The Eisenstein Grey Knights

[Light of the Emperor]

Welcome, fellow Warseers, to the depths of Titan where I shall attempt to understand the dark secrets of the chamber militant of the Ordo Malleus.

Isn't this just another Grey Knight army? Perhaps it is on the surface, but I am piecing the background together in order to determine the origins of the Imperium's most devout warriors.
To get an idea, take a look at this: The Origins of the Grey Knights.

"Founded in great secrecy we were..."
No one is sure as to how the GK came about. Were they a second founding? Were they created from the Adeptus Custodes? Did the Emperor make them? Are they from other chapters? I love the dark enigmas of the 40K universe and the story of the GK is no exception.
Having read "Flight of the Eisenstein" from the Horus Heresy series, I have come to believe that the original Grey Knights were in fact loyal marines from the traitor legions. By resisting the taint of chaos from their fellow marines and primarchs, the Eisenstein 80 have proven themselves loyal to the Emperor and humanity. Who better then to combat the forces of chaos?

My GK will have the standard silver color scheme with the only difference being the heraldy shields on their shoulders. These will probably be in the black, white and red color scheme, but there will be hints towards their original lost legions. Captain Garro, the first marine to see the Emperor as a God, will be my Grand Master. His sword, the Veritas, is rumored to be the first nemesis force weapon.

I plan on taking my time with this army. I want it to be painted to a nice display standard. Updates might take a bit longer since I'm still working on my Vostroyans and I start full time next week...but I will do my best.

[Light of the Emperor]

And my first test model minus the shield:


And a good time saver:

[Ninners]

Wow that looks awesome! Do they still sell boltgun metal spray or is that an old one cos it looks old.

Where does the shield go?

Looking forward to more pics

[||-MARKO-||]

simply awesome stuff. Having not read the Einstein myself, I'll takr your word for the fact that they're loyal traitors ( ). But overall, a nice idea. GK with a twist really is'nt what you see everyday! well done on that, by the way...

Paint work looks amazing, keep it up.

Marko

[sir.spamalot]

Wow, in that second shot that grey knight is amazing! Looking good, I am looking forward to more updates.

cheers

[Light of the Emperor]

@Ninners: Thanks. The Boltgun spray is no longer made. I had to search Warseer high and low to find someone who had some left. I probably still need more though. The shield goes on the bump on the terminators shoulderpad under the purple book.

@Marko: The thread I linked to in the first post will help clear things a bit. Its a good read too. Thanks mate!

[Rictus]

I must admit to not being a big fan of Grey knights, but then again I'm not a big fan of Vossies either and I love your other Project Log and follow it avidly so you can bet i'll be keeping an eye on this one as well.

I had similar thoughts on the origins of the GK after reading Eisenstein as well but not knowing that much of the GK background material I thought it probably was just me reading too much into it. I thought the GK didn't appear for some time after the Heresy?

[spikyjames]

nice clean looking mini there, it'll be good to see an army done to this standard.

james

[Light of the Emperor]

Thanks guys!

@Rictus: The Grey Knights did come after the heresy. Since they were created in secret its not known when the chapter came about and when it first fought...

Second terminator is done:

Again he's missing the shield which I have yet to deal with. Taking pictures of silver models is tough. In person they look awesome, but looking at them now they seem kinda wierd.
I'll leave it for you to decide.

[MF3000]

Wow... those are beautiful!

I mean... i thought your green vossies were works of art... but these guys as well simply blow my mind away. Will the books and purity seals have any scribblings or left blank? just wondering, i can see why someone might not have scribbbles (because it might look messy) but ... ho hum, it looks tad bit blank.

still ******* osome stuff.

sj

[Wayfarer]

I always love to see more Grey Knights, and these are very clean. I'll keep be watching this log with anticipation. Though I cannot help but wish that these weren't so codex.

[The Laughing God]

Have you thought about trying to paing lightning bolts on the swords? Or make them a blue color, blue ink would look good.

-The Laughing God-

[sir.spamalot]

Amazing, these are by far the best grey knights I have seen in a while!


cheers, keep up the excellent work!

[titan136]

beautiful grey knights. i'm also someone who's of the belief that the GK's came from the eisenstein survivors

[Light of the Emperor]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. My next purchase will be one of those light tents so I can get some better pictures. The GK really look better in person so we'll see how close I can get to 'em.

I need everyone's opinion on the following:

I want each GK to show off their original legion/legion heraldy. The plan is for this to be on the shields that the terminators and justicars wear. How should this go about?
-Black white and red (codex colors) with the legion badges?
-Colors of the legion by themselves?
-Colors of the legion and the legion badges?

Secondly, "Flight of the Eisenstein" only has two legions onboard (a luna wolf and the death guard). The background from the IA: Death Guard says that Garro had 70 fellow marines total with 5 legions present. I definately wouldn't mind seeing emperor's children and even world eaters in the force.

[Vasteye]

First Post!

My thought would be to have a plain white background, with the earliest (loyalist) heraldry, and a black stripe, like a mourning band. It shows a kind of repentance and sorrow, but pride in their roots.

Was impressed with the vostroyan thread, good luck with this one!

[DigitsDavid]

VERY NICELY PAINTED. Looking forward to seeing these develop.

[The Laughing God]

The bases look really good. It's hard to imagine that they are just ripped up pieces cork they look real.

How many points do you have?

-The Laughing God-

[sir.spamalot]

Ummmm, it looks like he only has two models.....thats not that many points but I'll let him speak for himself

[Angel Robertson]

They are very sexy models

AR