Indomitus: Prime and Wash

I have begun painting my Necron half of one Indomitus box along with the warriors and scarabs from another.

I used Army Painter Chainmail Color Primer as a base coat, but I decided to experiment after that. I did not try to get every speck of the surface covered at this stage. I just sprayed what was visible and left it at that.

Yes, those that the same images and captions from yesterday's post for those who feel a sense of deja vu.

My wash recipe is intended to cover what the spray missed, darken the recesses, and help reveal any cleanup I missed on assembly. It consists of one part metallic medium, one part black paint, and two parts black ink (all from Vallejo's Game Color line) with enough water to get a good wash consistency. Some work was required to get good coverage, and I mainly used a giant flat brush for this job.

It took me a couple hours thanks to interruptions. Hopefully the photo below shows the result well enough. It's less silvery and more graphite than the primer color now.

Next, I need to add a non-metallic coat to the areas I want to look armored. Many people just stick with the silvery Terminator-style look, but some paint parts of the model in different metallic colors like gold or bronze, while others use a solid color to represent an alien ceramics equivalent or a dynastic heraldry.

I wasn't sure what to think of the new warriors, but the battered appearance works for what I plan to paint next. If all goes to plan, the next post in this series will reveal my true colors! Or my army's colors, at least.