Necron Tesseract Vault 8th Edition Battle Report

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Five Necron units, ninety four wounds! Time to have fun with a Necron elite army and see what a Vault can do in this Warhammer 40k 8th Edition battle report...

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Living Tomb Formation - Showcase

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Here we go, I have finally finished painting up my Living Tomb Formation. The Obelisk is totally magnetised to be a Tesseract Vault, so I have painted all the extras as well, including the Transcendent C'tan. Very happy to have these finished and I can't wait to play them in a game sometime soon!

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Living Tomb Formation - Nearly Done

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So after finishing the green in the last post, I went back to the metal work and lined in all the recesses with a black wash. Some of the bigger areas were just painted black, along with the Monolith guns. The guns are highlighted, but it is quite subtle, but matches the rest of my army. I have also finished painting the gold and white details that I wanted to do, so I am nearly done now. Just the Transcendent C'Tan and bases to go...

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Living Tomb Formation - Green Painted

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That's the green done on the Necron Living Tomb Formation models, and yes, that includes all four hundred and ninety two Scarab eyes on the inside on the Vault! Next up, I need to go back to the metal work and fill in the recesses with black...

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Living Tomb Formation - Painting the Metalwork

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Just a quick update on my progress of painting the Necron Living Tomb Formation models. I have completed the metalwork now, going in with a large soft brush and dry brushing one coat of Iron Breaker and one coat of Lead Belcher. I know there are some large flat areas on the models, but even so, with a bit of care you can get a good 'metal' look with this technique!

The next step for the metal will be to wash all the recesses with black, but before I do that I will go in and paint the green areas, and yes, that includes all the little Scarab eyes on the inside!

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Living Tomb Formation - Monolith Repaint

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So yeah, in the end I decided I would repaint my old Monolith, I painted it a long time ago and not to a great standard. usually it wouldn't bother me, but as I am painting another Monolith for my Living Tomb Formation, I want the three tanks to all look the same!

The first job was to remove the green plastic pieces! I personally like them and didn't want to paint over them. To remove the green bits, I simple dropped some water on them to work the PVA glue loose. This only took ten minutes and I was then able to remove the green part with a knife very easily...

Although the paint job I did was poor, it wasn't thickly painted, so I didn't need to strip it, I just went over the tank with some black primer. All done ready for painting...

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Next Painting Project: Necron Living Tomb Formation!

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Finally, the Long Fangs are done and it is time to get my Living Tomb Formation up and running, not the best formation in the world, but hell, it looks like a lot of fun!

I already have one Monolith painted from way back, but to be honest, it isn't a very good paint job as I was very inexperienced in them days. I must admit, I am seriously considering repainting it, but either way, this is going to be a lot of fun, really can't wait to get stick into these bad boys! More to come soon...

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Magnetised Monolith Built for Living Tomb Formation

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Next for me to build so that I can play the Living Tomb Formation was a second Monolith. I can't wait to get it painting and see the Formation on the battlefield, I think it's going to be a lot of fun! Of course, I had the usually jiggery pokery when building the Monolith, thank god for elastic bands. As usual I couldn't build it with at least something magnetised! One magnet inside the Monolith at the front and one drilled into the skill at the back of the door...

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