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Having worked a lot of my Grey Knights Land Speeder, one of the key components is the replacement crew. I could have used the included plastic Space Marine crew, but in the end I used some metal Grey Knights models. I started with a black basecoat and then gave the armour a basecoat of Boltgun Metal. This was followed with the gold metal parts been given a base coat of Brazen Brass.
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As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.
Having given the models a white undercoat, I gave the models a basecoat of Desert Yellow.
Next stage will be a wash.
Full workbench feature on this blister of Tallarn Imperial Guard. Workbench feature on the boxed set.
I normally like to base my models before undercoating, in this way I am gluing the base materials (ie sand or slate) to the raw base and not a partly painted base. Also the undercoat helps to cement the base materials. However not everything always goes to plan, sometimes I have a spraying session before I have a basing session.
This was certainly the case with my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers who were well painted before I started to base them. As I was doing a desert feel to these I knew I was going to use sand, but also wanted some rocks as well, so I used some slate from the Warhammer 40K Urban Basing Kit. Having added the rocks I then using PVA (white glue) flocked the based with some Games Workshop sand.
I do like the sand which has some small larger pieces of gravel, which adds a lot of nice texture.
The bases will be painted (which helps cement in the sand) and then drybrushed.
See the full workbench feature on my website.
I normally like to base my models before undercoating, in this way I am gluing the base materials (ie sand or slate) to the raw base and not a partly painted base. Also the undercoat helps to cement the base materials. However not everything always goes to plan, sometimes I have a spraying session before I have a basing session.
This was certainly the case with my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers who were well painted before I started to base them. As I was doing a desert feel to these I knew I was going to use sand, but also wanted some rocks as well, so, I used some slate from the Warhammer 40K Urban Basing Kit.
Next stage will be adding some Games Workshop sand.
See the full workbench feature on my website.
I have undercoated my Mark IIb Land Raider with a black undercoat.
This is to be a Grey Knights Land Raider, though I may use it now and again as an Inquisitor transport. As you can see from this shot though, the undercoat didn’t really cover the front, so I might need to give it another coat.
Next stage will be the basecoat.
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
If you have looked at my Grey Knights Landspeeder you will realise that I am attempting to paint a Grey Knights force which goes beyond the listings in the DaemonHunters Codex. What I am trying to do is to create a Grey Knights force (using the Space Marine Codex) and then using a DaemonHunters force as allies.
Having constructed my Razorback and added Grey Knights iconography I gave the model a black undercoat.
The next stage will be adding the basecoat.
See the full workbench feature on my Grey Knights Razorback.
Having finished building my Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor and added lots of symbology I gave the model a black undercoat.
I used Citadel’s Chaos Black spray.
I also undercoated the dozer blade as well.
The next stage will be to give the model a base coat.
See the full workbench feature on the Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor.
For my (very slow) grey Knights army I am using a variety of Space Marine models for the core troops. These include Space Marine Veterans and Dark Angels.
Having got a Dark Angels box set, I made them up and gave the models a black undercoat.
So they are not like the metal Grey Knights, but Grey Knights use a variety of old equipment, now and again I suspect they may use slightly newer kit hence being able to use the Dark Angels sprues.
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As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.
Having fitted them to their bases and flocked the bases I gave them a white undercoat.
I do like these models.
See the full workbench feature on the Tallarn Inquisitorial Stormtroopers.
I have 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 recently when reading through an old White Dwarf that I saw it was part of the Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus and Retinue Boxed Set.
So now I knew which boxed set it came from, I could work out what it was called and find it in the online store. It is available either as part of a boxed set or individually. As I wasn’t too bothered about the other miniatures in the boxed set I purchased it individually through Mail Order.
I will be using it as part of my Inquisitorial retinue.
Having cleaned the model I based it with GW modelling sand.
See the full workbench feature on the Black Templar Cenobyte with Relic.