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This is my latest paintjob, a Nemesis Dreadknight that I wanted some new things on.

This is actually spraypaint, and not airbrush. I used Tamiya Color Spraypaint, Gunmental Silver and Champagne Gold, taking cues from the Zenithal method. I put all the armor pieces on a shoebox that was topped with blue masking tape sticky side up (don't use beige masking tape, it seems to react with the paint and adhesive goes everywhere). I then sprayed the gunmental as a base coat, getting solid coverage. After that, I sprayed the champagne gold at a 30-45 degree angle on the top parts of the armor. The technique worked well, and while the photos don't do it justice, there is a definitely color grade and change depending on the angle of viewing. Then I coated this with Testor's semigloss finish, and it gives it a perfect look. Not flat, but not a shine either. I was exceedingly pleased with this product, as most of Testor's stuff has been mediocre to me. The gold is painted with Vallejo liquid gold, which I believe is an alcohol based gold. It fumes, so I wear a mask, and it dries very quickly.

The incinerator and psycannon are Tamiya Italian Red. Two coats and then a coat of Testors matte finish. Again, very happy here too, for the effect I wanted it worked perfectly. The rest I hand painted, including the heraldry. Everything was painted separately, and then assembled. Nothing was sprayed on the sprue, but it was all sprayed and painted before assembly. The vents on the incinerator is done with Folk Art Metallic Antique Gold. I really like this paint (but not the rest of the line!) because it's thin, and takes on the color of the undercoat nicely. A black undercoat with two thin layers of the gold creates a nice bronzy/copper look. I then drybrushed some black to make for the burn/charred look. All hand paints are Vallejo, not GW. Vallejo thins easier and covers better. I'll never use GW paints again.

My only real criticism for myself is mold lines/join lines. I need to do a better job sanding this down and smoothing this out. I actually went out and bought a dremel after seeing some of the lines here. I plan to do more dreadknights, so I'll be interested to mark my progress on that.

I took my time on this model. It took me about a week, between letting coats dry, and then painting details, and assembly and basing. I'm extremely happy with the results of using spraypaint, and will be trying a similar technique on a line of terminators. The Tamiya Paint is just awesome, and combined with the Testors finish, creates exactly the look I was hoping for.

Good work, especially the little details like the black bordering. However, I think the parts which let it down a bit are the gold trims/lettering, which look very flat at the moment, and the piston casings on the shoulders, which although they look dark grey rather than just black, they still look unpainted/unfinished at this stage.

Valkyrie wrote:Good work, especially the little details like the black bordering. However, I think the parts which let it down a bit are the gold trims/lettering, which look very flat at the moment, and the piston casings on the shoulders, which although they look dark grey rather than just black, they still look unpainted/unfinished at this stage.

I assure you that is just the photo. The gold shines, and looks fantastic in real life. Flat is the last word I'd use to describe them, it's just not coming thru on these photos. And the pistons are a mix of dark grey and brown, and again look better in real life.

Cover all the red in twenty layers of Devlin Mud then it'll be awesome.

kravus master of Horus wrote:Cover all the red in twenty layers of Devlin Mud then it'll be awesome.

I have to sig this. Because that is the best quote ever

This is a really nice piece of work. I often find grey knights to be rather bland with all their...well greyness, some color really helps them out.

Good job

Looks a whole lot better than what I cold have done. Paint job is very crisp and clean. I also have to agree about the gold though. At least from the pictures it definitely looks like using a bit of ink on them and then highlighting with a lighter shade of gold would do wonders.

Rocketmike wrote:Looks a whole lot better than what I cold have done. Paint job is very crisp and clean. I also have to agree about the gold though. At least from the pictures it definitely looks like using a bit of ink on them and then highlighting with a lighter shade of gold would do wonders.

This is what I was really going for: crisp and clean. I wanted a clean model without it looking like a christmas tree, or a garish, bright mess. I see that a lot, where models have this tonal issue where everything clashes and just looks too bright for the scale. I think I got the clean look without making it look "wrong."