WIP log Pre Heresy/Heresy Era Iron Warriors! ...On a budget.

[Lord Antares]

Well here goes nothing! Hopefully this will be a little log on the continuing development of a Pre Heresy/Heresy Era Iron Warriors force, and hopefully it gives me the motivation to see the project to its conclusion. I am, as seen above, a student and therefore you may (read definitely) notice some cost-cutting measures and army building decisions shaped around what I can/cannot afford. The guys in this post were made from my own collection of bits, a £10 bitzbox.co.uk order and some shoulder pads lovingly donated by the lovely girlfriend :D

 

Anyway with all that out of the way, I'll give you some pictures: here's squad 1 of Breaching Force Skargeth, I've completed 5 guys so far as a sort of proof of concept:

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/wi1rv9.jpg

 

Here's my favourite shot I took whilst photographing:

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2i6yqfk.jpg

 

And here are three more WIP guys, I especially like the beaky guy:

 

http://oi51.tinypic.com/1z2nmtd.jpg

http://oi54.tinypic.com/104kwwo.jpg

http://oi54.tinypic.com/xo33nq.jpg

 

Also, I promise I touched up all those scruffy bits! Next on the list to get is another tactical squad and some Boring Machines from Ramshackle Games: I thought these would be great for an Iron Warriors siege breaking force.

[mogluk]

what are those pads?

[Brother_Fatiswon]

some one once said... "i die a little on the inside, ever time i see gun barrels left, without paint or drilled out"

or something like that...

 

I really like your models and your use of simple bit to raise the over all impression of your marines.

 

(and i think does are "silver skull" shoulder pads...) but i'm not sure.

[Lord Antares]

what are those pads?

 

They are indeed Silver Skulls pads from GW (Cookie for Fatisworn!) - their heraldry is very similar to Pre-Heresy Iron Warrior heraldry, plus I suck at freehanding ;)

 

some one once said... "i die a little on the inside, ever time i see gun barrels left, without paint or drilled out"

or something like that...

 

I knew, just knew that would come up! I don't actually have anything with which to drill them (shame on me) so I'll have to ask a friend who I think has a pin vice. Truly, the pinnacle of hobby excellence eh? ;)

[Lord Antares]

Well after more than a month I finally have some progress to show! I now have finished assembling the second fireteam of the first squad, if anyone has any tips on how to improve them before I paint them that would be lovely :mellow:

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2le2wyr.jpg

 

Also, you remember that Boring Machine that I was talking about a month ago? It came! It is truly a heavy chunk of resin, I'm sorry I don't have any WIP pics of it but the day I got it through the post I just had to paint it up! you'll notice that the ground the thing is popping up from isn't painted yet nor are the bases of any Marines, I'm a little stuck as to exactly what sort of thing the army should be attacking; I know the army are siege breakers but I'm torn between fortress themed bases and trench themed bases, what are your thoughts?

 

http://i56.tinypic.com/2n1bcec.jpg

 

Also, I recently messed about with a bit of InstantMold because frankly £5.10 extra per marine squad for shoulder pads was ridiculous, here is a very blurry picture of the result.

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2gxe874.jpg

 

As always C&C is welcome and probably needed! I have recently purchased a Battleforce from Maelstrom so the next update definitely won't be as long coming as the last :P

 

Peace and Love, Antares.

[subtlebrush]

I know exactly what you mean with working on a budget. I like where your going with these so far. Like stated before, guns need barrel holes, but if you cant get your hands on a pin vise, try painting a black dot.

[DarKHaZZ13]

fortress, any day.

[Lord Antares]

Update number three!

 

try painting a black dot.

 

that's a really, really good idea! I'll implement it into the guys I've painted when I've got the painting gear out again.

 

Meanwhile in Iron Warriors land, I think I've made a captain! I will be greenstuffing the rest of the Ork's head before I paint him, but I think this (albeit simple) conversion has been the best looking marine I've made so far :cuss

 

http://oi55.tinypic.com/2mfirh4.jpg

 

I've also made up another 5 man tactical squad, pics below.

 

http://i54.tinypic.com/rlmaus.jpg

 

http://i56.tinypic.com/b71fo8.jpg

 

I can't remember why I took pictures of those two individually, but here's the rest of the sub-squad (is that a term?)

 

http://i56.tinypic.com/30kawr8.jpg

 

Finally, here are two of the newly cast Iron Warriors symbols sitting proudly atop the shoulder pads of two stalwart siegebreakers

 

http://i51.tinypic.com/2ccw8pu.jpg

 

So what do you guys think? C&C is as always very welcome indeed

 

Peace and Love!

[Lord Antares]

Update number 4! I'm sorry for the gaps between progress reports, but there should be pics of a fully painted and based Squad 1 & an assembled Squad 2, as well as an assembled assault squad. I'd have taken the pictures now but I'm still recovering from a party and the lights that need to be on to take these pictures are still quite painful ;)

 

I have however been working on a Dreadnought Mark IV with a rotary cannon, converted from an Assault on Black Reach Dreadnought quite well I reckon!

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/1q4s91.jpg

 

This pictures shows off the work I did plasticarding the side of the cannon arm and converting up the sarcophagus.

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2nby8av.jpg

 

Anyway, tell me what you think please, I've got pictures coming of everything I mentioned above!

