How to Paint: Nihilakh Dynasty Necron Warriors.

[@Thiccron]

2 thin coats baby

[@Norseraider84]

2x🤏🏻🧥👼🏼

[@modelmanjohn]

Thats what she said

[@thejellyranger7679]

@@Norseraider84 brilliantly done 🤙🏼

[@mojn4249]

I'm ashamed to admit that my leviadon blue got some water into the pot, so I HAVE to use one thick coat.... It acts the same as one thin coat though, and its a lot more matte which I Love :D

[@Aritanya]

Duncan Rhodes is the new Bob Ross That smooth voice my dude its so relaxing

[@jjpainting9362]

Now thatyou've said that I can't unhear it!

[@hubertborusinski1647]

ohh I think GooberTown hobbies will give him a run for his money

[@macjordanoclarkly1382]

That is a hella big compliment. And I'm here for it

[@InquisitorThomas]

Your Daily Reminder that Trazyn is best boy.

[@uncreativearro]

tfw you accidentally cause a world to be exterminatused by releasing a genestealer on Orikan as a prank

[@InquisitorThomas]

@@uncreativearro At least he managed to smuggle out his statue before the inquisition got it.

[@imperialfist2304]

What? Did he _steal_ your heart?

[@smokeytherat1533]

Trazyn is cringe.

[@NovaCoronaSolarisBlast]

what figure rules apply to the Trazyn model during a game? is he a Lord or overlord?

[@Jpipooly]

"If you're looking to collect a Necron army..." _Trazyn wants to know your location_

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

🤣

[@Adelbrine]

I've just come back into the hobby after a decade and looked at the dire state of my old 'crons. Of the many tutorials out there, this is the first one I've seen that doesn't make me feel like quality results are unobtainable! Every other vid out there seems to be a mixture of airbrushing, slapping on some contrast paints, and boom - here's the finished model. I really appreciate the focus on technique, efficiency, and brush usage.

[@andrewdowns9047]

The God of Thin Coats has returned!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

yay

[@AsperTheGhost]

I had been painting my first few Nihilakh Necrons and could never get a simple and quick way of painting the black metal gun for the warriors. Seeing your contrast paint idea was like the opening of my third eye. Thanks, Duncan. You've done it again.

[@LyubenV]

Duncan releases one video a week for his free channel and its still more than the official channel these days... I miss the daily tips.

[@owb1979]

I have not painted a model in almost 20 years but I find these videos so chill I still watch them.

[@rafaelz6211]

Awesome! I personally paint szarekhan dynasty (and would love to see a doom stalker tutorial) and can’t wait to see what you paint next. Keep it up :)

[@QrazyQuarian]

I just wanna say, as someone who is having a hard time sleeping, your voice is like the Bob Ross of painting minis and I feel very relaxed when I watch you paint.

[@whyarenamessohardtocomeupw2916]

Duncan has blessed us with another upload!

[@relictusimperator8647]

All these painting tutorials are great but I would love to see more conversion tutorials like how you made your Knight World Household guards!

[@jittersgeyser620]

For the dark green cables. I recommend caliban green, then tesseract glow. You get almost the same exact effect here, but much quicker.

[@LinkiePup]

I found Tesseract glow works better when its spots where the “glow” is more easily believable. So like the orbs on the Cryptech, the orbs in the Gauss weapons, and as a base for Necron Blades.

[@onezerotwo]

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I don't know I really like the fact you can actually hear the brush scraping against the plastic in this, brings that little bit extra texture to the video

[@ArchmageMinis]

Great job Duncan! You did justice to this awesome dynasty of Necrons!

[@imperialfist2304]

Those necrons just made themselves brighter targets, The fools!

[@terratheterribl]

As imperial fists, we have very little to criticize in such a topic.

[@imperialfist2304]

@@terratheterribl They can’t shoot at us if we’re in our fortifications!

[@Beadlayer69]

I haven’t been into warhammer actively since late 2018 because of many reasons, I still try to find time to watch these videos even just for the nostalgia of learning to paint to Duncan’s videos on the old warhammer tv channel

[@MrAtomicwalrus]

I really like the idea of using that contast paint in place of a wash on the silver bits. I dont collect necrons but im going to need to use that technique.

[@captainfrank5962]

I've been painting the Black Templar contrast over silver to do Iron Hands. Gives a nice metallic black finish. I definitely recommend it.

[@xnax1993]

It works great with colours, too. I've been using Talassar Blue over silver to get a nice metallic blue colour.

[@lawdpleasehelpmeno]

Glad Duncan is across how excellent Black Templar Contrast is.

