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That's one bad ass dreadnought, dude!
Good job, i'm sure your brother was well chuffed!

P.S. Did you get my pm?

Looks like it could also pass as a Contemptor Dread! Very nice!

Dysartes wrote:- and it would have to default to a Rifleman, wouldn't it

For starters, yeah... He's gone for a heavy fire-power-based army to get started. When I have time, I'll knock up a close combat weapon and some variant ranged weapons for when he gets bored with that


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LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote:Good job, i'm sure your brother was well chuffed!

He was, yes

P.S. Did you get my pm?

Yeah, sorry... I suck at responding to PMs. Reply sent now.

Inspiring.

I loved all 17 pages of thsi blog!

I hate you Ian.

Talented son of a gun, I feel so inadequate after looking at your work.

You are just amazing....*Headswelll* - Bastich!

akira5665 wrote:I feel so inadequate after looking at your work.

That's the real purpose of this thread, of course...



Just received my second box of Bloodcrushers in the mail, so I'm hoping to make a start on the Iron Wolves over the Christmas break (or at least, those parts of it that aren't spent driving back and forth across Brisbane). Very excited to start work on the cavalry...

I finally started in on my Space Wolves army for Adepticon…
I’m going for a bare-metal and barbaric approach, and calling them the Iron Wolves. In keeping with that, I wanted Thunderwolves that were (a)cheaper than buying mulitple copies of Canis Wolfborn, (b)not as silly-looking as Canis Wolfborn and (c)looked like robot wolves…
Enter the Thundercrusher:




Converted from a plastic Juggernaut. Still needs toes and a little final detailing, but I’m pretty happy with it overall. Now to build 4 more.

Love it! Would quite like to see claws/paws instead of hooves just to further differentiate it from the crusher.

Still, awesome!!!

Yeah, the feet still need to be finished. That's up next.

Loving the look.
How long did it take to customise to that level?

Big fan of the thundercrusher for all three reasons you listed (well, mostly the first two). You've done a great job de-chaos-ifying it so far!

I think you could make the heads more wolfish with not a lot of work. If you straightened up the ears and got rid of the sideways nostril flares, I think it would look a lot more Thunderwolfy. Like so:


Keep up the great work!
Rawson

A wolf is not a wolf without bushy tail!

Yeah, I had something in mind for tails, but am not sure if it's worth the bother. I might try it on one, and see if I like it enough to keep going.

Looking good, which legs did you use for it (although it appears you had to chop them up somewhat)?

grrr

The the regular Jugger's legs, just with the shoulders trimmed down.

Sorry, i meant the marine. Is it just regular legs repostioned?

grrr

Ah, right. They're biker legs, with the shins re-positioned.

Plugging away at basic assembly work. The end is nigh for the units, after which I can start on whatever needs sculpting, and then get some tanks put together.

The first Rune Priest - still waiting on beard and hair:



Scouts:



Dreadnought:



Bloodclaws:



Grey Hunters production line:



To help differentiate a little on the table, the Bloodclaws are left a little more plain than their Grey Hunter Brethren, although I've tried for as much variation as possible with armour throughout the army. The Bloodclaws also all have helmets on, whereas the Hunters will be a mix of helmets and bare heads.

Due to time constraints, I wound up discarding the wrist-mounted bolt pistols.

Very nice work, dude. I hope you've trained your Space Puppies with a trigger word! Oh, are they regular Space Wolves or like 13th Company or something? Look at me trying to act all knowledgeable. I read a small excerpt on the 13th Company recently and was very intrigued by Space Wolves for the first time ever.

I wanted the Iron Wolves' vehicles to be a little distinctive, with the idea that they are a Chapter that spends a little time customising their machinery. With that in mind, my eye fell on the Land Raider Armoured Proteus from Forgeworld. This is an updated version of the original Rogue Trader-era Land Raider design, with added armoured sponsons.

The only problem is that the Proteus doesn't have a front assault ramp... And given that I had been trying to build the Wolves to fit WYSIWYG as closely as possible, that obviously wasn't acceptable. I also wanted to run a Redeemer in my Adepticon list, which meant a little weapons swapping was going to be required.

So, a bit of hacking and gluing later:



At this point, initial assembly is nearly complete. The weapons are magnetised so I can swap them out for other Land Raider configurations later. The top panel is also magnetised, so I can just lift out the actual mount for the hull weapon if I need to. I'm using Chaos autolaunchers as the frag assault launchers (also magnetised so they can be removed when using it as a regular land raider), and will fit a regular smoke launcher to the top hull.


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LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote: Oh, are they regular Space Wolves or like 13th Company or something?

They're using regular Space Wolf rules, but a home-brew Chapter.

Neeearly ready for painting...

Woah! How many points is that??

Space Wolves, right? So, like... 1000?

1850. Army list is here.

I have all of the squads except for the Thundercrushers ready for basing and painting, with the big robo-puppies just waiting on some final putty work.

The primary Rune Priest, looking a little hairier:



The second Rune Priest:


Wolf Priest:


Grey Hunters:






Long Fangs:


And the Razorback, using a Forgeworld Deimos pattern Rhino, just awaiting turrets winging their way from Puppets War

Nice work insaniak! Your GS-fu is strong.

Lovely, Is that 4 Missile Launchers? I've been seriously considering a similar squad set up for my new BA. What's your experience with them and do you have any tips on the rest of their kit up(the Sergeant for example)? I'd be tempted to throw in a power fist but it feels like a points drain especially with what appears to be a very cost effective unit.

To be honest, I have no idea how effective the Long Fangs will be. So far, I've only been playing this army at 400 points, testing my Combat Patrol list for Adepticon (Rune Priest, small squad of Grey Hunters, 3 Thunderwolves and a Razorback).

At this stage, the full list probably won't see the table until the weekend after next, as I've entered a local tournie to get in some gaming practice for Adepticon. So I have a deadline of friday week to get these guys painted to at least a standard that I wouldn't be embarrased putting them on the table...

Made a start on the weekend, although I had an unexpected change to the colour scheme when I discovered that the Devlan Mud I used on the first 16 guys was actually Badab Black... and now I'm out, so am hoping my replacement order arrives in the next day or two.

Pictorial update soon...

Sounds like a plan, do keep me updated on how they fair as a unit.

SO, a while between updates... I've been frantically painting away at my Iron Wolves whenever I have time, while trying to squeeze in some practice games with them on the side. I had been intending to post WIP shots as I was painting, but that obviously hasn't happened...

However, I have started in on the display board, and got myself a little more organised. So, for starters, a rough mud-map on paper:


Transferred onto 3mm MDF:


Layers cut out of MDF:


And then spacing added with foam core:


Minis in place to check for room, and to mark out base holes:


And said holes drilled in:


Next up: glue it all together and start texturing.