Rescuing/Building a MASSIVE Warhammer Necron Army

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

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[@akumaking1]

Will you be selling any of those Necrons?

[@evileyeball]

I have to say Painting with others is the greatest. Its why I love having a wife who is also in the hobby. We've been busy of late so not much painting but last time we went to visit my parents this spring we both took a kill team project with us and some paint and worked on painting at nights after our son (4) was in bed while watching TV with my mom and dad. I got basically 75% of a Death Guard roster finished and then finished up the last 25% at home afterwords and my wife got maybe 40% of her blooded done but her paint scheme was much more complicated than mine is why that happened.

[@rossedwards1043]

When I had my indomitus necrons, I painted them in a way to make them look like they were carved from obsidian, using the Ghost Tint paints from minitaire

[@riven5677]

That’s epic

[@rossedwards1043]

@@riven5677 Thanks

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Ghost Tints are so good!

[@riven5677]

@@rossedwards1043I have a question, where do you get this paint and how do you apply as I am painting some custom fire giants for my dad and figured I could paint the blades obsidian

[@McCool117]

That's pretty impressive for the amount of models you had to tackle. I would love to see a follow up, maybe in a year or so, showing those little details being added, to really make this army pop.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

At some point I plan on sitting down and really pushing some of these models. Especially some of the larger ones that really need that extra attention. Whenever that happens, I will definitely be filming the process :)

[@riven5677]

@@eBayMiniatureRescueshey Casey I want to paint some necron nobles but I’m not sure on how to paint it. Should I use a dark corroded bronze or maybe a bone color

[@danielcannon9893]

Dry brushing is underrated, I never understood why it became unpopular in the last few years.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I think people go in phases of what they consider "not pro" techniques, or "only for beginners". Drybrushing is amazing and can do so much work for army painting. Honestly anyone who says a technique is bad, or not as good as something else is just trying to gatekeep the hobby. Airbrushing goes through the same kinds of ups and downs, some people resort to calling it cheating, I think drybrushing is in the same kind of camp.

[@ThatWildcard]

​@@eBayMiniatureRescuesi think most "anti-drybrushing" people are perfectionists who cant stand something that isnt 100% consistent and accurate

[@Nereosis16]

​@@ThatWildcardthey need to get better at dry brushing then

[@georgewright9223]

Dry brushing is actually a bit tricky to get right... Most people do it wrong (I would say at least 80%) and it makes the results very inconsistent. You have to balance the level of moisture and paint exactly right, which takes a lot of practice to learn.

[@jc7997aj]

​@@ThatWildcardya know I've always considered techniques like that to be more realistic with its randomness. I've always found introducing a lil chaos into the paint job just adds that fuzz of realism that's hard to get otherwise.

[@whalesequence]

Your pthalo blue undercoat truly makes these happy little necrons, they'll just be our little secret

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

hehe, yes, happy little Necrons :)

[@WatcherintheDark69]

Whenever I buy used minis off Ebay, and I do fairly regularly, the two biggest issues I run into are bad gluing and over-priming. I pretty much expect to have to take apart, (Unless it is hopelessly superglued or cemented) strip the paint, clean mold lines, and then reassemble and paint. The bane of my existence is the overuse of that GW plastic cement or having to chisel off layers of superglue. Then there's over-priming. LA's Totally Awesome works great on most paints, but has hit or miss affect on primers. And I'm talking to the point where it obscures detail and nothing short of 90% rubbing alcohol will dissolve it. I'm sure you also have your tough cases.

[@justarandomname420]

Testors Easy Lift Off is a great paint stripper that won't wreck your plastics.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

There have been quite a few tough cases on the channel. Sometimes you just get unlucky and have to put in the work to cut away glue and work extra hard to get most of the primer off. The sonic cleaner does help quite a bit, but for the really tough ones I usually end up painting them to match whatever damage the model has, to try and hide the worst of it. Battle damage goes a long way if there are things you can't actually fix. Otherwise I'll try and replace parts and convert the model to get around that stuff. You never know what will be under that paint, but I have to say that most of the models I have gotten on ebay have been on the better side of things, even with lots of paint covering everything.

