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Imperial Guard Message Board :: The Great Universe :: Emerging Threats (Tau and Necrons) :: necron paint scheme Author Topic: necron paint scheme (Read 2,243 times) chromepip Colonel member is offline Joined: Apr 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 261 necron paint scheme « Thread Started on May 16, 2008, 11:01pm » so i was at my local shop and i say probably the ugliest painted necrons ever. They were a sickly green and purple. this go tme thinking. What colours are appropriate for the Necrons? since seeing the feature film, i think that painting an entire army like "Iron Man" would be pretty sweet, the metallic yellow and red. What do you think? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Drop Troops "You jump, you fall, you fight and you Die. If you are lucky it happens in that order" "Armour: The tip of the spear, but once in a while they give a good shafting" knight WARLORD member is offline The One Who Lurks In The Shadows Joined: Dec 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 2,285 Location: Germany Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #1 on May 19, 2008, 6:51pm » I prefer a nice white and purple, artifical composite look for them. Most parts in nice white and some details in purple. Also really nice is weathered bronze... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged I want Traitor Guard as Allegiance option... New stats: BFG Iron Warriors Chaos Fleet: 6-4-4 Click ME! Dr Samoht WARLORD King of the Rocketmen! member is offline Oh no! Joined: Mar 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 6,422 Location: OUTER SPACE! Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #2 on May 22, 2008, 10:56am » black with splotched on boltgun metal...sorta a tranished steel look with maybe some sickly green details, sorta generic but it looks neat. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged thenoblewolves Warmaster member is offline He took his Twinkie Joined: Aug 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 887 Location: New Mexico Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #3 on Jun 12, 2008, 8:57pm » Boltgun metal with red highlights, fancied up with some gloss finish. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic - Joseph Stalin ASUS to ASUS, DOS to DOS- Standard Compeulogy. Visit my blog for my opinions!: thegeneralcritic.blogspot.com Visit my Youtube account for videos about my opinions!: youtube.com/TheGeneralCritic lordcastellenjon Warmaster member is offline BE THE BEST Joined: Jan 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 597 Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #4 on Jun 13, 2008, 6:41pm » a good look would be brazen brass and tin bitz probley brass on the chest bitz on the face and fun Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged in the emperor I trust for the emperor I kill, for the emperor I lead troops to there deaths, for the emperor I win countles battels in his name. and in return he gives me protecton from the weapons of my enemy mardaddy Colonel member is offline Mercenary Brush-for-Hire Joined: Oct 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 465 Location: Oceanside, Calif, USA Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #5 on Jun 20, 2008, 2:52pm » What would be outrageous is an entire Necron army painted in NMM effect... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DH with IG Allies: 11-9-6 IG with DH Allies: 0-1-0 IG: 3-1-2 Orks: 0-0-0 ssgtdude WARLORD member is offline Hey you kids, Get off my lawn. Joined: Sept 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 3,386 Location: Michigan Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #6 on Jun 24, 2008, 9:59am » mardaddy got one better that would probably be the necron army painted to look like flowers and such. The Wraiths look like daisy's, the Monolith looks like a pink flower pot, the tomb spiders look like big ladybugs. Makes my army pleasent to look at. « Last Edit: Jun 24, 2008, 9:59am by ssgtdude » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Fear the pink - Amazonian LXIX http://esclava.myminicity.com To improve population click here. http://esclava.myminicity.com/ind to build a factory click here http://esclava.myminicity.com/tra\ http://esclava.myminicity.com/sec http://esclava.myminicity.com/env Commander of the 2nd Emporer's Dagger regiment http://www.vampirebat.com/war/AC130_GunshipMed.wmv Panzerkrieg Lieutenant member is offline Lasguns are the best weapon its a fact Joined: May 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 131 Location: Wilton, Connecticut Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #7 on Jul 19, 2009, 10:12pm » currently i am using: black undercoat Boltgun metal Badab Black wash the gun is kept black, the tubes on the gun are painted goblin green, also the generator (on the guns back) painted goblin green, then i also wash it with Badab black, and thinking of highlighting it with scorpion green.. using Hawk Turquoise as where they use the white (on the models in the website. -Panzer Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tyranids: W/L/T 6/7/2 Imperial Guard: W/L/T 4/10/3 Standard Sentinel User, i never go without them Rounded edged dice are bad, its statistically acturrate that round edged dice will get lower numbers more often, thats why they are great for morale rolls! The Guardsmen Colonel member is offline They cannot withstand us! Joined: Aug 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 343 Location: Above You! Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #8 on Aug 6, 2009, 1:17pm » Iron Man dark heavily weathered red with black and gold trim Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "We're Drop Troops!, We're meant to be surrounded!"- last words of Sgt. J. Reglent - blackarmchair Warmaster member is offline Joined: Jan 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 752 Location: Madison, WI Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #9 on Aug 6, 2009, 2:56pm » May 16, 2008, 11:01pm, chromepip wrote: so i was at my local shop and i say probably the ugliest painted necrons ever. They were a sickly green and purple. this go tme thinking. What colours are appropriate for the Necrons? since seeing the feature film, i think that painting an entire army like "Iron Man" would be pretty sweet, the metallic yellow and red. What do you think? Holy poop! Where do you live? I seriously think I know this guy! I've seen Necrons JUST like this at my GW. