Iron Warriors 122nd Grand Company; Chaos Unleashed

[atraphos]

nice work all round, the OSL green is very nicely done!

[G.Hawke]

Holy crap my log got popular suddenly.... maybe i'll hit 5 star's one day! on to the replies and a new WIP...

very nice dreads! Can't wait to see them finished!

Thank you sir! i've got some progress to show below...

I do enjoy your glow effects, good sir.

thanks!

Stunning weathering on these guys...makes them really look like true battlefield veterans. Very impressed.

thanks man! i've got to be honest.... i love the glow effects excessive weathering thing. I'm not a goldendaemon painter (well not miniatures, but that's a life working on canvas' for you) but i do know how to give it a damned good stylisation.

I cry a bit on the inside seeing how some people totally ruins their FW-models. I wish you good luck with the WE-dread.

It got ruined a while back, it took some damage (and the legs went missing) when i moved house a few years ago. I decided to ressurect it to the best of my abilities to this army. Second chance and all that.

nice work all round, the OSL green is very nicely done!

wow someone who likes it! yay! thanks man

Update time, i've got the Apostle-naught half ways done, still working on it, there's alot of adustments, touch ups and so on to go, but it's far enough along i feel comfortable showing it in a WIP. Fluff to explain the colours and so on later, as well as some back story.





I've also finished the first squad's modelling (well back middle guy needs fixing, he dropped on my desk and is currently held together with white-tac) as well as setting up a normal chaplain for pre-heresy painting to fit with the dread.




C&C welcome, but remember it's the dreads a work in progress.

-hawke

[TheConverter15]

Wasn't sure about the Apostle-naught at first G.Hawke, but seeing it painted and fully converted has obviously changed my mind! Very nice weathering and glow effects, big fan of the horn sprouting from the skull too

[G.Hawke]

@convie; thanks man, it's quite the experiment... but it's paying off so far. Hopefully it'll work.

Update time, the first squad is nearly done, i've got a few touch ups to be doing here and there, but i'm happy so far.





coming next; the finished apostle-naught.

-hawke

[Teku]

nice to see some marines from you hawk! but i thought we would see the terminators faster
Keep up the good work

[horacus]

Looking sweet

[atraphos]

any chance on a mini tutorial on the osl green on the face on the apostlenaught when its done?

[Brother Nidus]

Wow Hawke, you've made yet another one of my old armies feel inadequate. First my Word Bearers now my Iron Warriors!

Well done on yet another well painted army... Just stay away from my Imperial Fists or you'll make me cry. :P


Nidus

[G.Hawke]

nice to see some marines from you hawk! but i thought we would see the terminators faster
Keep up the good work

keep your eyes on this space man....

Looking sweet

thanks man

any chance on a mini tutorial on the osl green on the face on the apostlenaught when its done?

yep.... come back in a few days it should be ready.

Wow Hawke, you've made yet another one of my old armies feel inadequate. First my Word Bearers now my Iron Warriors!

Well done on yet another well painted army... Just stay away from my Imperial Fists or you'll make me cry. :P

Oh wow, you remember those? i thought everyone had forgotten them, i mean most of them are in this army now
Fear not, i'm now commited to the path of iron, only time i'll be doing loyalists is pre-heresy IW's coming soon.

So... this update is less a painty progress type, more of a coming soon type, though there's photo's so lets start with them.





Yeah, 2 sorcs in the WIP as well as making moves on those ten termies. I'm also making a major purchase this month; 10 mk3 marines, 2 deminos rhino's and 2 razorback turrets. I'm building the small 400pt force for a tournie next month in pre-heresy marines. Watch this space... Also within the next few days, a guide to doing rear glow effects as seen on my dark apostle dread, and soon the sorc.

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

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Daemon engines are not uncommon in the armies of chaos, they can vary in size from the Defiler to the Soul grinder and Decimator. There are a number of uncommon engines in use by different factions, including the Leviathan and the Kraken engines, but a new varient though to be a rare has become increasingly common. It has yet to be granted a singular title by any of the Adeptus orgernisations, though common troops have called it anything from the Daemon-knight to the Colossus Engine. It would appear, at first glance, to be a variant of the Defiler engine, similar to the Soul grinder, but this would be an error.

Thought he basic frame work would appear similar, our wise counterparts at the Adeptus Mechanicus have identified it's mutagenic nature. The engine appear to have been formed from a host of scrap mechanical creatures, possibly some corrupted soul within a tank or other machine playing host to a possessive spirit. There are a few theories in play as to how it happens.

Theorem 1; as argued by Magos 99834490- Beta of an unidentified department

During its death throws the defiler engine, or possibly a soul grinder who are critically damaged by the Emperors finest find the best way to surive is through the use of a host. They crab the nearest body, living or death, ally or foe, and begin integrating it into the mechanical housing. This half breed host is then able, either slowly or instantly depending on its access to the warp, to reform itself into a being closer in nature to a humanoid. This creature is almost always violant in the extreme, armed in the excess and as given to rational actions as other forces of the eternal foe.

