Model review: Steelhead Ironhead & Scallywag

I have a couple of models to review for you today! The Steelhead Ironhead solo, and Scallywag - Shae's character light Warjack

The model comes in four parts as you can see here

The first thing you might notice is that the body is made of metal, this is because I live in the UK. A lot of the models which are resin in the US end up being metal here. 

There is some lovely detail in the legs and hips with all the connecting tubes and pipes which power the suit.

The boiler is nicely detailed with realistic connections to the hoses powering the rest of the suit.

Slight mold lines run across the top of the armour, nothing a file can't deal with

The clamp is pretty beefy, it does give the model a lopsided look which 

These are pretty much the worst mold lines on the whole model and they are very manageable. 

This piping connects the clamp arm to the body to power it, you might need to bend it slightly to make it fit.

Scallywag comes in a lot of parts...

The body is made from resin and the detail is amazing, I have two Buccaneers and they aren't anywhere near this crisp.

The detail around the boiler is especially nice.

Slight mold line on the boiler and smoke stack, this should come off easily though.

Resin injection ports are on the underside of the body which is great to hide any lost detail should I cut too deep when removing them.

The hip part is separate which is different from the old buccaneer which has it attached to the torso.

The legs are really thin and I get the feeling that I will want to pin them, which does risk me drilling all the way through them... I can easily repair that should it happen though.

Arms come in two parts, the forearm armour looks a little "Menothy" to me, maybe looted armour plates?

Gun Axe!!! This is a really cool weapon.

I love that they went to the trouble of sculpting the warjacks finger going through a trigger guard, most warjacks ranged weapons are connected internally to allow them to fire them, this is the only one I can think of which has a visible trigger in this style.

Not sure what I think of the skull head for this Jack, I will reserve judgement until I have painted it I guess.

This small part goes on top of the body and it has a tiny version of the Tailon charter crest on it. A nice detail to tie it to Shea

Here they both are after pinning and assembly!

I really like the asymmetrical nature of this model, it really fits the setting.

I feel inspired to build my own if I want to run a list with two of these (they are field allowance 2) as I feel that ironheads are unique pieces of equipment and shouldn't look identical.

Scallywag looks like a murderous little Warjack, I wasn't sure about it from seeing pictures of it online but the model in real life has changed my mind.

I hope you found my look at these models helpful, if you did let me know in a comment or a message. Your feedback is always welcome and helps me get better at making content you want.

As an experiment of sorts I have also done a video review which you can find on YouTube here

If you want to pick up either of these models you can find them here:
Steelhead Ironhead
Scallywag

These links will take you to The Outposts store in the UK which offers great discount on PP models.
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Goremaw Painted

Goremaw is painted!

I have to admit I'm very bias about this mini, ever since I first saw it during Rikers Iron's unboxing of the Reaper Bones 3 Kickstarter I knew I wanted to get one. Partly to use as a mega RPG boss, and partly because I thought it would be a fun model to paint.

So I picked it up as soon as it became available once it had its retail release. I had a little trouble finding one in stock at first due to demand, but Mighty Lancer Games hooked me up with one. Their customer service was amazing, I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to buy Reaper minis in the EU you can find them here

The first big challenge for me was to pick what colours I wanted to use. I did get a bit of help with a suggestion from a friend to paint the underbelly pink.

I was not sure how far to paint the softer flash of inside its mouth, in the end I went as far as the first ridge in what looks like chitin plates to me.

I mixed my own colour for the underbelly. I used the old GW colour Tallarn flesh with Vallejo's Heavy Bluegrey, I like how it turned out. I highlighted up with increasing levels of pink and less grey.

The spines are painted with a lot of layers from light brown all the way up to bone white colour.

I glued the base Goremaw comes with onto a 120mm MDF base. I did this because the RPG I plan on using it in has this as a base size for the huge monsters party members can encounter.

I also darkened up the soil around the area the Goremaw is erupting from to show that the soil under ground would be moister than the surface.

As is traditional around these parts, here is Professor Pendrake Zoologist for scale!

What do you think of the Goremaw?

I plan on using it in the Iron Kingdoms RPG, not sure on a stat line at the moment. I'm thinking it might represent a colossal blighted razorwurm maybe. If you have any good ideas for a storyhook to use it in let me know! I love getting suggestions from you all!