In The Belly Of The Beast

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I think I have come back to my word bearers once every year since I started with them. And every year I have almost sold them, haha. Now I am at that point again where I add stuff and put time in. Maybe this year will be the year where I find my love for this legion to last the whole year around.

I had this old drop pod laying around and a big big bits box urging to be used. A couple of weeks later I now have a heavily converted dreadclaw. If it was any other legion I would probably not have bothered, but the background for Word Bearers kind of suit this kind of conversion. The conversion itself was nothing to hard, just time consuming. But I like it. A corrupted machine spirit and a little possession seems like a nice fit for this most zealous of legions.

I have one more dreadclaw to finish. This time it will be the proper one from forge world and without all the corruption.

The Three Men

The Reborn And The Blessed. The Fallen And The Damned

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I am taking my blog in a new direction. Instead of exclusively focusing on miniatures and models, I will start to in cooperate some of my other creative hobbies as well. Like painting artwork!

Painting is a big part of my creative free time and I have been trying to treat it more professional since 2018.

I hope you all like it and that it adds a nice variation to my regular content. And do not be alarmed. There will be plenty of miniatures and war game hobbies as normal.

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“So much faith is given to the so-called dark gods and to the ruinous powers. I watch my lost brothers and their honourless ways. Losing them self in the ecstasy and misplacing their purpose only to be puppets directed by madness and chaos.

Do not take my observation for disrespect. I see the deities that so many bend their knee to. And I see great power, I see a force that will split this galaxy in two and set it aflame. I see an uncontrolled storm of unrivalled destruction.

It takes a forge to hold the flame and a smiths hammer to direct its power. I will not worship the furnace or the glowing smelt. I will mould the power into a weapon and point it toward my enemy.”

— Varrek Greygur of the Apolakron

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So, my little exploration of chaos Iron Warriors is coming to a pause and looking back, I am quite happy with the new units for my chaos army. I have very deliberate worked in the direction of the “brother hood of steel” or the Apolakron as they are also known.

I kind of gravitate more towards the more “We bow to no one” mentality of the Iron Warriors. That sets them apart from some of the other chaos legions. Instead of worship they try to harness the powers and use it as a weapon. Turning demons into machines and utilising machine craft to break their enemies. Kind of like a darker version of Iron Hands.

Now that is also what makes Iron Warriors so interesting. That this very straight forward, stubborn, and uncompromising sub faction is full of nuance. Digging a little beneath the surface and the Iron Warriors is very complex characters and there is so much lore to work with. This is so much better reflected in older editions of 40k but also in Horus Heresy. This may be some of the reason why I have not been so involved in the neewest editions of 40k. Many times, the factions feel shallow and very superficial.

Anyway, I do look forward to try Warhammer 40k 9th edition at some point. Hopefully 2021 will allow for some games again and the first army that will march for war just have to be my Iron Warriors.

Hope everyone is okey out there. Stay safe and Iron Within, Iron Without!

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Iron Warriors. Chaos Lord. Abaddon conversion.

My 40K Iron Warriors needs a lord to lead them. One of the cooler models released for chaos is abaddon. I really love what GW did with him. Unfortunately he doesn’t belong to the mighty 4th legion. So I have changed him so he fit with the rest of the army.

Iron Warriors. Venomcrawler conversion. Part 3.

My first daemon engine is done :) . I am quite happy with it.

Iron Warriors. Venomcrawler conversion. Part 2.

Some paint and oil washes later :) . Still very much a work in progress but slowly we are getting there.

Kuggköping Alpha 2.0. Solo / co-op skirmish game.

It occurs to me that I have not shared the good news! Kuggköping have a new version ready for download. Based on feedback and my own playtesting some bigger changes have been implemented.

For anyone interested, Alpha 2.0 is free to download. It’s a solo / co-op skirmish game set in the wondrous city of Kuggköping.

Try it out and please leave your thoughts on the game if you feel like it.    

http://notacollector.com/kuggkping-the-game

Iron Warriors. Venomcrawler conversion. Part 1.

Next little project is the venomcrawler. I didn’t intended to convert ever model to my Iron Warriors but looking at the models I can’t help my self.

