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Sautekh Dynasty

débutant Necrons

Métal argenté avec énergie verte Gauss. Le plus iconique.

Necrons reward a simple workflow: metallic body, dark wash, then bright green energy. Spend your precision on the weapon coils and eyes because that is where the scheme comes alive.

Recommended undercoat black — Several priority paints in this army converge on black.

Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

The core Necron recipe in four paints

  • Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Whole body · 2 full coats
  • Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Whole body · Generous wash
  • Caliban Green (Citadel) — Weapons and eyes (base) · 2 opaque coats
  • Moot Green (Citadel) — Weapons and eyes (layer) · Layer on Caliban Green

🟠 Core

Highlights and metallic finishing

🟡 Recommended

Details and basing

🟢 Optional

Advanced glow effects

  • Moot Green (Citadel) — Eyes (optional OSL) · A few light touches around the eye

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Step 1: Prime with Leadbelcher spray, or prime white and basecoat with Leadbelcher
2 Step 2: Apply a generous Nuln Oil wash over the metallic body
3 Step 3: Drybrush Runefang Steel across the raised details
4 Step 4: Paint the weapons and eyes with Caliban Green
5 Step 5: Shade the green recesses with Biel-Tan Green
6 Step 6: Layer Warboss Green over the brighter energy sections
7 Step 7: Finish with Moot Green highlights
8 Step 8: Add gold trim with Retributor Armour where needed

Tips

Hints for this army
1 Leadbelcher spray is excellent for Necrons because it gives you a strong metallic base in one pass and speeds the whole army up.
2 For Gauss energy, keep the greens opaque enough to stay bright: Caliban Green first, then Warboss Green, then a sharp Moot Green finish.
3 Paint the glowing green effects last. If you slip onto the metal, the correction is easy; fixing metallic paint over finished glow is usually slower.