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Grey Knight Dreadknight


Gareth

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This is part of the Greyknight monthly project on SWC. I've just completed July with 8 days to spare!

 

Here is my Dreadknight. Such a large piece meant my blending had to be really good otherwise it would show up really badly in the pictures with my new DSLR. The Nemesis Great sword blade was done by hand and took 5 hours.

 

I hate painting metals, and I choose Grey Knights because of that. This model has 4 different kinds of metals on it. The blue steel armour, the tin bitz skeletal frame, the gun metal and the gold. It's really allowed me to concentrate on painting metals.

 

Dreadknight

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/Dreadknight1.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/Dreadknightfront.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/DreadknightProfile.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/DreadknightRear.jpg

 

Dreadknight with Terminator and Strike Squad Marine

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/Dreadknightandbattlebrothers.jpg

 

Some size comparison shots

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/DreadknightvsMawloc2.jpg

 

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/DreadknightvsSwarmlord.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Gareth_tyranids/Grey%20Knights/DreadknihghtvsTalos.jpg

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Very nice gareth, it's fun how everything you do always works out to a beautiful result. I don't particularly like the Dreadknight with its baby carrier stuck to the chest, but with your painting it does look like a fine piece of model. The blue metal is particularly well done. It's actually intresting to see you using the very helpful guide of attack the things your worst at, it's an actual skill increaser like no other. Top job. One thing I woulda like would've been some tint to the snow. You can easily do some shadow areas with an airbrush, or even just mix in the worlds tinyest amount of blue into the snow mix you use, apply it, and add some pure white on top, it will give it a bit of depth.

 

Cheers

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The sword is really beautifull, but what strikes me the most is the two different metallic tones : the armor // the "mechanical" parts. You achieved a awesome model through that contrast.

Would be interested by a hint about your dark metal formula (Tin bitz as a base I suppose ?).

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The dark metals (the hydraulics and skeletal frame) are vallejo game colour tinny tin with a touch of glaze medium added (paints on silky smooth and flat, its unbelievable) then badab black wash then a few edge highlights with vgc gunmetal. I kept it simple because the focus should be on the bluey/silver armour, so I spent more time on that.

 

Thanks for all the replies guys, it's much appreciated.

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Hey Gareth, once again your painting is perfect and your silver is spectacular! I believe i read somewhere that you use a mix of VGC silver and blue wash? Would you mind tossing up the recipe (ratio of paint to wash)? Is it VGC silver and GW blue wash or do you use a different wash/ink?

 

I am very curious as I have been trying to do a blue steel color for quite some time and havent been able to achieve it; however, what you did is literally perfect!

 

Thanks in advance!

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