Anniversary Marine Project (Part 3)

And here we are: not-quite-am-Iron Warrior marine is done!

Finished!

Here are the last stages of his progress:

Assembling the arms was a tad tricky as the original left arm I selected wasn't going to work. So I found an alternate and it seems to work a lot better.

Painting the coils on the Plasma Gun took quite a few steps. Essentially I began with a Scab Red base, with Mephiston Red, which I mixed with an old Blood Angels Orange, with a highlight of Sunburst Yellow. I washed over this with a red ink glaze.

Shoulder pads!

The shoulder pads were finished after I put the Iron Warrior's decal on. I hope Adam doesn't mind that, i think they have one of few icons that could be used pre and post Heresy, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it was bitch to get it on and I had to apply many layers of Micro Set to make it work. But once I did, it was time to glue the whole thing together. And here he is completed:

Completed!

Completed from the rear.

Back in anniversary-marine-project-part-1 I shared Adam's thoughts on how he would like the base done up. I think I did a pretty good job with getting all good and swampy with the colors, but I had left a few areas of the base exposed, which I colored, and these applied lots of gloss varnish to make it appear like a small pool or a puddle. I then added some grass tufts for a bit more a marshy feel. After I sealed the model outside with matte varnish, I decided a photo in natural light would be a neat idea. I positioned him on some dried mud (is a "dry creek" that runs next to my house) and I thought he looked right in this environment. 

Defender of the mucky-muck!

So that's a wrap! Thanks everyone for participating and celebrating our birthday over this past month, Also thanks again to our winner Adam for participating and choosing a new challenge for me to paint. I will be sending him to you as soon as I find an appropriate, and secure, box to send him in.