Painting a necron army in 24 hours... Iron Painter challenge

[The Management]

That bronze with the Vergawhatnots looks great, all for only 10 mins a model is super impressive! That's hot!

[Residual Selfimage]

Huhu,

Loving the groupshot! Kinda sexeh for 10 min per mini!! Kudos!


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[syrme]

thanks for all the feed back so far

another test model - well a little less orange and more metalic finish - based this time, approx completion time without drying times- 20 mins


Image by ugog, on Flickr


Image by ugog, on Flickr

[baphomael]

Nice use of the spare rods from the Immortal kit, that hadn't occurred to me at all.

[syrme]

little update copper pigment arrived at last! - approx total paint time to this stage 70-80 minutes

[baphomael]

Looking great. What pigment is that you are using?

Any chance for a tutorial for how you did those immortals?

[syrme]

Looking great. What pigment is that you are using?

Any chance for a tutorial for how you did those immortals?

ill be
I am using tamiya pigments (the ones that come in the little make up boxes).

Happy to do a tutorial - when i do the ironpainter event ill be doing a step by step with pics.

Pre- pigments - i undercoat black, base coat 50% scorched brown 50% dwarf bronze (air brush) - , devlan mud at all the joins and then a couple of verdigris washes (snot green, enchanted blue a a bit of white).

Pigments - i used a bronze metallic (red) and a copper pigment, then old rust pigment here and there - all applied directly using the applicator sponge that comes with the pigments. Sealed with pigment sealant. This is so easy and takes no more than a minute or two per model!

[Lowmans]

Wow! That's a pretty amazing challenge. Is it painting non-stop for charity?

I really like your Immortals. I can't look at them too much because I'll be tempted to collect Necrons! Great work.

[Bael]

Great scheme, especially given how quickly you are working through them.

[colonel kane trine]

Stop making me want to collect necrons!

Great work!

[syrme]

well i managed 14 hours rather than 24 but lots accomplised

In the end only 4 brave souls took up the challenge - Arkham is a great shop with plenty of space and tables - if a little remotely loacted (about 25 mins beyond Belfast)

Here a a few pics of the day. 2 necron painters, One blood angels and a FoW army. Karl did all the assembly and undercoating on the day...


my army - about 3.5 k of necrons....


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the lads getting ready


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Karl spraying in the eyes on the fow canadians


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so many necrons....


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as far as i got - verdi gris + all the armour done


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karl finds a use for some golf tees


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blood angels and more necrons as will as 4 crates of red bull kindly donated by the red bull girl.


Image by ugog, on Flickr


The guys were still going when i left at about 6.30 am (i was the only one who had a nap too ops: )

Great craic all day and the first 10 hours flew by.

Maybe a bit of old age creeping in but 24 hours (with the 2.5 hr commute up and back) was a little much