Tormentus Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Me and the Iron Hands go way back, we’ve been bros since third edition. I’ve been making this army since then easily; collecting bits from various independent manufacturers and trying to figure out how I want the army to work on the table. Below are a few pictures of the army, there are a bunch of clearer ones available on Paint Water Diaries. Here and Here http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IH1-1024x494.jpg http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IH-Lib-squad-1024x679.jpg http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/ih-210213/IH-MotF.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCaptainArkhan Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Now these are Iron Hands. Excellent choice of colour/texture for the basing. Love the painting and the conversions - each one looks like an individual, a veteran of a hundred battles. Would love to play against these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyall Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Simply awesome, mate. Especially those minis in Terminator Armour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassWave Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Whoa! Those guys are amazing! Especially love your conversion beamer :tu: The flesh is weak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 'Love' is hardly what I would call Iron-handy. ;) Pretty cool stuff, and obviously a lot of effort put into them. I think my favorite is the guy wit hthe Iron Warrior's head, the one that seems to be using the force, or perhaps just reaching out to pet a favorite dreadnought. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Let me echo the rest in praising the sheer awesomeness of this army! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messor Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Excellent work, a fantastic example of Iron Hands. Makes me eager to cobble together some marines for my successor Chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The more Iron Hands armies I see, the more I want to put my DIY IH successors into moth balls and just do outright Iron Hands :lol: Great minis Tormentus. Have you seen the topic Purge the weak! - the Iron Hand disccusion thread? It's a place where Iron Hand fans (and their successors ^_^ ) can discuss their background etc ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash113 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Very characterful models, some of the most striking Iron Hands I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormentus Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks for all your kind words everyone. Aquilanus, on 22 Feb 2013 - 20:09, said: The more Iron Hands armies I see, the more I want to put my DIY IH successors into moth balls and just do outright Iron Hands Great minis Tormentus. Have you seen the topic Purge the weak! - the Iron Hand disccusion thread? It's a place where Iron Hand fans (and their successors ) can discuss their background etc I hadn't seen that thread, however giving it a quick scan read, has made me realise I made a faux pas dumb mistake with my army list. Originally I was using the Space Wolves list heavily, before I realised I could use Grimnar to make wolf guard troops. So all excited I switched to just 2 units from the wolf dex. But just now I've realised these wolf guard can't join Tactical squads...... So I shall be tweeking the army list some today - the question now become do I ditch the wolves altogether, ditch the CSM or try to find a happy marriage between the two again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 That's one hell of a conversion beamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosef Hausakluif Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Sweet looking iron hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormentus Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Right, finally decided on the codex set up after spending some time poking around the Purge the weak! - the Iron Hand disccusion thread. I'll be using Codex Space Marines primarily, but with allied units drawn from the Space Wolves codex - in the form of Bjorn, a squad of Grey Hunters and some Wolf guard. This allows me to use the Wolf Guard as an accompaniment to my Captain and another as a Terminator sergeant with the grey hunters. This ticks all the boxes for me, HQ dreadnought, Terminator sergeant as well as Master of the Forge etc from Codex Marines. http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/iron-hands-group-march-5th/ironhandarmy2.jpg http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/iron-hands-group-march-5th/ironhandarmy3.jpg http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/iron-hands-group-march-5th/ironhandarmy4.jpg?i=1088095380 http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/iron-hands-group-march-5th/ironhandarmy5.jpg?i=2131150044 And... my new WIP captain: http://paintwaterdiaries.com/wp-content/gallery/iron-hands-group-march-5th/ironhands-captain.jpg?i=2135867194 I'm currently in the process of sorting out some fluff and bits, including a step by step guide which will be posted over on paintwaterdiaries when it's all done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 A very cool IHs army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Chronicler Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Praise the Omnissiah! Somebody made really awesome Iron Hands for once, these are just beautiful that my circuts were bursting in awe, keep up the good work and serve the Emperor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassWave Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Praise the Omnissiah! Somebody made really awesome Iron Hands for once, these are just beautiful that my circuts were bursting in awe, keep up the good work and serve the Emperor! For once?! There are plenty of dudes here with awesome Iron Hands! Look at Brother Argos', Bannus', Deus Ex Ferrum's, and Ravenfeld's (commission painted by Davey8oy) armies. Those are just off the top of my head! I'd love to see a bunch of different Iron Hands armies all together on the same table. Now THAT would be inspiring :D @Tormentus- I am loving your army so far! Can't wait to see your Captain finished! Did you use maxmini legs for the bionics on the terminators? Looks like you cut them at the knee and glued the terminator leg on. I like the look :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Praise the Omnissiah! Somebody made really awesome Iron Hands for once, these are just beautiful that my circuts were bursting in awe, keep up the good work and serve the Emperor! For once?! There are plenty of dudes here with awesome Iron Hands! Look at Brother Argos', Bannus', Deus Ex Ferrum's, and Ravenfeld's (commission painted by Davey8oy) armies. Those are just off the top of my head! I'd love to see a bunch of different Iron Hands armies all together on the same table. Now THAT would be inspiring @Tormentus- I am loving your army so far! Can't wait to see your Captain finished! Did you use maxmini legs for the bionics on the terminators? Looks like you cut them at the knee and glued the terminator leg on. I like the look Seeing a group of Iron Hands armies on the same battlefield would be awesome ^_^ Would put the fear of the Omnissiah into anyone :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosef Hausakluif Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Where did the helmets for your termies come from, especially the ones with all of the lenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapter master Benji Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 For manus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormentus Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Praise the Omnissiah! Somebody made really awesome Iron Hands for once, these are just beautiful that my circuts were bursting in awe, keep up the good work and serve the Emperor! For once?! There are plenty of dudes here with awesome Iron Hands! Look at Brother Argos', Bannus', Deus Ex Ferrum's, and Ravenfeld's (commission painted by Davey8oy) armies. Those are just off the top of my head! I'd love to see a bunch of different Iron Hands armies all together on the same table. Now THAT would be inspiring @Tormentus- I am loving your army so far! Can't wait to see your Captain finished! Did you use maxmini legs for the bionics on the terminators? Looks like you cut them at the knee and glued the terminator leg on. I like the look Exactly right, I always thought the max mini bits needed something to make them look more 'marine' and eventually narrowed this down to the greaves being the key part. Which that in mind, I chopped them up. I did the same on my captain although, but also went a step further. Essentially I hollowed out the terminator greave and sat the bionic inside. I'll post a pic to illustrate later. Where did the helmets for your termies come from, especially the ones with all of the lenses? They're from the Forgeworld Chaos Militia Tank Crew, suitably chopped down. The rest are bare heads from techmarines, boarding assault marines and the Forgeworld character upgrade pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 These are absolutely beautiful, brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglespuss Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 These are fantastic. Iron Hands have the potential to be a very boring looking army, and you've completely destroyed that concept! Great job, I love everything about this army :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_ Logan Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 A beautiful army, with some wonderful characterful conversions. Very inspiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xin Ceithan Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Always had a soft spot for the hard tech. very nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurgling6688 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 That conversion beamer design looks awful familiar. Did you happen to see my Astral Claws Techmarine? Either that or you and I think on very similar wave lengths. Beautiful army by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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