29 Imperial Knights Pt 5 - House Aeschylid

Time for part five, some purple and white Knights themed around Greek mythology and a big upcoming Sons of Medusa preheresy army with similar themes.  The freehand on these was a much different beast from the more painterly style freehand of the Samurai Knights.

Back to work on the Adepticon charity raffle army and it's massive display.  Until then,

29 Imperial Knights Pt 4 - Rebel Admech In Depth

Time for part four of this recap of the 29 Knights project, and this one is the biggest.  Individual photos of all 14 Rebel AdMech Knights, and plenty to flip through.   Nine Forge World Knights, five Games Workshop, with lots of individuality and conversion.  Each knight is pinned throughout in posing with 2mm brass rod atop hand-made bases Every part and panel hand painted.

Lots going on behind the scenes in the meantime - the Adepticon  charity army and a huge Iron Hands preheresy army with a Greek theme.  Will post as I finish, so stay tuned!

29 Imperial Knights Pt 3 - Rebel Admech Overview

Time for the second batch of Knights from the set, and this one is the biggest - 14 Imperial Knights, just short of half. 5 GW Knights in mix of Paladin and Warden, and 9 Forge World Knights also with a mix of each type. These Knights will compliment a future army, and the client was after a dark rebel Admech army in black and red. Using a smoky black and deep red with brass, the final look is something straight out of a steampunk Victorian dystopia. Not quite chaos, but a rebel group of Admech on Mars. Emblems based on a cracked cog of the Mechanicum and a black sun.

All bases handmade and Knights pinned throughout. Each Knight individually posed with the addition of a ver conversions and dynamic poses with Death Korps models.

See you next time for all the close ups!

29 Imperial Knights - Pt 2 - House Terryn

With the overview posted, time to go into each individual set of Knights.  First is batch one of two House Terryn.  These feature the upgrade kits, couple of Forge World Knights and Dragon Forge bases.  Lots of freehand alongside a smooth shade of blue - all shading, blended highlighting and weathering hand painted over solid basecoats.  The Acheron is a gifted Knight from the Mechanicum, blending the iconography of both together.

The most traditional and "standard" of the set, for the anti-heretical out there.  Very proud of the reds and blues on these and the weathering within them.  Very tedious but worth every hour.

That's a lot of Knights but still only 5 of 29!  See you next time for more.

29 Imperial Knights - Pt.1 - Overview

Four different schemes, five different clients, one massive update to kick off 2016.  One of the biggest projects I have ever done and it feels good to get them posted! It would be a shame to post all 200 images and all groups at once and drown any one out, so here is an overview of the project and a few teaser images of the individual groups.  Over the course of the next few weeks each group will be posted individually, which consist of:

Terryn 1 (5) - Traditional Terryn heraldry with a gifted Archon from the Mechanicum.
Terryn 2 (3) - Terryn with a twist in the heraldry.
Rebel Admech (14) - A dark version of traditional Admech
House Aeschylid - Unique purple and white house to accompany a future Sons of Medusa army.
House Yakuza - Koi, Samurai, and Sakura Knight.  A fun and off the wall exercise in blending Imperial and Japanese inspiration.

Plenty for everyone, from the traditional Terryn to the wild Yakuza knights. All blended by hand over solid basecoat, giving a realistic, deep and smooth finish.  Bases built out of clay for the most part.  All resin pinned with 2mm brass rod, and long torso rods for transport.  Quite a few conversions and lots of posing work as well.

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Thanks to all clients involved for being a part, and coming along for the ride.  Sad it's over, but there's always more to paint.  Back to work!