A detailed account of my various commission/hobby projects.
Warhammer 40,000 – Painting Necrons seems to be a thing I do now. So far I think that this is my favorite scheme. The bone color reminds me of skeletons and feels a little less like the metallic killing machines the warriors design was “borrowed” from and more like skeletons in space. (I dunno, I guess I just prefer leaning into the ridiculous)
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – While the Necron line has a bunch of really amazing sculpts, it also has the Tomb Blades. This kit reminds me of the Sovern Pilots in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, with their faces buried in the TV screen they look like some strange VR arcade machine. That’s not to say I don’t like the kit, just that it’s very weird.
The traditional silver, black and green scheme ties these in with the rest of the force.
Warhammer 40,000 – The new Necron range is very cool. After years of sitting on just a few kits Games Workshop has finally updated the entire range to bring them in line with current modeling standards. I for one am super happy the glowing acrylic rods are a thing of the past, they didn’t add much to the models and made painting and assembling unnecessarily complicated.
Having painted a few of the new kits I was excited to see the big boss come across my table. The Silent King is one of the signature “BIG” kits that has been dropping with each new release. This model is huge, complicated and stands as a centerpiece for your force.
Of course to match the existing force this guy is supposed to go with I had to match the scheme I’ve been painting with the very generic silver black and green. I’m happy with the results sticking to a simple scheme on a complicated model really helps to tie it all together.
Warhammer 40,000 – Necrons are usually printed boring to paint. Gunmetal with a wash and glowy bits means they’re simple to crank out. This project I had to come up with a different color scheme that looked cool but was just as easy to crank out.
Since Necrons are essentially skeletons in space I opted to work on a color scheme that feels bone-like but different. My solution wash to start with a khaki base coat with a heavy wash. Once that dried I applied a off-white dry-brush to the whole model to pick out the details and smooth any pooling from the wash. I then picked out the details with a neon green and gold before applied a wash to each of those colors. The end result is a different looking scheme that is easy to replicate quickly.
Warhammer 40,000 – Necrons find their way to my table in tiny bits, I’m not sure why that is with this army in particular but I rarely will get asked to paint a whole force in one go. instead it seems I get little bits of random pieces salvaged from bargain bins. This is the traditional black green and silver scheme.
Warhammer 40,000 – Not to much to say about this batch of minis. Necrons in the traditional color scheme. I seem to have been getting small projects like this on my table fairly regularly as people ever so slowly get their Indomitus boxes assembled or players pick up this half of the set from the used mini bin.
Warhammer 40,000 – Up until recently I rarely saw Necrons on my table. Generic silver models with pre-colored plastic rods meant most anyone could paint them up with little to no effort. As the line was refreshed and the glowing acrylic rods began phasing out painting them became a little more work and with the recent releases player want to get their killer robots back on the table.
These two vehicles are painted to match an existing force which means the scheme is just generic silver and black with green accents.
Warhammer 40,000 – The Indomitus Box set was a pretty amazing deal. If you’re just getting started in 40K it gives you two “complete” 50PL armies as well as all the rules you need to play. I’m starting to see more of the models from this set find their way to my painting table.
This batch is just three of the new Necron characters. These killer robot skeletons have always been a relatively simple paint scheme. Gunmetal base, black wash with the details picked out in neon green is by far the most popular scheme and I’ve found using Aggros Dunes over the gunmetal gives a really nice old gold look.
Warhammer 40,000 - Time is something no one in the hobby has enough of. Which tends to work out when you're a commission painter.
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