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

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**Lord of Caliban**

Amazing, as usual, Knightley!

**whalemusic360**

64 bucks for a codex? Holy crap man!

Looking at the stuff from the start of the blog, your lines and highlights have gotten much better. And as a bonus, more playable too

**Knightley**

Wow page 19 now awesome

@Tipios - Cheers man, I could tell there was a small hint that people thought I may have been slipping. Stoked to have rejected those claims

@Gits - Thanks Gits!, I read your 500 point BR and interesting game, it would seem thing 1 is learning some decent tricks now.

@Miss Dee - As with graven you can the do look a little over sized, you could try disguise it somehow, perhaps larger shoulder pads or a high collar on the back?

@Graven - Cheers man, Fie indeed.... what is fie by the way?

@LoC - Thanks for taking the time to comment

@WM - Yeah that was my first thought as well, I'm trending more to kit bashes then over the top conversions, there will still be the odd one of those coming up though.

Update: to give my hands a break (using the 00 brush lots cramps my hands up a bit) I've started on the next lot. 5 Marines for squad 3, these guys will all have bare heads and shields on the right shoulder guard. hopefully they will look ok.

**jirc**

Looking good man, can't wait to see them all finished. How on earth do you paint them all in bits like that, how do you hold them? I must try it, as it seems to work for you, what with your awesome army and all that as proof!

**Knightley**

Cheers Jirc, I can't wait either, problem is there is still a huge amount to go. I guess I found a way to paint in bits and it works for me, not sure if it would work for every one else, so if I could offer any advice it would be find something that works for you

Update: quite a few small pieces have been completed - I've also learned how to use crop

Apoth shoulder pad 1 done

Apoth shoulder pad 2 done

Skull for the base

Tilt plate

Weapons WIP 1

Cheers for reading

**Gitsplitta**

Excellent work!

**Crusher050**

Great work! what is that purple you used on the libby???

**tipios**

Do you use any magnification device, or have you got really good eyes? More great work!!!

**Miss Dee**

red cross or cresant on the S.H.I.E.L.D?

**Knightley**

@Gits - Thanks, I read your second BR as well, love the narrative

@Crusher - Thank you

I Started off with a Liche Purple base coat and just added very small bits of white to it.

@Tipios - Just my eye balls at the moment, I must be blessed with semi decent close focusing eyes

@Miss Dee - I'm thinking the red triple helix (similar to his left arm) but not sure, I could go a Red moon with a black sword through it.

**inmygravenimage**

Love the skull, and the warding stave on an
apoth is brilliant - can't think why I didn't think of that loadout (beyond the demented cost, that is!) Outstanding as ever.

**Knightley**

Thanks mate, its a point sink right there, however most of the gaming I'm doing is 1000 points and paladins aren't enough for me in those games.

Update: So close to finishing!

Arm done, tried my hand at some small bits on the blue screen, not sure if I pulled it off completely, ah well better luck next time

I added blue power spiky bits on the staff, they look ok in person, not so sure in a picture. (edit - adjusted thanks to Gits sorting the white balance out)

Thanks for watching

**tipios**

Nice work again. Maybe a glow effect around the screen would look better.

**Miss Dee**

How is the medic is going to see the screen?

**Knightley**

@Tipios - Cheers, I'm a little hesitant on doing OSL on my SM army, I've not done it on any other model so it might look out of place, I could give it a try on a test model to see how it goes however

@Miss Dee - I'm hoping he can turn his wrist a bit to see the screen

Update: started to glue him together, should done in a bit

also edited the staff pic to include a white balanced shot courtesy of Gits!

**tipios**

That makes sense, I'm sure you can pull it of. Then do a tut, then I can copy

**BLACKHAND**

Beautiful work as always Knightley, can't vbeleive how much you have got painted since I last checked in!

**c0un7_z3r0**

Hehe, the thought that it might represent burnt flesh actually did cross my mind but then I lost myself in my own rambling...

Squad 4 looks awesome and so does the rhino, I love the use of the cloaked DA-heads (which I suppose it is)! Beautifull details as usual!

The apoth looks pretty sweet as well, the eyes and those other lenses looks flawless!

**lipsdapips**

ITS SO...SO CLEAN!

**Knightley**

@Tipios - Hahah, I see what you did there. Give it time, I only just finished learning to paint faces

@Blackhand - Chur! I guess it been a while mate, hows the little one holding up?

@Count - Thanks man, I got lucky with a lense that worked and I've kept on with it since. gotta love trying new things.

@LDP - its always clean

Paladin done, Apothecary Vertz reporting for duty.

Front

Left

Right

Top

C&C welcome of course.

**tipios**

Can't fault it!!! another awesome GK.

Awwwe you saw through my plan

**Gitsplitta**

Excellent.

**lipsdapips**

That has to be one of the best paintjobs i've ever seen. Great work, really!

**TyRaide**

The right shoulder-pad.....how?

**Miss Dee**

My Idea worked cool.

**Knightley**

@Tipios - Thanks, although I think the white shield shoulder pad could have been more refined with the Icon and Sword, the sword kinda looks like gak close up :S

@Gits - Thank you!

@LDP - Chur, I think I'll submit this one for my single model category, it's still not golden demon quality, but its currently the best painted model I have.

@TyRaide - Which part in particular?

@Miss Dee - Course, I listen to my fellow posters and try to incorporate their ideas into my modeling

Update: spent most of this weekend getting two coats on all the grey armor on my next half squad

so much grey!

**Arashi Hyuuga**

Holy freakin crap. This is amazing work my man. I would kill for your skills

**Miss Dee**

I like this colour for the GK's than the shiny metallic colours

**Knightley**

@Arashi Hyuuga - Thank you very much for your comments! I guess the next question is, who would you kill for some skills? I have some people I might require to "take a holiday"

@Miss Dee - As do I, what started this was my lack of ability to paint silver properly, the next best thing... paint grey

Update: Got some paint on the Biker sgt and did all the grey highlights on the 5 tac marines (however didn't take a picture)

Thanks for reading

**Arashi Hyuuga**

Grey Knights dont have bikes as far as I am aware. At least not in this recent dex

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