constructive criticism and to hear what you people think of my paintscheme and ideas for this army
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Also love to see what those rods come out like as i'm starting a Necron army myself and the rods are one thing i'm stuck on.
the rods can work but im not sure if im gonna use them or not... im gonna give them a good scrub with soapy first and then prime them to see the final result and then ill decide if im gonna use them or not... i still prefer them over the glow sticks but i can still paint those if it doesnt work out...
thanks for the compiments and the comment stay tuned for more updates later
I like the airbrush work on that scythe, its shaping up very well.
I've seen those Shapeways rods painted up, and I think they look pretty good; at least, it's easier to get a good and interesting appearance on those textured rods than the difficult process of painting the smooth rods up to look good.
Stormfather wrote: I like the airbrush work on that scythe, its shaping up very well.
I've seen those Shapeways rods painted up, and I think they look pretty good; at least, it's easier to get a good and interesting appearance on those textured rods than the difficult process of painting the smooth rods up to look good.
well they dont fit perfectly but im interested to see how they will look... do you happen to have a picture??
Stormfather wrote: I like the airbrush work on that scythe, its shaping up very well.
I've seen those Shapeways rods painted up, and I think they look pretty good; at least, it's easier to get a good and interesting appearance on those textured rods than the difficult process of painting the smooth rods up to look good.
well they dont fit perfectly but im interested to see how they will look... do you happen to have a picture??
No, sorry. Next time I play against him, I'll try to remember to snap a picture.
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Steps taken so far:
#primed German panzer grey
#zenithal highlighted starting with sandy brown, yellow sand and finally with sand
#touched up the weapons with German panzer grey
#gloss coated the models
#washed with sepia oil wash
#made a wash out of scorpion green and pooled that into the details on the weapon
yeah i pretty much did all the gap filling just with the glue pushed out between the parts and sanding pads... worked really nice will finish the immortals today and start on my ghost ark
Got zahndrekh finally painted. I'm not too happy about him but I just need to put him down and stop painting him. I do blame finecast for a third of me not liking it but my hands where kind of shaky during the painting process. (doctor says that will get better though) Anyway, here he is. What do you think?
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