Possibly the LARGEST wip ever!!
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mattsterbenz
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Thanks guys for the comments 
Wow, nearly 20K views. Never thought this thread would be so popular! lol
The knight unit is just about there. Got 2 riders left to finish then they are good to go!
Here\'s the step-by-step horse that Arma requested, and hopefully some more of you can find it helpful too:
-White Undercoat-
Stage 1: Basecoats. Scorched Brown, Chaos Black, Golden Yellow, Brazen Brass, dark metal mix (chaos + boltgun), Space Wolves Grey, Goblin Green. The tail was painted with a mix of Chaos Black and Codex Grey.
Stage 2: Shades. Yellow was shaded with Vomit Brown, the horse, leather, and silver were washed with Badab Black, giving 3 washes to the tail. The gold was washed with Devlan Mud. Thraka Green was used on the little bit of grass by the hoof. Shadow Grey was thinned and shaded on the reins/headpiece.
Stage 3: First highlights. Yellow was highlighted with Sunburst Yellow (couple thin layers). Black was highlighted by mixing in some Shadow Grey. Horse was highlighted with Scorched Brown. Leather was highlighted with Dark Flesh. Gold was highlighted with Shining Gold. Silver was re-highlighted with the boltgun mix. White + Space Wolves was used on the head. The hooves were painted with Scorched Brown (making grooves like when painting horns). Base was painted with glue, attached slate pieces, then patches of pebbles, then dipped the whole thing in fine sand.
Stage 4: Final highlights. Skull White + Sunburst Yellow. Chaos Black with more Shadow Grey added. For the black leather on the saddle, Codex Grey was then edged on it. The silver was layered with Boltgun Metal then Mithril Silver. Gold was highlighted with Burnished Gold. The hooves were highlighted with Graveyard Earth. Vermin Brown was edged on the leather. Skull White was dotted in the corners of the eyes and on the teeth. Bestial Brown was added to the Scorched Brown for horse highlights, for a few consecutive layers.
EDIT: forgot to mention how I paint the base. Once the glue is dry, I paint it with brown ink. (GW doesn\'t sell this anymore, so I use the P3 brown ink). The sand absorbs it very well so it makes basecoating the bases a breeze. Then I drybrushed the sand with Bestial Brown, then Iyanden Darksun, then Bleached Bone. The rocks were based with Adeptus Battlegrey, then layered with Codex Grey, followed by Fortress Grey, then a Devlan Mud wash. Edge of the base was painted black, then I added patches of GW static grass.
Pictures of the finished grail knight unit will come on Monday.
Next up: 3x Pegasus Knights!!
-Matt
Wow, nearly 20K views. Never thought this thread would be so popular! lol
The knight unit is just about there. Got 2 riders left to finish then they are good to go!
Here\'s the step-by-step horse that Arma requested, and hopefully some more of you can find it helpful too:
-White Undercoat-
Stage 1: Basecoats. Scorched Brown, Chaos Black, Golden Yellow, Brazen Brass, dark metal mix (chaos + boltgun), Space Wolves Grey, Goblin Green. The tail was painted with a mix of Chaos Black and Codex Grey.
Stage 2: Shades. Yellow was shaded with Vomit Brown, the horse, leather, and silver were washed with Badab Black, giving 3 washes to the tail. The gold was washed with Devlan Mud. Thraka Green was used on the little bit of grass by the hoof. Shadow Grey was thinned and shaded on the reins/headpiece.
Stage 3: First highlights. Yellow was highlighted with Sunburst Yellow (couple thin layers). Black was highlighted by mixing in some Shadow Grey. Horse was highlighted with Scorched Brown. Leather was highlighted with Dark Flesh. Gold was highlighted with Shining Gold. Silver was re-highlighted with the boltgun mix. White + Space Wolves was used on the head. The hooves were painted with Scorched Brown (making grooves like when painting horns). Base was painted with glue, attached slate pieces, then patches of pebbles, then dipped the whole thing in fine sand.
