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looking good!

MacGyver wrote:

Griffsnog wrote:I believe krylon makes spraypaint in blue, green and yellow that have the same sort of oily effect. I will have to look into it. I hope I'm wrong though. Neceons need a way of escaping silver rustolium.

I think you're thinking of pearlescent paint. I think that's the name, someone on another forum mentioned it too. From what I understand, it's very expensive. There's a car around here with that kind of paint on it. It's similar, but my scheme dosen't change colors in the same spot when you change the angle you look at.
-MacGyver

The krypon product is called X-Metals comes in blue green and yellow they are adonized colors so they give that sort of oily glow but it would not look in any way as good as yours. It may be good for monoliths to give it a nice even coat but specialty paints ten to "overcoat" a bit and block out some detail.

Griffsnog wrote:

The krypon product is called X-Metals comes in blue green and yellow they are adonized colors so they give that sort of oily glow but it would not look in any way as good as yours. It may be good for monoliths to give it a nice even coat but specialty paints ten to "overcoat" a bit and block out some detail.

I'd rather paint it myself. I did a 1/2-face test coat of my new scheme directly over the old scheme, before stripping, and even with an undercoat, bolt gun drybrush, blue ink, and watered down regal blue (I used to have a metallic blue army which no longer exists!) and details painted black, boltgun and gold (That's about 4 layers in most places, depending on where, before the new scheme), it didn't clog. So I expect it, without the old paint, to look good.
Thanks though
-MacGyver

Finally, warm enough to spray again...
Here's the freshly-undercoated army, with the exception of the 66 warriors (Doing a little more damaged model work and, for the fourth and hopefully last time, re-stripping the others). I noticed the Monolith and some Destroyers (Which were undercoated earlier) have saw dust on them. Some of this stuff was included with the monolith (Otherwise I wouldn't have a little of everything). The monolith is sticky-tacked from a recent game, until I get the plasticard for reinforcement. Those four things in the bottom right corner (I can't remember what exactly they are or where they came from.) will be objectives, until I make/get better ones.

Hopefully, I can get to the 1st test Pariah this weekend.

For apocalypse, I'm thinking of adding a Monolith Phalanx (If I can find one) or a combo of more Destroyers, Heavy Destroyers, Immortals and Wraiths. Still trying to get a hold of the guy who may not want his flayed ones (Which would change my plans).

I've restarted the terrain set that goes with the army, I should have some unpainted stuff up here in a while.

Note: All Flying bases have neodymium magnets on them. If you get paint/glue on a neodymium magnet, scraping it off makes them rust so, if you can, let it dry and rub them on a piece of denim.
Another Note: If you noticed, I'm missing a Tomb Spyder Particle Projector. If you think you can help, I put a thread in the Swap Shop.
Yet Another Note: I've been using warriors/unused models for stand-ins for quite a while, so there's no more than ten of each. I plan to change that when the Apocalypse list is made.
-MacGyver

I started two lightly battle damaged Necrons. I don't have a lot of experience with green stuff (Just skin over gaps on a Daemon Prince and 3 Obliterators) so I'm hoping future models start looking a little better soon.

One had a bullet hit it in the head (Used "Hobby Drill" for the hole), there's a slope before the divot, which isn't really visible other than color in the picture. The other had some kind of energy weapon skim his leg (I used a foam cutting wire to melt the plastic away), which is in the process of repairing.

I just noticed it looks like the bullet hit warrior has stubble. I think it's shavings from something (They came right off afterwords).

The third Damaged Necron was created as a joke because one of the few unassembled ones was missing the second piece of his gun and I needed a way to have it hidden or I had to make a new one. He was inspired by the character "Frank Vitchard" in the movie "Anchorman", to a degree (I had just watched it again).
-MacGyver

Good idea. I might out some mythril silver or equivalent where there's damage to make it really stand out. That way it could hint at how perfect the necrons really are inder all of the grudge. Contrast=Victory

aunshova wrote:Good idea. I might out some mythril silver or equivalent where there's damage to make it really stand out. That way it could hint at how perfect the necrons really are inder all of the grudge. Contrast=Victory

The idea was supposed to be that the "Oily" (More like heated Copper) color was the outer layer of metal, and there's at least one non-colored layer underneath.
The bullet shot warrior has some metal where hit.
The other has less of the other colors in the swirl to show that it's healing from a hit.
-MacGyver

I really like the look of your necrons! I beleive that a monolith looking like that, or a bunch of destroyers that looked like that would be amazing!! Keep up the good work, and I hope to see more pictures of the like!

