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I'd posted these a while ago on Bolter and Chainsword, but as I am relatively new to this forum, I think I'll steal this opportunity to show off this army here. It has been semi-retired, in lieu of my playing Blood Angels Nipple Wing (that's pure Sanguinary Guard) and my Death Korps as of late, but the manager of the local Games Workshop I frequent has graciously allowed me to display my army there so whenever I stop by GW without an army and am challenged to a game, I still have my Wolves.

The Wolves of Fenris!


Ragnar Blackmane, the Allslayer


Rune Priest Jormunrek Skallagrim


Arjac Rockfist, the Anvil of Fenris


Lone Wolf


Wolf Guard

Since taking these images, several of the Wolf Guard have been converted with Combi-Weapons.

Grey Hunters









Rhinos "Munin", "Roskva", and "Oseberg"




Drop Pod


Skyclaws


Land Speeder Tornadoes



Land Speeder Typhoons



Land Raider "Ragnarok"

Since taking these images, the Redeemer Cannons have been replaced with Hurricane Bolter sponsons, making it a Crusader pattern instead of a Redeemer pattern.

Objective Markers

The powder monkey also sometimes doubles as a Chooser of the Slain.


These photos are a little dated, and I have also added several new units to the army, of which I have yet to photograph (I will try and do so when I get a chance):

6 Long Fangs
5 Wolf Scouts
Rune Priest Hrafn Skarphedinn

Hope you enjoy. Comments and criticisms are always welcome.


DV8

Flawless...

Excellent, very well done! Probably my fav. runepriest and Ragnar I have yes seen.

I saw some of your stuff before the new edition Space Wolves Codex came out...when you were using the Vanilla Marine rules. It made me sick how good you were then, and I'm even sicker now, haha. Absolutely awesome stuff man. Your conversions are pretty flawless, and the painting is magnificent. I tend not to swoon over models or the guys that put them together without at least giving some sort of criticism, so I'll say that your bases seem a little too sterile for my taste. I'd like to see a few wisp of yellowed or brown dead grass.

i couldnt see the pictures after the landspeeder, but what i did see was amazing! great work here!

Those are fantastic Space Wolves. If I can ask, could you (briefly) explain the main colour choices and how you painted these beauties?

Conversely, a link to somewhere where you already did that would be awesome, nay, epic!

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This is full of win!

Hey man GREAT work ! if its not much to ask would you be able to give me a pm on how you did the scars on some of your models faces?

It takes a lot to make me like Space Marines, but you've done it.

Kudos to the conversion work of course, but special kudos to making such a striking army with such a muted palette. It's almost like your army is partly sepia tinted... like it's already a relic.

Fantastic looking army!

Very nice work!

JOHIRA wrote:It takes a lot to make me like Space Marines, but you've done it.

Kudos to the conversion work of course, but special kudos to making such a striking army with such a muted palette. It's almost like your army is partly sepia tinted... like it's already a relic.

+1

SW's where my 1st choice "back in the day" until I realised orks and marines weren't the only races in the game.

Love how the units have so much character (that scared Grey Hunter is just sweet).

Fabulous.

Back in the day i collected space wolves... soft spots and hearts and all that.

FTL

Quite possibly the BEST space wolves ive ever seen. Your army is an inspiration for me to collect my own SW chapter! the tones of grey you chose are the best ive ever seen for a space wolves army. The grey gives them a feeling of being frigid and frozen...excellent palette choice. What im most awestruck by is the superlative weathering on the vehicles. It is some of the best! I would be very appreciative of a PM tutorial of how you did the weathering (both technique and colors used). Absolutely stunning army, I bet it turns heads when you deploy them on the board!

Great SW! i really love the grey armour. Can you please PM me about how you painted the battle damage and skin because it looks amazing. cheers.

Beautiful. I particularly like your converted Ragnar.

These are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. My one criticism is that the nozzle of the flamer looks far too similar to other black areas on the models. Needs some heat damage and these would be flawless!

Imp. Monkey

What base colour did you use for these man? They're beautiful!

beezley1981 wrote:I saw some of your stuff before the new edition Space Wolves Codex came out...when you were using the Vanilla Marine rules. It made me sick how good you were then, and I'm even sicker now, haha. Absolutely awesome stuff man. Your conversions are pretty flawless, and the painting is magnificent. I tend not to swoon over models or the guys that put them together without at least giving some sort of criticism, so I'll say that your bases seem a little too sterile for my taste. I'd like to see a few wisp of yellowed or brown dead grass.

