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Those necrons are awesome! I've never seen anything like it

Because GW no longer makes Blue Ink, I've tried out Vallejo Blue Ink. The "Decapitated" model was painted with it. The only difference I can see is that it goes on much thinner than the GW Ink, so you need at least two coats.
I'm also using Didi's Magic Ink instead of Wonder Wash. It's just a bit darker, so it needs a lighter coat (Not used in these pictures).
Because I'm starting Fantasy, this thread will be a bit slower until the Summer.
Thanks for the compliments,
-MacGyver

Accidentally double posted in a glitch. Is there a way to delete this? I couldn't find it.
-MacGyver

no you cant delete a double post but nice necrons

Sorry to not update this for so long, I've been busy with more important things, so I have been unable to do much work other than stripping 10 Flayed ones that have been recently absorbed into the Necron Mob. I'll have a bit more time now that the Summer has arrived, and hope to have a bit more done on this army in my free time.
I'll try to have some new work up by the 1st of June.
-MacGyver

The oily part looks good but I would make some recomendations:

Paint the guns the same as the model and get the tubes in blue instead of green. They will look much better with the model and can be found at most hobby towns (or in their online store). You will have to cut em to length but that is very easy. Clear might look good too.

Oh and I forgot to mention that the guys at the Warstore told me that the privateer press paints have inks that are the same formula the GW inks used to be. I am pretty sure they had stated it was the PP inks. Personally I am not a big fan of the Valejo ones even though I paint a lot with their paints.

Fishboy wrote:The oily part looks good but I would make some recomendations:

Paint the guns the same as the model and get the tubes in blue instead of green. They will look much better with the model and can be found at most hobby towns (or in their online store). You will have to cut em to length but that is very easy. Clear might look good too.

Oh and I forgot to mention that the guys at the Warstore told me that the privateer press paints have inks that are the same formula the GW inks used to be. I am pretty sure they had stated it was the PP inks. Personally I am not a big fan of the Valejo ones even though I paint a lot with their paints.

I think I'd like to keep the Warrior scheme similar to how it is now (All the same color, makes them too simple looking for my taste), and the rods as they are. Making blue or clear versions of the Monolith plastic parts (The portal, gem, and small circle specifically) would be a bit difficult as well. Thanks though.
I'll look into the Privateer Press Inks, when I run out of Vallejo (I have 2 bottles to use and don't want to waste them). Thanks for that, I was looking for a while and Vallejo was the best I could find.
-MacGyver

Your oily paint scheme looks VERY nice.


My son is starting a Necron army and we are trying to figure out a color scheme to go with. Thanks, I think you just found it for us. He has a tomb spider that is ready for paint'n and I think I am gonna give it a try.
I have also talked to my son about getting red tubs to replace the green ones for something different and I too thought it would be almost impossible to replace the parts on the monolith so we are sticken with green.

Stump wrote:Your oily paint scheme looks VERY nice.


My son is starting a Necron army and we are trying to figure out a color scheme to go with. Thanks, I think you just found it for us. He has a tomb spider that is ready for paint'n and I think I am gonna give it a try.
I have also talked to my son about getting red tubs to replace the green ones for something different and I too thought it would be almost impossible to replace the parts on the monolith so we are sticken with green.

I'd like to see what you do with it. Send me a PM if you get some pictures up.
I did have a few experimental models using the same technique with different colors (Already went through the stripper so I could start mass production ASAP), but decided to stick with this one. I found this also works well with oranges, yellows and reds (Not counting the green rods), or green as a base (Better with the green rods). I tried a few others but those two and the original were my favorites. I did like the blue ones a bit more though.
I would suggest experimenting around with color to find your favorite, unless you think you already found it.
If you would like more detailed instructions, let me know.
-MacGyver

Here is what I did last night. The pics are not the best but I think it is turning out ok. The youngster is wanting me to put some silver or metallic stuff on it somewhere. Gonna have to really think about that one.
But I am pleased so far with the way it turned out. Thanks a bunch for the inspiration.

I like how it's turning out. I used silver only where damaged and on blades connected to guns if you needed a reason to use some for him. I couldn't really find another reason to use it.
Glad to be of help.
-MacGyver

I finished it up and it looks cool. My batteries are dead on my camera so I will get a pic here later for ya. I really just used silver on the claw, a little on the face and a little on the gun. I did dry brush a very small amount of mith silver all over and it seemed to finish it off nicely.

