Malladrius Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Well here are things as they stand. I have the terminator squad, all five of them built and ready for priming. Their power armored brethren however, have hit a bit of a snag. I have seven of them total, but the incinerator marine, and the nemesis force weapon arm of one of the others came deformed. So I have sent an email to GW customer service to get it fixed. Hoping for a response from them at some point... :ermm: Anyway here are the knights: The psycannons are magnetized for swapping. Still building the fifth member of the squad I've tried straightening him out but the entire model is bent from top to bottom Looks like this arm didn't get enough metal in the mould Hoping to have an update with primed knights in the next week or so. I'll post as soon as they're done Edit: Spelling Edit 2: If you guys want to see individual pictures of the knights, they are located here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fracture Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 With regards to the ones that have failed being cast properly just take them into your local GW if you can. they should exchange them on the spot if they've got replacements in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Sucks that they've been so abused.. I agree with Fracture, take them to a GW store if you have one nearby, of not the mail GW is the thing to do, they will ask for your name/adress etc etc, set up an account for you and then mail it to you. It's what I did when I got an Irolclad with no front to the sarc. Got one in the mail a week and a half later free of charge. Â GK are sweet figs, oking forward to seeing some paint on 'em bad boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 I wish I could take them to the local GW store only problem is it's a good two hour drive to the nearest one. The closest one to me closed a couple years ago. :( Hopefully I get a response from them soon, if not I'll have to press on without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Well it can take them a while, I sent them an email, about 4 days later I got an reply to send my personal information. 3 weeks later I sent a mail asking about the progress, to which they replied: We've never heard of you, send you information again. *twitch* Sent it again, got no response, but 1,5 weeks later I had an Ironclad in the mail box. Â It might take some time and some fuss, but they tend to get it done. The biggest plus is that I managed to konvert the ironclad with plasticard, so I got two of them. Â I'd say just start on the terminators or the other guys for now and by the time you get them done you should have the parts you need. Â cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakiq Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Just start painting the ones you've already built, GW will make sure you get a replacement. Â They are great at replacing miscast or missing parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glayvin34 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 My incinerator PA GK looks exactly like that, I tried bending it straight but I don't have a tool that can grasp something long like that without damaging the sculpt. The weapon is thick, too, so it doesn't bend that easily. Â I've been inspired by this thread to see if they'll replace him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Glad to be of help glayvin. I sent my email two days ago, so we'll see how much longer I have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Mini Update! I've finished building the last power armored grey knight. Here he is. And now the squad looks like this: That's all for now. I have two more exams to get through and then a long weekend without work, so expect progress then. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Looks good. What kind of scheme are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester_prince Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 In response to the malformed incinerator... they are all like that or atleast all the ones i have were.and i got all of mine at different times so i just came to assume it was a genral problem and just fixed it myself. Â Mabey it was just one batch and i just got unlucky but all 3 of mine were the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'm hoping they will be able to get me an unbent one, if not i'll just have to deal with whatever fix I can get on him. As for paint, they're going to be silver (surprise surprise) with gold inlays, and there will be some dark red and black floating around somewhere. Probably on the heraldry and chapter insignia. The silver is going to be a boltgun metal basecoat, with mithril silver highlights and probably a wash over that once I figure out which type I want to go for. The gold will be dwarf bronze with shining gold highlights and then a delvan mud wash. I have one question on the silver though, what do you guys think? Should I undercoat the models with adeptus battlegrey or just paint the boltgun metal over black primer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 I just came in from outside. The knights have been primed. Need to do a little touch up work on them, should have pictures and an update for you guys later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Update! I went outside today and primed the knights. There's a little bit of touch up work to do with a paintbrush to finish the undercoat but other than that they are ready for paint. The Brother Captain's Psycannon is in the bottom middle of the picture. The stormbolter arm happened to be stuck on him when i took the picture. The, for now, Black Knights. "It's just a flesh wound!" I should have time this weekend to get some paint on them. Still trying to decide whether to use the foundation grey or just start with boltgun metal. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Reading Ivanhoe, and Black Knights are epic :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 I have been working slowly on the knights, haven't had as much time as i had hoped to work on them. The test model is almost done. Pictures to follow as soon as i finish him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Painting is still chugging along trying to figure out how i want to paint the weapons. Today I was greeted with quite a surprise when i opened up my email. Games workshop customer service finally responded 3 weeks after i sent them an email. They are sending me replacements and hopefully i will have those soon. Here's what I have done so far: The armor is just the boltgun metal basecoat. I still need to highlight and wash that. The gold is dwarf bronze, highlighted shining gold and washed with delvan mud. I will probably be adding a very light drybrushing of shining gold onto those to finish them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Glad to hear that GW is giving you your dues brother, told you they'd take time, but get it done in the end :) It's simply cheaper for GW to cough up the extra model to a customer, since they know that a happy customer = buying a lot more expensive plastic/metal :P Â I usually go with flesh wash as a second paint over my gold, as this really makes all the details pop up, and I think it would be ideal on such finely detailed models as the GK ( with all the script and whatnot ). Â Once you get some bad@$$ black/black ink over the metal that will make a world of difference as all the details will come flying out :) Â Keep going! :( Â Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Sorry about the total lack of updates in the last month or so. Had a death in the family and things have been turned on their head for quite a while now. Just starting to get back to work on my knights. Five are basecoated and one is nearly complete. Looks like it's time to put it into overdrive and finish before the end of the month. I should be able to start getting updates out again this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malladrius Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 THEY ARE FINISHED!!!! Pics to follow in a minute or two have to upload them. EDIT: Here they are! Terminators Power Armored Grey Knights Sorry for the bad pictures i have currently. I will get some more up after school tomorrow but it's late and my head is fried. Thanks to everyone for all the comments and help along the way. I feel like I have really improved as a painter over this challenge and look forward to continuing to get better! Thanks again, Malladrius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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