NOVA Open Charitable Foundation Imperial Knight WIP

I managed to make quite a bit of progress on the Imperial Knight since the last post. The paint chipping is mid-way through at this point. I am stalled at the moment deciding what iconography to put on the right white shoulder pad and on the knees. I tried to make my own transfers, after creating some great images, the transfers would not meld into the model with micro-sol. Rather than have transfer ridges I decided to pause and re-group. The next time you see this knight the chipping and streaking should be complete. I have one more fiber optic strand to put in, and then I'll do a video. *EDIT Video Added

A reminder for those who like this model. You can win it, along with a whole host of great models painted up by some of my favorite artists. Donations go to Doctors Without Borders, a great charity that I am proud to support.

Imperial Knight Warlord Stepping on EC Dreadnought

The final Knight in my Knight force is complete (minus glass, smoke, and oil effects) Ok, so the knight is not compete. However it is far enough along that I am going to stick it on the shelf with the other knights for a bit, and get my workspace cleaned up for my next project.

The NOVA Open Charity Foundation is having a bunch of us paint up some armies to be raffled off for various charities. My team, lead by Dave Taylor, is painting up an Ultramarines force that includes a Knight Titan.  Guess who gets to paint the knight titan? Additionally I plan to put up a series of quick little tutorials on how I paint my ultramarines, since I've got some Ultramarines of my own to paint, and it seems like a good time.

Imperial Knight Legs Re-Posed to Crush Emperor's Children Contemptor

After some good advice over on the 30k forums, I decided to go with this pose. The dying Emperor's Children dreadnought tells more of a story than a knight posing with one leg on top of a rhino. The bonus is that since I had already built the dread as scenery for my storm eagle, not much additional work needs to be done.  In terms of structural support, the dread and the leg connect, so this should be pretty strong.

Reposing Imperial Knight Legs

After endless amounts of cutting and bending, I have a set of Imperial Knight legs in a unique pose. My intent was to use a current edition rhino instead of a 20+ year old model, but I could not get the range of movement I needed out of the knight. With all of their cad work, I had expected the knight to be re-posable with minimal effort. I was wrong!

I may try to embed a current edition rhino into the display base a bit to get the extra height I need. Alternately, I could fix up this old rhino, adding enough detail that it looks good again. Any suggestions?

NOVA Charitable Foundation And My Second Imperial Knight

My second imperial knight is nearing completion. I have loads of little touch up work, as well as smoke stains, additional chipping/grime,  and leaking oil to add, but I felt it was time to break out the light box and practice some photography.

Like the first knight, this guy is attached to the Sons of Horus expeditionary fleet seconded to a the Legio Astorman. I was hoping the ad-mec army list was going to treat knights like their 40k counterparts. I don't think I would buy a maniple of these guys to fill my lord of war spot, since there are so many other interesting options.

So the title of this post mentions the NOVA Charitable Foundation.  Last year the NOCF raised over $10,000 dollars donated to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, The Fisher House Foundation and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The three charity armies from 2013 were shipped from Washington, D.C. to winners in Washington State, Missouri and as far away as Tasmania, Australia!

As you may have guessed, I will be painting an Imperial Knight to go along with the Ultramarines army.

It is an honor to once again be included in the army build. Dave Taylor is leading our intrepid team which again includes Justin McCoy (SWM), Chris Dubuque(Jawaballs), Marc Raley(whose blog I've been stalking), Alex Landing, Brian Ballard,  and Dan Withers. If you've followed my blog for a while, you might have noticed my largish Ultramarimes army. That army was inspired by Dave Taylor's army once on display in the Maryland Battle Bunker!

Knight Errant WIP 2: Family Photos

Despite the Knight Errant not being complete, I decided to pull out his colleague and get a group shot. I distressed the shield with white spirits by accident, so a bit more battle damage than expected! I'll break out the photo booth and take some better photos when the knight is completed.

So as you can see, I decided against chevron's and instead went with black and white stripes on the middle of the carapace. This leaves me in a lot of options for the last knight in the formation. One thing is certain though, the last knight needs to have his legs reposed. I chickened out on reposing the legs with this one, but I just won't look good if they are all striking the same pose. Plus, I really need a way to work in some Emperor's Children purple on the base.

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.

Adding An Interior To An Imperial Knight

I picked up an Imperial Knight today along with the rest of the GW community. The model is fantastic, but it is missing a cockpit. Since the hatch is removable, It seemed a shame to build it without adding interior detail. So after a quick raid of my bits box, and a few minutes with a dremel, I was ready to go. Using my Warhound titan as a reference, I added a command throne, sensors, pipes, hoses, and other random equipment. Not much can be seen through the opening, but it does look cool.

*Edit --I added some shots of the interior as seen through the hatch. It is easier to see in person than capture with the camera.