[Olis]

Wow, very nice dreadnought there, the rotary cannon (it's a Punisher cannon, right?) suits it nicely. What's the cylinder at the bottom of the sarcophagus supposed to be, btw? (I'm curious of it, not critical.) I think it'll be needing some more detail unless it's going to be covered up, I reckon. Anyway, good job. :tu:

[Lord Antares]

What's the cylinder at the bottom of the sarcophagus supposed to be, btw?

 

The White thing? that's a little bit of plasticard rod! The other thing I think is a viewport from a Leman Russ or something, the thing looked pretty bare with just the rod. As for rod decoration, I'm not sure how to proceed with it, I was thinking of whacking a bunch of smaller plasticard rods around it and making it look like some exposed piping.

 

I promised pictures of the assembled squads and the fully painted Squad One, and I've done half! The pictures of the finished guys ended up really blurry, I will take pictures, but I'm not entirely sure where I put my camera :D

 

Completed Squad Two:

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/fvbxc1.jpg

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2iia9er.jpg

 

The Assault Squad featuring Maxmini jump packs, which I would heartily recommend to any Pre-Heresy collector.

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/hvwi7r.jpg

 

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2upblet.jpg

 

And finally the Assault Sergeant, I know the head may look a bit out of place, but I wanted him to have sideburns!

 

http://oi51.tinypic.com/dtwud.jpg

 

As always if you're looking at this thread please give feedback, even if it's just a poke towards the painting table; if you're not looking at this thread and you're reading this, I think you're wasting your powers.

 

Iron Within, Iron Without!

[Olis]

It all looks decent enough - although the bolt pistols need a little more filing (and drilling). :)

[NightHunters]

Really liking the Dread!.

 

Alot.

 

Any chance of some side on shots?

 

In the meantime keep up the good work, get some paint on this badboys and buy a pin vice :D

[cathar the great]

That dreadnought sarcophagus conversion looks awfully familiar :tu:

 

Nice work so far, I know the pain of budget limitation. Pre Heresy enthusiasts might dismiss some minis because of armor and helmet designs, but a hearty "whatever" to them.

 

I'm interested in how you found working with InstantMold? I recently saw a video and it look quite easy to use, so I'm trying to hear some first-hand experience.

 

Cheers,

Peter

[Lord Antares]

thanks a lot for the comments guys, I really appreciate them :D

 

@ Cathar the great: I'll be honest, I think I did my best with what money I had/have and my gaming buddies can't tell the difference, so that's what matters really :(

 

Instant Mold is pretty good: it takes some patience and learning to use the material, but being able to just melt the mold down over and over again makes it simple enough to learn. Entire shoulder pads are a problem though, and I still haven't mastered the two-part molds yet. Also I believe things like Oyumaru are the exact same but with colours, so that might be a better option.

 

Hope I helped, side shots and mold line scraping inbound soon, I promise!

[Lord Antares]

That dreadnought sarcophagus conversion looks awfully familiar ;)

 

Indeed, maximum thanks to Cathar, without whom there would be no Dreadnaught :devil:

 

Did somebody say Update 6?

 

Well I painted most of the dreadnaught! There is as always little bits that need doing before he'll be properly finished but I was personally quite proud of it and I wanted to share.

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/90vuwk.jpg

 

The much delayed side shots are here too!

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/e9ulab.jpg

 

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2nsx5cn.jpg

 

And having (nearly) finished one Dreadnaught, a friend gave me this little monstrosity from when he used to play warhammer, it's a good job I like dreadnaughts :)

 

http://oi55.tinypic.com/54zn84.jpg

 

 

Anyway thanks again for looking at my stuff, I really appreciate it!

[lokkorex]

I love that dread!

 

The assault cannon rules don't do the cannon justice.

[Terminatorinhell]

The gatling dread is looking very good! I cant wait to see what you do with the next one

[The_son_of_Dorn]

heresy era vicious! I love them! I believe Iron warriors are the most evil looking plus the way theyre soldiers fight like bezerkers and blood angels means they are just as vicious but to link that ith such mighty technology and epic dreadnoughts is just! smexy!

[Lord Antares]

Thank you all for the lovely comments, I really really appreciate them

 

Update 7!

 

Wow there's a lot of pictures in here now! Well update on the dreadnought (looked up the spelling!) is less of an update and more of a dunk in amniotic fluid dettol to strip him, and he's joined in there by a Terminator, which will be the next thing I will be working on :P

 

http://oi55.tinypic.com/2zz22bk.jpg

 

Also here are some bits I ordered, I've got some really cool ideas for this next guy. Basically I plan to take all of the detail off of the outer torso either side of the sarcophagus and putting studs (a la my Mk.5 Armour conversions) on it in a 2-1-2-1-2 pattern; I'll paint the chevrons on the shin guards this time, and I wanted to do something interesting with the pose of the CC arm, does anyone have any ideas?

 

http://i52.tinypic.com/a5bwjl.jpg

 

And finally a little vanity shot showing off one of the now completely drilled barrels!

 

http://i54.tinypic.com/259bvjo.jpg

 

Admittedly this isn't a massive update but advice would be appreciated on the dread, as well as some hi-5s from the "drill your barrels" crowd

 

edit: work pictures, work!

[Evil eyeball]

are you using the boring machine as a drop pod?