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So I need a side project from the Vostroyan 104th Mechanized. This PM blog will be about whatever I spend my hobby time on that isn't Vostroyan related...

So far, I've worked on:

Spacewolves repaint

40k Beastmen

Bloodbowl

and an =][=munda warband

On to the projects:

I used to play Space Wolves, but the haven't been seeing much action lately, partially because they look like gak. I'm thinking a whole sale repaint, a little bit at a time is just what I need (not to mention the reinforcements released not so long ago are pretty dang sweet ). Yesterday I stripped a handfull of marines, so we're ready to go. Thanks to Viktor von Domm, I've been playing around with ArmyPainter. Here are the three ideas I've had kicking around my head for the SW repaint. I don't want to stick to the standard paint scheme (that's actually what I'm stripping off )





And my personal fav...


I picked up some Khorne Red and Dark Reaper today to do a test mini. We'll see how that goes.

Fluff wise, I have three ideas:
1) Standard Spacewolf company (albeit with a non-standard paintjob) with SW codex. This is the most mundane idea.
2) A White scars successor chapter that uses the BA codex to get the fast vehicles. This would take a bit of remodeling to get rid of the super-SW stuff, but there is enough carry over that it wouldn't be too crazy.
3) A Spacewolf company using the BA codex (read: DC=wulfen)

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

well... after some thinking... i would vote for the third scheme... call it then the jakals... as for the codex... hmmm... that depends on what you want to field i think...

i agree the third sceme looks cool.. but i think that the second is creepy and could be used for elites, or commanders, or lone wolves or such

only if he does the shoulder trims in red too... then i would second the comment RW...^^

^ oh definatly with the red trim to tie them together

my thought exactly^^

Thanks for the input, fellas!

Here is the test mini for the popular third option:

Didn't like the red trim, so I tried black. After some inspiration from a bit of sloppy drybrushing, I ended up going with silver. The Dark Reaper is a little bluer than I thought, but I think I like it.
Up next, highlighting the armor and a Badab Black wash I think, unless any of you Dakkanaughts have a better idea. Oh, I also need to learn how to paint fur better than Bleached Bone with a Bone White drybrush

Thoughts?

Thanks for looking!
Rawson

You could try painting them as the Red Wolfs? They play with the Space Marine codex, but because of them being "Red Wolfs" you could use S.W models

the basic paintscheme looks good...and well on the army painter the trims look good in red but i see your point that the red on the mini would be lost in all the other red-iness... actually that miini looks quite good as is... just some minor touchup needed on the bolter and i would call that mini finished! ready for massproduction...

Looks very nice indeed Rawson, i think you have a winner there. =]

i like him alot! but i personaly would wash him in a red or purple, then glaze him in bloodletter red to get that nice big red color.. depending on what you are looking for with him

Yep, the red scheme gets my vote I like the contrast with the bleached bone (shoulder pad) and the red......

So, turns out that the Spacewolves repaint project didn't really hold my attention for very long. (Read: I painted half of another mini after the test )

Now I present to you, Dakkanaughts everywhere, my new diversionary project: 40k Beastmen!
I have always loved the look of the WHFB Beastmen, but nobody I know plays. Problem solved: just make some 40k Beastmen!
Here are the results of two evenings of work (FYI, obviously lots of GS to do still): CC much appreciated!



Slugga/Choppa


Slugga/Choppa


Shoota


Who do you think will win this duel?


It's a bit work intensive for each model, but I'm not planning on making a whole lot of them. There are some murmurs of KillTeam/Inquisimunda type games at the FLGS, which I hope will see the arrival of a Beastmen warband.

Anyways, thanks for looking!
Rawson

looking cool Rawson, why dont you take a look at this for some ideas too

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/446424.page

This guy i like ALOT. Thinking of starting a similar project, although it will only consist of a couple 'just for fun' models.

Look forward to more.

might i say that the orky weapons suit them nicely, what army are they counting as btw?

hey rawson i like the beastmen looking snazzy

These guys look great, love 40k beastmen. The fantasy battle minis are really nice, I think this diversionary project has more potential than Space Wolves for sure.

Perkustin wrote:This guy i like ALOT. Look forward to more.

alabamaheretic wrote:hey rawson i like the beastmen looking snazzy

Bruticus wrote:These guys look great, love 40k beastmen. The fantasy battle minis are really nice, I think this diversionary project has more potential than Space Wolves for sure.

Thanks, guys!

Rogue Wolves wrote:might i say that the orky weapons suit them nicely, what army are they counting as btw?

Thank you, sir! They will be fielded as orks. I think the fluff works the best that way: brutal, somewhat primative, CC focused army. In the event that a Necro/Inquisimunda game gets going I'll have to figure something else out.

Rogue Wolves wrote:looking cool Rawson, why dont you take a look at this for some ideas too
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/446424.page

Yeah, I had seen that before. Mayajid has some awesome modeling in that blog! I don't totally buy it from a fluff perspective, but it's hard to argue with an army that looks like that! I have to say, Mayajid's SW Beastmen and Storag's Orks were both great inspirations.

Good point the orky way makes alot more sense compared to the sw way

excellent choice for a new project rawson!!! i like beastmen too and seeing them done by you will be a very cool thing i think! hopefully these three will see a lick of paint soon! good luck with the timetable for this happy event taking place! *rubs hands*

Viktor von Domm wrote:excellent choice for a new project rawson!!! i like beastmen too and seeing them done by you will be a very cool thing i think! hopefully these three will see a lick of paint soon! good luck with the timetable for this happy event taking place! *rubs hands*

Thanks, Vik! I'm still working on the GS and haven't even come up with a paint scheme yet, so I imagine the paint is a ways off still However, I did progress in both numbers and GS today:

The last time you saw this guy he had a paperclip for an arm. Also, as you may have noticed, I'm not sticking with the standard ork head location, which leaves me with a nasty, scarred chest region on all of my beastmen. In this case, chest fur solves the problem (though I can't think of any other situation where that would be the case )


And the newest addition to my merry band: the heavy!



As always, CC most appreciated!

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

like the stubber guy looks kinda like rambo.

alabamaheretic wrote:like the stubber guy looks kinda like rambo.

Rambo or Marbo?

Also, just realized I missed one of the glyphs on the big shoota. Gotta shave that one off, too...

well with the weapon he is holding im going with rambo now if he had a cool sniper pistol then it would totally be marbo.

i was wondering where you disappeared to since the vostroyans got quite.

Rawson wrote:

alabamaheretic wrote:like the stubber guy looks kinda like rambo.

Rambo or Marbo?

Marbo, not Rambo... being from Philly, I have an incredible hatred for Stalone..

But these newest beastmen are looking cool Rawson!

didnt say i like rambo just reminded me of when he was shootin stuff in one of the movies sides im not a huge fan of stallone either

good... good

the heavy is looking good... tho you need to come up with something for the ?looking chest...^^

These guys ought to do well in those small games they look tough and mean!