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I'm trying to work on the colour scheme for my Knightly house, but I'm having trouble envisioning it. I know that Space Marines and Battle Sisters have a painter, but is there one for an Imperial Knight anywhere? If there's more than one suitable option, which one would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

So I played my Imperial Knight for the first time yesterday. It was an interesting experience. I was using a Knight Paladin allied with my Space Marines. I’m looking for tactics and advice on using a Knight as an ally. I’ve searched a lot for Imperial Knight tactics, but the majority of them seem to deal with all-Knight armies rather than just taking an ally. So I’m looking for advice on how to improve my rather lukewarm performance with my Knight. One of the things I noticed was how surprisingly fragile my Knight Paladin was, dying on Turn Two in both my games, both times due to multiple high-strength shots into the thinner side armor without the Ion Shield, which took off most of its hull points in a single shooting phase. (In the second game it was a Chaos Predator that took off 5 hull points with three penetrating hits, one of which was an Exploded! Result.) In my second game due to a failed charge, my Knight didn’t even have a chance to do any meaningful damage to my opponent’ army. Is there any particular advice to helping screen a Knight’s flanks or to help it survive longer? It certainly seems to be quite the fire magnet for me. I was wondering about the viability of using Rhinos to try and screen the Knight’s flanks, seeing as I usually go mechanized Marines. I used this 2000pts list essentially against Chaos Marine armies. (Imperial Fists Chapter Tactics) Chapter Master Librarian Honour Guard in Land Raider 2 Tactical Squads in Rhinos 3 Centurion Devastators Knight Paladin

So I got an Imperial Knight kit last month for my birthday. Unfortunately due to miscommunication with my family they had purchased the older Knight Paladin kit instead of the new Knight Warden kit. I did not feel like spending the extra money to purchase all those extra bits off Ebay so I just assembled it as a Paladin. This means it has two heavy stubbers instead of a stubber and a meltagun as I had originally planned. My question is if the meltagun is particularly worth it as an upgrade for the Knight? Or should I not worry about missing anything major in terms of game effectiveness. I have not yet actually used a Knight yet in my games and I was wondering if people found it particularly useful.

Hello everyone! I posted in the Adeptus Mechanicus section, and the wise Magos there answered crucial questions and redirected me here for some further guidance. For the sake of brevity, I will try to get to the point as quick as possible. I recently acquired a Cerastus Knight-Atrapos for $65 on eBay a couple of months back. I assembled it, and then I left it in my drawer. I have an idea on what I would like it to look like, but I might need help conceptualizing/accomplishing it. I would love for the Atrapos to have a Greco-Roman theme to it, as I absolutely love the culture and artwork. My idea was to recreate the scenes of Trajan's Column on the armor panels of the Knight. Unfortunately for me, this requires a level of painting and greenstuff skill that I do not possess. I had an idea of buying a replica of Trajan's Column, massaging out a thin layer of green stuff, and then rolling the column over the surface of the greenstuff to capture the details of the Column and then tearing/fitting the green stuff to fit on the armor panels. I was wondering if anyone has done something similar to this, or even if you think that this project is feasible as well as providing any guidance/pointers for a novice. Thank you in advance!

Ok guys, I desperately need help. About a couple of months ago, I was cruising through eBay and saw a Cerastus Knight Atrapos with a starting bid of $65. I figured, hey, I will give it a shot. I primarily play Dark Angels and Sons of Horus, but for $65 I couldn't pass it up. I ended up winning it for that amount. I promptly assembled it and since then it has sat in my drawer, languishing away. To make a long story short, I decided that my project for the next couple of months will be the completion of my Atrapos. Which brings me to some points that are kinda questions. 1) Are there any benefits to running an Imperial Knight House vs. a Mechanicus Knight? I know there is a difference, but I unfortunately have not had the opportunity to look at the new AdMech codex. I have the Imperial Armor Index with the Atrapos' stats, but seeing as how the new Codexes supersede the Indexes I figure there might be some new issues or themes to consider. 2) What kind of custom bits are available to spruce up a Knight, GW or otherwise? I had an idea about a custom Knight house that had a Greco-Roman theme to it. I thought that it would be cool to replicate the scenes of Trajan's column on the armor panels of the Knight describing its history. Unfortunately for me, that involves either 1) a level of painting skill I do not have or 2) a level of greenstuff skill that I do not have. 3) Lastly, I would like this Knight to be field-able in either my 30k Sons of Horus army or my 40k Dark Angels Army without having to stretch the fluff too much. Is this feasible? If so, what are some of ya'lls suggestions? Thank you in advance for answering!

