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

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**Nevelon**

Very nice!

**inmygravenimage**

Really beautiful and quite understated. To achieve that smooth subtle grey is a work of art.

**KernelTerror**

Well that is one brilliant contemptor, clean and badass !

**Januine**

fanfethingtastic!! Reallynice smooth work. Ready to start the purging!

**Spacewolverine**

Love how he turned out, his claws look stunning, nice highlight! Of course don't forget the amazing squiggles!

**Gitsplitta**

That's looking just beautiful Knightley. How I've missed your refined touch on the GK.

**ZergSmasher**

That Contemptor...

There are no words. Very possibly your best model yet.

**hk1x1**

Excellent work

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**Knightley**

@Nevelon - Thanks!

@Graven - Thanks mate, I really like the edge highlighting on this guy, the lines are so crisp

@KT - Thank you

@Januine - Cheers, I'll get him in to combat hopefully next Saturday against Mad!

@Wolvey - Thanks, appreciate the love for the squiggles

@Gits - You and me both buddy, I really missed painting marines.

@Zerg - Oh wow, that is some high praise indeed, I would have said that one of the Chaos lords or even the Fulgrim commission I did would have been my best work.

@hk1x1 - Thank you

Update: A small change of pace, going to try get through the edge highlighting on these AM tanks for MarsNZ, who knows perhaps I'll get bored later this year and want to fully finish the tanks? So finished the sponsons, and the magnetised weapon options for Pask and his offsider and almost finished the turret and a half of a chimera. Also to note, I hate edge highlighting Chimeras!

**inmygravenimage**

Tedious, innit?! Cool though.

**Knightley**

Oh god yes, but its nice knowing this is all I have to on on them!

Update: finished off the pask's turret, his offsiders and a russ chassis

**MarsNZ**

Knightley wrote:
Also to note, I hate edge highlighting Chimeras!

That makes two of us!

They're looking sharp dude

**Knightley**

Cheers man, stick around there is more to come!

Update: Got more done on the 2nd Russ

**Mad..**

Contemptor looks awesome, your squiggle work is really the cherry on the top with you models!

Nice work as usual.

**Knightley**

Cheers mad!

Update: thought I might do a quick skin on Pask just for MarsNZ

**Gitsplitta**

Very nice. I like the fact that you didn't overdo the lips with reddish tint.

**Spacewolverine**

Very real looking! I love his sling.

**Knightley**

@Gits - Thanks, I always worry about adding to much red to the mix and give them a night out on the town.

@Wolvey - Cheers, the modelling credit has to go to MarsNZ though, it was his idea

Update: another couple done

**CragHack**

Great looking skin tone (y)

**evildrcheese**

Is it wrong that I swooned slightly at that Contemptor.

Nice work on the IG tanks so far.

EDC

**Mad..**

Heh, has Pask been hitting too many tanks with his sword arm again?

Skin work looks good... I might have to pick your brains on skin work before I embark on my Genestealer cult adventure.

**MarsNZ**

The sling arm is nothing special it comes on the sprue for the infantry command squad. I figured he's been armwrestling with the regimental bullgryns again.

**Knightley**

@CragHack - Welcome to the blog

I was pretty happy with it and I suspect so was MarsNZ

@EDC - Nah, that guy is used to having people swoon all over him, he is a sexy beast hahah

@Mad - Happy to help man! I already have ideas that might work

@MarsNZ - don't discount it not being special, you can see a mile away he has that something special about him!

Update: last two chimeras done

**Solar_lion**

Well done face.. The eyes are spot on!

**Knightley**

Thanks solar, I always freak out when doing eyes, its just so easy to go slightly off centre and the next thing you know he's suffering from bosseyedness

Spoiler:

Update: finished another Russ and two turrets, just the manticore, another russ and a baneblade left.

**Knightley**

Update: Last Russ and Manticore done. I had a sweet game of Sister of Battle vs Tyranids 1500p action packed and I hope to have a batrep from the PoV of a model soon!

**Spacewolverine**

Excited to see the battle report. I love guard tanks, such a treat to paint. They are coming along quite nice! I just hate doing the tracks!

**Knightley**

I actually find tracks kind of easy, silver, wash, more silver done.

Update: Turrets and sponsons done, I did start on the body, but nothing really to show at this point

**ZergSmasher**

I've heard that the tracks on a Leman Russ are really a pain to assemble on the model compared to a Space Marine Rhino. Is that true?

**MarsNZ**

The guard vehicles are very easy to assemble, the only tracks that caused me any problems were the Baneblade and that's likely due to my own error.