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

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**stonned_astartes**

Holy sh*t its a giant worm mutant!

**elliot the black templar**

hi he looks awsome

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Hi he looks awsome

**Knightley**

@Jirc - Cheers man, faces became very easy after I actually listened to one of the GW red shirts and had him show me his technique (what you see there is Tallarn flesh, ogryn flesh wash, 1 layer of dwarf, 1 layer of 50/50 dwarf and elf then a final layer of elf flesh. each step just leaving a little bit of the one below it for contrast

@Stoned - if only they were allowed in the codex eh?

@Elliot TBT - Thanks for commenting

Update: Command squad Holy marine completed!

Front

Back

Side

Whole squad

**Revenent Reiko**

Dude! That squad looks amazing!

Really like the Holy Marine head, always have major respect for anyone who can pull off faces properly so kudos to you

Congrats on the win too, DE are nasty, the trick is not to use MSU from what i can tell, makes it harder for them to get their much needed pain tokens. You do lose out on maneuverability though which is an issue...

And to counter an earlier made comment, trust me, you arent going to lose people because you happen to be busy and cant post.

**Gitsplitta**

Beautiful work Knightly!

**Markillius08**

Knightley wrote: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

DAMN NICE HEAD. Hands down the BEST face I've ever seen painted! BRAVO SIR, BRAVO!

**lipsdapips**

Haha nice! Love the pose
"Oh yeah and um..before you're killed horribly, check this page out, it's pretty good.

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**Knightley**

@Rev Reiko - Thanks man, I'm really happy with how they all came out, quite a unique crew if I don't say so myself

@Gits - Cheers Git's I like how your Term libby is coming along btw

@Markillius - Thanks

I was very happy how it came out, those Blood Angel heads are great to paint

@LDP - Hehe, reading this will save your soul!

Update: misplaced the camera after I had taken a few shots, then re-found it again tonight (it was in the car of all places) so Ill post last nights pics first then tonights

Pred/razor turret WIP 3

PA Libby WIP 1

And tonight's pic's
Pred/razor turret completed

Razorback WIP 2

Thanks for reading.

**jirc**

Hi Knightley, looking good dude! Having just bought my first vehicle in over ten years, how do you go about painting vehicles? I love the look of your models and would really appreciate some advice? Do you use an airbrush?

**Rabid Ferret**

I am liking what I see. Keep it up. The conversion work is especially interesting.

**inmygravenimage**

Turret's super sweet my friend. Great work as always. Oh and love that Holy Marine Batman!

**stonned_astartes**

The marine squad is fething beautiful! love the kit bashing, customization.
Really moves them along from the bog standard marine.
in my eyes all marines would be like that, only very few chapters wouldn't steep there armor in lorrals.

**Greyguy13**

Flipping Awesome comrade!!! I am quite jealous as to your sick skills. I am a first time painter and I am amazed at your earlier work haha. If you have any advice for the noob that I am please enlighten me. Again, your work is splendid!

**whalemusic360**

Hate to say it, but I'm just not feeling the turret. The dreadnought is just to dreadnought-y for me to pass as a turret, more in the lines of an ork thing than a SM thing imo.

**stonned_astartes**

whalemusic360 wrote:Hate to say it, but I'm just not feeling the turret. The dreadnought is just to dreadnought-y for me to pass as a turret, more in the lines of an ork thing than a SM thing imo.

...I'm inclined to agree. I think it works but the dread sharcofagos? should be coverd? it looks like the loading/fireing mechanicisum for the gun, but maybe if you just put a bit more amour on, plasti-card squares hear and there, but not enough to cover it up!

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and maybe trim the tops of the shields, add some card at the bottom, and bulk up the back. then it would look a bit like the amour around the middle has been taken of, or something maybe.

**Knightley**

@Jirc - Cheers man, I posted on your blog my tips/ticks for tank assembly/painting. btw no airbrush here

@Rabid Ferret - Thanks for taking the time to comment! I'll continue to convert as much as I can.

