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Just got some models from e-bay, space wolf wolf guard and long fangs, but what the photo didn't show was that they'd all been rather poorly painted. Now I'm not talking "OH GOD WHAT IS THIS EXTERMINATUS" level here, the original owner seemed to have just given them a blotchy/half-arsed layer of The Fang and given them a wash effect and nothing else. Many grey areas show through, and it's obvious he didn't even base coat them.

I would like very much to just spray them over in Chaos Black and then a can of The Fang to get a proper coat on before I start detailing them myself (that and as is they're a much lighter blue as they lacked the black basing I've used, I dislike the 'baby blue' colour SW armies tend to have these days ).

So will spraying them once with Chaos Black and again with The Fang ruin them? Or will the fact it was a -very- thin layer of paint mitigate any loss of detail?

You should be alright, there might be some detail loss but it'll probably be minor (unless you have an accident spraying!). I did the same for some of my old marines - I decided the potential loss of detail was worth not having to strip and rebuild the metal/plastic devastator hybrids, and it turned out alright.

caylentor wrote:
You should be alright, there might be some detail loss but it'll probably be minor (unless you have an accident spraying!). I did the same for some of my old marines - I decided the potential loss of detail was worth not having to strip and rebuild the metal/plastic devastator hybrids, and it turned out alright.

Yeah these models aren't even special in any way, just wanted a cheap bulk up of a 40k army. (These two sets cost me £17 from the same guy, also got £25 order with 4 termies, some scouts, convertable mahreens and Blood Claws and a £13 order of 4 termies. Good deals all around I'd say, only missing a decent HQ now.)

Slightly off-topic but what should I do with the random Chaos Marine this lot came with? It's also been painted in the fang but has no conversion done whatsoever,

I'd use that Chaos Marine as a test model and spray paint him before the rest of the Space Wolves. That way you can see if you need to make any changes to your painting process before you get to your main army. Once that's done I'd paint him up as a bronze statue and use him as an objective marker. I can easily imagine Space Wolves wanting to destroy a Chaos Marine statue.

WinterHound wrote:
I'd use that Chaos Marine as a test model and spray paint him before the rest of the Space Wolves. That way you can see if you need to make any changes to your painting process before you get to your main army. Once that's done I'd paint him up as a bronze statue and use him as an objective marker. I can easily imagine Space Wolves wanting to destroy a Chaos Marine statue.

They could always use a new chew toy for the wolves.