Grey Knight Dreadknight

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JetfireUK

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Hi Folks,

Here's my latest completed miniature - the Dreadknight. I wanted to try a different look to this model and went with a battleworn/weathered appearance compared to my earlier Grey Knights. It seemed fitting considering that this walker would be up against Greater Daemons and would like get a fair hammering. All the paints are GW - I want to use them up before I try some from another company. Apologies if the photos aren't particularly bright or clear - I'm having some problems with my editing suite.

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TheDrescher

TheDrescher

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Very nice indeed! How did you do the blending on the metal? I've never been able to get silver metals to where I want them to be and yours look awesome!
 
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JetfireUK

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Hi TheDrescher,

Thanks for the comments. ;o)

The metal armour was two layers of Boltgun Metal to get a good basecoat, then a 70:30 water and Badab Black wash followed by a 60:40 Asurman Blue and water wash. I did find that it was very easy to get tide marks but a couple of layers of washes helped to balance everything out.

The superstructure of the legs and shoulder pistons were a little different - 2 x washes of Badab Black, 1 x wash of Devlan Mud and a final wash of 60:40 Badab Black and water.

I hope that helps.
 
jason

jason

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really like the weathered look more than your other stuff looks more realistic keep it up it looks cool.
 
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Doylezeebeast

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That looks really good. I'm painting a Dreadknight myslef at the minute, i'd be very happy if its half as good as yours when i'm done. Could i ask how to you painted the scratches on the leg armor? what paints did you use for this and what size brush where these painted with? (so i can get an idea of the size of these a it better)
 
yxalitis

yxalitis

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Nice work, very nice.
One question i always have with these mech designs is...why do the have hands?
It's not like they need to have high dexterity for fine manipulation, or require fine motor skills, all they do is hold guns, or in this case, sit next to a gun...
So why bother?
 
Ordo Septenarius

Ordo Septenarius

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If you're going to ask that, why ever make anything with legs? This is the reason I always thought Battletech-stuff was silly. My targeting computers would always aim for the legs, every time.

You gotta suspend your disbelief!
 
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JetfireUK

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Doylezeebeast said:
That looks really good. I'm painting a Dreadknight myslef at the minute, i'd be very happy if its half as good as yours when i'm done. Could i ask how to you painted the scratches on the leg armor? what paints did you use for this and what size brush where these painted with? (so i can get an idea of the size of these a it better)
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The scratches are pretty straightforward. I used a slightly watered down Chaos Black and made a fine line. Underneath that line I then added a line of Boltgun Metal and then a very light line of Mithril Silver. Lighter chips were just fine lines of either Boltgun Metal or Mithril Silver. This technique works well on the very dark metallics.

In terms of the brushes I used a GW standard sized brush for the basecoats (I'd suggest a larger brush for that work!) and I then used the GW wash brush for the washes. Depending on the details I used either a detail or fine detail brush.

I'm using up the rest of my GW paints so I used Boltgun Metal for the basecoats, Badab Black and Asurman Blue washes and Boltgun Metal with Mithril Silver for the highlights. In some places where I wanted the metals 'dirtied up' I added washes of Devlan Mud and watered down Dark Flesh.

I hope that helps!
 
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Doylezeebeast

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Thats really helpful, thanks for taking the time to write up such a detailed reply to my questions, it's really appreciated. I'd been practicing scratches without much success, they always looked quite "cartooney" so I will give your technique a go. I've gone for a heavy rust effect on the legs of my model, i think a couple of well placed scratches will tie it all together nicely, what do you think?

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cassar

cassar

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i would have to say the paint job you've done is epic, lovely weathering really like the style, the only thing that bugs me is the model itself, a bit silly having the pilot hanging off the front like a baby in a papoose lol.
 
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JetfireUK

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Doylezeebeast said:
Thats really helpful, thanks for taking the time to write up such a detailed reply to my questions, it's really appreciated. I'd been practicing scratches without much success, they always looked quite "cartooney" so I will give your technique a go. I've gone for a heavy rust effect on the legs of my model, i think a couple of well placed scratches will tie it all together nicely, what do you think?

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Your work surpasses mine! I think that if you start off with some light chips of Mithril Silver around the 'toes' and edges of plates. You then add some deeper scratches (ones that include Chaos Black to show the depth of scratch) here and there. However, don't over do the amount of deep scratches as it would undo all your hard work.
 
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Doylezeebeast

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i would have to say the paint job you've done is epic, lovely weathering really like the style, the only thing that bugs me is the model itself, a bit silly having the pilot hanging off the front like a baby in a papoose lol.
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Thanks, thats really nice to hear a word like epic being used! I used a mixture of GW and Vallejo paints to get the look. I used Charred Brown, Chainmail, Blood red, Beasty Brown and also the Badab and Asurmen blue washes. Just kept playing around until i was happy with the result. I've got a "Vallejo" Devlin mud wash in the post to so i'm keen to try a spot of that here and there to once it arrives.

Your work surpasses mine! I think that if you start off with some light chips of Mithril Silver around the 'toes' and edges of plates. You then add some deeper scratches (ones that include Chaos Black to show the depth of scratch) here and there. However, don't over do the amount of deep scratches as it would undo all your hard work.
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Thanks, that really kind of you to say, though i'm not sure i agree!. I'll give that a go, yes i guess with this type of effect "less is more" i think it would be easy to overdo it so i'll have to be aware of that whilst painting and not get carried away! Thanks for all the advice :)
 
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