Thursday, March 20, 2014

Completed 30k Imperial Knight




I posted teasers of this guy on the 30k forum, but here he is, the completed Imperial Knight seconded to the Legio Astraman (Morning Stars) supporting the Sons of Horus. I haven't found good transfers for Legio Astraman, but when I do I will eventually add their symbol somewhere. As far as the original knightly house, that is yet to be determined. The fact that knights can be oath sworn to Space Marine Legions, or seconded to Titan Legions is simply brilliant. GW put all the hooks necessary for people to get as creative as possible with these units.

I loved every minute building and painting this model, and have two more on the way.  I couldn't resist the chance to do some more carapace designs. I think white chevrons with black outlines would look good on one of the knights. The other may get white checkers, or have the center segment with the door painted white. White is such a great base color to add weathering to! With three of these guys I can use them as a primary detachment.  This may even get me back into regular gaming since the force will be really easy to transport.

16 comments:

  1. very cool man! cant wait to see your detachment. Im also planning a Legio Titanica detachment for my next couple of knights. Probably my favourite kit GW have made.

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  2. Very cool, man. I got mine yesterday and I am going to be hotting you up for weathering tips. E.g., did you use a piece of foam for weathering this guy? (the clusters of dots) and what colors/products you use?

    Not sure what color scheme to go with yet, but I have a couple weeks before I start it. I really like red but that seems to be very common on knights. Your color scheme is highly original.

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    1. I used blister foam for some of the chipping. The face and the shield were chipped similarly to the hairspray technique. The difference is that I used white spirit to eat through the paint and just had black primer as the undercoat.

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    2. If I had your freehand skills Tim I would have painted light blue designs under the green. Imagine cool swirly blue tattoos lines in the corners.

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  3. Stunning result. Love the scheme you went for and the weathering is just right - subtle enough to lift the paint job to the next level without overwhelming it or looking over the top.

    Looking forward to seeing what you do with the next two.

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  4. Looks fantastic - the colours are great and the weathering really finishes it off perfectly. This is about the best scheme for a knight - in my opinion of course! - I have yet seen.

    Can I ask, did you put a hinge in the door? I had a brief look at the kit in store (I haven't been able to afford one yet!) and the joins looked very thin in terms of being able to fit a wire pin in to create a hinge.

    Also, I really look forward to seeing what you will do with the other two!

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    1. The door has no hinge. I just prop it up when I want to display the interior

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous work, man! I'm definitely going to try something similar in order to add a pilot to the next one I do. Inspiring stuff!

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  6. Amazing work, I stole your black background idea too ;)

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  7. Nice work, one of the best. I do like the simple colors. It really lets you display the model without cramping it with to many color fields. Can't wait to see the whole detachment. Then you only need to paint up some titans and other mechanicum stuff for it to be one truly fantastic force.

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  8. Great job - very natural conversion to add the cockpit and the paint/weathering looks great. Looking forward to the next 2! :)

    Cheers,

    CMDante

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  9. I would marry this Knight Titan.

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  10. Wow, this is definitely the best painted knight I've seen so far! Better than the one on GW's website.

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