You colour scheme is god dman amazing!! and your conversions are lol

@Stump , i 100% liking yours because we are able to see the actual colors in normal light.

Pearlessence paints are cheap , they are like 3x more ML for the same price as 1 GW paint -_-

Here's the start of a Wraith. I'll try to do a bit more work on it soon.

@Luna Hound: I do most of my painting at night, so today I took the pictures in the morning, rather than right after painting. They're in direct sunlight, so if you still think it's too dark, I'll have to mess around with the camera settings a bit more (They look brighter on the camera screen).
-MacGyver

Antique Copper is a cool muted metallic that might look good with that paint scheme. I love the oily look, btw.

I started 2 more Wraiths. Here they all are.
-MacGyver

Wow, these look awesome Actually makes it seem much more likely that they could actually move around with that slimy look to them

Awesome just awesome. I love the way you get that metallic look like you dipped em in motor oil.
Or they kinda look the backs of those japanese beetles. they look awesome. Keep it up

I liked the model but not the bases.

MauleedlovesYakeface wrote:I liked the model but not the bases.

That's not the finished base, just similar colors. I don't have the basing colors totally figured out yet. I may debase the other models and change the color.
-MacGyver

I thought I'd let you all know, I started my three Tomb Spyders, the oily stuff is finished anyway. I didn't put up pictures yet, because it's too foggy to take a picture and they seem come out better in direct sunlight, rather than the light of my painting floor-lamp. I added markings on their backs in heavy ink that I'll either outline or partially fill in with Midnight Blue. The markings weren't painted perfectly, but I did that to resemble bugs in nature, they also don't show too much right now and seem to distract from the oily look, so keep the outline or fill in in mind when I get pictures up. I'm not too sure how they'll look with the markings finished, so a repaint on the shell is a possibility. I think I'm also going to make snake markings on the Wraiths (One seemed to look a bit like "Indian Cobra" markings on it's own).
I'll get the pictures up on the next sunny day that I have time.
-MacGyver

cant wait to see those spiders. This paint scheme is really nice.

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've decided that if I can get some more Midnight Blue (I have 1/2-3/4 of a pot left), from somewhere, I'll make the guns Midnight Blue to match the extra armor on Pariahs, Immortals, other models, and certain parts of the Monolith (Yes I started it finally!).
Does anyone know of a site where you might be able to get some that's reputable? I did a bit of searching, with no luck.
Thanks,
-MacGyver

I forgot to take the Tomb Spyder pictures (Sorry), I'll get to it soon, but here's the start of the Monolith's front plate. It does have a metallic shining effect, and the custom midnight blue type color has the same shine as midnight blue, but neither effect shows up too well on camera. The custom midnight blue is a 2:2:3 mix of Vallejo Night blue, GW Liche Purple, and GW Blue Ink (I'm going to try Privateer Press ink as a replacement if I need more, but I have a pot and a half, so I don't think I will), making it a bit runny. I received a lot of good feedback from people seeing it in person, so I think I'm going to make the rest of the plates like this, even though I wasn't too sure about it my self.
Thanks for all the support & feedback so far,
Edit: I forgot to add, this isn't exactly totally visible either, the colors move across each face onto the next. I plan to do this on all 4 walls (and other touching parts with the same colors) to try to make all the faces go together.
-MacGyver

WOW!! that looks great!!

sort of looks like Van Gogh's starry night...

So, I decided to give up on taking a "Daylight" picture of the Tomb Spyders, it's been too rainy lately. These were taken while I somehow held up two light sources and took the picture at the same time. Sorry for the weird angle, it was hard to hold the camera between the lights. I'll find a better way to take the pictures for next time. Again, I'm not to sure about the Shell Markings.
Note: Any part that appears to be missing a wash, isn't. It's just the light.
Edit: Wow, you can really see all the imperfections in the metal in these pictures...
-MacGyver

wow awesome scheme! test 3 is definetely the best!

I need to get as much work done on these as possible for a campaign on the 24th. It lasts 9 weeks, so I'll have more time to paint during. I'll be posting less (If at all) until then, while working my ass off. I hope to have some complete model pictures up soon, I'll at least have them up during or after the campaign.
-MacGyver