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

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**Gitsplitta**

Interesting... never seen the guns in back like that. I like it.

**elbrokendo**

Best painted - best sports - amirite?

**Knightley**

@Gits - funny enough you're not the first to comment on that, I actually didn't know that having the guns on the front was the norm. A happy accident!

@Elbrokendo - Urite! course we could only win 1 so best painted trumps all.

Update: first highlights started

**Knightley**

Update: Almost Done

**inmygravenimage**

The metals look very shiny. Not 100%, but I have faith in your crispness. The black/red is stunning.

**Gitsplitta**

I concur, looking forward to seeing your final touches.

**Knightley**

@Graven - Yeah, I do suspect that is the lighting where I paint that is making it really bright, they aren't that shiny in the flesh

@Gits - Await no longer, see below!

Update: Blades done

**Gitsplitta**

Those look great! Nice work on the blue glowy bits. Have you considered making the flat panels on the fins red like the bike? I think it might tie the whole thing together nicely.

**Knightley**

I had thought about doing those as red, time constraints had me stick with silver. Perhaps I might jump to red if I go back through the models again at a later date.

update: Barge started

**moonpie**

Looking good, Knightley. As per usual.

I wanted to thank you and commiserate. You inspired me on my own binge batch paint. In the past 2 weeks I have banged out 65-70 little Empire thugs.

So, thanks?

Also, my girl wants to visit NZ to see the hobbit holes. I asked her who gets to be Sharky and who gets to be Wyrmtounge?

**Knightley**

Oh buddy, what I have I done, batch painting 70 models.... top effort but madness incarnate indeed! Also Hobbiton? could be worth the visit if you lived in NZ, probably not if you have to travel more than 6 hours by any means to get there. But if you do I expect you to drop in to say hi, NZ is a small place after all.

Update: Having to keep plugging away at the silver, a lot to do.

**Knightley**

Getting started on the sheer amount of red highlights....

**Knightley**

First red highlights done, onto the next level

**Gitsplitta**

Coming along very nicely Knightley. Just stick with it.

**Knightley**

This red, it's melting my mind, why did I choose this!

Update: More red done

**Knightley**

Barge done!

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Getting started on the flying croissant

**inmygravenimage**

That'll be a flying croissant with JAM

Barge looks tops, mate.

**Knightley**

These things are so cheese, It might have to be a flying croissant with Ham and Cheese!

Update; working more on the metals

**Knightley**

More red base highlights started

**Edreynaline**

Looking good! those highlights must be muscle memory by now!

**Knightley**

Thanks Edreynaline I think you're on the button with that comment, I look at this picture and don't recall doing some of those lines....

Update: more of the lines done

**Mad..**

OK, Been about a month since I was last able to get onto this site... had some catch up reading to do...

I see you have been nice and productive... great work here, as usual!

Love your Necron scheme.

**Knightley**

Thanks Mad, my my a month has flown by very quickly!

Update: more edge highlights done, almost complete.

**Camkierhi**

So cool, so amazing, so crisp.

Brilliant as always.

**Gitsplitta**

Looking very good Knightley.

**Knightley**

@Cam - Hopefully not to crisp, I did want these guys to look a little weathered

@Gits - Thanks mate

Update; Scythe done!

**inmygravenimage**

Crisp and freshly baked

looking beautiful, and I'm very much of the opinion that crons shouldn't look weathered, self-repairing metal and all that.

**Pyro Pete**

Very nice Necrons

making me think when i get my barge to paint it in pieces

**Knightley**

@Graven - Fair call, I wanted a look like how I feel when I wake up in the morning, a little rusty in the joints, red eyed and a bit frazzled

@Pyro Pete - 100% Yes, paint in pieces, learn from my mistake very difficult to get paint in all the hard to reach places, I got lucky that part of my paint scheme is black so all the bits I can't reach I'm just leaving blank.

Update: smashed out quite a bit on my second Praetorian squad

**Knightley**

Continuing the painting spree I am in, finished up the praetorians at home