It's been a while since last update, gosh it's been a quiet November from my side. I figured I sohuld post something and since there's nothing really finished yet I'll post a nice WIP post (duh!)!


I'm nearing the completion of the first Grey Hunter pack, so I figured I'll just toss in a few pictures of those. They're coming along really nicely, love how they turn out in the end, even though a few things could've been done a bit better. But hey, take a look yourselves.


Obviously, there's more if you click below.

The three that are really finished first. Like how all those three turned out. You can see the melta on the right!


The back shows off my favourite element though - wolf furs. I'm painting them along the way described in a WD article and really liking the way they turn out!


Another two, which are next to be finished. You can see what a terrible face the one on the left has... And you can see the He-man on the right! I just couldn't paint his hair any other color..


And the last two. The model on the left is a "pack leader". There isn't anything to support him rules-wise, but he's the guy that'd lead the pack while the Wolf Guard isn't present. If the squad had any power fists or such, he'd be the guy with it. On the right on the other hand you can see the Mark of the Wulfen guy. It took me a while to figure how to make those and came up with this. Looking how fluff-wise pretty much every Grey Hunter should be tatooed I decided to enhance it, with a lil' inspiration from the codex. The MotW model has to have 3 things: A chainsword (The bolter wielding guys won't ever be one!), a wolf skull attached to his belt and his tattoo will be red, unlike the blue ones of the other models. Truth to be said only the last feature is defning, but I'm certainly sticking to all 3 aspects, even though there are plenty other models with chainswords and wolf skulls (though not at the belt), while none has a red tattoo.


And here's the only element done on the Wolf Guard. I take the WG heads out of the terminator box, helps them being truly unique! I'm pondering a lot on that Thunderhammer and how could i put Thunder in it..


And lastly, another WIP, a Dreadnaught conversion I've made. Truth to be said dreads are cool, but somehow I just can't see them pack a whole lot of punch on the tabletop... I guess I'll have to try him one day. He's just going to be a regular Dreadnaught. I shall fight the urge, but I know I shall fail and I'm so going to buythe venerable one that FW is said to be working on now!




And that's it for today. I can share a few other things though. I've played two practice games with my Wolves so far and I really love the army. I was fighting Orks at 1200 points and I had terminators in the list, which are a huge point sink at that point level and yet I managed to triumph once! We haven't finished the second battle, but it was going really well. In first I literally stomped my opponent, having lost only two terminators and getting a single wound on a Rune Priest during the entire game, but that's all thanks to table quarters deployment and Lootas not being able to reach me from the far corner... Perhaps we should've played on a smaller table! :p The second battle started awfully when Lootas decimated the entire Long Fang squad leaving just the brave terminator with a CML who passed like 15 saves! He then proceeded to smash trukks apart, lovely! The tide has turned when a drop pod with terminators arrived aided by scouts later and managed to tear through the Lootas (there were 2x10 of them and a Mek with a SAG). WHen the battle ended I had terminators and Scouts mopping up two remaining Lootas, a single GH squad and two Ork Trukks full of Boyz still in the middle of the table. It could've gone either way, but definitely wasn't as totally lost as I though when my LFs popped.

All in all Wolves are a very fun army. It certainly feels like a relief when you can finally punch someone in the face in combat and not just die horribly no matter what's attacking you! Grey Hunters win the games. If I had picked another GH and LF packs instead of terminators (They are expensive, oh yes...) I would have much easier time dealing with the greenskins.

Oh, and in the other news, I'm thinking about the next "chapter" to the story I've posted in a while. More will be revealed... Let me know if you liked it though! Also I hate how I really want to assemble stuff now. Putting Wolves together was a lot of fun! However I have made a resolution not to buy more minis till the end of the year, and till I paint at least the half of the units I've got... Oh well, I might go back to the Guard a lil' bit and put that third veteran squad together at last, especially since I have a few leftover scout shotguns now!

Also I'm devising another painting tutorial, related to Wolves. I'll have to think it through well however, so not just yet!

That's it for tonight I guess. It seems Wolves post attract less comments than the IG stuff but oh well! ;) Thanks for reading!


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And so it begins. My Space Wolves are well along the way coming to a nice ammount of a bit over 1000 points now! It's about time to show unveil them and share with all of you!


I have decided to go with an existing Great Company, simply because I didn't really like the idea of modifying fluff to my needs by executing a Wolf Lord and I didn't really feel like some Imperial outcasts that could be classed as the 13th co. Out of those two caught my immidiate attention: Sven Bloodhowl and Kjarl Grimblood. In the end I decided the first one simply sounded cooler and gave me way more flexibility in army building.

