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Nice terminators dude. Also love the Khorne Champ from the last page.

EDC

Brilliant work! You have been painting fast. I love the vikings and those old terminators (they are still slow to sell even now, I guess because of the static poses). Keep on trucking.

Yeah, they're not blinged out like the new ones, but ultimately I'm happy they never sold, because now I have these finished and will get some use out of them. Actually, I think a few of them saw a fair bit of action back in Rogue Trader, though they would have been "grey legion" blu-taced together back then, so it's still a nice upgrade for them.



Another couple pieces of simple sci-fi terrain today, again dating from the 1990’s. These are Armorcast’s “Short” Sci-Fi Walls. Fairly simple casts, and rather simply painted by my good self back in the ’90s. These were a matter of spray black, drybrush gunmetal/chainmail/etc, and then pick out some parts using copper and brass before finally adding some burnt metal around the blast holes and a few decals for interest.



They look a little plain to me today. If anything, I think they could do with a wash of Army Painter Dark Tone (Black) to emphasise the panel lines and rivets followed by a bit of a detail pick-type drybrush of a brighter steel. Then a bit of either oil wash or rust. I might mentally file that as something to get done once the weather warms up again in November/December as it’s a horrible time of year for working on scenery right now. Then I can show these again!



Despite their simplicity and their age, I think these are still pretty nice pieces. Both the 4″ and 6″ versions are still available from Armorcast, and for a pretty reasonable price. If not for the current cost of shipping from the U.S., I’d probably drop a couple of hundred on some more of these and some of their other good looking stuff. There’s a July coupon with 10% off and free shipping over $200, which apparently also works for people outside the U.S.



As always, I’m not receiving anything for pimping their stuff, I paid full retail for these (in the 1990’s) and my opinions are my own.

This pair was (as so often happens) part-painted for a good decade or more before I finally forced myself to complete them earlier this year. Originally these were Empire Flagellant figures, and I might potentially use them as such one day, but due to their robed, completely mental nature, I co-opted them years ago to be Preachers alongside my Imperial Guard squads, in a previous edition of Warhammer 40k. I didn’t feel a pressing need to convert them or glue laspistols to their hips, as I felt they passed muster for the Ecclesiarchy simply by looking flying rodent gak insane.



They’re far from the first of my models to feature these flame patterns on their clothing. It originated with my Legion of the Damned models, worked its way to my Necromunda Cawdor and Redemptionists (which I’ll also get around to showing sometime) and then to my official Imperial Preacher models, finally jumping over to these guys. They look demented enough that I’d also consider them part of my not-properly-participating contribution to Heresy of Us’ The Chapel project.

I love their faces. So comical. Who needs a laspistol when you have a big stick and a lotta books.

Those two look fantastic

 weetyskemian44 wrote:
I love their faces. So comical. Who needs a laspistol when you have a big stick and a lotta books.

Yep, they look like a pair of Muppets. In the Jim Henson sense. Well, maybe a bit of both...

 Aetare wrote:
Those two look fantastic

cheers, mate!

They are properly mental looking

Don't think I recognise the models, they have a slightly Marauder look to them?

You're absolutely correct. I must have forgot to do my usual due dilligence/research on them. Marauder MM65 Empire Flagellants - here they are!

Whichever they are, they are awesome characterful models. Sure way of keeping gene-enhanced troops in like is to have a crazy nut job in charge with a stick.

Nice work, as always. Marauder Miniatures never really took off in my area, so I feel like I'm seeing most of these for the first time.

Nice scifi walls and flaggemuppets

They look great. Would work well with a Bretonnian Grail Reliquary as well. Can't shake the feeling that Flagella t G has a dwarf slayer counterpart.......

Nice job on the flagellants, especially the fiery robes.

EDC

The Marauder stuff just kinda rolled in with the Citadel stuff of the day here, especially since they mostly just filled holes in other ranges. Before they got officially just rolled into the Citadel range proper.

