I think that these are the best Knights of the Blazing Sun I have ever seen, and there have been some pretty good ones on here in the past, so you really have set a high standard with these.
The horses also work really well, and the posing of each model is much more dynamic than anything GW has ever managed with its Empire cavalry in my opinion.
I have a unit of Knights of the Blazing Sun (unpainted), but they look very ordinary in terms of the posing compared to these. I wish I had been able to view this kind of inspirational work before I had assembled mine.
In case I ever earn enough money to be able to assemble the necessary parts to do something similar, would you be able to list the pieces which you used which didn't come from the Knightly Orders boxed set, or are there just too many to mention?
As for the paint job, it's simply excellent, and I think you have captured the Knights perfectly without going over the top. This is the kind of stuff that should be displayed in White Dwarf in my opinion.
Thank you much for the great compliments. To be honest, there aren't as many varied parts as you might think. For the "regular knights" (is there such a thing as a regular knight?) I used a Bretonnian Horse (duh), the Empire Knight, and some feathers from a combination of Pistoliers, Handgunners, and Statetrooper sprues. The standard bearer uses the same as the regular knights, but I used a sun symbol from the Warhammer Fortified Manor set for the icon on top of the pole, and for the knight's head piece I used an iron halo from a space marine sprue.
The Hero figure has the addition of the Griffon on his helm (from the fortified manor again... awesome set for extra bits!), with wings from the High Elf Lord set. I applied some purity seals from space marine sprues, and on his right shoulder is a shoulder-pad decoration, also from a space marine sprue. The shields for every thing came from old Bretonnian Knights.
If you want to buy just bits, checkout e-bay and do a search for warhammer bits. There are some guys on there that sell just bits from sprues. That's how I got all my extra bits for these.
Truely fantastic work. Do you have any estimate of how long a single knight took to complete? Just curious how many hours went into the unit. I also think work that good should be insured. I agree with Irisado that White Dwarf should be giving you a call.
Thanks! I can't be sure since I use an assembly-line technique, but I would guess that the unit took about 30 hours from sprue cutting, gluing, priming (but not waiting for the primer to dry
), to painting. add about 2 hours for the flag, and the hero I spent extra time on, so add another 6 hours for him. So about 40+ hours in all would be a guess.
Greetings from Stirland! These knights are amazing! They must be an awesome sight on the battlefield. Even the Bretonnians must envy them!
Thanks for the compliments! I hope Stirland is doing well! They do indeed tend to grab people's attention, and unfortunately people's fire and magic too! As far as if Bretonnians envy them, I'll post my Bretonnians sometime and let you decide.
