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Hi there,
Just posting some pics of a Necron Lord I've been working on for a while. I kept putting off finishing him because I wasn't confident I could get the staff and cloak right, but in the end I said to hell with it and gave it a go.
It turned out OK, although the cloak is far too glossy. It's supposed to be a transition between black and dark green, but whenever it catches the light all the detail evaporates.



He's the first HQ unit I've painted, and the first in the Necron army I'm working on. I was going for a darker, more sinister look for my color scheme, closer to the older edition 'crons before their Egyptian makeover. I wanted to avoid the ornate, royal look, so avoided any golds and instead went for black/silver.

I noticed that this guy doesn't seem to be a particularly popular unit in modern armies; I figured it was just because an overlord is better in most lists, not to mention I think GW's painted sample looks awful. But that was before I realised what 'finecast' meant. Getting this thing free from its spru was like one of those kids toys where you have to chip a plastic dinosaur fossil out of a clay brick, and the end results are lumpy and riddled with imperfections. I can see why people would avoid these things.

I forgot to take a decent picture of the base before I glued it down, but here's an average one:



Anyway, thanks for looking, hope ya like

As much as I miss the gold/royal colours that make the necrons lords stand out from the warriors, I can see why you haven't done it.

Inspiring stuff! I really like the base, and the colours on the lord himself are all good.

I like it, it gives him quite the grim standing, fitting for a Lord. Good work

I particularly like the vibrant green contrasting with the metals

I like it. The orb in particular has a nice glow to it.

Thank you kindly for the comments all hopefully I will have a larger expansion to my Necron army to post soon.

I think this is quite nice, and it inspires me to do more of MY necrons. One quick thing that I think could be fixed is either painting in or removing the symbol on his forehead, as right now it simply looks awkward.

Other than that, very well done, especially the chest!

Xafilah wrote:
I think this is quite nice, and it inspires me to do more of MY necrons. One quick thing that I think could be fixed is either painting in or removing the symbol on his forehead, as right now it simply looks awkward.

Other than that, very well done, especially the chest!

Thank you I agree, I wasn't sure what to do with the forehead glyph since I wasn't going with gold; the way it is it kind of looks like a facial blemish.. I might do some experimentation with it.

The green on the bright metal looks really good. I like the simple metal/green color scheme without all the shiny bits. Good stuff