Wow,, that's a lot of firepower. Very nice painting style that suits the Tau nicely.

Very impressive paint job on that model Knightley.

Great work on that big thing. It really looks like it means business!

@Corpuschain - Welcome to the thread thanks heaps for the comments, whats your favorite model so far?

@Gits - Cheers man, I'm happy with him as well

@Azazelx - Thank you

Update: first up the complete Tau army shots



And the full 11th push army shots - I think as an army the singular bronze/tin weapons blend in well enough its not that noticeable.

Wow mate. Totally worth emerging from stealth mode to comment on sheer awesome. Great job!

So much biomass to consume!

Nice work as usual

Stunning work bud, truly amazing looking army, client must be happy. I know you said you would go further, but these do look great, really suits the Tau. That army shot is really great.

This is why I can't do army commissions. Aside from the fact that my painting is not commission worthy, I don't think I could part with models that I put that much effort into and made to look so good!

That's simply stunning Knightley... really impressive endeavor. Congratulations on a job very well done.

@Graven - Always like a lurker who pops up now and again, lets me know your still there

@Mad - Quite a bit to get to, perhaps our next game might have you pitted against these guys.

@Cam - Yeah my mate was stoked, we spent about an hour and a half just going over all the models etc, the added bonus is this army is set to live at my place for now as he doesn't have room or a gaming table and really only would play at my place!

@Zerg - I dunno, there are some really awesome schemes coming out of your blog, I totally get what you mean though, I spent 4 months doing this army and it really feels like mine at this moment.

@Gits - Thanks Gits, always great to get positive feedback.

Update: So a bit of a statistical round up for this army, I started on 2nd Jan and finished on the 30th April, I painted 201 models in this time which works out to be 1.69 models per day, every day over that time which isn't bad for about an hour a day of painting, and that I also did two Lord of Wars and one of those had a tonne of detail. If I compare that to the Necron Army which I did this time last year, I did 152 models from the 5th Feb to 9th May which worked out to be 1.65 models per day, every day still doing an hour a day, so statistically I am a little quicker but it doesn't feel like I was.

Here's a Necron vs Tau game on the weekend, no full batrep sorry, I think I lost this one as it was objectives and I pulled terribly on the maelstrom cards.

Update: Whats next I hear you cry!

Gray Nights, ones I made up over a year ago and have been sitting in a box awaiting some love.


On the list we have
1 x Sammael on Jetbike conversion to Chapter master on a bike)
1 x Contemtor Dreadnaught
5 x Hammernaters
6 x Centurions (ranged) 3 converted to GK Cents
1 x Melta biker
1 x Telion conversion
1 x Tigerus
1 x Librarian with Jump Pack
1 x Chaplain with Jump Pack
5 x Terminators with Assault cannon (conversions from DV)

I am also doing a small job for MarsNZ here on the forums by edge highlighting all his tanks as a way to say thanks for trusting me with his models while he is away from NZ
5 x Leman Russ Battle Tanks (need to magnetise a bunch of items for this)
4 x Chimeras
1 x Rocket Chimera (not sure of the name - Manticore?)
1 x BaneBlade (need to magnetise the guns)

Ah... I feel complete now. The tau have been a fun dalliance, but it's high time you got back to business!

You and me both Gits, there are models in this push I have been waiting a long time to paint and plan on doing as much as I can on them, expect squiggles.

Update: Here is a close up of the units in this push, I am really looking forward to painting the Chapter Master on THE bike, the Contemptor and the Hammernators

5 terminators with conversions from the DV set I managed to pick up from a bring and buy


Hammernators with resin cast hammer heads, built from Dark angel terminators


Slightly converted librarian from the DV set


Stock melta biker (made before grav had come out, stay tuned there!)


Sgt Telion Conversion


Reclaimed Chaplain from a bring and buy - added plasma pistol and interceptor backpack as thats what my jump packs all are


Chapter master on a bike - Sammael conversion with thunder hammer and sheild eternal



Contemptor from a bring and buy, interesting tidbit here, the tau was added well before I had thoughts of painting a tau army and was going to be painted up as LDP's tau scheme but will be in the black/neon scheme now


Stock Centurions from a bring and buy


GK centurions (counts as normal cents) also from the same bring and buy


Old school Tigerius metal cast from ebay

Love that samiel conversion. Going to be a GREAT time watching you get back to your GK!

Cheers Gits, there was more I wanted to add, but it ended up leaving the whole thing very top heavy and all out of proportion.

Update: After looking back at the tau I really liked having all the basing done right off the bat, so here is the result of glue, sand, glue, dry, prime

Update: Bases all browned up, need to wash and drybrush, do the dark brown on the rim and they will be good to go

Crankin another batch.

Thanks Solar, slow going this time, but still going eh?

Update: had my birthday this weekend, so in terms of productivity, there wasn't any. however, bases basically done

Happy birthday Knightley!

Happy Birthday bud.

Happy Mother's Day. Wait, that's not right.

Happy Birthday! I hope it was full of cake and squiggles

Excellent work on the Tau Knightly, they look cracking.

Some cool conversions in the new Marine project, looking forward to seeing it progress.

EDC

Thanks for the well wishes guys, makes me all warm in side

Update: Over the past week I've been magnetising some Leman Russ tanks for MarsNZ as he is overseas and even if he was in NZ he hates painting tanks I realised I work in an office when I got blisters from using the pin vice...


6mm holes in the sides of the tanks and 3mm holes for the sponsons.


6mm for the turret weapons


2mm Holes in ALL the push in sponson weapons (I think this is where I ended up with the blisters)

It seems like a long chore to magnetize but the results really open up your options. That's a lot of SS.

I feel your pain about the blisters. My wrists got tired after drilling magnet holes in a bunch of Crisis suit arms and weapons. As Solar_lion said above, it really is worth it because you don't have to get new models to use different options.

Also, let me wish you a happy (belated) birthday!

Yeah I both love and hate magnetising. It's definitely worth it in the long run though.

EDC

Happy Belated B-day

@Solar - Thanks man, It really was a chore, then making sure I put the magnets in the right way was very nerve wracking

@Zerg - Cheers, yeah having so many options for my mates tanks made him a very happy camper indeed!

@EDC - Thats the thing, I hold off doing it because I worry I'll get the wrong polarity and that would be it, can't undo that (with super glue) where as when I'm actually doing it just gotta make sure I check polarity before applying glue which is easy

Update: On to the priming!




