The end result...

OK folks!  Here are some preliminary images.  I still have some more weapons to do, and some shoulder heraldry.







Here are some views of the magnetized Knights.









And the whole group...

Glazing and tinting the Shaded Basecoat

Here are those images I promised.  You can see a huge difference from the previous set.  All that was done, for the most part, was darkening all of the colors with a variety of glazes.  This helps to make the midtones a bit richer, since I started from that point.  There are times when you work all the way up from the darkest dark that you "skip past" your middle tones, and go directly to the very light colors.





By glazing and tinting my colors, it does make it a lot easier to match color done on previous minis.  I don't have to memorize any formulas!

Never forget the snakes!

No, I have not forgotten these guys!  I have been doing a little bit on these figures every so often, adding some green stuff if I have it out already, or painting the tray when I have another on on the table, etc.



In these top views of the tray, you can see a few pieces of metal.  The two magnetized stalkers stay on there very well, and can be removed easily to claim their places in the Tomb.



You can see some green stuff on the last stalker.  He will be ready for some paint pretty soon!









Look what Babo found!!! Yummy!!

Forgeworld Zhuphor

I have painted this figure at least 3 times, but I believe this was the first one...



You can see that I liked demon faces on cloaks back then as well. :-)

 

Look out, more Grey Knights...

Well, Slate Knights, perhaps. :-)

Here is a color of Grey Knights which I have not painted for years.  It is the original scheme that I did for my own Demonhunters back in the day.  Of course, all the available paint colors today are very different from the ones that I used in 2007!



There have been a few questions lately about how the whole "Shaded basecoat" deal works on Space Marines.  I thought some images here might give an idea of how that works.  There is an even more controlled 'drybrushing' that is used.  It is really more like wet drybrushing, if that does not sound too crazy.



These guys are just about ready for all the glazing and tinting.  The darks will become darker, and the midtones will be darkened and cooled down on the golds and reds.



I will post some images after all the glazing!

A little more on the Horseman movement tray...

Here are some pictures of the "extras", such as the sphinx and the bone piles.



These views from above give a nice look at how the additional bone plies help balance out the pile underneath the Death Mage, and repeat some of the colors found on the edge of the tray.



I wanted to have enough of the designs repeated on the bases, since so much of it will be covered up by the horsemen!







These images show the freehand on the sphinx.  I had thought about making it black or onyx, but I wanted it to look like a more pristine version than the ones you see on the upper level of the Tomb complex, not weathered.



It's always a good time to smush the Ugly Dolls!  They love it:-)  t makes them feel wanted.

A Dread like that needs a sweet ride...

Well, this was one of my most favorite "combo" paint schemes.  The deep reds and blue/black were a blast to paint!





Some images of the two together...