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So I needed a break from painting blue things and as Necromunda was my all time favourite GW game I decided to get stuck into Necromunda: Dark Uprising.

The plan is to get the scenery painted up first (as I can use it for Kill Team/40K) and then get one of each gang painted up to start with.

So apologies for the huge photo dump but here is the progress so far with the scenery.

I have shied away from the overly weathered look, mainly because I am rubbish at it.

Cheers everybody. I don't have a huge update as I am finishing the last of the single walls and they all look pretty much the same.

The Necromunda decal sheet is very cool though so thought I would post a pic:



Other than that I have magnetised the columns and walls and am planning to get the pipes and doors started this weekend.

If the UK weather will hold off long enough for me to do any priming..... last weekend the paint was coming out of the can sideways and apparently this weekend won't be any better.....

Another small update. Sadly in between work and the terrible UK weather I've not been able to get any more priming done so made a start on one of the doors.

Very WIP right now, was just sketching in to see how it looked.

Thanks King Thor. I've not managed to get any games in on it yet but looking forward to getting it all set up.

I need to get a couple of gangs painted up but for now I might use the scenery for some Kill Team.

First door finished:

Cheers CB.

I managed to get the rest of the doors done over the weekend so that's now all of the doors, columns and walls done, plus 4 floor tiles. Now the floor tiles are finally back in stock I will need to do another 3 sets (12 tiles...) to get it up to a 4x4.

For now though the doors, columns and walls from the first set are done. Just the stairs, pipes, barricades and platforms to go.

Cheers chaps.

The numbers on the terminals are actually decals.

The Enforcers decal sheet has their numbers in black and white so you get a spare set of each depending on your paintjob, so I commandeered the white ones.

I just glazed over the top to match it in with the screens.

I shamelessly stole this idea from another group but sadly can't remember the name of the guy that did it first.

And actually it is a bit Star Wars as well, hadn't noticed until now.

 Knockagh wrote:
That’s excellent work. I’ve a zone mortalis set the forge world one. Adding up the cost of the current plastic GW bits and pieces the old forge world tiles were excellent value for money! Makes a change from feeling ripped off by FW.

I know exactly what you mean, I'm regretting not getting the FW ones now....

HI everybody,

A quick update, working from home now has the advantage that I get more painting done which is at least one silver lining.

I've spent this week getting all the "add on" bits done before moving onto the stairs and platforms.

At this rate though I should have the first set of scenery completed by the end of this week and next week i will make a start on the gangs.

For now though here's what I've managed to get done over the last few days:

Plasma conduits






Water tank (6 of these but I ran out of magnets...)



Lift




Terminals - all 6 now finished

Cheers guys.

The green on the terminals is actually a P3 paint called Necrotite Green.

It's a lovely, vivid green.

I then shaded the bottom of the screens by glazing down with a mix of Coelia Greenshade + Lahmian Medium.

I then re-glazed with Necrotic Green to smooth out the blends as best I could and then glazed in the highlights at the top of the screen with a mix of Necrotic Green + Flash Gits Yellow.

Then applied the decals as normal and once dry hit the top half of the screen with a very thinned glaze of Necrotic Green to take the edge off the white.

Then glazed the entire screen with Lamenters Yellow which smooths it all together but also brightens the green so it almost looks like it's glowing.

On the home straight now, managed to get the platforms done this weekend.

The photos haven't come out well (the metal areas are more heavily weathered in real life) but will get more once I start putting it all together.

So just the stairs and handrails to go before I move on to some gangs.

Cheers chaps.

@Arakasi - it might be the daylight bulb in the lamp but the tiles etc are painted in Mechanicus Standard Grey. Having said that, Mechanicus Standard Grey is a blue/grey and the spray version has a blue/green hue to it. But essentially it Mechanicus Standard Grey spray, Agrax wash, drybrush Mechanicus Standard Grey, then Dawnstone, then Ushabti Bone.

Not the most exciting update today - I have been painting stairs, lol.

