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Cheers MA

Right, time for a long overdue update. Thanks to a very pernicious virus, I've been pretty much bed/sofa bound for the last couple of weeks, meaning I hadn't been able to paint or photograph anything, hence the delay. As I was feeling a little better today, I did a few finishing touches (decals mostly) cleared my side table, and set up the lightbox. And here we go;

Centurion on bike





Attack bikes, multimelta and autocannon





Recon squad in carapace armour (converted scouts)





Sniper rifles had power cables replaced with magazines, scion heads with the scout night vision goggles added. For the camo, I tried a pattern based on the ss autumn winter scheme, ad I have some bolt action waffen that I plan on doing.

Better pics of the assault squad





And now the good stuff...

Predator squadron





Siciran battle tank





Siciran Arcus Tank





Typhon Siege tank





The armoured breakthrough





And that's all. On the painting table next are a few rogue additions (), a vigilator, master of signals, champion, a scimitar jet bike squad, a javelin and an Achilles landraider. After that, I'd like a fire raptor, and I think the legion is finished, and something new will be on the table. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.




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Can't believe I forgot Narik;



I still don't understand why IW special characters are no name creations. Where are Forrix, Barban Falk, Dantioch and Kroeger ?

This is one of the greatest update I have ever seen. The Sicarian and Arcus look particularly nasty. Predators are sweet too now that I think about it. I think the tanks are the main reason I like HH so much.

Cheers mate yeah I love the tanks. Started my achilles, and my compressor died as the first coat of silver was done. No more painting for me for a couple of weeks

Damn, I hope you're feeling at least a bit better now. Being bedbound sounds pretty horrendous!

But wow, someone's been busy. That progress is unbelievable, you SURELY must be running out of stuff to paint right? Fantastic painting James.

Damn, mate. You've been on a roll lately! (Pun intended). Awesome work.

Glad you're on the mend though buddy

Cheers fellas, and I am feeling much better now. There isn't too much iron left to do, just a few gaps I want to fill. Unfortunately however, there are lots of other unfinished projects to do afterwards. I've got at least four armies that need painting, a couple that need finishing off, and a few games like space hulk and deathwatch to do. It'll be a good couple of years before the backlog is down to an acceptable level.

Awesome stuff James - that's one hell of an update! That collection of armour looks magnificent!

Cheers Az, here is another upcoming addition



The primer seems to have created a grainy texture in places that I'll need to try and blend out, but it'll be worth the effort, it's a cracking model.

Good lord, man. HOW MUCH ARMOUR?

4 armies to paint? So for you that's gonna be what, 2 months tops?

The Achilles is a great model, probably one of my favourite Land Raider variants, shame its FW exclusive - a plastic version would be glorious! Great progress.

Cheers fellas

@AoV, there's always room for one more...

@WBD, I wish, commuting and my new role has really chipped into my painting time. Hopefully I'll get at least two of them done next year. I really want to get started on my heroquest stuff next year though, so that will probably take over.

Long delay since the last update, unfortunately not much has happened since then. The Achilles is done, although I don't have the box set up at present, so this is the best I can do for now;



Coming next, some mobile support;



Christmas break starts after tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have some time to work on them.

Cheers

It's been a good long time since my last update, impending fatherhood and all the demands it brings have restricted hobby time to a minimum. I haven't been idle though, nearly finished are some fast support;



Transfers need applying, then all subassemblies can be put together. These models seem to have taken an age to paint, although the price tag does warrant some decent time spending on them. Once they are done I'll get the light box out, and take some better pictures of these;


Moritat with destroyer squad. Unfortunately FW decided to print the destroyer squad markings in black, a fact I didn't realise until after I had painted their pauldrons black, so they didn't get used

Also;



A second laser destroyer array rapier platform, and a champion & master of signals. Once I've finished the skimmers, I've got my final model of my iron warriors to finish, the mighty (hopefully) fire raptor

Apologies for the poor pics, better will follow soon!

Cheers

Finally, some better (although still not brilliant) pictures;

Land speeder




Scimitar jetbikes


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I haven't added the guns yet as I plan on magnetizing them. Probably a little late now but never mind.

