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Woo! I love that iron warrior guy!

AHHHH, right then, I didn't realise just how big the hound was! It is going to look great.

Cheers, guys!

I seem to be in building spree mode at the moment, so here is another conversion for you: My version of Lheorvine Ukris, a World Eater from ADB's "Talon of Horus" who steals quite a few scenes.

Building Lheor seems a bit derivative, seeing how both InsanePsychopath and Flint13 have come up with stunning interpretations of the character, but then those two models were what inspired me to go for it in the first place -- I just couldn't resist

Here he is (still slightly WIP):









Some parts of the model try to faithfully recreate the depiction of the character in the novel and accompanying artwork, but I did take some liberties: For instance, I ditched the aquila breastplate, because...well, screw aquila breastplates, alright? Seriously, I just loved the "Great Crusade" look created by that particular torso, so I just rolled with it.

Anyway, let me know what you think!

Quick question, where did the claw come from for the iron warrior guy?

Seems like you have been doing quite a bit of converting lately...
They all look great of course, both the marines and the hound. One small gripe with the WE Terminator: his head look too similar to Lorimar's imho
Appart from that great as always!!

excellent work! what program do you use to make your action shots?

Cheers for the feedback, guys!

@ Nuwisha: That's a lightning claw from the Raptor/Warp Talon Kit.

@ Legio Ultra: Hmm, I do see the resemblance, even though I did use two different heads on the models -- I'll have to work that out during the painting stage, I suppose...

@ queen_annes_revenge: As I said, there's a detailed tutorial here.


In other news, I have a new WIP to share with you today

But first, to give credit where credit is due, I have to say that the model I want to show you owes quite a lot to Martox' recent true scale Khornate Marine: I chose a similar approach to come up with my own true scaled World Eater. Take a look:









Just like Martox, I used a Chaos Terminator torso for the upper body, but I shaved mine down until it worked (and until the original Skullreaper breastplate fit over it). The axe was spliced together from a Chaos Terminator weapon and an axe from the Skullreaper kit. And the right pauldron came from a very sweet bitz package Augustus b'Raass sent me earlier this week (cheers, mate!).

And here's a scale comparison shot showing the WIP World Eater next to my (pretty big) true scaled loyalist Marine:



As always, let me know what you think!

Very cool and the size looks good. The only thing that seems ever-so-slightly off, and this is just me, is that his helmet catches on his left shoulder pad. Otherwise I think he looks pretty good, I'm just glad I didn't see this before I went to GW today otherwise I might have ended spending even more money!!

Cheers, mate!

A small update today: I made an icon bearer for my Traitor Guard Elite:







Some bits from the Stormverin kit really came in handy on this guy -- I just love that standard!

Anyway, let me know what you think!

Ooh, I like that, very nifty indeed. He looks like he should have a head hanging off his backpack or something though.

I really can't help but think that the skull reapers armor just looks too big. My eye is drawn to that beer belly on the khornate marine every time and it bugs the heck out of me.

Cheers, guys!

@ Gogsnik: Hmm, interesting idea -- I may have to add a dangling head, after all

@ wolfmerc: I think I get what you mean, mate, but I am not seeing it -- at least not to the degree you are. Sorry!


In other news, I have recently entered the ETL IV event over at The Bolter & Chainsword, and have made a vow to complete 662 points' worth of models -- which actually comes down to three models

Those three will be my World Eaters Apothecary, and Iron Warriors Warsmith and this beast here:



Gilgamesh, the Warrior King, the Twice-Consecrated, Son of the Ember Queen. Chaos Knight Errant.

I felt the ETL provided the perfect occasion to finally get this bad boy painted. I am kinda nervous at the prospect, to be honest, but I am committed to this. The model hasn't changed too much since we last saw it on this thread, although I have made a few last minute tweaks here and there. One of the last things I did was to add some cables (harvested from the insides of an old PC) to the cockpit, in order to make the interior look a bit more believable:





It's a small thing, admittedly, but one that I think will make a difference in the end.

