Thunderwolf WIP Part 1

Hello again!

Yesterday I finally decided to tackle on the Thunderwolves, something that was long overdue! Like the case with the Fenrisian Wolves, I wasn't very confident about what kind of color scheme I would use for them. Especially because the Thunderwolves are more special compared to the Fenrisian Wolves. Unlike their smaller brethren each of Thunderwolf is a unique character on its on and each should have their own color scheme. I have a pretty good idea hat color schemes I want to use, but it's still hard to decide how and what. After postponing it for so long I decided to just go for it. I had the same doubts with the Fenrisian Wolves and they turned out pretty nice!

So without further ado I present thee the first finished Thunderwolf!

I actually based the wolf on one of the wolves that was on the box of the Thunderwolves, though the wolf I used is different from the one on the box. Very pleased with the result and very excited to start on the next one! You also might have noticed by now that the rider is missing and the reason is that I'm painting it separately, cause it is much easier to paint it like that. Once that is done they will be glued on. I magnetized the arms of the riders so that they equip other weapons if necessary. 

Anyways I hope there will be more to come very soon, thanks for reading and see you next time!

REDRUM!

Hey Peeps!

I know I haven't posted in a long time, but it's been slow on my end. Been quite busy dealing with some stuff in my personal life, but fortunately I have been able to work on some things. In my last post I said my next project would be the Murderfang, but I actually been working on multiple projects simultaneously. I've also been trying to finish models like the wolf guard battle leader, skyclaws, stormfang and Arjac Rockfist. Because of this my progress has been very slow and I also had plenty times that I just didn't feel like painting.

Just recently however I felt like actually finish a model and decided to continue on my promise and here it is! The Murderfang...

I'm quite pleased with the end result, however I kinda struggled with the claws. I think it look pretty okay now, but I feel like the white color is to prominent. Maybe I will change it later, but for now it's good enough.

Well that was it for now. Quick post, but I will return soon. Enjoy and see ya guys later!

A storm is coming!

Hiya peeps!

As promised the next model to be finished is the Rune Priest! I actually had this sucka for quite some time, but only did the very basics. After I finished Lukas I really wanted to do all the characters models that I had. I've played with this character a few times already, but truth be told I didn't have a lot of luck with this guy. Even though a lot of people were saying psykers ould be really good in this game, I haven't felt it yet. Maybe because the tempestus powers aren't that good compared to the standard powers in the rulebook and honestly it is quite true. A lot of the powers from the Space Wolves have been nerved quite a lot, but then again they were too powerful in the previous version. Anywho maybe I should jut try a different power instead and see how that works out.

So now on to the model itself! With this one I tried a new technique I picked up from the Space Wolf painting guide that was included in the 7th edition Companies of Fenris book. For the fur I basically used washes to color, create and layer depth. You start out with a light base color, in this case Screaming skull. After that you start using the first layer of wash, in this case Agrax Earthshade,just on the part where the darkest shade would be on the fur. Let it dry and then apply the second wash layer on the darkest part and on the second darkest part of the fur. This way the previous part will get even darker and second darkest part is a shade lighter then the previous one. If you keep building up the layers with this technique you will create a gradient effect from dark to light. After that you only need to dry brush the all the highlights and you're done!

I really like this technique because you basically need one wash to do all the shading. The only real problem that this takes awhile since you need to build up quite an amount of layers to get a nice effect. And I think this technique can only be applied to a few surfaces like fur for instance.

Anyways thank for reading again and see you next time! This time I think it will be the Murderfang! Enjoy!

The killing joke!

Whaddap mothafuckas! I've just finished a new character and this one brings a lot of trouble to the table! If there is one character that represents the Space Wolves (and then some!) it's Lukas the Trickster!

I just love this guy, model-wise as well as fluff-wise. Universally despised by all the Wolflords for his irreverence and rebellious demeanor, he never made beyond Blood Claw status. But nobody can deny his incredible fighting prowess as his skills far surpass that of a Blood Claw and can be ranked equal to a Wolf Guard. But that is fine with his current rank, because it's a better fit for his nature.

He is mostly known for his dirty tricks and tactics which became quite legendary. He once spiked the ale of his Wolf Lord with a potent poison, got beat for it and laughed it away. In battle he once send fake transmissions to Orks that caused a civil war, infecting a traitor cell of the Adeptus Mechanicus with their own necrovirus, and luring a lord of the Word Bearers into making planetfall upon thin ice, resulting in hundreds of Traitor Marines plunging to their death into the Sea of Lost Souls. He was also the only man to best a chameleonic Doppelgangrel, and wears its skin to this day.