Theorem 2; as argued by Magos Dan'thek of the Bio-enginseer department 4357 gama, Praxis system. Executed M41.999.19.3.13, original data assumed destroyed.

There is evidence the daemon engine in question is a chance accident, replecated on mass. The presence of the so called 'Obliterator Virus' in it's mechanicus and biological elements suggest it was once a living host and machine, blended by this aggressive disease. One of the several examples sampled contained evident of a Dreadknight structure, with a host of possible Space Marine origins. Whilst this suggestion could be posed as heretical in nature, it does not chance to fact of the matter. The Virus has proven to be effective again even the blessed warriors of the Emperors, previously thought to be immune to even the most tempting daemons this could prove to be a new chapter in the war against the forces of the Eye. If it is as i fear... Then it is fully plausible this weapon could bring our defences low long before even the Traitors land upon our world.

It is worth noting that the colossus engines have been reported to be capable of matching fire power and the defences our the noble Knight titans. If these creatures are capable of being bred on mass, we could be facing a mechanical war that would favour the arch-enemy, and not our blessed warriors. I write this document in the hopes that if you see one of these creature, you too can bring it to it's death. We also request that you contact your nearest Adeptus Administratum office or our allies in the Adeptus Mechanicus. Quote the following access key when reporting the incident. We must gather all information before its too late

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And now with the lore done, here's a new WIP Colossus Engine






-hawke

[TheConverter15]

Guess one collosal killing machine of doom is never enough Great new Daemon engine G.Hawke, and like how the rest of the army is turning out

[andyg2006]

These great builds of yours are definitely giving me some fresh motivation to get me back to my own scratchbuilt daemon-engines, many thanks for sharing!

[G.Hawke]

Guess one collosal killing machine of doom is never enough Great new Daemon engine G.Hawke, and like how the rest of the army is turning out

Why have only one? to be honest... i want 3 of these daemon engines, and that's before i move into decimators and some other daemon engines i want to produce.

These great builds of yours are definitely giving me some fresh motivation to get me back to my own scratchbuilt daemon-engines, many thanks for sharing!

hehe thanks man, it's a long way from done, i just wanted to get peoples thoughts on this... well heavily abused version.

So i've finished the first set of arms and the warsmith body, what do we think? there's a cropped version of it to show roughly how the effects go. I know it looks rough, but this model is a complete recycle, so it's always going to be... less crisp.







-hawke

[G.Hawke]

Update time, vindicator's nearly done, it's an old model from 2006/7 when the models were first apoc'd (£50 for 3 i think?) so it's not exactly up to my usual modelling standard, but here is how it's stands before i do touch ups and work on the barrel effects;





-hawke

[Hushrong]

Great stuff as always Hawke! Your latetst termie has such palpable character and I love that dust effect you've got going. I am also looking forward to seeing that sorcerer finished.

[Beppo1234]

good stuff. My only critique would be that I think you should use a cleaner style of basing, and maybe change away for the whiteish colour you are using. I think a cleaner base, would really draw out the aged and grizzled look that you have going on the minis. Too much spray gun. But otherwise, great stuff.

[G.Hawke]

Great stuff as always Hawke! Your latetst termie has such palpable character and I love that dust effect you've got going. I am also looking forward to seeing that sorcerer finished.

thanks man! i've got both on my workbentch but they are in a holding pattern until i get my Pre-heresy elements finished. I'm going to be using them in an upcoming tournie so i need to get them done.

good stuff. My only critique would be that I think you should use a cleaner style of basing, and maybe change away for the whiteish colour you are using. I think a cleaner base, would really draw out the aged and grizzled look that you have going on the minis. Too much spray gun. But otherwise, great stuff.

I'm did try it, but there's a strange colour balance issue when i use a clean base. Because of the light tone of the lowerfeet/tracks it amplifies the depth on the main bodies. I also wanted to use this scheme because of another army i'm developing at the same time, renegade guard. It's been on the books since the start, but 6th's allies rules (and my desire to run a basilisk amidst other things) it's been pushed forwards somewhat. Hopefully it'll win you over when you see the tanks i've got in the works.



now guys i need some help. It seems like i'm going to need some guardsmen for my chaos forces with the new allies rule... but i can't decide on which head fits with my IG.

Option 1;


Option 2;


Option 3;


Personally i'm thinking option 2... but i'm not certain. Opinions?

-hawke

[Servo]

My vote's for option 3.

The faces actually look iron-y. As opposed to the others which has a nurgle vibe.

[Teku]

i also go for option 3!
and everytime I see something new from you I'm like
http://www.valkyr.com.au/community/a...yeah-jpg.2955/

Keep up the good work!

[the VIRUS]

Option 3

They look more IW than the other ones.