[@anothershoe]

Awesome to see my old MtG buddy Beau as a guest on your channel. It's really a small world. And the Necron army looks amazing. Great work man!

[@xBeauGaming]

Boom. Had to happen sometime ya!!

[@mememachine6022]

Im so glad you have sponsors. Every video just radiates your passion for the hobby. Hope you never lose that spark and continue to make great vids!

[@user-nw3hq2eo4x]

Dude that was an insane collection. 'It's more fun when you do it with a friend.'No truer words..

[@Wijkert]

This is the same scheme I chose when Necrons came out 21 years ago. My blue was less saturated and the bases where more reddish orange (probably Flesh Wash), but basically the same. Since sold them, but great memories remain.

[@Ben_de_pick]

WoW impressive project ! Thank you buddy for sharing it ! Thus it’s satisfying to see real friends sharing time on a common project ! Thanks to Beau :)

[@Morthatron]

I’m torn between wanting the over the top bright blades and liking the not over the top / more subtle look. Definitely makes you look at your own models and go “hmmm….” Amazing work as always Casey

[@riven5677]

So how do you paint your necrons? I personally would do a subtle look. Buuuutttt it depends on your tastes and your theme

[@silva352]

This video makes me wanna talk about my necrons. So I will. I imagined mine being interred on a tombworld that over the 1000s of years they were intombed became this lush tropical paradise, the issue? The tombs are now under water and so parts of the tomb got flooded. My thoughts was since the Necrons ran on a caste system the basic troops ended up getting flooded while the vehicles had a bit more defense and the overlords or higher had the most. When they awakened they climb up out of the salty ocean water and begin to rust, well the infantry anyways. So I painted them up as terminators at first then i added ruse like "oooooooh this will be fun" and and the rust itself is random too!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Very cool! I almost went for rusty necrons, it was my second choice for color :)

[@silva352]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues I'd be happy to tag you in a few pics to show off some of the completed ones on twitter. I am extremely proud of how one of the overlords came out.

[@justarandomname420]

'It's more fun when you do it with a friend.' No truer words.

[@bignick2488]

seeing xbeau was CRAZY I remember watching his skyrim restoration loop tutorial on repeat trying to understand it

[@xBeauGaming]

Funny is that those videos are still relevant and the tricks still work. :)

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

haha, it's such a small world these days! Space Skyrim is coming out soon, I'm hoping he puts out some new content :)

[@wonderboy2402]

Love your channel and content. I think mini rescue is just as important as the assembly, terrain building, and painting. Keep it up!

[@toi_techno]

Whoever sent you all those boxes of Space Tomb Kings in a legend Some people are a lesson in generosity

[@peterheinzo515]

what you said about ‚room for growth‘ was exactly what i thought when i started my first army :) get them away from grey, but dont half ass it, just basecoat everything and go back later when you built better skills

[@s_gwalls6106]

I'm new to the hobby and have chosen Necron's as my first army. I am really enjoying it all so far. Thanks so much for all the tips

[@TI-Xyrnas]

Amazing collection, love the variety! I just picked up my first Recruit Edition box recently (Ironically, not for the Necrons at all) and will definitely be expanding my own necron collection

[@xBeauGaming]

Gratz on 100k buddy, the army sure looks good!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks man, and for coming and helping out! I think we did alright :)

[@MrReaper1171]

Probably my favourite necron colour scheme I've seen

[@chrisfinnegan4103]

God I saw that in flames shirt and just made me so happy.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Such a good band!! I picked up that shirt on their last US tour, they played, in order, several songs from every album, it was epic :)

[@roberthaggerty6619]

I always thought of them as space skeletons.

[@peterheinzo515]

an awesome tip i got for the glow on necrons or plasma guns, is a white oil wash. that way, the recesses are the lightest part, selling the glow. tjen airbrush contrast over it.