He was once bested in a fight and got his second heart cut out by Duke Sisclus, a Dark Eldar Crorsair, which he kept as a souvenir. Lukas survived and replaced his heart with a statisbomb so when the time would come where he would die in battle, he and his opponent would be frozen in time for eternity as a gruesome and eternal monument to his own glory - giving Lukas the last laugh after all

How awesome is that! That dude is crazy... :P How awesome he might be, in the game he is not that amazing and pretty tricky (no pun intended). He actually got nerved pretty bad since his previous codex stats.  He is only really useful in challenges. First and foremost as a character he can be used as an individual unit and if placed in another unit he can only join Bloodclaws. Because of his rebellious nature, his leadership and the unit he is in can never be higher then 8. The Doppelgangrel skin he wears has chameleon-like effects which makes it hard to see a if you made telling hit, therefor gives the opponent a -3 on the WS. Furthermore if he is removed as a causality in a challenge , both players do a roll-off. If the friendly player ties and throw higher than the opponent, his model will be removed from play. Sounds pretty awesome on paper, but sadly only really good against characters who can't refuse a challenge and since most armies can refuse it....

Oh well, I still like the character and I will definitely field him just for fun! As for the painting job I am very pleased how he turned out. Like usual I had the model trouble with the face and because I made a few mistakes some of the detail are gone. However I think he still looks really awesome. I'm most happy with the skin he wears and the detail on his hair. I usually also have quite some trouble with highlighting hair, but because his hair is really well defined, it was easier to get certain lines.

This is actually the first resin model a fully painted and I have to see I really dislike this plastic. It is prone for small bubbles in the model and breaking parts. Next one will probably be my rune priest! Anyways thanks for reading, enjoy and see you next time!

2000 pts worth of painting!

Herrow peeps! Just recently when I was checking out Battlescribe, a handy and simple app to create your 40k armies, I discovered that I reached the 2000 pts mark for painted models! So to commemorate this wonderful occasion I decided to get all my painted models together and make a family picture of my Space Wolves. Enjoy and up to the next 2000 pts!

First one is the whole bunch together!

The army is led by Krom Dragongaze

A group of Fenrisian Wolves and Wolf Guard Terminators.

Also a Venerable Dreadnought in background.

A group of  Grey Hunter jumping out of a Stormwolf about to charge!

Another group of Grey Hunters ready to gun down the enemy!

Elite Scouts and Elite Scout Snipers.

Long Fangs will blast anyone from a distance!

The one that made me reach the 2000 pts mark!

Finished all my terminators! Well sort of...

Hey my peeps!

Back again with a little update! The last few weeks I've been busy with my terminators. I've had them for a very long time, but I was always too lazy to paint them. For the most I had 2 terminators actually finished. The rest were primed, based and magnetized and until recently I decided to finish them all. And here they are!

Okay okay they are not entirely finished... I still need to fix a few things here and there and make sure every model is up to date with the rest. Still need to base them and put decals on though.
The ones I finished a long time ago are the ones in the front with the hard highlights. Honestly I do feel they pop out more compared to the rest where I made highlights much smoother and look kinda bland when I see them on the table. But still, I'm very pleased with the results!

Next I made some really nice purchases! These models were priced with 50% discount! I couldn't believe it, but it was true!

Also I purchased Lucas the Trickster and I'm really excited to paint him. He also looks a lot of fun to field, especially against Chaos! Well that's it for today and probably my last post this month!

Thanks for reading and cya next time!

Venerable Dreadnought with Fenrisian Great Axe and Blizzard Shield

Hey Peeps! Quick update on my dreadnought, it's pretty much finished and also finished the first weapon option. Behold the Venerable Dreadnought carrying the Fenrisian Great Axe and Blizzard Shield! (Sorry for the lighting, was very late and couldn't wait xD)

Overall I'm quite happy with the end result, but I still have trouble with the runes. I might revise when I get the chance, but for now it is definitely tabletop ready. Of course I still need to paint other weapon options, but everything in time. Enjoy and thanks for reading!

First taste of blood and dreadnought almost finished

Hello Peeps!

A close friend of mine asked for some time to play a game of Warhammer. I was going to visit my parents (same city where my friend lives) and bring some stuff for me to paint, but luckily I had enough models with me to play a few games, albeit with small armies wortharound 300 pts. each and heavily improvised.

