Seems my Iron Warriors have been left out for a while.

I re-armed an Iron Circle mech a while back. The models are nice, rules not so much. So I'll be turning all of mine into contemptor dreadnoughts.

This one will use the space wolf axe and shield dred rules.

The sword is made from a couple of thicknesses of plasticard.

After paint it looks less crappy.

Here he is in his painted, but not properly based, glory.

Iron warriors Praetor

I'm a bit late to the party but finally getting around to painting my Praetor Tribune I picked up like 6 months ago.

Some minor conversion work to turn the weird long handle paragon blade into a more brutal looking hammer and some replacement shoulder plates gives the model a very different aesthetic.

Still working on my trench mud basing.

Muzzle flashes

Many thousands of years ago I remember seeing a blister with pewter muzzle flashes. I have never seen them since, so I am beginning to think I imagined them.

Either way I thought they were kind of cool.

So I made my own.

Turned out alright. Could be better but could also could be worse. I am still unsure of my colours though.

And my object lighting could use a lot of work.

Tried some scaled up versions too.

Expendable troopers Part 1

In order to sneak proper artillery into my new Iron Warriors I need to ally with Imperial guard I mean Astra Militarum.

In their background fluff the Iron Warriors do not have a great rep with the other branches of the imperial army. The nickname "Corpse Grinders" is not great for morale.

After a while only slaves and criminal soldiers were assigned to the the legion. Is this an excuse to convert troopers out of the scraps in my bitsbox?

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Damn right it is.

Trooper 84657-1 was my test model. I think the prison jumpsuit orange might be a bit too bright but overall it's alright.

I also picked up a cheap knockoff cable maker. As a simple rule of thumb, if something is not grimdark enough... stab a cable into into a skull. Instantly more distopian.

I don't even remember picking up a crashed lander pilot, nor to cutting off the gun or putting a speaker on his face. Oh well, he's trooper 7483A8-67 now.

Two more in the works.

Technology is hard.

I had to get a new phone. I might of accidentally completely destroyed my old old one in a black hole.

It happens, dont the judge me.

I figured I should work out if I can post from it. Maybe that will push my post frequency up from almost never?

In other news, I started painting Iron Warriors. This colour scheme might stick out of sheer ease of batch painting.

Though free handing skulls not so much.
Let's see how long this one lasts.