A few tiny bits to touch up but otherwise they're done.









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Cheers everybody.

So I finally managed to get the first box of terrain finished. Then got ill and ran out of superglue which means I have 250 magnets sitting around doing nothing....

Sorry for the truly terrible pics but I started playing around with the terrain and I'm happy with it so far. I've left everything modular so this is just a layout I set up but when I can get all the floor tiles out I will take some better pics.












My plan was to now start Goliaths as I have lots of them, but.... the Enforcers are just too cool so I have built 5 which I plan on painting up this week.

Hopefully now I'm feeling better I should be able to get more done.

Cheers chaps, tiny update for today.

So I have made a start on the Enforcers. I always paint one up as a test model to decide on colours etc and then realised why I was going to do Goliaths first...

I don't have all the paints I need for painting black.... doh! So I just paid a fortune on ebay for the colours I need so hopefully judging by the extortionate postage rates they should arrive tomorrow....

I also made a start on their bases.





The Enforcer test model is my first ever attempt using contrast paints. I absolutely hate painting black and would never do it for an army but for a dozen or so models for Necromunda I don't mind. But as I don't often paint black (probably why I didn't have enough paints...) I thought I'd try out Black Templar.

I did some fairly unconventional stuff though, lol. I actually painted and highlighted the cloth parts before applying the Black Templar. You can't really see them that well in the photo but this then gives me a guide to highlight up from now.

The cloth bits need highlighting up using Skavenblight Dinge and Stormvermin Fur (2 of the paints on order)

The armour areas look messy now but they have just had a sketch in of Dark Reaper. This will glazed down with Corvus Black and then highlights of Thunderhawk Blue and Russ Grey (the other 2 paints on order...).

But for a test piece it's coming along better than expected and the contrast paint made life easier. I just wish it would stop rubbing off the model.......

Cheers chaps, I think Averland Sunset might be my new favorite colour.

Some slightly better photos.

Frustratingly still waiting for paints to arrive so I made a start on another Enforcer and tried out an idea on the wrist mounted screen, It's supposed to be an ECG monitor, similar to Tempestus Scions. A bit messy but hopefully be able to get it neater next time and then if it's not too much of a pain will go back and tidy this one up.

I really, really want to get the black finished on the test model to see if the recipe works but you can see better in the photos how much of a difference using contrast paints has made.

Although they're a bit messy you can see where the highlights will eventually go.

If the paints arrive tomorrow I should have 5 of these completed before the weekend which means I can start of the Subjugators.






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 Arakasi wrote:
Is that chest and left knee symbol painted on? (if so, very well done )

The stripes are freehanded but the other kneepad and chest are decals.

 Arakasi wrote:
Well, you have applied them expertly then, as I can't see the edges.

Cheers, I have to give credit to Micro Sol and Micro Set plus varnish for that.

Cheers IGtR=

Well my paints finally arrived!! Considering the paints were £12 and the postage was £14 I should think so too..... never using Ebay again...

So I have tried out the recipe I had in mind and have applied highlights to the black areas on the test model:







I'm happy with the black cloth and will use that. The contrast paint really, really helped with this.

I'm not 100% sold on the black armour though. Admittedly it isn't helped by the model having rivets in the most annoying places, lol. I will wait to see what it looks like with the rest done though but right now it looks more blue than black. I guess as these guys are sort of police that doesn't really matter too much but isn't the look I was going for.

I might redo it with a grey recipe but I wanted the carapace armour to stand out from the other black leather.

Thoughts?

Cheers Monkeytroll. I tried a grey black on another model but didn't like it as much and the blue black has grown on me now.

That meant I had another model to see if I could replicate the test model on and so far the recipe is working so will start batch painting from tomorrow.

I also really need to get the heads done so I can attach them.... the little necks look weird..... lol.

Cheers Arakasi, I'm running with the blue now.

Not as much work done as I had hoped, sadly work kicked up a notch in the last couple of weeks which has meant I didn't get as much time to paint.