Firstly I don’t love the design of the chaos units. Generally they look ok. There is a lot of cool details and for the most part nice designs. But I feel that most of them don’t reflect the deep heritage from the Horus Heresy and the legions they once were. So this is what I try to add in most of these conversions. Also I want things to be more mechanical to reflect the nature of Iron Warriors. I don’t see the 4th legion to be worshippers or supporters of daemons. I see them more as a legion that use the warp, chaos and the gods as tools or as weapons. It’s means to an end and nothing more.

That’s what Iron Warriors is to me and that’s what I want them to look like :) .

The venomcrawler conversion is based on the Horus heresy mechanicum vorax model. It makes sense to me that these mechanical constructs would eventually evolve to what the venomcrawler is after thousands of years in the warp and at the hands of the 4th legion. A fun and easy conversion. Maybe a bit expensive, but totally worth it :) .

Iron Warriors. Lord Discordant. Happy new year! Part2.

The Lord has come and with him he usher in a new year, a new age of my Iron Warriors. If COVID is willing I will try 40K next year and leading the force forward will be my newly converted Lord discordant.

2020 have been a bad year for table top gaming. But I am very thankful that me and my family have made it so far without any incidents. So while the hobby side of things have been lacking the important things in life is ok.

It is hard to not think about all the families that have not been so lucky and I give a lot of thoughts to those that have gone through a really bad year. I hope that 2021 will be the very best year for everyone and that our life can soon go back to normal. Happy new year and stay safe!

Iron Warriors. Lord Discordant. Merry Christmas! Part1

It is that Merry time of the year. The Iron Warriors is eagerly waiting for the bringer of gifts and wonders. Slowly he is getting closer, just some washes and highlights and then he will join the ranks of jolly men.

Merry Christmas to all heretics and defenders of the imperium!

Kuggköping. Alpha version 2.0.

A new version of Kuggköping is ready to download. Changes big and small have happened to the game and a lot of playtesting have been done :D.

I enjoy this little creation of mine and I hope you will do it to. If you have any feedback or comments do not hesitate to share them with me.

http://notacollector.com/kuggkping-the-game

Iron Warriors. Warpsmith.

At the moment I am moving about some furniture between rooms. This have unfortunately made my regular “photo-place” unavailable. So the photos of my little dudes is not the best at the moment. I will try to take better photos once the redecorating is done.

But here we have the iconic warpsmith fresh out of the forge :) .

Iron Warriors. Master of Possession Conversion.

I didn’t really like the original master of possession model so I made my own version. This model will double as a sorcerer as well. I guess that the difference between a master of possession and a sorcerer is thin line :) .

Horus Heresy. Stormlord. Part2.

The mighty Storm Lord is ready for battle. With its chassis tied to the unification wars, it’s mighty frame have seen a multitude of battles. The great crusader brought it to the stars and to the stars it brought its devastation. And now as Horus draws close to terra this behemoth return to its cradle to serve once more.

Horus Heresy. Stormlord. Part1.

I decided to re-paint my Stormlord. I love the look of the tank and want to be able to bring it more often. Originally I painted the tank for my warhounds/world eaters. And it looked nice in blue. But it kind of stopped me to bring the tank with any of my other legions. So a neutral grey is the new color for it.

Iron Warriors. Horus Heresy. Leviathan. Storm Cannons.

Another dreadnought gets rewarded for faithful service. Now it’s time for my Leviathan to be gifted some more dakka.

Warhammer 40K. Iron Warriors. Obliterators.

There is something dark and twisted moving in the ranks of the 4th. A holy union between steel and flesh, gun and limb.

Come forth my children of oblivion. Let’s bring ruin to the imperial truth and all who spread its lies. The kingdom of man will fall and the galaxy will burn.

Horus Heresy. Iron Warriors. Contemptor. Volkite.

Decided to give one of my contemptors a set of Volkites. I love the look of the autocannons that is he’s “original” load out, but the volkite have a little bit more bite to it. Don’t get me wrong, I like the look of the volkite as well but it is something with those long barrels :) .