Tsarakura Dynasty

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Tsarakura Dynasty

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    26 Jun 2024
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Prep

  1. Assemble minis, do not attach to bases
  2. Add a layer of greeniput all over the base
  3. Use the Greenstuffworld necron roller over the greenstuff base and let cure
  4. Glue basing material on base, being sure it doesn't interfere with final model placement
  5. Add texture paste around basing elements, and covering up any finger prints
  6. Prime Black

Exposed Armature Metal and Weapons

  1. Basecoat with a mix of Leadbelcher and Black Ink 1:4
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil from the wet palette
  3. Highlight with a mix of Leadbelcher and Black Ink 1:2
  4. Edge Highlight with Leadbelcher

Copper Embellishments

  1. Basecoat w/ Copper
  2. Wash/Tint with Seraphim Sepia
  3. Edge highlight with Leadbelcher

Main Armour/Body

  1. Basecoat with Heavy Charcoal
  2. Glaze highlight with London Grey + Heavy Charcoal 1:1
  3. Glaze Heavy Charcoal to clean glaze edges and tint down the previous step
  4. Edge highlight with 1:1 mix of London Grey + Heavy Charcoal 1:1
  5. Glaze shadows with Nuln Oil from the wet palette

Weapon Body

  1. Basecoat with Basalt Grey
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Glaze shadows with Nuln Oil
  4. Glaze highlights with Basalt Grey
  5. Edge highlight with Basalt Grey + White 2:1

Accent/Shoulder Colour

  1. Basecoat with Dark Sea Blue
  2. Glaze rough highlights with Sotek Green not too bright or opaque
  3. Stipple highlights with Sotek Green
  4. Edge highlight with mix of Sotek Green + Ghost Grey 2:1
  5. Stipple highlights with mix of Sotek Green + Ghost Grey 2:1 with some Glaze Medium

Wires

  1. Basecoat w? Dark Green
  2. Highlight w/ Dark Green + Flash Gitz Yellow 1:1

Heads + Leadership Embellishments

  1. Undercoat with Neutral Grey
  2. Basecoat with Ulthuan Grey
  3. Glaze shadows with Coelia Greenshade
  4. Line recesses with Dark Grey
  5. Glaze highlights with Ulthuan Grey
  6. Glaze final highlights with Ghost Grey
  7. Edge-highlight with Ghost Grey

Energy orbs/ Energy effects/ UnderGlow

  1. Basecoat Dead White
  2. 1 x thin wash of Troll Green
  3. 1 x thin wash of Imperial Yellow
  4. Spray from below with Troll Green
  5. If required; re-highlight centre/top with Dead White

"Bismuth" Stone/floating cubes

  1. Spray Psychotic Illusions from airbrush

Necron Floor

  1. Basecoat with German Grey
  2. Line recesses with White Ink/White Oil Paint
  3. Line recesses with 2:1 Troll Green + Imperial Yellow
  4. Spray thinned Liquitex Ink on recesses
  5. Spray thinned 2:1 Troll Green + Imperial Yellow
  6. Clean up with German Grey

Cyanite Crystal

  1. Base coat with Neutral Grey
  2. Base coat with Ghost Grey
  3. Edge highlight with White

Floating Cubes

  1. Base coat with Neutral Grey
  2. Base coat with Ghost Grey
  3. Edge highlight and layer centre with White
  4. Wash with 2:1 Troll Green + Imperial Yellow

Dirt

  1. Basecoat with Baneblade Brown
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Light re-highlight with Baneblade Brown
  4. Spray edge with Airbrush 2:1 Troll Green + Imperial Yellow

Rocks

  1. Basecoat with XV-88
  2. Wash with Gloomy Violet
  3. Re-highlight with XV-88
  4. Spray under with Airbrush 2:1 Troll Green + Imperial Yellow

Rims

  1. Thick layer of German Grey

Varnish

  1. Spray through airbrush Satin Varnish
Citadel Painting System 10
Base 2
  • Leadbelcher
  • XV-88
Shade 4
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 4
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Flash Gitz Yellow
  • Sotek Green
  • Ulthuan Grey
Green Stuff World
Chameleon 1
  • 1557 Psychotic Illusions
Vallejo Auxiliaries
Base 2
  • 70.522 Satin Varnish
  • 70.596 Glaze Medium
Vallejo Game Color 5
Base 3
  • 72.001 Dead White
  • 72.028 Dark Green
  • 72.046 Ghost Grey
Ink 1
  • 72.094 Black Ink
Extra opaque 1
  • 72.155 Heavy Charcoal
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.710 Copper
Vallejo Model Color
Base 6
  • 70.836 London Grey
  • 70.869 Basalt Grey
  • 70.898 Dark Sea Blue
  • 70.951 White
  • 70.992 Neutral Grey
  • 70.995 German Grey
Vallejo Model Wash
Base 1
  • 76.517 Dark Grey
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.602 Black
Vallejo Xpress
Xpress 3
  • 72.403 Imperial Yellow
  • 72.410 Gloomy Violet
  • 72.416 Troll Green
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