Kobrakai's Iron Lords 5th Company Project Log

[Kobrakai]

Hey guys.

It's been so long since I last made a project log since my Cerulean Guard marines went the way of the pear, so after some research I decided to stop doing the Cerulean Guard and start another marine army.

After looking through the marine codex I narrowed it to Black Consuls and the Iron Lords. After doing more research and some great inspiration from Animatronica's amazing Iron Lords log, I found the Iron Lords to be much more badass. Therefore, here we are, a project log for my new 5th Company Iron Lords army.

So without further pause, here are some shots of the force so far:

First a group shot, beginnings of a company with 2 landspeeder tempests.


A close up of the Command Squad with thunder hammer wielding Captain


Close up of a tactical squad, with elements of a devastator and scout squad in the background and the Tempests.


Another tactical squad, with two rhino transports in the background


Devastator squad with 2 lascannons and 2 missile launchers. Nice anti-tank support


The two landspeeder tempests. A third one is to follow with a custom canopy, which will be the squadron leader.


More continued in the next post.

[Kobrakai]

Two rhino transports


Close up of the newest tactical squad. Weapons and heavy weapon marine to be added, aswell as base finished.


Two squad leaders painted. Power fist will lead a tactical squad, the Combi-Melta will be a Sternguard Sergeant.


Command Squad closeup.


3rd Tactical Squad closeup.


Another closeup of the 1st Tactical squad


continued again..

[Kobrakai]

Captain closeups:




Scout squad closeup with Sergeant Telion (and red beard!)


Okay that's all I have so far. I am getting some transfer sheets made for the chapter logo so I can put all the logos on the marines, then I will be finishing off the third tactical squad, adding their transport aswell as another rhino and razorback. Then working on a assault squad to bring up my 1/2 company. Then will work on some other bits before going on for the full battle company.

All C&C are always welcome. Thanks a lot for reading

[eltanko]

Jeez, do you have enough pictures!! LOL
That is a classy looking army, very very nice. And they look great all together, really does look good to see such a large and well painted army all together.

ElTanko

[Bane_sword]

Really nice army 'Kobrakai', how long did it took you to paint?

Gryphon seipa wash over the face of Tellion would add a lot to him, picking out the eyes would be really nice too!

May i suggest a Land raider with Assault termies (two termies with lightning claws and three with thunder hammers and storm shields) to add to this army?

[Cygnusmaximus]

Your models are looking great!

I always assumed that the Iron Lords' helmet stripe colour denoted what company they were in (meaning that the gold stripe is for the second co.) - though how you paint them is really up to you.

Keep up the good work!

[Dayspringer]

These guys look awesome!
I'd love to face them on the battlefield some time!

[Animatronica]

Kobrakai! they look Amazing! i am honoured to count you a fully-blooded battle brother! i never told you, its pretty funny, im going to a tournament weekend after next and my team name is 'Cobra Kai' we have the t shirts with our names and everything!! great minds think alike clearly!
i will keep a close eye on this log! good call with the tempests as well

to answer your question Cygnusmaximus, your entirely right, in Index Astartes it states they denote their company colour through the helmet stripe, however in the new codex there is an Iron Lord Terminator with a Gold helm stripe, and he is clearly not in the 2nd Company, i remember something similar with a different chapter (it skips my mind now which one) but a Games Designer pointed out that Each Captain/Chapter Master is fully within his remit to redesign the insignia of his chapter/Company as he sees fit, i can quite easily imagine that at some point perhaps the whole chapter could have been ordered to wear gold on their helms in mark of respect for a great heroes selfless sacrifice from the 2nd company perhaps, or maybe he just thought it looked better! my Iron Lords, the stripe stops on the top of the helm it doesnt continue down over the brow, i thought it looked a bit too 'old school' i guess thats just one of the beautiful things about a chapter like the Iron Lords, they are more a guideline for you to breathe life into!

[tagsta]

very nice!
like them a lot!

[Jihad_Ragsta]

Kobrakai.

I must be honest- when Animatronica told me to check your Iron Lords out I inwardly went *oh god no...*

BUT THESE ARE AWESOME!!

I love the paintjobs and everything looks cohesive and badass. The Tempests are particularly sweet, great work there too.

Thumbs up buddy!

[Kobrakai]

Hey guys! Thanks a lot for the kind replies!

Bane: The army so far has taken me about 2 months to paint. Mainly work on them during evenings and weekends. Really pleased with the progress so far. As for suggestions most definitely, i'm open for all types of suggestions, be they painting, modelling or squad selections. A squad of terminators will be very useful for sure. Once i've got the 1/2 company done im going to expand into different non company units.

Cygnus: Yea as Anima said, I just followed what I saw on the Codex and it's come out like this so far. Trouble is, if I chose the 5th company colours (black), the helmet would be totally black, and would look kinda boring. With the gold stripe it gives them some real definition.

Anima: It's really nice to know I have your nod on the army. I know you had 'dibs' on the 2nd Company, so I thought i'll do 5th will do nicely!

Thanks Tagsta, appreciate the nice words

Jihad: Haha thanks, just as I posted this I saw your reply. Yea I must admit, I would have probably thought the same if I heard that someone else was doing something I did. The sequel is never quite as good as the original right? Hah. But i'm really glad I got your approval, means a heck of a lot.

The wip tactical squad has been based and the weapons added, just waiting on the 2nd Devastator box to turn up and that squad can be finished. Then a few transports will be on their way through the pipeline.

[TimLeeson]

whoah, is it like Iron Lords day today or something ? I click on imperium logs and theres two of em starring at me

really great work though, I like the aged effects you have yet they are still clean and crisp which is a nice and pleasing balance. Now go make some Barghesi to fight them.

[Corrode]

Kobrakai these are some great looking Iron Lords - I particularly like the power fisting Sergeant. Is he based on the Chaplain w/ power fist model?

[superdupermatt]

Where is that Sternguard Sergeant from? The one with the power maul? He keeps popping up and taunting me! I've surmised it was a limited release, but when, what for, why?

SuperDuperMatt

[Khrangar]

Looks great so far. No eyes though?

@superdupermatt: It's from the Veterans Mk I if I remember correctly. Might not be able to get it now though.

Khrangar

[Corrode]

It's not from either of the Veterans (Mk1 or Mk2) currently on the GW site. All bar one of them has robes on, for a start :P

[Animatronica]

he came out at the same time as the Mk.1 Veterans Boxed set, they were also available in Blister format, with two random bodies and two random arms, he was the Veteran that was not included in the box but he was available in the blister packs. As an Ex GW staffer i know such banal things.

[Kobrakai]

Timleeson: Haha you know, making some Barghesi would be fun, but I have no idea what they look like! I will have to do some digging around.

Corrode: You know I didn't think about it too much until you said it, they are posed very similar! Still a good stout look for a leader model.

Khrangar: I'm still doing some practicing with eyes at the moment, when I feel comfortable enough to lay the eyes down I'll go about doing it. Practice makes better.

And that Veteran was one of two models in the blister packs of Veteran Sergeants. Real shame they stopped doing them, they were really useful!

[TheDarkDuke]

Nicely painted. Im actually very interested in how you accomplished that nice tarnished/worn gold.

[Kobrakai]

Duke:

The gold was really easy. I didn't use a GW gold, instead I used a Foundry Gold (Colour 368 in their paint code), did a simple one layer but made sure the colour was consistent. Then added a nice layer of Ogryn flesh foundation wash, making sure it wasn't too light, but left a nice shade in recesses. Then, once that was dry, do a wash of Badab black and voila, it's done!

Hope this helps