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Cheers MA. Stripes aren't too bad, just a matter of neatening and tidying up until they are right, which I think iron warriors need if they are to look decently painted. It's my harlequins I'm dreading...

Not posted much lately due to the moving and an OFSTED inspection mid week, but I have done the black bits on all the new additions, and a few stripes;



Hopefully I'll get more done tomorrow

Nice progess dude. Love the Hazard Stripes down the arm of the *name of MK of terminator armour escapes me*.

As a side note. I'm warning you now, if I end up doing some IW Siege Terminators for my Alpha Legion it'll be because this programme inspired me with all it'seems lovely Iron Warrior-ie-Ness an

EDC

great work brother! and I agree, they need the hazard stripes to be iron warriors

Cheers fellas

Just a little update, traced in the hazards on the iron circle and painted them on the tyrants;



@EDC I definitely recommend the tyrants, I haven't had a single game with them where they didn't do me proud. Look forward to seeing them in Alpha Legion colours.


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Bit more on Perturabo;





And thanks to a miscast and a pair of magnets, the hammer upgrade

You're really getting into the best bits here - Perturabo, a bunch of termies AND the Iron Circle? They're gonna look great all together. Keep it coming JamesY!

Cheers mate

Got a full build on Pert now, I'm going to say that he isn't done, but done for now; the finishing touches and hammer arm will have to wait until after the move.



Hope you like him!

Hazards are done on the tartaros;



I'll be uploading more pictures tomorrow, as the big bots are finally done

Perturabo and the Tartaros termies are looking great matey . Nice job!

Great metals in Pert!

Cheers both

As promised, a few finished bits;















And the new siege tyrants;




Mixed with my converted unit;



And with a siege breaker and primaris medicae as they will be used on the table;


They just need a spartan now.

Tartaros, pert's hammer arm, and Seekers to finish next. If you've got some times to cast some votes I'd appreciate it, there are a few still on 3 votes that I'd love to see a score on. Thanks, and hope you like them

A couple more units finished, painting will now cease until after the move

Seekers





I'm relieved that these are finally done, the hazards on the pauldrons and the bare heads made the unit far more labour intensive than usual, although I am pleased with the finished results.


Tartaros







Again, the hazards were a pain, but worth it. Hope you like them

Great work on the Seekers and the Tartaros. Seekers are on my list to build as well

Cheers bud. How are you going to do yours? Armour, load out etc. I used the plasma combi purely because I don't think it looks like any of the options, so it will serve as them all

Nice looking Perturabo James! I think the extra work you put in on the hazard stripes really makew a big difference, helps to break up the model. Well done.

How did you find posing Perty? I've always thought that he looks like he's about to fall over if you stick him in using the intended pegs/holes.

@WBD cheers mate, there's still a bit more I intend to do on him, but at least I can use him in games now

@Ketara a pain in the ass to be honest, you are right in that the pegs lean him over far too much. I tried to file them in a direction that held him a little more upright, but he still looks like he's going to face plant the side of that knight.

>Iron Warriors
>Bare heads

How dare you insult the IV Legion's intelligence in such a manner! You always wear your fracking helmet!

So many beautiful terminators...

Seekers look great too.

EDC

Great stuff here, James. Perturabo has come along beautifully, and the tyrants (both units, and the mixed group) look really effective. Shows what a great job you did on your own conversions, quite frankly. The Iron Circle look fantastic.

Cheers all

@kepora I know! I've painted about 250 marines over the last 12 months, and have probably done about 5 bare heads. As much as I prefer the helmets, I wanted to do something a bit different with the seekers, and really make them stand out as veterans, and grizzled bare heads really gave them some much desired character. I doubt there will be any more though...

@EDC cheers mate, I want to do a ten man cataprachtii unit now

@Az some very nice compliments there mate, much appreciated

It's been a fair while since my last update, or since I have been able to do any hobbying. I'm finally set up in the new house, and since a couple of rooms are decorated, and the exam marking is finished, I can get back to it

Here is the next wave of iron, with another order coming soon. This will see the 1k IV legion (early crusade) list finished, and a few more bits for the greater army;



I was able to get 6k of fully painted iron down a couple of weeks ago (my full army minus three models), less than a year after beginning the army. I'll try and get a few pictures of the game up later. I'm hoping to have the army up to 10k, all painted by the end of the year.

Looking good, mate! Can't wait to see them painted!

That's a nice reinforcement bundle there. Also congrats on getting 6k painted up

Welcome back JamesY, can't wait for this to be done up!

A new wave of Iron?

I'll be watching!

Early crusade iron warriors?
Count me in

Should probably have subscribed earlier.

Looking really good!

Are you going to keep these guys strictly to 30K or will you be playing them in the 40k universe too?

Those hazard stripes are great, I can't paint them for the life of me.

Azazelx wrote:Looking good, mate! Can't wait to see them painted!

Cheers mate

Theophony wrote:That's a nice reinforcement bundle there. Also congrats on getting 6k painted up

Cheers, I think I have about 6600 points painted, unfortunately I didn't have room left in the cxase, otherwise the entire army would have seen the table.

WarbossDakka wrote:Welcome back JamesY, can't wait for this to be done up!

Cheers mate, hopefully won't take too long, all the silver is done now

General Annoyance wrote:A new wave of Iron?

I'll be watching!

Ah mate, you want to see the wave that's coming next...

DaemonJellybaby wrote:Early crusade iron warriors?
Count me in

Should probably have subscribed earlier.

Just a little project within a project. I'd wanted to do Unification Era IV legion, but having to buy all mkii was too costly. I'll get some pictures of them together when they are complete.

Firehead158 wrote:Looking really good!

Are you going to keep these guys strictly to 30K or will you be playing them in the 40k universe too?

Cheers I will probably only use them for 30k as I don't get time to play very often, and have plenty of 40k armies to chose from. Never say never though, so I might if the opportunity comes up.

IFC_Casting wrote:Those hazard stripes are great, I can't paint them for the life of me.

Cheers bud. They get easier, anything bigger than a knee pad and I use 2mm masking tape. It's the clean up that's important, especially on spherical surfaces like the tartaros shoulder pads. I can put together some kind of tutorial when I get to that stage if it would be helpful?


Here are a few pics from the aforementioned game. 5 noshows meant that three of us had a lot of table to fill. Luckily, we'd brought plenty. So it ended up as a siege of Terra scenario, Iron Warriors against a force made up of Imperial Fists, Iron Hands and Mechanicum. Having just moved, I couldn't lay my hands on the camera, so unfortunately just a few phone photos;



Turn one I seized the initiative, Perturabo, Siege Tyrants and Tartaros all arrived via deep strike.



Drop pod with suicide melts meant my medusas left the game without firing.








Reserves and rules.

It was a great game, a few highlights included; Polux dying to overwatch fire from two plasma support marines, an IH killing Perturabo with a punch to the face, the look on my friend's face on turn 4 when he realized that the range of his phosphex mortars is 36", and not 18" as he'd been thinking, my Proteus surviving endless fire from malcadors, dreadnoughts and mechancium bots, and the Tormentor clearing the bridge as it exploded.

Thanks again for all the positive comments, more progress pictures soon

In amongst the holidaying and decorating, I have found some time to get to the painting table

First off, most of this batch is going to be on the newish mining sector bases, painted in the same scheme as previous;



I didn't want another load of 25mm bases I don't need, so hopefully they will integrate well.

Brass, pteruges, and washes done on all the infantry;





Next step is the black, then the hazards . Thanks for looking.