Oh, and for those who wanted to see both the fulls-sized Knight and the Chibi-version I converted side by side, here you go:



As for the Warsmith, I basically included him in my vow because I needed a test model to experiment with the new Leadbelcher spray I hope to use on my Chaos Knight, so I tossed him in It's this model here:



And, as luck would have it, my experiments with the Leadbelcher spray this morning came out much, much better than I had anticipated, and I have been rather motivated ever since. That stuff is great! Fantastic coverage, goes on like a dream etc. My only gripe is that it's very bright -- but nothing that several passes of wash wouldn't solve, right?

So I have been painting all morning, since it's my day off, and I already have a first ETL-related update for you. Take a look at the Warpsmith taking shape:



He's already pretty far along, actually, although he's missing quite a few touchups, as well as his cape and his base. Anyway, it shouldn't surprise you that I am pretty pleased with myself right now

As always, let me know what you think!

Does gilgamesh run around calling people "mongrel" before killing them?

WARsmith. He's an Iron Warrior - not a watered-down techmarine wanna-be, like a measly warband would have.

Nice job on the Iron Warrior, he looks very nice and it's good to see him close to finish. Now I can't wait for the Knight!!

Very nice!!! I want to see that knight painted!!!

Cheers, guys! And Kepora is right, of course: Warsmith it is!

Speaking of which, here's the first part of my first vow completed. I give you Warsmith Greimolt Sturm of the Iron Warriors:







I am really very happy with the model, although you might notice that the chevron pattern seems slightly different across the two pauldrons -- that's just me being too dense to realise that I should have inverted it. Oh well...

I did add a little additional flourish to the shoulder pads, though, in the shape of two decals. One of them shows the legion badge



I actually used on of the 90s decals for this, as I like them far better than their more modern counterpart.

The other shoulder pad received a Roman numeral "IV", for obvious reasons



So yeah, that's one down, two to go. Unfortunately, one of the two will be that huge Chaos Knight. But after my experiences with this model, I do at least have a plan for the Knight's metallic sections now





“Lorimar, the man who killed Voss.”“Voss died well. That is more than can be said for most of us. What was he to you, Iron Warrior?”“You should rather ask what I was to him, World Eater. A brother. More of a brother than you, at least. What kind of man kills his own brethren like that?”“The kind that survived Isstvaan. The kind that survived Terra. The kind that survived Skalathrax.”
Lord Captain Lorimar and Warsmith Sturm

As always, let me know what you think!

Here's a tip on the Knight (and any big model, really). Try not to let any one area have too much solid color. Whether you get that through weathering or with a plethora of itty bitty decals, or trophies or whatever.

And on the weathering, especially. Don't make the top dusty. It's a big thing, so all the 'road dirt' will stay at the bottom, maybe halfway up the shins. The torso and arms will primarily be dirty due to ichor (because nothing that big has blood for him to spill on himself) and scraping on things like trees or cliffsides- so the back and shoulders might have more gouges and dirt on them. The top will probably be almost completely clean, except for rain spots, drops of blood (again) and maybe little nicks from enemies either shooting down or trying to jump on top of it.

Basically, what I'm saying is, don't weather the whole thing the same.

Also, washes. Not all-over washes, but washes where you swipe the brush over the top edge of the plate and let gravity pull the color down as it will, to give proper streaks- especially good for rust and sections with rivets or decorations that would interrupt the flow of rain or blood or whatever as it runs down the part.

Also, for large mechanisms- oil. All the joints should be lousy with black and white oil and grease streaks (white for lithium grease) to the point that you know your hand would come away grungy when you touch it- because all that stuff ends up squirting out as the mechanism moves.

I love the Iron Warriors guy. very nicely done on the glowing eyes (I love that space marine head), decal work and chevrons!