[@julianabson7870]

That is a lot of models to knock out in the time so finding a time efficient approach is everything, but they do look very effective as well. Great job, thanks for sharing.

[@joegroves2517]

Even though I started making two Chaos kill teams (I was confused and got some normal CSM and Thousand Sons), the Indomitus release and the relative ease of painting them made them great to learn with, so they're my first army to get to a full 2000 points. They're so much fun, though the little arms and cables of a few of them are a pain to glue!

[@NothingToSeeHere32]

Excellent band tees!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nothing but the best band tees around here :)

[@AVS_uk]

That is a lot. Well done

[@odharrison23]

Hobby in groups!! Lol!! Thank you sir!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

lol yeah that pretty much sums it up!

[@corvusgamesterrain9680]

Great work Casey as always. I really love that blue and green combo, might steal that for my own Leviathan box Necrons

[@synthetic240]

The glow effect does look pretty great and I'm biased towards blue and the classic green too. That said and as I'm sure you know, it does seem pretty fast and dirty. Still successful, especially in such a short amount of time, but some of the heroes and vehicles could use another pass and that's a job for another day. Personally, I'd make all their symbology dark gold and add a layer of rust wash in the non-glowing joints to make it feel like they rose up out of the ground.

[@joelkurowski7129]

I just want you to know that I've shaken hands with Brann Dailor. Six years later, I still haven't washed that hand. Anyway, these are really great-looking Necrons. Once you started to add the metallic on top of the blue, it really started to come together and I'm very impressed with the result

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks!! I do love me some Mastodon! Brann comments on my videos from time to time, which totally blows my mind. But I've never met him, or any of the other guys, in person before. I agree, the "cleanup" drybrush step was the thing that made me feel at ease about the paint job, it really did the trick :)

[@joelkurowski7129]

@eBayMiniatureRescues I would be super chuffed, were that me. Also blown away by the idea that he's into minis. I wonder if he plays 40k...

[@offroadturkey]

Very cool army!

[@fatmaru]

Sick video! Seeing a whole army painted together is so satisfying.

[@therobotFrom94]

I'm just getting into 40k now, and want to build Necrons. You've given me some great inspiration for painting

[@Lavendeer201]

1:44 this stock footage actually made me blow air out my nose lol. Thats hilarious

[@Soaponrope37]

Lovin Beau's Shirt!

[@xBeauGaming]

Checo is my boy!!

[@_Kerberos_]

Always loved Necron, that was a crazy amount of painting!

[@Necrontyr121]

Not gonna lie here, dude but I am getting strong Scoody Doo vibes from this look! Like the "Space Kook" + "Ghost of Captain Kutler". Not that that is a bad thing, just find it funny =) Keep up the awesome work!

[@magnusmillerwilson]

WOOHOO! Necron love!

[@cesarjoughin]

You have an excellent taste in music if your shirts are anything to go by

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

hehe, you must as well for recognizing such excellent bands :)

[@sirkelendor5429]

That photoshop trick is a really interesting way to workshop custom colorschemes that ive never thought of

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

it's not a perfect representation, especially for metallic colors, but it does the job for sure!

[@dafio2710]

When I painted a necron models I went for a silver for the armour with pink for the energy and turquoise for any "clothing" that the necron had. I then put it on a astrogranite base that was shaded a dark blue with snow on top. it's interesting the see what other people have done with their necrons

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

turquoise and pink is one of the best options, such a good color combination!

[@Wijkert]

I have mixed Vallejo Metal Color Duraluminium (or whichever one you like), with the Phtalo Blue Green Shade ink from Liquitex, instead of putting the ink over the metallic paint with great results. That could have been more efficient in this case as well.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That's a good call, and yeah it would have saved a ton of time lol, where were you last week when I needed that info!!!!

[@Wijkert]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues 😂 next time you go for a similar scheme, you can give it a go!

