Knightsword's WIP Thread - Count-as Grimnar re-based page 12

[space wolf]

Griffon looks great. Its ok that the shield covers it, once its all painted, it will be the little details that adds continual interest to the model.

[Knightsword]

19 hours ago, Bergje1984 said:

Damn! Those are some thicc magnets! Running through this post makes me super jealous of your bitbox! These models are so full of character because of all these extra bits! Looks great!

 

Thanks @Bergje1984 I got lucky this time with what I already had, otherwise I there would have been a lot of ebay raiding.

 

18 hours ago, space wolf said:

Griffon looks great. Its ok that the shield covers it, once its all painted, it will be the little details that adds continual interest to the model.

 

Thanks also @space wolf. Speaking of little details, I made too much green stuff for gap filling so added some little sculpts and a couple more purity seals.

 

 

[space wolf]

Looks good! Small recommendation: when youre doing massive gap filling/plate building, id suggest mixing 50/50 green stuff/milliput. It still keeps the properties of GS where it will stay where you put it, etc. but its WAAAAAAY more sandable when cured. Youll be able to buff out the uneveness to a much greater degree.

[Knightsword]

@space wolf I'll be giving that a go next time I have large area to fill/sculpt 

 

I have the latest Bladeguard Dread sprayed, just haven't had time to properly paint yet.

 

In the meantime I got my hands on a Saturnine Praetor for cheap and had the silly idea of adding bits of Indomitus armour to it. I like the model apart from the massive pauldrons so had a play with the Indomitus Terminator ones. He's kind of reminding me of Gabriel Angelos' old Forgewold model. Tempted to re-do the arms and have him hold the hammer in a two-handed grip like the old Angelos model. Going to try and bulk out the hips a little with decoration to make it a little more proportional. My only annoyance with this is that the Indomitus chest piece sticks a little too much (can't see it in the photo), however I can't remove it now so will try and make that look better too.

 

Lore for this chap is that he is exceptionally large even by Astartes standards and is one of the oldest living members of the Chapter. Due to his size a suit had to be custom made from the remains of an ancient Saturnine suit and recovered parts of Indomitus armour.

 

[space wolf]

Not bad at all. If possiblr id recommend turning his head to one side or another. Itll give hima a little more dynamism, which IMHO is important because if how static the original model is.

[Knightsword]

Agree on changing the angle of head. I re-did the pose to the two-handed idea. Had to butcher the Praetor axe handle for the handv to make it work. Some more filling and sculpting to do now.  

 

[space wolf]

Yeah that looks a lot better!

[Knightsword]

You can't really see it due to the tilt shields but I've filled and sculpted the Indomitus chest piece to blend in with the Saturnine body better. Also sculpted an armour plate below the Indomitus chest to make it not look like it's sticking out too much.

 

[Brother Christopher]

As always, inspiring conversions. I envy you your zeal and passion for this kind of work.

 

Also, I want to point out that your 'fix' for the storm shield was so good that GW stole it from you. Congrats - this fact (i.e. the design on the new Jump Captain) is only a testament to how good and, I dare say, necessary your conversion was. 

[Knightsword]

On 9/16/2025 at 3:34 PM, Brother Christopher said:

As always, inspiring conversions. I envy you your zeal and passion for this kind of work.

 

Also, I want to point out that your 'fix' for the storm shield was so good that GW stole it from you. Congrats - this fact (i.e. the design on the new Jump Captain) is only a testament to how good and, I dare say, necessary your conversion was. 

 

Once again thank you for the kind words @Brother Christopher. It's thoroughly unscrupulous behaviour on their part  It's a shame they didn't stick the new shields on the new Assault Terminators though, but I think I can remedy that 

 

Some musings and a little update. I'm debating taking the arms, hammer and greaves from my Saturnine Praetor kitbash and sticking them on Abaddon to kitbash him into a more proportionate vision for my first company Captain. I do like the Saturnine one I've done but it just doesn't feel right the more I look at it.

 

Picked up another box of Sword Brethren to do my take on dual wielding Wolf Guard Headtakers for my army. These guys will represent their dual wielding with wrist blades. Lorewise, they venerate the warrior entombed in my Dread that has the same style of weapon and emulate his fighting style. I kinda just dived in without too much planning and it's worked out thankfully. I'll need to sculpt the top and bottom sides of the hands, and add some detail on the wrist guards.

