Munky (aka Dave) is one of the best painters I've ever seen. A while back he brought some of his Space Wolves round and they simply blew us away. These photos do not do them any justice, because not only were they incredibly reach and vibrant, with crisp detail, they looked dirty and battle wearing as well.It made me realise that THIS is how I wanted to paint my Space Wolves!
I think this is Space Wolves army #4 now. The other armies I built and painted all had 1 major problem - I was compromising on quality the entire time.
Sure, my Pre Heresy Space Wolves with fur cloaks were beautifully converted. But the paint scheme could have been so much better. My Ragnar Space Wolves were painted quickly to play the game. Then my original Pre Heresy Space Wolves were basically grey Space Marines.
And while James is often a very supportive friend, I've found his boasting about being able to blitz through a whole Tactical Squad and Transport in a single day to have a very negative effect.
So this is why I did the Chaos Space Marines army at speed -to give me a whole army to play with. But more importantly, an army that I don't give a rat's arse about. So now I can go and beautifully convert and paint my Space Wolves in peace!
So I've decided to pay careful attention to my miniatures, because they're Space Wolves and they deserve it. After all, they're not exactly cheap.
I'm going to be following Munky's paint scheme to the letter while seeking out other excellent painting techniques to make my miniatures as good as they can be.
No short cuts. No compromising. Just a good quality Space Wolves army. Who knows, I may get nominated for Best Painted Army at tournaments, just like I used to with my old Tau Empire, Deathwing and Black Legion armies?
3 comments:
September 8, 2011 4:14 PM
I was hoping you would ;)
Your Tau were top notch. I understand the frustration with the plastic grey army, but to my mind, "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right."
I want to look back on my minis in ten years time and think "yeah, these still look good, because I painted them with care and patience."
Edge highlighting gives a more crisp look than dry brushing. Whilst I have seen some armies painted by drybrushing, and they actually looked very good, this was because the painter wasn't using dry brushing for its speed.
If painting fast is a want, get an airbrush :)
September 8, 2011 10:45 PM
They do look really good! Will you put up a tutorial once you get to painting them?
September 9, 2011 12:25 AM
Of course, otherwise I can never remember how I actually painted anything! lol
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