wappellious Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Here's a few of the Grey Knights that I originally did for my DH army last year. The idea was to paint the entire army with this sort of reflection of the marble floor on the armor. The more I learned about 40k and the amount of figs I might need, the more I realized that doing the whole army this way might not be the most practical approach :) So, I settled on a slightly different slate look that most of you have already seen. I was not attempting to do complete 100% accurate reflections of every nearby surface... all I wanted to do was get some of the flavor of reflections. Here's a few images: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/ReflectiveGKTHREEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/ReflectiveGKTWOMultiviewRESIZE.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/ReflectiveGKONEMultiviewRESIZE.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Looks amazing, waiting for more! Great NNM..Nmm...whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Legion Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Do you really need us to tell you what we think? I can safely say, You're one of the best artists I've ever come across, I'm always interested in your work. Don't stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Malachi Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Holy whatsits those are awesome, where did you learn to paint like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuchinawa Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Pure and epic win. I wish mine looked that good... Looks like I have stuff to repaint now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelfire Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I'm enthralled. I can imagine a whole army of these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortarion Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Awesome! Really impressive. (I don't like that style of bases, though, but that's just me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabor Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 mmmm... gribbly how did you do the swords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood_raven_240 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Whoa xD Those are teh most awesomeable Grey Knights I think I've ever seen in my life dude! Whoa... just whoa... You're a true legend, Wapellious. Legend. No other word for it. Total Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappellious Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 I do the weapons in much the same way as I do the marble. I have some blood read and chaos black out on the pallette. I water things down, and drag the black and red across the blades to create a random pattern of lights and darks. Once that is established, I take lighter colors and build up the lighter areas.. using oranges and yellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trajan Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Sweet, as always :lol: -Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samah Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 looking at these i was reminded of the Terminator movies with the liquid metal bad guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 good to see you havent been disheartened by bad golden daemon judging <_< jaw dropping as usual wap the reflection is ausome, although for some reason the reflection on the left leg of all the models is better than the right imo! dunno why they all just look more realistic the back packs look sweet too are these for the same commision as before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappellious Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Thanks for all the kind words! <_< These were the original minis for my own DH army back in April of '07. I still had not even played 40k yet :tu: I started playing in September of last year. They have been pretty successful at 29 wins, 12 draws and 6 losses. I did change my emphasis to Stormtroopers, since they seemed to offer some unique flexibility. This was before 5th edition, which has enhanced their value even more. Besides, my army is more of an "evil" force, focusing more on inquisitors and assassins, like this guy: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Wappellious/VindicareassassinMultiviewRESIZE.jpg He was my very first assassin, a conversion that I did with an Empire Fantasy mini that I discovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xa0s Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Very nice technique. Interesting enough, the painting schemes of the grey knights remind me alot of the Car Wars Deluxe. Those shining refelction of the drawings in that Steve Jackson booklet as well as the drawing on the deluxe box. And the helmet's shining mirror visor len. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medwayman Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 sweet merciful crap that's some good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harkainos Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Good Night!!! It's like a Kooala bear just crapped a rainbow in my brain!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Very nice stuff, that Grey Knight deserves a tutorial for sure. :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappellious Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks for all the kind words on these. ;) I suppose it would be a bit easier for me to do these now than it was back in April of '07. I have painted well over a hundred Grey Knights since then. :lol: I confess that when I first painted these, I didn't even know what a space marine was. I painted them right after Adepticon. My wife and I spent many hours walking around the tournament room in between rounds. When we saw all the amazing armies there, we each said that we must have our own ;) Cathy actually started learning the game before I did. She has lots of minis from her Dark Angels army that she will be posting on here at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Legion Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 You wouldn't happen to be one of the artists from chest of colours would you? Also, could you tell me how you pulled the nmm gold on the bolter? I just paint mine with the gold cause I suck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 There is one point of critisim I have... the tiled floor reflection on their greaves, this goes right down to there the greave connects to the foot, but the boot seems to be invisible in the reflections. That aside, that is truely amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Quite nice. not sure I've ever seen SENMM done on a power-armoured mini before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luy22 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 This painting is too haax. EVASIVE ACTION!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embuchho Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Magnificent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 When I first saw these I thought you had plated your minis in metal! :P ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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