Horus Heresy Iron Warriors Warsmiths

[phandaal]

6 hours ago, Deus_Ex_Machina said:

 

 

Say, that is a mighty fine hammer! 

[madlibrarian]

18 hours ago, Cpt.Danjou said:

Seeing that mustached head the first thing I thought of was Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York.

 

 

But otherwise it is nice looking mini, Wish that it was viable for my 40k Iron warriors.

Cpt.Danjou

It is viable for 40K! Use it as a chaos lord / warpsmith 

[EmprahsStrongestGuardsman]

Pretty cool looking.

 

No tactical rock though? What happened?

[Indy Techwisp]

20 minutes ago, EmprahsStrongestGuardsman said:

Pretty cool looking.

 

No tactical rock though? What happened?

 

Tactical Rock was 0.23% less efficient, so it was removed.

Edited December 7 by Indy Techwisp

[Cpt.Danjou]

4 hours ago, madlibrarian said:

It is viable for 40K! Use it as a chaos lord / warpsmith 

He is sadly in  Cataphractii Terminator armour, no chaos lord with hammer and terminator armour, and warpsmith only comes in Power armour too. Sure I can proxy him as a Terminator lord with a Chainfist/powerfist, just so I can have the model, but I am not going to go through the hassel to order him from the UK.

 

Cpt.Danjou

[Xirix]

5 hours ago, EmprahsStrongestGuardsman said:

Pretty cool looking.

 

No tactical rock though? What happened?

Don't give them ideas!

[Indy Techwisp]

2 hours ago, Cpt.Danjou said:

He is sadly in  Cataphractii Terminator armour, no chaos lord with hammer and terminator armour, and warpsmith only comes in Power armour too. Sure I can proxy him as a Terminator lord with a Chainfist/powerfist, just so I can have the model, but I am not going to go through the hassel to order him from the UK.

 

Cpt.Danjou

 

There's not really anything that it could be mistaken for tho, so the proxy should work for Casual play at least.

[roryokane]

On 12/6/2024 at 11:29 AM, apologist said:

 

That seems likely to me. I'd guess these are digitally-sculpted as dollies, then some samples posed and printed before a decision is made. I'd imagine most figures go through a similar process.

 

Whatever the case, releasing an alternative pose as a WHW exclusive seems a good approach to me. It's a nice way to drive footfall to HQ without making a particular option needlessly difficult to get. That's particularly annoying when the exclusive (e.g. Terminator sorceror) is the only example available.

 

It also helps to avoid problems associated with duplicate stock-keeping units (SKUs); which I suspect is a factor in why one of the two very similar Imperial Fists Terminator characters was removed from sale.

 

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The models themselves are lovely; nice details, and I don't mind the super-sized gravity hammer. That sort of mass and exaggeration seems right up the alley of the IVth Legion. Fittingly, there's a lot of overlap in design language between these Warsmiths, the Iron Circle and Perturabo himself – note the loincloths and shapes of the dangly bits (probably not a technical term). They're also an unusual example of a model where I like the helmet and bare head options equally;

 

The arming caps are a fab touch – I included something similar on my Iron Warriors project way back :)

 

 

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The PDF rules update and new options are interesting. Likely just a result of 'cool models first, rules second', but in concert with the fact that it's the Iron Warriors are getting an exclusive does make me wonder if there's some truth in the rumoured Iron Warriors vs Salamanders boxed set. Whether that's a mid-edition splash release with some minor rules updates or a new edition launch box, who can say?

FYI I think the "dangly bits" you're referring to on the model are pteruges (greek for feather) - the leathery strips you see dangling from the waists and arms of Greek and Roman officers. I know for a fact that that's what they're called on Cataphractii pattern armour. 

Also, love what you did there, that's a hell of a conversion job!

[Indy Techwisp]

7 minutes ago, roryokane said:

FYI I think the "dangly bits" you're referring to on the model are pteruges (greek for feather) - the leathery strips you see dangling from the waists and arms of Greek and Roman officers. I know for a fact that that's what they're called on Cataphractii pattern armour. 

 

That's the right name for them.

IRL they're another piece of Armour, specifically defending against swinging attacks to the Legs and Shoulder Joints since the Greek and Roman armour usually didn't fully cover those areas with metal.

Edited December 7 by Indy Techwisp