Warcry: Iron Golems

Blood for the Blood God and all that.

Preface

It has been a very slow few weeks for me when it comes to mini painting. I've mostly spent the time reorganizing my hobby workstation and preparing for my next project of Space Skavens for my next Five Parsecs from Home scenario.

That group of tiny rats with large guns is still a long way from being done, so it's once again time to show you some of my older minis from my collection.

The other warband (besides the Untamed Beasts) from the original Warcry box: The Iron Golems

The Warband

The true horror of chaos is having to wear metal armor on your bare skin.

Jokes aside, I really like these sculpts. They are detailed while still being simple to paint and without looking too busy.

According to my project journal, I painted them in June 2020. The paint scheme is very simple, with the red armor and the pale skin dominating most of the models.

The long and thin chain weapon was a pain to work with, though, and I added two additional contact points on the base so it wouldn't snap from just being picked up a few times.

This was the first time that I tried to paint colored metal by doing a layer of Contrast paint over a base of metallic paint. In this case, it was a base of GW's Balthasar Gold and a layer of Flesh Tearers Red on top.

The red definitely came out darker than I intended, but it was the only red Contrast paint I owned, and that was still the time when 'one thick coat' was the motto with Contrast paints. In hindsight, I should have at least thinned it down with Contrast Medium.

Even though the paintjob is a bit sloppy in some parts, I'm still happy with the end result. They look great at table distance, and you can easily distinguish the different models.