Ursa Doom Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Here are my Horus Heresy era Space Wolves that I have built using the Betrayal at Calth kits, the Space Wolves upgrade pack for shoulderpads, some Space Wolves bits and resin pelts. The idea is that I will be using a bit more minimalism for the Norse and wolf themes on the miniatures because I think that GW has been overdoing it since the 5'th edition. I will later give them more lore correct titles and names once the Inferno book with Space Wolves informarion is released. Praetor, Torsten Trollbane Wielding Paragon blade and a Volkite Charger. Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought, Beli Equiped with two Kheres Pattern Assault Cannons. Legion Tacical Squad, lead by Sergeant Harald Blåhand Legion Tactical Sergeant, Orson Valaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0nolith Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 The crimson in contrast with the grey works so well together! Im loving this :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 The crimson in contrast with the grey works so well together! Im loving this :D Thanks! It's one of the reasons why I love painting this colour scheme and I'm having more fun with it than anything else I painted in 40k for the last ten years. It's also fast and simple as a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monstra Sumus Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Finally, non Hollywood-Vikings-in-spaaaAAAAACE. I really like these guys, exactly how I imagine all Space Wolves to be. A bit culturally defined like all Legions but not over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Finally, non Hollywood-Vikings-in-spaaaAAAAACE. I really like these guys, exactly how I imagine all Space Wolves to be. A bit culturally defined like all Legions but not over the top. Thanks! That's exactly what I was going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactire Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Really like what you've done with these. I second the comment about the red and grey, it works really well together, I didn't recognise that the pads were Ragnar's. I feel that you could add a few more pelts and totems and it would still be far from OTT wolfy, especially on the dread. Looking forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Kravin Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Fantastic. Please can you share the recipe for your grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Really like what you've done with these. I second the comment about the red and grey, it works really well together, I didn't recognise that the pads were Ragnar's. I feel that you could add a few more pelts and totems and it would still be far from OTT wolfy, especially on the dread. Looking forward to seeing more.Thanks! I'm mostly being conservative on the resin pelts to save money. Fantastic. Please can you share the recipe for your grey? Sure. After basing them with black I paint on a layer of Vallejo's 75.155 Heavy Charcoal, then I drybrush that with Vallejo's 72.050 Cold Grey, then I carefully highlight the edges with Army Painter's Ash Grey and after that I wash them with Army Painter's Dark Tone ink. Afterwards I mix a bit of Heavy Charcoal with Cold Grey to smooth out any surfaces of the armour that looks too dark. The black parts is Citadel's The Fang washed twice with Dark Tone ink. The brass is Citadel's Runelord Brass painted with a layer of Citadel's Hashut Copper. The red parts is Vallejo's 72.141 Heavy Red. I mix in a brighter red with it for highlights and wolf emblem. For the skin, first I do a coat with Vallejo 72140 Heavy Skin, then I drybrush with Vallejo 72.003 Pale Flesh, after this I wash the skin with Vallejo 73.204 Fleshtone Shade, after it dries I highlight areas I want to bring out (such as the nose, forehead, cheeks and etc) carefully with Pale Flesh again and do another wash. I might also also smooth out some areas that are a bit too flushed with thinned down Heavy Skin. On the Praetor I also put on a couple of dots of Vallejo 72.044 Dark Fleshtone on the scalp for livespots to make him look old and grizzly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainStabby Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 These are awesome. Mine will be a bit darker grey, but I'm hoping to end up with similar results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 These are awesome. Mine will be a bit darker grey, but I'm hoping to end up with similar results.Hey, thanks. I hope to see pictures in the future when it happens. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 I realised that I forgot to upload pictures of my Wolf Priest/Chaplain. Now I know some people don't like the wolf helmet, but I really wanted to use it on something, because I think it's kinda cool even if it's cheesy at the same time. I have also always kinda liked the idea of the old Ulrik model. So I decided I wanted something similar for 30k. It was also a quick and easy way to give it that Space Wolves look without having to do a lot of tinkering with the already great looking model. I made the decision of having the wolf helmet being black to match the other sculpted wolf heads in the army's iconography to give the Wolf Priest a more cermonial look. Also, the wings on the mace is black because I wanted it to be reminiscent of raven wings to symbolise a Norse flavoured wisdom and watchfulness of the Allfather/Emperor. Wolf Priest, Vidar Snjallrtól Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 The Wolf Priest is very nicely done, and the black helm is a cool idea. I also like the runic symbol on the cloak, along with the subtle line along the cloaks hem. The one thing I dislike, and it is nothing to do with you is the Wolf Helm itself, although it is an improvement on the previous one which looked like a mechanical Skaven head :D Oh, which colour eye lenses are you going to go with? I noticed a mix of red & yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 @dantay_xv Thanks. The orange/red tint on the eyes is mostly something brought out by the warm yellow wash I'm using. I might have to redo the eyes on the Wolf Priest, though, the photos makes it look like I might have screwed them up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 The eyes on the wolf priest look ace. I would leave them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 To late now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 The Wolves are looking awesome man! That stormy gray color is ace. How did you do the neat blue-black color on the Priest's wolf helm, if you don't mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Doom Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 The Wolves are looking awesome man! That stormy gray color is ace. How did you do the neat blue-black color on the Priest's wolf helm, if you don't mind me asking? Thanks! On the helmet I painted it with one coat of Citadel's The Fang, then I gave it a couple of washes of Vallejo's Dark Tone ink, then I carefully highlighted the parts that I wanted to stand out with The Fang and for last I carefully added some more Dark Tone into the grooves to really make the highlights stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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