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Made in gb
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Hey, I'm happy to attach the arms myself, no probs. He is staggeringly pretty and really blows me away. I already have a creepy, gribbly, chaosy base in the works for him, too. I'm honoured, and dead chuffed!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
Made in us
Unshakeable Grey Knight Land Raider Pilot





Kansas, USA

I've been successful by taking packing peanuts, and actually fitting them around pieces to the point that they're almost in a packing peanut shell, then using either tissue paper to wrap it all together followed by bubblewrap for transport, or just follow it up with some bubble wrap.

Thing that's tough is is has to keep models in place, which means makin it really packedin, but you have to accommodate for added external pressure from shipping, so you have to give it some give.

Hope that helps.

Also, DAMMIT STOP BEING SO AWESOME!!! How can i possibly keep up? =P

The House Mandalore - an Imperial Knight Titan Blog


"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
Henry David Thoreau

Current Armies -

Grey Knights - 8,000
Imperial Guard - 2,000
Plague Marines - 2,000 +
Minotaurs - 2,000 
   
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut






OH-I Wanna get out of here

Get a large pill bottle from your local pharmacy, stick em in there with some packaging peanuts. I'm sure Graven can handle putting the arms on if needed.
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Nice freehand work & love the sword. Just a really nice figure all-round and the unorthodox design really makes him stand out.

Bubble wrap, but put folds of it beneath his arms to support them so when it bounces around they don't bear the weight of the figure by themselves.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
Made in nz
Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran






Wellington, NZ

Sweeet! Great work!

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Made in au
Neophyte undergoing Ritual of Detestation





Melbourne

Can I please have some of your awesomeness? You've so much, surely you can spare some =)

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Made in gb
Ancient Chaos Terminator






Surfing the Tervigon Wave...on a baby.

Holy kittens that thing is beautiful.

So beautiful it horribly tempts me to start a GK army.

......Stoppit.

I think what does is for me is the red on the wings....quite simply superb


Now only a CSM player. 
   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

@Graven - Sweet I look forward to seeing some totally completed pics in about 2 weeks (or however long it takes to wing its self over to you)

@Markillius - Thanks man, some good advice, I went for a bubble wrap insert into the areas I thought might be weaker, then put it in a baggie and wrapped that baggie in more bubble wrap.

@WM - Ooh a pill bottle, I wish I had seen this before I sent her off (I would have as well if work hadn't blocked the site..)

@Gits - Cheers Gits! maybe when I get to make tactical squad four I might do a GMS mission for anyone who's keen.

@LDP - Thanks mate!

@TyRaide - One dash of awesome, I just need a way to send it to you. Any ideas?

@DSS - Welcome to [DCM] hood I do have a question though, is it tempting you with the dark side when GK's are supposed to be holy good warriors? if you do feel the need to collect I'd be happy to subscribe to it

Update: back in to build mode again tonight, lots of little bits of gluing but and I have the following to show thus far. Tac squad three has the theme of all bare heads and shoulder shields on the deathwatch shoulder pad. Not totally sold on it but no turning back now!

squad 3 marine 1 front


squad 3 marine 1 rear


squad 3 marine 2 front


squad 3 marine 2 rear


squad 3 marine 3 front


squad 3 marine 3 rear


squad 3 marine 4 front


the four remaining paladins

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
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Ancient Chaos Terminator






Surfing the Tervigon Wave...on a baby.

[quote=Knightley@DSS - Welcome to [DCM] hood I do have a question though, is it tempting you with the dark side when GK's are supposed to be holy good warriors? if you do feel the need to collect I'd be happy to subscribe to it


Noooo. Let me pay debts off first! And then I might be tempted.

Also, nice progress with build mode - does every paladin have their own plastic bag?


Now only a CSM player. 
   
Made in us
Unshakeable Grey Knight Land Raider Pilot





Kansas, USA

I would hope so! It's the best way to keep things sorted and arranged.

BAGGIES FOR EVERYONE!!!

Loving the progress man. I did a little recap on my blog of the Legion so far, and I know your pain. I still have so much to build, but it seems like it's already been a lot.

And I'll be honest, your's are the only marines that I've seen converted to GK's that I ACTUALLY LIKE. So Gotta give you even more props.

Hope to see you round the blogs some more!