[@batcat4136]

I’ve been trying to get back into painting. I forgot how motivating it can be to just watch Duncan work. Time to binge to get in the mood before I finally paint my own

[@sitnam9054]

I love this guide. I used it last year on my first squad of Necrons Warriors, and am currently using it's techniques for my growing Nihilakh phalanx. I did make a slight modification to the steps. when it comes to the glowing gauss parts, I mix hexwraith flame with grey seer as a base then a layer of hexwraith flame. I then follow up with a highlight of Moot Green

[@DigitalOrigami]

"And this colour scheme is a real Peach too." I see what you did there.... :D Great colour scheme!

[@Br3tz3l]

This looks great. One of my friends (who has never bought a model before) is interested in necrons

[@ReynardCalcifius]

was literally just trying to decide what color scheme to paint my indomitus necrons

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hopefully this helps 😊

[@urparentsdivorcepapers]

Green Necrodermis with Silver Gauss

[@LinkiePup]

@@urparentsdivorcepapers I will find you for this. >:C

[@bruhbeukes5145]

I quickly painted my Necrons without any real paint scheme other than metal and brass, so I think I may go back over with these blues and gold! Much love to you and the team Duncan!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you, I'll let Rog know 😊

[@tabletoptrilobite9816]

This did in fact help me lord Rhodes

[@PadraicSmith]

"These blades that you've got on the shoulder right here...." almost as if they're shoulder blades Duncan XD love you man

[@Razhork]

I recently subscribed to your painting academy and it's been really enjoyable and helpful with understanding painting techniques and paint schemes. I had been searching for the perfect tutorial on painting the Szarekhan scheme and your videos were exactly what I was looking for all this time. Looking forward to more good tutorials/videos in 2021!

[@Kazmahu]

Just found this tutorial and it's excellent timing. I'm planning to get started with Necrons using my Christmas giftcards... and I have a full set of Two Thin Coats paint due in January to use in copying the techniques here. Looking forward to it all and thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge with us!

[@harrymanback3475]

Looks great, love the colour scheme 😉👍

[@mirage809]

That trick of mixing Biel Tan Green and Cassandora Yellow is one I'm writing down. Gets a result that looks a lot cleaner than Tesseract Glow does.

[@LinkiePup]

Yeah…. But it looks dirtier on camera. I’d say either water down Moot green, or just keep using Tesseract Glow, cuz honestly. It shouldn’t be chunky, and you’re probably just not shaking it enough.

[@WindKnight60]

Love these tutorials, only started painting about a year ago and now I'm hooked, would love to see a Nighthaunt or Tyranid tutorial

[@MaskedRiderChris]

It looks like a member of the Misfits with a blue devilock hairdo! Looks good to me, and a nice simple scheme is generally a great thing. Good work, sir!

[@blackkasopeja9736]

Thanks for reminding me to finish painting my necrons.

[@dachers1238]

This is amazing. You bring miniatures to life through detail and care that I haven't seen anywhere else.

[@soundgarden8885]

A DR video Day is a Good Day! Just picked is GW painting up after 15+ years of absence, all my 32 beloved hexagon black flip top GW paints are dryer than the mohabi desert. Really hurts though, they seemed to work flawlessly back in the day and they look the coolest of them all. as we sprak the Vallejo intro Paint set is on its way! Lets Paint!

[@94Aequitas]

This is the Dynasty I want to paint my Necrons from the Indomitus box so I will bookmark this video! Thanks heaps and stay safe.

[@dragonsmith9502]

Perfect! I recently got my first combat patrol box of necrons (some Warriors and Triarchs are on the way) and I'm using so many of these techniques to paint my Immortals and my overlord!

[@praxtheannoyance1831]

Nice! one of my favorite color schemes!

[@johnkelley9877]

It looks great! Thanks for sharing this.

[@dannyboy5514]

Great video Duncan! Thanks!

[@humongousego3026]

The Army Painter cutting mat is very visually striking.

[@RevanR]

Trazyn will appreciate this tutorial

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

We sure hope so 🤞

[@terrydactyl2077]

As an Australian moot green is always the funniest thing to read on a paint colour bottle. Fellow Aussie’s you know the deal. 😂

[@sussy_6998]

Love it. Any chance of a Maynarkh dynasty video? Bit of the opposite end of the colour spectrum lol.

[@noahsrandomclips4781]

my fave dyanasty, long live Trazyn

[@jjpainting9362]

100% with you. Have you read the Fabius Bile books? he puts in a great appearance their.

