There are some fantastic people in the miniatures hobby, and over at the Oldhammer Community Facebook group, Aaron Thompson has run a couple of giveaways. The only rules - "stay home, stay safe and start painting!"
Aaron has kindly gifted and sent a selection of figures out to other hobbyists with the only intention that the recipients will get a few hours of fun from painting them up. I stuck my hand up for an Epic Imperial Knight Castellan and did indeed get a few hours of fun painting it up once it arrived. I painted up a Knight Warden in the same sitting and am now the happy owner of a slightly under-strength and mis-matched Knight detachment!
I chose to paint both in a battered yellow colour scheme with blue and white accents to mimic the heraldry often shown on Knights. I also mounted them on 30mm bases rather than 25mm to avoid that annoying overhang.
In retrospect, I think I dulled down the yellow a bit too far (I washed with sepia then brown, when I probably should have just used the sepia), but they do look like they've been through a few battles!
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| An under-strength Knight detachment faces off fast-moving Dark Eldar skimmers. |
I love that the Epic Knights are (by and large) scale agnostic, as it allows me to use these as 28mm scale robots alongside others I've painted previously.
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| Note the brighter yellow on the other 'bots. I probably didn't give those a brown wash! |
I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to paint up the Knight, alongside the other one which had been neglected in a box for ages. Thanks for the kind gift Aaron!
Nice ones! I like both types of yellow. You can tell which ones are longer in service. ;)
ReplyDeleteHa! Yes, there's clearly a couple that have been subject to a bit more work ;)
DeleteThose are cool. The bots make a nice group together. I remember the guy on the right from an ancient White Dwarf! I've got a few of the spindly metal sort. I really ought to dig them out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Toby! I like the spindly ones very much - in particular the running one with the eagle head (a Knight Lancer I think). They're fun figures.
DeleteI think I've got that one. I'm rather keen on the one with spindly legs and a WW1 helmet - I wonder why GW made such odd sculpts instead of tough-looking robots. They're a lot of fun. I'm also partial to the eldar knights. Really wacky models.
DeleteThe Eldar Knights are something else! I have the green and black Golden Demon Epic Eldar from the back of WD140 ingrained in my brain as the coolest Epic figures I've ever seen! Something to aim for perhaps!!
DeleteKnights were a very fun addition to Epic. My old Imperial Guard force loved the support they provided.
ReplyDeleteThose yellows are lovely, I like how not being uniform they still manage to look like they are a unit.
Thanks Dai! I think they offer something exotic without the dominance of, say, a titan.
DeleteNice weathering effects on such a small scale!
ReplyDeleteThanks! A bit of light sponging does the trick :)
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