Thanks, Doc - more flames to come soon, as well!

I think they would do, Archer - and good spot. Once I find and paint that particular Flagellant (assuming I have that one? I think I do...) I'll photograph him in a side-by-side with his Slayer Twin.



So that Iron Warriors “Tactical” squad that I got up to 9 guys last August? Well, I finally finished their 10th man. Because I’m fast and focused like that.



I used a mix of parts, which was why I started buying “Historical” armour sets from Forge World in the first place, long before 30k was even a thing. It just took years for me to get interested in 40k enough to motivate me to finish the half-done squad, let alone build and paint the last man.



My 40k Iron Warriors are going to be much more hybrids of 30k-and-up armour sets than Blanche’s early sketches of “Space Barbarian Vikings” covered in fur and horns and spikes. Those things might make an occasional subtle accessory appearance here and there, but they won’t be the main show. While I’m happy to add some decoration and flourish, I also want to keep them cold and businesslike. As always, transfers for the Chapter Badge and Legion Number, and freehand for the hazard striping.



The other model today is “Hammer Time” from the Iron Warriors “Assault” Squad from a few months ago. D&B, Mikko and I had a brief discussion on the pun-tastic options for this guy and I eventually decided to do it. “Writing” legible script in paint at this size is always a challenge, and I found that using metallic paint (even really nice, thin, well pigmented stuff like VMA) to do so instead of black makes it all the more sketchy. Blown up like this, it looks a bit crap, but in hand it looks decent.

 Azazelx wrote:


Yep, they look like a pair of Muppets. In the Jim Henson sense. Well, maybe a bit of both...

Those two models are terrible, horrible, worst models i've ever seen! ..... how can you even call them painted?, except for that one bit.........yeah, that bit's o.k I suppose!...... actually that bits quite good, not too bad at all......kinda makes them look pretty good.......in fact they are pretty good. yeah, .......really good........some of the best painted models i've ever seen!......I love them, they're the best....Bravo Bravo!

The 10th man looks awesome .also loving the "hammer time" nice throw back to the old ganger style marines where they had graffiti on their armor and heavy metal songs.

Ooh nice stuff!

Cheers Nerdy - there is a bit of a Statler and Waldorf vibe to them, isn't there? (And yes, I did had to look up their names!)

Thanks Theo and Grim - hopefully the 10th Man works nicely with his finally-finished squad.

So, it's the 17th - Happy 40k Day, all!
I need to check on my order and make sure it's been sent/ask for a tracking number. OK, done!
A couple of people have asked for group shots of my IW over the past couple of months. I finally got around to it last weekend, spurred by the impending 8th edition, so here we are!



Happy 40k Day! With the release of 8th Edition today, I’ve got a few pics of my completed Iron Warriors force so far. Nominally 43 Power Rating right here (I’m short 3 cultists and 1 Obliterator to “properly” be 43). I haven’t looked into “proper” points values of the force yet. That will come later on.



The “First” Squad of my Iron Warriors is the “Tactical” Squad. I used to have names for all of these guys written down, so I’ll edit them in if and when I ever find my old lists. These guys are PR9. And yes, I am working out the “simple” PL value of this army as I write the text of this post!



These “discount terminators” are a bunch of Legions of Steel “Nightmares” that I painted earlier this year. I figure they look like perfect Chaos Cultists for an Iron Warriors army. Obviously less “cultists” than “automatons created by an allied Dark Mechanicus Forgeworld”, they fit the IW aesthetic and are a portent of some other WIP stuff yet to join this army. They’re PR3 for 10, so I’ll combine the leftovers with the ones that you’ll see in a little while. There’s one with a chunkier weapon, so that can be the squad’s Heavy Stubber, and I’ll probably have to glue a skull to one of their bases to mark the “champion”. Or find a slightly fancier looking robo-skellyman from somewhere to lead them. So just the skull for now.



