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Centerpiece Grey Knight Librarian.
Hood sculpted in milliput, I had the sword left over from a Draigo commission because he wanted his draigo to have a hammer.
Let me know what you think. I'm also curious how you think it stacks up to my earlier knights on page one.

These are probably the nicest Grey Knights I've seen. The blue tints are fantastic (as are the reds on the red versions), the OSL on the eyes is perfect, I love the glowing blue weapons (I would not have expected them to look as good given that they are theoretically the same colour as the rest of the model, but they really do look great), and there's some great details such as the teleport pack tips and core that add interest to the different models. I'm also a big fan of the fresh, clean look for Grey Knights.

The only thing that doesn't look quite right to me is the reddish glow on some weapons. Maybe it looks better in real life, but in the photos it doesn't look enough like a glow; it looks more like rust. I don't really know why, but I think it might have something to do with a lack of "brightness levels". I get the look you're going for: metal that's red-hot but not white-hot, and sometimes it does look like that, but I think that in the context of the rest of the model the effect is a little too subtle and so ends up not looking glow-y; I think you need to exaggerate the effect a bit more, colour up to a brighter orange or yellow or something. That's just a guess though; you're clearly a far more advanced painter than me.

By the way, how do you get the glow around the eyes? That can't just be white and Asurmen Blue!

Soul Samurai wrote:
These are probably the nicest Grey Knights I've seen. The blue tints are fantastic (as are the reds on the red versions), the OSL on the eyes is perfect, I love the glowing blue weapons (I would not have expected them to look as good given that they are theoretically the same colour as the rest of the model, but they really do look great), and there's some great details such as the teleport pack tips and core that add interest to the different models. I'm also a big fan of the fresh, clean look for Grey Knights.

The only thing that doesn't look quite right to me is the reddish glow on some weapons. Maybe it looks better in real life, but in the photos it doesn't look enough like a glow; it looks more like rust. I don't really know why, but I think it might have something to do with a lack of "brightness levels". I get the look you're going for: metal that's red-hot but not white-hot, and sometimes it does look like that, but I think that in the context of the rest of the model the effect is a little too subtle and so ends up not looking glow-y; I think you need to exaggerate the effect a bit more, colour up to a brighter orange or yellow or something. That's just a guess though; you're clearly a far more advanced painter than me.

By the way, how do you get the glow around the eyes? That can't just be white and Asurmen Blue!

Thanks for the comment!
I do agree with you about the red hammers. But I think on my latest attempt at painting that effect I have gotten it right.

What do you think?

The blue glow on the eyes was made with blue ink and glazes of Manganese Blue Hue (winsor and newton oil paint).

That's definitely a big improvement in my eyes. Just a suggestion; how about painting in some even brighter colours in the recesses and/or maybe darker colours along the edges, to make it look like it's glowing from within? Like how regular metal cools in the extremities first:



That's something something I've not been able to make work myself, but I was trying it in a different context, you might be able to make it work. At any rate it could help give the weapons form and contrast, the same way that regular shading and highlighting normally do.

That would look awesome, and I tried a similar thing with my Black Templars.. Unfortunately I can't wet blend so it sucked, but it works in concept!

Didn't have any commissions for awhile but here's some more servo skulls. And I have a few single figure GK commissions to finish up next.

Love your work!
Especially the weathering work on the vehicles, looks very realistic

inspired by wow paladin tier 1 set arent you?great work!!!!

 winterwind85 wrote:
inspired by wow paladin tier 1 set arent you?great work!!!!

No, I dont play it lol. Warcraft 2 was more my game back in the day. When you upgrade the knights then the eyes glow was always awesome!

Wow! You should do commissioned painting!


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Wow! You should do commissioned painting for me!

lliu wrote:
Wow! You should do commissioned painting!


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Wow! You should do commissioned painting for me!

Sure, send me a PM if you get a chance.

1 down 1 to go.

Ill be doing single figures (characters) to high quality for half price for a little bit.

Dont PM me all at once guys lol.
He said he trusts my creativity and suggested gold so I tried out bronze shadows on the armor.
This mini also has a magnetic option in his arm for a storm bolter but I forgot to take a picture of it.

This is it from me for now.

My latest, no airbrush used. How are my metallics?

Love the look of these. Makes me want to finish my GK now!

Looks great!

Bunch more skulls commissioned.

New grey knight commission with magnetic options. There is also a staff and hammer.

Gorgeous! Love that red!

Very nice stuff here!

I would be interested in your method of adding the blue tint to the metallics?