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This is not a "how to", just a "how it turned out". As usual, I think my mistakes are much more informative and useful than the things I did right.
Necron Night Scythe. Paints used: Rustoleum 2X Black Primer, GW Chaos Black, GW Scorpion Green, GW Chainmail, GW Badab Black, Micron Red pen.
Total time spent, excluding drying times but including assembly, 2 hours.
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First off, let's talk about the green lines. I used the technique I outlined (excuse the pun) in
this post, but I made a crucial error. Actually, I made two crucial errors. First, I didn't wait long enough for the primer to dry completely before I started detailing with the Scorpion Green. This, combined with the second mistake, which was not properly mixing the green paint prior to applying, created smearing when I tried to wipe off the excess green across the black. It's nothing that a little touch up with very thin paint won't fix, but it sucks to have to watch for brush strokes, etc.
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This model is extremely simple to assemble, but like the instructions suggest, do not put the top and bottom halves together until you've painted the pilot and his control panel.
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This was my favorite part to paint. the complex little sandwiched area actually consists of three levels of topography. I did the lowest (most inset) area in green, the middle stratum in chainmail, and I left the outermost part as black primer. It makes for an interesting effect not unlike the surface of the Death Star. The picture does not do it justice.
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The pilot was a simple chainmail/badab/green combo, and I colored his head with a Micron pen. I find that the micron ink will color metallics without completely covering the chainmail color.
So to recap, 3 hours from sprue to table top quality including filing, gluing, interim drying and painting. I should have waited overnight after priming, and I should have taken more time on the green lining, but I'm pleased at the way it turned out.
