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Klausmasterflex wrote:The Vulkan Stand in should be pretty awesome. He's going to have, for starters, a massive glaive (gear shaped, of course) as well as a billion +1 implants. I haven't figured out how I want to do his heavy flamer yet (mounting it on a servo harness is so boring) but I'm considering giving him multiple wire appendages in addition to his normal 4. I really want people to crap their pants when they see him, so he's got to be utterly terrifying... any suggestions?

How about mounting the flamer on the glaive? Think it was the emperors honor guard who had glaives like that (there's a really good picture of it here on dakka, but I can't find it at the moment), only with bolters instead of flamers. Also, it'll give you a good reason to give vulkan loots of tubes running all over him ;P

Dread claw looks nice! Inside looks brutal

For my 2nd Dred Im going to remove the Storm bolter and use the Death windpod upgrade, this dred will be from the AoBR set if it arrives.

Klaus, the work you've done so far is absolute brilliance.
The dreadnought looks mega. Now stop slacking...I need MOAR!!

dude that stuff is looking even more pimping. Are you doing this for a specific tourney or just to have a cool army? Also any plans on an iron father down the road?

Limbo wrote:
How about mounting the flamer on the glaive? Think it was the emperors honor guard who had glaives like that (there's a really good picture of it here on dakka, but I can't find it at the moment), only with bolters instead of flamers. Also, it'll give you a good reason to give vulkan loots of tubes running all over him ;P

Dread claw looks nice! Inside looks brutal

Truth! I also like the inside of the dread claw- very gribbly grindy.

Miss Dee wrote:For my 2nd Dred Im going to remove the Storm bolter and use the Death windpod upgrade, this dred will be from the AoBR set if it arrives.

Are you planning on converting your drop pod to accommodate the size of the dreadnought?

Empchild wrote:dude that stuff is looking even more pimping. Are you doing this for a specific tourney or just to have a cool army? Also any plans on an iron father down the road?

Well my list is 1850 (standard for most tournies) but I hadn't planned on any one tournament specifically. I would love to use my Fremen for tournies (they are absolutely brutal) but as they are heavily converted I'm certain many many issues would arise.

For those who don't know: (per Lexicanum)

The Iron Hands also eschew the traditional office of Chaplain in favor of their Iron Fathers, specially trained Techmarines who serve to protect the faith of their brethren; some outsiders view this as well as the Iron Hands' ties to the Adeptus Mechanicus as an unhealthy relationship.

I'm planning on having my MOTF and Vulkan essentially be Iron Fathers, as the label is sort of an umbrella term. I could claim the army has twin linked and master crafted weapons because the Vulkan stand in personally contructed and upkept them all himself, insuring their value on the battlefield.

I dont think the Iron Hands need an excuse to have twinlinked and master weapons, I mean, Ferrus was tied for best smithy among his brothers =)

Limbo wrote:I dont think the Iron Hands need an excuse to have twinlinked and master weapons, I mean, Ferrus was tied for best smithy among his brothers =)

True that.


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Just got my rivet gear in the mail... it's converting time!

I have one that I'm gonna pinch from the Pre-Heresy DA's.

Gonna post the hammers and the claws in the morning.

Think you can pass me some cogs?

Miss Dee wrote:I have one that I'm gonna pinch from the Pre-Heresy DA's.

Gonna post the hammers and the claws in the morning.

Think you can pass me some cogs?

Sure! I can't spare any of the brass GW ones (I only have a few left and need to spread em out over the 3 dreads, 20 marines, 10 sternguard, 5 terminators, 6 drop pods, land speeder... etc).

If you want a couple of the watch cogs I can definitely spare some.

thats fine, so what did you think of Brother Bill?

Miss Dee wrote:thats fine, so what did you think of Brother Bill?

I like him a lot- especially his chaos smoke launchers. Any reason in particular you went with the assault cannon/ ccw options?


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Ok tonight's update.

I did more work on the dreadnought and some green stuff icons.

I finished riveting and 'basic' basing the marines, but no pics of that as I'm way too tired.

Here are some pics of the dread and the green stuff.

Rad, dude.

shoulder pad is sweet!

He was going to be a DA dred from fallen angles, and I saw a friends IH and I went and took off the DA stuff.

Cant wait to see your guys painted.

Fantastic work, this is shaping up to be the best Iron Hands army I have ever seen! And from your previous work I have no doubt this will turn out amazing.

what up with the right dred arm? :O

Hammers and claws in the post

captain.gordino wrote:Rad, dude.

Thanks

trench.one wrote:shoulder pad is sweet!

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I Needed a way for my stern guard to really stand out. Since every other marine in my army is super cybernetic and converted already, it would be a challenge to differentiate the poor bastards. I figure that if every stern guard has a sight on their bolter, an expanded ammo clip, additional ammo for special ammo, a different color helmet and a shoulder pad sporting Medusa's face (there homeworld is Medusa, after all) then I should be good.

