Wyatt from Jack of Clubs Painting is bringing us a sweet how to paint Grey Knights tutorial, just in time for the new codex.
Jack of Clubs Painting is a regular here and today he’s giving us some advice on quickly getting your own Grey Knights ready to throw down.
We’ve broken down the highlights from this tutorial, but follow along with the video for a detailed experience to get these minis done fast! Don’t forget to check out his other video tutorials here as well.
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For a nice change, Wyatt actually gives us a full list of the paints we will be using at the start of the video, so if we want to follow along we can get our hobby area prepped and ready to go. You don’t have to pause the video and dig around!
We will need Pro Acryl Dark Silver, Silver, Bronze, Bright Gold, Transparent Blue, Light Umber, Light warm Grey, and Bright Ivory.
Plus the Mr.Hobby weathering system consisting of Multi Black and Solvent.
You can also use some of your own choices for Gloss Varnish, Dark Blue, Medium/Royal Blue, Light Blue, White, Dark Red, and Bright Red.
Base Coats
Wyatt’s choice of model for this tutorial is actually an alternative model, but all the techniques will be identical. First, he starts off with a simple black primer.
Next, he fills his pot with Dark Silver and one drop of Transparent Blue. He does over almost the entire model except for the deepest crevices. Then, he highlights the model with Silver and one drop of Transparent Blue.
Hitting the Details
After that, he brushes in some base details. He takes black to the joints and a few minor places. Then uses Light Umber on the tabard and other areas that will be a light-colored bone color. He goes over that with Light Warm Grey.
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Then he follows up by covering the rear cape with a Dark Red and highlights with a lighter red. He takes a bit of creative freedom and makes the purity seals wax Light Blue. He also Does all of the trim in Bronze.
Washing
Next up he begins the wash process. He covers the model in solvent and goes over it slowly with multi-black, then cleans it up as it dries with the solvent, making sure it doesn’t pool up in any unnatural areas.
After that, he heavily dilutes some translucent blue and creates a sort of pin wash. After it dries, he highlights the silver armor by dry brushing the same silver over the washed silver. Use this same method with the bronze, then he highlights the wax with Light Blue. Next some very thin Light Warm Grey is used to highlight the tabard and then some ivory is dry brushed over that. He takes an optional step and does the eyes here as well.
Painting the Blade
Next up is the power weapon blade. He uses Dark Blue in the airbrush to imitate the typical fractalized power blade that people tend to do. He also highlights that with Light Blue, then again with White. After airbrushing, he dry brushes that white onto the edges of the blade.
And with that, he is complete! If you want to hear Wyatt’s breakdown, watch the full video above.
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