Mortiat


Destroyers


Together


Champion and master of signals


Laser destroyer array rapier platform


Now I've got this to crack on with


Hope you like them

Damn Son! Well done with the pic dump. I love the sprinkling in of the IW helms. Great work man

These guys all look really good. Great inspiration and it makes me want to work on my own IW.

@ Master Az, cheers mate Used five sets of heads in total across the whole army, including a World eater set that I think works well (or at least offers some variation.)

@Ouze cheers bud, I feel exactly the same after looking at your warriors

I like Narik and the master of signals a lot, great Iron Warriors.

@ph34r cheers bud, appreciated

Been making some progress with the fire raptor; hull is all highlighted and washed, so I'll be working on the finer details. I have finished the waist turrets, and am fairly happy with how they have come out;





With how dark they are, I decided to go with an internal light from the console screens. Far from perfect osl I know, but for how limited the visibility is on them I didn't feel it necessary to worry too much. I'll be leaving the covers off, I can't comprehend wanting to cover all that tremendous detail.

I'll get pics up of the raptor when I've got more on it than just silver. Thanks for looking

More progress on the raptor;



Getting there

Loving the OSL on the gunners. Your army is getting huge and is a great quality to boot .

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Loving the OSL on the gunners. Your army is getting huge and is a great quality to boot .

Cheers bud, really appreciate that!

Been slowly chipping away at it,

Cockpit interior


Rear hatch


The transfer needs a bit of neatening up, but I think it works well.

That is just beautiful. Forgeworld?

@Master Az yeah it's forgeworld, as is the transfer on the back door. It is a stunning model, wouldn't want to build a second though.


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Nearly finished it, just transfers and some weathering left to add;



I've started building the next army, a 1k scion army built for 8th ed, just a shame that my old hardback codex will never leave the bookshelf

Sorry about the long delay in posting, end of academic year madness added to impending fatherhood have dominated my time. It's finished though, and as it wouldn't photograph properly in the lightbox, a desk shot will have to suffice;



That brings the Iron Warriors army to an end. Thanks to all who have been following, especially those who have commented

Next projects (done simultaneously) will be the long awaited (by me) tempestus scion army, alongside a small Howling Griffon primaris army. I'll post later to show where I am on both.

Cheers

A great end to a great blog. This army is beautiful. That post from November with all the tanks still makes me cry. Looking forward to seeing the next project.

Cheers mate, I had a great time doing it. What started off as a week long project ended up lasting two years. I physically don't have a surface big enough in the house (except for the floor or kitchen worktops) big enough for a whole army shot.

So, new projects begun! I finally got around to buying enough Scions for a 1k list, built with 8th in mind. It is all built;


I had been nicely getting through the preliminary base coats, but then my wife went into labour, and I now have a beautiful son . Now that I am sleeping in two hour batches, the idea of trying to paint such small details neatly is too terrifying to comprehend. With that in mind, I thought it the perfect time to get something easier to do, so the primaris marines from DI have been assembled, with a couple of additions to fill out the army a little;



I have converted my own hellblaster unit;


I'll use the normal hellblaster rules, so finally, heavy bolters will cause some damage! Very pleased with the finished look of this unit, they look sinister as hell.

I have always fancied a Howling Griffons army, so decided now was the time. I am going for a grittier look, and so am going for a more earthy yellow, and am drushbrushing the first layer over the primer to create a little texture. Here is the test model;



Let me know what you think. It isn't a difficult scheme, so hopefully won't take to long to knock the army out...

Cheers.

Can't believe it's fully finished. Great looking flyer, with stellar painting as well!

Nice to see you mixing it up a bit with Tempestus, they're an army I've always wanted to take a stab at too.

I like that colour scheme a lot, looks much better than a lot of pure yellow armour you can see. You're a lot braver than me for even attempting yellow armour

Good take on the Griffins. The hellblasters are a great idea and those scions will be no sweat once your kid starts sleeping! Congrats!

Great stuff so far, JamesY