I don't know how fiddly of a modeler you want to be, but if you put some small rods or something in the damaged area on that necron's leg, it could look really cool.

willydstyle wrote:I don't know how fiddly of a modeler you want to be, but if you put some small rods or something in the damaged area on that necron's leg, it could look really cool.

I'd like to leave the lightly damaged ones how they are. I have some small speaker wires and other bits from an old stereo in a box I plan to use for models with a bit more damage. I haven't gone through it in a while, but I think the bits should work out ok.
Thanks
-MacGyver

Here are some pictures of the 1st (Maybe last) possible Pariah paint scheme. It's just a rough coat and needs a lot of touch ups and detail work. I used less Leviathan Purple wash because if the midnight blue, and the blades have the same darkened metal with a Chainmail edge as the Warrior's blades, before adding the washes. I added a color key for the Pariah and a picture of the 1st part of the terrain set recently sprayed (Looks like it needs another coat). I'll have enough terrain to cover 3'x4'. I wanted there to be enough for a variety when it's done, or we can play with it on a 8'x6' board for big games. I plan to either remove the palm tree or add "Water" in the attached crater. The terrain pieces were made with "Moonscape" craters, pink insulation foam, liquid nails, light spackling, latex paint (To protect the foam from the spray), bits of straw, beach sand, and small rocks. The terrain will be painted similarly to the flying stand posted earlier.
I'll label and add some pictures of part of the painting process for the Pariah if requested.
-MacGyver

I was able to get a bit of work done last night. Roughly painted the 1st Immortal (Similar scheme to the Pariah), rough painted a Scarab Swarm and fixed up the Pariah's "Oily" colors (his back still needs a bit of work, I'll get to it this weekend). I also added some pictures of them with the scarabs and a damaged warrior.

I'd like some opinions on if you all think I should paint each small panel separately on the Monolith, or paint each face as one big surface. I'm having a bit of a hard time picturing which would look better (I don't have a lot of ink left to test it and I'm still looking for more).

Let me know what you think of them all together.

Thanks,
-MacGyver

I've gotten a bit more busy, so I'll most likely be posting only on Sunday or Monday a few times a month.
Thanks for the support,
-MacGyver

Love 'em! Except the pariah - I like it but it seems a little off to me... Maybe its the position its in or the fact that I have never seen a pariah upclose (One Necron player who only had immortals and warriors, I think. very small army)

~Ramzca~

Here are GW's Pariah pictures, for comparison, if you wish to look. I switched the arms around a bit for variety (I have 10) works with most of them.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat380008&rootCatGameStyle=#
-MacGyver

Looks like my post was lost during the submission process...
Twice.
Here's another copy:

This was all I had time for...
A friend suggested I put a light coat of wonder wash on my models to make them shine and appear more metallic. Here are some pictures of the start of another Pariah, before and after applying the wash. I also painted stripes on the blades, just to see how they'd look (I don't think I'm going to keep the stripes). I think I'm going to use the wash on finished models.
-MacGyver

That's a really cool necron paint scheme. It looks like they walked out of a large oil tank or something (perhaps they were awakened on a imperal oil world?)

mine is using GW wash color

These new pics really show off the scheme.

I was thinking since your necrons are oily-like, you should make the gun and blade a little rusty, not as in decrepit rust, but more like a machine getting old, which is essentially what Necrons are. Maybe a red wash or ink would help with that. It just seems to fit with oily IMO.

Those look pretty nice. Specially after the shine job you gave them. That really fits on a necron. Everyones ideas gave me ideas for my nephews necrons. IM BUYING THEM TODAY HURRAY!

NICE Macgyver! seeing them together on page 2 looks awesome! Their color reminds me of the optical shift paint they used on the Mustang Cobra flopping between purple, green, and blue depending on the angle you are looking from.

Superscope wrote:That's a really cool necron paint scheme. It looks like they walked out of a large oil tank or something (perhaps they were awakened on a imperal oil world?)

The idea was originally oily/gas-in-water look, it ended up like heated copper because they don't have a "ring" of color (See Picture), which still looks good. The terrain is a dead world barely coming back to life, small bushes made out of mini banana trees and a few palm trees where there's a bit of water, surrounded by desert with small dead trees made out of pieces of straw. Which goes with the heat idea a bit.

LBursley wrote:NICE Macgyver! seeing them together on page 2 looks awesome! Their color reminds me of the optical shift paint they used on the Mustang Cobra flopping between purple, green, and blue depending on the angle you are looking from.