The Obliterators. Sorta-illegal at this point, they’re now purchased in units of 3 for 10PR. So it’s simply going to be a matter of finding my other models, and getting at least one of them painted in the same manner as these guys. And then deciding if the others become Iron Warriors or go to a different Legion from my long-term plan… In the interim, I’m sure friendly games will happily let me run them at 7PR.



For the time being, my former Exalted Champion becomes a PR5 Iron Warriors Lord. I guess his “Thunder Hammer” gets to “officially” be a lowly Power Maul, though I’m also sure that friends and casual opponents will be fine with letting me use the TH stats.



My second Iron Warriors squad appears to be illegal now, due to the presence of two power weapons – the sword and the fist. That’s without even considering “Tempus Malleus” might have a Thunder Hammer rather than a Hydraulic Hammer (aka CCW – though in this case I think they’re all “chainswords” now). I’m fine with that.

Oddly, because of the extra Power Weapon, it seems that the way to run this unit “legally” is simply to split it in twain. Instead of one 10-man, PR9 CSM “Assault” squad, I now have two 5-man PR5 CSM “Assault” squads. Again, that’s easy, so I’m fine with it. I can bump them “both” up to 10 later by building and painting more models. Simply looking at the figures I’ve got completed, perhaps I’ll visually lean one more towards “Chaos Marines” while the other will lean towards “Horus Heresy Traitors” in terms of armour makeup.



What’s this? Terminators of the Arnie kind rather than of the Space Marine kind? Yes. These guys are from River Horse/Warlord’s Terminator Genisys game. Why are they here? The same reason that the Legions of Steel Nightmares are, of course. Proxy “cultists”. I’m not sure which one is the “champion”. The one with 2 skulls, probably. I’ll convert up a TG heavy weapon down the line and that can then fill in their Heavy Weapon slot. Another PR3.



These Terminator models are obviously feeling a little under the weather. Obviously without any ballistic weapons, these are the ones armed with an autopistol and brutal assault weapon. Just squint and I’m sure it’ll make sense! I’ll add them to one of the other “cultist” automaton units, along with the pair of extra Nightmares for +3PR.

There’s still a lot to add to this force. More Warriors, Chosen, Havocs, Raptors, Khorne Berserkers, a Warpsmith, Sorcerers, Obliterators, Terminators, Dreadnoughts, Contemptors, a Vindicator or two, transports, FW tanks… The army may have been born over a decade ago, but This Tale of Iron has barely begun…

Very nice looking force there Az. The terminators work well

Looking good! love a nice shot of the army, it's just hard to get them all in :-) you've done more than I thought with them but I still want to see more, they are some of my favorite IW I see which you know, the style and technique is just perfect on them.

That's a nice lil force you've got there Azazel . Solid stuff. I like the re-purposed robots for cultists.

Nicely done . And it's great you found a use for those terminators.

Very nice gang of heretics you've got there

Power levels huh? I wonder how much of a thing that'll be. I suppose if everyone is doing it. Seems flawed at first glance when it often doesn't consider squad upgrades. I can take gear for SM scouts of a points value rivaling their own 5 man squad cost without bumping the power level at all. Devastators too. I wonder if they calculated the power levels based on no upgrades, moderate, or full upgrades?

I guess it's one of those, if everyone is on the same page it'll work out kinda things.

Any Armor planned for these metal marines?

Army shot is fantastic. Really great looking force you have there on a great looking board too. But it needs big guns. A couple of Bailisks or vindicators just cause would be great.

Excellent army especially the Cyborg cultists Azazelx. GrimDork the power levels are a useful rough guide if you want a game in 10 minutes rather than 45 minutes due to forgotten armies left behind models etc. It's also useful for collection lists like this where you'll change wargear from time to time.

Love those army shots, the force looks great on the table all together. I also very much like the terrain you've got there, especially that platform-thingie with hazard striping behind the wall.

 JamesY wrote:
Very nice looking force there Az. The terminators work well

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That's a nice lil force you've got there Azazel . Solid stuff. I like the re-purposed robots for cultists.

