Adir Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 A year after I picked up my first grey knight model at a swap, here is the (nearly) completed army. Grandmaster with retinue Inquisitor lord with retinue 20 x PAGK 30 x Stormtroopers (with two rhinos) 2 x dreadnoughts 2 x land raiders (only one pictured) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Templarius Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Looking good, love that first dread :rolleyes: What paint are you using to achieve that red on your tanks? Doesn't look like standard GW paint Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2054503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tchezzarus Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Nice looking army so far. Just one thing though : you should paint some heraldry on those GKT shields. Tchezz. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2054850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
- 7eAL - Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Brightness of the metals seems quite reduced under the blue ink. Any intention to cut back on the dimness with highlights? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2054982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilgar Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Gorgeous dreadnought there (the ForgeWorld), u got good taste :D I just have to say I love those IST, caps, hahaha, look great and gives a feel of "harda$$" guys, whoes "mental training to serve the GK" incluedes getting wasted before battle, lovely =D....nicely painted tho :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2055355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Fenrir Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Many apologies for a bit of thread necromancy here, but where did the shield that the Terminator Brother Captain model is carrying come from? It'd be very handy if someone could let me know, as thats perfect for a conversion I'm working on. Thanks, and apologies (for the necromancy involved). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2182140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungboy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 That's the sergeant's storm shield from the assault terminator box. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2182210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Looks great! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2182384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
- 7eAL - Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 That's the sergeant's storm shield from the assault terminator box. The entire left arm has been replaced as well. That's not the original pauldron on his left shoulder. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2184762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendybadger Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Im going to have to second how nice that Dread looks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2185228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungboy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 That's the sergeant's storm shield from the assault terminator box. The entire left arm has been replaced as well. That's not the original pauldron on his left shoulder. Indeed, but with the shots provided i can't work out what he's used. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2185990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adir Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 The conversion on the shield arm is the sergeant from the assault terminators box. However, I used the terminator shoulder pad from the Dark Angels upgrade sprue (seen below courtesy of thewarstore.com): http://www.thewarstore.com/media/BWB/ss_size2/termiesp.jpg I used the shoulder pad on the far left. With some shaving and green stuff, the broken sword became solid and the feathered purity scroll became solid parchment. I also put greenstuff to either side of the sword and used a GKT shoulder pad to impress some script into the greenstuff. A decent effect but would have been better if I had free handed it (not that good with the greenstuff). Finally, I greenstuffed the crest on top of the shoulder pad to get it to better resemble GKT shoulders. Thanks for all the fine praise of the models. Daemonhunters have been by far my favorite list to paint and run. Also, the ISTs are converted from Catachans (legs and lasguns) and Fantasy Emprise Militia (torsos, arms, and heads). The plastic PAGK are Dark Angel robed marines with the halberd bits that GW sells separately and their storm bolters are pulled from the Dark Angel upgrade sprue (terminator storm bolter). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2186655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Gabriel Lupus Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Very nice little army you've got yourself! both converted/modelled and painted well. Just wondering if there was any reasoning behind having one of the dreadnoughts red? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2187660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adir Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Good question. The main reason is that I wanted a differently colored dreadnought. Too much of the metallic blue gets unrelenting after a while. I have a WIP land raider that will also be metallic blue. The current red one is meant more as a transport for the inquisitor. From a model standpoint the big ]I[ on the front spoke to me more of an "inquisition" dreadnought versus a proper grey knight dreadnought. I realize there is little in the background to suggest that an inquisitor might be housed in the sarcophagus of a dreadnought, but I like the idea that one could be and hence continue on in the service of the ]I[ even after death. Actually I think the Ravenor series shows the lengths to which the Inquisition will go to keep its best staff around so perhaps an inquisitor interred in a dreadnought is not so far-fetched. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2187848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adir Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 So here is a little background for the red ]I[ dreadnought: Following the Badab War, the Ordo Malleus sent several inquisitors to the Ultima Segmentum to investigate the possibility that Lufgt Huron might have been daemonically possessed and to ensure that the daemon taint did not spread further. Among those sent was Inquisitor Josiah Starck and his retinue of acolytes, mystics, and servitors. Starck's crew boasted of having some of the most sensitive mystics in the Ordo Malleus and Starck himself claimed that they could keenly sense tremors in the warp even more than many astropaths. Whether this claim was grounded in truth or not, the mystics proved their value when, upon entering the system, they immediately sensed the presence of an ancient lifeforce emanating from a nearby asteroid. Starck ordered his captain to maneuver the ship in so that a landing party would be able to reach the asteroid. On the surface of the rock, Starck found the wreckage of an Astral Claws thunderhawk. The mystics pinpointed the lifeforce as coming from inside the hulk so Starck ordered his servitors to pull apart the craft. To his great surprise, the servitors uncovered a massive space marine dreadnought, badly damaged, but whose life support systems were still functioning. Josiah recovered the ancient machine, separating the sarcophagus and placing the long dead space marine in a chamber prepped specifically for questiong. Through a long series of intense verbal and psychic interrogations, the space marine known as Brother Raziel told his story. He had been part of a small number of loyal Astral Claws who had attempted to escape Badab and warn the loyal astartes of Huron's treachery. While still in system, their thunderhawk had been terminally damaged by the Astral Claws flagship, the Tiger Claw, and crashed on the asteroid that Starck had found. Due to the enhanced life support systems of the dreadnought frame Raziel had managed to survive the crash and stay alive until Josiah found him. After verifying the truth of Raziel's story and ensuring that he had not been tainted by Chaos, Josiah asked the ancient marine whether he would like to continue fighting as part of Starck's inquisitorial cadre. Brother Raziel agreed on the condition that his dreadnought be repaired and that he would be allowed to continue the fight within its massive framework. Marked with the mighty seal of the Inquisition and inscribed with ancient texts of warding, Brother Raziel now fights alongside the Inquisitor Josiah Starck. Raziel's fervent desire is to rid the galaxy of the Chaos taint that felled his mighty chapter and regain some of the honor lost in their ignominious fall. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2189764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Gabriel Lupus Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Groovy - I like both the background and story you've come up with (though it may require a little editing :D - not negative criticsim! tis groovy dude!), and also the idea of an Inquisitor in Dreadnought armour... I'm actually not sure which I like best! It's always best when people actually come up with some form of fluff/background etc for their models. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/173803-ordo-malleus-miles-cerulean/#findComment-2190063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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