Dantay's VI Legion. Hvarls Headtakers

[Dantay VI]

Well, atleast it would give me a regular gamin opponent who was local :D

 

I'd help him with them, but also encourage him to diversify ( while ensuring there was plenty T-Son bits left over to make corpse bases)

[Dantay VI]

Son was at school, and the missus was at uni.

 

Decided to work on some neglected models and this s where I got to.

 

House Morhain, Knight Lancer, name unknown. (was going to call it Gyrfalkon, but then FW dropped the jetbikes with the same name)

 

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Thoughts??

[Dantay VI]

Sorry for the double post.... Atropos posing finished.

 

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And the twins together

 

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Need to support the raised leg somehow, thinking Miarine getting kicked in the face by accident or something... Maybe the casualty from Corax's base or something similar?

[Supe robot gangster #1]

Damn that lancer! Pose is mighty fine! I agree with the marine from corals base as a suitable receiver of a kick to the face, that or the marine from kharns base (with chopped off bits reattached, or not)

[Dantay VI]

Both could work, but will need raising up... I do have something else in mind though, and well worth the kicking!!!

 

Anyhoo, another day of boredom and built something else.

 

Eventually I will need to start painting, but finding motivation is tricky just now.

 

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 I put the heavy bolters on as I figured n 8th this thing could seriously lay down some firepower with 10 shots off of the nose cannon plus 4 rockets and potentially another 24 HB shots.

 

However is the reduced volume of fire but higher strength better? 

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

I always go for the higher strength shot, but sometimes those extra shots can come in handy.

 

for the Fire Raptor, and its role on the table, I'd go for quantity over quality

[Charlo]

If it helps, if you want to use it fro 40k 8th, the Autocannons aren't an option.

[Corswain]

Amazing posing on the Knight Lancer!! It really makes me want one.

[Dantay VI]

I did not realise that in 40K the fire raptor can trade the rockets for Lascannons too.

 

Made for a fun game against Necrons

[Dantay VI]

Bother!!

 

Anyone know a decent place to do pictures now photobucket have blanked all mine out?

 

Am going to give imgr a whirl, but one feature I find annoying s that it does not put pics up in alphabetical/ chronological order :(

 

It is also making me consider starting a fresh WIP log on here with completed pics of what has been done and starting afresh with WIP's... As it is going to be painful tracking down all the pictures and putting them back up in the appropriate posts.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

Oh and the Wolves have also received reinforcements

 

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Thegn is running on the Gyrfalkon...Will need to come up with a suitable name and backstory for them.

 

More reinforcements to come:)

[Charlo]

Imgur account may be the best for it.

 

Happened to me too.

[Dantay VI]

Thanks Charlo, running imgur ust now, but may give tumblr a try.

 

Anyhoo....

 

A voice growled from the Darkness...

 

"Asvaldir"

 

"Jarl"

 

"Hail Russ, tell him the 4th Great Company are here, and we bring retribution to the witches of the 15th legion"....

 

So a productive day yesterday, and the bulk of the models for my tale of 17 gamers are built

 

20170702_143420 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143431 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143703 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143614 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143455 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143443 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170702_143438 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

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20170702_143521 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Edited July 2, 2017 by Wolf_Priest _Dantay.

[Dantay VI]

About time I showed my vow pictures.

 

Ben doing a picture dump into flickr from photo-down the-bucket.

 

So my recon team:

 

20151012_224809 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Which ended up like this

20151113_222241 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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They got 90% done, but thn I sort of gave up and moved on to the next thing.

 

Ages ago Apologist happened across my recon marines and suggested a plaid look might be good instead of the ice camo on their cloaks

 

So in a bid to stick to this months theme, these guys are going to get finished, plus a bit of a make over.

 

Plaid or leather cloaks, plus redo the armour to match my evolving paint scheme for the Wolves

 

So here is an update of where I am at with them.

 

 20170703_191736 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Charadon granite base for the cloaks

 

20170703_211741 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Panzer grey plus wash for the armour

 

Oh and unrelated, but started this guy as part of a challenge in the SW forum.