[@Bobdd0]

Very very sucessful paint job! goshdarn

[@atomicetrigan]

That's a cool scheme. While the effect isn't quite the same on the finished models, on the photoshop color test, the blue scheme reminded me a lot of the Spooky Space Kook from scooby-doo.

[@lukegeorgeou5915]

Great job man! They camecout really nice

[@michaeltime1185]

Well done sirs. 😎👍

[@Alucard_Official]

This just tickles my nec-rolls

[@JonSteitzer]

Huge efforts!

[@reddogterrain]

Good stuff. The colors work well together

[@kamakazi339]

I love a good rescue

[@TwinSteel]

You really did do this with a fast turn around - kudos

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

thanks! yeah it was quick, only had a few days to really get it done, but we got there!

[@quahodron2756]

THIS IS FANTASTIC !!!

[@5thterrax]

First of all I love your videos and have been watching for a while now. I'd love to get a tutorial on how to test color schemes like you show in this video on your image program. Maybe if you have one you referenced to learn how that would be super helpful. or Making your own video would be great too. Thanks man. Keep up these awesome videos.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I've got an outline for a video started, nothing done as of yet, but sometime! The program is Photoshop, just turning down the opacity of the brush and going over a picture of a grey model with some color. It works pretty well :)

[@Lavendeer201]

10:22 i have that same working pad lol! Its been through so many adventures with my hobbies XD

[@DingoPaints]

Big job. Great work

[@Chris-lf7lm]

Inflames shirt? Yeah, we’re buddies now!

[@iceboundwings6107]

Congrats on 100k!!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks!!!

[@horatio_]

Dude that was an insane collection

[@noblemecha7788]

I have that same inflames shirt was sick to see them play live in Webster hall last year

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Nice! Yeah I picked mine up in Reno when they came through. Really good show!

[@christopherpeery7436]

Congrats on 100k!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thank you!!!

[@bartlester591]

Love to see you do a dwarf army from Warhammer fantasy

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I've got a ton of them waiting for paint. Someday :)

[@Sreitmeyer]

Necron’s was my first army started in 07.

[@stevekearns6173]

100k woop!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Woo! I still can't believe it!

[@PaulJohnsLife]

They look great! Want to try Space Marines with similar speed? (Perhaps you have already and I don't recall seeing it).

[@player_paladin2539]

They look great! Necrons were my first army and I miss them. Been a long time fan of both you and warhammer. Been wondering lately what Airbrush do you use. I really wanna learn how to use one

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That first army feeling never really goes away! luckily I still have most of mine, some have been lost through the years, but still. I've been using the H&S Infinity CR+, specifically the Angel Giraldez model. But if you're looking to jump in and start learning then you would do well to look at a Badger Patriot 105. That's been a very nice brush for me for the last few years and I always recommend it to anyone who wants to start airbrushing.

[@leemcalister4125]

Well done on 100k subs

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks!!! I can't believe we got there, it's hard to wrap my head around.

[@spruceforester3038]

I have thought about getting into necrons but maybe kitbashing them a bit to look like phyrexians from magic the gathering. but truth is I'm more intrested in the Tyranids

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Nicely done! That green really pops! Your wife must be really, really understanding about such things, I imagine?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! Yeah my wife is very supportive :) Of course, we plan these things out so it's not an issue, I don't just tell her I'll be working all night, communication is still important lol.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues That's great to hear, and congratulations! I wish I had a wife and family as supportive as yours is.

[@Rettungsdackel]

I starting my necron army yesterday

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Perfect timing!

[@Rettungsdackel]

oh ja. i bought a 3000pkt army from a friend. + the imperium abo.@@eBayMiniatureRescues

[@komsomoletz828]

Looks great! Did you consider using the Golden High Flow fluorescent green? Super quick, and it airbrushes well to give a great glow effect, especially under the right lighting.

