New Pop Goes the Monkey upgrades are the perfect Iron Warriors bits for mixed chaos pads, hazard grooves, and Cataphractii Warsmith bits.
Looking for Iron Warriors bits right now? Well, you picked a pretty great moment to get picky about the details. Between all the shiny new plastic, the Eye of Terror campaign books on the horizon, and the fact that Iron Warriors never really stop being relevant in Horus Heresy, the timing is almost suspicious.
Pop Goes the Monkey just dropped three upgrade options that do exactly that. These are crisp, readable, and designed to make your painting life easier while pushing the Iron Warriors look hard.
If your goal is “uniform army appearance” without spending a weekend freehanding tiny icons on shoulder pads, this is the kind of hobby cheat code you actually feel good about using.
Pop Goes the Monkey’s New Iron Warriors Bits Are Basically Catnip for Hazard Stripe Addicts
Snag your new PGTM Iron Warriors bits and give us a high-five in support! Every qualifying purchase helps Spikey Bits keep the lights on and the fun going
These new bits are tailor-made for anyone who wants a more cohesive Iron Warriors force across both 40k and Horus Heresy, especially if you are mixing model generations or kits.
They’re ideal for:
- Iron Warriors in 40k, especially if you are refreshing older squads or making new Chaos Space Marines match a consistent legion style. Raised emblems and sculpted details help your army read as Iron Warriors from tabletop distance, even before the hazard stripes start yelling at people.
- Iron Warriors in Horus Heresy, where that “industrial, functional, brutal” vibe is basically the whole brand. These bits fit right into the Siege of Terra mood and look right at home on Heresy-era armor.
- Terminators and chunky elites, where shoulder plates are a massive part of the silhouette. If you want your Warsmith and his brick of problem-solvers to look unified, this is where it starts paying off.
- Fast, repeatable hobby progress, because sculpted iconography means less fiddly freehand and more consistent results across squads. If you have ever painted ten shoulder pads and realized pad number eight suddenly looks like a sad emoji, you know why this matters.
Dominion of Iron: Mixed Chaos Shoulder Pad Set: $16.50
If your Iron Warriors bits need to lean more “warp-tainted veterans” than “freshly issued siege plate,” the Dominion of Iron mixed Chaos shoulder pad set is a smart pickup. You get ten pauldrons inspired by the variety of Chaos Marine armor styles, which is perfect for squads that are meant to look like they have been fighting since the last time someone thought Cadia was safe.
Why it works for Iron Warriors:
- The mixed look fits Iron Warriors lore really well. These guys are practical, but they are also Chaos veterans, and that blend of brutal utility with corrupted detail is a great visual story.
- Raised emblems and patterns make your army look consistent without requiring you to paint microscopic trim highlights until your soul leaves your body.
Where to use them:
- Legionaries, Chosen, Havocs, and characters that need a little extra presence.
- Mixed-era collections where you want a consistent “Iron Warriors” identity across old and new marine kits.
10x Hazard Grooves (L): Abhorrent Shoulder Pads: $16.50
Let’s be honest, “Hazard Grooves” is basically Iron Warriors poetry. The 10x Hazard Grooves (L) Abhorrent Shoulder Pads are inspired by warp-tainted chaos armor, but the big hobby hook here is the grooves and raised detail that make your hazard stripes cleaner and more repeatable.
Why these Iron Warriors Bits work:
- Hazard stripes are the legion’s love language, and these pads are built to make that look sharper with less stress.
- They are compatible with most new and classic 28mm scale marine models, so you can standardize squads without caring which kit the bodies came from.
Where to use them:
- Any unit where you want hazard stripes to pop: Legionaries, Chosen, elite melee squads, or even objective bullies that you want to stand out on the table.
- Squad leaders, champions, and anyone you want to visually tag as “this guy has survived too many boarding actions.”
6x Iron Heads: 3rd Ed. Cataphractii Warsmith Shoulders: $23.25
These are the Iron Warriors bits that screams “Warsmith in Terminator armor” from across the table. The 3rd Ed. Cataphractii Warsmith Shoulders set includes six topmost shoulder plates designed for the latest 2026 plastic Cataphractii-pattern Terminators, with custom emblems and details to make painting easier and keep your elite units looking unified.
Pop Goes the Monkey even calls out a practical detail hobbyists care about: with minor modifications like removing registration pegs, these can also work on classic first edition Cataphractii models. That is huge if your Horus Heresy collection has some veterans in it.
Why it works for Iron Warriors:
- Cataphractii armor already feels like siege engineering turned into a suit. Add Warsmith-style shoulders and suddenly your terminators look like they were issued directly from the Iron Cage.
- The “top plates only” approach is great because it keeps the bulk and silhouette of Cataphractii intact while still giving you a strong legion identity.
Where to use them:
- Cataphractii Terminators in Horus Heresy, obviously.
- Any chunky chaos conversions that want that brutal Terminator profile. They are perfect for mutilators and terminators, and that tracks because those models love oversized shoulder detail.
Closing Thoughts: Iron Warriors Bits, Maximum Siege Hobby Energy
If your Iron Warriors project is getting a boost from the Eye of Terror campaign hype or you are building both 40k and Horus Heresy forces side-by-side, these three upgrades are doing a lot of heavy lifting for not a lot of effort.
Iron Warriors bits like shoulder pads are one of the highest-impact visual swaps you can make, and raised details are a gift when you are trying to keep an army consistent across multiple squads.
Now go paint some hazard stripes and pretend you enjoy it.
Click Here to Grab Your Iron Warriors Bits!
