This week I decided to built a pack of Space Wolves using only Space Wolves pack parts, plus extra bare heads and other bits to make them look as dynamic and ferocious as possible.It's bothered me for quite a while that my Grey Hunters leap out of the transports, sprint across the battle field, then tear apart the enemy in glorious close combat -all while being in sedate "strolling along with bolter" poses.
So I gathered all my spare Space Wolves bolters, chainswords and bare heads to create a unit that I'm really proud of. Only problem is that they make the rest of my army look rather tame. Although I did come up with a fantastic Mark Of The Wulfen conversion!
For a while I debated selling it all off and starting from scratch.
"You're mad!" said Brad. He was right.
Brad, Dave and myself built our Space Wolves armies by diluting the sheer volume of Space Wolves detail with regular Space Marine tactical squads in order to speed up our production speeds.
The truth is that we can't set our standards too high (well, Dave does), otherwise we'll never get our armies done. If you followed my old Tau blog, you'll know that it took me a whole weekend to paint a single Tau Battlesuit due to all the highlights and those accursed orange stripes. In the meantime James would churn out a whole Dark Angels tactical squad a Rhino for them to cruise around in, then play some video games to unwind. Grrr...
While we'd all like to make an army full of kick-ass conversions and beautifully painted miniatures, we also need to actually play a game.
For me that meant selecting more standard poses, using more helmeted heads, diluting the sheer volume of feral Space Wolves bling as well as washing and drybrushing instead of painting delicate highlights.
So don't overwhelm yourself when it comes to setting your standards. A fully painted army will always look better than a semi-painted army.
In the meantime, I have a set of new Mark Of The Wulfen models to make. The metal Wulfen models I've been using now sell for £12 each on eBay, which is a real kick in the wallet when I need to acquire 2 more, but can only buy them in sets of 5 for £60.If you're beside yourself with excitement (squee!) and can't wait for my Mark Of The Wulfen Conversion Guide, then all you need is:
Space Wolves Pack (legs, torso, back pack, shoulder pads)
Beastmen Gor Herd (arms and shields)
Chaos Marauder Horseman (heads)
Have fun and look out for the Mark Of The Wulfen Conversion Guide -coming soon!
9 comments:
June 23, 2010 12:08 PM
Absolutely loving that mark of the wulfen model! He has such a hulking and manacing pose - absolutely brilliant.
I know what you mean about pretty pedestrian grey hunters. I have one pack built from 2nd Ed. metal bodies, one pack from the old 3rd Ed. plastics and I'm not mixing in some of the new pack bits with regular marines to make my third pack. One day I promise myself I'll go back and make them all look as good as your pack, but I just doubt it'll ever happen. I think your pack look great - a huge well done.
June 23, 2010 12:16 PM
I am building my own space wolf army right now, and the first models are just poping up...
I decided to use an mix arrange of models, fallowing this simples sequence for each grey hunter squad: 5 "Bolter guys", 1 "Melta Guy" (with traditinal 2H pose), 3 Bolter and chain Sword Guys and a Powerfist Wolf Guard. Now, as soon as i get the bits i would make this Mark of Wulfen guy on place of one of the bolter ones...
This make the army cheaper, as a squad of 10 "bolter guys" from black reah cost 15 U$ on e-bay, and they are pretty easy to convert with space wolfs acessory parts and green stuff for some furs...
June 23, 2010 12:23 PM
Just wanted to say, Great Work on the site here, please keep it up! haha
So thank you.
June 23, 2010 1:34 PM
Love the shield you use. Very SW/Nordic looking.
June 23, 2010 2:17 PM
That's a great-looking MotW guy!
June 23, 2010 11:19 PM
I use 40k chaos warrior torsos, legs, or arms and mix and match with wolf body parts then top off with a blood clawish head. I have 4 packs of Grey Hunters so I have 4 powers of choas wearing wulfen. they do look rather well, minus the slanesh looking one. I am having issues with pink, using the orignal citadel paints.
June 24, 2010 5:14 AM
Very nice! By the way, I have a couple of the old metal Wulfen models that I'm not using, Will probably be putting them up on Ebay within the week as individual sales so keep an eye out :) Swifty654 if u need to search for them.
June 24, 2010 8:33 AM
When I set out to build my Grey Hunter Packs, I started off with every model, save the melta and plasma gun having a pose of bolter in one hand and chainsword in the other. I decided that it was too over top so I replaced some of them with the standard marine pose to give them a little variety.
The core of each pack is made out of the new Space Wolf pack box with as much SW bling I could pack in. It slows the painting process down a bit but in the end they look great on the table.
June 25, 2010 8:44 AM
Tray bon!
I am looking forward to seeing Fen & Cyber wolves, as well as the dreaded Thunderwolf Cavalry ;)
no pressure.... :D
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