 

20170703_211747 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

[Dantay VI]

Jings, this HH forum has pretty much died, hasn't it?

 

Made a start on 1 of my 3 dreads which I have vowed... Very early days!!

 

20170705_225733 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170705_225722 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170705_225656 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

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[Lord Asvaldir]

 

 

A voice growled from the Darkness...

 

"Asvaldir"

 

 

After years of using Asvaldir as my username, never seen anyone else use that name...until now. 

 

Looking really good Wolf Priest, especially like that axe for the leviathan. Recon team also turned out great. 

[Jackalwolf]

These scouts are magnificent! and holy hell mate, you got so much resin to paint!

[Dantay VI]

Thanks Asvaldir... figured it would be a cool name for a Master of Signals

 

And cheers Grieux, glad you like the scouts, however they were far from done, so I have worked to get them finished and also a little bit of a do-over

 

Also, I have about 60 more Wolves to put together, plus I only order 2 times a year maybe, so I make them big orders... Gives me something to work on for the next 6 months or so :D

 

Likely means Varagyr, Slayers and Deathsworn will not get added till after new year.

 

Unless I sell of my 40K Wolves, which I planned to do, but then I looked at them and I can't do it.... Although they will get pillaged for bits if needed ;)

 

Anyway, 90% done, if I can make a final push should be done tomorrow night

 

Almost finished what was started

 

20170713_225449 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170713_225401 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170713_225352 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170713_225316 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

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Faces have been giving me a lot of problems

 

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Are cloaks okay??

 

Thanks for looking

Edited July 13, 2017 by Wolf_Priest _Dantay.

[Ryltar Thamior]

those Recon Marines are legitimately beautiful! Well done! I'm not usually a fan of the dwarvish style axes, but you've made 'em work nicely and the clear, crisp rune-work on the kneepads is also great. 

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

The Leviathan's base...is that from the Wolfkin?

[betrayer41]

I'll be honest, those recon guy are the best ive seen. I wanted some but i thought there was no way to make them SW without going over the top, you proved me wrong. GreatStuff!

The Leviathan's base...is that from the Wolfkin?

It is, i think i used the opposite wolfkin base for mine.

[Dantay VI]

JKC, yep a wolf-kin base chopped up and spread around the leviathan base. Made a mould so as to keep the originals intact for my wolf-kin.

 

Thanks B41, really just some head swaps and some nick-nacks... Really finding the minimal stuff is working for me, and I would imagine a distraction for the recon marines, although I "may start to look at some pelts in the future to give the main Wolves army a more 'feral' vibe. BTW got another 5 to build and paint :D

 

Ryltar, thank you very much!!

 

Well got them 100% done now. Highlighted up the brass and found because I had used the same base for the gold, ten te gold merged into the brass, so re-did the gold and did some finishing off and tidy-up work.

 

Now need to do a short story piece for tale of gamers :)

 

Why us?

 

Why not us?

 

But we are not an honour guard or a police unit, why have we been selected to lead the way on Prospero?

 

Things have changed.

 

How so?

 

This is no longer a simple arrest of the witch Magnus. This is.... More.

 

The Emperor changed the orders?

 

No.

 

The Emperor never changes his mind, he sees the path tat needs to be followed.

 

So, Horus then?

 

Aye, the Warmaster. This has gone from Censure to prosecution.

 

Are you sure?

 

The Warmaster is now our High Lord, he speaks with the voice of the Emperor.

 

What if Lupercal is wrong?

 

We still follow our orders or we become as flawed as the Sons.

 

My question remains... Why us?

 

Because we are the best?

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Snorri

 

No Snorri, that is not why.

 

Because we have killed Astartes before, and we will not baulk from doing it again?

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Leif

 

It is true, Leif, but not the reason why.

 

Because we can be trusted to fulfil our oaths?

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Aeska

 

Maybe Aeska, but I fear not

 

It is a test... We have stood alongside the Thousand Sons before. Russ needs to know his Wolves are his to command. That we will not turn against the pack.

