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Since I have come back to the hobby I have jumped around to and from about 10 different projects. I have finally decided that I need to stop playing with projects and start a workable army. I chose Iron Hands. For those of you who have followed any of my other WIPs you will know I get to OCD with kitbashing or bit swapping armies, this one is no different. This army will be more themed for fun play than a competitive tournament army. It will be a a very heavy/shooty army. Themed with a firing line feel for the squads and a heavy, cold and mechanical feel for the figures. I want a very oppressive and/or Terminator feel. I am trying to get at least one Iron Hands bit on each figure, not counting shoulder pads. Storm Bolters and Thunder Hammers are a sign of position in the Hammer of Ferrus sect. The recipe for my figures are:
Head: Bionic - Iron Hands or Plastic Torso: Iron Hands or MK8 Arms: 1 Iron Hands and 1 Normal or Heavy Weapon Legs: Iron Hands or MK6 - Standing, Walking or Kneeling Backpack: Devastator for Sgts and Large Skull for Non-Sgts Bolters: All will have scopes
Anyway here are some pics:
Would love to hear opinions and suggestions. Will have painted pics up tonight.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Here are some pics of my Sgt. It turned out very promising for what I was looking for. Debating on painting the studded shoulder pad all metal. Opinions?
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Looking cool so far. Love the poses on some of them.
After getting into the Horus Heresy I became a Iron Hands junkie, I just started with True Scale models. Somehow their legion just seems to fit true scale the best.
As for the studded shoulderpads question, black with only th studs metal works best. Avoid flat sections of metal if ou can, as it makes the eye seek out the shiny bits because they will have interesting textures.
Infinity: Way, way better than 40K and more affordable to boot!
"If you gather 250 consecutive issues of White Dwarf, and burn them atop a pyre of Citadel spray guns, legend has it Gwar will appear and answer a single rules-related question. " -Ouze
Right now my Iron Hands are scattered over the world in three places and I don't have any pics of them. However, I just started a thread showing off a tank conversion I'm doing for them. You can see some of my works in progress here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/267859.page
I'm glad you've made them a true black, and not shades of gray. I'm not saying that painting Iron Hands in such a way is wrong, but I prefer them black in my opinion.
scratch-build projects here: 
