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Those much touted Thousand Sons of mine :lol: Not that I have much to show for all this time. I'm really a horrible procrastinator!
I apologise beforehand for visible mould lines as well as a generally sloppy paint job. But, after all, these are meant to be played with and I see no point in lavishing too much time on something that is bound to get knocked around a bit.

Now, you might have noticed that they're not as blue as 1k Sons usually are. Why is that? Well, as these fellas are fighting with Iron Warriors, I figured it prudent to change the colour scheme around a bit to make them blend in better with the IWs.
The gold is slightly brighter than that of the Terminator IWs, and the blue metal is achieved thusly:

1. Over black undercoat, drybrush with Tin Bitz, followed by Boltgun Metal. Wash this with Badab Black.

2. Drybrush a highlight of Chainmail once the wash is dry.

3. Make a final, extreme highlight with Mithril Silver.

4. Wash all the armour plates with Asurmen Blue. Let it dry.

5. Bob's your uncle!

You'll, notice the metal starts out pretty much the same as on the ordinary IWs, with some added highlighting and washing. That's all, really.

Comments are always welcome.

Thousand Sons, Chaos Space Marines and Warhammer 40k are trademarks of Games Workshop Ltd. Minis produced by Games Workshop Ltd.
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~dgs1993saramago Apr 27, 2012
Interesting scheme. Im more used to see them with blue colours, but it looks sweet :)
The oeruboros is moreless simple, but drawing it on every.single.shoulderpad is a VERY nice detail :D
On the other hand, I dont (and probaly never will) like those egiptian-like crests...
Iron warriors dont have any god?
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*Belazikkal Apr 27, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Iron Warriors are predominantly described as Undivided. That doesn't stop some individuals from falling to a specific god, though.

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow." --The 10th Doctor
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Mood: Wow! ~saint-max Jan 10, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
wow this is super cool .... @_@
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*Belazikkal Jan 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
That coming from the man who made that AMAZING Kurze picture...

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like them!

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow." --The 10th Doctor
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~saint-max Jan 12, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Hey thanx mate :O i really love the Thousand Sons they do stand out among the other chaos legions. u did a great job :D
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*Belazikkal Jan 12, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Once you figure out a good paint scheme, 1k Sons aren't that hard to paint. These were painted to fit in with my Iron Warriors specifically.

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow." --The 10th Doctor
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~SDGRAPHICS May 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thats some good paint work, nicely done. especially the armour, havent seen anything of that sort on thousand sons minis before. :thumbsup:

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*Belazikkal May 27, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The paint scheme developed as a solution to making 1k Sons fit in with my Iron Warrior army, and painting them bright blue with gold trim would've broken the cohesion of the army. Hence, this solution.
Glad to hear you like it!

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow." --The 10th Doctor
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~SDGRAPHICS May 29, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Yea i think its great, over the pic it looks like a shiny light blue/ silver glow to the armour.

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*Belazikkal May 30, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
It sort of looks like that RL too. I truly do love the results that you can get with Citadel Washes. Best thing in ages that GW has done!

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"This is my timey-wimey detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow." --The 10th Doctor
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