major buzzmore Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi, I have been wanting to do a Grey Knights army for ages (ever since they came out actually) but I was always a little dissatisfied with the metal Grey Knights in Power Armour. I have been 'saving' a load of parts for a while, and I have now come up with this as a replacement. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/grey1.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/grey3.jpg Still needs some green stuff work (chapter symbol mainly), and his force weapon finished. but I should have enough parts to do 2 x 6 man squads. I may go on to crate a whole 'plastic' Grey Knights army, ready for the summer campaign. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus the red Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 sweet zombie jesus that looks better than the official model. how many parts are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minipainters Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 That looks really nice! would love to see some kind of tutorial etc :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaeLi-N Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Armed with the mightly stormbolter and the INFAMOUS STICK OF INSTANTANEOUS DOOM! Like it a lot B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Macphisto Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 What shoulder pads are those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenflame Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 That's quite nice although do you have enough parts to make a whole army of them? Just a few suggestions though if you want to make it closer to the grey knight models... Maybe you can trim down the stormbolter and attach it to the wrist? Or maybe use 2 bolt pistols with some green stuff to make a small stormbolter that would with the arm better? I'm just a fan on the wrist-mounted stormbolters. Also, you may be able to make gk helmets with normal sm helmets and make the face plates out of plasticard or gs. I really like the symbols around the armour though. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major buzzmore Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 Thanks for the comments guys, Here is a parts run down. Legs - Basic marine legs Torso - Plastic Champion Head - Plastic Champion Arms - Standard marine (cut & re-glued) L/H pad - Chaos maruder R/H pad - Plastic Deathwatch with symbol filed of and Terminator 'mini shield' glued to the front. Leg Armour - C/C Terminator 'groin guards' Various purity seals I have enough parts to do 2 squads of 6 at the mo, thats enough for a starting force. Some of them are gonna have axes, swords and Hammers, just for a bit of variety I am not a big fan of the wrist mounted 'strom bolter' on Power armour, thats why they have the normal version Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 That is an absolutely wonderful conversion, and, were I to have all of the appropriate pieces, I would convert an entire unit of these guys. Fabulous job! Kor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptin Gavrin Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Awesome job! I'm inspired to use some bits and make my own. I've always thought the metal GKs look like they're dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesmile Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Great work here! Though I would suggest you don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el diablo Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Great work here! Though I would suggest you don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaplainAnnias Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 *yoink* I think I may have to convert up some plastic models, maybe not DH though... But the seeds of creativity have been planted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel robertson Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Thats a very nice conversion! I like the CC groin gaurds, would look cool on normal marines!!! Cheers, AR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Damn, now I want to start a Grey Knights army too. The only thing stopping me before was the power armoured GKs looked a bit naff to me, now I've got no excuse :rolleyes: , well except for the massive cost, but that never stopped me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major buzzmore Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 WOW, thanks again guys, I never new that my figure would be this much of an inspiration !! Do any of you have a link to 'Jakob Nielsons' site, he has a nice 'metal' tutorial on there, or so I am told. With regard to the 'Not being able to hold a staff' - He could always use the 'shoulder strap' for the bolter !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortiferum Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Do any of you have a link to 'Jakob Nielsons' site, he has a nice 'metal' tutorial on there, or so I am told. Is this the one? http://www.jrn-works.dk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesmile Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Doesn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major buzzmore Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 A few more updates for you: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/newG2.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/newG1.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/Justicar2.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/buzzzmore/Justicar.jpg I have another 2 made, but they are sprayed black, so they would not show up that well. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel robertson Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Looking very nice!! Should be a very original army when its finished! When will painting begin? Cheers, Ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguinius Chosen Wing Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 They look great i cant wait to see a squad of them painted up ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Knight Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Wow! you mind if i steal the basic concept of this? With the new black templar bits and the ability to order sprues singly(with some help from staff friends too :P ), this project could be turned into something not all too expensive. By the way, are you going to do terminators too? if so are they gonna be the normal ones or the knightified plastic terminators? I must admit that the stock grey knights can be some rather dull minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedog Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 This is similar to what I did. I needed to bulk out a quantity of GK marines (to turn one and a half squads into 2 full strength squads), and as I had a few BT torsos in the bits box, I put them together and teamed with the champion helm (SM cmd sqd set) and a couple of the similar BT helms, they seem to have come out ok. Mind you, sculpting the robes for my termi BCs was a bit harder, but there's only a couple of them, so they won't stick out so much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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