Paul Rudge

Veteran Necron player Paul Rudge explains his method of painting Necron Destroyers.

THE MAIN BODY

The Destroyer's main body and gauss cannon were both undercoated using a black undercoat spray. The main body of the Destroyer was then painted using Brazen Brass.

The Destroyer was then given an ink wash using Brown Ink and Green Ink mixed with a little water. This wash was painted over the entire model, allowing it to seep into the recesses and pick out all of the details.

Once dry, Brazen Brass was used to paint very simple highlights onto all the edges of the Destroyer plating.

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DETAILS

The gauss cannon, mask, chest plate, eyes and all the tubing were given a basecoat of Dark Angels Green mixed equally with Chaos Black. These areas were then drybrushed using just Dark Angels Green.

Using Dark Angels Green mixed equally with Goblin Green, the mask, chest plate, tubing and rear power section of the gauss cannon were drybrushed again.

To help blend together the layers of drybrushing, all of the green areas were then given a wash of Green Ink. The eyes were then highlighted with a very small dot of Skull White.

The edges of the mask, gauss cannon, tubing and chest plate were then picked out and highlighted with Dark Angels Green mixed equally with Scorpion Green. The Necron glyph on the chest plate was picked out using Brazen Brass. Once dry, all of the green areas were gloss varnished.

The green rods were then attached to the gauss cannon, after which it was attached to the Destroyer's body.

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TRANSFERS

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After selecting two symbols from the Necron transfer sheet (a large symbol representing a tomb world and a small symbol representing the squad to which the model belongs) two areas were blocked out with Dark Angels Green mixed equally with Chaos Black.

These two areas were then painted in the same way as the other green areas on the Destroyer before the transfers were applied. Once the transfers had dried they were also gloss varnished.

A wing of Rudgie's Destroyers. He tends to field a frightening amount of these deadly craft.

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