Grey Knights: Army In Progress

As a counterpoint to my Daemon army, here's my progress so far on my small Grey Knights and Inquisition force. It really is a small force, with the Grey Knights only offering a single squad of Terminators, a Librarian and a Dreadknight, but I have plans. A Strike Squad, two Purgation Squads, a Land Raider Crusader and a couple of Rhinos or Razorbacks will join these chaps in battle...

My nascent Grey Knights force in all their pomp.

Librarian Ignotus Ayesteran of the Order of the Golden Shield.

Justicar Xavier Otxoa leads the Terminator squad into battle

Brother Ziortza with a relic banner of the Order

Brother Ezkibel offers some supporting fire to the brotherhood

Inquisitor Mikhail Kharkiv and his motley retinue lead the way

They're an odd bunch, really...

Grey Knights: Strike Squad Brother

This isn't a completed squad yet, but rather a test model.  Given that the new Codex was released recently, however, I doubt that it will be very long before I get cracking on the rest of them.

A lot of people aren't particularly big fans of the Grey Knights.  Whilst I wasn't a *huge* fan of the way in which Mat Ward treated a lot of their fluff, I love their aesthetic: the over-the-top inscriptions and intricate detailing of even the most base troops. Lovely stuff.

Grey Knights: Brotherhood Banner

Ah, great!  The 7th Edition Grey Knights Codex comes out, and instantly makes this chap semi-defunct, in spite of the horrific amount of time I spent painting him.  Grrrrrreat.

The Grey Knight Terminators are deceptively time-consuming.  At first glance, you would think that the amount of silver that they are showing would mean an easy paintjob, but all of the minute details are what really chews up your schedule.

This banner, in particular, took an absolute age to complete, as - like with all flat pictures (2D ones), you have to paint up from a dark base, getting progressively lighter in layers.  The whole process started with fading the background of the banner up from yellow at its hellish base, underneath the broken rocks and coals, to the red of the top.  There was also the shading and lighting effects on the different parts of the 2D Grey Knight's armour. Not as easy as it might look. I was also able to pop some detail in the pages of the book held out by the Grey Knight for a bit of added fanciness.

Here's a bit of a work-in-progress shot. In truth, he was pretty much finished by this point.

Note that I used the red as a spot colour across the model, but a contrasting sapphire blue to pick out the eyes, to make them seem piercing.

Grey Knights: Librarian

This chap used to be the Chief Librarian for my Blood Angels, but he received a minor facelift recently.

The cost of a Librarian in the Grey Knights Codex is ludicrously low, now, and you'd be mad not to take one.

Grey Knights: Terminator Squad

A recap here of my finished Terminator Squad for my small Grey Knights force.

Now that the rules have changed, I will probably have to run these guys as Paladins (as the Brotherhood Banner is only available to them now).

Yes, yes... I know! Bolter holes! I'll get that drill sometime!

I love the detailing on Grey Knights.

Grey Knights: Terminator Justicar

Well, somebody has to lead the Grey Knight Terminators into battle, don't they? Another example of the loveliness of the Grey Knights kits - this chap is festooned with detail.

Purity seals, books of knowledge and servo-skulls are dotted all over his armour, giving him a pious look.

I'm looking forward to using this chap more in future battles.