Shaw3029's Chaos Iron Warriors Painting Log

[shaw3029]

Welcome to my Iron Warriors painting log!

If you have been following my Imperial Fist thread (in my signature) then you will already know that I have an airbrush and a lot of vehicles that I no longer want for my Imperial Fist army.

So now I am planning to turn them into Iron Warriors with the eventual aim of selling them to fund the new vehicles for my Imperial Fist army. If you know anybody that might be interested then feel free to point them to this thread.

Here is what I have to paint...

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsTanks.jpg

That is;

3x Rhinos.
2x Predators.
1x Forgeworld MKIIB Landraider.
1x Forgeworld Dreadnought. (out of shot)

So far I have undercoated all but the landraider & painted the Dreadnought.

I have ordered a new ramp & a set of Rhino doors for the Landraider. I also have one set of Forgeworld Brass Etched Chaos symbols on the way which I plan to use on all the vehicles.

The style I am aiming for is dark, dirty and gritty much like my Dozer blades that I recently painted for my Imperial Fist army.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Pre%20heresy%20Imperial%20Fists/SiegeShieldsAirbrush2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Pre%20heresy%20Imperial%20Fists/SiegeShieldsAirbrush.jpg

The effect is achieved mainly with an airbrush and is a amalgamation of advanced techniques from the Imperial Armour Model Master Class Book.

Hope you like what you see so far!

[shaw3029]

Here is the finished Dreadnought.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsDread2.jpg

At the moment It has no Chaos Icons because Forge world are taking there time delivering them. I plan to add one across the right hand shoulder section. I just had to get started.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsDread.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/DSCN4879.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsDread3.jpg

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http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsDread4.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsDread5.jpg


Comments & suggestions are highly appreciated! Especially at this early stage.

Do you like the look? Will it sell?!

Cheers!

[fuzzbuket]

i like it ! :) my only suggestions are thin your paints a tiny bit, work on the sensors (eyes) and possibly do some of the details (aka tubing) doing the details in dark colours hould mean that they dont draw the eye away from the rest of the model!

-fuzz

[shaw3029]

I put a few hours painting time in today. The rhinos are very nearly finished just need to attack them with a sponge and lots of weather powder.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhinos.jpg

This is how they looked pre weathering with just the boltgun metal, mithril silver highlight and a couple quick patchy sprays of a purple and yellow glaze.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorRhinos.jpg

After that I applied a coat of hairspray, roughly sprayed a patchy coat of Iyanden Darksun all over and then took a paint brush with warm water and rubbed off the paint to created a weathered effect. I repeated the process again mixing the Iyanden Darksun with scorched brown for a darker effect.

The same technique was applied to the hazard strips but with yellow and black.

I then mixed rust weathering pigment with burnt umber oil paint & white spirit. This was then flicked onto the model using some paper and a old dry brush. White spirit was then sprayed through the airbrush to disperse the paint into the cracks and create some streaky effects.

Hope you guys like them so far!

Cheers!

[shaw3029]

I've had these painted for a few days not but I havnt had a chance to take photos until today. They are now finished and will be for sale soon.

Rhino 1

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino1Blackground.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino1Blackground2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino1Blackground3.jpg

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Rhino 2

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino2Blackground.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino2Blackground2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/IronWarriorsRhino2Blackground3.jpg

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Rhino 3

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Rhino3Blackground.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Rhino3Blackground2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Rhino3Blackground3.jpg

Hope you like them.

Cheers!

[zutoniac]

are you planning on doing more highlighting on them? It just seems at the minute theyre a little flat. The details (such as rivets) could be better picked out, because theyre a different material to the rest of the tank and might weather differently.

But nice effect non the less

[shaw3029]

Cheers. I dont plan on doing any extra highlights really. I think it would ruin the effect achieved so far.

The photos took me a lot longer to post than I expected as I lost the camera lead for a little while.

I have changed the Rhinos and the dreadnoughts so the glass and buttons etc are now green.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/RhinosGreen.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/DreadnoughtGreen.jpg

I think it gives them a bit more pop and makes them look a little more chaos.

I have started painting the landraider which I hope to finish to the same standard as the Rhinos tomorrow.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Landraider.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Landraider2.jpg

Cheers!

[Meph]

I like the style man, dusty & dirty. :D
Although personally I'd pick out some more detail here and there, such as the scrolls and icons. Nothing too bright though, nicely muted and weathered like the rest of the vehicle.

[shaw3029]

Thanks for the compliment.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/miscellaneous/Predators.jpg

Heres the predators. Since the photo was taken I've finished them as well as the Landraider but its to dark to take pictures now so il get some tomorrow.

Cheers!

[Tynskel]

I like the extra armor.

[shaw3029]

The vehicles are finished!

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/IronwarriorVehiclelot.jpg

I will just post a couple of photos of each vehicles but if you want to see all the different angels then I have a ton of pictures on my photobucket album here,

http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/?start=all

Rhino 1 £60

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino15.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino1.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino3.jpg

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Rhino 2 £60

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino22.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino23.jpg

Rhino 3 £60

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino32.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Rhino33.jpg

[shaw3029]

Predator 1 £75

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Predator12.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Predator13.jpg

Predator 2 £75

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Predator24.jpg

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Landraider MK11B £120

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Landraider2.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Landraider8.jpg

Venerable Dreadnought £60

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m40/shaw3029/Iron%20Warriors/Dreadnought5.jpg

Cheers!!!

[shaw3029]

All seven Vehicles are now on Ebay for the next ten days.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/fenriz3029/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

Feel free to pass the link around..

I am happy to sell them off Ebay which would save me fees and I can pass that saving on to you.

Cheers!