THE ARMIES:

Space Wolves Betrayers: 303pts

Krom the Betrayer (Wolf Lord) & Cyber Wolf
- Wolf Claw
- Bolt Pistol
- Belt of Russ
- Frag 'n Krak grenades
- Teeth and fangs (Cyber Wolf only)

Venerable Dreadnought
- Helfrost Cannon
- Powerfist with Stormbolter

Space Wolves Hunters: 303 pts

Ulryk the Hunter
- Rune Staff
- Plasma Pistol
- Wolf Amulet

3x Grey Hunters
- Bolt Pistol
- Bolt Gun
- Chainsword

3x Wolf Guard Terminators
- Pair of Wolf Claws
- Thunderhammer and Shield
- Stormbolter and Powerfist

My friend decided to play the "Space Wolves Betrayers" and I ended up to play the other team. Honestly I kind of forgot how the games played out since it was last week we played the game, but we played 2 games and I lost both of them. I still feel the armies were pretty balanced though, I just had a good amount of bad rolls and wasn't able to do any significant damage at all. He played the game right by using the dreadnought from a distance and destroy as many models before they reached for close combat.

In the first game I still had a good amount of models left to destroy him, I think I only lost 1 terminator and 1 Grey Hunter when I finally reached close enough to charge into close combat. However I failed a pretty close charge move and ended losing all my units except for the terminators who did ended up in close combat against the dreadnought, but wasn't able to destroy it for 2 turns and ended up losing the battle. In the second game I lost more models before reaching close combat but managed to kill the Cyber Wolf. This time my HQ fought with his HQ, ended up losing the fight and 1 terminator going against his dreadnought and again not being able to destroy it. Eventually my team got eliminated pretty fast again by the 2 powerhouses.

All in all 2 fun matches and hopefully I was able to convince my friend to start playing warhammer as well. Would be fun to know more people to play against.

Also I've been busy with my dreadnought the last couple of days and I'm close to finishing the model.

I'm actually quite close to finishing it now. I need to brush up and finish some of the details and then it is finished. Afterwards I still need to do the options that I am going to magnetize for the dreadnought. I'm already quite pleased how it looks right now.

Well that was it for today, thank for reading and see ya on the flip-side!

Painting update - Finished a few!

Hello peeps! First of all merry christmas and soon a happy new year! I finally have a few weeks off and decided to paint a bit more. I've got so many things to paint now, but I managed to finish a few things.

But before I show you my painted models, behold what I bought last monday!!!

I received a gift card from work worth 50 euros, so I thought I would make use of it right away! I already ordered 2 models from Games Workshop, but they didn't arrive yet. Since I wanted to start a Tau army and already owned a few things, might as well buy another model. Didn't think it would turn out to be the Riptide though, but it's freaking awesome! Can't wait to assemble it and paint it up and field it.

So now up to my painted models. Last time I told you I was painting a few models like the Dreadnought, Greyhunters and fenrisian wolves. I was kinda lazy lately when it came to painting, but I did finish the wolves.

At first I thought that I would only paint them with a brown fur, but at some point I decided it might look to bland on the table so I also made half of them with grey fur. I have to say that I enjoyed painting them a lot! You didn't necessarily have to be very neat to do the fur and you didn't had to keep to a certain pattern, there was a bit more freedom on putting on the colors. Blending the colors  though and keeping them all the same color was probably the hardest part. I'm quite happy how they turned out!

The dreadnought is been taking a step further adding a bit more detail and glued it on the legs. I have been working on the metallic colors, trying to make it dark as the base and light it up according to lighting. It turned out pretty okay, but not what I imagined it would be. I'm not going to change it anymore, it does look real nice. I will attempt the color scheme on the Murderfang instead.

The Greyhunters came pretty much to a hold and I didn't do any work on them the last few weeks. Instead I did work on something else!

Last monday I played the Stormclaw Campaign with a colleague of mine, the Space Wolves VS the Orks! I had the models of the box for quite some time, but I never assembled them, Luckily I had most of the models with the right options, but I had to glue a few models which also included Krom Dragongaze. The missions went pretty well. I lost the first mission by a bunch. It was quite difficult to keep the unit of Greyhunters alive, even if you could easily make it to the table edge. I feel that the mission is a coinflip leaning more towards the Orks.

The last 2 missions were going pretty well. Overall I had pretty good throws and saves, probably above average actually. Krom Dragongaze did particularly well, destroying many Killa Kans on his own. Therefor I wanted to paint him up because he deserved it.

I loved all the detail and ornaments n stuff. It took me 3 days to finish him up and I must say I am very pleased with the end result. This is probably my best paint job so far. I put a lot of effort to make everything look right and really tried not to make any mistakes and I have to say that went really well. Can't wait to field him again, I'm really proud of it. :)

Anyways thanks for reading again and I wish you peeps a merry christmas and a happy new year! Cheers!