[@noahsrandomclips4781]

@@jjpainting9362 i've heard, i'll need to get those books

[@jjpainting9362]

@@noahsrandomclips4781 Do they're good books :) I reviewed the series last year would I think Trazyn has his own book now as well.

[@leoarabi7477]

Gorgeous base!

[@NasenBaerXXl]

Good work! What are that base crystals? I love them, how did you create them?

[@omnimesjasz7937]

That's also my question. I guess it can be made just from sprues (sharpened with hobby knife)

[@Silvane911]

I'm guessing his Ceramite White turned into a solid mess like mine :D

[@Archnor]

Ceramite White isn't sold anymore, it was replaced by Corax White, which still isn't any better

[@chelibodayvam3864]

Thank you for the guide! Please tell me whether it is necessary to apply Contrast Medium for dilution of Basilicanum Grey?

[@nachtensturn1634]

Awesome! Is there anyway you can do a Thokt Dynasty paint guide?! I've been back and forth on the theme.

[@joeturner2815]

So im not going to use the blue/gold on my necrons but the rest is a new way of painting i haven't tried and tbh it looks a lot quicker and neater than what im currently doing. good stuff!!

[@GGCrick]

Thank you for another great video guys! Duncan seems to use the mixed shade washes for orbs and hasn't mentioned the newish citadel tesseract glow technical paint. Is that because he prefers a more yellow glow as the washes produce over the bright green of tesseract or is there a different reason?

[@S_murray]

Might there be a Maynarch dynasty video?

[@dantehart8493]

I really enjoyed your stormtrooper painting video. If you could paint a b1 battle droid thatd be awesome! I can't figure out how I want to get that light tan armor color.

[@christopherpeery7436]

I dont even have necrons, i just like duncans tutorials!

[@GameInTheVoid]

Can you by any chance show us one of your necron scarab swarm painted in any Dynasty colour scheme :)?

[@danniqueredert9075]

Hey Duncan. You said two weeks ago you had a video for painting Khorne Berzerkers which I really looked forward to but we never got to see it. When will you upload it? :)

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hi Dannique. As we said in the description, the tutorial was for our Academy Website (duncanrhodes.com) and we uploaded it a couple weeks ago for our Academy Members 😊. We upload exclusive content for our Members every week and then a full tutorial for our amazing KZbin Members every two weeks.

[@danniqueredert9075]

Ah understood, seems I need to become a member than 😉

[@giulioricci1208]

This is so helpfull to me. Wish it were another tutorials for like overlord or other necron troops with caratteristic details

[@TibsTV]

You dropped this AFTER I paint my indomitus box T_T

[@williambibens4508]

Can we get a compilation of every single time Duncan breathes in at the beginning of every video?

[@jjpainting9362]

ASMR Duncan Rhodes... i'm ok with that.

[@matthewbirtles6846]

thanks great technic i learn a lot every time..cheers

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Glad to help. Thank you

[@Jose-ur7jz]

Good job look like ready to shoot

[@aaronhalford436]

I dont know if this is too bold of me to ask, but I recently got back into minture painting after about 4 years and you were always my idol, I followed all of your videos on WH TV and I was always amazed and left feeling that I could do it if I tried. With that in mind, would you ever do a warstomper mega-gargant painting tutorial? I understand that that's a big thing to ask, but I was always taught if you don't ask you don't get:) I love your videos now just as much as I did 4 years ago. Thank you for your amazing tutorials and brilliant advice 🙏🏻

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hi Aaron. Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot and we are glad we could help. To answer your question, we currently do not have a warstomper mega-gargant tutorial planned but we have done a full painting tutorial for the Kraken-eater Mega Gargant on our Academy Website (duncanrhodes.com). Following that guide, you should be able to do most of the Warstomper 😊

[@rybo0072]

I'm currently painting my necrons chrome with flourescent red glow 😁 dun dun dun dah dun!!

[@diegoarturoalvarezmontes8210]

Looks incredible! Would love to see tutorials for others dynasties, especially for Nephrekh, always wanted to paint a golden necron

[@unknown3113]

I'd actually like to see the new monolith in nihilakh colors. I have the old monolith and I'm super proud of it

[@unknown3113]

I have no plans on getting the new one, frankly I don't like it over the classic model

[@PurpleTrapezoidProds]

Hey Duncan, have you painted the Gloomhaven characters? If not, could you?

[@ArhainHainar]

There's a mistake in the video when doing the cables, the brush is small layer, but caption says regiment

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Yay! You passed the test. Congrats.....(ps. sshhhhh, maybe no one else will notice 🤫)

[@GDPanda69]

Damn, Duncan. Only sad I had was that you didn't include the best Citadel color on this mini: Nihilakh Oxide! Loved the video!!!!

