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

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**moonpie**

Good year's work. In America, we have really only have bald eagles, guns, freedom, and processed food. It's wondrous. So sorry it is 27 there, but it is 14 here so not that sorry. Don't know what that is in C, but whatever it is has a minus in front of it.

So, Necrons next? I'm down to see that. I would love to see you tackle some Harlequins. Bet you could kill those.

**whalemusic360**

Garfy's crons are my all time favorite, I'd love to see you do some up in that same scheme. In the wise words of one Jean Luke Picard, make it so!

**Gitsplitta**

Crons look to be very good again this edition. Have fun with them... there are a lot more painting options than may be initially apparent.

Beware edge highlighting. You will learn to hate it.

**Knightley**

@Moonie - So I looked up how to translate Degrees in to Fahrenheit and it mentioned something about chanting to the fore fathers, not sure if that was relating to four farthings, which as it turns out is one penny, but in any case, no effin idea how you change it. I'd actually like to try my hand at some really outrageous harlies, bright yellows, reds, purples and pinks. I think I could slay it.

@WM360 - I'll see if I can do something similar, I don't want to have to do 5 hours per model like I do with the GKs, so maybe a bastardised version of it?

@Gits - Note wisely taken Gits, I suspect there will be a lot of fine detail in my future

Update: so public holiday here in NZ so spent some time with the family, however did manage to get some additional work done, put all the painted models in simple green and started assembling models.
These are the sprues from inside my inherited crons

Managed to assemble a Triarch stalker and 2 wraiths (I brought a bunch of guys but he only had two wraiths, somehow need to find one more to make a squad of 6)

Oh and here are all the currently purchased models

Spoiler:

**AnUnearthlyChilde**

So you've joined the ranks of the old enemy...

...I now feel the urge to kill you.

**Mad..**

Ooooohhhhhh, Necrons!

Really looking forward to seeing what you produce

following Garfy's type of scheme is great.... can't wait.

Nice choice

**moonpie**

Hell yeah! Get you some Harlies! I'd look forward to you making me look foolish.

There's a neat scheme in the new Visions for Necrons a guy used where it was black with red edge highlighting. I would despise painting that nonsense, but I could see it working with you.

What's your plan for these robuts? If you already said it, I missed it.

**Knightley**

@Childe - You and me, if I ever I end up visiting the mother land

@Mad - Thanks dude, hopefully will have some coloured shots before months end!

@Moonie - if its this guy then its that scheme, but a heavily bastardised version

Spoiler:

Update: More assembling done

While the new dex has sod all for crypteks, I wanted to be able to play the old dex so here we go with some crypteks

**AnUnearthlyChilde**

Or I end up visiting Hobbiton :-P

...My flgs manager is from your end of the world...

...I don't like him

**Mad..**

You've assembled all this in just a few days? I suppose we did just have the weekend

Hats off to you my friend!

**Knightley**

@Childe - Is that Dave? pretty sure he's my uncles brother, of is it Steve I think he is my cousins brothers former roommate.

@Mad - Yeah I do love a long weekend

Update: Next up is a throw back to the old codex as well, some royal court

And the full court with the new LoW

**Gitsplitta**

I really liked the "winged" shoulder pads. Pretty spiff.

**Knightley**

Cheers Gits, I can't claim the idea as original though, I saw the idea online somewhere.

Update: finished up my destroyer lord

So a current shot of the army

**Gitsplitta**

That's a *lot* of figures... going to be a lot of fun watching you paint them all.

**Mad..**

An impressive array of greys and green... looking forward to seeing your scheme in the near future

**Desubot**

Lol butt wings

Cool conversion

**Knightley**

@Gits - Cheers, works about to be about 4700 odd points, with a few more purchases to make (but will be a while I feel)

@Mad - Wait no further, a test squad done below

@Desubot - you have to protect ones rear, I think sir mixalot said something along those lines

Update: Got the force primed

And started on a test squad to see how quickly I could paint them.... turns out pretty darn quickly with this scheme

Models washed with nuln oil the Dry brushed silver

A mix of rhyza rust and lahmian medium put in to the joints and typhus corrosion applied to the lower legs, and black applied to the shoulders.

