-Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (May Update - I painted a Dragon!)

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**TheChaoticJournalist**

Nice work on the raven. Keep it up

**Matt.Kingsley**

It looks great!
Very Crisp, Very Grey

**Gitsplitta**

Can we get some close-ups of the detail work?

**prototype_X**

Absolutley stunning K man, that just blew my mind. I'm so excited to paint mine now.

**celeborn**

I'd like to second what gitsplitta said about close up pictures ! We need to see them

Great painting and really nice smooth finish though

**Knightley**

@Childe - Thank you

@WM - Yes! god I had to hack away underneath the intake where it touches the front of the next piece, I also had to file down a bit of the raised surface where it sat as well just to get it all flush

@eldartau1987 - Thanks! Squiggles are the last part of any of my projects BTW so if you don't see any during the WIP parts that's why

@TheChaoticJournalist - Cheers

@M.K - Sweet, that was the overall theme I was going for, crisp and grey

@Gits - Hmm, I'm not sure, up close the detail work is a tad lacking, is there enough on the picture for a zoomed in shot?

@Proto - Thanks Proto! if you need a hand let me know

@Celeborn - Thank you, the smooth finish must be one of my trademarks by now

Update: Fourth push completed Pics!

**AnUnearthlyChilde**

Always been a sucker for a group shot, gotta love the army dude.

**eldartau1987**

Well done sir!

**Miss Dee**

Storm Talon or something like that next?

**Knightley**

@Childe - Thanks mate, sadly I havent been able to get another full army shot yet hopefully when the weather picks up here

@eldartau1987 - Thanks

@Miss Dee - I think I will do a pure GK push this time, I want to do more battles with GK's but lack the completed models.

This is the next pushes list.

1 x Old school Librarian plastic, applied to a large base
1 x OOP GK Inquisitor with halberd
1 x Terminator armored Captain going for a GK or INQ conversion
1 x Castellan Crowe
1 x Hector Rex
5 x Purifier GK marines, 2 psycannons, halberds, swords (this to finish off the first half of the other squad)
1 x Adeptus Mechanicus Dreadnaught (thanks Graven for the idea) will have two sets of arms, one set TLAC the other Close combat orientated
1 x Dreadknight, I hope to make this one with a rather large halberd
8 x OOP Metal PAGK's
9 x OOP Metal TAGK's
9 x Terminator GK's
2 x Finecast TA Justicars
2 x Finecast PA Justicars
2 x Finecast PA Psycannons
3 x Terminator SM to GK conversions, utilising normal SM terminator legs/chest with GK addons

This will give me at least 2 full 10 man Terminator squads, a full 10 man Purifier squad, a full 10 man strike squad which should allow me to field a decent army!

Also GMS marines!
LDP

Ice

Graven

Gits

WM360

Proto

BBL

Close Combat squad

**whalemusic360**

I feel mine lacks sqwiggles.

**IceAngel**

I had forgotten how much I liked that guy. I hope you like his anti-squiggle / pro-angular look.

**Gitsplitta**

Mine has squiggles!

**inmygravenimage**

Mine has a squiggle but lacks a decent paintjob

Your work is outstanding as always. I like how you've done the AC turret on your SR, that works well.

As for converting regular Termies to TAGK, if you cut away the hood on the front piece and cut the back to match you get a very convincing TAGK torso. You can even do the trick of using a shoulder pad or a DA termie shield icon as hood for the finishing touch.

**lipsdapips**

How's this for your sgt Knightley? Obviously there's still cleanup to be done but that's how he's been assembled.
Sorry I posted it here, wasn't sure on how to send pics via PM as this is being uploaded straight from my desktop

Matthew

**Casey's Law**

Inspiring as always Knightly! Your really making me feel bad about the four month break i just had...

**Knightley**

@WM360 - If you want I can squiggle him up a bit, I'm happy with how he is right now though

@Ice - Yeah mate, the anti squiggle really sets him apart

@Gits - Oh yes, and I regularly pick him up to look at how you painted him.

@Graven - Don't beat yourself up over a paint job, I'm happy to have participated in a community project

@LDP - Looking tight mate, Pick of yours below

@CL - Welcome back from your four month Hiatus!

Update: so I got some time to take some pics of WIP stuff.

First up GMS marine swap with Funkyh
Front

Rear

Then I'm doing another swap with LDP, but the twist here is I am painting it as a model for his army, I get to paint blue!
Front

Rear

Next up are some characters for my force

Rex

Crowe

Term armored Inq/GM/BC
Front

Side

**eldartau1987**

Nice stuff. I really like what you are doing here withe characters! I might steal your idea for the INQ. I am having a hard time figuring that one out!

**Gitsplitta**

Knightley wrote:
@Gits - Oh yes, and I regularly pick him up to look at how you painted him.

I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles.

**prototype_X**

The 'nid head on LDP's model was a good choice.

**whalemusic360**

Looking forward to seeing Rex. Should be interesting to see if you can make the quite dated captain look current again too.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Nice stuff Knightley!

**Knightley**

@ET - Yeah its not an easy model to come up with Ideas for, so I hope I can do it some justice

@Gts - Sigged! Sigged! Sigged! Legendary!

@Proto - Yeah, an ode to the tyrannic war vets, hope he likes it

@WM - Likewise, its previous incarnation was just a bit to much for even me to keep, paint should give the final indication though.

@M.K - Cheers mate.

Update: More WIP stuff, this time strike squad and Terminators!

Strike Squad 1

Strike Squad 2

Term Squad 1

Term Squad 2

Term Squad 3

Term Squad 4

Term Squad 5

**prototype_X**

Ouch, all them termies are gonna hurt! Can we get a close up of the old cream colured one from squad 5 please?

**Gitsplitta**

Just read both your sig's... LOL! That one from Ice cracks me up...

Those are going to look brilliant Knightley, can't wait!

**IceAngel**

Knightley what is that terminator in squad 5 second from the right?

**TheGunslinger**

Just a quick tip, but for the WM360, you might want to further accentuate the red, especially around the iron halo. It's a little too mono-chromatically red. But otherwise, fantastic job Master Squiggle!

**eldartau1987**

Termies are the name of the game! I like where this is going!

**Knightley**

@Proto - yeah buddy! of course I still need to paint them, so you have a few months grace

I'll see what I can do about getting a pic of the cream one for you.

@Gits - Cheers mate, shame the sig space is so limited I'd like to have added more

@Ice - I got sent that one from Graven, as he wanted to see what I could do with it to make it more GK

@TheGunslinger - up close the model does have shading, sadly mu camera isn't really good at taking pics of red.

@ET - Oh yeah, 2 squads of 10 with 2 psycannons, Halberds'n'Hammers and psybolt really do ruin things.

Update: Been quite distracted recently so not much to show

Purifiers - important to note, a psycannon from this squad will be moved to the first squad I did.

And a hint at what is to come

**lipsdapips**

;o Dreadknight halberd?
A NEW CHALLENGE FOR HAMMERNATOR THE LEGEND