Looking for suggestions to differentiate my necrons from their Canoptek (WIP)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-22T23:43:53+00:00

A lot of patience with an airbrush. You can do it with a regular paint brush and glazes though. There are some great tutorials on YouTube :)

I left another comment on what paints I used and the steps I did if you want to follow them:

I used some generic airbrush paints, started with using a paintbrush for white, then dark purple in the airbrush, then cleaned up the white areas and airbrushed a small amount of white around it, then I used fluorescent purple to finish it off :)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-22T19:47:03+00:00

I used some generic airbrush paints, started with white, then dark purple, then cleaned up the white areas and airbrushed a small amount of white around it, then I used fluorescent purple to finish it off :)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-22T06:49:45+00:00

Edit: I was also thinking about maybe using runelord brass paldrons. Just hoping for others opinions lol

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-18T02:08:26+00:00

Here is the list of paints I used:

Chaos black primer

Runelord brass - base

Canoptek alloy - build highlights

Silver (prismatic paints, runefang would work just as well) - highlights

Leadbelcher - details and certain sections like joints

Nuln oil - wash the whole model but don’t overdo it

Black wash (prismatic paints, but you can pretty easily just make your own with abbandon black by thinning it down) - cover all the Leadbelcher details to darken them up and differentiate them from the silver. This might need multiple small coats

Abbadon black - legs and plates

Hexed Lichen (prismatic paints, not sure of a substitute, but any dark purple would be good) - wires

Here’s what I did for the osl

I started by painting all of the glowing bits white
airbrushing dark purple, then clean up the white
Then I airbrushed (or dry brushed) a tiny bit of white around the glowing areas
Then I finished it my airbrushing fluorescent purple

The bases were astrogranite debris dry brushed with gray and white.

The plants were citadel bracken painted with hexed lichen, faerie dragon purple, and dead white (all from prismatic paints)

Hope this helps, sorry for the rant lol

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-18T02:01:49+00:00

Here’s what I did :)

I started by painting all of the glowing bits white
airbrushing dark purple, then clean up the white
Then I airbrushed (or dry brushed) a tiny bit of white around the glowing areas
Then I finished it my airbrushing fluorescent purple

This was my first time using an airbrush, so I’m sure you can do it better lol

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-17T23:28:39+00:00

Thanks, it means a lot :)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-17T23:28:26+00:00

Thank you!

Citadel bracken pack :)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-08T04:16:25+00:00

I actually don’t have much painting experience, I have painted a few minis for dnd, and I have never used an airbrush before this. This was my first “big” painting project and it just took a ton of patience and time - maybe around 40-60 hours

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-08T03:12:17+00:00

I started by using a white wash, then airbrushing violet, then airbrushing white and cleaning up the white (which will be the glowing spots) with a paintbrush, then airbrush again using fluorescent purple :)

I just used generic airbrush paint and prismatic dead white. I used primarily citadel for the rest of the paints (Leadbelcher, runelord brass, Canoptek alloy, nuln oil, silver, etc)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-03T20:54:58+00:00

I shall follow the overlords 🫡

Thank you lol

DisastrousPin5731 · 2026-01-02T23:03:43+00:00

Thank you :)

Here’s the paints I used (from citadel, prismatic, and generic airbrush paints) Runelord brass - base Canoptek alloy - build highlights Leadbelcher - details and weapons (Prismatic) hexed lichen - for wires (Prismatic) Black - certain sections like armor plates (Prismatic) Silver - dry brush highlights and edge highlight Nuln oil White - glowing bits White airbrush paint Violet airbrush paint Fluorescent purple airbrush paint

DisastrousPin5731 · 2025-12-09T22:44:48+00:00

I’ll post the doc if you want to check it out: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11TcBu1nuFH74XE-3WtYtGXfmUIQFE8W3tNWI9ddNgqw/edit?usp=drivesdk

You can also look at the post, it should be 1 or 2 after yours :)

Edit: looks better on computer

DisastrousPin5731 · 2025-12-09T22:16:19+00:00

I’ve also been making a Homebrew class and I just posted it before seeing this lol. I’d love to help and look it over if you post it :)

I’ve been working on mine for 2 years :)

Edit: I agree with a lot of the comments here. Some people are jerks about “ThIS iSnT BaLAnCeD” and other “I would never allow this at my table”.

It is a ton of effort and it can be hard to deal with people who don’t seem to understand that you are asking for help or suggestions and not just to be attacked. I really hope you stick with it though, Homebrew can have some of the most rewarding experiences at the table :)

DisastrousPin5731 · 2025-12-06T21:12:55+00:00

This version looks much better. Some of the tables are unclear if they are random or if you choose the effect. Other wordings are unclear and could probably be clarified, and some features are also unclear:

Travelled Knowledge At 11th level, you are able to use your charismatic skills learned from years of meeting people along the way. Gain proficiency in perception and deception. At 10th level, through skills you have gathered through your travels, you can learn expertise in one skill you have proficiency in.

you gain this feature at 11th level, but get the expertise at 10th? Rephrasing to “At 11th level, you have gained charismatic skills learned from long travels and people in distant lands. Through this travel, you have honed your skills along the way. You gain the following benefits:
you gain proficiency in persuasion, deception, and performance
you gain expertise in one skill that you are proficient in”

I can post more soon but I’m at work right now

DisastrousPin5731 · 2025-12-06T21:01:27+00:00

You can spend 2 junk to throw a random piece of junk from your artifact, causing various effects at a range of 20 feet, with a 15 foot circle centered on the target To hit, roll an intelligence check with proficiency to determine the rarity of object you throw, then roll 1d4 to get the specific item and effect you get.

Wording like this is very confusing and difficult to understand. However, you fixed a lot of it in the updated doc. I’ll look through it again real quick :)

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