I play Warhammer 40,000. I take flak for it. Yes, there are some in this particular hobby that are not known for their social prowess and hygiene. I love games be it contact, board, cards the list goes on. I work shift work so I invest my time off during night rotation with painting. Project Grey Knights has been ongoing for the last few months now and I am pleased with the work. I want to show you what I have finished.
One of my first armies was the Sisters of Battle. Since metal models did not scare me I bought some Grey Knight Terminators to ally in (the Sisters and Grey Knights had a special ally rule for 3rd and 4th edition). I only assembled the models. Then 5th edition came out and grey Knights got an update. I bought a whole lot of plastic models, assembled and primed but never painted.
Then October 2013 comes around and Games Workshop West Edmonton starts a painting challenge. Over a span of 6 months the challenge was to paint on army progressively to 2000 points. I painted up a 2000 point Space Marine Carcharodon Chapter for that challenge. The army looks great (I’ll show you one day), however, I needed a break from grey.
Fast forward to November 2014. Games Workshop West Edmonton initiates the next Nemesis Painting Challenge. I was still fatigued with painting grey. But my Grey Knights, I was tired of looking at black primed models. Bingo, there’s my next project. And they were not going to be grey.
Grey Knights have a regal look to them and I like gold. Some smart ass comes along every once in a while and says that grey Knights should be grey. I bought the models. I’ll paint them however I want. Purple and gold- the colours of royalty. Here’s the squad of metal terminators I purchased nine years ago.
Enjoy.
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