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Yee Gods!
Is that freehand on several of the shoulder pads? 0_o

The painting in and of itself is fantastic, and so consistent across the board.

But what impresses me far more is that you built all of those without absolutely losing it. I've built six and thats more than enough to never want to build another one, this is on a whole other level of hell.

Those are some nice knights. Did you fab the crown bits on the red Asian style knight, or is that form something?

Wow those nights are lovely, I'm a bit lost for words and the freehand oh the freehand is so good.

WTF, that is a lot of Knights.......

That is an absurd amount of Knights. They look amazing! Great work!

Can you show a close up of how you did the cherry blossoms? Can you elaborate as to what you did to paint them?

beautiful work as always btw!

 GMMStudios wrote:


Four different schemes, five different clients, one massive update to kick off 2016. One of the biggest projects I have ever done and it feels good to get them posted! It would be a shame to post all 200 images and all groups at once and drown any one out, so here is an overview of the project and a few teaser images of the individual groups. Over the course of the next few weeks each group will be posted individually, which consist of:

Terryn 1 (5) - Traditional Terryn heraldry with a gifted Archon from the Mechanicum.
Terryn 2 (3) - Terryn with a twist in the heraldry.
Rebel Admech (14) - A dark version of traditional Admech
House Aeschylid - Unique purple and white house to accompany a future Sons of Medusa army.
House Yakuza - Koi, Samurai, and Sakura Knight. A fun and off the wall exercise in blending Imperial and Japanese inspiration.

Stunning work to start the year off, what a fantastic spread. Difficult to pick a favorite crew, but the shear scale of the Rebel Admech maniple alone is extra impressive.

- Salvage

You are truly an inspiration to us all.

Ratius wrote:Yee Gods!
Is that freehand on several of the shoulder pads? 0_o

Yes. Everything is either straight freehand, or heavily repainted decals. I do not mind using decals when doing traditional icons, but the trick is to apply them after basecoating and repainting them.

Iechine wrote:The painting in and of itself is fantastic, and so consistent across the board.

But what impresses me far more is that you built all of those without absolutely losing it. I've built six and thats more than enough to never want to build another one, this is on a whole other level of hell.

I lost it a long time ago.

whalemusic360 wrote:Those are some nice knights. Did you fab the crown bits on the red Asian style knight, or is that form something?

No those are an aftermarket bit. Google shapeways knights, and you should find them.

GiraffeX wrote:Wow those nights are lovely, I'm a bit lost for words and the freehand oh the freehand is so good.

FeindusMaximus wrote:WTF, that is a lot of Knights.......

anticitizen013 wrote:That is an absurd amount of Knights. They look amazing! Great work!

Thank you!

Icelord wrote:Can you show a close up of how you did the cherry blossoms? Can you elaborate as to what you did to paint them?

beautiful work as always btw!

They're actually pretty simple, freehand a couple deep tones for the trunks and branches, then swishes of a few different colors for the petals, then highlight those.

Boss Salvage wrote:Stunning work to start the year off, what a fantastic spread. Difficult to pick a favorite crew, but the shear scale of the Rebel Admech maniple alone is extra impressive.

- Salvage

yokoyomama wrote:You are truly an inspiration to us all.

Thank you both, you are too kind!

Back to work, but I will be posting more updates with the closeups soon.

With the overview posted, time to go into each individual set of Knights. First is batch one of two House Terryn. These feature the upgrade kits, couple of Forge World Knights and Dragon Forge bases. Lots of freehand alongside a smooth shade of blue - all shading, blended highlighting and weathering hand painted over solid basecoats. The Acheron is a gifted Knight from the Mechanicum, blending the iconography of both together.

The most traditional and "standard" of the set, for the anti-heretical out there. Very proud of the reds and blues on these and the weathering within them. Very tedious but worth every hour.

That's a lot of Knights but still only 5 of 29! See you next time for more.

Time for the second batch of Knights from the set, and this one is the biggest - 14 Imperial Knights, just short of half. 5 GW Knights in mix of Paladin and Warden, and 9 Forge World Knights also with a mix of each type. These Knights will compliment a future army, and the client was after a dark rebel Admech army in black and red. Using a smoky black and deep red with brass, the final look is something straight out of a steampunk Victorian dystopia. Not quite chaos, but a rebel group of Admech on Mars. Emblems based on a cracked cog of the Mechanicum and a black sun.
All bases handmade and Knights pinned throughout. Each Knight individually posed with the addition of a ver conversions and dynamic poses with Death Korps models.

