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Some more 30K stuff, next week more Victory Decision Planetfall related generic SF minis!


Pretty much the same techniques as on the Marine statue.


Emperors Children on the Aquila...


Bionic Arms and Legs by Anvilindustries, all the rest by Forge World
And a new section on my website: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/iron_hands.html

The Iron Hands chapter came to my attention when reading the fantastic Fulgrim novel by Graham McNeal. The story of there steadfast Primarch Ferrus Manus was much to my liking. More or less by accident I painted two minis in their colours using the really good conversion parts of Anvilindustires. Since I was delighted how fast I could paint them I finished 5 Marines. At that time the first FW Iron Hands previews came around - and whuups - I was hooked!


More pics on my website!!!

Fantastic iron hands . Really like the red contrast instead of white that most people paint the weapons.

 AAN wrote:

LOve the Iron Hands mate. Can I ask what base colour you used for the armour and what colour you undercoated? The matt black you have there is exactly what I'm after for a planned Raven Guard force.

Matt Black undercoat, dark grey brush on.
Then Boltgun metal and a good wash/ink as described on page 1.

looks awesome Are you by any chance going to attempt the other pre heresy chapters, would love to see those

Not in the forseeable future.
The EC will be finished soon, one Assault squad, Palatine Blades, Champion and Phoenix Guard, thats it.

Then back to Death Guard and the occasional Iron Hand.
But who knows...

AAN, you simply must pick up the ForgeWorld Horus Heresy books if you have not already. I'm afraid to say it but you'll be hooked on Iron Hands if you grab the latest one.

All ordered, the 2nd HH book should be here every day.

What is so special about IH? (My nephew will be interested too)

 AAN wrote:
Matt Black undercoat, dark grey brush on.
Then Boltgun metal and a good wash/ink as described on page 1.

heers, AAN. This wash, would that be the matt / AA dark tone wash you used before?

Lovely work - very inspirational for my planned Dusk Raiders (the predecessors to your Death Guard!). I've been trawling the net looking for good/quick white armour methods and think yours is the perfect solution, so thanks for sharing the tutorial.

Questions: do you not find that the pigment fixer gives a glossy finish and removes the matt of the pigment itself, or do you just fix that with a final coat of spray on varnish?

And, when shading the larger areas of the tanks does the wash ever dry too quickly and leave a tide mark?!

 .Mikes. wrote:

 AAN wrote:
Matt Black undercoat, dark grey brush on.
Then Boltgun metal and a good wash/ink as described on page 1.

heers, AAN. This wash, would that be the matt / AA dark tone wash you used before?

YES!


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 LutherMax wrote:

Questions: do you not find that the pigment fixer gives a glossy finish and removes the matt of the pigment itself, or do you just fix that with a final coat of spray on varnish?

And, when shading the larger areas of the tanks does the wash ever dry too quickly and leave a tide mark?!

The MIG pigment fixer never gave me a glossy finish , just worked fine. But yes, once in a while I apply an additional coat of Tamiya Matt varnish.

Dry too quickly? Never - I even speed it up sometimes with a hairdryer. But I am rarely apply the pigments to a large area.

The MIG pigment fixer never gave me a glossy finish , just worked fine. But yes, once in a while I apply an additional coat of Tamiya Matt varnish.

Dry too quickly? Never - I even speed it up sometimes with a hairdryer. But I am rarely apply the pigments to a large area.

Ah sorry I didn't make that second question clear – I meant when you use your Marabu/Army Painter mixed wash to shade large areas (e.g. the domed turret of the Predator) do you not find it difficult to cover the whole area before it starts to dry?

As for the Mig pigment fixer, I use this with Forge World weathering powders and it always seems to give a 'wet' look even after drying for 48hrs..?!

Maybe it is the FW pigments, so far I have mainly used MIG pigments.

As far as the Marabu mix is concerned, it dries VERY slowly, over night in fact - so no rush at all..

Hmm... Interesting... I'll try with some Mig pigments.
Thank you for the tips!

Some more Horus Heresy Emperors Children.


Again the effect of the “Agisfication” on a Heavy Support Squad. Again bases changed, transfers applied, banner repainted, metal effects added, some retouches here and there. The legs of the kneeling Marines are from Anvil Industries.

Lovely stuff, mate. They're looking fantastic.

Like those. Very pretty. 4 PC guys is pretty ballsy. If I ran those, two would be dead after the first shot overheated.

Wow. AAN, I'm not sure of the last time I've seen you do anything 40k related, but those Emp's children look tits! Awesome stuff and Awesome OSL, something I don't feel like we see enough of from you.

To be honest Moltar, that is because the OSL is not from me.
Peter of scarsminimadness did it, please read the posts above and it all makes sense then.

I am still not a fan of any OSL but have to agree that Peter did a marvelous job.

Really nice. Is that a 2nd Edition metal heavy plasma gun I see on the far left Marine?

Oooooooooooh, very nice models!

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Really nice. Is that a 2nd Edition metal heavy plasma gun I see on the far left Marine?

Yes, it is a leftover of an old RT Spac Wolf project!
Peter had to add a coin to the base, it was constantly tripping because of the heavy PC!

Wow, been a long time since I've looked at this thread. You've been busy! I really like what you've done with Garro.

 AAN wrote:
Yes, it is a leftover of an old RT Spac Wolf project!
Peter had to add a coin to the base, it was constantly tripping because of the heavy PC!

Yeah, it was sorta easier when the model was almost entirely metal for balance

... and again some more Horus Heresy Emperors Children.


The Emperors Children Phoenix Guard Terminators. The usual collaboration of Peter and me. The head of the squad leader is painted by me, all the rest are the above describes modifications.

I finally came around to finish my next Primarch - Angron. An good opportunity to give the World Eaters their own section. Also new are some Epic scale Iron Hands.


As with most Chaos Legions I only started to like them while reading the Horus Heresy Novels. The brutes of 40K are not my thing, the savage but noble warriors of 30K who followed their hyper- aggressive Primarch Angron no matter what are more to my liking.

The awesome Forge World model of Angron tempted me even more. For Angron I tried a look of a truly aggressive warrior who did not care at all about his armour or appearance. So old school metal effects, some rust and a slightly dirty look.

The Assault Marine is a FW MkII model with an axe from Anvil Industries, I simply like their axes more.

More -> http://www.adpublishing.de/html/world_eater.html


I recently started an EPIC Armageddon side project. I always loved EPIC A since its release and think that the huge battles of the Heresy just need to be also played in EPIC! I plan to paint an Emperors Children and an Iron Hands army. Below is a Tactical squad (repaint of my Black Templars, therefore the Missile Launcher) with Rhino and a Sicaran tank. The Sicaran is a private sculpt of a fellow enthusiast and not commercially available.


More -> http://www.adpublishing.de/html/iron_hands.html

that dirty white on the WE marine looks awesome...

always nice to see Epic stuff, too...
that Sicaran tank is a nice little sculpt...
kudos to the guy who made that...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Love those Emperor's Children man. There is a lack of light/dark contrast on Angron in my opinion, other than that, good job.

Nice work.

Thanks folks!

The muted look on Angron is intended, I wanted a paler, no nonsense look when Standing next to the vail Fulgrim!