Tutorial: Painting Iron Hands Symbols

So last night, I broke out a test model and practiced my freehand work a tad. Since transfers cost 16 pounds (at least 20 bucks for us over here in the USA), I thought it would save me a few bucks if I learned to paint the symbols myself.

Looking at the Legion's icon, and by studying the decals themselves from Forgeworld's online store, I was able to simplify the geometry enough to achieve a satisfactory result with my paltry skills.

Here is the transfer sheet from Forgeworld:

And here is my simplified method of painting this symbol that can be achieved in small scales, even if you don't have the steadiest hand!

1. Paint a square
2. Paint a trapezoid underneath the square, leaving a line of separation between them
3. Individually paint 4 thin lines for fingers, leaving the middle finger the longest (I cut off the picture above by accident)
4. Paint a diagonal line from the side of the square for the thumb.
5. Be sure to continue to leave a thin line of separation between all the fingers and the square.
6. If you mess up, black paint (carefully applied) can act as your eraser.

And that is all there is to it! Simple enough that I should be able to replicate it on the 40+ marines and vehicles I have in my basic army, and I shouldn't want to poke my eyes out with forks. 

Hopefully somebody finds this helpful!

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