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Still chugging along on these guys, I'd imagine you're getting close to having the full range at this point! Great progress mate.

Cheers bud. Yeah still going, I am giving the rest of 2017 to them, and then a very special project is taking over. In that time, I'm hoping to get a bit more variety in, so a fuller range will be present. Mainly armour and speed I'm lacking right now, so I'll be filling those out. Not that I haven't got enough heavy support choices already

Coming along nicely, James.

Cheers Az

Few updates;









You might have noticed the RT rhino in there, it is one of a couple of old school additions I've got up my sleeves to add a little character. Thanks for looking, and more coming soon

Got this guy done today, Centurion and warlord of my IV legion list, legion champion in the full list. He'll get a proper photo when I have done the rest and the light box is set up;



Cheers

Great stuff, James. I'm envious of your rapid progress, and the Centurion looks great!

Always enjoy looking at your Iron Warriors stuff, JamesY . Some awesome stuff in here!

Azazelx wrote:Great stuff, James. I'm envious of your rapid progress, and the Centurion looks great!

Cheers Az, although I wish I had your patience to get better results across the whole army.

angelofvengeance wrote:Always enjoy looking at your Iron Warriors stuff, JamesY . Some awesome stuff in here!

Cheers AoV, here are a few more


Missile launcher Iron Havocs





Cataphractii Terminator unit



When in combat squads







Unfortunately the black mask transfers are too big for the cataphractii shoulder pads, so I had to use silver ones. I had the idea to paint the under pauldron with the hazards rather than the top one on the regular guys, an idea I had after assembly. I regretted it during painting, but I am pleased with the result, and it made identifing the combat squad Sgt easy by doing a second one with top plates. Autocannons were from the tartaros termis put on the cataphractii heavy flamer arm.

Laser array Rapier platform





This will be a part of my IV legion army, which so far hasn't got a single hazard stripe. I've added them to this and the predator (nearly done), as I wanted a visual tie into the rest of the army, and hazard stripes around powerful guns seems logical.

For nostalgia, a box dread



And a Captain of the IV legion;





So I have a predator, two rhinos and a cheeky secret extra on my desk that are nearly done. After that, possibly the biggest (assuming my final payment as an examiner ever comes through) single step addition to the iron warriors will begin...

So today I finished the three tanks I have been working on;



And a quick game of spot the difference



The reason for the different hatches on the rhino is so that it can be used in my 1k early great crusade list, and in an Iron Warriors list, and look right in both.

Here is the finished early crusade army;



All in mkiii armour to reflect the 4th getting new gear earlier than other legions. Hopefully the list will see a game soon.

And a group shot, everything that is painted so far;



Starting to look like a legion army now.

I have three tanks in boxes waits to be built next, but I am until payday to add a further six ( ). So to keep me busy until then, I picked up a box of scouts today and am trying to turn them into carapace armour wearing recon legionaries;



I've replaced the power cables with magazines, put the night vision goggles on scion heads, and will use 32mm bases. Any suggestions to make them more overtly astartes would be appreciated, I tried using the bare Reiver heads, but they were just a little too big.

Cheers

That's an awesome looking force, James. I'm mightily impressed!
The captain/termies/rapier update is also filled with win. The captain looking so obviously loyalist is a bit jarring, though..

Cheers Az Yes he doesn't really fit in with the full army, what with all those honour badges. I see him as a victim of the decimation though, so he will never be on the table if it's an IW list, rather than just that little IV force. Hence the cheap citadel fella, rather than a FW beauty.

Looks like the painting machine is back in business! Fantastic progress Knightley.

Cheers WBD, although I'm back at work now, so the pace will slow down again

A box arrived from Shapeways today, looking forward to getting some paint on them and seeing if they look as good as they seem to be

Great looking iron warrior legion you have building up there. I like the mix with 30k force and 40k force.

Cheers Theophony, I have used a few citadel kits, but it is all meant to be 30k. Mixing it up has saved a few pennies on FW pieces where I'm not overly fussed about their version of the model.