[@DanRobotMan]

Soooo, looking at your background I was wondering if those walls are chalkboard painted walls. If they are, cool, if not I'd think it would be fun if you did that. Especially if you would then let your kids draw on them. It would liven up the background and make them feel like a part of your videos/channel/hobby.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

That would be cool, but they aren't specifically painted with chalkboard paint, just a matte black. That would be fun though, and I do have several other walls that need paint!

[@Kolossum]

Fellow In Flames enjoyer

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

So good :)

[@Lathias42]

My son chose Necrons and I’m going to be painting almost as many as you did. I’m basing them with Runelord Brass and dry brushing a silver with purple for the effects. He likes the scheme so I’m glad about that. One thing though, was the Silent King missing? I saw his pedestal, but not him or his servants.

[@Knight-chaplainashriel]

FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Much appreciated!

[@TwinSteel]

🥳❤️👍🏿

[@Lord_Vesh]

Szarekh is taking a break and letting his chair do some killing it seems

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah he has that auto drive turned on...he'll get picked up eventually lol

[@georgewright9223]

Congrats on 100K !! :D

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thank you so much 😀

[@mattbuckley6928]

I do love these videos

[@seanranklin4423]

Imagine being in a position in life where people give you HUNDREDS of dollars worth of GW merch. 'Jealous' doesn't come close to describing how i feel.

[@SerikonIsHere]

I feel like you kinda drift away from the "rescue" part. New / only built models are nothing to be rescued, just "to be done"

[@adrianmendoza8099]

Rescuing the boxes from just sitting there and having nothing done to them, I see what you mean. They haven’t got a crappy paint job on them that needs to be fixed. But at least the ones who have had that crappy paint job I’ve seen the outside world.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

You're not wrong. The already painted and broken minis were such a footnote to the rest of the project that they kind of got lost. Still, there were quite a few that needed work and they are indeed part of the army and painted now. And some of these boxes have been sitting since the early 2000s so at least they will be on the table...hopefully in an actual game sooner than later too. I need to get some games in with these and get some good pictures :)

[@xBeauGaming]

Trust me, some of the older kits were at least 5x more of a pain than the newer indomitus models. Those older ones would easily be lost in the grey hells if it wasn't for a mix of insanity and helping a buddy to get this built.

[@viciousyeen6644]

I painted my Necrons in a surrealistic color scheme, inspired by Zladislav Beksinski‘s art

[@Wijkert]

You could also have gone with a sky/earth scheme with blue from the top and (a desaturated version of) the color of the earth from below. Would have broken up the uniformity of the metallic.

[@ramini3465]

Great big project! Daamn

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

This was a big one for sure! The airbrush was great. No need for breaks really. Each section was maybe at most 90 minutes of work. So it never got too hot or started to have any issues. I did need to clean the brush probably every 15 minutes, just from the amount of paint that was going through it, but the H&S brushes are super easy to clean out, so it was never too big of an issue. The metallic paint gave me the most trouble, but the high flow paint and inks weren't too bad.

[@rjclayton7192]

Ok I'd like to see a tutorial on what software/how you colored that mock up. Convenient!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I've got some kind of tutorial in the works, not sure when it will be done, but the program is Photoshop. Just bring in a picture of a grey mini and then create a color layer over the top to brush on whatever color you want. It definitely works really well for visualizing colors, even if it's not super close to the end result :)

[@redneckrides356]

i have been looking for a skorpekh lord for months does anyone know a decently priced one also great video love seeing models being built up

[@Steve-dx1vk]

What computer program did you use in this video to pre-plan your color scheme? New to the hobby and that would be very helpful.

[@kade8408]

I'm asking the same. Commenting so I can see the answer as well.

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Welcome to the hobby! I was using photoshop to paint in the colors. A very helpful thing to do if you need to test out some colors, albeit not exactly the same as the final outcome, but seeing the overall look is helpful.

[@kade8408]

@eBayMiniatureRescues well you're shopping a photo so obviously. Which photoshop app? There's like 30 on Microsoft store alone.

