Painting Necrons in a week? Done.

 Good tidings to you all my fellow hobbyists and miniature fanatics and welcome.  I hope since the last post things have simmered down or you all have been doing well.  Trying times indeed, but I hope that you continue to endure and persist in spite of it.  I've been at it again with the painting again but this time I'm going back to good 'ole Warhammer 40k.  Let's dive right in!

It's all old news with Indomitus and now that several people have gotten their hands on the box(es) we've been seeing all kinds of painters and gamers busting out their version.  I ended up getting 2 boxes primarily for the Blood Angels needing some much-loved reinforcements but fell in love with those new Necrons.   As much as I have been wanting to chomp at those new Assault Intercessors, I decided to see how quickly I could paint up the Newcrons and get them to table-top ready.

2 Indomitus Boxes of Newcrons all painted

The first step with any painting project is to get that game plan together.  I knew I wanted to make it winter/urban theme since that scenery is my jam and I wanted to incorporate weathering pigments and airbrush glow effects into the mix.  I decided to stick with the standard silver main body but with limited divergences in terms of metallics.  Part of the lore is that they are made of an alien metal so I also chose a different color pigment than rusting because who has to say that they will behave like iron?

After airbrush priming them black (side note airbrush priming is my new preferred way of priming) and gave them a coat of Vallejo's Metallic Color Steel.  Followed by a highlight of VMC Aluminum I then airbrushed a wash of GW's Nuln Oil and Drakenhof Nightshade which ended bringing them back down a couple shades with a very subtle blue tint.  Drybrush some GW Dry Necron Compound and then we're good to roll.

New Overlord

Guns were painted with a couple of thin coats of P3 Coal Black paint with a couple highlights of GW Fenrisian Grey.  Anything that ended up being gold started with Scale 75's Necro Gold and then highlighted with their Elven Gold before given a slight wash of GW's Seraphim Sepia.  Areas that were going to be hit with the rusting started with GW's Typhus Corrosion then Secret Weapon Faded Blue pigment mixed with their fixer.  Dab on some GW Mournfang Brown and some GW Warpstone Glow with a small sponge for added effect.

Skorpekh Destroyer

Cables and some eyes (those deemed "important") were painted with GW Thousand Son's Blue, then Ahriman Blue, and then what is now GW Baharroth Blue.  Tiny dabs of white if they were part of any eyeballs were added.  Airbrushing the weapons and the "gut" carapace pieces started with Badger Minitaire's Spellslinger Blue, then some layering with Amsterdam Sky Blue Ink, followed by Liquitex White ink.  Love the inks as airbrushing tools, like seriously LOVE them.  The snow was achieved with AK Interactive's Snow followed by Snow Sprinkles, and the base was their Asphalt paste.  Toss in the other basing details, some gooey blood effects via glue + Tamiya Red Clear/GW Blood for the Blood God, and then you have a new army!

New Warrior

Canoptek Reanimator

I learned a few things by doing this method, about myself as a painter and the process involved.  I'm quite pleased with how things turned out and the pace in which it was completed.  I recognize it wouldn't win any awards but I don't think that matters to me, I got an army done in a week and I think it looks pretty awesome on the table.  I think I learned a lot about being comfortable with my current level of quality and combining it with the ever sought-out after the path of making it "just as good or better, with faster techniques."  I'm sure at some point that might diverge and I will have to choose to improve quality or speed at the sacrifice to the other, but then again I might just at that point and be happy with that.  No idea, but we're going to find out eventually.  

A Royal Warden

Skorpekh Destroyer Lord

Hope you all are doing well and this inspires you to get some painted models down.  Any painting is better than no painting and your painting is your own process.  So own it, love it, and do it (or don't, it's your hobby).  Until next time everyone take care and happy gaming!