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Hey there, this will be a place where I post progress on conversions and painting for my ever growing Iron Warriors 13th grand company.
I would appreciate C&C on anything so I can improve my hobby related skills.

As it stands now I have well over 10000 points, half of it painted and i have no intentions on slowing down.
I will work on getting a group shot of the painted portion of the force, but for now here are some pic of my new raptor squad.







This is the first time I've attempted a blog, so if any one can give me advice on the most streamlined way of posting images it would be much appreciated. Posting them through the gallery seems to far more time consuming to upload than say a site like imgur.
In fact any advice or tips about the best way to post things would be appreciated.


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Iron Warriors Lieutenant Dristoro, the leader of my Inquisimunda killteam.
Tried my hand at some weathering using Vallejo pigments, probably could have done with a lighter shade of grey as it seems to blend into the silver of the armour a bit much for my liking.

Finished converting the melta gunner for my new raptor squad continuing the theme set by the other three.
Just need to decide what to equip the champ with. Dual lightning claws or combi-melta and lightning claw.

Also started painting the first raptor from the squad. First time I've tried painting a (nearly) whole Imperial Fist, so any advice on painting yellow would be appreciated.

Iron Warriors like they're supposed to be. Brutal, menacing, killing Banana Marines

Very well done! Looking forward to the group shot.

I like the blood spray following from the neck to the sword.
Nice job. I too await a group shot.

Raptors are coming along, just have to choose weather to equip the champ with a lightning claw and combi-melta or a power weapon and plasma pistol.

Went back and stripped the paint off the dozer of the first vindicator I painted and re-painted it to match the other vindy.
I generally run 3 vindicators in my lists so will be getting another to fit in with the line breaker formation better than my puppets war big momma vindy.
The puppets war one is also getting stripped with plans to turn it into a possessed one with bits from the corpse cart kit.



Here's a pimped out rhino I've been working on for my chosen. Probably the most expensive first blood machine out there, cost around $145nzd to put together. It's a labour of love really.
Kind of feel it need something on the sides to break the silver/gold theme, thinking maybe adding another metallic colour like balthasar gold to the exhausts and other bits.

Just a quick update with a group shot of all my (nearly) finished armour. The land raiders and Shadow sword need a bit of work before they are done.

On the to do list is, another basilisk and medusa, a bombard, a manticore. Two more predators, another vindicator another landraider 3 more rhinos, a storm eagle and and helldrake.




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Not sure if I should be posting back to back post's like this, but I've been busy so here we go.

Finished the first raptor. This was a lot of fun to paint and learnt a fair bit about painting yellows.
Let me know what you think.

Just a quick WIP of the raptors. Feel like I went too dark on the wash, but still have to do highlights and what not so it can still be fixed.







Also Finally got round to finishing my unnamed Warsmith/Counts as Abbadon conversion.

Time to paint.

Awesome work all around - I love the Iron Warriors. Looking forward to seeing the converted warsmith with some paint on.

Warsmith looks awesome

Thanks, really appreciate the feedback.

Heres the Warsmith as he stands today.
Going to try out the new Nihlakh Oxide technical on the demonic face and gargoyle on his hammer.
Should be fun.




Also got the corpse cart bits stripped an onto the dozer blade of my demonically possesed Vindicator.

Don't post things like this on Dakka.


Reds8n

I want to know what he said now...

Really nice work. Love the Raptor poses! I think the Imperial Fists would look nice with lots of weathering to represent a long lasting war, would dull them down a bit so as not to detract from that lovely visceral gore that you have perfectly achieved!

I have never liked Chaos. I think I have changed my mind now, keep up the great work!

Heavy Artillery Carriage WIP.

 ratking wrote:
I want to know what he said now...

As do I ... Anyway really nice stuff here! I absolutely love the pre heresy abbadon-warsmith conversion, plus the blades ploughing through the bodies is just how I view the iron warriors. Cold, mechanical and full'o hate!

Great work on these. I'm loving the conversions. What did you use to make counts-as-Abbadon? I need to get back to my own Iron Warriors at some stage.

Awesome work on the possessed vindicator.

 Azazelx wrote:
Great work on these. I'm loving the conversions. What did you use to make counts-as-Abbadon? I need to get back to my own Iron Warriors at some stage.

If I'm not mistaken he used the forge world per heresy Abbadon as the base

BaconUprising wrote:

 Azazelx wrote:
Great work on these. I'm loving the conversions. What did you use to make counts-as-Abbadon? I need to get back to my own Iron Warriors at some stage.

If I'm not mistaken he used the forge world per heresy Abbadon as the base

Yeah you are quite right indeed.

Been busy today. Decided I need to make a Relic Predator with Plasma Destroyer turret.
Quite pleased with how it's coming along.

Really great looking predator , nice gs work and good choice of bits

I normally don't go for the blood and gore, but man did you do it right. I've bookmarked it for future reference, it's given me great inspiration for those Night Lords I've been puttering around with for years.

The turret looks great. Are you using the comb method for the pipes or is it the Greenstuff industries template?

Thanks for the feedback

 Dez wrote:


The turret looks great. Are you using the comb method for the pipes or is it the Greenstuff industries template?

I have a set of tube tools very similar to the greenstuff industries ones, got them from here - http://masqmini.com/index.php/bees-sculpting/tools-n-stuff/tubetool.html

Heres a quick objective marker I made last night before I went to bed.

Great looking Iron Warriors, really liking the Predator and can't wait to see the progress on the demonic Vindicator as the dozer blade is brutal.

Just a quick update on the warsmith.
Started doing the power field over his hammer, but i'm on the fence about the results.
So what do people think? Acceptable result? Fixable? Or start over?

I wouldn't say start over just make it more prominent. I can't really see it.


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Ps his eyes are super cool!

Loveing the Iron Warrioirs. I'm planning on starting a zone mortalis force of them soon. May have to steal some ideas from you.

Were did you get thows little iron skulls from that you glued onto the tank and the chest of the PA warsmith?

Can't wait to see the posses vindi

BaconUprising wrote:I wouldn't say start over just make it more prominent. I can't really see it.


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Ps his eyes are super cool!

Yeah I think that was the issue, much happier with it now.

The eyes weren't done in that pic, sort of happy with them now, but took a few tries to get it right.

Heres how he looks now, still not done so C&C is appreciated.






This was what I was going for with the hammer.

Lockark wrote:Loveing the Iron Warrioirs. I'm planning on starting a zone mortalis force of them soon. May have to steal some ideas from you.

Were did you get thows little iron skulls from that you glued onto the tank and the chest of the PA warsmith?

Can't wait to see the posses vindi

The skull on Lieutenant Dristoro is hand sculpted.
The one on the Warsmith's chest is a push mold from the old metal Warsmith's chest.
The one on the Predator is a push mold from the forgeworld IW rhino doors.


Made an Iron Warriors top hatch for my rhinos out of plasticard, which I'll cast a bunch of to retro fit all my Rhinos.

Designed so it can be hinged and still open up without jamming.





And lastly added some generic "chaos trim" and symbols (from the hellblade kit) to the Relic Pred to give it more of a traitor vibe without making it look like a porcupine.

Yeah he's perfect now. You can see it really well on the hammer. The lightning on the claw looks super though.

My Imperial fists side is enraged but my Chaos side is cheering with joy. Those are some great looking models, that gun carriage looks brutal.

Continued great stuff here. The Plasma turret kicks all kinds of arse. I really like the way you've converted that main weapon from a Maulerfield(?) That rhino top hatch is absolutely outstanding, and if you ever find a couple of spare casts, I'd be happy to reimburse you for your time, materials and postage.