The first 5 Enforcers are almost done though, feel like I rushed them a bit today but I am also conscious I have another set of terrain to paint and a lot more gangs, lol.

Once the 5 Enforcers are finished, which I'm hoping will be tomorrow, I will make a start on the 6 Subjugators and then should have enough to play a game (whenever that might be....)

Quick taster, not 100% with the heads but they'll do for now.

 Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:
That blue is so clean, it's fantastic! Great job using the yellow accents too

Cheers. I actually ran out of both Averland Sunset and Yriel Yellow today which is a bit of a nightmare. Saying that I have used lots of both on my Necromunda stuff.

I had just enough to get the heads finished off though and I'm glad they are now finally attached, lol. I ordered paint from GW a week ago when the webstore re-opened but it looks as though they haven't been shipped yet so I will have to build my next set of models until they arrive.

Cheers chaps, I'm really happy with the blue black now, didn't like it initially.

And I agree on the Captain's face, I intend to add some glazes to the face as it's lacking contrast at the moment.

I used Wraithbone primer instead of Corax White by accident and didn't realise. As it's quite glossy it wouldn't take paint in the same way and it meant the flesh basecoat ended up being thicker than intended.

Another tiny update. I have built the 6 Subjugators and made a start on one. I hadn't realised how different they are to the Enforcers until I started painting them.

I also thought I would do the heads early on as well, lol, as the Enforcers looked weird without them for ages.

Still a way to go and I have made some mistakes on this too so will go back and tidy up. But these are quite fun to paint but also a bit fiddly.

Cheers JoeRugby.

Looks like the Subjugators are gonna take waaaay longer than the Enforcers. Didn't realise how much extra stuff they had on them.

Slow progress but test fitted the riot shield and got a little bit more done.

Well, it's been a while since I picked up a paint brush. Unfortunately my job has been super busy due to the pandemic (I manage health and safety in a medical research building so it's been pretty full on) which has left very little time for hobby.

Because I'm still feeling very rusty I wanted to start something different so have made a start on some Delaques. These probably weren't the best models to start with after a long break as they are actually way more fiddly than they first seem.

I also wanted to have a play around with the contrast paints as I hadn't really had much use out of them.







Not overly happy with them so far, but they are still very WIP. I think the biggest issue was the white undercoat - Corax White on a cold day does not come out smooth, and on one or two of the models it's really grainy. However, the experiment using contrast paints on their leather coats has, I think, worked. I wanted an aged leather effect and I think it's not bad.

But it is good to be painting again but I think I will go back to scenery for now just to get back into it a bit and have fun drybrushing.

Cheers chaps.

I have now finished the Delaques but the camera on my phone is terrible and in all the photos I took they didn't look any different, lol.

I am going to start on some Slave Ogryns next. I really should be doing more scenery but the Ogryns are an itch I want to scratch.

Will try and get some pics soon.

Thanks Da Boss. I'm enjoying painting up Necromunda stuff as it's a lovely break from Ultramarines but also because you can paint 5-10 models and move onto something else.

I've made a start on the Slave Ogryns. These are a lot of fun to paint.

Very WIP and apologies for potato cam pics, lol.

Cheers chaps.

I've made a start on one of the fists.

Thanks everybody, I am enjoying painting the yellow which I never thought I would say. The downside is it's making me think about starting an Imperial Fists army.... noooo....

And cheers with regards to the skin, it's the bit I actually enjoy painting the most so usually leave it until last but wanted to get a couple of testers done.

So most of the skin on these is still WIP.

I thought I would have had these finished by now but I haven't managed to get as much painting done recently due to work.

So some more WIP pics - I hope to at least have their arms on by the end of the weekend.... lol.

Still chipping away at these.

Cheers chaps, I must admit the composition between bases and warm tones was purely accidental but I will now say it was planned...

And I wish now I had maybe added more red in but I will wait to see what they look like when the welders go on.

I have to admit I've enjoyed painting yellow and am now suppressing the urge to start a new Space Marine army.....