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

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**Januine**

crikey Knightley - those heads are fantastic. Beautiful job

**Knightley**

@Graven - Cheers mate!

@Gits - Thank you, the offer still stands btw if you want me to paint some faces for you.

@Wolvey - I have succeeded then! finally have you liking helmet-less models!

@Januine - Thanks man, I suspect its one thing I do quite well (Faces that is)

Update: GK centurions done, this wraps up my latest push, picture tomorrow with a break down, thank you for tuning in

**ZergSmasher**

Those turned out great, Knightley! You should be very proud.

**Camkierhi**

Really not a fan of the Cents, but as always you have done a fantastic job on them, they look brilliant bud. Really nice work.

Going to do my own version soon I think. But the effort you have put in, really shows these off. Really like the head swaps, and the crispy quality of your work is really effective on these.

**JustaerinAtTheWall**

What an excellent conversion, and a beautiful paintjob to match! really might need to buy my own soon.

**evildrcheese**

Blimey! Excellent work on the heads, great choice of heads too, the GK really do have some cool bits.

EDC

**Gitsplitta**

Beautiful work on the centurions Knigtley. I really like the heads rather than helmets as it gives you some perspective as to where exactly the marine is in the suit. Makes you wonder where his arms are though. The suits too small for them to be in the body section... they must be sticking straight out into the upper arm sections of each arm... or maybe the elbows are behind him with the controls just behind the rocket launchers.

And thanks, I fully intend to take you up on your kind offer.

**Knightley**

@Zerg - Thank you, I do admit they do look pretty cool, a nightmare to pack up though, nothing I have fits them just right

@Cam - Thanks! I look forward to seeing what you do with your cents

@Justaerin - Do it! all it takes is some conversion pieces and time!

@EDC - They really do, the books, skulls and esoteric weapons just so good

@Gits - Haha yes, I looked at where the shoulders would fit combined with the legs, there are some proportions which are a little... off, overall they look good I feel.

Update: 12th Push complete. Overall not happy with the time it took to complete this push, I should have finished over a month ago, I got held up with playing PokemonGo for a while, then weekends got away on me with Kids parties and dinners meaning there just wasn't enough time dedicated to painting. Next up is a small commission for Mad with the Marines from the OverKill box set, I also have a bunch of Grey Knight interceptors to do, so might try get them done as well (quick and clean as they say)

**JustaerinAtTheWall**

Ahh, the Deathwatch marines. I'm very excited by this release and plan to make my own soon. GLHF amigo!

**Azazelx**

Very nice GK spin on those Centurions. Well done!

**Spacewolverine**

They are looking amazing, and the centurions really do look great, love the painting you did.

Excited to see that armor done, at least that will be relaxing.

**IceAngel**

I look forward to see how you incorporate your squiggles on the deathwatch marines.

**Knightley**

@Justaerin - Cheers man

@Azazelx - Thanks!

@Wolvey - Yeah something small up next

@Ice - I may or may not include squiggles, I haven't made that call yet, It is a commission so I might just keep them bland (If thats something I can even do?)

Update: Had a brutal game vs Mad on Saturday, I wanted to field all my recently painted models (chapter master on a bike, centurions, chaplain, contemptor and hammernators, so they all got jammed into a list, after the game I realised that it was a pretty d**k move to include all that 2+ armour in a list where only 3 models had AP2 weapons. Mad had fun, and I think next time I'll keep an eye on my list building.

Model wise I've spent the last week or so mold lining and priming (boring things) so today is the first bit of some paint

**Nevelon**

Knightley wrote:
I may or may not include squiggles, I haven't made that call yet, It is a commission so I might just keep them bland (If thats something I can even do?)

The day you paint something without squiggles is the day we know you’ve been replaced by a pod person.

Squiggle like your life depends on it! You don’t want the pod people to win, do you?

**IceAngel**

Nevelon wrote:
Knightley wrote:
I may or may not include squiggles, I haven't made that call yet, It is a commission so I might just keep them bland (If thats something I can even do?)

The day you paint something without squiggles is the day we know you’ve been replaced by a pod person.

Squiggle like your life depends on it! You don’t want the pod people to win, do you?

I may have to agree with this. I think your squiggle skill is why people do commissions with you.

**evildrcheese**

Knightly is the King of Squiggle.

Looking forward to seeing how the DW turn out.

EDC

**Mad..**

Still had awesome fun playing the game Knightley! There were some great mini battles throughout the main game which made it really interesting, and seeing your reaction when the fleeing venomthrope turned around and starting downing the bikes in assault was worth it as well.

Exciting to see the Deathwatch get some paint on them!

Squiggles... seems like Deathwatch would write some anti-xenos prose on bits of their armour, so if you want to I'm ok with squiggles... plus, need to keep the readers happy huh

**Knightley**

@Nev - Who's to say I'm not a pod person now....

@Ice - Oh, here I was thinking I had a distinctive style apart from the squiggles

@EDC - Cheers

@Mad - Ok, point taken will see what I can squiggle

Update: So continuing to slowly paint all the bits, its going to be a long slog.

**WarbossDakka**

Looks like very organised madness - I like it!

Great stuff so far, the end result will be worth it!

**ZergSmasher**

The Deathwatch have such awesome minis, I'm looking forward to how they turn out!

**Knightley**

@WarbossDakka - Thanks for the comment! I'm pretty sure Mad will be happy with them

@Zerg - They really do, It's making me want to get some of the new releases to add the bits to my marine army.

Update: so much silver to do, might branch off and do some individuals to spice it up.

**WarbossDakka**

Since Deathwatch are so elite, I don't think anyone will blame you for doing them 1 or 2 at a time, and putting that bit more effort into each one.

Could we be expecting some Greywatch in the future?

**Knightley**

@WarbossDakka - Yeah seems fair eh doing some individuals during the main batch, just to spice it up. Greywatch may be a thing, however I might just have the weapons distributed amongst the normal marine squads and do a counts as.

Update: got a large chunk of the biker underway

**d00mspire**

I love your miniatures! I wish I could paint like this!

**Knightley**

@d00m - Thanks, my advice would the same as our wise Duncans, thin your paints and take your time

Update: Almost done, some squiggles and some assembly left

**d00mspire**

I really like the Deathwatch model. What would you say is the best model you've ever painted?

**Gitsplitta**

Beautiful work on that bike.

**JustaerinAtTheWall**

Man, what a glorious looking model! The White Scars really do lend to some interesting pieces.

**evildrcheese**

DW biker is looking great so far.

EDC

**WarbossDakka**

Black and white on the same model. Ouch. You've pulled it off quite cleanly though, so good job on that!