Grey Knight Paladins...

The final unit of Grey Knights is done bringing me within four miniatures of having the whole army painted!

Here's my Paladin unit complete with apothecary and standard:

And here's a close-up of that standard, I did my best to translate the metals into suitable non-metallic (cloth) colours and tried a bit harder with the Micron pen with the writing this time (that's the bit I'm most pleased about I think):

Next up, it'll be the Deathcult assassins I think.

Grey Knights vs Blood Angels

Just spotted this pic on another blog and it summed up the issue of the day - to whit - how do I ensure that my Grey Knights will give a good game to both me and my opponent. I'm told that 6th edition 40K has toned them down a bit but the internet chatter still suggests that they're a tough nut to crack. With my forthcoming game in mind (against Blood Angels) I've posted a request for some help over on the Bolter and Chainsword forum (here).

Here's the first draft list I thought I might try out:

HQ

Inquisitor Coteaz 100

TROOPS

Terminator Squad (Psycannon, 2 halberd, hammer, psybolt ammo) 230

Strike Squad (10 marines: 2 Psycannon, hammer, halberd, psybolt ammo) 255

FAST ATTACK 

Interceptor Squad (Incinerator, 1 pair falchions, psybolt ammo) 180

HEAVY SUPPORT 

Dreadnought (autocannons, psybolt ammo) 135

Defence Line + Quad Gun 100

And here's how that would look:

Another recruit for Coteaz's retinue

I managed to find an hour or so of painting time today to finish off another of Coteaz's retinue.

It's a quick paint job (can't have been much more than an hour all told) but I think he looks ok though he really doesn't look like he belongs on the battlefield. I may have to paint up an inquisitorial Rhino APC for all these non combatants to hide behind!

Next up I really will paint a terminator. In fact, I've cleared the paint station of everything but the Terminator Librarian. As he's meant to be the army commander he really does need to be painted up before the army hits the tabletop for its inaugral game in January.

Another gimp for the Retinue of Lost Souls...

Yet again, the implacable terminators look on as another of Coteaz's pets leaves the paint station ahead of them. This time it's this chap (if you ask me he looks a little peeved, could he be about to turn traitor?):

I don't know what his battlefield role will be but for now he's doing sterling service recording Coteaz's every move for his forthcoming autobiography.

Terminators (finally)...

Finally the first terminator squad is done, here they are (they're blurry because they've only just materialised from the Warp!):

 Here's Draigo, he'll be the squad leader for now:

And here's the army as it currently stands (roughly 1200 points so far):

Heirophant...

Another member of Coteaz's retinue has snuck past the Grey Knight terminators in the painting queue. This was a really quick paintjob but I'm happy with him. Once again I'm not really sure what he does in the game but he does add a bit more character to the silver army and he'll get a slot in the list for that reason alone.

He's not this shiny...

Here's the latest recruit to the Grey Knight army, an unfortunate-looking dude with a multi-melta in place of one arm and some kind of Swiss Army knife screw thing where his other hand used to be. I can only assume he's had a bit of a rough ride in the service of the God Emperor. Perhaps the shine you can see on his forehead is the cold sweat of a very scared man who knows it's his legs that get replaced next...

Here he is:

Next up it has to be the Grey Knight Terminator squad that I pushed to the side of the paint station in order to make space for Lobot here.

Inquisitor Coteaz is (almost) done

Much to my delight, Inquisitor Coteaz is finally finished after what feels like hundreds of six-minute painting sessions spread over several weeks. Here's how he turned out (the base is still to be flocked):

       
And at a slightly different angle:

This means that once his base is done I've got myself a legal army of around 1000 points. Next up I think it'll be the dreadnought for a slightly quicker painting win...

Grey Knights: What is this thing?

I've just finished the next recruit to the Grey Knight army, this time it's a weird cherub thing. I'm not sure what he actually does (or is) but I really like the figure, he makes a nice change from all the Grey Knights so I'd like to think he'll make it onto the tabletop. Here he is:

A quick edit... It turns out that he is a familiar and, under the last codex he'd have given +1 initiative to the Inquisitor. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be the option for this in the current codex so he's more likely to be a stand-in servo skull or maybe a mystic or a psyker. I seem to remember that there are at least two other creepy cherubs out there (one with a book and one with a bolter) and I'd quite like to collect them all so that they can flutter around Inquisitor Coteaz looking suitably weird!

Here are pics of the two I've found online:

Grey Knights: Quads...

A cheap and cheerful bit of painting today sees the anti-aircraft wing of the Grey Knights arrive. Two Quad guns and a Lascannon thing, along with a bit of wall for hiding behind.

Grey Knights: Hammertime

In the words of MC Hammer, 'you can't touch this.' Why? Because the second helping of snow flock is still drying. So here he is, the Dreadknight: I'll concede that he looks like he's armed himself with a toffee hammer but he is still a most fearsome engine and a rather nice centrepiece to the army so far.

With this model painted, my army stands at 755 points (with the following list):

• Vindicare Assassin
• Grey Knight Strike Squad (5), Hammer, Psycannon, + psybolt ammo
• Grey Knight Strike Squad (5), Halberd, Psycannon + psybolt ammo
• Grey Knight Interceptor Squad, MC Falchions, Incinerator + psybolt ammo
• Nemesis Dreadknight, Hvy Psycannon, Daemonhammer

Next on the paintstation will be Inquisitor Coteaz, which will mean I'll have a legal army of 855 points. At the same time I'll paint up my quad gun which, with the defence line that's already painted, will bring this up to 955... Nearly there for the 1000 point game we're planning.

Grey Knights: Reinforcements from Titan

A little bit of work today sees the next unit of Grey Knights complete. This time it's an Interceptor Squad with their teleporer-stick backpacks.

Here's the army as it currently stands:

Right now I'm wondering if these dark and dirty Grey Knights might like to be splattered with Daemon blood. Thoughts?

Officio Assassinorum

The Officio Assassinorum have lent their support to the Grey Knights, sending this Vindicare sniper from Terra to join their ranks. There's a good chance he'll be putting down the Exitus rifle in favour of a Quad Gun to take on enemy fliers.

Also finished this week are another six Grey Knight marines, and more to come soon...

Incoming: Grey Knights

The first squad are done... It's a quick and easy paint job but I think they're perfectly playable and there's actually a chance I might finish the army if I don't try to do anything more complex with them. Oh, and the pen I blogged about a while back works really well (I can't blame the pen for my inability to write tiny Gothic script).

The Inquistion are coming...

It may not look much, but these four servo-skulls should be enough to strike fear into the dark hearts of any foolish enough to turn from the Emperor's light. Why? Because these four skulls-on-sticks are the vanguard of Inquisitor Coteaz and his Grey Knight strike force. That one with the big red eye, he's looking at you...

What the skulls haven't spotted is that they're hovering just in front of the latest box to land in the games room. Dark Vengeance is in the house and ready to be unboxed tonight!