[@vemaniks]

Hello Duncan! I have just started into the hobby and picked up my first box of miniatures, skinks! I was wondering if you could made a guide on how to paint them in the cult of Sotek theme. If not perhaps you could recommend which colours to use! Thank you!

[@donaldkelly9833]

Hi team, any thoughts on what alternate energy colors would read well with this scheme? Not sold on thr standard green, but not sure if there is enough blue on the model for orange glow to contrast well.

[@landotucker]

What about purple or red?

[@Sakurajima616]

Straight out of the pod baby

[@jesstaylor4048]

Any chance we could get a video on how this would work on a bigger model with blackstone?

[@thejellyranger7679]

You had my curiosity....now you have my attention! 🍹

[@joshuacouture479]

Hey Duncan think you could show us how to paint a mutualith vortex beast or just the vortex part of it? I love the model but I don’t know how to approach painting it.

[@benkerry343]

Wow that looks great. How that gun didn't snap off I'll never know 😂

[@kevinhardin7465]

I want to isolate and loop those brush sounds

[@Shogundoxie1414]

Going to start a Nihilakh army with Trazyn and Orikan at the lead as an Infinite and Divine homage

[@sargeosis5106]

I'm curious why you didn't use the tesseract glow technical paint. For me, it seems to give a similar result.

[@hobbybeats1575]

Me: Help, I don't know how to paint my Necron ... Painting Academy: Got you! Thank you, great video!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Happy to help!

[@Archnor]

Just watched this, and I loved it, I assume this is a similar colour scheme to paint Trazyn? However when it comes to the green glow I prefer to use Corax White (I hate this paint but its all I've got at the mo) and Tesseract glow. As bases go, firstly, haw did you get the crystals, and my favourite method for bases is lately: Corax White + Tesseract glow + Mordant Earth. (The same and still eerie effect can be achieved using Blood for the Blood God in place of the Tesseract glow.)

[@cbtbooks]

Very cool, many thx

[@rebeccafitzpatrick2233]

What is the sword in the background during the intro? Looks epic.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

That is Aragorns sword, Narsil, from the Lord of the Rings

[@rebeccafitzpatrick2233]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA i swear that's the one they had in games workshop in Norwich.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , DRPA .

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Our pleasure!

[@alanclinton7044]

Are you going to do any baseing tutorials?

[@KelRiever]

I miss the old plastic green tubes.

[@sean5572]

Any chance you'd paint a Space Marine like Doom Guy from the Doom franchise? It'd go great with the mars base.

[@arnaudbourdeaux506]

Hello nice video! Could we have some tricks to paint the crystals on the base of your warrior pls?

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hi Arnaud. We actually have a full tutorial on our website (duncanrhodes.com) on creating and painting this specific base 😊

[@lanceleonard1348]

How would you recommend highlighting power armor that has a xereus purple base coat with druchii violet as shade? I've been a lucius violet drybrush as overall highlights, but looking to improve my skill level a bit...

[@Thorn16]

Would the drybrushing highlighting technique work for Tau Firewarriors?

[@MrVibriocholerae]

Hello, i ordered the necrons: warriors + paints set, but i have no idea about the different dynasties. is there any good info online to help me choose one, or should i get the necron codex? or any other type of book? thanks alot

[@BDR123]

Hey it's peachy's skelly boys!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Sure is! Amazing scheme from a top guy.

[@Spartanzx4]

Gave my friend a Trayzn model I painted and he'll be getting the Necrons from indomitus. Now I can show him this if he wants to make them match for his triumphant return to 40k.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome1

[@LucarioGaming94]

dam now i need to order a bunsh of paints

[@LucarioGaming94]

Im poor now

[@GERAlmighty]

Great Vid first of all ^^ Really enjoyed this one. I just have a question to my Necrons i want to paint and collect. I thought of a Purple Blade(thinking of Shyish Purple and Magos Purple, contrast Citadel) but really dont know what would fit to it for the rest of the Necron. Maybe a red metallic tone ? or yellow one ? i thought of just black for the Armor or dark Metallic too^^

[@danielmiller3596]

Once in a while, I blend/ mix a colour with a metallic then thin out- is this less effective over time? Not for the whole army, but for Command.

[@BladeDrummer]

Duncan I love your videos! I have a burning question for you. If I want to do a bright red Gauss instead that gives off that similar glow look yours does, what paints should I use for it? I've tried so many variants but they just look too dark. Your help would be so brilliant!

[@yoyoyo9669]

this is amazing thank you!!! :D :D :D