It tooke me an evening to finish geting the model put together and primed. This kit is so big that I had a few problems getting all the joints to line up properly - especially at the top of the model. I had to hold some of the pieces for quite a while to get them to glue right. Not a big deal, but putting Space Marine Rhinos and Land Raiders together has spoiled me.
The next evening it was time to break out the airbrush. I put down a nice layer of Boltgun Metal over the entire model - just the same way as I did on my regular Necron Warriors. The best way to get the metallic paints out of the airbrush that I have found is to use rubbing alcohol to diltue the paint down.
I didn't end up with a super smooth layer on the tank. I either added too much or not enough alcohol, coupled with the fac that I used my crappy Badger airbrush instead of my dual-action aribrush to put down the paint, and I ended up with a bit of a globby spray.
This didn't slow me down! I just kept on going and put the paint on a bit thicker so that it would all flow together.
The end result was actually pretty nice for a model of this size. It almost added some texture to the large flat areas - almost like a marbling effect (almost.)
The next step was to pick out a few details with some gold. By a few, I do mean a few. The only bits that I picked out were right above the door. I decided that a modle this big and this old would hav a bit of weathering so I broke out my Vallejo Orange Red and put a light wash in all of the cracks. Once that dried I sprayed the whole model with Devlan Mud and let it dry.
Once it was dry I used PVA glue and I glued down all the green rods. As much as some people hate on the green rods on the interent to me it really made this model pop.
I haven't got a game in with my Necrons since finishing this model up but I am itching for the chance. The Monolith is just such an intimidating model.