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

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**Knightley**

@Graven - Truth is I have been hopping everywhere, and I am totally over it!

@Zerg - So the TL;DR version, I was playing airsoft, my body went one way, the ankle another, boom.

@Cam - I have been working from home with my leg up resting (as per the Doc's recommendation) I tried sitting at the painting desk, but it ended up to painful so I've put it on hiatus at the moment.

Update: So I've tried a couple of times to paint, both have not lasted more than 5 minutes before it was to painful. Today marks 2 weeks so this cast is coming off stiches removed, new xray and new cast put on. with the new cast it might be more tolerable.

**alabamaheretic**

Hey knightly just slogged through your back log, great stuff. In older editions grey knights were my nemesis. lol. When I did a sea of silver (I painted iron warriors >.<

I thought I was gonna go nuts I do love your knights. my favorite model of yours is your helbrect conversion. sorry to hear your leg is up hope it gets better soon man. hopefully they gave you some awesome pain killers or at least prescription strength motrin to keep the swelling down.

take care buddy
Bama

**Private Benjamin**

Hello and greetings from a fellow Commonwealth country, I had checked out your Stormraven Gunship and it is very sharp paint job sir!

You are a very accomplished hobbyist, the dedication to your army builds is very motivating! Have yourself a fantastic morning and keep up the great work!!

**lipsdapips**

How's it all coming along with the foot and all Knightley? Missing seeing your updates about the forum :(

**Knightley**

@Bama - Consider me impressed reading through all this nonsense

and I also like the Helbrecht conversion it was one I'd been waiting to do for about 4-5 years when I came across the metal version. Stoked you like him!

@Private Benjamin - Welcome to the blog, enjoy your stay, shouldn't be to much till I'm back painting again.

@LDP - Hey buddy, yeah still in the cast, but its due to be removed next Tuesday and then I'll see what I can do! Enjoying your BA's btw

**Private Benjamin**

To be honest, i first thought the title read "Crisps & Gravy"

**Knightley**

I'm not dead, honest.

So its been a very long time (in the fast paced world of painting blogs) since I've had anything to show.

An update on my ankle first, after a long time in a cast, then a moonboot, I'm now able to walk around well enough, standing for medium periods of time is still a no go, sitting at a desk is uncomfortable but its a pain I can tolerate which leads me on to the next update, paint has been applied to a model! I do have to say holding a brush again was like greeting a long time friend after being away, so good.

Proof I did a thing

**ZergSmasher**

Welcome back Knightley! We've all missed you I'm sure. I look forward to seeing that Dread come together!

**lipsdapips**

Wonderful news! It's great to hear from you, even if the healing process is still underway. Your injury sounds properly debilitating, it's a real bummer. Here's to an even speedier recovery and some therapeutic painting sessions to help along the way. It's going to be great having you back in the plogosphere - Dakka really hasn't been the same without you

Very eager to see some crisp and grey work flash across my computer screen again.

**Nevelon**

Good to see you back at the bench. Nice start to that dread.

Hope you have a swift and speedy recovery.

**Gitsplitta**

Glad you're healing Knightley, glad you're painting too! That looks like a fun model.

**WarbossDakka**

Glad to have you back. Dreads are a fun model to come back to!

**inmygravenimage**

Good your back, and Dreadnoughts are always reliable and satisfying

**Knightley**

@Zerg - I mean technically I hadn't left, I just had nothing to share, but its good to be back

@LDP - I always had that light at the end of the tunnel, in 2 months I'll be painting, then in 1 month I should be painting to now where now I can say "yesssssss, painting!"

@Nev - Thanks man

@Gits - The body is care of Graven so thats a ton of fun, the arms.... well they are spares from my own contemptor so not as fun

@WarbossDakka - Cheers!

@Graven - Thank you, this one is a tribute to your model you sent all those years ago.

Update: A few more base colours applied.

**Knightley**

Update: Washes applied

**ZergSmasher**

Looks good so far! Is that a FW dread?

**Gitsplitta**

Nice progress!

**Knightley**

@Zerg - I believe so, I think I got the dreadnaught from Graven a number of years ago.

@Gits - Thanks

Update: working on edge highlighting the grey

**Knightley**

Update: finished the edge highlighting of the grey

**Camkierhi**

Lovely clean work ......as usual.

**Knightley**

@Cam - Thanks buddy

Update: Reds, Blues and metals done

**Gitsplitta**

Nice progress Knightley. Looking really good.

**Knightley**

@Gits - Thanks man, I do have to admit I'm not that happy with the arms, it doesn't look to follow my aesthetic.

Update: Dreadnaught done

**lipsdapips**

That's a work you can be proud of after so long away from the brush! He'll slide into your force perhaps more seamlessly than you think. It's bold to return with a dread

I think he looks super neat! Maybe i'm biased because I really like the custom GK dread sculpt. Anyway, i'm looking forward to what's next in the pipeline.

**ZergSmasher**

That turned out great! Must be a good feeling being back in the saddle, as it were. Looking forward to your next big thing!

**inmygravenimage**

Looks pretty darn crisp and/or grey to me

**Knightley**

@LDP - Thanks buddy, I guess I wanted to just paint one model that wasn't to large (like a knight or my Gulliman/Draigo conversion) and not to small like a chaplain.

@Zerg - Cheers buddy, there are some 'large' models in the pipeline.

@Graven - Oh but of course

Update: Apologies for the delay I had done some painting this week, just forgot to take a picture, but here is some scouts with the base colours completed

**Nevelon**

The long shot of the scouts made me wonder what heads you were using. First glance looked like bug-eyed aliens or Greys. Close up made a lot more sense once I zoomed.

Was a little worried about xenos corruption.

**Knightley**

@Nev - Thanks Nev, I wanted something a little different for these scouts, I'm glad you didn't accuse me of heresy outright

Update: I'm not dead and I have been painting, but just not posting so picture dump.

Washes applied

Started edge highlighting the grey

Finished the grey edge highlighting

On to the metals

**Knightley**

Update: Scouts finished

WIP 8

Scouts done