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, 2024 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, 2024 by Indy Techwisp

[Imriy]

It's released online, $52 USD on the Warhammer website, preorders are available with it officially shipping on March 8th. 

[skylerboodie]

Is the Warhammer World exclusive version due to be available to buy from there from the same date, does anyone know?

[TheArtilleryman]

Awesome model, love it. Now give me these in plastic for him to lead:

 

[Robbienw]

Someone was posting pictures on the 40k loot group on Facebook from WHW.  The exclusive Warsmith is available now.  According to the post they only had 100 in stock though, and a large queue of people.

[Doobles57]

4 hours ago, Robbienw said:

Someone was posting pictures on the 40k loot group on Facebook from WHW.  The exclusive Warsmith is available now.  According to the post they only had 100 in stock though, and a large queue of people.

I have a saved search for "Forgeworld" on eBay and I'm fairly sure half of those are already being flipped. They've been popping up all day. 

[TheArtilleryman]

13 minutes ago, Doobles57 said:

I have a saved search for "Forgeworld" on eBay and I'm fairly sure half of those are already being flipped. They've been popping up all day. 

Yeah, about 80 quid a pop. 

[Lord Marshal]

And his rules are now available.

 

It's a 'set profile' at present, but presumably the Combi-Grav will get turned into generic IW wargear in the new edition.

 

Edited March 18 by Lord Marshal

[Xenith]

They also need to clarify whether is a magna or minor combi weapon - I presume minor. 

[phandaal]

On 3/1/2025 at 1:53 AM, TheArtilleryman said:

Awesome model, love it. Now give me these in plastic for him to lead:

 

 

What is this? It is awesome and I want it.

[skylerboodie]

3 minutes ago, phandaal said:

 

What is this? It is awesome and I want it.

https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/Iron-Circle-Domitar-Ferrum-Battle-automata

[TheArtilleryman]

7 hours ago, phandaal said:

 

What is this? It is awesome and I want it.

It’s a domitar ferrum. It’s in the Iron Warriors list and can accompany a Warsmith as a retinue. Awesome models but very expensive as they’re resin - if they are ever in stock at all.

[phandaal]

28 minutes ago, TheArtilleryman said:

It’s a domitar ferrum. It’s in the Iron Warriors list and can accompany a Warsmith as a retinue. Awesome models but very expensive as they’re resin - if they are ever in stock at all.

 

Yes, when checking out the link skylerboodie shared I immediately saw the "out of stock" message. 

 

Good to know in any case. That would be very cool to see in plastic.

[Stitch5000]

19 hours ago, Xenith said:

They also need to clarify whether is a magna or minor combi weapon - I presume minor. 

Why would that need clarifying?

[Dagoth Ur]

36 minutes ago, Stitch5000 said:

Why would that need clarifying?

Because Magna Combi weapon can fire their special weapon component only once whereas Minor combi weapons can use it as often as they like.

[Ripper.McGuirl]

45 minutes ago, Dagoth Ur said:

Because Magna Combi weapon can fire their special weapon component only once whereas Minor combi weapons can use it as often as they like.

The “one shot” rule in their individual profiles is what dictates that, the magna/minor categories are more of a list building distinction.

[Dagoth Ur]

53 minutes ago, Ripper.McGuirl said:

The “one shot” rule in their individual profiles is what dictates that, the magna/minor categories are more of a list building distinction.

Huh, Til. No idea how I managed to skip over that thus far.