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.
In 2007 I purchased the new Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour as I really did like the model and for me would certainly fit into my Grey Knights army with all the books and purity seals.
I had given the model a black undercoat. I decided I would then give the model a basecoat of Leadbelcher.
I has forgotten how dark Leadbelcher can be, probably exacerbated by the black undercoat as well. Wondering if I should get a lighter metallic spray for the Grey Knights armour. Really not too pleased with this, thinking I might strip the paint and start again.
I had both a Grey Knights Terminator with Psycannon and a regular Grey Knights Terminator. These were metal models, which went together very easily.
I had given them both a black undercoat. I decided I would then give them a basecoat of Leadbelcher.
I has forgotten how dark Leadbelcher can be, probably exacerbated by the black undercoat as well. Wondering if I should get a lighter metallic spray for the Grey Knights armour.
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.
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.
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.
I had both a Grey Knights Terminator with Psycannon and a regular Grey Knights Terminator. These were metal models, which went together very easily.
I gave them both a black undercoat.
…and then I lost interest. However I have got them out of storage recently. As you can see the models have suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the models where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage. I am thinking about painting them with Leadbelcher, but I may need to get a new can of spray as my current can doesn’t seem to be doing the trick at the moment.
More photographs of both models from the workbench.
In 2007 I purchased the new Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour as I really did like the model and for me would certainly fit into my Grey Knights army with all the books and purity seals.
Obviously at £8 I thought it was quite expensive for a single model at the time, but then when has Games Workshop even made “cheap” models. Of course today the plastic Librarian in Terminator Armour is slightly more costly at £26.
Nice model and nice that all the weapon options are included. The model comprises three castings, once I had put these together I gave the model a black undercoat.
I then started painting the armour, using Leadbelcher…
…and then I lost interest. However I have got it out of storage recently. As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage, especially as I had already started painting the armour.
In Warhammer World was a lovely Grey Knights army with a range of armoured vehicles. I have been working on a Grey Knights army for some time now. It includes some armoured vehicles including a Land Raider.
In the displays was this Grey Knights Land Raider.
The Land Raider Phobos is the standard main battle tank for the Space Marines, so it is no surprise that the Grey Knights make use of the armoured fist of the Space Marines.
This one had the iconography of the Grey Knights, these were resin doors from Forge World, which sadly are no longer available.
This is a Grey Knights Land Raider Crusader.Designed for anti-infantry assault fighting. In place of Lascannons, the Crusader is armed with Hurricane Bolters. Alongside is a front mounted hull Assault Cannon.
As it doesn’t have lascannons, it has extra troop carrying capacity as there is no requirement for las-power generators for the said lascannons.
A variant of the Land Raider is the Land Raider Redeemer, which in itself is a variant of the Land Raider Crusader. These versions of the Land Raider provide short-range assault support during anti-infantry attacks or for urban street fighting.
The Land Raider Redeemer replaces the Land Raider Crusader’s weapons with the dreaded sponson-mounted Flamestorm Cannons. These massive flame-based weapons send burning sheets of promethium into the enemy, and can be really effective against hardened bunkers. A highly effective vehicle for fighting dug-in infantry in urban areas.
I have been painting up two Grey Knights Land Raiders, one a standard Phobos variant, the other a Mark IIb with sponsons. Though I am now in the process of painting them as Imperial Fists models, but they still have the Grey Knights iconography.
Not quite a dreadnought, but similar this Grey Knights Nemesis Dreadknight was on display at Warhammer World.
Essentially this allows a Grey Knight to be stronger and carry heavier weapons.
It was developed and designed to take on the might of Greater Daemons and Daemon Princes.
There was this Grey Knights Razorback.
Grey Knights Razorback
The Razorback is a tracked, armoured vehicle used by Space Marine Chapters. Its design is based on the Rhino chassis and as such is quite easy to manufacture, sharing many of its design features.
It is sometimes favoured over the Rhino because of its superior firepower, although this comes at the cost of less transport space.
There was also a Grey Knights Stormraven Gunship is an armoured versatile craft that combines the role of dropship, armoured transport and strike craft.
