Necromunda – Van Saars
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About the Project
Many years ago I played dabbled with Necromunda and built a basic Van Saar gang which was not particularly successful and as a result I bounced off Necromunda. A friend has asked my to try it again and so I decided to update my list.
Related Game: Necromunda
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2023
This Project is Completed
Creating a new roster
Many years ago I dipped a toe into Necromunda with a Van Saar gang. My knowledge of the game was minimal and I didn’t build a particularly effective list and got crushed by power gaming. As a result I didn’t enjoy the game much.
When a friend asked me to try Necromunda again, I decided to revisit the gang. Knowing how poor my first build was I sought out some internet help and discovered a great channel on YouTube called Commander CheapSkate who has done a series of videos on ‘good’ starting gangs for each of the Necromunda core boxes.
Using his video as a guide I needed to do a few weapon swaps.
Remodelling
This ganger was originally modelled with two las pistols and it was relatively easy to swap for two plasma pistols. Unfortunately a bit of green stuff required as one of the original laspistols did not break off clean.
This model had a las pistol and lasgun originally, so lasgun out, plasma gun in.Repainting
With the weapons swapped I needed to finish the painting. Unfortunately I didn’t have detailed records from my original painting but with a bit of trial and error I think I identified my original colours.
Much of the original paint was chipped or marked with errant brush strokes so I had to touch up most of the colours.
As usual all paints are Vallejo Model Color (VMC) unless otherwise noted.
Armour – Medium blue
Bodyglove, armour details, gun details, knife scabbard, armour pipes – Royal purple
Flesh – Sunny skintone
Hair, equipment – Gold brown
Knife handle – black
Skull on knife – Sand yellow
Guns, skull tails, bases – Natural steel
Mask eyes, screens, plasma details, sphere on top of backpack – Scorpion green
With the base coats down I applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash to all the metallics and Citadel Agrax Earthshade to everything else.
The bases were edged in VMC Black and the varnish was AK Interactive Ultra Matte through an airbrush as usual.
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