Elites

Necron Immortals

These were the first pewter Necrons I built. They were wholly unposable without a buttload of sawing and sculpting. How they came out, is how I built them. The only sticky part were the gun barrels. The very tip of the gun attached to the barrel by only the smallest contact. I knew it would give me trouble when I put in the green rods, but I attached them as best I could for painting. Not all of them are even or straight, but I got them all on.

I painted them as I did all my Necrons. Knowing that these were special I fretted for some time to give them something different from the metallic look of their 46 warrior brothers I had just finished. I experimented with several schemes on the shoulders and finally went with black. It’s a similar idea to the gold/bronze of my Centurion Space Marines, but GW soldiers have similarities don’t they. I thought black was fitting for the race of robot undead.

After the black was on and the whole piece was nice and shiny with several coats of Future, I decided they needed more. I went with decals from the GW transfer sheet. All the decals are gold, so you have to have a dark background. I thought this was pretty stupid - a sheet of black would have been cheap, easy and more utilized than painting obvious black strips for the purpose. I had a hard time putting the decals on. The small surface was curved and the decals had to be trimmed tightly to fit. To make matters worse, the Micro Sol reacted badly with one of the pieces and the whole shoulder peeled off. I had to start over again on one.

When completed, they looked okay, but something was missing. I noticed that it was hard to see the decals for the shine and decided to go with a flat lacquer over the decaled shoulders. This not only brought out the decals, but also gave a good counterbalance to the shiny metal bodies.

I did end up breaking several of the gun tips off trying to put in the green rods. I finally stopped fighting the pieces and cut the rods to fit before gluing them in place.

Necron Pariah

Supposedely, these are the new generation of Necron. They are the new design concocted by the C'Tan during their millenium of exile. They're sleeker and taller, they don't hunch and they carry a weapon which can decapitate a Greater Daemon. However, they're not "Necrons." The special powers enjoyed by their older siblings are not shared with the Pariah. Instead they radiate fear and shutter the Warp terrorizing psychics.

These will either be super troops or super lame. Considering their vulnerabilities, I think Pariah are very expensive. In game terms they have great weapons, but their initiative though not as bad as most Necrons, is not something you want to rely upon. Since they don’t self repair and can’t teleport through a Monolith, I wonder if they’ll really be that useful in my army.

Nevertheless, I needed them to complete my army. I’m nothing if not compulsive.

Assembly was easy. But painting was a little tough since I forgot to wash the pieces first. What a stupid move. I considered washing the models after assembly, but I was afraid of them falling apart. So I just put on three coats of primer. I lost some detail, particularly on the face, but this is what my patience would allow.

Having painted so many other Necrons, I just kept the same scheme as the others. To make them stand out a bit from their ?less advanced? brethren, I painted their pecs red. This matches one of my Necron Lords who may choose to pal around with these assault magnets. I highlighted some of the details with iridescent silver, like on the legs. I put matching decals on their shoulders and used flat matte coat to make the shoulders differ from the rest of their shiny bodies.

Flayed Ones

My Necron army is boring compared to my Tyranids. I went with a uniform army, which I guess is the norm in the Warhammer 40,000 world, but it can be tedious to paint and monotonous to look at. Further, the simple color scheme I chose emphasized a mass produced machined boringness, which isn't attractive to play.

Enter the Flayed Ones - the last unit of my army to be painted.

I washed them in soap and water to remove the release agent - I learned from the Pariah. I painted the metal parts of the same as I had the rest of my army. Then I got to have fun.

Flayed Ones are Necrons gone mad, or madder than their brothers. Trying to be human again, the tortured souls imprisoned in these metal bones rip the skin off of their victims to shroud themselves in the wet leathery flesh, trying to be mortal again as they once were. The background fluff is just chilling. The figures themselves are just excellent. Bearing a striking resemblance to Edward Scissorhands, they're menacing, horrific and mournful.

Every Flayed One I painted has a different skin. I mixed different values of flesh, ranging from baby pink to sunburned to African to Ork green. It was great creative fun. I used several values of each of the mixed fleshes to simulate the rotting skin. I used a great Leaf Green color for rotting splotches. I used washes of Flesh Wash and several reds to simulate blood. I used Future Floor Wax to give the metal its metallic shine and the flesh the slimy wetness of recently flayed skin.

I consider these pieces to be among the best I’ve ever painted. The thumbnails don't do them justice. Go ahead and click on them for a closer look at the metallic gore and pity the damned souls within.

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