 

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[Endtransmission]

oooooh, I love those wrist blades, he's come out menacing as all heck... I may have to steal that concept for DW blackshield blades :D

 

For the hands, are you assuming he has free hands, of are the blades stabilised with a handle and top/bottom of hand braces, like Katars (indian punch dagger) ?

[Knightsword]

2 hours ago, Endtransmission said:

oooooh, I love those wrist blades, he's come out menacing as all heck... I may have to steal that concept for DW blackshield blades :D

 

For the hands, are you assuming he has free hands, of are the blades stabilised with a handle and top/bottom of hand braces, like Katars (indian punch dagger) ?

 

That's what those are called! I was trying to find them for reference but just kept coming up with the Pata sword. I haven't decided on free hands or handles yet, but it would probably look better with handles. It's handy that the shackles on the Sword Brethren arms become part of the wrist blades.

 

Steal away. The wrist guards are the hip tasset armour from Custodian Guards.

 

Managed to do another two of them. Most of the Sword Brethren poses definitely have that "Come at me Bro!" vibe to them.

 

[Endtransmission]

You definitely don't want to meet them down a dark alley :D

If you want scary, look up the Katar that expands when you squeeze the handle *ouch*

[W.A.Rorie]

Nice

[Volgon]

I like the third one quite a bit! Sword Brethren are easily my favorite Marine infantry kit, beating out CSM Havocs. The Sword Bros dynamism and armor design is so good!

[Knightsword]

Had the opportunity to make a start on painting the most recent Dread. Some please remind me why I keep doing chequered heraldy?! It feels like a form of self abuse 

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Well, if its is self-abuse, it is definitely suffering for your art, as he looks great.

[Knightsword]

Progress on the base this time. Just some small details to do and then he's done.

 

[Valkia the Bloody]

Great work on all the details!

[W.A.Rorie]

Nice!

[space wolf]

That shield though! Looks great. I love checker pattern, and you do it well. It sure take me a long time to paint it, so i feel your pain, but boy does it pay off.

[Brother Christopher]

Another impressively insane thing here. Strangely enough, I didn't take a mental note of that dread. The paint job is great. I dig your colour scheme. The shield and sword are appropriately large. The additional potbelly armour based on bits from what appears to be a Leviathan kit is also creative. While it's not my cup of tea, I respect the idea and execution. He also reminds me of something or someone but I can't really put my finger on what it is. But I get the vibes of a grizzled, old knight.

 

What's your next project?

[Knightsword]

Thanks all, the comments are appreciated. 

 

On 11/14/2025 at 4:11 PM, Brother Christopher said:

Another impressively insane thing here. Strangely enough, I didn't take a mental note of that dread. The paint job is great. I dig your colour scheme. The shield and sword are appropriately large. The additional potbelly armour based on bits from what appears to be a Leviathan kit is also creative. While it's not my cup of tea, I respect the idea and execution. He also reminds me of something or someone but I can't really put my finger on what it is. But I get the vibes of a grizzled, old knight.

 

What's your next project?

 

This is probably my last dread for a while as there aren't anymore in my planned army list beyond another a Ballistus which i'll probably keep to the standard build, although I will probably end up doing another like an Ancient with a giant banner at some point.

 

Next projects in no particular order:

 

• Redo my count-as Arjac using Abaddon as a base and the arms from my Saturnine Praetor kitbash. Got the shoulders and head from Lion El'Jonson for this, although would have preffered Fafnir Rann's head but that's hard to get a hold off.
• Wolf Guard Terminators built from Deathwing Knights for the knightly robe aesthetic with Grey Knight Terminator heads.
• Lieutenant with Combi Weapon. I'm not the biggest fan of Phobos armour so this one will be made from the Ancient from Company Heroes, a combi-plasma gun from the Sword Brethren box and a sword arm from a Bladeguard Veteran.
• Updated Ragnar based on the Black Templar Execrator, just need to find an appropriately flowy cape. I used Mephiston's last time but struggling to find the bit for sale.
• Decide on how to represent the Hunting Wolves for my Headtakers. Can't decide between the normal wolves or some D&D Guard Drakes to be mini Wyrms which would fit in with the use of bigger ones for my TWC.