Imperial Knight

1. Spray prime the skeleton section of the model.

2. Spray prime most of the armor panels.

3. Spray prime the face plate, small shield, and banner.

4. Basecoat the entire exoskeleton from the pot.

5. Shade the entire exoskeleton.

6. Add visual interest to the pistons.

7. Drybrush the entire exoskeleton for highlights.

8. Basecoat cables and lenses.

1. Basecoat all blue areas on the sub-assembly panels, panel above the head, feet panels, banner, and weapon parts.

2. Basecoat all red areas, including the back section of each shoulder pad, the inside section of the leg armor panel, purity seal wax, and the faceplate visor.

3. Basecoat all gold trim and Aquila heads.

4. Basecoat extra details across the exoskeleton, weapon details, and the void shield on top of the carapace.

5. Basecoat the chest detail.

6. Recess shade the blue and red details.

7. Recess shade the Warplock Bronze areas.

8. Apply an all-over wash to the Corax White areas for a subtle shade.

9. Mix Nuln Oil with Lahmian Medium for the all-over wash on Corax White areas.

10. Shade all gold areas (Runelord Brass).

11. Edge highlight all blue areas.

12. Edge highlight all red areas.

13. Basecoat any remaining silver details, such as vents and small plates on the carapace.

14. Shade the newly painted silver details.

15. Drybrush all metallic details, including weapons and the void shield.

16. Pick out all rivets across the model.

1. Ensure all lenses are fully black.

2. Paint the bottom third of the lenses.

3. Apply a layer within the Caliban Green, leaving some showing.

4. Add a small amount of paint in the corner of the lens.

5. Apply a tiny dot in the opposite corner to create a light reflection.

1. Basecoat all plasma coils.

2. Paint all plasma coils.

1. Basecoat the entire area for the pattern (shoulder pad and knee pad).

2. Use 7mm masking tape to create vertical stripes, then remove every other stripe. Spray the exposed Wraithbone areas.

3. Lay masking tape horizontally over the newly painted black squares. Spray again.

4. Tidy up any black areas after removing the tape.

5. Tidy up any Wraithbone areas and create battle damage.

6. Freehand vertical lines on the opposite knee pad.

7. Freehand horizontal lines on the opposite knee pad.

8. Block in every other square on the opposite knee pad until a nice pattern is achieved.

9. Mix with Lahmian Medium and apply all over the chequered pattern (shoulder pad and knee pad) to make the white areas bone-colored.

10. Mix Skeleton Horde with Lahmian Medium for the bone-colored wash.

11. Paint the red section of the shoulder pad.

12. Paint the trim of the shoulder pad.

1. Apply a gloss varnish where transfers will go to create a smoother surface.

2. Apply appropriate House Taran transfers (Imperial Insignia on red, House Symbol on blue, and other battle honors/warning symbols).

3. Apply over transfers to lock them in place and matt down the surface.

1. Dot around different skulls on the base.

2. Basecoat all the skulls.

3. Add all over the base.

4. Mix into the wet Stirland Mud on the base to create a variety of different tones.

5. Shade the base, particularly in recesses.

6. Drybrush the entire base.

7. Paint the base rim.

8. Apply grass tufts (can be cut to different sizes).