A Skjald's Tale of the Last Days of Fenris

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**Grieux**

A Skjald's Tale of the Days of Darkness

Let me tell you about my time with the people of Fenris. Let me tell you of when the Galaxy was burning around mankind and doubt and deceit found true grip in the hearts of even the most righteous men.

It was in these days, the days of darkness, that I discovered the true meaning of fear, of hope and, above all, of valour.

These were lessons taught to me by strange people -Vlka, as they refer to themselves- who would sell foreigners an image of barbarity and laughter but could not hide from their own hearts, try as they might, the melancholy that weighted in all of their souls. For if you must know only one thing about them, is that they love humanity. They love it so much, that they are ready to shed away their own and embrace the beast fate has them marked to be in order to save all of us. For do not fool yourself, every son of Fenris is marked to die the day he is born, and there are fates worse than death they will have to walk through before earning that final rest.

But don't stand quite so far. The fire is still warm and the mead abundant. Come, sit down besides me and let me tell you about the sons of Fenris, let me tell you about the Vlka Fenryka...

-An unknown Skjald

Leman Russ, Lord of Winter and War

Pict captures of Russ striking forth during the infamous battle for Tizca

Freki and Geri

The Wolf-kin of Russ were always to be found in the thickest of the fighting in Prospero and broke the concentration of many Thousand Sons sorcerers with their mighty howls

Bulveye, Jarl of the Dekk-Tra

Bulveye during the compliance of Kernunnos before the 954th expeditionary fleet was recalled to assist in the sanction of Prospero

Floki, Rune Seer of the Dekk-Tra

Floki was able to channel the spirit of Fenris both to divinate the future of the Dekk-Tra but could also unleash it in bursts of destructive energy

**JamesY**

Very nice, subtle conversions there. The mixing of Kharn and Geigor works very well, as does the beard on Russ.

**mrhappyface**

YES! 100 HUNDRED TIMES YES!

A conversion of the great wolf that doesn't make him luck like a pansy! (Seriously that guy needed a beard!)

**beezley1981**

I really dig the beard on Russ. You didn't go bananas with it! That's something that's easy to do with mini's. Very very nice!

**Elbows**

Yep, perfect conversions...and now I'm going to go watch the 13th warrior.

**Grieux**

Thanks guys! Working on finishing the inner circle of the 13th now.

**IGtR=**

Great addition to the forgeworld Russ

**Aetare**

Looks great! Love the paint job on Russ

**warspawned**

It makes me question the lack of Primarch facial hair in general - top work

**biggie_reg**

These are really well done! You make the Great Wolf proud!

**Megaknob**

10/10 ready to compete

**General Kroll**

Really nice models. Exactly how I feel SW should look.

**Grieux**

Thank you so much guys! I'm struggling now to complete the Wolf kin and then it'll be either the Mastodon or primaris Red Scorpions!

**Aetare**

Grieux wrote:
Thank you so much guys! I'm struggling now to complete the Wolf kin and then it'll be either the Mastodon or primaris Red Scorpions!

How do you like the Wolf Kin? I was considering using them for a conversion as they seem to have a little more meat on the bones than the plastic thunderwolves.

**Grieux**

Aetare wrote:
Grieux wrote:
Thank you so much guys! I'm struggling now to complete the Wolf kin and then it'll be either the Mastodon or primaris Red Scorpions!

How do you like the Wolf Kin? I was considering using them for a conversion as they seem to have a little more meat on the bones than the plastic thunderwolves.

Hey mate, thanks for the comments. They're easy to assemble and, if I need to pick up one negative is that they have too much detail so normal techniques of base coating, wash and dry bush make them look less clean than the plastic ones so I've needed to blend all via airbrush and where I wanted highlights I've had to go strand by strand.

The bases are epic too, great for dioramas or break and use across different bases.

**Grieux**

So finished the second member of the Einherjar, Floki the Caster of Runes and right hand to Bulveye:

Now time to paint my redone Speaker of the Dead true scaled:

Before:

After with an added abdomen:

He's just as tall as the primaris marines, which is why I'm focusing on FW character models to do my HQ since I want to wait for a way of doing bigger space wolves and I'm suspecting the primaris SW kit would be ideal.

**mrhappyface**

Great scott! Einherjar has a damn fine mustache! (I must admit I love your facial hair work)

Will the speaker of the dead aquire a beard too?

Great work! Loving it!