The House Mandalore - an Imperial Knight Titan Blog


"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
Henry David Thoreau

Current Armies -

Grey Knights - 8,000
Imperial Guard - 2,000
Plague Marines - 2,000 +
Minotaurs - 2,000 
   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

@DSS - paying off your debts eh? after seeing your thread that could take some time oh and yes, every model has a baggie, oh you only asked about paladins. I guess another secret is out of the baggie*

@Markillius - amen to that man, I saw the recap and posted on your GK thread, looking tight good sir! I'd like to be more active however not being able to connect at work leaves me with little time at home, I do have a list of threads I check religiously (Gits mammoth 189 page thread and your GK/Iron mongers thread to name a few)

So every one gets a baggie? yes.... yes they do

From left to right, 2 rows of Paladins, a GK justicar and Command squad holy marine, below them is a pewter tech preist and pewter term libby. Next is a row of 5 Purifiers then 5 tac marines then 5 purgitation marines, then another 5 tac marines. A rhino and a bike are on the far right


*I never claimed I was in any way humorous, worth a shot though.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Done a bit more gluing tonight

Rhino for squad 3


Rear shot


And the option to make it into a razor back.


Rear shot

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/07/13 09:10:13


IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in nz
Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant





Auckland, New Zealand

Looking good dude, can't wait to see that painted up, all of that!

"I have two hands, therefore, I can hold two shovels"


 
   
Made in gb
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Looking great mate; particularly love the use of BT bits!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
Made in us
Unshakeable Grey Knight Land Raider Pilot





Kansas, USA

Gotta agree with graven. I'm very skeptical when it comes to using other chapters bits, but those do work well for ya.

Can't wait to see the whole army assembled!

The House Mandalore - an Imperial Knight Titan Blog


"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
Henry David Thoreau

Current Armies -

Grey Knights - 8,000
Imperial Guard - 2,000
Plague Marines - 2,000 +
Minotaurs - 2,000 
   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

@Jirc - Cheers mate, its going to a long haul for this push

@Graven - Cheers buddy!

@Markillius - I can't wait either, just been looking at whats left and what I still have to buy.

Update: So my apologies with no updates for a while, I haven't been idle just not much to post.

every one is basecoated


Paladins and techmarine


Tac squad 3


Purifiers


Pugitation


Tac squad 1 to repaint


PA libby WIP 1

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in gb
Ancient Chaos Terminator






Surfing the Tervigon Wave...on a baby.

No updates for a while but you basecoated all that. I think we can forgive you mate. The long haul is never a fun affair - I'm just doing the finishing touches on some Dark Elves before I have...yep...another 500 points


Now only a CSM player. 
   
Made in nz
Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran






Wellington, NZ

Good work so far man! That's alot of work! I'll probably scoop up The Finecast Castellan Crowe tomorrow, and start a new GK army sometime in the future if you're interested (NEED THE FUNDS THOUGH )
But yeah expect that
Looking forward to more on the libby! looks great

LDP

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Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

@DSS - Cheers man, I was worried I'd loose people because I hadn't posted in a while.

@LDP - Course I'd be interested in your GK force, just let me know when you start it

Update: Command squad holy marine WIP 2


Spent most of the night badab black washing the models who need a repaint


Just realized that they look very bright due to the lights... they are much darker.

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in nz
Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant





Auckland, New Zealand

Holy hell. Looking good man!

"I have two hands, therefore, I can hold two shovels"


 
   
Made in us
Unshakeable Grey Knight Land Raider Pilot





Kansas, USA

Agreed. Looks great bud, just phenomenal!

The House Mandalore - an Imperial Knight Titan Blog


"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
Henry David Thoreau

Current Armies -

Grey Knights - 8,000
Imperial Guard - 2,000
Plague Marines - 2,000 +
Minotaurs - 2,000 
   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

Cheers Jirc/Markillius.

I haven't done any painting tonight, went to the not so FLGS for a game against the DE player who tabled me when I played my GK force, finally came away with a win! so stoked and happy now.

Hopefully tomorrow I might try post a BR of it if I can remember what happened (might also post what happened in the last BR as well. so 2 for the price of 1)

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in nz
Scarred Ultramarine Tyrannic War Veteran






Wellington, NZ

Not so FLGS? Sylvia Park are alright? (maybe they try sell you stuff too often, but apart from that they're pretty cool ((provided you did go to Slyvia Park)))
PS Did you enter the Golden Demon there last year?

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Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

Oh I guess I should have been more specific. All the stores are friendly, this one wasn't so local... St Lukes GW was where I went

Sadly last year my painting wasn't very good (you can see on page 1 the tac squads etc I posted was the standard that the time. since then I believe I've improved some what)

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Hererford, leo

Wow! thats a hefty force, £££.

 
   
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Unshakeable Grey Knight Land Raider Pilot





Kansas, USA

CONGRATS KNIGHTLEY!!!!

Always a good feeling to have that well deserved victory. Hope I will be able to post the same results after this Sunday's EPIC battle.