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Thorin Haelf-hand

 

Aye Thorin Haelf-Hand it is what is in my mind too.

 

Then let us show our Russ, that our fangs are sharp and our wits equally so. We have a Primarch to slay, let none slay our hand.

 

Recon pack Bjorn, were instrumental in the early stages of the War on Prospero. Tasked with infiltrating ahead of the main battle foce Hvarl unleashed his recon packs to gather intelligence and sow  confusion amongst the Prosperine ranks.

 

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Pack leader Bjorn

 

Bjorns pack were also tasked with tracking down Magnus and bringing him low. They did not succeed intheir ultimate goal, however they were the key to survival for many of Hvarls packs. Able to identify warp gates and areas of ambush, Bjorns team were able to launch counter ambushes or surprise attacks, allowing stranded Wolves to escape.

 

20170714_202638 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

The Pack

 

Their tactics were so ruthlessly successful that a cadre of Thousand Sons from the order of the blind were solely tasked to hunting Bjorn and his pack.

 

Ultimately they survived the Maelstrom which was Prospero, and were later dispersed amongst other packs to pass on their hard-fought knowledge in fighting brother Astartes.

[Dantay VI]

So with the Recon Marines done, it is time to move on to the next vow for the tale of gamers..

 

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20170715_191733 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

The first 5, the 2 rocket launchers will get replaced with plasma guns, the banner bearer on the right was a gift, so he shall stay as he is, maybe add a weapon to him to keep in theme

Can you guess which trait my veterans will have? 

In HH the rocket launchers with suspensor webs are about 50 points a pop, so while good cost a lo. Also with streamlining, I will want to run these as grey hunters in 40K, and they cannot carry rocket launchers, so plasma it shall be!!

 

20170715_191813 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Addiion of axes an knives to show they have an extra attack for the close combat weapon.

 

They are a lot brighter than my other Wolves, I guess I need a lighter touch for trying zenithal, I think it is. Fingers crossed the washes will tone it down.

 

And this is what will be fuelling me over the next week 

 

 20170715_210517 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

[Ryltar Thamior]

"There is no ice-cream on Fenris" :P 

Just uh .. Helfrost derived cone-template weapons discharges :D 

Seriously enjoying your faces and heads atm. 

[Dantay VI]

Thanks Ryltar. Weirdly enough, faces are the things I find hardest to paint, so I take that as a compliment. Its probably why so many of my 40K Wolves lay half-finished

 

So kicking on a bit. I dulled down the armour with a few washes and began blocking in basic colours to get a feel for the models.

 

So gone from super bright to something a bit better

 

20170718_223651 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

I accidentally snapped his arm off in a fall, but tis naughtbut a flesh wound

 

20170718_223427 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

This is how the 7 look, will do the plasma gunners when I get home

 

20170718_223439 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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20170718_223553 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223448 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223627 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223515 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223619 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223459 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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20170718_223522 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223540 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223533 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

20170718_223546 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Still a little tidying to do

 

The big question just now is: Do I go with the bronze plate on the back packs and steel rims on the shoulder pads, or do I go with a dark metal plate on the back pack and gold rims on the shoulder pads like the Seekers?

20170610_214447 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Edited July 19, 2017 by Wolf_Priest _Dantay.

[Dantay VI]

Another quick update.

 

Someone pinched my corner so was painted in semi-darkness. Managed to snap the pictures after they left. Paint is a bit patchy plus he bronze & gold are coming through looking quite same-y.

 

I also looked through my old pictures and switched the plate on the backpack to steel, so it matches the rest of the army.

 

20170721_224140 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170721_224200 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

What colour to do the power fist, or should I trade it in for a claw?

 

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20170721_224410 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

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20170721_224237 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

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20170721_224311 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Looks a little like a certain Ukrainian pugilist.. Might call him Vlad

 

20170721_224329 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

20170721_224353 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks for looking

Edited July 22, 2017 by Wolf_Priest _Dantay.