Iron Warriors Havoc with Heavy Bolter

This miniature from my collection has been bought by me in the late 90’s. It had served in my Night Lords chaos army and was then hidden at least twenty years in a Citadel miniature case. Designed by Aly Morrison and released from Games Workshop in their 1997 catalogue, this small miniature comes with some serious weight. Like many of the second edition miniatures it is cast from metal and comes as a four pieces kit, that needed assembly.

As part of my #oldhammer40k project, I was all in to give this guy a new paintshop in the livery of Iron Warriors – the chapter I have chosen for my 2nd edition army. So in the isopropanol bath he went, and after some serious cleansing with an old toothbrush, it was ready to receive the new paintjob.

I decided to go old style this time and instead of spraypainting the primer, I took the brush and applied Abaddon black in a thin, eaven coat, followed by Valejo Gunmetal as my base layer. Next I went for the trim and after that, I tackled the stripes, finishing the model off with the rest of the detailing.

And here is the final result: