[The Black Sunz - Ironjawz - Update 28/02 - PICS! Whole new army painted!!]

5 hours ago, Chris Tomlin said:

Morning all,

Thanks to those of you who have "liked" and/or replied to the photos. I'm pleased you guys enjoyed the pics. I had the idea a long time ago and fortunately it just came together well with the Plagueclaw/Scraplauncher arms (I've used 2 of each) fitting into the body of the 40K Mek Gun reasonably well (some plasticard work required). I was then able to de-40K them a little and add a variety of other bits. They ended up being pretty in depth conversions using a plethora of bits. The best compliments I've received have been "that they don't look like conversions" or "If GW released an Ironjawz Rock Lobber, it would look like that" etc. For me as a modeller, that's when you know you're on the right path. It's not all about making whacky unique pieces for me (though those can be super cool), I really enjoy adding units to my army that look like they belong as part of the fantastic existing range if that makes sense. That tends to be my goal with this army especially (the Krunkasaur being a clear deviation from this design brief!!).

I agree.  I have some sort of problem that causes me to try to convert almost every model I get and I have to fight pretty hard sometimes to not do it.  The absolute best comment you can get is when people ask you where you bought the model from because they think you simply purchased it rather than built it.  If you can manage to fool the casual observer into thinking the model came that way and belongs in the army then you hit a home run with that project.

In that regards, superb job on your lobbas.  For the most part they do look very much like the rest of the Ironjaw range and they are painted very well.  My only critique would be the wheels.  In my opinion tires just don't belong in the Fantasy world and they are the one part of those models that breaks the visual theme for me.  I would probably have used a different wheel entirely - either wooden wheels plucked from some other kit, or something completely metal sort of like the old 40k 2nd edition Ork artillery models had.  But, you could probably also get away with swapping the color on the wheels so that the rubber portion is bare metal and the armor plates are painted and weathered.  It is a pretty minor critique and still a great job and they should look great with your force!

[The Black Sunz - Ironjawz - Update 28/02 - PICS! Whole new army painted!!]

1 hour ago, Sheriff said:

I'd like to learn how to do these bases

It looks like they are done using the paint-crackle effect (either GWs version or a generic craft one).