 Theophony wrote:
Nicely done . And it's great you found a use for those terminators.

Thanks guys, I may possibly play the Terminator game one day, though I can't say the same for Legions of Steel!

 Archer wrote:
Army shot is fantastic. Really great looking force you have there on a great looking board too. But it needs big guns. A couple of Bailisks or vindicators just cause would be great.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Looking good! love a nice shot of the army, it's just hard to get them all in :-) you've done more than I thought with them but I still want to see more, they are some of my favorite IW I see which you know, the style and technique is just perfect on them.

There's more to come eventually. I just need to clear the desk off of all these Vikings and Slayers and other randoms. I've got a Dreadnought (Helbrute), and another Iron Lord on the desk, and a Rhino and Vindicator in the cabinet, both waiting for more space to become available on the cramped desk. That's without getting into the collection of yet-unbuilt big guns. They can never tire if they're never assembled, right?

 GrimDork wrote:
Very nice gang of heretics you've got there
Power levels huh? I wonder how much of a thing that'll be. I suppose if everyone is doing it. Seems flawed at first glance when it often doesn't consider squad upgrades. I can take gear for SM scouts of a points value rivaling their own 5 man squad cost without bumping the power level at all. Devastators too. I wonder if they calculated the power levels based on no upgrades, moderate, or full upgrades?
I guess it's one of those, if everyone is on the same page it'll work out kinda things.
Any Armor planned for these metal marines?

 Llamahead wrote:
Excellent army especially the Cyborg cultists Azazelx. GrimDork the power levels are a useful rough guide if you want a game in 10 minutes rather than 45 minutes due to forgotten armies left behind models etc. It's also useful for collection lists like this where you'll change wargear from time to time.

Thanks! And yeah, that's the thing about Power Levels. I'm not too fussed on what other people are using, but they're a quick, rough and ready way to work out approximate values. As I mentioned, I was tallying these as I wrote up the post (and the same below). I was also working off a leaked PDF, so I'll worry about proper points once I have my Indices in hand. I'll probably play the first few games of "learn the rules" using PR anyway to KISS.

I read somewhere (designer's notes?) that PR is based around the average values of all of the weapon options available to a squad or unit, so it's not based on a "Naked" squad, though it's still really not something for hyper-competitive games, but it should be close enough for casual friendlies and also provides a way to work out rough values for narrative and open play.

 Mymearan wrote:
Love those army shots, the force looks great on the table all together. I also very much like the terrain you've got there, especially that platform-thingie with hazard striping behind the wall.

Cheers! I'll have some more terrain focus posts soon, and hopefully I'll finish that big platform bastard which I started back in the days of Necromunda being a regular game.



As I mentioned a day or two ago, last weekend, I finally got a chance to take some photos, so here are my Minotaurs.



Yeah, I know. I need to get some command units finished since the force is technically leaderless at this point. I’ve got that Librarian who is WIP still, and a Captain who is mostly blu-taced together.



At least Dreadnoughts look to be as effective as they should be in 8th Edition. I should get moving on the other Ancients as well. Oh wait, that means something else, now!



All in all these guys add up to a Power Rating of 25 under the 8th Edition rules, so it’s pretty safe to say that they’d get their shiny brass arses kicked by the Iron Warriors right now. So what am I working on? I’ve started selecting/putting together the models for a third Tactical Squad and a Devastator Squad. I probably “should” be working on more exotic stuff and things like transports, but there you go…

I agree with Myearan -- the army is beautiful, but it really hangs together thanks to the themed terrain.

The not-terminators work fine for cultists largely because they're so obviously a little smaller and less bulky than the CSM.

Ooh sexy minotaurs too

I'm gonna give dreads a thorough look today, given the consensus that predators are tough but expensive, and that razorbacks​are the thing to beat points wise I'll have to see how they stand. Ironclads sound beastly but alas dark angels have no love for them.