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Nice to see you venturing into some custom modeling mate Beware though, it has a habit of catching on ;D

I'll look forward to seeing your results when the putty has cured

Here you go....



I will wait for these to dry and cure. Then I will file and sand them down, and try and get rid of other imperfections.


And then some Storm Shield hands, which I will press mould and then glue to the back of the Shield.



My mock up Combi-bolter

Looks like they have worked really well. Combi-bolter is cool!

Thank you, yeah the Combi-Bolter turned out better than I expected.... Now waiting on Maxmini.eu bits to be delivered.

Now to put that in perspective, I put the Maxmini order in 15mins before the Anvil Industries one. The maxmini was but 10 x Steampunk hammers and Steampunk weapons (about 15 euros) the Anvil industry one was about £27 with lots of extra's. The Anvil Industry one was delivered 6 days ago and the Maxmini has still not been delivered (the same postage option on both) so i've got to ask myself which is the more professional?

Okay all is forgiven MAXMINI.EU your stuff arrived and it is absolutely fantastic.



So as you can see I will have 5 x Morlocks with Storm Shields and Hammers, then another 5 with Powerfists and Stormbolters.

I have one spare set, so I will make a Terminator Character, maybe even a Termie Chaplain (e.g IRON FATHER) because they don't have chaplains, so I could have the giant Axe, with a Combi-Bolter with loads of Bionics.

I really like the hammers, but the axes (except for the big one) and swords are not really me, but I'm sure they'll look good anyway

Well, I'm going to use the axes on Techmarine Conversions and Iron fathers etc. The Terminators and Sergeants will be SS/TH or Combi-Bolters+PF.

I actually quite like the Steam punk weapons, they will add a bit of extra character and quirkiness.

And it's your minis so you should definitely go ahead and use them How long till we see the first assembled Morlock ??

Next 72 hours, I'm struggling to get a Torso and Legs that I like the Look off. Currently chopping apart AOBR termies, but the lack of afront torso is a pain, got some Plastic Termie Torso's and Legs.

I need to develop Bionic legs for this. Otherwise they will look Bionic from the torso up and normal from the waist down.



So based around this, I want to make a new face plate with raised cover for mouth.



also found some more interesting pieces here.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/453393.page

http://www.mywargame.com/2011/01/30/salamander-boarding-terminators/

http://bloodofkittens.com/40kblogs/2011/04/20/artscale-pre-heresy-terminator/

A good trick is to replace the thigh with plasticard rods made into pistons I have a bionic leg on my cataphractii captain

Some mock ups, with Blu-tac just to get a feel for scale.





So I still need to sort out hands etc, and add further detailing to my guys and also use the GS moulds you sent me for further detailing...

Still it should start to give a better idea of the effect I am going for.

Really good progress on here! Looking good! Can't wait for the chappy conversion too!

Okay here you go my latest bits...



I need to clean this up abit, but you can see it going together.

I actually made a Bionic left leg, but it's mainly obscured by the Belt, taking on board what the "The Damned Artificer" or TDA (aka Tactical Dreadnought armour nice )

I'm off to buy more terminator bodies, and some plasticard. My GS is curing, so expect some major progress in the next 48 hours.

I'm pretty stoked by how well this is going at the moment.

48 hours, that sounds tolerable for my fragile (im)patience :p

The terminator looks good, is that the end of a banner pole I see used for a piston in that leg?? Not a bad idea

Hehe yeah TDA turned out to be a clever little pun in this context :p

Yeah the bionic leg was made with Plasticard tubing, some banner pole bits, lascannon cabling off IG and Lascannon cabling from LR one.

Yeah, I am pleased with the way this is going, but hold on until you see my Iron Father (currently using GK Arms and Hands to do a Double Handed Tech Axe with a Combi-Bolter on his Arm).

UPDATE *

So my Morlocks will all look like this, or variantions on this theme.



Started the Sergeant...



Working on a Bionic Legs set for him, replacing both legs.

Finally, my favourite model, it's a mock up of my Iron Father and I need to neaten the servo arm, but I actually really like this.

Some really nice conversions on those termines!

