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Hello all! I have a problem, i decided to try a new scheme for my wolves and am torn between them, can you please let me know what you think?
Here they are, some comparison shot to make sure you can make a good decision






Thanks for reading and let me know, sorry if the pics are a little blurry

The old scheme, because they actually look like Space Puppies.

i like the darker scheme myself..

I prefer the dark scheme, but I wouldn't know it was a Space Wolf if you didn't tell me.

The dark scheme has kind of a Black Templar vibe going for it.

But as a traditionalist +1 for the light scheme.

As someone else who runs a dark color scheme wolves army I support the darker ones.

My test color run, the only serviceable pics I have of them. You are obviously the better painter.

Dark.

I like the dark colour scheme !

Dark color scheme same color as my brothers wolves who were the 13th company.

the grey looks to bland

The one on the left for sure.

Dark all the way. More grimdark, and as we all know. More grimdark is better.

I agree with the other posts where the dark scheme looks better. You could always tosh a wash over the grey mini and that might help 'darken' the grey, since like Mikewars85 said it is kinda' bland next to your great reflective gold trimming!

Definitely the dark one. Who cares if they look traditional?

What color was the grey you used on the dark scheme?

Dark... The old scheme is better (at least i think so)

While I think the darker scheme looks better, I think the lighter scheme looks more like Space Wolves. Is there any chance of using a wash to darken the lighter scheme a bit (to less dark than the dark scheme, but still a bit darker)?

Similarly, you could paint orks very well, but yellow, and I would still prefer green orks which were painted with less skill. One looks right to me, and the other doesn't. Now, if you are doing some 'counts as' chapter which uses Space Wolf rules, I'd definitely go with the darker paint job.

Thanks all for your opinion! it is almost even, looks to me to do a 'counts as' successor chapter, which there is only one, the blood wolves, which is kinda stupid theres only one, or keep the current scheme, still thinking on it, might decide soon, but once again thanks for voting!

mikewars85 wrote:the grey looks to bland

I tend to agree if there is nothing on the armour to break the grey it gets bland, and is hard for me to highlight with keeping that look it gets, and it's a pain when you have to do multiple layer to keep it smooth

Luckless wrote:What color was the grey you used on the dark scheme?

I use adeptus battle grey, washed heavily with devlian mud, makes it almost a black, but with some grey in it, almost like a light charcoal color

Da Butcha wrote:While I think the darker scheme looks better, I think the lighter scheme looks more like Space Wolves. Is there any chance of using a wash to darken the lighter scheme a bit (to less dark than the dark scheme, but still a bit darker)?

Similarly, you could paint orks very well, but yellow, and I would still prefer green orks which were painted with less skill. One looks right to me, and the other doesn't. Now, if you are doing some 'counts as' chapter which uses Space Wolf rules, I'd definitely go with the darker paint job.

I might end up doing that, as the bright grey looks good to me it falls to look kinda bland and burns you out quickly while painting, and i find that the NMM Gold really stands out in the darker scheme, as in the lighter scheme the light color fight each other for attention

Being a slightly less than traditionalist myself of SWs, I like the dark paint scheme. The grey does look quite plain.
My own guys are a bit darker than traditional as well, tbh. I'll have to post pictures 1 of these days...

wells it's tied 50-50
Hopefully there will be some distinction soon
Thanks again for looking!

I like the darker color as it sets your army out. There is no reason to rigidly stick to baby blue.

I prefer the lighter colored Wolf.


Either way, I am glad you didn't go with the awful, sky-blue Space Wolves.

Stavkat wrote:I prefer the lighter colored Wolf.


Either way, I am glad you didn't go with the awful, sky-blue Space Wolves.

Thanks, i never really like the color, painted some tau like that for my first army, wasnt the best experience so i dont like it anymore

Anyway still at 50-50 so far this is neutral

dark with light shoulder edging

As a more "space wolfy" space wolf fan, I would go with the lighter one. I kind of like the "light and fun, lets romp across the snow and slaughter our enemy" look over "rar, we are dark wolves, smash!" look.

I'd personally go for the darker one beacuse i think it looks better plus i don't like the idea of seeing loads of players with the same schemes.

I have to say i prefer the lighter scheme to the darker one. It seems more wolfy too me.. as some others have said with the darker one, just a quick glance and i would not have known they were space wolves.

I've met a fair few people who hate the blue-grey Space Wolves... I've never understood why, it's a pretty colour

Henners91 wrote:I've met a fair few people who hate the blue-grey Space Wolves... I've never understood why, it's a pretty colour

For me much of the allure of space wolves is that they are the epitome of pop-cultures fabrication of viking warriors as serious BAMFs. This version of viking warriors is very grimdark, and I want my army to be grimdark too.