Skipphag da Devoura's Ork Horde vs Titan's Legion. WOOT

The House Mandalore - an Imperial Knight Titan Blog


"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one"
Henry David Thoreau

Current Armies -

Grey Knights - 8,000
Imperial Guard - 2,000
Plague Marines - 2,000 +
Minotaurs - 2,000 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine






Indianapolis

Any battle report or info on what you changed to make you come away with a win?

   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

@stoned - Cheers man, there is a lot of money poured into this army.

@Markillius - Thanks mate, I was pretty stoked to pull out the win, I look forward to how your battle went.

@Ice - I'm just posting the 2nd BR from the 5th July, hopefully I can post the 3rd BR soon enough.

Please remember this was all from memory, so dead numbers and movements may not be 100%
Spoiler:


Map


Deployment


My first turn

Pred’s move forward one 6 inches the other 12, rhinos move 12 inches right. Dread moves to right hand side of ruins, libby moves high onto gangway, tech missile launcher hits biker, kills. 6 inch pred hits biker number 2 kills him. Scouts open up with missile launcher, blow up raider, archon and wyches disembark, scout bolters open up on wyches kill 2 or 3 tac squad lascannon shoots at venom = weapon destroyed.



Opponents first turn

Raider moves over to first obj and fires at 6 inch pred does nothing, venom moves around ruins in front of scouts open up kill 2, bikers move past scouts in front of dread shoot at dread do nothing wyches on foot move toward scouts no shooting, he wants to get into close combat.



My second turn

Autocannon dread shoots at foot wyches, kills 3? Scouts shoot at venom and do nothing.
Pred’s shoot at raider, blows it up, rhinos move next to dread and shoot at bikes, they do nothing
Other pred shoots at wyches from recently exploded raider and kills 2 or 3 missile launcher from tac squad shoots at wyches and kills 1



Opponents second turn

Archon + wyches move and assault the scouts, kills them for a pain token and consolidate in to trees. Bikes move to block cover from rhinos and blow up the dread. Wyches from the last raider move, assault the 6 inch pred and blow up a weapon, venom flies just behind the bikes and blows up the 12 inch pred, disembarks trueborn who move to where the dread was.



My third turn

Libby moves to open window, passes psychic attack and flames the bikes and venom, kills bikes and shakes the venom (no move or shoot) flamer squad disembark and move forward 6 inches to archons lot, flame on and kills 1 or 2. Tac squad missile launcher shoots at CC’d wyches on pred and kill 2 (should leave 2-3 left) rhinos open up on archon do nothing.



Opponents third turn

Trueborn pop a rhino and move closer to the half tac squad which flamed the archons mob, wyches in cc with pred break combat and assault the missile launcher half squad and lose one. But stay strong. Archon assaults flamer tac squad and wipes them out… consolidates closer to wrecked rhino.



My fourth turn

Disembark melta tac squad and shoot at archons does nothing or kills 1. Free rhino moves up towards trees objective, lascannon shoots at venom does nothing, pred moves back 6 inches, it can’t shoot at anything. Missile launcher squad CC’s wyches taking out all but 1



Opponents fourth turn

Archon breaks from wyches and assaults the lascannon group wyches and trueborn assaults melta squad kills 4 however sgt stays strong killing 2 (should leave archon and 2 wyches and some trueborn) lascannon squad get pwned and the archon consolidates closer to objective. Pred assaulting wyches are killed consolidate 2 inches to far obj



My fifth turn

Libby moves down a level, pred opens up and takes out archon? Libby moves around flames true born kills them wych takes a hit but saves, libby assaults wych and gets stomped by higher initiative. Rhino rams the venom the blast is epic both die. Missile launcher squad try to daisy chain to far obj but are 1 inch short due to rolling a 4 on my run.



Opponents fifth turn

Wych runs to objective with ease.



Games ends with only 1 DE on the board and SM’s with a turretless pred and 5 marines.

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Interesting battle report... nasty battle. Haven't faced DE yet myself (under the new dex anyway). Always hated the Archon... nasty piece of work.


Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
Made in nz
Strategizing Grey Knight Chapter Master





Auckland New Zealand

Yeah those DE are right nasty, you get some pain tokens on them and you end up circling the drain

Update:

Command squad Holy marine head done

IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
The Cleanest Painting blog ever!
Gitsplitta wrote:I am but a pretender... you are... the father of all squiggles. .
 
   
Made in nz
Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant





Auckland, New Zealand

Dude, that head looks amazing. That is some beautiful shading right there! I am in awe. I am currently learning to paint faces, I have a lot of helmeted marines at the moment, and it is shots like that that truly inspire me to keep practicing! O for awesome Knightley.

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