After the priming was done I put my airbrush to good use and base coated all the tanks

Update: What typically happens in my pushes is I start out doing all the smaller stuff first and end on doing the larger models at the end, by this time I'm usually tired and just want to get through it, then I end up rushing the model. However this time I want to do the larger models first, lucky for me that means the Contemptor is up first

I spent an hour edge lining everything with a nuln oil wash, long time readers will notice this is a departure from how I used to paint where I would base coat the model in a Dark Grey, then fully wash the entire model with nuln oil then layer up each armour piece to medium grey then highlight. After watching plenty of Duncan Rhodes how to paint videos I realised I was wasting a lot of time doing this and just edge shadowing gets the same results.

Looks good!

Nice job on outlining. That looks like a time consuming in itself.

@Gits - Thanks

@Solar - Oh yes, but its worth it

Update: Started working on the edge highlights on the dread, I have a new brush to use for highlighting and so far I am very very happy with it, I can produce some very thing and consistent lines. The higlighting isn't complete only because I ran out of time and I was making sure I got everything looking right.

This is coming along nicely . I love how you've got all those rivets to stand out from the armor, it really works well.

[Deactivating lurk mode]

The Tau look great Knightley!

Contemptor looks to be coming along nicely. Back to the Crisp & Grey from times of old, hey .

Also happy belated birthday.
Apologies I missed it and everything else with my inactivity in P&M Blogs

Contemptor looks good so far! I especially love the Tau Crisis suit he's crushing underfoot. Maybe its because you're tired of Tau so you want them dead? Lol JK, I know you enjoyed painting the Tau! I assume the Contemptor's gonna have some squiggles on it?

That contemptor is looking fantastic so far. Great to see those army shots as well - they look really great.

Also, let me know next time you plan to be in Melbourne. I've got a pile of stuff here, just waiting for you to assemble and magnetise!

Sheesh, I don't get on here for one week and you go and get a bit older (Happy birthday) and share a bunch of cool conversions, I like that Telion sniper model among the the others.

Contemptor is looking good. Looking forward to seeing the Gray Nights getting new forces!

Looks spiffing Knightley.

EDC

@hk1x1 - Thanks, a quick black wash followed by the highlight colour really made it easy

@MK - No worries mate, you're here now and again and you lurk it works for me!

@Zerg - Cheers, Yeah I was going to paint the battlesuit up in LDP's Tau's colour scheme when I made him last year, however with the recent completion of the Tron-Tau I had to paint it as them, it just wouldn't be right. Oh and of course it'll have squiggles

@Azazelx - If your serious about getting me to assemble and magnetise I'd be happy to help out, I do like building models

@Mad - You and me both man, I might have this guy completed for our next game!

@EDC - Thank you man, appreciate it.

Update: Finished of the edge highlighting and started blocking in some colours and washing (doing everything different than I normally would) regretfully I didn't to much done as the family was sick this weekend.

Looking fan-bloody-tastic! really siuts the model with your style!

Aw2esome stuff Knightley - contemptor is really coming along. Love the pose.

Nice progress. All those flat panels are screaming for some squiggles.

EDC

Is that bolter barrels in the fist of that model?

That is awesome, I like this model even more now! I might have to pick one up some time... although my Hive Fleet will probably just want to eat it.

Very nice, it's coming together perfectly.

Nice work on the build and paint.

What rules you using for these guys? Painted as GK but vanilla codex rules?

He is definitely coming along nicely. I have to second the pose, love his pose, it looks very menacing. The shield icon is a really nice touch.

@NF - Cheers Damo, I like the Crisp and Grey on this guy, I am really the most happy with the edge highlighting so far.

@Januine - Thanks man, it is a very commanding pose isn't it

@EDC - Oh yes, there will be plenty of little squiggles on this guy, he is an ancient weapon of war after all!

@Mad - Yep a storm bolter in one fist and a plasma gun in the other, combined with the missile launcher on the top to boot. You could always to a scenic base with a contemptor and another flyrant.... just saying

@Graven - Thank you, getting close to completion, I'm not sure its any quicker than I normally paint though.

@Nevelon - Welcome to the blog! Rules wise this will be part of my Space Marine force painted up as a Grey Knight, it's all about that bling eh?

@Wolvey - Thanks, when I was building I hadn't settled on the top mounted cyclone launcher so there is another tilt shield on his left arm, but its kind of covered up now, bit of a bugger but at least I know its there

Update: Reds and the Tau on the base are done, I might need to do more red on the cyclone pack, but not sold on it yet

Update: felt I needed to add a bit more colour so bit the bullet and did the missile pack in red with a bronze trim. I also started some little bits to add flair

Very beautifully done Knightley. That's crisp and grey at it's absolute finest!

Result! Popping nicely.

Adds a very nice contrast! Have to echo Git, it is coming out beautifully Knightly!

Excellent. Definitely needed and benefits from that splash of red. Great job

Oh, that looks marvellous.

EDC

Nice work. The touch of color looks good!

@Gits - I am reallly happy with how he is coming out, I was very daunted by all the flat panels and having flash backs of painting tanks by hand (no airbrush work) I was worried i wouldn't be able to get a nice smooth look.

@Graven - Cheers man!

@Wolvey - Thanks, looking back through a "how to paint" guide I own, I did mess up by not having the holy triangle on the model, so while it looks good it doesn't have a focus point.

@Januine - Great to see a fantastic painter as your self agrees with my intermittent thoughts on how to paint my models, I always like getting feed back, it helps make me a better painter I feel (Drilling barrels, mould lining and thinning paints comes to mind)

@EDC - He's not done yet!

@Cleatus - Thank you!

Update: pretty much done, just need to add squiggles

There is Mr.Crispy. Really great job, looks amazing.

Yip, red on the missile launchers really adds to the overall effect... the claws are awesome to...

Who am I kidding, the whole thing looks choice! Looking forward to seeing it finished with squiggles!

I love the squished Tau on the base as well, really enhances the power of the model

 Knightley wrote:

@Azazelx - If your serious about getting me to assemble and magnetise I'd be happy to help out, I do like building models

Well, if you're ever in Melbourne and are up for some assembly, I've got tons of stuff unbuilt - plastics, FW, it goes on and on. I've also got the tools, I just lack the patience/skill/confidence/all of the above to get them done for some reason. I'll even feed you!

That Contemptor has come up amazingly well. Crisp and Grey indeed. The spot colour red works perfectly, as does the blue of the claws. Yeah, the paint there looks really really nice.

@Cam - Mr. Crispy, I like that its a very formal name

@Mad - Thanks man!

@Azazelx - I'll put you on speed dial for the next time I take a trip to Melbourne

Update: Model done

Very nice!

Really beautiful and quite understated. To achieve that smooth subtle grey is a work of art.

