(And that's just the top highligh; you can see the dark reaper and thunderhawk blue beneath)

Look at the edge highlights. The Iron Hands have the blue tint of a Fenrisian Grey and the Raven Guard have a silvery edge, which match the flipped recipes. I have a Pinterest collection of black recipes because I'm eternally looking to improve my black armour game, and that REALLY stood out.

Apologies for not including alt text on the images... apparently my emotions got the better of me and I sent them before remembering to add.
Picture 1: Picture of an Iron Hands space marine Legionary
Picture 2: Picture of a Raven Guard space marine Legionary
Both with accompanying recipes.

I mean, if I had to wear cast iron armoured pants and boots, I'd also probably want to be wearing four sets of socks and trousers underneath to prevent chafing.

Thanks! Super fast to paint up too, that's probably three hours from primed to done and based for the two of them. Was watching a battle report livestream and had the itch to paint something last night.

Looks pretty good to me, though I think you might want to work up the OSL on the inner rim a bit more.

No clue what that's like... really. 😅

Thank you! And.... yes, yes it would.

The recipe I use is from this "cheat sheet" I found ages ago. Fittingly for Iron Hands, the recipe I use is called Istvaan V.

This is what I've used on my other Iron Hands:

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I am pretty happy with him.

Thank you, I'm fairly proud of it. :) Might fine tune it a bit, I'm hitting the end of my ability to sustain my patience (which leads to getting sloppy), but it's been a long time waiting for some deserved attention.

Watched a battle report livestream a few days ago where one side was Iron Hands. Kind of inspired me to go back to my boys in black.
Geez, at this rate I might even finish up the Leviathan box marines before the edition's up. How crazy would that be?
(It'll never happen)

Box, not job. Thank you autocarrot. :P

Thank you!