The White Knight was a long time enigma of Kingdom Death. It was mentioned
in several instances in the fluff of other models and when it was finally
released it was yet another piece to the puzzle that is the Golden Entity and
its army.
The White Knight is one of the rarer Kingdom Death pieces, in that it has some kind of
modularity. The arms and head have all got ball joints and so can be adjusted. So I went
with a more forward orientated stance that looks more like he’s just about to
join the fray.
Painting this model was a real pleasure and like a small holiday from more
tiresome minis I’ve been painting before. When I had settled for the colours
(which wasn’t too hard given the name of the model) it was basically like
painting by numbers. The cloak got the usual sand-white treatment like all my other servants of
the Golden Entity.
The knight was finally a miniature that really allowed the true metallic
paints to shine. Big areas with a lot of recesses and edges allow for a nice
shading (using Ogryn Flesh in my chase) and still enough place to build up the
shine again.
The hardest part was certainly the armour, as my white/metallic medium-mix
just didn’t cover on the rather dark silver base coat I used. So I had to cover
the whole armour in my lightest silver before carefully layering the mix on it.
As a final detail I added some silver swirls to the shoulder pads and upper
leg-armour. Very subtle and I’m afraid quite hard to see in the pictures. But
this shot shows it quite nicely.
I really like the big 50mm-base for this guy. He’s only slightly bigger
than a regular human, but this base alone makes him stand out from the heroes
like the monster he’s supposed to be.
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy this model as much as I do.
Sven
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