Well that is one brilliant contemptor, clean and badass !

fanfethingtastic!! Reallynice smooth work. Ready to start the purging!

Love how he turned out, his claws look stunning, nice highlight! Of course don't forget the amazing squiggles!

That's looking just beautiful Knightley. How I've missed your refined touch on the GK.

That Contemptor... There are no words. Very possibly your best model yet.

Excellent work .

@Nevelon - Thanks!

@Graven - Thanks mate, I really like the edge highlighting on this guy, the lines are so crisp

@KT - Thank you

@Januine - Cheers, I'll get him in to combat hopefully next Saturday against Mad!

@Wolvey - Thanks, appreciate the love for the squiggles

@Gits - You and me both buddy, I really missed painting marines.

@Zerg - Oh wow, that is some high praise indeed, I would have said that one of the Chaos lords or even the Fulgrim commission I did would have been my best work.

@hk1x1 - Thank you

Update: A small change of pace, going to try get through the edge highlighting on these AM tanks for MarsNZ, who knows perhaps I'll get bored later this year and want to fully finish the tanks? So finished the sponsons, and the magnetised weapon options for Pask and his offsider and almost finished the turret and a half of a chimera. Also to note, I hate edge highlighting Chimeras!

Tedious, innit?! Cool though.

Oh god yes, but its nice knowing this is all I have to on on them!

Update: finished off the pask's turret, his offsiders and a russ chassis

 Knightley wrote:
Also to note, I hate edge highlighting Chimeras!

That makes two of us!

They're looking sharp dude

Cheers man, stick around there is more to come!

Update: Got more done on the 2nd Russ

Contemptor looks awesome, your squiggle work is really the cherry on the top with you models!

Nice work as usual.

Cheers mad!

Update: thought I might do a quick skin on Pask just for MarsNZ

Very nice. I like the fact that you didn't overdo the lips with reddish tint.

Very real looking! I love his sling.

@Gits - Thanks, I always worry about adding to much red to the mix and give them a night out on the town.

@Wolvey - Cheers, the modelling credit has to go to MarsNZ though, it was his idea

Update: another couple done

Great looking skin tone (y)

Is it wrong that I swooned slightly at that Contemptor.

Nice work on the IG tanks so far.

EDC

Heh, has Pask been hitting too many tanks with his sword arm again?

Skin work looks good... I might have to pick your brains on skin work before I embark on my Genestealer cult adventure.

The sling arm is nothing special it comes on the sprue for the infantry command squad. I figured he's been armwrestling with the regimental bullgryns again.

@CragHack - Welcome to the blog I was pretty happy with it and I suspect so was MarsNZ

@EDC - Nah, that guy is used to having people swoon all over him, he is a sexy beast hahah

@Mad - Happy to help man! I already have ideas that might work

@MarsNZ - don't discount it not being special, you can see a mile away he has that something special about him!

Update: last two chimeras done

Well done face.. The eyes are spot on!

Thanks solar, I always freak out when doing eyes, its just so easy to go slightly off centre and the next thing you know he's suffering from bosseyedness

Update: finished another Russ and two turrets, just the manticore, another russ and a baneblade left.

Update: Last Russ and Manticore done. I had a sweet game of Sister of Battle vs Tyranids 1500p action packed and I hope to have a batrep from the PoV of a model soon!

Excited to see the battle report. I love guard tanks, such a treat to paint. They are coming along quite nice! I just hate doing the tracks!

I actually find tracks kind of easy, silver, wash, more silver done.

Update: Turrets and sponsons done, I did start on the body, but nothing really to show at this point

I've heard that the tracks on a Leman Russ are really a pain to assemble on the model compared to a Space Marine Rhino. Is that true?

The guard vehicles are very easy to assemble, the only tracks that caused me any problems were the Baneblade and that's likely due to my own error.

Man, you're really cranking these tanks out.

EDC

@Zerg - Sadly I haven't had the chance to make any russ tanks yet, however my kit bashed predator did use Russ tracks and they were fine.


@MarsNZ - Treads look fine from my PoV

@EDC - Yep, really easy when I only need one brush and one paint, can streamline the whole thing.

Update: Body of the Baneblade done, which means all the tanks are completed!


Tank together


All Tanks together

Very pretty. Man I'd hate to have to face those with my scouts!

Scary. Looking great.

Good stuff, gotta love all those tank models! Tanks are one of my favorite things in 40k, it's a pity they aren't that good in-game right now.

@Gits - Melta, lots of melta and all tanks start to quake in their boots.

@Cam - Thanks man!

@Zerg - Agreed, seems the meta is all about fast moving units for maelstrom games eh?

Update: battle report time, after reading what Mad had written on our last battle report I thought I might throw my hand at it as well. Its taken from the point of view of the sgt for my large blob of sisters used in the battle and everything I think she would see.

Battle of Outpost 82-720
Sister Superior Alberta scanned her Auspex a second time.

"This can't be right..." she trailed off. For the second time in the last 5 cycles there was a faint contact which had then vanished.

She'd heard there was something big happening, but as far as details go there was very little filtered down to her level, that damn Inquisitor and his misinformation. That combined with a malaise which had settled over the outpost, had the civilian populace in the area fleeing to the underground bunkers in fear.

Looking out at the outpost force she was with her Battle squad of nineteen sisters they had the honor of being equipped with two holy flamers in the squad, they were accompanied by their newest priest 'Fazier' a strong willed young man and a dab handy arm with his power axe, they were also backed up with a mighty Immolator. Part of her current training meant that the high Canoness Trineth was watching over her command of the squad, if felt good to have such an esteemed member of the order nearby in case anything went wrong.

Back near the bunkers was their firepower in the shape of two mighty Exorcists. She was aware there were two other Sister superiors, however they were junior to her and as such only had 4 other sisters under their command. Out scouting their flanks were two elite Dominion squads with the forces melta weapons, scouting in recent times had become quite dangerous and immolators were sent out as transports with the Dominions.
The trump card was an Imperial Avenger Strike Fighter at an airbase a few Kilometres away, ready to support them if required.



Looking out towards the old abandoned bastion there was a thick green fog that had rolled in, Alberta had heard tales of outposts going dark after a preceding fog having been spotted, but this information was haphazard at best due to the informant usually rambling about unseen horrors at the same time. The High canoness had seen the fog as well and ordered Sister Superior Belleas to advance to the bunker in front of them, there was a cogitator at the bunker which allowed for telemetry data to be streamed to their power armour allowing them to hit fast moving flying targets, there was a similar cogitator inside bunker 720.


