Iron Dragons Project Log

[tallxiii]

Well it's been a long while since I posted anything with paint on it so I thought I'd show my Space Marine chapter off. At the minute it's just a tactical squad and a few terminators, plus the dreadnought featured in a different thread. I've loosely based them around the Salamanders, but what do you think?
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af49/tallpaulr/P07-11-09_0615.jpg
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af49/tallpaulr/P07-11-09_0616.jpg
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af49/tallpaulr/P07-11-09_0619.jpg
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af49/tallpaulr/P07-11-09_0620.jpg
I apologise for how the pics are, for some reason the terminators won't upload properly.

 

[Chrome]

I really love the idea with the visors!

 

[tallxiii]

Thanks, I got it from a tutorial on another forum I use. I can't get enough of the difference it makes them look without going mad on conversions

 

[Chrome]

yeah, it really changes the whole model without much effort

 

[tallxiii]

Exactly, then you can go mad on the conversions and still have it look different. That's the trouble with marines I think, so much has been done before it's hard to come up with something fresh.

 

[Chrome]

Amen to that!

 

[tallxiii]

Well I've finished the Terminator squad off, and tried my hand at a Grey Knight style helmet. It doesn't look bad considering it was done on an AoBR model and the head and neck are one piece. In the main pic the Sergeants power sword looks different because I repainted it as I didn't really like how it had come out, but I think the new look is a lot better.

 

[tallxiii]

Well here is Brother-Captain Orus in all his technicolour glory. I'd originally converted him for a Spyrer gang in Necromunda but felt that the extra plating on his armour looked to much like scales so he was drafted to the ranks of the Iron Dragons. Oh and I've changed the green for a custom job that's a bit darker but still looks well with what I've painted up so far.
So what do you think?

 

[cheelfy]

The conversion of the visors are really good. I really like what you did with captain Orus, very well converted and quite well painted.

 

[tallxiii]

This is the new look that all future Dragons will be sporting, it's a much darker green that I mixed up myself. I think it makes them look a lot meaner being darker than the first squad.

Tactical Squad II

I know about the smudge on the left leg, I only noticed it after I uploaded the picture.

 

[Eggroll]

ooo the visors are nice...reminds me of master chief from Halo

 

[Master of fact]

What paint recipe did you use for the terminators armour? Is it simple/complex.
Cheers
MoF

 

[tallxiii]

Not really, basecoat of Dheneb stone, then a heavy wash with Gryphonne Sepia and another heavy wash with Devlen Mud.