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Finishing the construction of the Grey Knights Jetbike

When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike, so much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one!

Having unearthed the jet bike from storage I got around to finishing the construction of the model.

I did have a few issues, but that was more down to the superglue I was using, which took a while to set. It was quite a fiddly model and I am hoping that it will stay together as it is painted.

The next stage will be a white undercoat.

Undercoating the Masters of the Chapter

Back in 2007 I was given the Masters of the Chapter box. This was four metal Space Marine models with a variety of weapons and armour, including a shield, an axe, a hammer, a broadsword and lots of ornate armour. They were, like most models, retired, but at one point they did make a return in resin. finished constructing my metal models.

I gave the four models a white undercoat.

I thought these would be perfect alternate models for Grey Knights. Then there is the decision I have been thinking on, do I continue with the Grey Knight concept, or maybe go down another route, Imperial Fists perhaps.

Grey Knights Masters of the Chapter constructed

Back in 2007 I was given the Masters of the Chapter box. This was four metal Space Marine models with a variety of weapons and armour, including a shield, an axe, a hammer, a broadsword and lots of ornate armour. I thought these would be perfect alternate models for Grey Knights.

They were, like most models, retired, but at one point they did make a return in resin.

These metal models of mine though consisted of a variety of parts, as well as some plastic rear packs. I started putting them together and basing them, then I got distracted by other things.

I finished constructing them.

Here is a montage of the individual models.

The next stage will be a white undercoat.

Still haven’t decided if I will paint them as Grey Knights as originally planned, or to paint them as Imperial Fists.

Grey Knights Jetbike back on the workbench

The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.

When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike.

The Master of the Ravenwing on display at Warhammer World.

Master Sammael of the Ravenwing is a true Angel of Death. From the saddle of his jetbike he cuts down any foolish enough to stand in his path with the infamous Raven Sword, its blade cut from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets. A highly accomplished hunter of The Fallen, Sammael is rightly honoured by his brethren and he is feared by his foes as few other holders of his rank have ever been.

So much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one! If anyone other than the Master of the Ravenwing was going to have arcane technology it would be the Grey Knights!

This is as far as I have got putting the jetbike together.

The other components.

Next step is finishing putting the bike together.

Revisiting the Grey Knights Masters of the Chapter

Back in 2007 I was given the Masters of the Chapter box. This was four metal Space Marine models with a variety of weapons and armour, including a shield, an axe, a hammer, a broadsword and lots of ornate armour. I thought these would be perfect alternate models for Grey Knights.

They were, like most models, retired, but at one point they did make a return in resin.

These metal models of mine though consisted of a variety of parts, as well as some plastic rear packs.

I started putting them together and basing them, then I got distracted by other things.

These are the four individual models. Not completed, but they are based.

Looking over the figures recently I realised I hadn’t even updated the workbench page with the progress I made.

So the next stage will be finishing putting them together. Then there is the decision, do I continue with the Grey Knight concept, or maybe go down another route, Imperial Fists perhaps. Decisions, decisions.

Acolyte

The first part of my retinue was this Acolyte.

I think this model was one of the reasons I put the Inquisitorial Henchmen into storage. I wasn’t really happy with the paint job I had done (well to be specific the writing).

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Black Templar Cenobyte with Relic

I had always liked this model, but wasn’t sure a) where it came from, b) what it was called, so I could never find it in the stores or on the online store. It was only when reading through an old White Dwarf that I saw it was part of the Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus and Retinue Boxed Set.

Back in the day you could order miniatures from boxed sets individually through Mail Order, so I did that.

The plan was to use it as part of my Inquisitorial retinue.

Having cleaned the model and basing it with GW modelling sand, I gave the model a white undercoat. I then painted the relic with black paint. I am intending for it to look like grey stone.

After getting to this point, the model then went into storage.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Inquisitor back on the workbench

One of the HQ choices is of course an Inquisitor and a very nice model it is too. I decided early on that I would leave the book he was holding separate and glue it on later.

After getting to this point, the model then went into storage.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

He started off with a white undercoat and the paper areas were given a thinned coat of Desert Yellow.

Land Raider in the desert

Here is my Grey Knights Land Raider in the desert.

Originally planned to be a Grey Knights Land Raider, despite the iconography, I decided I would paint it as an Imperial Fists Land Raider

I used the same paint scheme I had used on my Deimos Pattern Rhino. Originally for the basecoat I used Tausept Ochre. After retreiving the model from storage, the first thing I did was spray the underneath of the model with Citadel Zandri Dust. I gave the model a couple of light sprays of Army Painter Daemonic Yellow. I painted the weapon sub-assemblies. added detailing and painted the iconography. Then using various Citadel shades I washed and shaded the model. For the next stage I used some Citadel Layer Yriel Yellow. I took a large brush and gave the model, what I would call, a heavy drybrush. The tracks for the Land Raider were painted, and the iconography was completed with washes and highlights. The finished tracks were then glued to the Land Raider with superglue.

See the full workbench feature on the Land Raider.

Razorback in the desert

One model I got many years ago, well in 2006, was a Forgeworld Razorback the one with the much bigger turret, which I much prefer over the plastic kit version that you could get in the shops back then. I recently retrieved it from storage and decided that I would try and finish painting it.

I took some photographs of the Razorback on my desert scenery tile.