Ultimate Iron Warriors Conversion Kits, Bits & Proxies Guide

[@I_love_my_finky]

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: The Horus Heresy Age of Darkness box comes with MK 6(beaky) armor, not MK 4 armor.

[@FogOfGore]

Wow, I can't believe I missed that. I'll pin your comment for others to see. Thanks for the info!

[@TickBallsOut]

Indeed, but you can buy the Legion Asteres box set and it comes with MK3

[@BartB-Aus]

@@TickBallsOut unfortunately that was a limited release , and is no longer available , it was a great box set and i feel it should have been a permanent box for the HH

[@TickBallsOut]

@@BartB-Aus are you sure? Maybe it's just my area but every store around me still has them

[@greekrailfan]

Αlso Iron warriors rejected the Use of MKVI armour!!!

[@user-vf4oh1pd9t]

Something I absolutely love that I saw recently was Fabius Bile's backpack + the Warpsmith head stuck on the power axe praetor from Heresy range. One of the best "simple" conversions I've ever seen. What an excellent video by the way. Doesn't drag anything out but provides plenty of options and ideas, not just "uh you could do something with this model probably if you put some stripes on it idk". Really appreciate it as somebody that's just starting the hobby.

[@FogOfGore]

Ooh, that sounds like a great conversion! Like a brutal chaos apothecary. Thanks for all the compliments, it's good to hear you like this kind of videos!

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Another option for melee focused IW cultists could be Sisters of battle Arco flagellants. They're basically servitors with whips but you could easily swap these out for pistols and autoguns

[@FogOfGore]

Very good suggestion! Definitely one I missed and that should be considered. I think you could even consider the Penitent Engines for spawns.

[@friendlytalbot4050]

Glad I caught this suggestion. Now that cultists are all melee only, may as well!

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

@@friendlytalbot4050 I made some but added cocktail stick spikes throughout their body to suggest they're chaosy. I painted their skin in pale tones but added blood at the base of each spike to imply the iron warriors don't really care about them, seeing them more as tools than as living breathing things

[@friendlytalbot4050]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 That's really awesome!

[@CatherinePuce]

Nice idea. I like your offer for the characters but I cannot think a better leader for my Iron Warriors that the old Warsmith miniature. Full of bionics and screaming Iron Warrior.

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, Warpsmiths are the one true characters for Iron Warriors, but I also wanted to offer alternatives to the standard stuff.

[@CatherinePuce]

@@FogOfGore Not warpsmith, the old warsmith. The chaos warlord of the iron warriors that they used to have.

[@FogOfGore]

Ah, yeah, but that's very old and OOP. I'd rather not give OOP minis as suggestions. I think a combination of the Siege Breaker Consul with Warpsmiths bits could be a decent leader too.

[@joelkurowski7129]

CSM Legionaries make for great Chosen, while the Mark 3 can represent regular Legionaries. That way they still blend with the rest of the CSM Army, and overall will have a slightly less corrupted look which many people feel is appropriate.

[@FogOfGore]

Very good point. And you can still use the additional weapons to kit out the MK III marines.

[@dafio2710]

I kitbashed the necromunda ambots for obliterators, using mark 3 heads and just space marine and gun sprues and bits that I had lying around. works really well.

[@FogOfGore]

That sounds like a pretty cool kitbash. The ambots definitely have a great industrial look and feel. With enough guns they could work great as obliterators!

[@matjunak]

i have been trying to figure out how to effectively and coolest way to make an iron warrior army. and i just have to say that what you showed in this video is just genius, especially what you did with the chaos spawn. just perfect!

[@FogOfGore]

Thank you for the compliments!

[@DanielRisberg]

Plastic Mechanicum for 30k should be releasing within a month or so. Great source of cultists and automata.

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, absolutely. The news about the release came just a little too late for this video.

[@Eta_Carinae__]

With Cultists, in Storm of Iron, we see slaves perform manual labour, under the supervision of slavemasters. I think that's the kind of angle I'd take with the Cultists as slaves, and the Traitor Guard as their supervisors.

[@FogOfGore]

@@Eta_Carinae__ that's a cool idea too. You could combine some GSC neophytes with cultist and Necromunda bits to make slavelabourers!

[@HPSmugscraft]

I use my Kriegers as proxies for traitor guardsmen, and a Rogal Dorn tank (I know, I know).

[@FogOfGore]

Not a bad idea at all!

[@jowo__]

Found your channel a few days ago and it's been a great help in painting my Skitarii. I also recently started an IW army and then this popped up, great stuff!

[@FogOfGore]

Welcome to the channel!

[@wheatard904]

What a great video man, can’t wait for the proxy video to come out next week

[@FogOfGore]

Thanks man! It's getting edited as we speak!