Suspecting there was going to be something bad happening very soon, Alberta directed her squad to start heading to the ruins of a building, the ruins might offer a better vantage point of the battlefield. It was a fair hike so she ordered the squad to double time to get closer. At bunker 720 she heard the Exorcists unleash their first Salvo of firepower, the rockets streaked overhead and she heard unearthly screeching and the muffled explosions from the rockets. The Enemy had arrived!


Suddenly there was a horrifying howl and something large flew out of the fog, Alberta had never seen something so horrific, it was huge, it had large bat wings, a drooling toothed maw and what looked like two sets of arms holding what organic weapons, it took aim at Belleas’ squad and unleashed a raft of firepower felling two of the sisters squad, more sisters were hit but their holy armour protected them. She turned to face the ruins and out of the green fog there were small sized creatures with wings jumping around the ruins, she spotted one slip and fall to the ground and heard the creatures’ neck snap, forced with two threats she momentarily froze.

Again she heard the Exorcists fire another volley, this time in the distance there were deeper sounding screams, it seems the mighty tanks had found their range. Her ears picked up the high pitched whine heralding the arrival of the Strike fighter, this brought her focus back to the battle,

The Canoness pointed at the Flying monstrosity and ordered the squad to bring it down. The sheer amount of shots poured into the beast was impressive, the Immolator, Exorcist, Strike fighter and both sister squads put everything they had into it, the beast evaded with an agility she did not expect from a creature so large, she saw the large amount of damage on it, but the beast would not go down.


The beast turned tail and flew out over the ruins at great speed. The sisters cheered, they had beaten back the attackers! Belleas’ squad were cheering right up till the moment that their heads exploded, Alberta had not heard any shooting and she realised it had been a feint, there was a larger force coming and they had been drawn in to a trap.
There was a large clap of thunder from the sky, Alberta raised her eyes skywards and saw a flaming meteor come streaking down from the heavens aimed directly at bunker 720, it narrowly missed the bunker and impacted the earth creating a burning crater, had these beasts managed to control meteors and drop them, it didn’t seem possible yet there it was. She had to blink her eyes twice, something was moving in the crater. A huge creature from nightmares of old emerged and stomped towards their Exorcist bringing its hideous weaponry to bear on the rear armour of the tank. She didn’t think it possible that any Xenos creature could take out one of the mighty imperial tanks but when the smoke started to billow out of the tank she knew they were in trouble. Behind the horrible creature something else was happening, a large sac looking thing was starting to float out from the crater and it was heading their way.


“Time to move! Get to the bunker NOW!” She yelled at her squad, as the unit looked to bunker 720 they felt the ground shake and an even bigger creature emerged from the ground right in front of the entrance. There was an audible gasp from a number of the squad members, Alberta could sense the squad was close to breaking, intent on not letting Canoness Trineth down she looked at the young priest and told him to start a prayer, they were going to save the civilians in that bunker and they would need to take down that monster to do it.

“Prepare for combat sisters! For the Emperor and for the Rose! CHARGE!” Pulling her pistol out she fired at the huge monster and charged in. The creature swung its claws and crushed two of her squad, in retaliation the fury of her squad’s attacks was immense, the monster started bleeding from many cuts and holes, they had done some serious damage but it still stood.


Taking stock of the fight Alberta had realised they had made another error, the small flapping creatures had been left to their own devices and had now cleared the ruins and were quickly hopping towards her squad. “Redouble your efforts Sisters bring this creature down!”
The holy priest began chanting one of his war hymns and the effect on the squad was uplifting, while the squad continued to beat on the huge creature the priest moved over to the newly arrived brood and laid waste to four of them with his axe.

The huge creature let out a strangle gurgle as Canoness Trineth jammed her Chainsword into its neck, the creature faltered then fell into the hole it had created and ceased moving. Alberta didn’t have a chance to cheer as the flapping rats were spitting a purple goo at the sister’s eyes, she readied her Chainsword for their next attack.


She needn’t have worried the war hymn from their priest had whipped the sisters into a wild frenzy and they tore the winged gargoyles to pieces, now they weren’t in combat and there was a sudden volley of inaccurate fire from the floating sac, the sheer amount of shots it put out tore down a number of her squad.


“We cannot allow this thing to pollute our planet sisters, ready your blades!”
Her squad had been bloodied in combat with many of the Xenos creatures and this one would be no easy target, they all charged in and with the priests rousing words they battered the floating sac and tore it to pieces.
“Well done Sisters, you have proven our worth to our Lord and savior this day! Let us get to the Civilians and see if they are all right”

Alberta looked to the bunker entrance and her heart dropped, right at the door was the hulking creature that had destroyed their tanks and it was heading in the main hanger door.

Next on the board is a Libby with a "jump" pack I used the interceptor warp packs as counts as jump packs.

ohhh - nice take Knightley. Those swap-ins are gonna look great

That is a well narrated batrep, really captured some epic moments in the game. That last bit of the batrep almost made me feel bad for playing Tyranids with the Tyrannofex heading into the bunker for a feast. The game was awesome fun and I really enjoyed it, looking forward to the next battle for sure!

Hopefully next game I don't roll quite so many ones

@Januine - Thanks, I was going to run him stock, but after painting 3 of them I wanted a change

@Mad - Cheers man, will have to schedule a game this month, see who the Nids will go up against!

Update: Continued blocking the base colours

It is a interesting concept for his backpack I like the theatrics. Loved reading the battle report, great write up.

Nice Narrative Batrep. a really gripping read!

EDC

@Wolvey - Cheers mate, appreciate the time you took to read it

@EDC - It was pretty gripping to play as well heh.

Update: got the reds underway, the face done and the whites mostly done

Librarian is looking great so far.

EDC

Thanks Man,

Update: got the blue bits done

Nice work! His face is looking sharp - looking forward to see another result from your new cape painting style.

Looking great sir, agree that face is looking fantastic.

@LDP - Thanks bro!

@Cam - Cheers

Update: Work on the cloth commences!

Very nicely done Knightly - cloth is coming along dandy. Love that blue on his powerpack too. Gorgeous shade of blue

Thanks Januine! I had to recall how I did the lightening generator bit in the centre as I think the last time I did it was over 2 years ago, whelp sat with another model in front of me while I tried to match it.

Update: Libby done

Nice work on the Librarian, and a cool take on the old Jump Pack.

Beautiful highlights on the blue.

He looks awesome! I love his psychic hood about his hood. The blue highlights just make that armor pop!

Beautiful. Love the shading on the armor and cloak.

Loving the scrawlings and details on the cloak! Keep up the good work!

Are the squiggles hard to do? I tried to do some on my Tau Piranha near the cockpit and was thinking of doing more but they didn't come out that well. Maybe I need to use a better brush or something. Your libby looks great btw!