I think it's called "Pearlescent" paint. From what I understand, that stuff's very expensive.
Thanks for the comments,
-MacGyver

Might be a little late to chime in with some comments, but wow, you have executed a very nice faux-pearlescent effect!

Though having said that I have to nitpick that the models look very 'flat' in the sense that the details have become obscured in the darkness, and the gun, on close examination, sticks out like a sore thumb because it's flat black, and nothing else on the model figure shares the same colour to tie it together. The issue is almost nonexistent with the pariahs, as you seem to have brightened them up as well as done the pearl effect on their warscythes as well. (Or it could be the flash, I have no idea)

My humble suggestion, which in no way a criticism of your painting skills, would be to paint perhaps the face-mask of the necrons a contrasting colour such as off-white? I think this has probably been done to death before, but it does give a very good "focus" point for the eye when viewing your models. You could add a little of this colour to the gun to pick it out, then finish the rest of the gun with your faux-pearl effect.

My 2 pence. Regardless of the spare change, you have a very nice looking and unique army going for you there!

ZandrisIV wrote:Might be a little late to chime in with some comments, but wow, you have executed a very nice faux-pearlescent effect!

Though having said that I have to nitpick that the models look very 'flat' in the sense that the details have become obscured in the darkness, and the gun, on close examination, sticks out like a sore thumb because it's flat black, and nothing else on the model figure shares the same colour to tie it together. The issue is almost nonexistent with the pariahs, as you seem to have brightened them up as well as done the pearl effect on their warscythes as well. (Or it could be the flash, I have no idea)

My humble suggestion, which in no way a criticism of your painting skills, would be to paint perhaps the face-mask of the necrons a contrasting colour such as off-white? I think this has probably been done to death before, but it does give a very good "focus" point for the eye when viewing your models. You could add a little of this colour to the gun to pick it out, then finish the rest of the gun with your faux-pearl effect.

My 2 pence. Regardless of the spare change, you have a very nice looking and unique army going for you there!

Just so you know, these are in no way finished models, just tests as they progress over time. I plan to try a bit harder on finished models and still need to add touch ups, detail and such. I'll have at least one finished warrior done soon hopefully. The guns are either going to have just highlights or highlights and a different color, I'm not sure yet.
-MacGyver

I see what you mean, but I'm just wondering what details you would be adding to your finished models to make them 'pop' on the table top.

With regards to the guns, it would be advisable to colour match the guns to something on the bodies at least, even if it is just green glows (which is another idea).

Maybe you could replace the green rods with purple rods? That would make things a lot more uniform and tied in...

ZandrisIV wrote:I see what you mean, but I'm just wondering what details you would be adding to your finished models to make them 'pop' on the table top.

With regards to the guns, it would be advisable to colour match the guns to something on the bodies at least, even if it is just green glows (which is another idea).

Maybe you could replace the green rods with purple rods? That would make things a lot more uniform and tied in...

I plan to put highlights or shading (Depending on what's being painted) on anything not painted with the heated-copper/oily look. Anything else is currently up in the air.
I decided to keep the base of the guns black. I prefer the gun that way and asked a few others who agree it doesn't distract too much from the main part of the scheme. Otherwise they match too much making the scheme too simple. Someone said it would be similar to if an Iron Warriors army didn't have the yellow & black. The only parts that would be different would be green/normal metals. I don't think I'd like to change the rods either. I think it goes alright with the scheme. There's some green mixed in there, more on some models than others. Any other suggestions you have to make them 'pop' would be appreciated, but I think the bulk is figured out.
Thanks
-MacGyver
Edited to correct typo.

This is quite the impressive(original might I add) Necron scheme. If you ever paint a Monolith with this scheme, I would like to see it.

Bloogonis wrote:This is quite the impressive(original might I add) Necron scheme. If you ever paint a Monolith with this scheme, I would like to see it.

Thanks,
I have a Monolith, but because of the length of time it would take, I plan to paint it last or after I figure out how exactly I'm going to paint the rest of the army.
-MacGyver

All I've had time for lately was these seven damaged warriors. I've been working on some Dark Elves as my 1st Fantasy army. The Necron Warriors need Green Stuffing and arms are either not glued or are sticky tacked to allow for easier painting. By the way, due to the fact that I've started Fantasy, this will not become an Apocalypse Army any time soon.
-MacGyver

You sir, paint good necrons.