I have cooked up a list I'm aiming to collect right now, let me sha... Okay, okay. I know you want to see the minis first, so here goes!

This is a sample Grey Hunter. Truth to be said he's also the only Grey Hunter and the only Wolf painted so far... But I think he turned out reeeeaaally well and if I manage to keep that up across the board the army will be an eyecandy I am intending to make!


Of course that's not the only picture. Click below, as usual, for way more content!


A couple of other shots of the very same Marine.


Here a skulll on his backpack. I'm not entirely the fan of the method it was painted with (I am painting my Wolves exactly as described in a White Dwarf article) so I might modify it a bit later.

A scary freehand of Sven Bloodhowl's Company mark.

And a closeup on the pelt! That element I particularly like, just like the face.

I would love to hear your opinions about the model, its base and everything! But of course, that's not all. Here is the entire pack of the Grey Hunter above!

As you can see I started working on them somewhat... If you look closer at their faces you might see that I am keeping closely to the fluff described in the book...

Here is the second Grey Hunter pack I've got.


And now for something more awesome - the Wolf Guard Terminators! I've seen that a lot of lists is pulling away from those or making them into a min-max squad, but I love those models so much there's no way I'm not going to field them. As you can see they boast twin Frost Blade/Storm Shields and twin Combi-meltas/Power Fists (the grey fella is still missing his combi-weapon - they're extrememly hard to get their hands on!) accompanied by Wolf Guard carrying a Cyclone Missile Launcher and a Wolf Claw. If you followed the blog you might've met him... a while ago..


A small Wolf Scouts pack. Not _that_ interesting, but what's going to be interesting is their bases. Maybe you can make out what's going to be on them from the two middle ones?


And now... Behold, the Wolf Lord Sven Bloodhowl in the flesh... and a suit of Terminator Armor! He might only be assembled from ready elements without pretty much any converting, but the parts were so excellent I simply didn't see the need to do that at all! The paintjob however will have to be special here...


Finally a converted piece - a Rune Priest! I decided that the axe didn't really say "Runic Weapon" to me. The sword from the Wolf Pack sprue however...!


And last, but not the least the only vehicle I currently have - a humble Drop Pod.

Not much there... Though the interior is almost fully painted - just enough to glue it together! Here, have a peek.



There will be much more detailed shots of this later, when the Drop Pod is finished entirely.
Almost forgot about the list, here it is, or rather, they are, for I am unsure which variant will fare better:

HQ: Wolf Lord - TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield, Wolf tooth Necklace, Saga of the Bear 225
HQ: Rune Priest 100

Elites: Wolf Guard Pack
1. TDA, Cyclone, Claw 68
2. TDA, Combi-Melta, Fist 48
3. TDA, Combi-Melta, Fist 48
4. TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield 63
5. TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield 63
6. PA, Thunderhammer 43
7. PA, Thunderhammer 43
8. PA, Fist, Combi-melta 43


Elites: Wolf Scouts Pack(5) - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 100

Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8 ) +WG#6 - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Rhino 35
Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8 ) +WG#7 -Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Rhino 35
Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8 ) +WG#8 -Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Drop Pod 35

Hvy Sup: Long Fang Pack(6) - 2xHB, 3xML 130
Razorback 40
Hvy Sup: Land Raider Redeemer - MM 250

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HQ: Wolf Lord - TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield, Wolf tooth Necklace, Saga of the Bear 225
HQ: Rune Priest 100

Elites: Wolf Guard Pack
1. TDA, Cyclone, Claw 68
2. TDA, Combi-Melta, Fist 48
3. TDA, Combi-Melta, Fist 48
4. TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield 63
5. TDA, Thunderhammer, Storm Shield 63
6. PA, Thunderhammer 43
7. PA, Thunderhammer 43
8. PA, Fist, Combi-melta 43
9. PA, Fist, Combi-melta 43
Drop Pod 35

Elites: Wolf Scouts Pack(5) - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 100

Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8) +WG#6 - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Rhino 35
Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8) +WG#7 - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Rhino 35
Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8) +WG#8 - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Drop Pod 35
Troops: Grey Hunter Pack(8) +WG#9 - Mark of the Wulfen, Melta 140
Drop Pod 35


Hvy Sup: Long Fang Pack(6) +WG#1 - 2xHB, 3xML 130
Razorback 40

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Aand that's it for today! I hope you liked those and, as usual, I would love to hear your opinions! Also, sorry for the delay in the posts recently. I simply don't have as much time as I used to have...


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