WELCOME to my forge this is where i will compile whatever randomocity happens to be inhabiting my desk. Once upon a time many moons ago i finally decided to make that brave step from lurker to Frater, seems like it was only days ago but now i look back in the short time ive been on this site ive accomplished more in my hobby life than in the entire decade ive been working on these wonderful little pastic space men. And this is where i attempt to keep track of it all perhaps eventually i will learn how to do the fancy things some frater do where they put links in this cover page to all of there glorious projects but until then ill just have to try to remember to update this page on a semi regular basis ( note "try" and "remember") Anywho for the next seven months ill be working on my army for the Tale of Twenty Hobbiests. A project im extremely excited about as this will be my first fully painted army!!!! Now i just have to re-learn how to play once its all finished . But im also excited because im exploring a different side of my favorite legion The Salamanders without becoming just another Red Marked Im going to write, build, convert, and paint them to show the legions darker sons those who strayed from the promethean creed for one reason or another. WARNING i never got a grade above a C in English class i make no clames at being a profesional writer in fact i know it needs a lot of work and is now the soul reason i regret not paying more attention in those afformentioned English classes keep that in mind when reading my fluff that its written around a 3rd grade level But if you dont mind my inability to propperly punctuate and my struggles with spelling then carry on as usual or just skip to the pics whatever floats your boat. Hello my fellow plastic and resin crack addicts. I've been trolling the pages here for quite some time. In fact it's where I've gotten a lot of my best ideas, inspiration, and techniques. What with the ETL V going on I've decided it's high time I enter the fray and start contributing to the community that's already given me so much. So on to the good part. This Year for the ETL I'm hoping to bring glory to my beloved SALAMANDERS. For my first vow I wanted to stay on the small side and not bite off more than I can chew. Since having to be an adult five days a week really gets in the way of my modeling. I'm starting with my first veteran tactical squad the only one from my BAC box that will be modeled as such. They will be known as the Helkytes a squad consisting of Istvaan survivors. They're led by a young Veteran Seargeant by the name of Daario Naharis (yes I'm a game of thrones fan as well) who is equipped with a MC power axe and a combi flamer as well as artificer armor wrought by his own hands and a volkite serpenta. Since the squad has been able to re-equip and re-supply the squad is equipped with vexilla, nuncio-vox, and two meltas, and melta bombs and supposing my math is accurate that comes out to 365 pts. Once they are completed they will be joined by the rest of my Istvaan survivors some of whom will be from the iron tenth and some will be sons of deliverance. Anywho that's enough rambling for now it's time for pictures which I will try to post regularly as progress is made any C&C is always appreciated http://s33.postimg.org/ibzc1uzf3/20160605_150824.jpg how to take a screen shot http://s33.postimg.org/5ixpzvyof/20160605_160035.jpg imageupload

++ COMPLETED ++ Hello, hello! A while ago a friend of mine bought me Imperial Knights: Renegade on the premise I kept one (which I already did and painted) and then did him a Chaos Knight in return. Originally, it was just going to be a funky paint job, but the scope has now increased. He collects Iron Warriors, so with it mostly being a silver paint job with hazard stripes, I felt it needed something more to give it that chaos bang. Firstly, that pesky detail had to go. It was too clean and imperial. Now at the stage where some greenstuff is being blobbed on and shaped. When its dry, it will be sanded down so its thin and then a second layer applied so I can detail it and add things like the rings between the spikes.