Vlad III Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Hey B&C, So I've been a member for a good couple of months now and I figured it was about time to get some quality feedback on my Knights. I've tried to get some on other websites but I've had no luck. If anywhere was the place to get some feedback I knew it would be here. So I'm a DH player, avidly despite being a poor college student and using mostly proxies in my matches, of a fully GK army. But I didn't want to field an entire army of boltgun silver guys, I felt it would look stale. So I came up with metallic green (3:1 mix of DA Green: Mithril Silver), here's what I've got so far. (WARNING: Very WIP) GM http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0748.jpg http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0749.jpg Retinue Termies http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0747.jpg http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0750.jpg GM & Retinue http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0746.jpg Justicar http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0753.jpg PAGKs http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0752.jpg http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0754.jpg Just and Squad http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/RevengeofOboro/Grey%20Knights/IMG_0751.jpg Now I realize they are going to need some explaining. They started as solid metallic green like the Justicar, but I looked and noticed that my Incinerator Knight had a black body (i.e. I missed it on the green painting). I thought this looked pretty neat, so I applied it throughout the squad except on the Just. I did this because I figured it would be a nice bit of fluff to add that as kind of a ranking system. Regular GKs have black chest pieces, Justs are completely green. Termies have black shoulder pads, BCs are fully green, and the GM is eccentric. But I've recently picked up the Grey Knights novels and the boltgun armor seems almost like a sin not to use and make the focus of the models the detailing and converting (I notice there is a lot of variation in NFW in the novels, which is an idea I like a lot). So I have a few questions for you guys... 1. What do you think of the current scheme? 1a. Any fluff suggestions as to why they would be colored as they are? 2. Should I just go with silver and use green designs/detailing? 3. Should I go with one solid army color all the way through or mix it up? Let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblood Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 They remind me a lot of the gheto hoopty cars that used to be ever so popular in the late 90s. imo the green and gold looks very gimicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolniir Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 sally knights!!! they look exactly like salamanders almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad III Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Mjolniir: Yeah I noticed that, though the irony is I usually don't use incinerators. I feel the loss of their NFW and True Grit extra attack isn't worth the Template. But c'mon guys, I need some C&C. And some answers/suggestions to my questions XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 It just doesn't look right on these models... After seeing the one model with the scythe, all I could think of was Typhus, Herald of Nurgle. I'm just not feeling these combined colors at all... half because I'm not a fan of metallic marines, half because they clash too much. Sorry, bud. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Rao Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 While I don't agree with you that an army of silver Knights would look stale (in fact, the silver armour is a major indicator of Grey Knights), I'm not sure an army full of metallic green Marines would NOT look stale. If you don't like unicoloured armies, steer clear of marines . That said, the metallic green itself is actually a very nifty colour. I will try it on several of my models, probably my High Elf Dragon Princes, for one.'You've also inspired me to have a go at creating other metallic colours using the same mixing method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad III Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 DuskRaider: Well, since I can't do NMM and their Grey Knights, metallic is a must =D Lord Rao: See that was my old consensus, though now I'm having second thoughts due to the novels and how heavily the GKs rely on the boltgun as one of their big things. And it's not that I'm not a fan of unicolored armies, I'm just not a fan of the same thing over and over. Which is why I like SM (mainly GKs) because each model has different detailing or can easily be given different detailing, to make each model different. Though a word of warning...that mix doesn't work accurately on Red Gore....for the reds try Blood Raven's Red....that might work better. It works good on darker colors to make them look desired. 3:1 DA Green with Mithril silver gives a metallic scorpion green look, etc. For black...I think when I was experimenting with half colored GKs (didn't work to my liking) I used a 3(or 4):1 mix of Chaos Black with Boltgun and that worked out fantastic. This having been rather enlightening, how do you guys paint GKs? Boltgun metal looks rather dark, (though it could just be that my bud's boltgun is old as sin) and GKs look brighter than that, so I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 You don't NEED to make the armour look metallic. Even bare ceramite armour isn't metallic, it's got a coat on it that's more white or grey. Why not try red? I've been doing a Grey Knights comission army for a friend of mine, and instead of grey, they're red. Looks really nice so far and it's definitely a change from the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquid Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I painted my Greyknights half orange, half blue. Striking colour scheme. Different from what is expected. Plus, bisected colour schemes are sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad III Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 killersquid: Yeah I tried out a bisected scheme of red and black with a white line down the center....but I didn't like the turn out. Granted, my paint selection is quite limited at this time so...yeah XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekLee688 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I myself am a fan of shiney marines. My current paintscheme is Ultra blue under a clear-coat blue, that gives a rich darkening/glossy shell, and toped with gold trim. I was dissapointed when I tried the same with green and red and they didn't produce the same results. I'll have to try your mix. I painted my grey knights by drybrushing a bright crome on top of chaos black primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I would go (as you suggested) with silver and green details, maybe even a green glaze over the silver instead of the more common blue. It will make your Grey Knights look different and you would avoid the "GREYKNIGHTS ARE ALWAYS SILVER :tu:" - flames. As for your last questions, I'm always for more diversity in an army, but even if you apply different paint schemes to different units, you should always have some unifying element, like a shoulder guard painted in the same color or some sort of badge, so the army still looks like one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vazturan Dominus Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 They look like shiny Salamanders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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