Space Wolves Army Building Weekend

This weekend I have been building my Space Wolves army! December is here and with my social life ground to a halt, so while everyone else is out Christmas shopping, seeing relatives or sorting their life out, I will use the month of December to build a mighty Space Wolves army.

First up is Arjac Rockfist and the Wolf Guard Terminators. Nothing too fancy, I'm just building the basic kits. Arjac was quite difficult because I couldn't get the conversion parts I wanted, so I had to make do with what I had. But I think he turned out pretty well. I had to file down the hair on one of the Wolf Guard Terminator heads to get the right look for him.

Hopefully you can see these, despite them being undercoated black. Got a nice mixture of power sword, wolf claws and chainfists as well as Combi-Weapons to tie in with the Wolf Guard Tactics I wrote a few weeks back.

I haven't used any of the chains, horns, wolf tails or other trinkets that come in this box. They're dripping in necklaces and trophies as it is! I'm gonna have a lot of leftovers once this army is done.

I've also been making Wolf Guard armed with combi-meltas and powerfists to lead my Grey Hunter squads.

Note that I've used the bare Wolf Guard Terminator heads, because they look far more heroic and feral.

The combi-meltas were really easy to make. Just take a bolter and a melta gun, cut off the handles, smooth down the sides and glue them together. If they don't join up so well, melta the join together with some polystyrene cement glue. Once the gun is 100% dry (leave for 3 hours if you must!), you can glue it into the hand of the Space Wolf. Make sure his hand is in the centre of the two guns for a realistic looking grip. His hand is quite chunky, so you can get away with it.

I've also been building a horde of Space Wolves Grey Hunters. I've had to halt this for the time being because I need to get my hands on more bolter arms. I'm not a huge fan of the poses in the new Space Wolves Pack boxed set, so I've been mixing the new Space Wolves box with Space Marine Tactical Squads and even some of the old Space Wolves Grey Hunter boxed sets from my local gaming store. That way all my Grey Hunters can hold bolters instead of waving their arms maniacally. They might look cool, but there's no way they're going to fit in a carry case.

And here's one I made earlier! They're not finished quite yet, as they all need their pack and company markings painted on.

I'm really happy with them, especially when they were quick to paint. It's amazing what some drybrushing and washing can produce. I'll write a Space Wolves painting guide for them soon.

Now I just need to finishing building another Wolf Guard Terminator a Lone Wolf in terminator armour with a storm shield and a Chaos Lord Chainfist (rawr!), then organise all the bits strewn across my living room.

My nose is pouring. I think it's all the glue fumes...