Very nice! The Iron Father looks rather top heavy imo, I think it is the bionic leg which does it, I would suggest putting some plasticard plates over the leg but that would cover up all that nice detail it has!

May I ask where those bases are from? They look perfect for my own PH army!

I get them off a friend Martyn, he runs this website and specialises in Resin casting stuff.

http://www.modeldisplayproducts.co.uk/

Alternatively, let me know what you are after and I can buy it locally (he has a Stand at my FLGS) and I will grab it and post it to you.

I know what you mean about the Iron Father, I haven't glued anything yet. It looks like he's staggering along, using his axe as a Crook.....I will try and repose him.

I was trying to use GK arms to do a dynamic Axe Hold, across his chest.

Have you seen these?

http://bitspudlo.com/products/bulky-cyborgs-2

Have now...Good find, and thanks for showing them to me, might be useful to any further project.

Ooh yes! They would look great in your army!

I meant to ask ages ago, whatever happened to your thunderhawk you were making? Did I just miss seeing it finished or is it hidden away in a drawer in your house somewhere!

Yeah, The Thunderhawk is on the back burner It's sitting there mocking me. I couldn't get the Wings to sit right. I need to up load the rest of the pictures up at some point. I'm actually considering whether to make it an Iron Hands one or not....

The problem I have is that it is almost too big. I am trying to make a Magnetic wing assembly because getting it in and out of my Spare Room is a pain in the ass.

I have several weeks leave coming up and I am going to finish it believe me, I cannot stand it mocking me.

Have to say what an awesome looking project! I think the Iron Hands are one of the more full-on Legions, and really benefit from effort being put in on the conversion side of things!

Not sure if this is useful to you, but I remembered a PH Iron Hands Legion blog that a chap from the Great Crusade forum made some years ago. Sadly the blog has been inactive for some time, but I think it's a real treasure trove of mini pictures and modelling ideas. Hope it is some use to you! http://itkovian.blogspot.co.uk/

@Pacific, Cheers man never seen that one. Currently reading through it.

I have to say it Galls me that as a 1st Founding Legion The Iron Hands haven't got one Special Character or special rule in the SPACE MARINE CODEX. It had better be sorted by 6th Edition or I will start doing silly things like this Guy "Counts as Marneus Calgar" and really piss people off.


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Still working through them, got to do some final GS pieces, and use some liquid green stuff. Then file and tidy them up, ready for Priming. I'm tired now and need a few days to do some other bits and rest up my modelling bits, The flesh is certainly weak.

Loving the termies, prefer these to the FW pre-heresey ones

Young Logan

Thanks man... here is my 1st stab of a Paint job, so I need to do some washing, detailing and fine detailing, then varnishing and Decals, weathering etc. But hey, keep positive and keep moving forward.



So now the colour Scheme...



At this stage I hope you can see it is starting to look like the following..



Now as I say, more detail and more layers of paint and detail, Detail, DETAIL!!!!!

Looks great mate

@TDA do you have a Picture of your "Cataphractii" Captain.

I was thinking we need a Pre-Heresy Terminator Thread...I will post up a link to a New Thread. Here you go.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/465887.page#4585831

Oh and here is one of my guys about 90% done.. Needs final detailing, neatening up and decals but it's nearly there.



Just discussing this, I want to go further towards the Mechanicus Colour scheme, to ensure that my Iron Hands do not look too much like the Iron Warriors, in order to do this for the more Senior marines, I pushed the RED/WHITE/BLACK on the Veterans rather than the rank and file who have a little of this colour scheme. It also has a good impact as I think in the Iron Hands the more senior you become the more you will become entwined in the mechanicum.

These are 99% done, just need to DULLCOTE and then add in the final lens touch ups and a final detail sweep ready for battle.

Decal Details :-



I placed them on the Pauldrons, like in the illustration, but only on one side, the other I put a Mechanicum ringed Crux Terminatus. They have been varnished over and should blend nicely with DULLCOTE.


Overall Effect on whole squad.









TIME TO WORK ON THE THUNDERHAWK!!!!!!!!!!