 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Oct 2011 8:26 a.m. PST |
Unlike most 40K armies, the Grey Knights are depicted in their Codex in only a single painting scheme: dull metallic ("grey"). When you paint your Grey Knights, do you use the painting scheme from the Codex, or invent one of your own? |
| Pictors Studio | 06 Oct 2011 8:46 a.m. PST |
I do mine in a shining metal colour rather than dull. I like them as knights in shining armour. |
| chonk34 | 06 Oct 2011 8:47 a.m. PST |
I haven't decided yet. If they aren't grey, then they wouldn't be called the Grey Knights anymore. |
| whill4 | 06 Oct 2011 8:47 a.m. PST |
I used GW chainmail as my base color. |
| leidang | 06 Oct 2011 8:53 a.m. PST |
I too went for the shining look. In fact I used a Chrome Spray paint as a base. Very Excalibur….. |
| Mick A | 06 Oct 2011 9:26 a.m. PST |
If I remember rightly, originally they were a bronze/gold colour… Mick |
| Delta Vee | 06 Oct 2011 9:36 a.m. PST |
as mick A says, gold like the first examples were. ( i got 5 when they came out and am way too lazy to repaint, so they all got that scheme.) |
| blackscribe | 06 Oct 2011 10:30 a.m. PST |
My painted examples have a brown/bronze thing going since they are that old. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 06 Oct 2011 10:43 a.m. PST |
If they aren't grey, then they wouldn't be called the Grey Knights anymore. It could be a ruse to throw off Chaos, you know. "Those can't be Grey Knights, they're wearing orange armor!" Of course, you could paint them in tiger stripes, then when they ask you why, you could explain… "They're GREY Knights!" Since the Grey Knights are unknown to the universe at large, I suppose you could paint them anything… obviously, the Codex doesn't reveal all their secrets.  |
| Garand | 06 Oct 2011 11:13 a.m. PST |
I was thinking about picking up a few squads for use in Apocalypse games (we have a few chaos/daemons players in our group). I'm thinking about using a rattle can of silver spraypaint to paint them. Maybe even a buffable paint. That'll make them nice and shiny! Damon. |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 06 Oct 2011 11:48 a.m. PST |
If I played the game, I would paint them in a gray flage scheme. |
| Greenfield Games | 06 Oct 2011 2:24 p.m. PST |
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| Editor in Chief Bill | 06 Oct 2011 2:53 p.m. PST |
I too went for the shining look. In fact I used a Chrome Spray paint as a base. Very Excalibur….. While I bet that looks fabulous, wouldn't that make them the Silver Knights? |
| JLA105 | 06 Oct 2011 7:56 p.m. PST |
Painted mine in bronze for Space Hulk back in the 90s… |
| Caesar | 07 Oct 2011 4:52 a.m. PST |
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