I don't disagree, but then for me simple is better. Without worrying about the little finagly details like the wisps of dead yellow grass, I can base these guys pretty quickly. It detracts a little from the close up, but from 3 feet away (which is the general rule of thumb for any army), it isn't a big deal that the bases are just grey slates covered with snow.

Joyous_Oblivion wrote:Those are fantastic Space Wolves. If I can ask, could you (briefly) explain the main colour choices and how you painted these beauties?

Conversely, a link to somewhere where you already did that would be awesome, nay, epic!

I posted a how-to video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/johnathancfho?feature=mhum#p/u/23/2NhtXYqD8AI

It'll take you from start to finish on how I paint a Space Wolf. Sorry if my hands or head gets in the way. First time doing a video tutorial (most likely the only time) and I had to make do with a finicky tripod which didn't sit quite so well on my desk.

Wulfenone wrote:Hey man GREAT work ! if its not much to ask would you be able to give me a pm on how you did the scars on some of your models faces?

Any scars you see on bare faces is sculpted on. I just painted the details and highlighted/shaded as normal.

Element206 wrote:Quite possibly the BEST space wolves ive ever seen. Your army is an inspiration for me to collect my own SW chapter! the tones of grey you chose are the best ive ever seen for a space wolves army. The grey gives them a feeling of being frigid and frozen...excellent palette choice. What im most awestruck by is the superlative weathering on the vehicles. It is some of the best! I would be very appreciative of a PM tutorial of how you did the weathering (both technique and colors used). Absolutely stunning army, I bet it turns heads when you deploy them on the board!

Thanks. See above for the YouTube link. I'm not quite sure if I covered the weathering, but I just used a 7B Staedler pencil and drew on the battle damage (both on the infantry and the vehicles). Just make sure you keep the pencil tip sharp, and varnish (matte) often.

dignifiedsausage wrote:
Great SW! i really love the grey armour. Can you please PM me about how you painted the battle damage and skin because it looks amazing. cheers.

Battle damage is already mentioned. The skin you can achieve with Scorched Brown, Dwarf Flesh and Elf Flesh (work your way up through blending/layering) with controlled/selective applications of washes of Devlan Mud, Leviathan Purple and Asurmen Blue) in the crevices/shadows.

Imperial Monkey wrote:These are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. My one criticism is that the nozzle of the flamer looks far too similar to other black areas on the models. Needs some heat damage and these would be flawless!

Imp. Monkey

I see what you're saying, but I've never been a big fan of the heat damage.

TheFirstBorn wrote:What base colour did you use for these man? They're beautiful!

See the video tutorial. But it's Codex Grey, highlighted up through Fortress Grey, and washed with Leviathan Purple, Asurmen Blue, and Devlan Mud.


DV8

Wowza! That is an incredibly impressive looking army, the Wolf-feel is not at all over-the-top, the palette is lovely as is the quality of the models and paintjob. The HQ's in particular are awesome, as are the Grey Hunters.
They catch the hard-worn and grim feel of 40K and the Space Wolves very well.
Seriously, that's a beautiful collection. I'm incredibly impressed.

My only criticism is the Vanguard models for the Skyclaws; whilst beautifully painted, they seem much to veteran and ornate for Skyclaws...

Amazing Work - I love your army shot.

Hey thanks to you i HAVE SOME XMAS GIFT IDEAS FOR my bro he also uses sw

wow.. really awesome lookin stuff there

Want

welcome to Dakka, mate...
i'm sure i've told you over on the B&C that i'm a huge fan of your work...
nice to see you spreadin' the love here as well...

best SW army ever, period...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Beautiful grey. I especially like the conversions and why this army is "retired" is beyond me... to nice to not be played with.

Rangnar and the Rune Priest is pure awesome! the rest is just extremely awesome!
Nice details and paint scheme, I'll to say like others...these is the best Space Wolves I've seen.

THAT is what Ragnar Blackmane should look like! I suggest bombarding GW with emails including that picture until they get the hint.

Your 11th post and I don't think I have ever had my jaw drop so low.