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[Quannum]

Wolves of B&C!

I turn to you for advice and feedback as I chronicle the emergence of my very first Space Wolf army! Expect regular updates as work continues!

My painting will be in three main stages - I want the whole army to be stage-completed before moving onto the next one (i.e. I want my whole army to be painted to tabletop quality before moving onto highlights...)

1) Full detailed coverage to tabletop quality.
2) Highlighting and basing - adding depth and detail.
3) Iconography - adding further detail to give it that characterful feel (advice will eventually be needed!)

So, without further ado, I present to you...

STRIKEFORCE QUANNUM

HQ - 1 Rune Priest
Chooser of the Slain, Wolftooth Necklace, Wolf Tail Talisman (Living Lightning, Jaws of the World Wolf)

HQ - 1 Rune Priest
Chooser of the Slain, Wolftooth Necklace, Melta Bombs (Jaws of the World Wolf, Murderous Hurricane)

HQ - 1 Rune Priest
Chooser of the Slain, Wolftooth Necklace (Murderous Hurricane, Living Lightning)

ELITES - 10 Wolf Guard
3 w/ Combi-Melta/Powerfist
1 w/ Combi-Melta/Thunder Hammer
3 w/ TDA, Storm Bolter/Wolf Claw
2 w/ TDA, Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield
1 w/ TDA, Assault Cannon/Wolf Claw

DEDICATED TRANSPORT - 1 Land Raider Redeemer
No Upgrades

ELITES - 5 Wolf Scouts
Meltagun

TROOPS - 8 Grey Hunters
Power Weapon, Wolf Standard, Meltagun, Rhino

TROOPS - 8 Grey Hunters
Power Weapon, Wolf Standard, Meltagun, Rhino

TROOPS - 8 Grey Hunters
Power Weapon, Wolf Standard, Meltagun, Rhino

FAST ATTACK - 1 Land Speeder Tornado
Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer

FAST ATTACK - 1 Land Speeder Tornado
Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer

FAST ATTACK - 1 Land Speeder Tornado
Multi-Melta, Heavy Flamer

HEAVY SUPPORT - 6 Long Fangs
5 Missile Launchers, Razorback w/ Twin-linked Lascannons

HEAVY SUPPORT - 6 Long Fangs
5 Missile Launchers, Razorback w/ Twin-linked Lascannons

HEAVY SUPPORT - 1 Vindicator
Siege Shield

TOTAL - 2500 points


To give you a bit of a taster, here are two (rather poor) quality photos of a completed Rune Priest completed up to Stage 1.






So, here we go! First up, Grey Hunters or Wolf Scouts?

Q

Edited by Quannum, 25 July 2011 - 05:47 PM.

[forte]

No vote really. Get your basic HQ & 2 troops done so you can start gaming.

[Quannum]

Oh I game anyway, but I'll take that as a vote for Grey Hunter squad!

[Jaarl Stormfang]

GH squad. It'll help you get the basic look of the army down

[Chapter Master Ignis Domus]

Definitely a Grey Hunter squad. It gives you a good set of practice models and helps you get a basic painted army quickly.

[Quannum]

That's three so far for the GH squad....

[Token]

How did you do those glowing eyes?

[Quannum]

Glowing eyes are done with a primary layer of Enchanted Blue, then a coat of Ice Blue leaving the very edges of the underlayer showing. Finally, a small central layer of Skull White.

Q

Edited by Quannum, 11 July 2011 - 10:35 PM.

[Quannum]

++PAINTING UPDATE NO. 1++

Ok, so I've finished the first Grey Hunter squad complete with their Rhino and their Wolf Guard leader. Sorry about the quality of the pictures - I'll try to improve them but for now they'll have to do.

For interest's sake, the first picture shows the first stage of painting - undercoating the model with The Army Painter's Wolf Grey Primer, since this gives a suitably blue-grey tone (something that I was very keen on...)

So, here we go:

Primed Marines:




Wolf Guard:




Rhino (Side and Front):





Grey Hunters and Wolf Guard:




Full Squad:




As I'm aware some of the pictures are quite dark, I've taken a shot with and without flash of three of the squad, so you can see the truer colours:





To add a bit of variety, I don't want to paint another GH squad just yet - I'll put it to vote - first to three wins:

Wolf Scouts or Terminator Assault Squad (excluding Land Raider)?

Q

Edited by Quannum, 12 July 2011 - 12:10 AM.

[Lord Ragnarok]

They look great! My only complaint is that they all look like wolf guard with the yellow shoulder pads on the right shoulder. Will you at least take the Grey Hunter icon and use that to distinguish between GH's and WG?

[Jaarl Stormfang]

Terminators next, woohoo!

[Quannum]

@Lord Ragnarok: Yes I had thought something similar - once the whole army is painted up to tabletop quality, I'm then going to go back and decide on individualising squad and model markings - any suggestions for how to distinguish the Wolf Guard?

Thanks to Jaarl, that's one vote for the Terminator Squad!

Q

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

As a WolfWing player, I'll cast my vote for the Terminator squad as well.

I really like the way you paint hair, I looks very realistic. Well done brother!!

End of Line

[red_starrise]

Scouts! I absolutely love Wolf Scouts, have ever since the 3rd Ed codex when they became grizzled specialists!

[Quannum]

That's two for the Termies, one for Scouts...

...I want to get painting in an hour...

Q

[Chapter Master Ignis Domus]

I hereby vote terminators.

[Quannum]

Boom, and we're on...got a free afternoon so painting underway!

[commander alexander]

You have done a really good job, I mean really good, but haven't you taken the Grey part of "Grey Hunters" a little extreme? They all ook old enough to be long fangs.

[MalachiOfRuss]

The way you converted the combi-melta made me laugh a little bit. I know you used the gun with the wolf skull strapped to the top, but where you put the barrel of the meltagun in relation to the wolf skull makes it look (at a glance) like he just "taped" a meltagun to the top of his bolter. Makes it look almost ork-ish!

You've got some really nice aggressive poses, though. I'm going to have to remember them when I model up my next squad.

Edited by MalachiOfRuss, 12 July 2011 - 06:04 PM.

[Quannum]

@commander alexander: Thank you! I decided that my Wolves would all be born with ash-blonde/grey hair that gets increasingly white as time progresses. When I paint my Long Fangs, they'll be almost pure white!

@MalachiofRuss: Thank you too! Indeed, it does look rather orky as that's exactly what I did - though it was not accidental - I liked the idea of the flame of the melta seeming to emerge from the Wolf's mouth...

Terminators going well...watch this space.

Q

[hendrik]

i like your painting style whelp! are you intending of adding pack marks?

[Quannum]

@hendrik: Once everything is painted to this quality, I'm then going to work on highlighting, pack markings, basing etc.

In that stead, what would you recommend for pack markings? I don't want to follow the Codex markings to the tee, as adding red (on the Grey Hunters pads for example) just looks bad.

Q

[Quannum]

++PAINTING UPDATE NO.2++

Terminators...done. More pictures can be seen in the gallery (link in sig). Incidentally, I've tested a possible base on one of the Termies...including snow. I present to you...












Next up....Wolf Scouts or Long Fangs Squad 1?

Instead of a tally, I'll count up the votes at 12pm GMT (London) on Wednesday this week.

Q

[Lord Ragnarok]

I really like the painting. Love the hammer WG. He really looks like he is about to annihilate a whole slew of pumpkin heads.

[Quannum]

Thanks! Yeah he's my fave too...