I have undercoated my Grey Knights Veteran Sergeants using a black undercoat.
This is the rear view.
The next stage is to do a base coat of Boltgun Metal.
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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.
One thing I will be using are ordinary Space Marines conveted and painted as Grey Knights. As well as ordinary Marines I am going to use some of the Space Marine Veterans as they look very ornate with their purity seals and stuff.
My previous post on my Grey Knight Veterans showed you the parts from the blister.
Here is the front of the completed models.
They are really nice models with a lot of detail.
The next stage will be a black undercoat.
I have stuck down some GW sand on my Grey Knights Dreadnought base.
I am keeping it simple, as I am using a desert theme for the Daemonhunters force I am building.
I used PVA (white glue) and then scattered the GW sand (which I really like, especially the small stones) over it.
Next stage is the undercoat.
One excellent birthday present I had was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld. This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals
These are the parts that you get.
You can see the detail on this close-up.
This is another view of the parts this time with the bits that you need to cut off highlighted.
These are the cleaned parts.
One of the issues I had with the model was the large piece of superfluous resin on the back which I literally had to hack off.
This was no small piece of sprue this was a large chunk of resin.
Next stage is to stick the thing together (and order some arms).
A little more has been done.
The model is an Imperial Guard Catachan Sniper.
Previous work on this model can be found on the workbench feature.
Another excellent birthday present, was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld.
This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals.
The only thing missing are the arms?
Not sure whether to go for the Grey Knights arms, or make as Mortis version… Yes I know the fluff doesn’t support Grey Knights Mortis pattern dreadnoughts, but when have I ever been one for following fluff to the letter… oh me the heretic!
I am thinking about Lascannons for range and Autocannons for firepower. Any thoughts or suggestions, please add a comment.
The Mk IV from Forgeworld is a really nice model, and when you look at the new Venerable Dreadnought from the main Games Workshop, you wonder why they didn’t just copy the Forgeworld model. The GW model looks clunky and as though the venerable components were just stuck on, whereas with the Forgeworld model the detailing is part of the model.
There is also the matter of the “helmet” which on the Forgeworld model looks fine, but just looks “plain weird” on the new GW model.
If you have a choice, get the Forgeworld model everytime.
Before I think about painting I have taken a look at how others have painted their Grey Knights Dreadnoughts and there are some fantastic examples.
Forgeworld have a nice painted example on their website.
Beautifully painted as are most of the FW models and certainly very inspirational.
Agis Neugebauer has some beautfully painted Grey Knights on his website including this fantastic Dreadnought. Next to his (on the left) is the Games Workshop conversion as shown on the main GW site.
This is a winning Golden Demon entry with some nice pictures here.
This is a refreshing change from the silver of most Grey Knights.
As you can see there are some fantastic painters out there and some very inspirational models, hopefully I can achieve a result which is similar.
Here are some photographs of Forgeworld’s Inquisitorial Land Raider and Rhino.
The Land Raider in more detail.
The Rhino in more detail.
Nice models.