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Greetings, fellow Dakkites.

It's been far too long.

After an extremely busy period of school, work, and moving, I've finally had time to get working on my Iron Hands army again.

Below are some painted models which you might remember from my original WIP thread.

Iron-Commander Vaarkul
(counts as Vulkan He'Stan)



Iron Father Theodosius
(master of the forge with servo harness, thunder hammer, combimelta)



Epistolary Phoebus



Sternguard Veterans
(sergeant with power fist, combimelta, 4 combimeltas)



I also have three dreadnoughts and two tactical squads fully painted. I'll get them posted up as soon as my camera recharges.

Also, for more views of the miniatures above, check out my hobby site:

http://nicholaskay.com/ironfather/gallery.ironhands.html

i love them!! one thing is a bit iffy though... the legs on the veterans look to chunky and boxy... other than that im green with envy

beautiful stuff!

also what model did you use for Iron-Commander Vaarkul ?

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Sageheart wrote:beautiful stuff!

Thanks!

Raen wrote:also what model did you use for Iron-Commander Vaarkul ?

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Well that's a tough question to answer.

Vaarkul is made out of the legs of a terminator, the torso of a marine, the arms of chaos space marines, the head of some terminator/marine sergeant.

His backpack is just a space marine packback with some bits, gears, guitar wire, skull bits, wrist watch pieces, and defiler cc wpn tentacles.

His weapon is a banner pole, an IG flamer, a GK force halberd, and a gear.

His shield is the cupola cover of a rhino and some metal bits.

His "loin cloth" is a bunch of guitar wire, electric wire, and gear bits.

Everything else is lots and lots of plastic card, some green stuff, way too much guitar wire, and some thin metal wire.

Raen wrote:i love them!! one thing is a bit iffy though... the legs on the veterans look to chunky and boxy... other than that im green with envy

Some people aren't huge on the bionic legs, but that's cool with me. :-D I wanted these guys to be venerable in their own right with extensive bionics. I don't think any of them even have their original limbs.

Oh hell son, these are balling! Great job!

That commander model is top notch . I wish I had the patience to model custom figures like that.

Got some more pictures taken.

These are my three dreadnoughts, Agaphon, Damril, and Kalos.

Dreadnought Agaphon
Agaphon is the most level-headed of the dreadnoughts, often providing fire support.


Dreadnought Damril
Damril is incredibly laconic and single-purposed. Once he finds a target, Damril wades into enemy fire without a second thought.


Dreadnought Kalos
Kalos is renowned for his ferocity and lust for combat.
Kalos can be found in the most vicious combats, thrashing foes with his power flail.


Once again, you can view more pictures of these dreadnoughts on my hobby site: http://nicholaskay.com/ironfather/gallery.ironhands.html

Whoa nice Iron hands mate really amazing job!

Those are some of the most stunning models I have ever seen. Bravo!

Absolutly amasing.

Love this stuff! Very nicely done.

Theofilos wrote:Whoa nice Iron hands mate really amazing job!

pdawg517 wrote:Those are some of the most stunning models I have ever seen. Bravo!

Flying Pooo wrote:Absolutly amasing.

em_en_oh_pee wrote:Love this stuff! Very nicely done.

Thanks to all!

I'll try to get some pics of the tac squads up tonight.

Once again, check out my site for more detailed pics.

http://nicholaskay.com/ironfather/

I am so envious! These are great! However the legs on the sternguard spoil it for me, and I feel the dreadnoughts are a little over-loaded.

So good, your attention to detail is very good, looking over your dreads i love all the little details I would love to be able to build and paint models like this

Those are all really cool models. The "power flail" missile launcher looks kinda weird though. I could see it being mistaken for a missile launcher often.

Klausmasterflex wrote:Dreadnought Damril
Damril is incredibly laconic and single-purposed. Once he finds a target, Damril wades into enemy fire without a second thought.

Where did you get those gear icons with the wrenches(Left Breastplate and Left Shoulder(right side of pic))? Are those FW brass etchings for Iron Hands?

Some superb stuff there, theres so much going on with the models! But they arnt to complicated, fannytastic.

Great stuff.

Super Shiny...

Woohoo your back! I remember these from the 1st go around, and am excited to see more of them. The AoBR Dread is near unrecognizable, in the best way possible!

NoBaconz4You wrote:I am so envious! These are great! However the legs on the sternguard spoil it for me, and I feel the dreadnoughts are a little over-loaded.

Ya not everyone likes them, but I love em.

The_Minsk wrote:So good, your attention to detail is very good, looking over your dreads i love all the little details I would love to be able to build and paint models like this

Thanks! I do commissions too, so PM me if you're interested.

ph34r wrote:Those are all really cool models. The "power flail" missile launcher looks kinda weird though. I could see it being mistaken for a missile launcher often.

I haven't had any problems yet, then again all my dreadnoughts have the exact same armament.

Moltar wrote:

Where did you get those gear icons with the wrenches(Left Breastplate and Left Shoulder(right side of pic))? Are those FW brass etchings for Iron Hands?

Those are the FW vehicle bits for Iron Hands- I did also use bratch etchings elsewhere, though.

stonned_astartes wrote:Some superb stuff there, theres so much going on with the models! But they arnt to complicated, fannytastic.

Thanks! I'm proud that they aren't overtly cluttered, despite the massive convesrions.

Cottonjaw wrote:Great stuff.

Thanks!

purplefood wrote:Super Shiny...

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whalemusic360 wrote:Woohoo your back! I remember these from the 1st go around, and am excited to see more of them. The AoBR Dread is near unrecognizable, in the best way possible!

Thanks, glad you remember them!

Ya there are two normal dreads and one AOBR dread. I had one fresh dread, one fresh AOBR dread, and one old cruddy dread.

I made sure to swap the legs and arms as much as possible to keep a consistent look between all the dreads- I think the AOBR body has one cruddy dread arm and one new dread arm...

Wonderful stuff, but I agree with the aforementioned comments on the legs, they just look out of place, rather like if someone's jammed Legos onto the hips, but the rest is top-notch work

Absolutely stunning work!

WOW they look awesome.my fave is the dread with all the wires ripping out of it,it reminds me of hellraiser and crazy anime all at once.

Glad to have you back Klaus! I was just thinking about your work the other day. Your Vulkan model is extremely impressive!

Amazing work. They look really grimdark (meant as a compliment).

Everything is great, but Iron-Commander Vaarkul and the Dreads are my favorites.

Stunning.....

Best Librarian I've ever seen, I'll be converting my Master of the Forge accordingly. Thanks a lot for the insight. Just one question-- what did you use for the open hand?

I envy you so much... love em