Helias_Tancred Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hi all. I just recently had a friend give me a lump of Grey Knights, which came out to two 5 man strike squads, a 5 man purgation squad (psycannons), two 5 man terminator squads, an OOP resin Librarian in terminator armor, old OOP version of Crowe, a Nemesis Dreadknight, and a Stormraven. I added to that a strike squad box, codex, cards, dice, a second Librarian in terminator armor (plastic one), Brother-Captain Stern, and I'm waiting for Draigo and the paladin box to come back in stock. So now I own a Grey Knights army (regular Blood Angels player and been in the hobby since 2012). I'm excited to paint them, but I'm brand new to them. I'm thinking maybe a chaos black spray base, then dry brush several layers of silver for the armor, then go in and do the details? .... or spray them chaos black, then spray them leadbelcher, then shade and then layer/edge up the silver armor highlights, then do the details? Or has anyone tried the contrast method for them? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I'd skip the black primer, and go straight to Lead Belcher Spray, then I'd heavy dry brush with Grey Knights Steel. I'd then wash with Nuln Oil and come back with Grey Knights Steel for the first broad highlight before working up through the silvers. You know what? I've got my freebie from this month, I'll be back in a hour.... Silas7, Brother Lunkhead, Helias_Tancred and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I've got a few to do a well :) My personal experience from doing Imperial knights is I won't use leadbelcher spray on an unprimed model and I probably wouldn't use it on an infantry size model, but your local environmental conditions may be different. I'm looking at Chaos black primer, then heavy dry brush leadbelcher, wash (I was thinking Nuln but Icosiel's painting vid has me considering purple) and a final lighter drybrush of Grey Knighs steel. Brother Lunkhead and Helias_Tancred 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casb1965 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Black primer, drybrush silver, blue wash, drybrush silver. The paint the intricate bits. XeonDragon, Helias_Tancred and Brother Lunkhead 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icosiel Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Shameless plug, but here's my method for painting Grey Knights! Drybrush silver, wash, drybrush, zenithal, details! XeonDragon, Brother Lunkhead, The Woodsman and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Thanks for all the feedback, and for that link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Coolpants Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 You could also try a non shiny option? Like grey? I did mine grey. But I think I will eventually go back and paint them a different again Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Shameless plug, but here's my method for painting Grey Knights! Drybrush silver, wash, drybrush, zenithal, details! I love your video! And yes BORE YOUR BARRELS ;) .... Again thanks. :) Icosiel and Lord Raven 19 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woodsman Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I would definitely recommend priming your models Chaos Black first, it will help for paint adhesion and to give depth to the model. If you're worried about paint thickness just be sure to give it a light coat of Chaos Black, but I would never forgo a basic primer. After which spraying Leadblecher works well, followed by a second basecoat layer with a brush. I go Nuln Oil wash in the recesses, then a blue wash/glaze in armour joints, inside of shoulder pads, anywhere that I could see the armor "glowing" with pyschic energy. I do an edge/zenithal highlight with a light silver (I use a P3 silver but any GW light silver works), but you could drybrush that highlight for a quick and effective result. I think Icosiel's video is spot on though! I mainly wanted to share my thoughts about priming models. Here are some of my dudes for reference: XeonDragon, Cryminysakes and Helias_Tancred 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Your guys look great! The only change I want to make from the video is with the golds. I'm thinking of Balthasar Gold as the base followed by a wash, and then Gehenna Gold as the highlight? Sort of a darker gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woodsman Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Agrax Earthshade is good for washing down to a dark gold, I usually mix in a dark brown to my gold base (Retributor) to get some depth off the basecoat. Karhedron and Helias_Tancred 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 I just painted my first Grey Knight. A humble Strike Squad member. I really enjoyed painting him. They do indeed paint up quicker than my Blood Angels or Dark Angels! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTMCgHmrH9G/ Grotsmasha, Skywrath and WAR 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Very nice. Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I just painted my first Grey Knight. A humble Strike Squad member. I really enjoyed painting him. They do indeed paint up quicker than my Blood Angels or Dark Angels! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTMCgHmrH9G/ Following! Looks great Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techsoldaten Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 A former 'Eavy Metal painter took the time to put together this video. Demonstrates some of the studio techniques. Really good discussion about how to get the blue effects using inks. WAR, BitsHammer and Helias_Tancred 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle captain corpus Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I’m going to be using TT Combats awesome new primer Sabre Silver, followed by glazes and washes personally. What I’ve found is you’ll find you’re own groove with GK’s and a silver that’s your “thing” if that makes sense. Maybe do some test schemes on old minis/sprues etc? BCC Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Cult of Paint just dropped a vid on this today: battle captain corpus, Helias_Tancred and WAR 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Probably should toss this one in for completeness if you're looking for a fast and dirty method: Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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