Thursday 10 March 2016

Pre-Heresy Iron Hands: Contemptor Dreadnought


Hello everyone!

I'm back again to show you my completed contemptor dreadnought brother Carinus!




A veteran Storm Walker brother Carinus hailed from Old Albia like many other Terran born astartes of the tenth legion. Carinus' flesh proved weak during the Seraphina Offensive and the Battle of Rust, where he led his squad to the defense of Imperial Army troopers of the Urshan Velites. Carinus' aid saved the Velites and held the position against the Orks but not before the greenskin tide slipped through his own defenses and almost cleaved his torso in two. The last of his strength was spent caving in the greenskins skull before his brothers recovered his broken body.   





Now entombed in a dreadnoughts sarcophagus as an Iron Hand, cold logic and reason now fill his waking thoughts as he repents for his former weakness. 





So here is the first of my older completed units to receive transfers! Brother Carinus is one of my earlier models I started when getting back into the hobby since being a teenager. There are a few mistakes here and there like a few mold lines which I would have removed if I had built this recently, but they are not too noticeable.




Other than that in hindsight I would have 100% taken this kit back to Forgeworld for it to be replaced as the mold was awful! The leg closest to the camera in this picture is a good example, i've made it look more like battle damage but that is actually how the leg was originally when I bought the kit. However when I first started with Forgeworld I assumed this was relatively normal for their models so just left it! Fool! ;P




So that is why with this contemptor I went for more battle damage by using a sponge to apply the Runefang Steel. On this photo you can see i've used a silver transfer for the leg and an Iron Hands symbol on the shoulder. The light and the shine of the Runefang makes it hard to see so i've taken a better picture below. 




Regarding transfers I used the new sheet which Forgeworld has brought out recently. I do fully recommend using these as they as so much nicer to use and sit alot closer to the model with barely any edge visible on them. I will talk about how i've been applying these transfers in my next post, but i'm pretty happy with the result. I also may add a number to the right shoulder in the future when I have finished the other contemptors I have planned.

Although one thing I will say is that i've sponged a very small amount of black and silver onto to the transfers just to help them blend in a little!

So I hope you all like it, I will have another completed character to show you on my next post followed by more Iron Hands now that I'm up to speed on applying transfers thanks to Drake and Kaelo! 

Thanks again for reading,

Aveinus Kaane


11 comments:

  1. Awesome work :)

    I feel with ya regarding the mold issues - best thing to do is just calling FW to replace the parts in that case. Although you still made him good looking, so that's not really an issue :)

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    1. Thanks Atia :). Yeah I started this model probably almost two years ago now! So at the time I really didn't know about the mold issues or how to do deal with it. So I'll chalk it up to inexperience!

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  2. Hi. Did you say you used the new transfer sheet? Or did you use the older one (without the banners)?
    It is a gorgeous Contemptor. It looks so cool.

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    1. Thanks Drake :). Yeah used the new sheet with the banners on, I bought it after I had been to see you and Kaelo because I wasn't happy with the old transfers. They make a huge difference to the finished result.

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  3. Looks so awesome! Great work! I'm waiting on an updated version of the SoH transfer sheet as I've heard the newer ones are much better from a few people now! The tests I've done with the old set are a bit obvious at the edges!

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    1. I only used the new WB ones, but they are indeed pretty awesome. Use the micro products, and purity seal, and you won't notice the edges anymore :)

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    2. Thanks Darien! :) Yeah they are much better and well worth waiting for. The new banners are very cool too.

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    3. yep only sad point - no red icons for the red talons there 😢

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  4. All the bunnies skills at using decals make me jealous. Still having a bit of trouble with my decals but that's cause I haven't put any on in like a month.
    Nice looking dread there Aveinus, and some sad backstory.
    On a side note, have you bunnies heard about anvil industries? They make some good stuff for Horus heresy conversions in my opinion.

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    1. Hey :)

      Drake did a pretty good guide for transfers, helped a lot:
      http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.at/2015/08/applying-banner-transfers-to-heresy.html

      The Micro products (sol and set) are awesome, and worth the price. They make working with decals so much easier!

      Haven't checked out Anvil Industries (yet!), but I pretty much sticked with FW/GW so far. Yep, so far. Will check out Kromlech for my Orks, and Victoria Miniatures for some Militia stuff in the future :)

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    2. Victoria miniatures is far superior to FW in my opinion. Nice clean sculpts for all the guard like things. My father is bulking out his death corps from her: so far he has something like 70 infantrymen, and 15 weapon teams all a mix from FW, Victoria miniatures, Cadian weapons, and others besides.
      I would seriously recommend using anvil if you are on a budget (which you bunnies obviously aren't and therefore could go crazy on the site) as the stuff is fairly well priced, looks good, is clean (unlike FW sometimes) and I FAST. It took one week for my order to arrive from the UK to Canada.

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