Imperial Fists - Rogal Dorn

Todays post is about my paint job of the Rogal Dorn.  He has been a favourite character of mine since the very earliest days of the Horus Heresy story.  To the best of my knowledge both he and the Imperial Fists were introduced in the Original Space Marine Game (1989) in a short story. 

I decided I wanted an older looking gold to the normal Retributor Armour that’s become a common tool in the armour.  With this in mind I painted him using Gold from the Vallejo Metals, then washed with watered down agrax, following up with a light drybrush of the original gold.  The faces is the awesome Guilliman flesh contrast paint, it gives a good base for skin, better than I can achieve with a brush.  The clock is a mix of washes, blending, and contrast paints.

Overall, I’m very happy with how he has come out.  That’s two of 18 completed.  Probably going to be progressing Perturabo or Finishing Magnus the Red next.

The long hobby war continues…

Iron Warriors - Spartan

Todays post is about my second tracked vehicle for my Iron Warriors legion forces.  This is a resin model from ForgeWorld which has sadly in the process of being discontinued.  Happily it’s looking to be replaced with a plastic set coming imminently.  This is the first of two I currently have for the Sons of Perturabo.  

Again, this has the rusted tracks, black panels, and chevrons to break up the metal.  This doesn’t have so much detail and took fewer hours.  So far i am enjoying painting ”The Iron Forth”.  They give a very effective paint job without the effort other legions have required.  

So what do you think?  Has the scheme been effective? Are you looking forward to a plastic Spartan and the updates to the Horus Heresy?  Let me know in the comments below.

The long hobby war continues…

Iron Warriors - Medusa legion Artillery Tank

Todays post is a little project I’ve been working on in preparation for Heresy 2.0.  It’s a heavy support option for my Iron Warriors.  This took a fair while to paint compared to the other tanks I have completed owing to the open back and crew.  This is the first of three I intend to get.  I have a second in bits already.

I hope you like the model, I added heavily rusted tracks as I assume it’s a sacrificial coating to protect the layers underneath safe from corrosion.  I think it looks pretty good and makes it less all metal.  I’m thinking the piece may need a little weathering.  Chipping and a bit of streak and grime maybe, but that’s a job for another time.

The long hobby war continues…