Necron Colour Scheme Test

[Icepick]

Here's the colour scheme I'm thinking of for my Necron army, but I'm not 100% sure. Overall, I do like how it's come out, but it seems like it's missing something to me. Anyway, just wanted to get some thoughts and opinions!

[danielhayman]

Omfhg ! Amazingness ! it' looks wierd coz there'res no green gun barrel it is honestly amazing though

[charon]

looks great to me, perhaps some decor on the immortals base could be what you feel is missing?

[danielhayman]

Yeah and that ^^

[Hive Carnithrope]

It looks great but I think it needs red. Kinda random I know but paint the eyes red.

Also basing but I presume you'll do that anyway. Maybe a rocky lava base - again red...

... surprisingly red is NOT my favorite colour, it would just look good on that.

[bigpig]

Yes to the scheme, but I would reserve the purple accents for your elites and HQs. Go with the ceramic only for your troop choices

[danielhayman]

Jan 15, 2012 1:56:15 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

It looks great but I think it needs red. Kinda random I know but paint the eyes red.

Also basing but I presume you'll do that anyway. Maybe a rocky lava base - again red...

... surprisingly red is NOT my favorite colour, it would just look good on that.

I think red would look OK - but proper necronny green would look epic - red seems too random then again this is me and it would probably look amazing :}

[orkblasta]

red, red? I see no red. I don't like red.

I like the yellowy glow of the gun it's refreshing from the traditional nerony green. I deffs like the color scheme, simple and effective. The purple is and excellent accent color. all in all I'm going to say it's an excellent table top standard model. well done.

cheers.

[Braddon]

Ahhhh, I love seeing purple.

[arsonfire]

I think the orange/yellow colour you currently have for the glowy sections doesn't contrast quite enough against the bone coloured body. It's not too bad since it does go well against the black gun, but I think you should try experimenting with some other colours there.

[Hive Carnithrope]

Jan 15, 2012 3:52:54 GMT orkblasta said:

red, red? I see no red. I don't like red.

I like the yellowy glow of the gun it's refreshing from the traditional nerony green. I deffs like the color scheme, simple and effective. The purple is and excellent accent color. all in all I'm going to say it's an excellent table top standard model. well done.

cheers.

Oooh. That's a low blow. How do we know he wasn't aiming for Golden Demon. You may have just crushed his hopes and dreams for the next year. Nice one Orkblasta...

...or not. Maybe he dunked it in a paint pot and it came out like that... I dunno. I'm not a painter... wait...

[Icepick]

Jan 15, 2012 10:22:14 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

Jan 15, 2012 3:52:54 GMT orkblasta said:

red, red? I see no red. I don't like red.

I like the yellowy glow of the gun it's refreshing from the traditional nerony green. I deffs like the color scheme, simple and effective. The purple is and excellent accent color. all in all I'm going to say it's an excellent table top standard model. well done.

cheers.

Oooh. That's a low blow. How do we know he wasn't aiming for Golden Demon. You may have just crushed his hopes and dreams for the next year. Nice one Orkblasta...

...or not. Maybe he dunked it in a paint pot and it came out like that... I dunno. I'm not a painter... wait...

Haha, yes, I am totally crushed! XD

Anyway, thanks for the input, everyone, it's been very helpful!

To answer a few questions:

I'm trying to avoid green where possible - the models which have the green rods will either have them painted over or subbed out for something else entirely. Nothing wrong with green, I just wanted to make a Necron scheme that specifically didn't use it.

I plan on varying the amount of purple based on the 'rank' of the unit. I think this is an ok amount for an Immortal, for example, but a standard warrior would only have the chest emblem and maybe one other small bit.

I'll be finishing the base once I decide exactly what to do with it
I do actually quite like that lava base idea, though! I was thinking about using red in there somewhere, and a lava base would be a great way to do that. I might try replacing the yellow with red on another model though. This is why it takes me so long to get any painting done- trying to decide on colours!

Anyway, thanks guys

[orkblasta]

Jan 15, 2012 10:22:14 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

Jan 15, 2012 3:52:54 GMT orkblasta said:

red, red? I see no red. I don't like red.

I like the yellowy glow of the gun it's refreshing from the traditional nerony green. I deffs like the color scheme, simple and effective. The purple is and excellent accent color. all in all I'm going to say it's an excellent table top standard model. well done.

cheers.

Oooh. That's a low blow. How do we know he wasn't aiming for Golden Demon. You may have just crushed his hopes and dreams for the next year. Nice one Orkblasta...

...or not. Maybe he dunked it in a paint pot and it came out like that... I dunno. I'm not a painter... wait...

oh dear, I was not intending to hurt anyones feelings, I was simply giving it my input.

If anyones armour was penetrated from that comment, I'm sorry, that was not my intention.

cheers.

[Covalent]

Jan 15, 2012 11:19:30 GMT Icepick said:

I'll be finishing the base once I decide exactly what to do with it
I do actually quite like that lava base idea, though! I was thinking about using red in there somewhere, and a lava base would be a great way to do that. I might try replacing the yellow with red on another model though. This is why it takes me so long to get any painting done- trying to decide on colours!

Anyway, thanks guys

Don't change for red! Purple is good and you should stick with it. The lava base is a good idea though.

[Icepick]

Here he is with a lava base:



I had some trouble with the texture on the base so the lava looks a little rough, and I screwed up the lighting on the rock a little with the white drybrushing, but it's a test piece, and also the first time I've done a lava base, so I'm not too worried about either of those.

I really like the overall result, so I'm going to go with this scheme for the rest of the army, with a couple of minor tweaks here and there. The fact that the models are already glued to their bases might causing me some problems with the lava down the line, but nothing too serious, I hope!

Thanks for all the input, everyone, it's been real helpful. Next time I post a pic, it will hopefully be of a full squad!