Looks awesome. I really like the pose.

And they squiggles make my heart leap with joy!

EDC

Lovely job! Interesting take on a "jump pack" libby.

@Azazelx - Cheers, he really needed to match the rest of the army, I did end up buying 25 of the warp packs from an overseas bitz site as I didn't want to shell out $400 for the GK kits to get them.

@Graven - Thanks man, I don't know if you notice this, however this libby doesn't have any squiggles on his armour, its all on the cloak. The more you know

@Wolvey - Thank you!

@Gits - I did try something a little different on the cloak, nothing to major just a new way to shade it, will be trying it on a cloak very soon.

@JatW - Thank you, I have a loyal fanbase who only come here to see squiggles so I intend on doing it more

@Zerg - There are ones which are hard, I use a Micron Pen to do the black ones, quick tip you NEED to let the black try for a while as it smudges very easily if you don't (I've made that mistake to many times) For the bone ones I use a 000 brush and while drawing the line make very small movements up and down, take the brush off and put it down with a gap. It just takes practise.

@EDC - Hahah you and me both mate!

@AoV - Cheers I'm glad you like it.

Update: got a fair way through the "Jump Pack" Chaplain

Update: More work on the Chappy

What blue is that on his jet pack? His robes and skull are looking great.

Libby looking amazing, great job, and the highlighting has gone to another level bud.

Chappy is looking great.

Quite like these backpacks.

Yeah, gotta love that jump Chappy.

Chaplains are easily some of the coolest models and concepts in 40k IMHO.

EDC

@Wolvey - I believe the colour is Mordian blue for the base followed up by a black wash.

@Cam - You and me both, however on this model he was designed for a bulky jump pack so hes quite far forward in his pose, adding the warp pack does leave him slightly weird to look at.

@EDC - Yeah man, I absolutely love the Chappy in terminator armour, its such a cool sculpt

Update: Model done

Sinister and classy model, well done !

Thanks, he looks quite sinister! He turned out great. I really like the detail on his shoulder and his helmet.

Beautiful work on the Chappy.

EDC

Librarian and Chaplain look great Knightley... looking forward to seeing what is next on the list

@KT - Thank you!

@Wolvey - Cheers, do you reckon there is enough squiggles on him?

@EDC - Thanks

@Mad - Await no longer!

Update: Started on the Melta Biker

Great work - that Jump Chaplain has come out very, very nicely. The biker looks good so far, excepting that connection line on the front fairing.

Chaplain looks great - perfect amount of squiggles. A mighty sinister model, and you've done a good job making him surprisingly unique just with the up-facing plasma pistol arm, and custom jump pack.

A single lonely biker?

Looking good so far, especially the go faster stripe.

EDC

Nice start on the biker. the feathers on the chest guard look ace!

Excellent work on that Chaplin, I love all the scripture written on his armour, It really helps create a unique character.

@Azazelx - Yeah I messed up, I tried cleaning the mould line before assembling so one edge ended up lower, on top of that I don't have any greenstuff :(

@LDP - It was a pain in the butt to cut the other bolt pistol off and not damage the rest of the arm, stoked it worked

@EDC - Yep a single lonely biker, I have three already done but they don't have any special weapons (more to come) this push has a lonely biker to add to the mix.

@Mad - Cheers!

@hk1x1 - Thank you

Update: Edge highlights on the grey done, white got another coat

You can never have too many squiggles.

I really like the dual tone on his bike and the seat. I never like to give criticism to your work but I dislike the bare head especially with no respirator on a bike.

Fair call on the head, if we were back in time to 2011 I would totally agree with you and have a helmeted head on the model. I like painting faces now and hopefully I can do this one some justice

Update: not much done, got the white a bit brighter and tidied up some of the grey

That's really coming together beautifully Knightley. Love the red and brown in contrast with the grey.

Love the feathery goodness. Beaut.

@Gits - Yeah, I always remember hating to paint marine bikes, but this one actually wasn't that bad, its handy as I have 2 Grav bikers, 2 Grav Jet Bikers (my jet bike conversions), an attack bike and a Jet attack bike left to build and paint

@Graven - Cheers mate!

Update: Melta Biker done

Very nice and Knightly

Great work... I really like the effect you have done on the screen!

Nicely done.

Painting one or two bikes isn’t that bad, but doing them in larger numbers gets old really quick. Those kits are just sooooo dated, with soft details and questionable lines. Plus the giant seam down the middle.

@Solar - Thank you.

@Mad - Cheers, It's why I decided to show the rear view

@Nev - I can agree there, I plan on only doing a couple on the next marine push to not get burnt out!

Update: Next up is my chapter master on a jetbike (I've been looking forward to doing this one for a long long time

Love the bike model you are using. You already know what I'm going to say about his head though.

Haha don't I know it, I wanted this guy to have a bare head, because you know, chapter master!

Update: more colours blocked in and some of them are washed

Did you have trouble assembling that model at all? I really had to fight with getting that eagle on the front to fit right. I actually ended up cutting the tail off and gluing it on as a separate piece. It's hard to tell now that it's on there.

Yeah it was a bit of a nightmare, having to use hot water to get some of the things to fit, I did make the model up over a year ago so some of my memories of the assembly are a bit lacking

Update: Finished up all the blocking in and washes

Sweet.. nice and clean.

Very nice Knightley... love the red bits... really makes it pop nicely.

I like the book and the green book mark. Think that is my favorite part of the model. The rest looks great too. Cannot wait for all the squiggles I forsee coming!

@Solar - Thanks!

@Gits - Anything to break up the sea of grey eh?

@Wolvey - Cheers man, I really like the look of this model, the book really tops the whole thing off as well

Update: Started on bringing the colours up, the whites got another coat, the book got a single coat

^ I was thinking the same about the green

Its missing something...

 stonned_astartes wrote:
Its missing something...

Ape hanging handle bars?

Nice!!!!! Can't stop looking at those lovely blank pages of the book and wanting to to do all manner of script on them!!
Great woirk so far Knightley

 Solar_lion wrote:

 stonned_astartes wrote:
Its missing something...

Ape hanging handle bars?

Haha almost, squiggles

@Graven - I was tempted to do a red bookmark but thought it might blend into the back ground to much

@Stonned - The rider? But yes there will be squiggles

@Solar - Big chopper style bars that go higher than the rider?

@Januine - I'm slightly worried I wont be able to fill the pages with something meaningful, oh well I'll just do a ton of squiggles and see what happens!

Update: Reds and grey highlights started

Love the two-tone grey on the front cowl.

Nice work on the lonely melts biker.

