Hey, we're not even halfway into October, and the Iron Guard are already here. These stalward defenders of humanity are another example of retro-cloning, i.e. I tried to paint them in the same style I used about ten years ago when I did the previous batch of these.

Whether there's much point in doing that remains debatable, given that there's only six originals and 16 in the new batch. I could have done these in whatever style and as long as I kept the same general color scheme, the old ones could have been lost in the ranks.

Well, it was a fun excercise nonetheless.

These are actually pretty simple figures to paint, given that they are almost completely encased in plate armor. If I'd chosen the paint scheme today, I would probably have gone for more colorful shields.

I have only a few Firstborn foot troops left to paint: a couple of Black Sisters and a squad of Desert Crusaders. I'll probably do them next, which leaves only December open...

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