@Graven - Thank you, I was pretty happy with his face so the rest of him was mediocre compared to it

@Stoned - Cheers, I agree that marines would end up with a bit of personalizing of their hardware.... except ultramarines, they are to stuck up...

@Greyguy13 - Cheers Grey, My advice would speak to painters who you like. There are many different techniques/styles which will supply different results. I've gone for a clean smooth look with no weathering, where as painters such as Grey_Death will mix it up on every level. For me using the foundation paints followed by a wash followed by 2 thin coats of the main colour and a watered down highlight seem to work the best.

@WM - I know what you mean. The turret was put together in 2005 and my bits box (more like a small ziplock bag) was quite low on available bits. I keep it like it is for a reminder on where I've come from with my converting.

Update: the tank is finally done for its main armor panels, I need to do highlights and attach the additional bits to the sides etc. No picture at the moment as one of the lights stopped working. got a replacement bulb in my hands now.

Will post pic's when I get a chance.

**Knightley**

Pred/razor done

What it used to be:

Repainted Predator:

Front side

Front:

Back

Back side:

Razorback

Front side

Back side

Thanks for reading.

**Gitsplitta**

Very nice knightly. I think they really need weathering though. And I don't say that lightly because I usually don't weather my vehicles. But with that fairly plain, light shade of color I think the weathering would give it some extra character.

**tipios**

I like the turret conversion for the pred!! and nice new paint job!!

I agree with gits though on weathering, unless you are saying it's just arrived of the production line, and is nice and shiny

**Knightley**

Hey Git's/Tipios I agree with you both, the downside is that the pred/razor is on its 3rd repaint (first was my grey knights silver color = horrible, second was the grey pic shown at the top = horrible not at that bad and the last... well there you have it) inducing another coat of paint to it is not something I look forward to. I've also tried to explain through fluff why the army looks like its just been painted... it has, Brother captain stern has decreed it when he formed the force to distinguish the loyalist from the traitors who had turned (and not gone chaos black)

Next up is the repaint of the tac squad (black swords) and their rhino, then I can get onto newer stuff

Edit: I will be trying weathering on my next force, as well as trying OSL on weapons. Any ideas on a force which isn't power armor based? I was thinking Eldar

**Valkyrie**

Great work! Exalted!

**Gitsplitta**

You know... I can't exalt the thread... only an individual post. I wonder what the issue is... (the option doesn't appear where it should on my dakka page).

**Lord Kaesar II**

Guard are always good for mucked up vehicles and having right around 0 power armour (besides Stracken, if you take that approach with him). Or, if you instead want expensive but dainty power armour, there's always Sisters. I haven't seen any of them around lately, though I might not be looking in the right places.

The ball's in your court; dribble, shoot, or pass. I'm sure you'll make your decision with class. Kaesar II

**inmygravenimage**

Knightley wrote:Hey Git's/Tipios I agree with you both, the downside is that the pred/razor is on its 3rd repaint (first was my grey knights silver color = horrible, second was the grey pic shown at the top = horrible not at that bad and the last... well there you have it) inducing another coat of paint to it is not something I look forward to.

If you're feeling brave you could always physically chip some paint off, exposing layers below. Maybe try it on a test patch underneath?

Also, I have a feeling you doing eldar would be fiendishly pretty. But, with your talent for faces, I'd love to see you do IG.

**Markillius08**

Personally, an army I've always wanted to see scuffed up and dirty is nids.

Dinged up plating, dirt and muck covered hooves, blood spattered, and glossy, moist looking organic parts. It's one of those armies that you can really apply all the really cool detailing and painting methods to and have them look sick.

But if you're looking for a non nid army, I vote for Tau. Play different from Marines, look distinctly different, and look sexy when torn up.

**Knightley**

@Valkyrie - Thanks Valk, hopefully your keen to keep an eye on this blog for the future

@Gits - This is true, I can't exalt threads either perhaps lego/yak has disabled it for the moment.

@LKII - IG, another good choice, Lots of tanks scares me to buggery though, I've put off doing my last Land Raider/Storm Raven/Predator and 2 Rhino's because I'm not a huge fan of doing tanks heh. It's also weird you mention SoB I actually looked around and from what I can gather all their models are pewter and they are quite rare. I'll consider the IG and perhaps see what an all inf force would look like

really digging the rhyming by the way.

