Behold my latest batch of Pre Heresy Style Space Wolves! Although this time I've been having some difficulties.For starters, it's difficult for any of them to hold a melta gun in 1 hand due to the sheer size of the weapon.
Also, it's hard for them to hold anything in two hands due to the restricting arm holes in the torsos.
So I've used a spare Space Marine left hand (thanks James!) and used it so that a Grey Hunter can casually hold it by the forward grip while waving his axe and shouting loudly.
Bland as it sounds, I can see myself doing this with all of my Grey Hunters. The melta gun nicely glues against the body for maximum strength too.
I've also discovered that the Wolf Standard bearer needs a particular pair of legs. Otherwise, he's not tall enough to hold the banner pole upright. He needs the legs with the wolf tabbard down the front. These are straighter and therefore taller than the other legs, which gives him the extra height he needs.
However, power fists and combi meltas aren't a problem! The punching powerfist chopped off at the wrist (with all the wires attached) nicely fits on to and around one of the arm holes in the Chaos Warrior torso.
The Wolf Guard's pointing power fist is the easiest conversion at all. I simply cut the Chaos Champion's arm that's reaching forward off below the elbow armour, did the same to the pointing power fist arm and glued them together.
Meanwhile the Wolf Guard's combi melta is the storm bolter out of the Space Wolves box trimmed down to fit in a Chaos Warrior hand and the barrels chopped off, then replaced with a melta gun barrel and a bolt pistol barrel.
Now to get these flocked, undercoated and painted!
12 comments:
January 21, 2011 at 2:36 PM
from where you take the fur shoulders?
January 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM
chaos warriors
January 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM
these are fantastic, I made some similar conversion using the CW as Vostroyans.
January 21, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Nice combi-meltas
January 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM
I really dislike you for how good these look. You are making me rethink my 4000+ point SW army!
Keep up the good work!
January 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM
These really have come along very nicely. It's a great combination of models that gets you to a point where they look awesome!
January 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM
I think the melta gun would look better held by the trigger and grip
January 21, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Those wolves look great but I have to agree with the coment up there about the Meltagun.
It looks like his offering the gun to someone else. Have you tried holding it by the grip?
January 21, 2011 at 8:41 PM
The more you work on these the more I think, "this is what Space Wolves should look like."
January 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM
get some melta pistols from the blod angels kits, would work perfectly
January 22, 2011 at 3:37 AM
another possible option, if you have access to any of the old 2nd/3rd edition marine arms there is two right hand arms per sprue that are very close to the chest, and might be able to reach across for a 2 handed hold.
January 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Great work!
Could you post some detailed instructions how you did the arms and legs/gips? I have some major problems there myself, thx.
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