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

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**Knightley**

@M.K - well lets see if your soothsaying has come to pass?

@Graven - Well I call it slapped, some may call it something else

@Casey - Cheers man, good motivation coming from the UK corner I have to say.

Update: Rex is done

Front

Front Right

Back left

Back Right

Top

And with Retinue from FW

As always C&C are sought after

**inmygravenimage**

Squiggly cape is a winner. Beautiful work, very understated.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Yep, my predictions were correct

He looks awesome!

**Casey's Law**

Exquisite levels of detail! And you've managed to do it without cluttering up the miniature. I don't think I could pick out any one thing as my favourite, everything has been executed really nicely.

It's also a refreshing break in the tide of grey although he fits into the army seamlessly. Top job!

Oh and it's more specific than the UK corner. Graven and I both live pretty near each other in Scotland. So it appears you have a Glasgow fanclub.

**lipsdapips**

Noooooooooooice
Please dont murder all of my units with Hector ;(

**Knightley**

@Graven - Thanks man much appreciated

@Matt - It's like your a psychic or something

@Casey - I'm happy with a Glasgow crew

also thanks for the comments

@LDP - Ok, I wont use him in our upcoming games then, But I do have a cool idea for a new Inquisitor model conversion, stay tuned!

Update: Next up is Crowe - base colors and wash done

**Matt.Kingsley**

Well hopefully I don't roll perils

Crowe looks good, can't wait to see him done!

**Knightley**

Take an invul save and you should be golden

Update: First layer for his armor done

**inmygravenimage**

Lovely model. Might actually get one at some point!

**Matt.Kingsley**

Perils ignore invul saves now, so I can't

Crowe is looking great, and I'd have to agree with Graven on it being a beautiful model...

**Knightley**

@Graven - I highly recommend it, the detail level is amazing

@Matt - Cheers

Update: second coat of grey done

**Casey's Law**

That really is a great looking model!

**Nashbashem**

Rex looked amazing! And I'm positive the Crowe will be just as good

**Knightley**

@Casey - Thanks

@Nash - Cheers mate!

Update: Grey Highlights done

**Matt.Kingsley**

Looking well on your way to completing Crowe.
Interested to see the finished daemon weapon

**Nashbashem**

I agree with Matt about the daemon wepaon. Is it just me or does the weapon look a bit wonky?

**Knightley**

@M.K - Thanks, I have an idea for the demon weapon, but im not 100% sure if it will work

@Nash - Yep its twisted, I didn't notice it till after I had painted quite a bit of it, I figure I'll leave it as it is, to represent that a chaotic sword doesn't need to be strait edged to cause carnage

Update: Red's and metals done

**Matt.Kingsley**

I hope the effect works well

Magma effect, if I'd have to guess?

Oooh, I' now even more interested to see what you do

**Knightley**

I gave magma a try but it looked like a 2 y.o had thrown up paint on the sword so I went back to black :(

Update: Crowe done

Front

Left

Right

Top

**Gitsplitta**

Excellent work. Love the look of the cloak.

**Yellowbeard**

Very nice, Knightley. I really like the whites on him. And the banner looks great.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Oh, well.. He still looks great, though, so don't feel to bad that the magma didn't look as intended

**inmygravenimage**

The top view really shows him off beautifully. Nice flame job too.

**Briancj**

What I like about how you paint, is that you are painting to an achievable standard. Everything is solid, highlights are clean and crisp, and the details are interesting, but not overwhelming.

Great work on maintaining the quality!

--B.

**Knightley**

@Gits - Thanks mate, the trip to Adepticon looked pretty cool and getting to see all the fellow Dakkites and getting shots of everyone looked like fun.

@YB - Thank you

@Matt - Yeah I was a little disappointed on it, I may come back to it at a later point though

@Graven - Cheers, I just realised you don't get a good shot of the sword in any of the pictures so if there is an upsurge in people wanting to see it I'll take another shot of just the sword.

@Briancj - Why thank you, it was thing I went for when painting my armies is a consistent look and feel to the every model. I do understand that not everyone likes seeing the same thing over and over again, but to those people I say this.... Stay tuned...

Update: Next model started, I'll label him as a Grand Master

**Gitsplitta**

Knightley wrote:
@Gits - Thanks mate, the trip to Adepticon looked pretty cool and getting to see all the fellow Dakkites and getting shots of everyone looked like fun.

It's a new adventure every year!

**Nashbashem**

Crowe look sweet as

Looking forward to seeing more of your characters

**Knightley**

One day I'll either move closer to where everyone else lives (AKA not NZ) and try to make one of those kinds of events, I'm pretty sure there would be the odd person who would be interested in seeing the force in the flesh.

Update: and today is the first coat of grey

**lipsdapips**

NO! The legendary Knightley is the Jewel on the NZ miniature painting community! YOU CANT LEAVE US!

**Knightley**

Oh it wont be in the next 10-15 years, and judging by your Tau, the mantle of Jewel in NZ painting will be shifted over to you!

Update: Second coat of grey