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

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**Master Azalle**

fantastic work on the spartan brother, looks amazing

**Camkierhi**

Beautiful work, detailing is stunning bud.

**Knightley**

@WarbossDakka - Thanks for the kind words, makes me feel a tad bit better about being selfish with only doing the outsides

@Master Azalle - Cheers!

@Cam - There is a bit eh?

Update: on to the sides now

**WarbossDakka**

It's already shaping up to be a top quality piece. Great stuff!

**Mad..**

Gah, looking awesome as usual... You pump out really good quality work at such a good pace that it makes some of us look like sloths with arthritis in comparison

It is good motivation to check in and see what you have gotten through though... helps get me back to the paint table when I feel a bit lazy.

Keep up the great work!

**Knightley**

@WarbossDakka - Chur

@Mad - I wouldn't say its pumping models out, I would say a consistent pace!

Update: washes applied, god that took some time.

**JustaerinAtTheWall**

Little by little friend, it's lookin' good! It's models like these that are responsible for GWs shade can size increase!

**ZergSmasher**

That Spartan is coming along nicely! It's a very cool model and you're acing it so far! How exactly are you applying the washes? Do you use a fine brush and very slowly and carefully apply the shade paint, or do you put it on kind of messy (like me) and then just fix the spots where you don't want shade with the regular armor color?

**Azazelx**

Dead sexay work on that Spartan, mate. I wish I could get something big actually assembled and then painted.

**Knightley**

@Justaerin - I would agree with you on the pottle sizes, I go through so much badab black its a crime!

@Zerg - Interesting question, I've adjusted how I paint now that I have an airbrush, Back in the beginning I would basecoat everything in a dark colour of the main colour I was doing, I'd then cover the entire model in washes, then layer up each panel with 2 grey coats etc, then highlight. That process to aaaaaages, then watched one video of Our Lord and Saviour Duncan Rhodes and adjusted my painting style to only applying washes in the recesses, then tidying up afterwards, this sped up the process for me.

@Azazelx - Assembly was a fether imo, all these forge world models, or heck anything in resin, is a pain to assemble. Stay away and stick to plastic

Update: Started with layering, reds, parchments and whites first

**Gitsplitta**

That's looking just spectacular my friend. Wow. Can't wait for the squiggles to appear. Look at all those surfaces just BEGGING FOR SQUIGGLES!

**WarbossDakka**

The parchments are done. The squiggling is upon us.

Great work!

**JustaerinAtTheWall**

Squiggles inbound, BRACE FOR IMPACT!

Very clean, and do you still use Badab Black or do you just call the GW black wash that?

**Mad..**

It's not a proper Knightley model unless is has squiggles!

**evildrcheese**

That is looking brilliant already mate, top work!

EDC

**Knightley**

@Gits - I know, its daunting, I don't want to overdo it

@WarbossDakka - Soon, very soon....

@Justaerin - Yeah sorry its nuln oil, but I will always refer to it as badab black for nostalgia sake.

@Mad - This man knows what he's talking about

@EDC - Cheers!

Update: Edge highlights inbound, took me a while to do this.

**Gitsplitta**

Edge highlighting is a real pain... but it's worth it.

**Master Azalle**

I agree with gits... huge pain in the tail but really makes the bigger models stand out, great work!

**ZergSmasher**

I usually drybrush my edge highlights. It's messy and requires some cleanup afterwards, but I tend to screw up when I try doing it the other way.

**Knightley**

@Gits - Oh god yes, such a pain!

@Master Azalle - Cheers

@Zerg - I had thought on doing that, but the consistent look of my army took over and I had to edge highlight

Update: finished up last night, took some snaps on the phone, will do better pics tonight

**Gitsplitta**

I think that's a beautifully executed paint job Knightley. I just picked up my own beastie today... so you're providing excellent inspiration!

**Solar_lion**

Awesome looking troop carrier. Especially like the squiggles on the guns... nice touch

**inmygravenimage**

Looks stunning. One tiny niggle is that the bloke up top blends in a bit too much. Could you bear to do a red rim around the cupola?

**WarbossDakka**

Looks sweet Knightley. Still deciding on a big tank myself.

**Mad..**

Awesome job Knightley! Look forward to having a gander at this one in person

inmygravenimage wrote:
Looks stunning. One tiny niggle is that the bloke up top blends in a bit too much. Could you bear to do a red rim around the cupola?

Wow... he obviously blends in really well I didn't even notice it the first couple of looks. Guess it means he is less likely to get a sniper round to the head if he is blending in though

**Master Azalle**

Looks fantastic! But I have to agree... I didn't even notice that chap was there...

**evildrcheese**

Lovely stuff.

At least edge highlighting can feel fairly therapeutic, once you zone out and get a good rhythm.

EDC

**Camkierhi**

Beautiful work, so nice to see clean in a world of weathering. That guy does do amazingly well at camo, had to go back and look, and I had a good close look first time, but did not notice him.

**Azazelx**

Knightley wrote:

@Azazelx - Assembly was a fether imo, all these forge world models, or heck anything in resin, is a pain to assemble. Stay away and stick to plastic

The sad thing is I've got plenty o'resin. The tragic thing is that it mostly sits unassembled and unpainted. Either because of stuff in the queue ahead of it or the nightmare of assembly.

That finished Spartan is a thing of beauty. So clean and crisp, and the Inquisition doors really make it look even more special.

**Knightley**

@Gits - Excellent! I always like hearing I've inspired someone with my painting, that's made my morning

@Solar - Cheers, they were a pain to apply, I selected the wrong brush to begin with :(

@Graven - Good point, well raised I might go back and do the cupola area in bronze as that should frame it just right, cheers for the feedback!

@WarbossDakka - Stick with a Landraider IMO

@Mad - Oh he's very sneaky sneaky, I should give him a sword as well

@Master Azalle - Thanks, I hope to fix that!

@EDC - You say that, but after a while I end up raging as I get sloppy

@Cam - Thank you!

@Azazelx - I feel bad for you and excited in a 50/50 mix on that one, Bad for you as assembly blows. Happy for you as the models do look frickin amazing!

Update: better pics I hope, pictures of large models are hard to do.