Necron Rust Buckets

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

At the beginning of last week the bases from Mini Art Studio arrived (Junk & Trash). So the Necrons from the 9th 40K starter boxes (Command & Recruit) could be finally built. The building process itself was a chore. Anyway painting the bots in rusty colours was swift and a very fun experience:

 

Necrons_Rust_Bots

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Another ten Necron Warriors remain to be built, three scorpion guys and some sort of modern support bot. Right now I am busy painting the industrial terrain components which came with those boxes.

 

Painting Recipe:

 

Necron Body

1. Black Basecoat

2. Flat Brown (Vallejo/drybrush)

3. Umber Wash (Vallejo/wash)

4. Rust/Model Air (Vallejo/drybrush)

5. Oily Steel (Vallejo/drybrush)

 

Junk/Trash on bases

1. see above

2. add Silver (Vallejo/drybrush) after Step 5.

 

Glowing Lights

1. White (Vallejo)

2. Intermediate Green (Vallejo)

3. Biel-Tan Green (Citadel/shade)

4. Yellow Green (Vallejo)

5. Deep Yellow (Vallejo)

 

Cables

1. White (Vallejo)

2. Vermillion (Vallejo)

3. Umber Wash (Vallejo/wash)

 

Rust Spots on bases and models

1. Old Rust (AK)

2. Standard Rust (AK)

3. Ochre Rust (AK)

 

 

Edited March 28, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[Firedrake Cordova]

They came out very nicely   (also, thanks for including the recipe - it's always interesting to see)

[terminator ultra]

if you made the characters rust-free they would really stand out.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

7 hours ago, terminator ultra said:

if you made the characters rust-free they would really stand out.

I am a big fan of uniformity when it comes to painting armies. Also the officers don´t fancy being easily identified by enemy snipers. So blending in with the grunts is a more sensible approach.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

This was by the way inspiration for the paintjob:

 

Judge Dredd ABC Warrior (1995)

 

Though I changed his eye lens colour as green would contrast more with the rust.

 

And the base deco and the upcoming terrain tiles were inspired by the junkyard planet from Transformers 

 

Edited March 29, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[terminator ultra]

5 hours ago, Deus_Ex_Machina said:

Also the officers don´t fancy being easily identified by enemy snipers

the thing is, necron nobles wouldn't really care if the enemy can pick them out, because they are so arrogant.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

2 hours ago, terminator ultra said:

the thing is, necron nobles wouldn't really care if the enemy can pick them out, because they are so arrogant.

I will be using the rusty robots in two ways:

 

1. Old Crons (2nd 40K)

or

2. Custom Machine Culture (Rogue Trader or HH 2.0 Great Crusade Era)

 

One of the painted bots is from Reaper miniatures. More are planned to add to the collection. So they will have nothing to do with the Newcron´s school of thought.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Update:

The Thermo Exchanger Shrine has been finished today:

 

https://ibb.co/album/8zXnmH

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nicely done - the rust effect is very nice

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

More terrain pieces have been added. Short fuel pipes, corner fuel pipe and thermo exchanger control console:

https://ibb.co/album/8zXnmH

 

I am not feeling like painting the remaining three pipes today. Lets take instead a crack of assembling the last ten necron warriors. Oof!

[Firedrake Cordova]

You've definitely got the rust effect down  

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

On 4/4/2024 at 8:24 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

You've definitely got the rust effect down  

Since I have discovered weathering techniques in 2022 by chance it is very difficult to resist applying them to any new models of mine. It doesn´t matter what the effect is: Dusty, grimy or rusty just look better imo than pristine factory quality straight from the conveyor belt.

Edited April 5, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Update:

Additional ten necron warriors are on the assembly line. Cables, lights and weathering still needs to be done.

 

https://ibb.co/album/qyXt3Z

[Pearson73]

All the rust and grime looks ace and very appropriate for these ancient warriors. 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Update: 

The clankers are performing a parade on Martian soil. How?! Why?! Well, the remaining ten warriors have been finished today and they are celebrating.

 

https://ibb.co/album/KjSybp

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look good. The green really pops

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Update:

During last week work on the rust buckets continued. Here is the result:

https://ibb.co/album/vxPRsh

 

Glowing lights, cables and weathering still needs to be done. And now comes the clou: These five metal dudes are the last minis of the faction currently in my possession to paint. This means I have finished an army! Who says you will never finish your pile of shame in your life time? Guess they were wrong.

 

However a couple of days ago new bots were ordered from Reaper. So no more skull faces. As I took a survey along my hobby "garbage" (raw material for terrain crafting) an idea struck me for a large robot which would fit on a 100mm base. That´s right, the centre piece of the rust bots will be cobbled together (what have you expected from a rust bot anyway?!) from raw ingredients. It will be a special surprise for this thread. The only downside is that the order which includes the 100mm base will probably take a month as the retailer can´t get his act together.

 

That will be all.

Edited April 20, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[Pearson73]

As @Firedrake Cordova said, the green complements the red basing and rust.

 

Looking forward to seeing the scrap-heap centrepiece!

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

The scorpion guys have been finished today:

 

https://ibb.co/album/vxPRsh

[Firedrake Cordova]

That green really pops on their blades and arms

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

Update: 

All Necrons have been painted now. This leaves only a few terrain pieces from the boxes. Here are the Lord and the support bot:

https://ibb.co/album/vxPRsh

[Wolf Lord Duregar]

They look great, love it! The green helps alot!

 

I watched Judge Dredd yesterday! Not the first time but still..

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

The remaining pipes have been painted:

https://ibb.co/album/8zXnmH

 

Rust Bot Parade:

A parade with all Rust Bots models.

https://ibb.co/album/KjSybp

 

 

Edited May 10, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina

[Firedrake Cordova]

The pipes look good, and the rusty murder-bots look great together - the green on the scarabs really pops!  

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

My order has arrived yesterday. It included the following materials for my Rust Bot project:

https://ibb.co/album/FqmVW8

 

Four Blackstar bots to form a team of five bots. "Rustica", a fembot. A large round base for my future gargantuan, scratch-built bot, junkyard basing material and an Android Priestess. I am still on the fence of how to use the latter model. My plan right now is to use the N18 Escher models and combine them with all the unused Necron arms which hold the double-barrelled weapons. This would lead to the creation of Cyborgs which would become a tiny subfaction within the Rust Bots as most 40K factions have. Though I need to check first, if the Necron arms would align well with the Escher models. As a consequence the Android Priestess would then become a requirement in list building to have access to the cyber zombies.

 

The end result would look a bit like the ranged Assembly unit (Electrocutioner) from the Age of Wonders: Planetfall video game as these guys/gals also have a punk hairstyle combined with cybernetics. So in essence ghoulish cyber zombies.

 

 

 

Edited May 19, 2024 by Deus_Ex_Machina