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One of the less-common artillery pieces. Since Iron Warriors are the only known Chaos Space Marines to field the Bombard, seems like a missed opportunity not to.


All of my Iron Warriors have an AI piloting. No point playing Chaos if you're not going to use forbidden imperial technologies like AI. Could also be a enslaved daemon, if you prefer.

Side view. I did a lot of powder weathering at the bottom, but I also was impatient to finally get this one pictured up, so the lighting is poor from this angle. You can see it better from the other side.


Pictured with a shell, which the automated arm uses to load into the breech.


The breech slides open and closed if you assemble it correctly. That little space at the back that it uses to prevent moving backwards also tilts.


Starting to get a bit out of hand. This picture does not include my Iron Warrior Chaos Lord or Terminators.


I had a lot of fun building this model. It's pretty well designed, and it's also, I think, pretty uncommon.

Great stuff! I do like the Iron warriors, and I really like your metal effects. I also think it makes no sense to put a space marine to work driving a vehicle, or loading shells. AI/Thralls/Servitors/Slaves/Demons should do that job. What are the yellow critters?

They are Barghest Fiends and a single big Barghest Jaeger from Puppetswar.

I think they could be played as Flesh Hounds of Khorne but the truth is I really don't play anymore and I just bought them because they look cool and I wanted to see how they look in yellow.

Well done!

This is one of the best OSL effects I've ever seen. Subtle and realistic! Nice job making the metal look varied and multi-color, it's always a pitfall for Iron Warrior vehicles when everything is a monotone silver with simple was/highlight.

Nice bombard, very well done. Nice to see the more rare heavy artillery pieces trotted out now and then.

Nice work. May I ask what weathering powder you used, and how you got that effect?

That's a good idea o grand company.

Iron within. Iron without.

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Nice work. May I ask what weathering powder you used, and how you got that effect?

I'm glad you asked, because it gives me an excuse to post 2 more photos. I was very hot to get this posted, because that's the point I consider a project "done". I did so with bad timing - I finished this model at 2am, and that's when I took the pictures. That's a pretty poor time for doing that because the room I take pictures in is not as well lighted as it could be and pictures taken at night only look OK from like, 1 angle... I really need daylight for good photos. But, I was in a rush. So, here are 2 better pictures and then I'll talk about it.




The weather powders I use are from Forge World. They made a set that had 6 when they first launched which I got. Now it looks like you can buy them individually, which is a better deal: out of the 6 I only ever use 3, anyway. I'd get aged rust, dark earth, and black soot. You can get them from other companies, and I think they're all more or less the same thing. If you're cheap, you can even just get some pastel colored pencils and grind them against a rough surface to make your own - I'm pretty sure that's what people did before they were commercially available.

So far as how to use them, I dusted some on with a soft brush - a wide one for the dark earth on the tracks, and a skinny #1 brush for some fine rust in the cracks. The urge to overdo them is pretty strong when you start out and even still I struggle with it. A light hand is best, you can always add more if you need to but you can't easily take it off.

Once the powder is on, then if you want the best look, you need to leave the model alone and put it on display (powder goes last for this reason). For gaming pieces, this is problematic since the powder will rub off with handling. You have a few options: you can use spray dullcote, which definitely works but will blow a significant percentage of it off. You can use an airbrush and sealant at a low PSI, and that works pretty well too. You can also use something to fix the powder before sealing it: MiG makes a sealant, and I believe people also use hairspray for the same effect. In the case of brush-on fixers like MiG you need to be super careful applying it: just touch a brush to an area and let it spread out on it's own. If you go to heavy with it, it liquifies the powder and turns it into paint and looks terrible.

So, what I usually do is a light hand with an airbrush, then dullcote, and then a delicate touch-up in the cracks as needed. If you want a nice soiled look, you can brush some flat sealant and then while it's wet, sprinkle a little powder as needed, with a light hand.

Again, if you want it to look best, do what Forge World do and just don't seal it at all.