Chapter Master looks amazing so far, looking forward to seeing it finished.

EDC

@Gits - Thanks mate

@EDC - Cheers man, you and me both I want to give this a guy a good run on the table as well!

Update: I think the bike is 80% done minus some rear edge highlighting and squiggles, so next up should be the rider

Really like all the pipe exhaust work. The white grey and red really look good and stand out. Excited to see him with his rider on!

Don't forget the white wolvey

Update: Got a decent amount done on the rider, will need to do washes next

This has to be some of your best work. It's coming together to be one of the best minis I have seen.

Bike looks sufficiently squiggled , the rider looks quite good as well. I'm particularly drawn in by the shield.

@Cam - Huge thank you, I am trying to make this guy quite special, plenty of detail and "hopefully" as clean as I can

@Justaerin - Thanks, its my counts as "The Shield Eternal" from the Marine relic list, I was going to just put on a standard stormsheild but needed something special

Update: Started a different way on doing cloaks, mixed a darker colour to paint into the recesses instead of a shade, will see what happens

That face... It's so serious! Love his white hair.

That technique for a darker color will be interesting, look forward to the final results.

Cheers Wolvey, I also tried something new for his hair as well, and I am very happy with how it looks and intend on using it on my older looking warriors going forwards.

Update: Almost done, some smaller details left to do and squiggles.

That looks excellent! Even his hair is "crisp and grey".

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That looks excellent! Even his hair is "crisp and grey".

Just think of how much hair gel he needs to use to keep it perfect while cruising on his jetbike.

Looks awesome! Love the cloak.

Awesome job Knightley especially on his face - really love what you did with the skin

Whole thing is looking ace Knightley!

Looking forward to seeing it all put together.

That cloak is gorgeous...Well, all of the mini is.

@Gits - Hahah, it looks good though, I can see him being a distinguished older gentleman

@Nev - Indeed, so much its like a crash helmet

@Januine - Cheers, I have got this particular looking face locked down, I'm pretty sure I could do it with my eyes closed now (although results may vary if that method is employed)

@Mad - Will have to have a marine vs nid battle next so I can try out all these new toys

@KT - Thank you!

Update: Assembled and did all the little bits, had to do a quick phone picture until I can do the proper pictures tonight

I will wait and vote on the better pictures, but that is a brilliant piece sir, truly excellent work.

Love that bike CM already, Knightley! I think my favorite part may be the shield. Saying which, where did you get that shield?

 Knightley wrote:
@Gits - Hahah, it looks good though, I can see him being a distinguished older gentleman

@Nev - Indeed, so much its like a crash helmet

@Januine - Cheers, I have got this particular looking face locked down, I'm pretty sure I could do it with my eyes closed now (although results may vary if that method is employed)

@Mad - Will have to have a marine vs nid battle next so I can try out all these new toys

@KT - Thank you!

Update: Assembled and did all the little bits, had to do a quick phone picture until I can do the proper pictures tonight

Likeeee!!!

Top work. Really love what you've done with the cloak.

EDC

@Cam - Thank you, I hope the clearer better lighted pictures do it justice.

@Zerg - Good question, I believe it is a fantasy shield with all the centre bits scraped off and new GK stuff added.

@Januine - Good to see another Firefly supporter!

@EDC - Cheers!

Update: here's the better photos, if anyone would take the time to vote on them in the gallery I would be very appreciative.

Wonderful work Knightley. Clean and crisp with a wonderment of squiggles. Excellent work on the face too.

Yes he looks brilliant! That shield and Hammer just take the model OTT. Love him Knightley even without the helmet Face is awesome and that hair....

@Gits - Thanks man, I do like how his whole head came out if I'm honest

@Wolvey - Cheers!

Update: I 'acquired' a TL lascanon predator turret to match the mirror marines armies

Nice job on the commander.

I really like what your doing with the coils for the lascannons, I had to loot that idea from you when I first saw you doing it. Looks great.

Really love the Chapter Master on Jetbike, very nice paintjob on a very cool miniature!

@Stonned - Thank you!

@Wolvey - Cheers, I see them quite commonly as inert and dull, need to spice it up now and again eh?

@M.K - Thanks Matt, thanks also for voting

Update: Finished off the turret and slapped it on a tank

Very nice, sharp and has a lot of contrast. I like the lights a lot, I always do mine green (that's the army in me) blue is a nice subtle but popping effect.

Fine addition to your forces my friend!

Beautiful.. and as always the squiggles are perfect. Nice placement, uniform and tasteful.

That tank is awesome, Knightley! Not so sure about the choice of weapons, though. This reminds me that I have a Predator of my own that needs some paint!

@Wolvey - I had thought about doing green lights, then yellow but settled on blue as I already had the base/layer/highlight sorted due to the power/force weapons.

@Gits - Thank you!

@Solar - Cheers

@Zerg - Haha yes, that arrangement isn't really the best, lucky for me the sponsons are magnetised so all I need to do is "acquire" a lascannon set and get them painted up

Update: Before jumping on some terminators I figured I'd do some heads

Crispy tank looking fantastic.

Also like the idea of painting batches of heads. Why did I not think of that before.

Really excellent work on the bike commander.

Pred turret looks great, I the main gun magnetised on the turret or would you switch to a different turret completely to change the configuration?

EDC

@Cam - They are really fiddly to do and batch painting them can quickly become a chore

@EDC - I'm a glutton for punishment and storage, I have two turrets now, It would have been much much easier to use magnets for this.

Update: Pretty much done all the faces now

Update: Next up starting with the first member of the regular terminator squad

I like his sharpness as always.

Nothing wrong with that!

@Wolvey - Thanks man!

@Gits - Not yet at least, I did this guy first as he is the most bland out of all the five from the squad, so if I can make him look good the rest shouldn't be an issue

Update: Edge highlights on the grey done, reds started, should be quick to finish tomorrow

Update: Terminator done

Woah, this is potato chip level crisp, knightley. I've always enjoyed a marine chapter with blue eyes...

Fantastic job! He looks awesome.

Looks good Knightley

I look forward to seeing what you produce with the more "interesting" looking members of the squad.

Sweet jb Knighley - termie has come out great

@Justaerin - Cheers, hes not bad for a 'bland' terminator

@Heretic Tom - Thank you! and thank you for the comments on the actual picture as well

@Mad - Thanks dude, looking forward to our game this Sunday!

@Januine - Thank you mate!

Update: Next Termy underway

Update: Washes done, this should be quick to get done now

Update: Terminator done

I like how even though you are using the DV terminators as a base, it isn't super obvious because of the paint and conversion work. Awesome stuff!

Damn fine looking terminators.

