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It’s been a while, I guess 

But anyhow, I put them in bubbles 

If I had to guess, it would be because Orikan wasn’t actually part of the Sautekh court, but rather just working with it. Crypteks looking how they want (because they can, because they’re so valuable) isn’t uncommon.

Even if a cryptek did elect to style themselves in dynastic colours, there would be a lot of different groups in the dynasty to select from, whose colour variations communicated different roles/ranks/lords/etc. Use of colour theory to communicate things is important to the Necrons, because it’s one of the few forms of expression they have.

All that said, why do Orikan and Trazyn have similar palettes? Is it a metanarrative artistic choice to symbolise the similarities between them despite their feuding? Is it to do with Trazyn’s incorporation of Timesplinter tech into his outfit to counter Orikan’s abilities? Is it because they both worked within the Szarekhan during the War in Heaven?

Animatic commission for @agrove101