Dark red applied to the shoulders, then edge highlighted ( I can see what you mean about edge highlighting now Gits...) washed with bloodletter glaze, dark blue applied to the energy bits on the gun, then lightened up to show a bit of power. red dots in the eyes.

So this got smashed out in a night. Not sure on the base style yet, might go with a desert look with the GW crackle paint, just need to buy it.
next up will start mass painting.

**moonpie**

I've messed with the crackle. Make sure to put a good undercoat down first. I use my bases as a palette and I had rainbow and metal peeking out when I first tried it.

Do some tests with it as well as it works best at a specific thickness you will have to discover. You took an idea I had about mixing the ryza rust/lahmian medium. That workout well?

I like the corrosion, but it is more opaque than I thought. Not really a wash. Some medium should take care of that. Looking good so far. Good pace.

**Gitsplitta**

You can do extreme highlights on metal/silver with white. I'm just thinking if you pick out a few spots on each model to edge highlight up to white (usually prominent corners & such) it may make them pop a bit more.

**inmygravenimage**

50 crons of grey...

**Edreynaline**

Firstly, No! I come here to avoid all that fifty shades rubbish that the rest of the internet/world is loving atm pllllleeaaaassse don't take my final sanctuary away from me!

More importantly and secondly, sick models, gorgeous painting and subbed btw.

**Gitsplitta**

Bad graven! No biscuit!

**Mad..**

Looking good!

I like what you are doing with the gauss guns having them blue instead of the normal neon green

For some reason I find those scarabs really cute... look like tiny shuttles.

**Knightley**

@Moonie - Noted, you think the solid brown base that I currently have will be fine? any other colour you might suggest? I remember seeing Duncan Rhodes doing a ryza rust/medium mix on the GW page and yes, it worked amazingly! I went for a slightly opaque look to the corrosion as its on the feet and not all of the feet would have the corrosion, over all its understated, but quick so that means it wins out there.

@Gits - I might consider that when I go back around a second time doing more details, at this stage it table top quality and I'm trying for speed right now (will get to add more bling later in the year perhaps)

@Graven - Hahaha, I had something for this....

Spoiler:

@Edreynaline (shortening to Ed for now) - I put my one in spoilers so you can be free from the filth infesting our cinemas at the moment (and yes, I did read the Twilight fan fiction, but only before I knew it was one) Also thanks heaps for the Sub!

@Mad - Yeah, the dark red and blue I think offer a good contrast. The scarabs get stuck to the bases because on the stands they break really easily and I lost some already

Update: Hands up who is batch painting like 100 models right now? Just me. why did I do this....

**Gitsplitta**

I hate painting massed infantry.

I like the "sprues of grey" bit. Very appropriate (you can't get away from it here).

**moonpie**

This is where I look behind me and say, "Oh, who? Me?"

Yeah, not much advice here, dude. Do your thing. All I know about rust is one of my old managers used to tell me it is more orange than people think. He was SERIOUSLY into metallurgy.

Re: 50 shades- Raise your hand if you are running a theater with 4 prints of 50 shades of grey. Oh, that's just me...

**Desubot**

moonpie wrote:
This is where I look behind me and say, "Oh, who? Me?"

Yeah, not much advice here, dude. Do your thing. All I know about rust is one of my old managers used to tell me it is more orange than people think. He was SERIOUSLY into metallurgy.

Re: 50 shades- Raise your hand if you are running a theater with 4 prints of 50 shades of grey. Oh, that's just me...

Rust can get Fethin orange

It can also get fethin red

**Stormwall**

That sprues picture killed me, haha. Also, I don't envy your batch painting atm.

**Knightley**

@Gits - I had my boss make a 50SoG comment, I almost threw my water bottle at him.

@Moonie - Dude, how have you not applied tar and feathers to anyone going to see "that" film!?

@Desubot - Agreed, I'm hoping mine looks more orange than red (if it goes red then it'll clash with the should armour)

@Stormwall - Yeah, well I may be giving that idea up in short order (see below)

Update: What we have here is more batch painting, a slow an painful process, however! I might revert back to units to make things more visually quicker.

**moonpie**

Tar and feather? Heck, no. We just make money off them. I did catch a couple scenes between theater checks and booth work and it made me quite uncomfortable. But, whatever...$10.25, please and on to the next one.

Keep up the good work, Knightley. Definitely not tarring and feathering you.