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@WBD cheers mate Yes it is a privilege to be so close to Whw, and I do enjoy giving Rosy and Bragg my hard earned money. I'll be going again soon for either a predator or landspeeder . If you are ever planning a visit let me know and I'll try and get across for a game/beer.

@Jackal I've actually got that link copied on my phone's home screen! Thanks for the recommendation, might have a look at their other goodies, as I'll hold out for the FW ones now I know that they are on the horizon.

Finally got the proteus finished









And finally, a group shoot of everything that's painted (if not with transfers on) so far;



Hope you like it.

Wow, that is a fine looking army.

Nice work on the LR and all the other IW stuff, it's looking rather snazzy.

Gotta say the Techno Barbarians are totally off the hook to, outstanding work.

EDC

@the turnip master, many thanks, I'm pretty pleased with the way it is shaping up. Needs a little more variation in unit types, but I'll be getting those soon

@EDC cheers bud, I'll be adding some snazzier stuff in the next batch, lots of characters coming up. The techno barbarians might get some attention soon after.

You never cease to amaze James. The transfers are incredibly effective, well done!

Cheers mate, between those and the masking tape, a lot of the hard work has definitely been done for me.

I managed to get a second sheet today, which have all been applied, set and varnished onto the three units, and photos taken. Sadly I wasn't allowed to spend another hour uploading and editing them, so they will have to wait until tomorrow.

Oh very nice job on the LR and the group shot! What do you think of the siege tyrants that FW was showing off?

Cheers Ustrello.

They aren't quite how I envisioned them, as they have a lot of curves, where I imagine them to be more blocky. I do like them though, and will definitely get a set to add to mine.

That's quite a horde. Looks great.

Cheers mate

So, after far too long on these lads, here they are. They will be vets or the appropriate units when they are with the rest of the Iron Warriors, and they will also become a part of a 1k crusade era IV legion army that is just for light hearted casual games.



















Hope you like them, and more to come over half term, with six character models on the table

SIX characters?! Damn, that's gonna be great to behold!

Oh yes! Techmarine, primaris medicae, mkii command squad and two apothecaries. I'm rubbing my hands together in excitement, and then on to Perturabo and the Iron Circle

Lol, you're not even including Perturabo in those 6. He's probably about 3 in himself!

Very nice stuff here mate. You're turning out some quality IV Legion work.

@wbd yeah, once I get started on him, it's going to be a long time before he gets finished. The level of detail, same as all the primarch models, as astounding. I really want to do him justice, I just hope my patience holds out.

@Azazelx cheers mate, so far I've been happy with how they have turned out so far. I'm looking forward to adding a few different things in there after a couple more units, like jetbikes and a few more tanks.

I have been a little busy in the hobby room today; I finished all the bases and have glued the next batch onto them.



Not an amazing picture I know, but you can see what's on there.

I don't have a picture, but I have also built something, bigger...

WIP pictures of that tomorrow

Very nice looking work!

Nice work so far

If I had to guess I'd say you have at least 3k/4k points of Iron Warriors at the moment.

Look forward to seeing the "something bigger" project

Cheers both

I think the painted stuff is probably around 3k depending on options. With everything that I still have that isn't finished or even built, I've got about 5k, so still a bit to go...

I started on these just over six months ago, and I think I'm happy with how much I have done. After the stockpile has been finished, I think it will be one model a month until I think the army feels complete, a few tanks and some speeders etc.

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Cheers both

I think the painted stuff is probably around 3k depending on options. With everything that I still have that isn't finished or even built, I've got about 5k, so still a bit to go...

I started on these just over six months ago, and I think I'm happy with how much I have done. After the stockpile has been finished, I think it will be one model a month until I think the army feels complete, a few tanks and some speeders etc.

Jeebus. Gonna unleash the wrath of the Legion huh?

More like the wrath of Perturabo, him with his retinue clocks up a lot of points on their own. I don't think that the full army will fit into the force org chart, but I'm not too worried about that


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I have entered the bigger model into the p&m challenge, so may as well show it here too

The Tormentor;


As it was yesterday afternoon. I considered a variety of ways to make it stand out as worthy of a Primarch, raising the profile with plasticard to make it look more like a bunker on tracks, kitbashing a void shield generator into the boot etc. Then I had the thought that I was approaching it from the wrong angle. The master strategist, who claims his greatest strength lies in being underestimated, wouldn't advertise his presence with unnecessary decorations or unique armour variants. So I decided to go as minimal as possible, no extra ornament, no illegal sponsons just to make it look meaner, just the absolute barest minimum that the kit has to offer. I think it fits the Iron Warriors fluff well this way.

I have managed to get some paint on through the course of the day, I'll try and upload a picture later on.


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And with some paint and washes;

Pretty cool. Understated is probably the way to go to the modelling.

Looking forward to seeing it painted.

EDC

Cheers EDC, here's where I'm at now;



Few more details to pick out, then transfers and weathering to do

There's the big guy (that isn't Perturabo himself of course ). It will look great, if not discreet. Well, as discreet as a massive tank can get!

Cheers mate

After a good session at the painting table today, I managed to get the brass, cloth parts, and a nuln oil wash on all sixteen models. Oh, and I finished this;









I'm not sure how I feel about it, it feels like there is something missing

Anyway, hope you like it

Looks awesome!

WHAAAAT

But it was unprimed like yesterday! How?

Seriously though, fantastic work (one of my favourites you've done) and done in no time at all. Well done!

Cheers both

@WBD I know, I think that's why I feel like it isn't done, as it just seemed to happen so quickly. The airbrush and gloss nuln oil did a lot of the work, and the number of rivets made it near impossible to ensure that the hazards were perfect, so the clean up time there was massively reduced. I haven't highlighted the black, so again time saved. I've started using a combination of typhus corrosion and Vallejo smoky brown for the weathering instead of weathering powder, which I am getting results that I prefer with less faffing around trying to seal powder on matt and gloss surfaces. That and it's half term, so no planning, marking or shirt ironing to do before getting to the painting table

Damn you work fast. Nice job.

EDC