Entry Thread - Turning the World to Darkness: Ironclad

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Welcome to the next instance of Turning the World to Darkness competition!

In the Turning the World to Darkness we pick a different theme each time, and the goal is to represent the theme or find ways to turn it to the ways of undead!

The theme of this competition, as chosen by The Sun King, the winner of the July/August competition, is “Ironclad” 🛡️

It's time to embrace the cold touch of iron and bring out the heavy metal!
You are also encouraged to use models or parts from whatever army you feel like, not restricted to undead only. It could be a single model or a whole unit of them, of all scales and sizes.

Original models (sculpts) and conversions are allowed.

The Prize: The winner earns the glory and a place in the Hall of Infamy thread and a forum medal once they are available. The winner also gets to select the theme of the next painting challenge (note that the winner only has a weekend to present the decision, so please be prepared and available).

The Rules:
  • All models entered should not have been painted more than a year ago from the date the entry thread is closed. This will not be enforced but violators will politely be asked to retract their entry.
  • All miniatures presented must have been painted by the entrant.
  • Max one entry per person.
  • Max 3 images per entry (including pictures in collages), of reasonable size.
  • No voting for your own entry.
  • No model can be entered into several challenges.
  • Open entries and open voting. Everyone can see who painted what.
  • Models can be of any manufacturer and conversion but must fulfill all the criteria of the given theme.
  • If no decision on the next theme is made within a week of the winner announcement, the decision falls to the competition organizer.

The Schedule:

Week 1, Wednesday: Theme announcement and entry thread created
Week 6, Monday: Entry thread closed. Voting thread opened.
Week 8, Sunday: Voting thread closed. Result announced. Winner asked about next theme.


This thread is now open for people to post their entries. Please state a name of the entry along with the pictures. The thread closes on the 31th of October at (roughly) 23:59 CET (but we are not in a hurry, we can easily extend it if someone needs to finish their entry). You can also comment and discuss in this thread, it is not restricted exclusively for entries.
 
I scoured the bits box, came up with some stuff. The idea is a "horse"-drawn cart loaded with weapons and shields for my grave guard, who are armed with great weapons. To symbolise the ability to switch weapons when on the march.
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The main guy (all armored up and ready to go) will be a stranded wight king project, revived for this thing.
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I'll probably fit him with some extra bits, to make him more imposing. But yeah, this guy covered in iron from head to toe will be the focal point of the entry, standing in a cart or wagon loaded with armaments.
 
Progress has been slow lately, so hopefully posting a quick wip will spur me on... Worth a shot, anyway. Here are some constituent parts under way.
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The skeleton will get some greenstuff rags, and will lead the "horse". The "ironclad" warrior will stand on the cart, along with a plethora of weapons and shields. I might paint and assemble in several steps, haven't planned it all out yet.
 

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