As for weathering large models... I weather them like a tank. There are extensive resources in the scale modelling community... my favorite being the Mig Jimenez book. For instance, the tracks of a tank should basically look like the terrain it's on, except the areas with more friction showing a little more of the model beneath.

See, there's issues to weathering a tall walker like you would a tank- most notably in that the tank treads are going to be grinding through the terrain, as opposed to a walker who's going to be dirtying the top surfaces primarily from uni-directional splash. Different patterns of muck thrown up.

Also, you have the issue of, well, hight. Tanks are maybe at most 2 people high, while a walker like this is multiple stories up- it's a lot more difficult for the sort of dust and debris to get up that high, much less high enough to fall back onto the top, while that's a common occurence for a tank.

And even then, if you're putting them in a dryer environment where it's dust and not mud, a walker is going to kick up much less dust overall than any sort of wheeled or tracked vehicle.

Thanks for the Knight-related feedback, guys! I think I'll be taking quite a few cues from JeffTibbetts' absolutely amazing Knight project, simplifying some of the steps as needed. That should give me a pretty good start. But I guess it'll take some time to work up the courage to start on the big guy

In the meantime, I am really much happier with the finished Warsmith model than I had expected beforehand, which is why I now want to build more Iron Warriors, even though I have zero use for them and don't want to get sidetracked. What I really hate about one-off projects is how they never seem to stay one-off. At least for me

Anyway, I indulged myself and built the coolest, most badass IW champ I could come up with:









As you can see, I have him quite a bit of wargear, because that creates the workmanlike look I think is so cool about the Iron Warriors.

Anyway, let me know what you think!

Oh yeah, now that is seriously cool. Is that a Dark Angel/Chaplain helmet?

Really gets the vibe right for Iron Warriors

Cheers, guys! Glad to hear it, too, because that was certainly one of the most important things about this conversion: I wanted his legion to instantly recognisable from looking at the model. Gogsnik, that is a Skullcrusher helmet with the bunny ears clipped off, btw.


And here he is, already undercoated:







I doubt I'll be going any further with him tonight, but I like how he already seems more finished than models merely undercoated in black or white. Yes, I know it's a cheap psychological trick, but still...

As always, let me know what you think!

Wow! Fantastic!

 Llamahead wrote:
Really gets the vibe right for Iron Warriors

Exactly my thoughts too. Some Legions just have an archetypal look, and he fits his perfectly.

Your Iron Warriors look really amazing, very nice metallics.

Very nice IW!! I am taking notes as I fancy giving an IW character a go in the future!

the Warsmith with his shield slung across his shoulder is a really nice little detail!

Cheers for the kind words, guys!

@ MagosBiff90: To be honest, I only included that shield to give myself an excuse for painting another hazard stripe area. Those yellow areas are a pain to finish, bu they do turn out kinda nice, don't they?

I think we all know at this point that there will at least be an Iron Warriors Killteam -- I am just too happy with the Warsmith and progress on the champ so far, so yesterday evening I caught myself thinking: "If I were to build an Iron Warriors Killteam, one of them would have to be an Apothecary, due to the IW's well-documented history of scavengin geneseed..."

I was already sitting at my desk before I could stop myself. Here's an early WIP:



I also went back to the only IW model I had painted before the Warsmith: A rather ancient CSM kitbash, built even before my hobby hiatus (that lasted for most of th 2000s) and later painted as an Iron Warrior, because I needed a model to test the (then) new Nuln Oil on. Here's the original model:





While I didn't completely repaint the model, I did touch up those hazard stripes, because I like my new recipe for yellow much better. I also added another "IV" decal to the left shoulder pad and got rid of the clunky icon, while I was at it:







Just some final touchups and a new, suitably muddy base, and he'll be done.


As always, let me know what you think

I really like the apothecary, has a sense of personality to him, a more dry sardonic sort of vet. I can't place what head you used for the life of me though, where did you find it?