So whilst I am waiting on a replacement panel and an order from FW, I have knocked up a few little bits to join the iron;

Attack bike with autocannon


Attack bike with multimelta

I just used the plastic multimelta this time, as they are all I have used from the last pintle weapon set I bought, and didn't want to buy another just for that.

A vigilator (I still need to sculpt him a cloak)


And a Centurion riding a bike;


I also have a ten man mkii assault squad washed and ready to assemble, and some combat shields from Pop goes the Monkey on Shapeways to go on them. I'll try and get them built this week

Yeah JamesY, the new term has just started again hasn't it? Nice progress anyway James, I would certainly be interested in how you go about sculpting cloaks - I want to get more handy with greenstuff, eventually doing hair and things like that.

Yeah it's a new term, 150 new names to learn... Not too bad though, all of my classes seem good, which is a very nice change.

When I do the cloak I'll take lots of pictures. I don't pretend to be an expert, but I can do a few bits (cloak, hats, hair etc), and have found that the more tools you have, the easier it is.

That's... a lot of pupils. Good luck with that, but I bet you're used to it by now

I think I have a sculpting set lying around, so I'll try it out soon.

You are going for 30k Outriders using 40k bikes? I was looking at the same thing. I like the 30k bikes but not paying $70 or so for 3. I think they will look great with 30k marines on them.

@WBD yeah feeling pretty well settled into the job now, and old enough to get away with forgetting

@40kFSU I used the chaos bikes for the outriders as they are much lighter and less armored. I had a bike left over after building the two attack bikes, so just thought I'd do something with it. Hopefully he'll fit in with the rest. I don't mind the FW ones, but I don't like them enough to pay the price tag.

So another unit built and ready for painting is;



So it might look like it's time to get some paint on all this bare plastic and resin, but unfortunately I have six more models on my desk to build. Three FW predators, a Siciran, a Siciran Arcus, and a Typhon Siege tank

Done some building today;



Picked up the predator squadron today, so will aim to build those tomorrow. As soon as the replacement typhon track section arrives, the armoured breakthrough will be ready for painting

Finally got the silver down on everything on the table, most notably these fellas;



There is also the assault squad, attack bikes and centurion on bike, all in silver.

Here is an example of a shapeways print from pop goes the monkey. It only has the base layers so far, but you get the idea;



The details are a fair bit deeper than they look at first, and the size and graphics are spot on. Hopefully more pictures soon

That's a cool shield. No doubt who is coming to ruin your day when you see that coming. All those tanks are gorgeous too.

Great stuff here again James. Shield looks great as well. I'd be all over some of those if I could figure out a way to use them in 40k.

Cheers both! Been a while since my last post, mainly because there is so much good stuff on my painting table at present that I couldn't stay focussed on one thing. However, I did manage to get these fellas finished last week;





Apologies for the pictures, no space for the lightbox as the space I used is covered in tanks, which hopefully will be finished soon. I've also had a few sneaky additions to the pile, thanks to having had a birthday recently. More speed enroute...

They look great, James. If only I could find somewhere for Combat or Storm Shields in the CSM list, I'd probably buy these (and the bigger ones!)

They look class! Always thought assault troops should have shields regardless of millennia, and these guys especially look the part. Well done!

@Azazelx cheers mate, I'm pretty pleased with them I have to say. Maybe you could use them with something that has the daemon rule (i.e. possessed or warp talons)? That way they'd get the save they'd have gotten from the shield anyway. That or a nurgle unit, with the shield the reason for them being a bit harder to kill?

@WBD cheers bud I feel exactly the same. I ummed and aahed about them for a few months, as the price with p&p was pretty steep, but finally succumbed to temptation, and I'm glad I did. I also think that devastators should be able to take jump packs to help them get into the best positions quickly.

I'm in the doctor's waiting room at present, so I'll have to add a picture later, but coming next is the armoured breakthrough; three predators, a siciran, a siciran arcus, and a typhon heavy siege tank are all well under way.

Honestly, since I posted the other day I'm thinking of just ordering the shields, and running them in friendly games with loyalist rules/point costs but swapping ATSKNF for DTTFE.

Possessed or Warp Talons might work in less friendly games, should the need arise.

Great looking iron worries.

The pop goes the monkey shields look great brother!