phandaal Posted May 10, 2025 Share Posted May 10, 2025 (edited) Edit: Now including Space Marines! https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151025 How do you do, fellow 'Crons? Most of you will no doubt know me as the owner of the fifth-most viewed thread on the Votann subforum (yeah, kind of a big deal), but that is not my only army! Since the beginning of the year, I have been working on a small Necron force, and finally got to a nice stopping point to share with my fellow Necron Enjoyers. As usual, pics in spoiler tags to save your bandwidth. The very first unit is a classic take on an iconic unit: Spoiler Spoiler Can't have Necrons without scarabs! Up next, my proxies for a unit of Flayed Ones (because who wants to paint skin in a robot army): Spoiler Next, we added some mooks fodder warriors: Spoiler Next, a Cryptek to keep the mooks and canopteks in line when the Overlord has more pressing matters to attend to (which is all the time): Spoiler And another unit of mooks: Spoiler Group photo of the growing army: Spoiler With the core in place, the Overlord and his Royal Warden came next: Spoiler And a pic with the Cryptek: Spoiler Up next is a box of Wraiths I got as a present (these are really cool models!): Spoiler Spoiler And a size comparison picture: Spoiler Since the Royal Warden looked bored without his own set of mooks to boss around, next up is a unit of Immortals: Spoiler Spoiler Doesn't he look much happier now? Spoiler More pics in the next post! Edited January 11 by phandaal OpossumStrong, Dr_Ruminahui, Firedrake Cordova and 9 others 3 9 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted May 10, 2025 Author Share Posted May 10, 2025 After the Royal Warden got his mooks, we moved on to another piece of Canoptek hardware: Spoiler This guy was actually a proxy print, and you will see in the army pic that he is way bigger than a normal Reanimator! After the big guy, I found a special weapon upgrade for a unit of Praetorians: Spoiler Spoiler "Indeed." After that, one thing led to another and the final model arrived - the... Webway gate: Spoiler Spoiler The Necrons have to come from somewhere, right? Last but not least, the completed army: Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler This was a really fun army to work on! Necrons are not a difficult army to paint, but there is a lot of room to make the models interesting with the accent metals, weapons, tesseract glow, and the basing. Thanks for looking! OpossumStrong, hd3, Dr_Ruminahui and 8 others 5 1 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6108823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SB Posted May 11, 2025 Share Posted May 11, 2025 7 hours ago, phandaal said: "Indeed." After that, one thing led to another and the final model arrived - the... Webway gate: The Necrons have to come from somewhere, right? This was a really fun army to work on! Necrons are not a difficult army to paint, but there is a lot of room to make the models interesting with the accent metals, weapons, tesseract glow, and the basing. Thanks for looking! WAAAAHAhahahahaha. YEAH! You made it fun. I love it. phandaal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6108845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted May 11, 2025 Author Share Posted May 11, 2025 5 hours ago, N1SB said: WAAAAHAhahahahaha. YEAH! You made it fun. I love it. Thank you! I listened to the Stargate theme more than a few times while painting those last models. Dr_Ruminahui and N1SB 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6108865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsondave Posted May 11, 2025 Share Posted May 11, 2025 Gotta love Necrons. Good call proxying the Flayed Ones. Awful to assemble the official ones. Szeras model is rough too. Outside that, they are sooooooo easy to make look decent. Definitely my easiest and most fun army to paint. phandaal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6108873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 New year, new army project! Decided to start the year off with something unusual - Space Marines! These are my own homebrew chapter, the Steel Talons. First up, we have the test Marine that I did to make sure the color scheme works: Spoiler And a shot of the Chapter insignia: Spoiler Once that was settled, it was time for the classic. One squad of Tactical Marines: Spoiler And one with the special weapons front a center: Spoiler Decided to go for the good ol' Rocket Launcher + Grav Gun combo from the 2013 refresh. Up next - some heavy metal! Dr_Ruminahui, Tallarn Commander, Dr. Clock and 7 others 6 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Nicely done. I like the basing, with the use of multiple types of tufts to give a more natural image. phandaal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said: Nicely done. I like the basing, with the use of multiple types of tufts to give a more natural image. Thank you! One thing I like about arid environments is the way some foliage will be dried out while other plants are green and flowering. That is the effect I was going for here. Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Ruminahui Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) I too really like your mixed use of foliage and rocks on the bases. One thing to keep in mind, though, is do you want to make it look more natural for each model, or across the whole squad together? On a per model basis, having one of each on each base looks more natural, but across the entire squad that kind of equal distribution looks artificial. So, if you are going for a natural look across the squad, probably best to mix up the distribution between bases some. I do love the old models, but I had forgotten how skiny their thighs were - yours are beautifully painted, though. Edited January 13 by Dr_Ruminahui Firedrake Cordova, Tallarn Commander, Metzombie and 1 other 1 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Dr_Ruminahui said: On a per model basis, having one of each on each base looks more natural, but across the entire squad that kind of equal distribution looks artificial. So, if you are going for a natural look across the squad, probably best to mix up the distribution between bases some. 100% agree. It is hard to tell from just a couple of picture angles, but they actually have different numbers/sizes of brown tufts and different numbers/sizes of the flower tufts on each base. I have considered mixing it up even further and having some with only brown, or only the flowers, but I like the overall color mix by having a mix of both on each base. And yes, apparently the OG Codex Astartes was missing a section on Leg Day. Tallarn Commander, Firedrake Cordova and Dr_Ruminahui 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6151196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 (edited) Next addition - a Razorback. Plain and simple! Standard disclaimer about my lack of photography skills: Spoiler Spoiler Up next - some dudes to ride in this thing! Edited January 18 by phandaal Valkia the Bloody, Alby the Slayer, Grotsmasha and 6 others 7 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6152742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabaakaba Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Simple and nice. Good job! phandaal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6152743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted Wednesday at 05:11 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:11 PM Veterans disembark from their transport! Spoiler They also get extra blinged-out backpacks: Spoiler Up next - more heavy metal! Kurgan the Lurker, Dr_Ruminahui, VanguardVeteran and 1 other 3 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6154202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabaakaba Posted Wednesday at 06:21 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:21 PM Darn, I don't really like marines but this looks great in their simplicity and glory! phandaal 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385834-phandaals-completed-projects-necrons-space-marines-2026/#findComment-6154208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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