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I'm looking to paint my newly purchased Grey Knight army in a cool and different fashion. Thing is, I am a gakky painter and I don't care how amazing they look to be honest. I just want them up to a tabletop standard. So my question is, can I skip all the hubub and somehow paint with nothing but washes and glazes? I may not be able to paint, but I can definitely spread a wash on a model! If any of you have pics that would be much appreciated!

You can achieve certain flesh effects by using multiple different washes over a white or grey, but I have no idea with armour. Just practice and get better at painting. Its not difficult

sure you can, this is not the fastest method for painting but it creates some amazing blends ....just start with a bright priming and you can do whatever you want.
for reference of the possible use of this way of painting...look at weetyskemian44´s gallery



she paints here minis most of thee time that way...

I dunno if you should limit yourself with JUST washes and glazes, but you should certainly be able to come up with something. Some of my recent models have been done with just a basecoat (which has occasionally been little more than a wash of the appropriate color over white) followed up with a nice dip in some Tudor minwax polyshades. Dipping can be useful when you don't want to spend a lot of time washing and layering, for me it usually gives the equivalent of a dirty black wash but its.. a bit richer.. almost like there was some highlighting or layering involved.

It wasn't technically speed painting, but then again I guess it might as well have been:

Thanks for all your replies guys! So maybe a primer + basecoat and then washes/glazes would be better? Army Painter has a Mithril Silver primer. Would that suffice for both my primer and my basecoat? My plan is to try and create some sort of colored hue/tint on the metal. Can I achieve this with just glazes/washes?

Yes, with caveats. Washes/glazes, being transparent, can be used to tint underlying colors, including metallics. Whether you actually like the end result is as much a matter of experimentation as it is personal preference. There is an art to the manipulation of ink-based washes/glazes, just like there is to pigment-based paints.

For your purposes, spraying silver (Army Painter sprays are colored primers - they're meant to adhere well while looking good enough to leave exposed as a base color), hitting the model with a wash or two, then detailing a few key parts may suffice. Honing your washing/glazing skills can actually make the results impressive. At the most basic level, it's simply a way to crank out a passable army quickly and easily.