Miss Dee wrote:He was going to be a DA dred from fallen angles, and I saw a friends IH and I went and took off the DA stuff.

Cant wait to see your guys painted.

Very cool- I thought about doing the Fallen once, but then I decided to do my IG instead. I also can't wait to get some paint on these guys, but as I have some chains coming in the mail it might need to wait a little longer.

Thanatos73 wrote:Fantastic work, this is shaping up to be the best Iron Hands army I have ever seen! And from your previous work I have no doubt this will turn out amazing.

Thanks! I hope so.

Rose_Mountainz wrote:what up with the right dred arm? :O

He's so badass he doesn't need another weapon. Actually it's going to be a multimelta arm, but since multimeltas don't come in the normal box set, I had to order some multimelta sponsons to convert with.

Miss Dee wrote:Hammers and claws in the post

Awesome! PM me your address and I'll send some cogs your way.

As a side note, what do you all think would be cooler- lava bases or wasteland? Medusa is described as a wasteland with constant tectonic shifts, forcing the inhabitants to dwell in mobile convoys. Does that sounds more like a volcanic hot spot or dead wasteland to you? Likewise, they say that there are areas where ruins and ancient structures lay on the ground.

Dead waste I think would totally fit the theme.

Empchild wrote:Dead waste I think would totally fit the theme.

Cool- anyone know how to insert a poll?

ummm try editing the origonal post... never done it personally.

Oh noes! It's clockwork chaos!

Jokes aside - solid conversion work, mate. Esp. like the dread. Cogs on the hip + cabling + drill bits on DCCW all look great.

If you're in the mood for volcanic bases, there's always Kaarashi, the volcano where Ferrus landed, so it wouldn't be that strange if the Iron Hands had some sort of fortress there, think i recall something out of the Horus Heresy series where they describe a fortress with a huge smithy and boiling lava, no sure thought.

But I think a wasteland base would fit the most

wastland sounds cool


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address is on the back of the package

Empchild wrote:ummm try editing the origonal post... never done it personally.

Damn.

Kveldulv wrote:Oh noes! It's clockwork chaos!

Jokes aside - solid conversion work, mate. Esp. like the dread. Cogs on the hip + cabling + drill bits on DCCW all look great.

Danke. I can't wait for my other bits to get here so I can finish him...

Limbo wrote:If you're in the mood for volcanic bases, there's always Kaarashi, the volcano where Ferrus landed, so it wouldn't be that strange if the Iron Hands had some sort of fortress there, think i recall something out of the Horus Heresy series where they describe a fortress with a huge smithy and boiling lava, no sure thought.

But I think a wasteland base would fit the most

Cool. Maybe the more elite a unit is the more lava it will have.

Miss Dee wrote:wastland sounds cool


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Nice! Can't wait.

or lava going into a wastland?

Damn Klaus. I just checked your fremen army. Ive read the book and i love that and and your army.

Anyways keep it up. For the stern vets: im thinking you should: Replace their limbs with multiple ones?
An Iron Hand resembling those of their pirmach that they use for making weapons and armor with?
Maybe they use their own custom bolters and armor they smithed for themselves?
And a Cog on the helmets instead of the laurels?
Make the melee weapon for the dreadnought have and triangular point at the end to make it look more deadly and to make it look like a building tool?
I'd like the idea for the lava/wasteland look for the bases, personally id go for a dark, hot like the inside for a volcano/smithy/armory etc.

These are just suggestions. Ive only been into hobby for a few months.

Good luck.

So I realized, as I took inventory of my bits last night, that I am out of the proper pieces to finish my squads.

For example, I have 15 backs packs and 16 sets of legs whereas I require 20 of each to finish.

No worries though- I devised a plan to 'make it work' using lots and lots of prosthetics and whatnot. Last night I finished my first prototype, a marine whose lower half (groin too) had been amputated. I'll post some pics later, if possible.

Also, my medusa shoulder pads sadly do not replicate well via green stuff mold. Instead I think I might go nubby pre heresy pads and improvised plasticard ones.


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Update.

So I did some work on the dread since my multimeltas came in today. Notice how nicely they fit when trimmed a little.

I also made 16 more iron hands shoulder pads- that kind of sucked.

Lastly, I made two stern guard. As you might recall, I was shocked to discover that somehow I had a dearth of marine legs (5 to be exact).

So, using the mounts for CSM havoc launchers, I fashioned myself two sets of legs. I plan on making two more of this type since that would be enough to replace 4 missing legs and a terminator set of legs will make the sergeant (replacing the 5th). I kind of wish I has enough havoc launcher bases to make a full squad of these guys- maybe I'll get some more donations!

Also, the combimeltas are constructed from half the nozzle of a multimelta, some card and a bolter.

Enjoy!

Wow, excellent. The level of extra detail that you are putting into these guys is really impressive.

I love the attention to detail you've put in. It's rare to get so much effort on individual models these days, Kudos!