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well that. I already know how I will do my necron scheme but I don't know what color would be better for energy sources and weapons. Somebody can help me?

The first three photos are what my general scheme will look like.

The fourth is an idea of ​​possible weapons and sources of energy, but I accept ideas. (The dreadnought is to get an idea of ​​what the vehicles would look like since the impcat has no more necron models). Any help is appreciated.

I'm sorry for my English

Do you want there to be 1 color for all of the necrons?

Different weapon colours would look best with the different armour colours. Something like this:

(Sorry for the bad drawing... lol)

I think the crimson weapon would look pretty decent with the orange too, so if you want 1 colour I would probably go with that.

My best suggestion would be to pick out your top 5 or less favorite colors to be the energy color, grab some random plastic (extra pieces or even just inch long sections of sprue will work), and paint them up in your colors, then try out the different energy colors. Paint raised sections or edges as energy lines. While you're doing that, you should be able to decide which you like best and go with it for your army.

Yes. the idea is that there is only 1 color. since it depends on the type of troop, they already change their color according to my scheme. and weapons would help to make the army unified. but I can't find a complementary color for this. to bad green weapons and orange energy sources. but I do not know . So I stop by here to see how you see it ... or to advise me.

Your main 3 colors are White - Rust (Burn Siena) - Dark Teal

Basic color theory is to pick the opposite colors on the color wheel.
The opposite(contrast) colors and analogous Colors will always work well.

In your case, Rust(Burn Siena) would look good with Teal energy source
and Dark Teal will look good with Yellow-Orange energy source


That is tried true method that always works, but in all honesty you can pick pretty much any color for energy weapon.
Personal preference - I would make energy source pinkish red, like (alizarin crimson) tonal range.

Hope this helps
And dont forget to share your progress!

 Mothsniper wrote:
Your main 3 colors are White - Rust (Burn Siena) - Dark Teal

Basic color theory is to pick the opposite colors on the color wheel.
The opposite(contrast) colors and analogous Colors will always work well.

In your case, Rust(Burn Siena) would look good with Teal energy source
and Dark Teal will look good with Yellow-Orange energy source


That is tried true method that always works, but in all honesty you can pick pretty much any color for energy weapon.
Personal preference - I would make energy source pinkish red, like (alizarin crimson) tonal range.

Hope this helps
And dont forget to share your progress!

What colors would you use for pinkish red with the tonal range (alizarin crimson)? (It is that I have tried to make tests but I cannot do it correctly) , like (alizarin crimson) tonal range.
i have citadel and vallejo but can buy other if is neccesary

Ghukong wrote:

What colors would you use for pinkish red with el rango tonal (alizarin crimson)? (It is that I have tried to make tests but I cannot do it correctly) , like (alizarin crimson) tonal range.
i have citadel and vallejo but can buy other if is neccesary

Sidenote, want to make sure not to miss-communicate -----------------------
alizarin crimson - is a color, It is a cold hue of red.
Tonal range means gradient from light to dark.

When I say (alizarin crimson tonal range), I mean - Various lighter and darker variations of alizarin crimson color.
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You shouldn't need to buy anything extra unless you want to for convenience.
I use (alizarin crimson) name because I do not know citadel and vallejo paint names for the same color.

The color I was thinking of is cold red, in the picture there is a tonal range from lighter to darker of same color, and temperature range from warmer to colder.
You can adjust the temperature of your basic standard red color by mixing blues and purples into it or yellows and oranges, or applying thin colored wash later to achieve similar temperature adjustment.

I think cold red will look better than warm red.
Think of Red lightsaber and not Red hot metal.

tried to find some examples: Here are two different red glow effects, a warmer red that goes into orange yellow and white, and colder red that goes into purples pinks and white.
http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/17513
https://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2013/11/11/ffb8e2af1454dbabc3a6972ae88138e7_80234.jpg

I hope this makes sense

Szeras is ready to start my collection. Ready to be painted. Above the scheme with which I will paint it .

In the end I paid attention and I think is going to keep red as an army weapon. This is just a scheme of the two "finalist" options. Help is appreciated. When I paint it I will upload the photo.

Thanks all

Good prep work and planning!

Enjoy your painting process!
and share the progress