@Graven - Hahah, not that brave yet, I'd end up cutting a leg or an arm off, I'm thinking I could try Grey_Death's sponge technique to induce chipping. I think the Eldar might be the go, I can do faces with them as well as just nice smooth lines!

@Markilllius - Hmm hadn't considered Nid's I guess the whole painting a swarm is the thing holding me off. It would be awesome to paint them up all beaten up and bloody. Tau would need a codex revamp before I think i'd consider playing them (I have some already painted so would have to strip them. What painting scheme would you go with?

Update: I won the FLGS painting comp with the Paladin term so thank you thank you thank you to all those who voted!

Been working slowly on the PA Libby:

Almost done one model repaint as well, just forgot to take pic's of it.

**inmygravenimage**

Very pretty! You do love those helmet wings doncha?! I probably have a spare set if you need more, btw. Like the combination of the DA vet backpack with the paladin icon, that's one I shall thieve. Scroll down the middle's very clever too, that off the DA stuff, trimmed accordingly?

**Markillius08**

Gratz on the winning paint job!

As far as paint schemes.... If you're talking nids, I don't really like going for the traditional schemes. My thought is that nids are crazy-f'n-retardedly-stupid fast adapting on the genetic level. So, having those schemes where every unit is painted to look the same way just doesn't fly with me.

I got my start (the latest and most successful one, as I'm still going strong) with a 3k+ nids force. What I chose was a snow theme, because I liked the idea of having them mostly blue and white. Giving them that cool, sleek tones to contrast with the vivid, slimy organic portions of their bodies and the bloodiness they would have on them from gore and what have you.

What I've seen that works well, if not best, is basecoating them white, no matter WHAT scheme you' decide to go with. Then washing the bodies while the carapace plates wait for later. The best is, as usual, devlan mud. Gives you a really good bone color when it's done. Or, you can paint it bleached bone then wash with devlan mud for even better boni-color.

But honestly, far as nid painting goes IMO, you need to decide where they're fighting first. Nids are one of the best armies to add slicked up bases to.

For example, next time I decide to try nids again, I'm going to go with a grasslands theme. Tall grass on all the bases, letting the bigger units have it matted down beneath them, while the fast hormagaunts and termagaunst would just be flitting through it like raptors in jurassic park.

Find your location, then decide your painting based on that. OR, think of what they'd be fighting there, and paint how you believe they would have to adapt to survive.

**jirc**

Looking very good man, I am in awe of how you paint your marines, all in bits like that, that is an amazing amount of work! It seems to be paying off though, they look really awesome! I have to say I am a HUGE fan of weathering vehicles, I assume you have seem the way Nerdfest does his weathering? I bought some of the Maskol he uses for doing my three Rhinos, I love the look of it.

**Knightley**

@Graven - Funny you mention it, I tried to stay away from the wing motif for so long, it was only till a mate gave me the scheme to paint it up did I then start to incorporate more and more into the army. I figured you would like the combination of the paladin poles on a model, I'm surprised I haven't seen more to be honest. The scroll down the middle is actually from a BA death company set, I had to trim some of the offending BA icon's off of it though (you can see I slapped an Inquisitor symbol on his right thigh)

@Markillius - Cheers man, your vote helped

RE: nid painting I'd almost want to have one common denominator, like chitin color, or talon color or even just a belly color, something that would tie the force in together. I do like the idea of the grass, and I could totally imagine the small nids finding their own way through and the large ones just barreling through.

@Jirc - Thanks mate, I like how you paint your SW's as well, so smooth! In pictures I bet all those bits would seem like there is so much to do, however I can pic up one bit and focus on one small part, once done I can leave it to the side and not have to worry about it. I can't say I've seen Nerdfests weathering technique, I'll have to look through his blog again, that is unless you have a link

Update:

First marine of the repaint done

Front

Back

Libby WIP 3

Marine 2 WIP

And as always, have nice day