Knightsword's WIP Thread - Knight pattern Dreadnought page 10

[Knightsword]

Couple more armoured plates and a tabard added. Calling him done. Now for painting 

 

[Paradogmatic]

Something that really hits a great proportion / aesthetic combo with the use of those Titanicus bits - one of those kitbash ideas that just comes together and looks super natural. Love the GS work going on here so far; the loincloth is cool but maybe feels a bit to squared out on the bottom with all the other curves going on.

Hope his belt buckle gets a cool icon to represent that he's the galactic heavyweight champion ( reminds me of a wrestling belt but definitely in a good way )

[Knightsword]

39 minutes ago, Paradogmatic said:

Something that really hits a great proportion / aesthetic combo with the use of those Titanicus bits - one of those kitbash ideas that just comes together and looks super natural. Love the GS work going on here so far; the loincloth is cool but maybe feels a bit to squared out on the bottom with all the other curves going on.

Hope his belt buckle gets a cool icon to represent that he's the galactic heavyweight champion ( reminds me of a wrestling belt but definitely in a good way )

 

Oh thrones! I can't unsee the wrestling belt now  but you are right, it needs something on it, not sure what but something. I also hadn't really noticed the straightness of the tabard until you pointed it out. I may heat up my craft knife and try and roughen the bottom edge up a little.

[Knightsword]

Some quick base colours and potato pic. I ended up putting a crux terminatus on the wrestling belt.

 

[Knightsword]

I genuinely don't know what to do about a base for not-Bjorn. Dead Chaos Marines or cultists? I had thought maybe a Helbrute but the bits for those are really hard to come by it seems.

 

 

 

[Tallarn Commander]

Or you could do dead Chaos Marines AND dead Cultists.  

[Knightsword]

10 minutes ago, Tallarn Commander said:

Or you could do dead Chaos Marines AND dead Cultists.  

 

Ah the good old have my corpse starch AND eat it approach.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

If you have to choose, I would go with the marine - my own thoughts, the more powerful the model, the more powerful its terrain corpse. 

[Knightsword]

12 hours ago, Dr_Ruminahui said:

If you have to choose, I would go with the marine - my own thoughts, the more powerful the model, the more powerful its terrain corpse. 

 

Got it.... put Angron and Magnus on the base together 

[Knightsword]

A brief distraction from decisions about basing. Tested out my idea for the Hounds of Morkai proxy colour scheme. Oh my emperor I hate painting black power armour! My respect for Black Templar collectors has increased exponentially after painting this one chap.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Very nice. I do love the Reiver helm with that paint scheme - it seems especially threatening/ominous on them

[Knightsword]

34 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Very nice. I do love the Reiver helm with that paint scheme - it seems especially threatening/ominous on them

 

Threatening/ominous is what I'm aiming for with this squad so thank you. There will hopefully be some glowing runes added to the vambraces, shin guards and right shoulder pad too when I pluck up the courage to try it.

 

On a tangent, I had some fun with photoshop and the Space Wovles index. Just a reskin of Bjorn's datasheet with some name changes.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

The unit card looks ace

[Knightsword]

On 11/14/2024 at 5:55 PM, Firedrake Cordova said:

The unit card looks ace

Got them done for all pretty much all proxied characters and units to go in the codex.

 

Painted the Chapter Master a little bit. Does the face in the second photo remind anyone of Kurt Russell? I think it's the jaw line doing it.

 

Tried to do a blue lava effect sword but adding the final black bits messed up. Might try and rescue it or I'll just do the same effect I've done of the Lord on Thunderwolf and Murderfang proxies as an easy fix.

 

[Knightsword]

Calling my Chapter Master done.

 

[Knightsword]

Another 3 months between hobby sessions. I'll hopefully have a bit more time going forward now. For now, a potato cam wip of my Jump Pack Chaplain.

 

I saw the AOS Gardus Steel Soul model and thought to myself "why haven't I seen any Jump Pack character superhero landing conversions using him?", so that's what I decided to do. It ended up being a little more complicated than anticpated, mostly because I didn't properly read the eBay page and so Gardus arrived already assembled with loads of excess glue all over, but at the price I paid for him I could hardly complain. He just needs tidying up and a bit more green stuff and then he's good for painting.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

That really does work very well as a pose

[Knightsword]

Still a bit rough and ready but got some of the green stuff done trimmed the scenic base to fit on a normal sized hero base.

 

[Gnasher]

There's a story right there!

 

Top job!

[Pearson73]

Oh wow, that's a super cool pose! Great job painting your Chapter Master too, all the heraldric markings look great.

[Knightsword]

In true me fashion, I've started another project before finishing the previous ones. This is one I have been planning for a very long time, the Brutalis version of the Knight Dreadnoughts I've previoulsy made using Contemptors. 

 

I've had this idea in my head for ages and had planned it out thoroughly, until I saw all the Redemptor conversions by Kitbashpowerhead on Instagram. He was using the torsos of Contemptors and Leviathans and other bits on his projects and after seeing these I rethought my whole plan. The below is almost the end result. 

 

There is also a Redemptor sized Bladeguard shield to go on the free arm, some more iconography, and some mold lines to remove that I missed.

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nicely done - I like the movement you've captured with the slight "striding" pose.

 

The "hand" holding the sword almost looks ... dainty ... gripping the sword hilt?  

[W.A.Rorie]

 great stuff

[Jhadzaan]

Those are awesome! Idea stolen.

[Knightsword]

1 hour ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Nicely done - I like the movement you've captured with the slight "striding" pose.

 

The "hand" holding the sword almost looks ... dainty ... gripping the sword hilt?  

 

As an Englishman, it's only proper that my dreads extend their pinkies whilst smiting the foes of the Imperium  You are right though, it's one part of the model that I'm not happy with and will probably take apart and try again. The fists really aren't suited to holding things like this.

 

15 minutes ago, Jhadzaan said:

Those are awesome! Idea stolen.

 

I can't wait to see what you do with it. Your Templars look amazing, especially the Judiciar.