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Here's a quicky I painted up to see if I liked working with the Iron Warriors scheme and my take on how they would look.



Unsurprisingly this was a very fast paint scheme to pull together. I spent about 1 hour with this model including drying time, so 10 guys could easily be pumped out in an evening, which is good because I plan to do an excessively foot-slogging army per the fluff of the Iron Warriors.

What did surprise me was how fun it was to paint. I thought it would be very dull and ho-hum given the amount of metallics, but it was really an enjoyable process.

After it was all finished I washed the whole model with army painter strong tone (out of the dropper bottle, not the dip) and it really brought the silver to a good deep iron finish. My only issue with it is that it flattened out a lot more than anticipated. I had watered it down with airbrush medium but I think next time I will try using a gloss medium, just a bit more surface tension should hold the brown wash particles suspended off of the metal and keep a nice even finish. Anyone tried something like this before?

I think I'd like to do a bit more weathering etc. The bases will ultimately be a muddy urban rubble mix, and I'll build up the mud on to their feet. I also want to give some chipping a try, thinking a bright silver paint spot with an offset spot of black paint should create the desired effect.

I was strapped for any workable decals, I think I will probably get some micro-paint pens and try drawing in some icons and symbols freehand.

Thoughts, tips, C&C is much appreciated

Looks quite good. Nice work

Looks fantastic! I'm about to embark on a similar journey and hoping for results this good.