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "Victory needs no explanation, defeat allows none. "Without wrath, we are nothing." tombworld Captain member is offline Joined: Aug 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 185 Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #10 on Sept 5, 2009, 4:45pm » My guys have a 'sporty blue' pain scheme! It's Enchanted blue, with joints and the like a solid black. The 'Lith black with bronze and mithril silver drybrushed on to look like it's shimmering. When you're considering a scheme you should decide on the style you want. Metallic, solid looking or ceramic are three obvious choices, and it all depends on how much time you want to spend on 'em. But uncomplicated usually looks best with 'crons, and before you settle on a scheme. Paint five models, leave 'em a few hours, come back to 'em with a fresh perspective, and consider if you're one-hundred percent sure on the scheme. If you are, have fun! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged destroyerlord Captain member is offline Paras dont die. The go to hell and re-group Joined: Mar 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 152 Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #11 on Oct 14, 2011, 12:50pm » I spray mine with vermine fur brown then splodge on blazing orange and then add on some bolt gun metal, its the same style as the GW painting ogre rust scheme. The guns are then black. They look like they have just awoken from aeons of rusting sleep and the patina of ages is slowly dropping from them as they become more mobile. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged http://praetorians.forumotion.co.uk The Highlanders Heavy Regiment W 3/L 0/D 1 krieger Colonel member is offline Nobody lives long in the imperium, especially if your near a commissar. Joined: Sept 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 277 Location: Behind You Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #12 on Dec 23, 2011, 5:22am » i've been playing around with a ceramic scheme deneb for the main body with mordian blue for highlights washed devlan they dry brushed dened again then weathering this makes for a very stricking army Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Jun 25, 2012, 4:51pm, mael wrote: PS. I like the whole horse idea, not in a gay kind of way but in a more sensual, seductive kind of way May 13, 2011, 12:29pm, 3ff3ct wrote: YOU. Yes thats right, YOU. A bit paranoid now? You should be, I'm watching you.....! Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four WARLORD Captain No-Show member is offline D.o.N.T Clone Surgeon, Head of Respiratory Illness Causes and Spreading, Chef of the Underhive Joined: Aug 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 2,990 Location: Falls Church, Virginia Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #13 on Dec 23, 2011, 1:56pm » I prime my infantry black, brush on Boltgun Metal, give them two heavy washes with Ogryn Flesh, and then drybrush with Chainmail. It gives a nice shiny metallic, with hints of corrosion effect. For Destroyers I do the same thing for their torsos, but leave their rear carapaces black and give them greenish edge highlights. My Monolith is also primarily black with greenish highlights, and I plan on doing the same effect with the rest of my vehicles, while paint the crews as described above. I use gold as a detail color for the chest symbols on all my infantry, as well as on the collar "bones" of Immortals, and more important models, and do the white forehead thing with my Immortals. You can see examples of how I've painted my robot dudesmen in my thread--the link is in my signature. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged My picture thread. Dec 16, 2011, 3:42pm, Dr Samoht wrote: A pee stained victory is victory none the less. 2012 IGMB Award: "Most Likely to End Up Wrapped in Bacon." 2013 IGMB Award: "Most Likely to be Killed by Bacon." kennyjapan Colonel member is offline The Emperor Protects!... But a loaded Bolter never did no harm Joined: Aug 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 318 Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #14 on Feb 20, 2012, 12:21pm » my necrons are graffitied =) as if a hive city was built over thier crypt and the Underhive Gangs came and graffitied them because they couldn't de-assemble them to use as parts. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Castus 5th Regiment hektorreborn Captain member is offline Joined: May 2011 Gender: Male Posts: 157 Location: Maryland USA Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #15 on Apr 9, 2012, 10:00pm » You could make them blun and gold like the death mask things on mummyz? Tho i havent ever seen Necrons in any scheme other than black and metal Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged optimat Colonel member is offline Rolling Out Joined: Mar 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 388 Re: necron paint scheme « Reply #16 on May 12, 2012, 6:49am » Maybe this is to be expected - based on their Fantasy sister army, and their own artwork and nature - but I always preferred the Egyptian look. Turquoise, White, Gold, Sky Blue. Not all at the same time of course. The current GW Default is all a bit 'The Matrix' and while suitable is, as Ymmot and others slyly suggest, a little boring. Doesn't mean it can't look good; but just like if you saw a campaign of Ultramarines, if you saw a whole load of Necrons painted the same you'd get a bit sick of it after a while. The latest Magazine has some good examples. « Last Edit: May 12, 2012, 6:59am by optimat » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» General--------------------- News- General 40k --- Scenarios- Beginners Board- Picture Post- Painting and Conversions --- Imperial Guard Conversion Guide --- Painting Guides --- Terrain- Fluff- Rumors- After Action Reports--------------------» The Imperial Guard--------------------- General IG anything board.- Drop Troops- Infantry- Tanks- Tactics- Army List--------------------» The Great Universe--------------------- Allies of the Imperium. (Marines and The Inquisition)- The Eldar (Eldar and Dark Eldar)- The Forces of Evil. 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