Horus Heresy - Iron Hands - Project Thread

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Hello guys,

before HH 2.0 hits the shelves I wanted to assemble and paint a squad for my future Iron Hands force. Therefore I looked into my pile of shame and discovered a box of IH Tactical marines. After raiding the Catachan, SM & Chaos bitz boxes of mine I was lucky enough to collect ten flamers. Oh and I also used up all my remaining beakie helmets and avoided Aquila chest plates in order to get the Heresy vibe going.

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Paint scheme (Armour):
1. Basecoat Chaos Black
2. Boltgun Metal (liquid coat)
3. Purple Ink (Wash)
4. Boltgun Metal (Drybrush)
5. Green Ink (less intense wash)
6. Boltgun Metal (Drybrush)
7. Agrax Earthshade (Wash)
8. Stormhost Silver (Drybrush)
9. Nuln Oil (Careful Wash)
10. Stormhost Silver (Drybrush)
11. Mat Varnish (from spray can)

Paint scheme (Eye lenses & OSL):
1. Skull White
2. Regal Blue
3. Drakenhof Nightshade
4. Enchanted Blue
5. Lothern Blue

Base:
1. Red Oxide Paste (let dry over night)
2. Agrax Earthshade (Wash)
3. Squig Orange (Drybrush)
4. Technical Stormshield (apply to all parts where pigments should stick later on)
5. Mix of following pigments (Brown Iron Oxide, Natural Iron Oxide, Dark Red Ochre, Dark Yellow Ochre & Rust). All pigments were applied roughly in equal parts to the mix with the exception of Natural Iron Oxide which was used less.
6. Wasteland Tufts (should have applied them in step 1 of base decoration).
7. Skulls and left arm bones from the Khemri Skeleton sprue.
 
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My Horus Heresy order arrived a while back but before I begin assembling these new minis I need to remove my remaining 40K SM pile of shame. Luckily it is not a lot of models to paint. This Techmarine has been finished in June:


Tomorrow I will post pics of the finished Vanguard Assault squad which was also finished in June.
 
They are all looking great!

There are a couple of obvious mold lines on the beakies helmets that (to me) detract a bit, but otherwise, these are looking ready to be gunned down on the killing fields of istvaan V just perfectly :p
 
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They are all looking great!

There are a couple of obvious mold lines on the beakies helmets that (to me) detract a bit, but otherwise, these are looking ready to be gunned down on the killing fields of istvaan V just perfectly :p
I cleaned up the mold lines a few weeks ago. Also added transfers to the models, put them on recently acquired bigger bases to mitigate the effects of small stature and to evoke a sense of better unit cohesion to the forthcoming modern versions of space marines. You can´t have guys running around on 25mm when everybody else uses 32mm. It will just look bad. Pics will be uploaded today. :)
 
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Sounds fab.

Also, the glow you've achieved with the eye lenses on the termie are amazing.

I've decided to stick with only mk4 and 3 for my iron warriors so I dont have the size issue if I mix in *spits* mk6 armour
 
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I have worked a bit on my first 30K squad. It could also be considered an overhaul. Added transfers, a bigger base and removed the mold lines:

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Sounds fab.

Also, the glow you've achieved with the eye lenses on the termie are amazing.

I've decided to stick with only mk4 and 3 for my iron warriors so I dont have the size issue if I mix in *spits* mk6 armour
Thanks for the praise!

The IH paint scheme is a bland affair because the chapter/legion has no use for bells & whistles like the decadent Blood Angels or Emperors Children. So to make them less of a boring affair I gave them striking eye lenses and overall various colourful gun sights. This way they can stand out on the battlefield. It contradicts to some degree my intention to have a force which is really easy and fast to paint but my sense of dedication demands in the end the extra work. LOL!
 
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Really liking these. Going to dip my toe into HH shortly.

Like the paint scheme!!!
Thanks for the praise! I have currently a LR Crusader on the painting table. Need to do a few details, red oxide paste, Clan marking on cog, OSL from the searchlight and weathering. Should be finished on the weekend.

What Legion have you chosen?
 
I'm needing to find direction really. Trying to decide between Space Wolves and Imperial Fist at the moment. So obviously I started a few Iron Hands as I had the pads in my bitz boxes. 😆