[@acousticanalyst5147]

I wont lie, I'd have a lot more motivation to build an army and look over it's flaws if someone gave me a cool 1000+ worth of brand new models. Wild to think people out here have that much money to give away

[@neilandrews2995]

Now I wanna see the characters and special ones....

[@ChampionOfSkyrim]

I prefer how the older kits are tbh. A lot of modern armies blend together into a monopose sludge

[@isisnmagic1812]

Great video and love the paint scheme, I haven't painted necrons in a while, I need to add some to my to do stash, question though how is it your still using a paper towel to wick off paint for your dry brushing? I had thought youd be using a texture palette. Also how is the finger, I see your using it but still with a plaster, that just a protective measure?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Thanks! The new Necron models are super cheap these days and definitely worth picking up. Really fun to paint too! The old paper towel for the drybrush still works for me, no need for a texture palette. I've also heard that having one of those can actually make your drybrushing go bad. The paint builds up over time on the surfaces of the palette and you end up getting dust and particles from old work into your drybrush without realizing it. That logic makes enough sense for me not to make one of my own. The finger is much better, thank you for asking! But, still not fully healed. The bandage is honestly there to cover it up for the camera lol, and to protect it to a certain extent, but it would be bad to show in a video so It will stay covered up until it's finally good to go. Painting is much better though, I can at least use the tip of my finger to steady the brush!

[@isisnmagic1812]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues great to hear about the finger, no need to take unnecessary chances, and the texture palette you have to prime it before use, I picked up one cheap off Ebay but find myself using it and paper towel out of habit lol. Definitely looking at some necrons for the display cabinet, did an Indomitus necron overlord few months ago, that was fun. Take care and cant wait for your next rescue.

[@Firon07]

Dale what a hero for sending this in!!

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

A true hobby hero indeed!

[@mirthoutofmire]

I wanted to ask, do you have a series to show how to paint for beginners? I'm hoping to start painting but I'm a bit worried of messing up

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

First off, welcome to the hobby! Things can be overwhelming when you start painting, and I know that fear of messing up very well. Luckily there are some amazing resources out there to help. I highly recommend watching this video from my friend Brent over at Goobertown, he put together one of the best beginner painting guides out there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rF6lnYmPe92ZiKM Second, and it's a bit shameless, check out the Paint Bravely the Podcast, it might have some good nuggets in there that will help :) www.youtube.com/@paintbravelythepodcast I hope those things help! Just keep trying new things and remember that it's just paint. You can always strip it off and try again!

[@tykeorama9898]

The silent king model is missing the silent king...

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Yeah he didn't quite make it to the table lol, you can kind of see him in the video though, he's sitting half built on top of the monolith box off to the right! I'm working on getting him and his retinue finished up but those were the last things I was working on and couldn't fit them into the video.

[@tykeorama9898]

@@eBayMiniatureRescues now that you have almost finished up your project, did the models change your mind about Necrons?

[@TheDigitalThreat]

is it really a "rescue" when the box is sealed? 😉

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Only in the sense that some of these boxes were suuuper old and needed to be let out! Probably 1/4 of the whole army was sort of painted, and several models needed repairs, so that was the backbone of the project, although I could have shown it more. The building and trying to finish the army became a bigger focus though. mostly because of how much of it there was to do.

[@philipstroud6327]

So i have a random question, do you bake or treat your beach sand or use it as is?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

I didn't treat the sand I use, but I did let it sit outside for a few weeks to make sure it dried out. If you intend to use it right away it would be a good idea to bake it, you never know what kind of bugs are in that kind of sand! It's great stuff though, I've been using the same Tupperware bucket for almost 5 years now and I've barely made a dent in it!

[@allenforbes8108]

Curious if there is a chance to rescue Noise Marines for not an army, but a small choir and consort of various instruments, such as 1 with a Vuvuzela, a flute, guitar, drums, an Organ, and maybe some Dj equipment?

[@eBayMiniatureRescues]

Never know! It all depends on what's out there hiding on ebay :)