[@vezuuu7980]

I was googling iron warriors conversions and paint schemea etc and I this was my recomendation, your first video that i see but i am sure i will look here often

[@FogOfGore]

Welcome to the channel!

[@JustFollowingOrdersYT]

Finally, my algorithm giving me the good stuff from people ive never heard of as soon as it drops. Good content.

[@FogOfGore]

That's awesome to hear! Happy to see my videos getting to the right people.

[@DmitriVanderbilt]

This video is exactly what I was looking for 🙏 Thank you

[@FogOfGore]

Happy to help out. I'm working on some of the ideas I shared in this video to actually make these kitbashes myself.

[@FogOfGore]

Here is the WarCom article with the Iron Warriors army of Chaos Lord Beard from Table Top Tactics: www.warhammer-community.com/2024/05/13/this-awesome-iron-warriors-army-is-ready-to-bash-your-front-doors-in

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Seems like the sparse representation of Iron Warriors in the product range makes them perfect for converters.

[@guilliman1990]

The best without discussion for iron warriors cultists is DKOK no need to argue this is peak iron warriors an its what iv used for my milita for 30k dark green khakis with chevron

[@FogOfGore]

I hadn't even considered them, but yes, they would make great cultists too!

[@connorgordon1368]

Great ideas may I add the iron warriors have janassaries there own soldiers so traitor guard kill team as you get rules for traitor guard I would like to add aswell I use the old chaos terminator lord or the terminator captain and use like tyrant bits or heresy terminator bits the warsmith torso and legs could work for a lord or sorcerer tortuga bay make great cybernetic mark 3 and 2 bodies weapons aswell and terminators

[@TheWarlock97]

I can’t get over the fact iron circle was originally ogryn sized in the HH and then they decided to make them the equivalency of knights on the table top.

[@CMTechnica]

Iron Within is peak IW design. Mk2 and Mk3 armor with the legionary power packs. The Terminator Lord in the animation makes the basic chaos terminators work, since that’s what he’s based on.

[@KinoTechUSA69]

Excellent video. My army thanks you!

[@FogOfGore]

Glad to hear it was helpful!

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

Will you be doing a similar video for the Death Guard?

[@FogOfGore]

Absolutely. I play Death Guard myself! Going to take them to a tournament next week with a massive swarm of 60 poxwalkers, 40 cultists and 27 Nurglings

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

@@FogOfGore nice

[@TheOneWhoSometimesSaysOk]

At this point just buy a cheap 3d printer, you'll spend hundreads less and at least care about the quality of the resin unlike Forge World.

[@MekBoooooi]

I just made an Iron warriors demon engine by sculpting onto Morvennvhal! And giving her a power hammwr instead of her sword!

[@FogOfGore]

That's a brilliant idea! I should have thought of that. The penitent engines could be great chaos spawns or servitors as well.

[@zidahya]

There also was an FW Iron Warrior dreadnought. I'm not sure if that still exist. I still have one of those automatons lying around. Playing it as a demon price is actually a good idea. Maybe it gets build afterall.

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, that's the way. Glad I could give you some inspiration!

[@OmegonAlpharius20]

I love this video idea! Do you plan on doing other legions/chapters/warbands?

[@FogOfGore]

Absolutely, I've already done Night Lords as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5-rhmWNateZbLs More to come!

[@mayofrench5170]

Overall good video. I have a few additional ideas. I feel the Cataphron Breachers would be good proxies for Obliterators. For cultists I would recommend Necromunda Orlock gangers. The Hellbrute model could be converted into a Daemon Prince. I would suggest the Space Marine Devastator kit for the legs and heavy weapon options. The 30K MK VI Assault Squad would make a good less corrupted version of Raptors. I highly recommend the 30K legion tanks as proxies for the 40K versions. My Iron Warriors army has fallen into corruption. I may do another using mainly 30K models.

[@FogOfGore]

All great suggestions. Thanks for adding it here!

[@GeorgieQuidd]

Ursurax would be the IDEAL spawn proxy. Thanks now I've got to buy some hahaha

[@FogOfGore]

I thought they look so cool and fitting for some weird proxy!

[@michaelcooper941]

Could you do this for Alpha Legion as well please? Im starting up an Alpha Legion force and im trying to think of proxies to use for different models. find the fleshmetal/daemonic units less appealing and I want different models to use as proxies.

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, I'm doing some research already. There are quite a few directions to go with the Alpha Legion, so it's hard to trim it down into one cohesive video.

[@rrohring1970]

A lot of your suggestions were cool. But when I think of nurglings I think of little creature things that swarm others. The nurglings you suggested don’t come across as a swarm more as single miniatures better used for non-nurglings.

