My Iron Warriors Warband

[Redboot Giddyman]

Having shown off my custom Word Bearers here: 

...the time has come to show off another of my warbands, this one the Iron Warriors.

 

 

Just a squad of Terminators and a squad of Legionnaires at the moment, but hopefully that will change one day.

 

 

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[Redboot Giddyman]

Found the thing they're in inside the room I do my miniatures work in. Since it's got an Ancient Greek look to it and the Iron Warriors (at least pre-Heresy), had a bit of an Ancient Greek vibe, I thought it was fitting. Plus, it meant they were now standing on something other than a plain wooden surface. 

 

To the inevitable question of why the Legionnaires don't have the more traditional Iron Warrior helmet design, the answer is that I made these guys before the Iron Warriors upgrade sprue was released (and even since its release I for one have found it very hard to get a hold of, as online sellers just don't seem to have it yet). 

 

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[Redboot Giddyman]

Anyway, time for the bios!

 

Paradus Vhaxxan the Wall-Shatterer

 

“Please be careful with that. It’s still in the prototype phase.”

 

Squad-Leader of the Iron Warriors Terminator Squad, Paradus is also one of the few outside of Voramell’s Companions and Kahotep’s Apprentices that the two men genuinely trust and consider a friend. This is because Paradus has been a frequent ally of theirs for many years, and his aid has always been appreciated by them. Slightly more ethical than is typical of an Iron Warrior, he finds the Daemonculaba repulsive even by his standards, and has sought to find other, less horrible ways of creating more Chaos Space Marines. With that said, he is not entirely bereft of the standard Iron Warrior thought processes and beliefs, and he shares his legion’s general hatred for the Imperial Fists. Also like most Iron Warriors, he is distrustful of Psykers and gifts from the Dark Gods, but nevertheless still respects and maintains a good relationship with both Voramell and Kahotep, neither of whom share these aversions. Like Voramell he uses a Power Klaw, in his case one taken from a Mega-Nob. When not in battle, he works to refine and fine-tune his ally’s weapons, as well as those of his men. He’s a nice boss like that.

 

Design Notes:

Yes, he's got a Power Klaw. Specifically one sourced from a Mega-Nob. I love the look of Power Klaws, to the point that they're one of my favorite 40K weapons. And given that Yarrick famously helped himself to one, I see no reason why Astartes do likewise. Voramell (who you won't be seeing for a long, long time) also has a Power Klaw for the same reason. 

 

Plasma Cannon arm comes from the Dark Angels upgrade sprue. Odd that only they have access to it, as I would think chapters besides the Dark Angels would make use of plasma cannons. Either way, I figured an Iron Warriors Terminator would want the heavy firepower, and I like plasma weapons the best of 40K ranged weaponry, so here we are. 

 

Once again taking advantage of the partially open mouth on that Ork skull piece to stick it on the trophy rack. Perhaps it's the Mega-Nob Paradus got his Power Klaw from?

 

As for the other trophies, I figured Imperial Fists for the Space Marine trophy helmets made the most sense. The Terminator helmet at the base is likewise supposed to belong to an Imperial Fists Terminator. 

 

Geez, between this and my Word Bearers, I sure have been bullying the Fists a lot, haven't I? I swear (again), that I don't hate them. Really. 

 

 

And I stuck on an Adeptus Arbites helmet from the Battlefield Trophies box too just because. 

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Barxok Steelspine

 

“Mow them down! Show them the Fourth Legion’s might!”

 

2^nd-in-command of the Iron Warriors Terminator Squad, Barxok Steelspine embraces the general Iron Warriors mindset of heavy firepower being best. Wielding a Reaper Autocannon, he guns down anyone foolish enough to try and outshoot him or charge him head-on without adequate protection. He most enjoys fighting the Imperial Guard, as their large numbers means he can mow down scores of them at a time with his Autocannon, something he always finds deeply satisfying. And in the event that it is Guardsmen who can actually put up a good fight, that’s fine by Barxok too, because it means he gets a fun challenge. Either way, fighting the Imperial Guard brings him pleasure. Perhaps it is because of this that Chaos Guardsmen prefer not to be near him.

