Sure the new Necron models look great in brass and green, but have you ever thought about painting them white- this tutorial shows you how!
Blowing the dust off of an old Necron painting tutorial from Next Level Painting, we figured it might be worth watching again for players just getting into all the 9th Edition Necron hotness. For this one though, you’ll want to have access to an airbrush.
Painting Necron Miniatures In White Tutorial
Starting off, you’ll want to use a pure white to basecoat the model. They used Vallejo White for theirs. Make sure you get a smooth, even coat across the whole model.
Next, you can use a wash or shade of your choice, but make sure you coat all the recesses. Don’t worry about being messy on the white you just painted. You’ll be going over it again later.
Here’s where the highlighting comes in. At this point, you’ll want to cover up the wash that splashed onto the models. However, in the process of doing this, start at one end of the model and as you work your way to the bottom, you’ll want to mix in a grey with the white.
This will create a contrast from pure white at the top of the model to the simulated shading around the model’s legs and feet. Be subtle and go slow here.
After this, you can start rocking onto your secondary colors. Here, Kenny used purples and greens, but you can go with anything you want here to represent your Tomb World or Dynasty.
By the end of it all, you should have some crisp models with white armor plating fading into a subtle off-white grey. Power weapons are completely up to you in terms of color just like the secondary color options on the model.
If you want to get an even better look at how to pull this off, check out Kenny’s full video! If you liked this tutorial, you can also support Kenny on his Patreon page, and stock up on all the great Chaos gear over on his Heretic Swag store.
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About the Author: Wesley Floyd
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, and the self-proclaimed King of Sprues. He knows for a fact that Mephiston red is the best-tasting paint and is the commission painting equivalent of a Wendy’s 4 for $4. If you like what he writes and want to contact him or have your tabletop minatures painted (to a mostly okayish standard), message him on Instagram.
