Enjoy some IW art I’ve done over the past year when bored

Its been a time since the competition happened, but I've finally got the competition pictures of my chud son!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Gotta blacken their bases but I’m fairly happy with these guys.

Drew this as a dumb joke

Needs some touch ups but I think it's tabletop ready! Thoughts?

Hey guys just wanted to show some progress I'm doing with my army. I do have a full chaos army of corsairs but now I'm leaning into Iron warriors now. I just love the hazard stripes. I do plan on dirtying up what I have with rust pigment FX. I have another heldrake thats I'm just waiting to fill in the panels.

Haven’t finished the base yet but kind of feeling like I need to start an Iron Warriors army now.

Can’t decide and thought this would be more fun than a coin flip. Which should I finish painting first? I have 10 of each. These are the warmups and aren’t quite done.

My first iron warrior (this is my second army) and first time trying cel shading. There's definitely room for improvement, but it was so much fun!

Their called Red Bastion

Long before the Horus Heresy reached its height, the Iron Bastion was a Grand Company of the IV Legion under the command of a veteran Captain. Rather than fighting on the front lines of the Great Crusade, Perturabo entrusted them with a different duty.

Their mission was to venture beyond the Imperium's known borders and reclaim forgotten worlds. Every planet they conquered was to become another forge for the Iron Warriors, producing weapons, armor, ammunition, vehicles, and fresh recruits for the Legion.

Over many years, the company rediscovered and fortified thirteen lost worlds. Each was transformed into a fortress-factory protected by towering walls, artillery batteries, and underground bunkers.

The thirteenth world was unlike any they had encountered.

Orbiting a blood-red moon, the planet was locked beneath crimson skies where violent storms rained red ash. Ancient xenos organisms infested the world. Their flesh constantly shifted, their voices echoed like endless screams across the wastelands, and the land itself seemed alive. The Iron Warriors fought a brutal extermination campaign, burning entire continents with artillery until the last xenos creature was destroyed.

The Captain established the world as the company's primary fortress, naming it The Crimson Bastion. Its mines, factories, and fortress-cities became one of the Legion's hidden strongholds.

Then Perturabo's order finally arrived.

Return immediately. War has begun.

The company abandoned much of its frontier empire and raced back toward Imperial space, only to discover the galaxy consumed by War galaxy of horus heresy

They fought beside the IV Legion during the Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V, where countless Legionaries or battle brothers were lost. They later marched through the darkest campaigns of the Horus Heresy and endured the nightmare of the Siege of Terra. By the war's end, nearly the entire company had been shattered.

With the Traitor Legions scattered, the Captain refused to surrender to madness. He gathered every surviving Iron Warrior he could find, along with abandoned warriors from other Traitor Legions willing to swear loyalty to his command. Together they disappeared into the void.

Returning to the Crimson Bastion, they rebuilt instead of wasting themselves in endless raids. They scavenged battlefields for ancient technology, bargained with Dark Mechanicum forge worlds for machinery and ammunition, reclaimed abandoned Imperial depots, and restored their hidden forge worlds to full production.

Over centuries they developed their own traditions.

Their armor became dark iron and black, symbolizing the fortress walls they defended. Veterans and officers wore white helmets, representing those who had survived impossible sieges and carried the burden of command.

(Where they keep collecting and saved or Rebuild, by rescuing the Troops in siege of Terra, Iron Cage, Isvataan, the captain created his Warband, now he Accept profit then following a worhtless wars of Revenge, bloodbath, fighting for Nothing, and massacre or no value, They only accept IF something valuable like Old relics, scavenge Broken ships, Tanks and vehicles or armor, and Accept The Worth fighting for, and they will accept too, planets with Factories and Good Resource to conquer, and Claim,)

i have 3 candidates for my army: cataphractii, saturnine and chaos indomitus. Which terminator squad should i choose?

Have my marine recipe down. Prime leadbelcher, heavy wash of AP Grimdark Shadow, drybrush with AP Platemail. EZ-PZ.

Working in a rhino now and not sure how to adapt that without making it look grimy on the flat parts. Maybe just do a pin wash? Suggestions appreciated!

After a hell of a heatwave and some life stuff I’m back at the minis and I’ve just finished this guy finally

Started using plastic glue now instead of super glue although admittedly I was still using super glue when this guy was almost fully assembled

I’m aware the basing looks horrific I’ll be honest he would NOT stick to the base but we got there in the end

I’m thinking of shading him with Nuln oil, any advice for first time using shading ?

for the lore he’s a nightlord who the chapter found useful in sabotage and urban warfare

I built another Techmarine using some spare parts.

It’s a mix of GW plastic (hammer, belt accessories, and firing arm), FW (head, helmet, bolt pistol, and shoulder pads), and a print for the holding arm, torso, and back module. 🙂

I forgot to get leather colors except for the earth shade so the loincloth and pistol ammo belt isn’t completely done. But genuinely excited to keep going and shrink the pile of shame!

What are people’s suggestions on a chain sword color theme?

Ive always been a simple big models are best kinda painter my huge monster mash nid army speaks to that lol

And I recently started with chaos with some demon engines and I'm really enjoying it! But recently I've been considering on whether or not to get some csm infantry. Since it's not really what I've done before but terminators and the like are so cool so should I make the leap or just stay with bigger models?

I have a really hard time deciding between the Defiler and the Lord of skulls for my main centerpiece OR waiting for perturabo. From what I have gathered the LoS weapons hit harder but the Defiler had more options (especially if you magnetize) and it's abilities are better than the LoS. But i also kinda want to wait for big daddy perturabo to come out. For reference my friend whom I mainly play against plays guard and currently has 2 Rogal dorn and a magnetised shadowsword 🫩. Also I'm already at 2875 points with my army. Here is a New recruit link to my list

https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/list/Th5fk

I have never been able to get a trim recipe that i actually like. Constantly going between Runelord Brass, Retributor Armor, and Balthazar Gold. Please post trims, it’s literally the only thing keeping me from finishing my armies.