Stage 4: Final highlights. Skull White + Sunburst Yellow. Chaos Black with more Shadow Grey added. For the black leather on the saddle, Codex Grey was then edged on it. The silver was layered with Boltgun Metal then Mithril Silver. Gold was highlighted with Burnished Gold. The hooves were highlighted with Graveyard Earth. Vermin Brown was edged on the leather. Skull White was dotted in the corners of the eyes and on the teeth. Bestial Brown was added to the Scorched Brown for horse highlights, for a few consecutive layers.
EDIT: forgot to mention how I paint the base. Once the glue is dry, I paint it with brown ink. (GW doesn\'t sell this anymore, so I use the P3 brown ink). The sand absorbs it very well so it makes basecoating the bases a breeze. Then I drybrushed the sand with Bestial Brown, then Iyanden Darksun, then Bleached Bone. The rocks were based with Adeptus Battlegrey, then layered with Codex Grey, followed by Fortress Grey, then a Devlan Mud wash. Edge of the base was painted black, then I added patches of GW static grass.
Pictures of the finished grail knight unit will come on Monday.
Next up: 3x Pegasus Knights!!
-Matt
mattsterbenz
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Negative on the job. I wasn\'t expecting to get it anyway so it\'s all good I\'ll just keep practicing and apply again the next time they have an opening!
-Matt
I\'ll just keep practicing and apply again the next time they have an opening!-Matt
junior elf
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Yeah, you deserve the job!!!
mattsterbenz
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Cheers guys
Including assembly and priming between 1 and 2 hours. I haven\'t really timed myself on these guys though.
-Matt
Including assembly and priming between 1 and 2 hours. I haven\'t really timed myself on these guys though.
-Matt
mattsterbenz
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You\'re welcome, Arma. Glad I could be of help
Well, it\'s certainly been a while since I updated on the Grail Knights. I hoped to have them done on Monday, but this week was crazy. Had some important errands to do, then on Tuesday I was notified of a surprise test that would take place on Thursday. So rather than painting I had to spend that time studying. Don\'t you love tests? lol
I took lots and lots of images, but there\'s way too many to post here! I don\'t want to crash people\'s browsers lol
Now it\'s on to the Pegasus Knights. There\'s only 3 of them, so the next update should be fairly soon. Hopefully the end of the weekend.
Thanks for following the thread,
-Matt
Well, it\'s certainly been a while since I updated on the Grail Knights. I hoped to have them done on Monday, but this week was crazy. Had some important errands to do, then on Tuesday I was notified of a surprise test that would take place on Thursday. So rather than painting I had to spend that time studying. Don\'t you love tests? lol
I took lots and lots of images, but there\'s way too many to post here! I don\'t want to crash people\'s browsers lol
Now it\'s on to the Pegasus Knights. There\'s only 3 of them, so the next update should be fairly soon. Hopefully the end of the weekend.
Thanks for following the thread,
-Matt
starchaser1
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i have only been a member of this site for a few day\'s but this wip has to be the best ive read by far.
i take my hat of to you truly amazing work
i take my hat of to you truly amazing work
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Nothing constructive to add other than \"You the man Matt!\"
mattsterbenz
New member
After the pegasus knights? Lots! lol A few knight units, few dozen archers, questing knights, and a half dozen characters!
It will be down to the wire getting these done before Christmas, with school the way it\'s been. That\'s for sure!
Cheers everyone! I haven\'t slept all night, it\'s now 3:30 pm and I am going to crash. lol
Happy painting,
-Matt
mattsterbenz
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Finally got around to taking pictures of these Pegasus Knights. They\'ve been awaiting a photo shoot for a while now! lol Photos came out a little dark, my apologies!
EDIT: D\'oh! I forgot to glue the shields on! New pictures will come when I can be bothered, probably at the next update lol
Next update to come soon.
Cheers,
-Matt
EDIT: D\'oh! I forgot to glue the shields on! New pictures will come when I can be bothered, probably at the next update lol
Next update to come soon.
Cheers,
-Matt
