Thursday 23 June 2022

Necrons - Big Build TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been building Necrons - SAY WHAT?! Yep Necrons. You are correct I don't play Necrons but I had these from the Imperium magazine and my youngest son had said he wanted to try and learn to paint, after his GCSEs were done. I'd already considered letting him loose on some of my Death Guard - you literally can't go wrong. But then I remembered I had these and if we went with the classic silver look it might be a simple starting point.

I've also got some Genestealers and a few other bits and bobs he can practice on but it'll be quite the challenge to see if I can impart some skills when previously I've failed so badly at sharing this passion. The balance will be in deciding when to advise and when to let him go on his own, and hope the results are something that he'll be happy with.


 I get a Great Big Big Build BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamp of Approval.

4 comments:

  1. Hope the paining goes well! I introduced my daughter to painting with some old Warhammer plastic skeletons which she love painting. Necrons similarly would allow you do teach all the basics with dry brushing, washing/shading, etc. Good stuff!

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    1. Thanks, GCSEs are done now so it'll be a gentle suggestion we should give it a go. Don't want to come over too pushy and put him off.

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  2. I need to do some basing for my wife's Necrons. We got one of those Necron-themed GreenStuff rollers from GreenStuff World. She is keen to paint but construction and basing is all up to me :-)

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    1. That sounds cool, with the basing-pin. I was contemplating whether to do the basing with him, but realise that will delay things a bit more. As you say, if the building, basing and priming are done then he can just focus on the painting. We can look at other technical aspects later on.

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