[@Real_GoofyGoober]

I thought of using necron scarabs for my nurglings.

[@FogOfGore]

Absolutely, but there just aren't that many swarms in the GW inventory :( so I would look for other aspects, such as deepstriking and infiltrate instead

[@tille7502]

theres a piece of lore where Perturabo creates some kinda tech plague from a Nurglite Ritual and from this were born 'glitchlings' basically cyborgy gremlins nurglings use the ones from the gellerpox kill team among your swarm and that could very well work

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

The only way to be cost effective and be an iron warriors player is 3d printing. We had a lot of good people doing original stuff before GW cracked down on these independent artists. Without 3d printing the range is limited to upgrade kits and models that are out of scale these days, which is an important factor for many people. The new MK3 kit is also noticeably bigger than the MK4 marines, it's important to be aware of this. People get annoyed at this often enough so we should mention it beforehand. All in all, the upgrade kits are obviously working for both old scale and new scale, but most of the heresy models are old scale, while the new MK3 and MK6 guys (also the current chaos space marine minis) will tower over these. Good video otherwise.

[@OldmanModo]

The demon prince robot and the possessed bare arm approach were 😗👌chefs kiss good

[@FogOfGore]

Thanks!

[@Fishcrab]

I think that the oorlock gang could be good cultist proxies. Doing menial mechanic labour type stuff

[@FogOfGore]

That's a cool idea too

[@jp301]

I have though of this idea but I struggle with scale. I want the marines to be primaris scale. I have a 3d printer do I just print legs? What we be the easiest way to tackle scale that still ooks good?

[@FogOfGore]

Even the regular chaos marines aren't exactly primaris scale. They are a little smaller. So if you want to scale up your marines I would just find a good complete STL and print it at 110% scale or so and see if that works.

[@Spiegelritter56]

the vorax look like a good proxie for obliterators

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, they could be! It didn't really occur to me since they are so hunched over. I like the centurions for obliterators though. There is still something living in those suits.

[@elijahmontgomery4146]

Iron warriors cut off mutated body parts and replace them with prosthetics. I like to think that Perturabo isn’t a true daemon primark and has instead cobbled together a giant dreadnought like power armor around himself to keep himself alive. Has he been reported to be a daemon primark? Yes, allegedly. You can’t prove it so you can’t prove me wrong.

[@FogOfGore]

So Perturabo is basically an Ork Warboss? 😀

[@voltdriver4101]

"Iron Warriors are one of the most misunderstood legions" *procedes to misunderstand the Iron Warriors. Iron Warriors can only be misunderstood at of this point in time. Due to the complete lack of any 40k Iron Warriors models, it is entirely up to GW. Whether they will double down on the Iron Warriors' identity being defined by their current flanderization quirk of 30k Iron Warriors = 40k Iron Warriors or not isn't clear.

[@TheRedBrethren]

iron warriors not being chaos lovers is kind of a new concept being pushed by players and lore ju8nkies but its not rooted in reality. In fact they used to be the POSTER BOYS for chaos legions, complete with horns and everything. They love using daemon engines, and several named characters are known devotees to chaos gods. A good middle ground is that it varies by warband, or that they, like their primarch, believe they are using chaos to their own ends by catching and enslaving demons, cutting off mutations etc.

[@guilliman1990]

Thats straight up incorrect they have always been the least chaotic of all chaos legions they have always used chaos for their own ends an never really been driven by the gods. Demon engines an the like but as for the spikey helmet an what not sure thats standard chaos style armour but look at the cover of the iron warriors omnibus and Honshu books.! Ieon warriors have and always will be chaotic natural and are the most reliable and logical of all traitor legions.

[@Awwwwwyeeeee]

Haha chaotic neutral? Iron Warriors are lawful evil!​@guilliman1990

[@rosezwerg4499]

Can you do world eaters next please

[@rosezwerg4499]

Heresy era

[@FogOfGore]

They are on my list for sure and I'm already working on my converted World Eaters Master of Executions!

[@mutehowl]

Iron warriors Hyper focused on thier self inflicted suffering.

[@Neardarkphotography]

You would have thought there would have been some actual proxies rather than just other gw kits.

[@FogOfGore]

Yeah, but I would rather keep those in a separate video. There are a lot of people that just can't bring 3D printed models to their games because they play in GW stores or strict tournaments. If I would go through a load of 3D printed models in this video they would complain about that. 😀

[@nicholasblahblahblah1913]

That's a lot of resin!

[@Lord_Inquisitor_Ignis]

Sidegrade to demonhood I would argue

[@jowo__]

First!