SHOWCASE: Iron Warriors Warsmith.

Hi guys, Well just in time for Xmas I've finished the badass Warsmith to lead my motley crew of equally badass IV Legion.....take no prisoners!

Pretty chuffed with this little fella, Love the way his understated size blends in with his brethren but are still left in no doubt of his authority.

First time I've used blood effects on a model, I mixed some Tamiya red clear with Vallejo black and waited for it to dry a bit so it went a little gloopy, Not sure if it looks that great but it breaks up the steel colour of his hand weapon so it will do for me.

The hair colour was my third attempt and one I'll be sticking with, The first two, grey and brown, were both kind of  dull against his silver armour....so there we are red(ish) hair.

Some more close ups guys.

WIP: Iron Warriors Warsmith.

Hi fellas it's been a while, tut tut anyhow i thought i would show you what I've been up to.

Weathers playing havoc with priming outdoors right now but I've found that if you warm the tin up on a radiator for 5 to 10 min's you get a little time for a good smooth finish.

Anyway top tip out of the way so lets get on with the miniature, I've been wanting to build and paint a badass Warsmith to lead my force of brutal Iron Warriors for a while and was just waiting of the perfect base miniature to turn up from either GW or FW, I was thinking of using Alexis Polux which i bought for the kitbash but even though he's a awesome mini he's been used/kitbashed so many times.

So then Games Workshop came up with the goods with their second Forge World miniature to be sold in their store, The Ultramarines Herald i thought fitted the bill perfectly just had to remove those U's and away i go.

The Polux kit didn't go to waste, I used his arms, shoulder pads and power fist, I also used a Techmarines Back pack and servo arm plus some tubing, A Volkite weapon and a World Eaters large chopper (brutal) as his close combat weapon, the head is from the FW tank upgrade kit. For the base i just used various bit n bobs i had laying around on my bench.

So then nearly there with this just got the head to do....skin tone drat!! not looking forward to that...well I'll see how i get on with it. Anyhow i hope you like it so far guys and i should have him all done before too long.