 

Design Notes:

 

Yes, I painted the hazard stripes by hand. For this guy and all of the others. Why did I do this? Because I have never gotten the hang of applying decals that come with the models, and I really wasn't interested in fiddling around with it and ruining stickers by leaving them in water too long, so I did this instead. Yeah, it's less neat and more haphazard, but I did the best I could. 

 

I like the pile of skulls there. 

 

Back shot.

 

That one poor guy is a fresh severed head on the Trophy Rack. Nasty. 

 

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Vhegor Korpanos

 

"...."

 

Where many other Chaos Space Marines are filled with hatred and rage and make no effort to hide it, Vhegor Korpanos is different. Often cooly unflappable and unperturbed, few can think of a time when he has so much as raised his voice. Indeed, Vhegor doesn’t talk much period, preferring instead to let his custom flame-cannon weapon and Storm Bolter do the talking. He is not treacherous though, and respects Paradus Vhaxxan’s leadership and by extension, that of Voramell and Kahotep. Paradus in turn generally considers him reliable, if not exactly a good source of conversation.

 

Design Notes

Not too much to say about this guy, to be honest. I mean I think he came out well. 

 

But just to be clear, this is some kind of fire-based weapon, right? It sort of looks like it, but I'm not sure. It's definitely not a 40K weapon I recognize, though I do like the look of it (which is why I gave it to the third-in-command). 

 

Back shot.

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Endion Taclimor

 

“You fools are all like fish in a barrel, just waiting to be blasted apart!”

 

While the OATS and their allies are, by and large, the closest thing to ethical and moral any follower of Chaos gets, not all individual members are quite so well-intentioned. Some are as depraved and cruel as any Chaos Space Marine to be found elsewhere. The Iron Warrior Endion Taclimor is such a one. Caring nothing for the ideals of protecting other Chaos followers, or indeed for anyone but himself, Endion is a vicious and cruel figure, disliked and only barely tolerated by his fellows. Wielding a Storm Bolter in each hand, he likes gunning down those weaker than him, especially members of the Imperial Guard. He only sticks with the OATS at all because they give him battles to fight, but he cannot be trusted to hold any sort of lasting loyalty. With this in mind, some of his fellows have actively begun planning to have him “put out of the way”.

 

Design Notes:

And here's our hated Heel. Most of my Chaos OCs are meant to be the closest thing to "good" any Chaos follower ever gets, essentially being for Chaos what all of the most likable and quasi-heroic Imperium characters are for the Imperium: not really good in a general sense, but coming closer to it than most and being more protectors who fight hostiles than butchers. Endion here, is very much not that. 

 

For him I experimented with giving him a yellow arm and a black arm as a spin on the Iron Warrior's famous hazard stripes, and to make him look more distinct from his fellow IW Terminators. 

Now, most of the Chaos Space Marines in the OATS and among their allies subject the severed heads they wish to turn into trophy skulls to a process that reduces the head to a skull in mere moments. Endion here, in keeping with his being more of a sadistic jerk, prefers to just stick freshly severed heads onto his trophy rack and let them decay naturally. I think it was because this model had multiple "fresh severed heads" on his trophy rack that gave me the idea to make him pure evil. 

 

Back shot.

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Ferrox Gorn

 

"Iron Within, Iron Without!"

 

A relatively generic Iron Warriors Terminator, there isn’t a whole lot to say about Ferrox. He likes siege warfare, hates Imperial Fists, and is relentless in battle. All the usual Iron Warriors traits. With “only” one Storm Bolter and no other ranged weapons, he is perhaps a bit lightly armed by Iron Warriors Terminator standards, but is not harmless for it.

 

Design Notes:

Yes, I absolutely phoned this guy in bio and character-wise. But just as not all of my OCs are to Chaos what Titus is to the Imperium (as shown with Endion above), so too are not all of them meant to be main characters that are fully fleshed out. Some are more or less fodder, and that includes this guy. 

 

At least he came out good though, right?

 

Back shot.

 

And that's all the Terminators. Legionnaires coming soon!

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