Necrons - Showcase

 

Someone needs to make flaming clown scarabs.

I managed to complete the remaining Necrons. Right out of the gate: I'm not very happy with them, other than the scarabs. They look cool. So this post will go into a few details about what went wrong, and how I might fix it in future - the actual attempted painting was the same as for the prior Warden.

The scarabs turned out rather well. The central green glow just worked (white before the Mortarion Green was applied) and contrasts with the red "eye" quite well. There's no one single scarab standing out from the rest, and this helps give the impression of a swarm of them.

Lurch.

The Necron Warriors are simply too bland. The glow did not work on half the weapons, and there's nothing particularly striking about colours. The eyes are not bright enough to draw attention. The varnish layer made them too shiny and took away the metallic look, making them look once again like shiny plastic. The green shading went through a different airbrush and was either too strong in places, or too light. I should have done it immediately after the base coat to allow later stages to fix it up easier - or should have mixed the base coat with Mortarion Green! The gun casing is ok however - it's perhaps the one part that worked.

Looking for a panel beater.

I did try to use just Iyanden Yellow on some of the weapons, and this turned out much nicer. If I were to continue I would either use a bright green, or yellow. Again, however, the eyes just don't attract enough attention. It's really the let down of a focal point and ruins the entire model.

As for painting an entire army of these, that would certainly be possible. Depending on numbers, I might well skip edge highlighting on most. It doesn't do enough for the time spent on it. Picking or mixing a brighter final colour with the airbrush would do just as well while saving a lot of effort. I would likely prefer a black chest symbol with gold inlay, and possibly brighten the head just a little more to bring more attention to it. Either a bright green for the eyes, or otherwise expand the glow effect over more surface area.

Despite these being some of the worst models I've done to date, they are at least finished and I learned a few things. Not a total waste in other words. It was good to have a break from Space Marines, and they were only ever spare models that I never really wanted. They are also not part of the 1 model allowed to be bought for every 2 painted scheme, and so do not increase the running tally (which is currently at 8).

-- silly painter.