EDC

Deceptively simple

@Zerg - Cheers That was what I was going for, a head swap, chest swap, arm swap just to break it up and add something different each time.

@EDC - Cheer man!

@Graven - Its what I do well I guess

Update: Got a fair chunk of terminator 3 underway

Update: almost done'ish I guess

I really like his helmet and sword. The sword is very cool, the hilt is really nicely done Knightly.

Thanks Wolvey, appreciate the comments

Update: Had a 1500p Tau vs Nid game on the weekend Vs Mad, was a up hill slog for him as I was a very shooty army (being Tau) vs a not as shooty Nid list, I'd like to write up a narrative batrep sometime this week, however in the mean time the Sargent from the terminators is done.

Beautiful looking sword Knightley! The man looks very noble!

Interesting look for the sword, very different from all the silver ones with blue highlights you see out there usually. Sarge as a whole looks great!

Noice.

Very nice.

EDC

Nice terminator, and nice game yesterday thanks Knightley!

The after game chat was very useful as it helped confirm a couple of things in my head, and the game of execution force was fun too... looking forward to the next one for sure.

@Justaerin - Thank you, I think the addition of the Grey Knight sword helps with that impression, its a sleek long sword after all

@Zerg - Cheers, a long time ago I made the decision to only have blue bladed power weapons for rank and file, any of the psychic users get a helix or a single helix.

@EDC - Thanks!

@Mad - No worries, will need to do more of the after game briefing's as they can be very useful when hearing what the enemy thought.

Update: got into terminator number 4

I love the dark color on the face of the rocket launchers!

Thanks Gits, I took the inspiration from the contemptor I completed earlier

Update: getting there with this model, should be done soon.

Always have loved the cyclone missile launchers. He is so crisp as always. Do you add the studs or are they already on the terminators?

wow, the white really jumps on the red! Nicely done.

Another awesome terminator, nice work on the cyclone.

EDC

@Wolvey - Currently I'm not in the league of extraordinary rivet'ers so these ones were already on the model

@Gits - Cheers, I really like the white/red combo, I'm thinking of doing a red/offwhite combo on an Eldar force if/when I get to it.

@EDC - Thanks mate!

Update: terminator 4 done

Always looked a bit off to me, the cyclone, but as always you have done a brilliant job on him. Looking great, colours really work well. Good job sir.

Wow! The cyclone adds to a slightly dark, knight-like feel to your terminators. your skinwork is phenominal!

Proper lush

@Cam - Thank you!

@Justaerin - Cheers, I am quite happy with his face, I even tried some stubble on his head to boot

@Graven - Thanks mate.

Update: last terminator well under way

I love the way that you make something so distinctively your own despite being covered in another chapter's iconography. Fantastic stuff.

That termie with the CML turned out spectacularly! The face is probably the best part though. Was it the hardest part to do?

Nice. Always have liked that DV assault cannon termie.

EDC

I love these terminators!

Stunning job on the face of the CT... beautiful.

Great work on these terminators!

@Graven - I think I've been subtly drawning everyone in, remember I had the DA shoulder pads attached to marines in 2011 so since then you've been slowly seeing more and more DA stuff appearing on them, soon I'll just down and out use Azreal as my CM

@Zerg - Not really I seem to have gotten a sweet groove with faces in the last year or so and can almost do them in my sleep.

@EDC - Cheers, I ended up chopping off the other assault cannon and attaching another variation to make it even more custom.

@d00m - Thanks and welcome aboard!

@Gits - Thank you, remember if you are still after me doing you some faces let me know

@Azazelx - Thank you for the compliments!

Update: got a little bit done over the weekend, was out walking playing pokemon go with the Mrs and mini-Knightley, sore legs but we had fun.

Forgot about that... yes, definitely yes. Just have to get my butt in gear. New termie looks awesome. I think your painting is getting more dynamic as you go. That's a very good thing in my book.

No worries, lemme know if you send any and I'll get them squared away for you.

Update: Last terminator is done

All very nicely done. As mentioned Faces are spot on. I really struggle with them.

Thanks Solar, I posted up a guide on how I paint faces on the society for fine painters blog, maybe have a look, it could help?

Update: Group shot of all five!

Fantastic job Knightley... you should be proud of that. Wish you had access to a good graphics program... they're really good looking when corrected for brightness and white balance.

That is a nice varied looking terminator squad... very nice work, the missiles loaded in the racks catch the eye nicely

If you're looking for a free and very easy to use photo app - try out Photoscape Knightley. Dead easy to use and really handy for touching up photos quickly. I've been using it for years and well happy.
The termies are looking well sharp. Great job

@Gits - I do have access to GIMP, however no understanding on how to use it, I've had a look online but perhaps my old age has stopped me from learning anything new

@Mad - Cheers man!

@Januine - Cool, will see what I can do with that, I'll have a look at it when I get a moment, thanks for the help

Update: Figure I would do a quick job on Telion, small model, should be quick

Update: Got the back of the cloak mostly done, needs a wash

Lookin' good knightley! The camo cloak looks great, and I have to ask what colors and techniques you used.
Ready for that wash,
JATW

@Justaerin - Thanks man, Base was Dark Angels Green, Next was goblin green in little jelly bean shaped blobs, after that was Calathan Brown in blobs as well, some covering the lighter green, Next was a Yellow base (can't recall the name, its the darkest of the base yellows) done in thin lines, then last is black done in similar ways.

Update: After taking the advice of Januine on the photo editing software, I produced this




Urgh, seeing it in the light of day shows I really need to clean my desk of dust... his cloak is covered!

Love that Telion!

Cloak looks particularly awesome.

PS: It's not dust, it's the cloak trying to alter its camo pattern to better hide the wearer in the current environment

Termies look awesome together.

Telion is looking great too.

EDC

Nice job on the temies,

I think the cloak should have a bit more Lt. green in it. It would better match the basing.

That photo is *much* better. Nice to see your models in living color rather than something that's tint-dominated.

@Mad - Hahha love it, all my models on the painting desk are trying to camo up

@EDC - Thanks man

@Solar - Cheers, I agree I had thought about doing it to match the base, but I had already done another 5 camo scouts a couple of years ago and needed to match them

@Gits - Heh, thanks for the good will, the photo editor is simple as to use as well, almost want to go back and re-edit all my previous photos.... almost.

Update: sorry for the lack of updates, was sick yesterday and posting a pic fell off my radar, so today you get two! the one from yesterday and todays.
Yesterday


Today


These guys have SO much detail its ridiculous almost OTT amounts imo.

