“Iron Within, Iron Without!”
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About the Project
"Iron Within, Iron Without!" With the new 30K Edition coming out/just released I've decided to finally get around to painting my Iron Warriors.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
This Project is Active
Human Auxiliaries
Ever since I first saw this box I knew I had to fulfil my dream of having a Penal legion force.
Twenty Men with Chains and Pistols for Close Combat, the idea of a guy with nothing to lose trying to kill an Astartes with a chain is just too good not to have in an army. The Iron Warriors used their human troops like cannon fodder during the Great Crusade which meant they stopped being given proper units and started getting the dregs and Penal Troops.
One Hundred and Twenty Men with Lasguns (I bought 5 boxes). This left me with 10 left overs which I made into some snipers
After a basecoat of Wraithbone the minis are painted with Army Painter Speedpaint Fire Orange. This is a tricky one since it's very powerful and it's tricky to go over with other paint as it bleeds through.
I like the bright orange pop and at the same time it's kind of dirty. I imagine it's some awful plastic type material.
White Square on the back that I might put an IV on. Guns will be given Iron Warriors style Hazard Markings. These could be used as Chaos Cultists in 40K or as Imperial Guard in 40K or Imperial Conscripts in 30K a very versatile box.
The Sergeants gets a special hat that came in the box but still have a collar. I cut the two heads off and glued them together, a simple conversion but I think it looks good. The Chainswords are the ones that come with Mk III Marines.
Based in the same way as the Marines, you can see some of the orange bleeding coming through two solid layers.
I painted up a Rogue Psyker in the same prison colours.
I took off the Aquilla and left him with an eye that works for a Warmaster;s symbol
I haven't finished them all yet, here's a sniper, cloak made from wet toilet paper coated in PVA. More on them later.The Infantry Finished
From an undercoat
To Finished. I only used 6 Colours. Plate Mail Metal, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Retributor Gold, Daemonic Yellow and Abaddon Black with a Dark Tone Wash.
Most of the force pre basing.
All my Iron Warriors painted and ready to game with.
These pics were taken maybe 1 second apart, not sure which is better so I'll use both.
The base is originally painted with Moot Green then stippled with a 75/25 White to Moot Green. This helps add little light spots that makes it look more like a dynamic base instead of a green one.
Perturabo's Base. You can see the technique clearer here. I'm not claiming it's perfect, I think I might end up dry brushing the black cracked earth to make it a little brighter but it works for now.
A light coat gives you a light, cracked finish suitable for a basic desert but I'm going for more of a weird volcanic/cracked earth recently hit with chemical/nuclear weapons so a thicker coat makes that effect. I thought I would need a new pot after only finding about a quarter of a pot left but it was easily enough to do this whole force, that stuff goes a lot further than you think.
You can see it start to crack. The smaller parts crack first while the bigger parts congeal then crack.
Close up of the finished thing, rim of base was painted with Abaddon Black.
The 40 Tactical Marines being based.
The finished force. Old Points this would be about 2500 but I have no idea what the new points will be. I've still got to paint up the 150 Penal legion Allies so I should comfortably be at that same 2500 Point mark again.The Lord of Iron
Last year I painted up Perturabo for a talent show. I left the hammer off so I could use him Pre-Heresy since a few of us would like to play Astartes v Xenos at some point.
The base is just for display, Perturabo is played on a 40mm base.
As far as 30K deaths go crushed alive by your Titan then shot in the head is as close to painless as you're going to get.
Despite the giant areas of metal there's actually a lot of detail to paint on Perturabo.The Lord of Iron
Last year I painted up Perturabo for a talent show. I left the hammer off so I could use him Pre-Heresy since a few of us would like to play Astartes v Xenos at some point.
The base is just for display, Perturabo is played on a 40mm base.
As far as 30K deaths go crushed alive by your Titan then shot in the head is as close to painless as you're going to get.
Despite the giant areas of metal there's actually a lot of detail to paint on Perturabo.Infantry Building and Painting
40 Mark III Iron Warriors ready to go. 36 with Boltguns and 4 Sergeants with Power Fists 
A Character, in the Previous edition a lot of Iron Warriors Rites of War needed a Warsmith so I thought I better get one. Unlike most Legion's Techmarines a Warsmith is basically a Captain with a Servo Arm.
I was originally going to prime them Black and drybrush but I decided to wash the colours down instead to get brighter colours
The Plasma Pistol and Thunder Hammer came from the Mark III Plastic set, the Axe and Bolt pistol are cool but I think Iron Warriors would rather the blunt Hammer and the Brutal Plasma.
Paint Plate Mail Metal, Black Wash, all the details, Black Wash. That way the armour gets nice and dark while the colours get a little shading. After the second wash instead of standing the Mini up I hang them upside down so the wash pools in the leg armours recesses instead of flowing off them.
I need some thin tape for the hazard stripes on the Boltguns. 
The Comparison between undercoat with first wash and finished mini. The Shoulder Pads are both black, again waiting for the transfer sheet.
Scheme matches some terminators I did last year. The basing scheme is a bit bland here but in reality it has more whites and light greens in it. It could be weird lava, it could be radioactive, it could be the results of some chemical bombardment which suits the Iron Warriors. The Armour
I managed to pick up these three Rhino's for very cheap, apparently no one wants them in current 40K anymore. I also bought one new giving me the 4 I needed.
Also a Vindicator. 30K and 40K have a lot of vehicle cross overs, the major differences are in the Infantry and Bikes not the Vehicles and Walkers.
Jumping ahead but one or two coats of Plate Mail Metal, a Black Wash and a drybrush of Stormhost Silver. Paint the details.
The only weathering so far is on the Cannon, I'm waiting for the decal sheets to launch before doing anything.
Notice the very dodgy crooked lines?
Tamiya Tape fixed that right up
There’s the Vehicles, I might get another Vindicator and I’ll be picking up the Starter set which means I get the Land Raider Proteus which will be handy for the Terminators.
I choose to do the Iron Warriors after reading the first few books of Siege of Terra and the Rhino idea came from the novel Angel Exterminatus where they use them as mobile cover and instant fortifications which I thought was awesome. Also the colour scheme is really cool and they can easily be used in 30K or 40K if I ever decide to get back into 40K.
The Armour
I managed to pick up these three Rhino's for very cheap, apparently no one wants them in current 40K anymore. I also bought one new giving me the 4 I needed.
Also a Vindicator. 30K and 40K have a lot of vehicle cross overs, the major differences are in the Infantry and Bikes not the Vehicles and Walkers.
Jumping ahead but one or two coats of Plate Mail Metal, a Black Wash and a drybrush of Stormhost Silver. Paint the details.
The only weathering so far is on the Cannon, I'm waiting for the decal sheets to launch before doing anything.
Notice the very dodgy crooked lines?
Tamiya Tape fixed that right up
There’s the Vehicles, I might get another Vindicator and I’ll be picking up the Starter set which means I get the Land Raider Proteus which will be handy for the Terminators.
I choose to do the Iron Warriors after reading the first few books of Siege of Terra and the Rhino idea came from the novel Angel Exterminatus where they use them as mobile cover and instant fortifications which I thought was awesome. Also the colour scheme is really cool and they can easily be used in 30K or 40K if I ever decide to get back into 40K.
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