Darknuke wrote:Thanks guys. Those are some good ideas/advice.

I was actually given a good idea by a painter. To give the normal Grey Knights Dark Angel robes. That would give them a more sinister looking regalia and make them feel darker, while still keeping the Grey Knight look you get with the helmet, shoulders, and weapons. What do you think of that?

Kroothawk wrote:Classic example of what I call the Paladin syndrome: In online games, 50% of all teens between 12-15 years start with the only good character (Paladin), name him something like "Dark Avenger of Death" and think, they are the first and only one who thought of playing a corrupted paladin. WOW finally surrendered to this need of all younglings and introduced the evil paladin class called Death Knight.

Grey Knights are (originally at least, one might argue with Mat Ward's view) the paladins of 40k. Making corrupted evil Grey Knights is even more overdone than painting them Silver. Just to let you know

Kroothawk wrote:Classic example of what I call the Paladin syndrome: In online games, 50% of all teens between 12-15 years start with the only good character (Paladin), name him something like "Dark Avenger of Death" and think, they are the first and only one who thought of playing a corrupted paladin. WOW finally surrendered to this need of all younglings and introduced the evil paladin class called Death Knight.

Grey Knights are (originally at least, one might argue with Mat Ward's view) the paladins of 40k. Making corrupted evil Grey Knights is even more overdone than painting them Silver. Just to let you know

DarknessEternal wrote:Never make black a primary color of an army. Even the best painted black looks like you were just lazy and didn't care. It's just not possible to make black on a miniature look like anything but a miniature painted black (as opposed to making it look like a real thing, but smaller, which is usually the goal.)

DarknessEternal wrote:Never make black a primary color of an army. Even the best painted black looks like you were just lazy and didn't care. It's just not possible to make black on a miniature look like anything but a miniature painted black (as opposed to making it look like a real thing, but smaller, which is usually the goal.)

oadie wrote:False. Black paint only looks like black paint, but the illusion of black objects is entirely possible. It may be a bit harder than other colors, but it can definitely be made to look good.

Personally, I'd go for a dark, blued steel look by tinting silver paint with black and blue inks (haven't experimented, much, but I imagine inks would give a better effect than paints, whether mixed in or used as a filter). The translucency of the inks should allow them to maintain a metallic luster, giving the impression of actual bluing which, despite the name, isn't restricted to blues - depending on the temperature, the discoloration can manifest as a straw yellow, deep purple, or near black (aiming for the blue-black end of the spectrum will keep them nice and menacing). The exact recipe would take a bit of experimentation, but I think the results would be downright badass. The tinting keeps things dark, but silver/gunmetal is the primary paint, meaning you aren't highlighting pure black, if you find that as problematic as some do.