Ooohh, Centurions! I don't see the play value in them, so i've never painted them myself. Yours are lookin' snazzy, though. Just the basecoats, I assume?

nice job on the grav centurions knightley. seen winter seo use them to good effect a few times. never sure about the sculpts - part of me likes them part of me just sees Baymax from BigHero 6!!!!!

Cents are looking beefy!

Centurions are looking great, the half paneling adds a really nice touch. I love the centurion models myself.

@Justaerin - Yep, just base layer colours, they should brighten right up after layer highlight, Interestingly enough I've had a lot of fun with 3 Grav cents, the dish out a decent amount of AP2 shooting and with the grav amp they really can pile on the pain.

@Januine - Yeah the sculpts are what really put me off for the longest time (this is coming from someone who impulse buys pretty much everything as you can tell from my 'To Paint' list) however after proxying some in a Bat rep I was very happy with how they preformed.

@Gits - Cheers

@Wolvey - Thanks, they do have the odd small panel that you can add your own flair, but I find they are just to full of details for my personal tastes.

Update: Finished up the base colours and on to the washes

Cents look awesome. Top work, as ever.

EDC

Thanks EDC!

Update: man, this is slow going, got red layered but not highlighted and some white put down

I believe I told Nerdy this as well, by slow and steady wins the race amigo. Keep it up!

I think they look wonderful Knightley. Stick with it man, you're getting there!

Looking grand. Maybe you should play Batman, that'd be an exciting sight

They look awesome Knightley. Took me a long time to finish them as well, they are just gorgeous models and you are doing them serious justice! I really like the crispness as always.

Lovely clean paint jobs

@Justaerin - Slow and glacial, full steam ahead I guess

@Gits - Thanks man, need the encouragement right about now!

@Graven - No doubt, I figured if I started another universe it would definitely be something small (akin to the Batman universe) I'm not there just yet, to much a fan of 40k still

@Wolvey - Here's a question, how long on average did it take per centurion to complete? I estimate about three or so hours for each one of these guys, as opposed to about 1.5 hours for a marine.

@AoV - Thank you!

Update: getting started on edge highlighting the grey

Same took 3-4 hours each. Assembling took about 4 hours for all three. They came out awesome! I love them!

@Wolvey - good to know, I suspect I might get them done later this week if I'm lucky

Update: Aaaaalmost finished the edge highlighting of the grey. So. Many. Lines.

Looking good.. they will be a good addition to the army

I don't care what people say, I think the Centurion models are cool. You are making them even cooler with that paint scheme!

@Solar - Hope so, I have another 3 to paint, but they are converted GK ones with... interesting load outs

@Zerg - Thanks man, I appreciate that

Update: whites greens and blues got a hit today

Yay blue! Those grav guns are a great spot color for this army.

These are really coming together nicely, yeah you say they might be over detailed, but with your paint style they come out looking so good!

@Justaerin - Thanks, I always figured that having the contrast to red as another spot colour added that little bit more to the models

@Mad - Aww shucks, they are almost done btw!

Update: almost done, just need squiggles

Ah, always need more squiggles! Looking snazzy mind.

Oh but of course, I've added the squiggles, what say you now?

Consistent as ever! They'll slide right in with the rest of your boys seamlessly.

Awesome stuff! Have you got a lot more to do for this army?

Amazing work on the Cents Knightley!

EDC

Wow, the greens and blues really change the feel of the figures... give them a lot more interest and variety for such small additions. I like!

@LDP - Cheers dude, I put them next to some marines and my god its glorious!

@Zerg - Yeah, if you check the front page under the 'To do' spoiler tag it shows everything left to build/paint/play

@EDC - Thank you!

@Gits - Thanks, I like that you can tell they are part of my army, but so wildly different when viewed different.

Update: started on 5 terminators with Thunderhammer and Stormsheild, getting the armour washing underway.

Update: more base colours layed down

Nothing screams "screw it, i'm done taking your crap" like a thunder hammer. What colors do you plan on using for those blue areas?

Hate my memory, thought I posted on the finished Centurions. I really like what you did with the Grav effects, very similar to how I do mine as well. They are by far some of my favorite models, they came out amazing and I'm sure well worth the time and effort you put in them.

Excited to see the hammernators finished, love the use of the Dark Angel shields, adds that special touch!

@Justaerin - Hah yes! Thunder hammers, for when you really need to get your point across. Colour wise probabbly light blue on the edges and might try some lightening on the flat panels.

@Wolvey - Thanks! I do try to incorporate a number of other chapters icons in my force, primarily DA and secondary Black Templars.

Update: Getting through more base colours

Update: almost done all the base colours!

Update: washes applied

You are tearing through them Knightley! They are looking awesome, I really feel the shields complete the models, they look just amazing.

Excited to see what you do with the hammers.

Looking brilliant. Very blue hammers. No doubt they will end up amazing.

Obligatory 'Hammer time'.

Damn you fast, do you stop to eat sleep?

EDC

@Wolvey - Thanks man, not as quick as I would hope, I'm about a month behind where I wanted to be and there is still another four models after these guys so that might be another month :(

@Cam - Fingers crossed, I'm planning on doing something a little more basic this time, for speed.

@EDC - I sleep on the weekends or at least I try

Update: got a big chunk of the shields done

Do you know what really sickens me? It's not that you're stupidly talented. It's that you don't suffer from hobby ADHD...

^ What he said.

Excellent work.

@Graven - I suffer from something far worse, collectors disease, I have so many models to paint I can't afford to change so quickly. Oh and you say I don't have ADHD, what would you consider the last 18 months of Necrons, Chaos and Tau?

@Cam - Thank you

Update: Metals started after getting through the reds,

I'm 90% sure it's an acquired syndrome. I began this hobby as an 11-year old saying "Okay, i'll only paint SM and ocassionally Tau." I now desire to collect and paint every army besides Slaanesh and SOB.

@Justaerin - Hahah yeah, thats how it all starts, I remember being 13 and thinking I'll do a Dark Angels Company and that'll be awesome. Well I have half that now. But so much more in other armies.

Update: Terminators are done

Gah! Heresy! Those unhelmeted terminators!!!

All joking aside, I really like them Knightly, the blue highlights are terrifically done. I love them except you know my preference, the unhelmeted heads, except for the Savage looking one with a Mohawk!

Top work as ever Knightley.

EDC

@Wolvey - Hah, un-helmeted is my jam now! they will all freeze to death in the vacuum of space, but will look good doing so

@EDC - Thanks man!

Update: Tiggy is next, case colours basically done I think

Termies turned out great Knightley, they'll be a great addition to your army.

Cheers Gits, I am itching to try them out this weekend

Update: washes done and base layers on the robe applied

First stage highlights on the armour