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Thank you Horrible Person!

 

I'm finishing up a stormwolf next and the experience is ugh. This model has some history - i got it when it was just released and my build and paintjob of it got really messy. It was the first time I painted a model that big and i had a nightmare time with it. Glue stains were a thing and the paint went on super thick to the point it became textured. Worse it took six months to actually finish, starting and stopping because i hated tbe damn thing. When i finished, it was the worst painted model in my collection.

 

Having finished the stormfang recently and having it turn out so well, i decided i would give the stormwolf another go and strip it down.

 

Once I stripped it, I ended up pulling it a part and replacing a number of the components with doubles i had leftover from the stormfang kit.

 

I'm well into the painting amd its going much better but i am just so fatigued with doing 2 flyers back to back. my goal is to finish it before the new codex hits & I'm probably on track but tbh honest i was hoping to be done two weeks ago.

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It also gave me a chance to swap the meltaguns for some skyhammer launchers. The meltagun array is so expensive i could never afford to take one. The skyhammer launcher is nice balance point wise, with good utility.
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This stormwolf is going down :cussing fighting. Ugh. You'd think it was alive and fighting me. Like bathing and grooming a cat.

 

Finishing touches have been stressful, plus It has model issues from the original assembly, unfortunately. You cant tell unless you flip it upside and examine it closely however.

 

Otherwise, once i finish my touch ups it shouldn't look out of place in my collection. Probably on par with the stormfang i posted recently... Only i know what makes the stormfang better, & that irritates me.

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the beast itself. now that it's all done and laid out, i'm feeling much more happy with it. there was less real estate for knotwork decals, so i split one in half and put them on the wings. turned out okay.

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also stopped to snap some photography of my razorbacks. like the stormwolf, they are older models but i did a refurb a little while ago to clean them up.

 

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They look great

 

The only critique I have is the decal on the las/plas razorback.

 

Not sure if you gloss varnished the area before applying the decal, as there is a little 'silvering' around the edges, but it might benefit from a gloss varnish coat followed by a matte varnish to help it blend in a little more

 

Beyond that, really nice work 

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They look great

 

The only critique I have is the decal on the las/plas razorback.

 

Not sure if you gloss varnished the area before applying the decal, as there is a little 'silvering' around the edges, but it might benefit from a gloss varnish coat followed by a matte varnish to help it blend in a little more

 

Beyond that, really nice work 

 

yeah, it's an older model, from a time when i was more inexperienced with painting and you could actually buy deathwolves decals. i'm not sure what can be done about it at this point - it's been glossed and varnished a few times already. i imagine i might as well just paint over it and free hand a new great company badge at this point.

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DONE! 

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this model was special because not only he is the last in backlog, it marks an end to an era. from here on out, I'm buying my own models like a sucker.

Also now that he's finished, I can pose them in a shield wall! Behold, the Glacier that Treads!

 

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And with that... I'm out of models. My backlog is empty, I got nothing i left to paint, at least until grey slayers and LCTB dready arrive in the mail.

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Heck yea dude those look slick! Im usually not a fan of the SW contemptor but you do that thing justice for sure! I hope to have 3 dreads done as well by the end of the ETL., they're just so damn fun to use!

 

Im about to start painting my WG I made using a lot of the shield grey slayer kit, I think you'll love them. The sculpts are so awesome I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with them! 

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Aw thanks! Yeah, I see what people say about the wolves contemptor. It's a little plain in most respects, but it has neat knot work going and - what i'm really taken with - his helmet. It has the visor around the eyes that give it the appearance of a viking era Gjermundbu helmet. Ever since i saw it i wanted to combine it with the axe and shield and do a mega viking dread
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These look great Wispy,

 

I can't see myself ever joining that club, the ever increasing grey tide of plastic will not abate. How about you Dante you must be getting close now? :wink:

 

Ah Hels teeth, I am nowhere close. Even after selling off over 100 SW models on ebay.... Got another 40 models or so models on order, plus a huge chunk of what is here and everything not in this pic, so I am nowhere near close

 

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I'd say about 50% of the way to completion if that.

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