See you next time for all the close ups!

So... I'm that guy with the super annoying question haha..

On the very first page, very first showcase.. what is that dragon on the top left, dominating the scene? I need that dragon =D

 GMMStudios wrote:
Time for the second batch of Knights from the set ...

The only post more epic than this post was the one with all the knights Stunning work as ever. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to splash this post across the Book of Faces

- Salvage

Haechi wrote:So... I'm that guy with the super annoying question haha..

On the very first page, very first showcase.. what is that dragon on the top left, dominating the scene? I need that dragon =D

No problem, that is Cang the Implacable by Cool Mini or Not.

Boss Salvage wrote:

 GMMStudios wrote:
Time for the second batch of Knights from the set ...

The only post more epic than this post was the one with all the knights Stunning work as ever. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to splash this post across the Book of Faces

- Salvage

Hey thanks Salvage!

Finishing a project and sending off great pictures is one of my favorite things, but another often unsung and unseen is the very next day getting knee deep in another one. As a commission painter, I am very lucky to have so many customers trust to just send whatever they like to be sorted into their own personal bins until project start. When the time comes, it's like Christmas - ripping open and oogling boxes and baggies. Taking my lists and checking them twice.

In keeping things professional there isn't much shown of the behind the scenes here. It's really just a couple a couple very optimized bedrooms and a garage, and so many armies in storage and in the queue they have taken over an old bathroom. So I wanted to take a moment away from all the fancy pictures to say thanks to all of my clients who trust in not just my painting ability, but myself as a person.

Thank you. Now back to work!

Bloody hell that is a fantastic sight.

I think I will contact you for a project soon.. I used to not consider painting comissions at all since I love painting myself, but I love your style and I love your business model. I'm gonna build up a project and reach out to you =]

Matthew wrote:Bloody hell that is a fantastic sight.

It gets my blood flowing

Haechi wrote:I think I will contact you for a project soon.. I used to not consider painting comissions at all since I love painting myself, but I love your style and I love your business model. I'm gonna build up a project and reach out to you =]

Would be my pleasure, always taking new projects. Email me sometime and we can talk about it. DM works too but get to check email more often. Thanks for the kind words - always trying to be unique not just in paint but on the business side as well.

Time for part four of this recap of the 20 Knights project, and this one is the biggest. Individual photos of all 14 Rebel AdMech Knights, and plenty to flip through. Nine Forge World Knights, five Games Workshop, with lots of individuality and conversion. Each knight is pinned throughout in posing with 2mm brass rod atop hand-made bases Every part and panel hand painted.

Lots going on behind the scenes in the meantime - the Adepticon charity army and a huge Iron Hands preheresy army with a Greek theme. Will post as I finish, so stay tuned!

There are over 80 pictures here, so here are a select few, and if you wish to see more visit my Facebook or the Blog, rather than an explosion on clicking spoiler.

Am I allowed to love you & hate you at the same time??

Awesome work.

 bubber wrote:
Am I allowed to love you & hate you at the same time??

Awesome work.

Ha, sure! No hard feelings

And thank you.

Amazing painting as always, keep up the excellent work.

 GiraffeX wrote:
Amazing painting as always, keep up the excellent work.

And thanks to you, as always!

I love your Imperial Knights!

Can you please tell me how you make the bases of the Rebel Admech Knights? I love the concrete style.

modular wrote:
I love your Imperial Knights!

Can you please tell me how you make the bases of the Rebel Admech Knights? I love the concrete style.

That is clay I let *almost* dry and then bust up and crumble. Just about any kind will work but depending on where you are, you want a brand of air drying clay. For someone working at a computer desk the paper based clays (sorry, I can't recall the name here at the desk) would be most efficient and cleanest.

 GMMStudios wrote:

modular wrote:
I love your Imperial Knights!

Can you please tell me how you make the bases of the Rebel Admech Knights? I love the concrete style.

That is clay I let *almost* dry and then bust up and crumble. Just about any kind will work but depending on where you are, you want a brand of air drying clay. For someone working at a computer desk the paper based clays (sorry, I can't recall the name here at the desk) would be most efficient and cleanest.

Thank you very much! Will try that out!

modular wrote:

Thank you very much! Will try that out!

My pleasure. Feel free to email if you have problems with it.

By the Emperor, he has truly blessed you. @_@

 GMMStudios wrote:

modular wrote:

Thank you very much! Will try that out!

My pleasure. Feel free to email if you have problems with it.

Will do when I finish my test-miniature for my Heresy-Ultramarines.