hushrong Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Oh yeah! That looks great! I like the roaring head but the second seems much more calm and collected. I also love the skull swap on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) Really nearing on finishing the bodies! All done bar the pelts. Finishing now the heads of all of them one a piece, will do first the five that have the sculpt in the miniature and paint the other heads separately. First two done, wanted to finish these first since painting blonde hair is a bitch! Without further ado I present you with: Harald Finehair Borg the Blood Eagle All my Varagyr are comprised by Jarls who fell to conquest from High Jarl Ragnar. Next in line Haraldson, Horik and Einar. Edited August 19, 2018 by Grieux Doghouse, Deadass and Brother Desultor 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) Einar Edited August 19, 2018 by Grieux Sgt. Blank and Doghouse 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I've been eagerly awaiting progress on these guys, and you don't disappoint. The work/effort you've made to salvage the Varagyr models is outstanding! Give that man a Great Company!! You've really inspired me to up my game with the Sons now, all is not yet dust..... Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 You're making good progress on the Wolf Guards. Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 You're making good progress on the Wolf Guards. Thanks mate I've got the family on vacations while I'm working so I've got a lot more time than normal. Would really like to complete the wolf guard by Sunday and that way I can dedicate Monday to airbrush this little reward treat: Deadass and hushrong 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadass Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Nice! That Thunderhawk's gonna look amazing in your color scheme! Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Boy oh boy, look at that beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 All the Varagyr with sculpted heads done! Tomorrow time for the pelts and we'll be almost there. Haraldson Horik Deadass, betrayer41 and Doghouse 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) I've been eagerly awaiting progress on these guys, and you don't disappoint. The work/effort you've made to salvage the Varagyr models is outstanding! Give that man a Great Company!! You've really inspired me to up my game with the Sons now, all is not yet dust..... Dude just realised when I finish all I have in WIP I'll actually have a 2,000 points legal list!!!! Age of Darkness Army List [2000pts] HQ Caster of Runes (Wolf Priest) [155pts] Aether-rune armour Second psychic Mastery Level Force Axe Praetor, Legion [255pts] Selections: Aether-rune armour, Digital Lasers, Fenrisian Wolf, Fenrisian Wolf, Iron Halo, Mastercraft a Single Weapon, Melta Bombs, Paragon Blade, Power Fist, Volkite Charge Speaker of the Dead (Wolf Priest) [145pts] Aether-rune armour Great Frost Blade Elites Contemptor Dreadnought Talon [200pts] Kheres Pattern Assault Cannon Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with Heavy Flamer Techmarine Covenant [70pts] Selections: Artificer Armour, Augury Scanner, Cyber-familiar, Melta Bombs, Power Axe, Rad Grenades, Servo-arm Troops Varagyr Wolf Guard Terminator Squad , Compulsory [310pts] Varagyr Wolf Guard Terminator Squad , Compulsory [310pts] Rite of War Selections: The Pale Hunters Lords of War Leman Russ [555pts] Selections: The Wolf-kin of Russ Might only work for zone mortalis due to lack of transports but still!!! Hobby mojo 200%!!! And after that the Thawk and I'll be almost at 3,000 Onslaught list level, will just need to add a Land Raider Phobos with exploration augury array and a laser vindicator. Edited August 20, 2018 by Grieux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Paint jobs are look awesome and that would be one force I'd hate to run into in the tight confines of Zone Mortalis. It's awesome that all the WIP you have left will make that into a legit force! Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 So just a quick tease since I hope to finish completely tomorrow. All bodies and heads are now 100% complete and tonight I'll airbrush the arms! I'm actually liking more and more the death masks: Krakendoomcool, Grim Dog Studios, malcharion and 7 others 10 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Dovahkiin! Seriously, you're doing a good job painting the new model. Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Outstanding stuff mate! The Death Mask is exceptional. This is going to be a spectacular looking unit!! Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadass Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 That Varagyr's looking incredible! Can't wait to see him alongside his pack. Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakendoomcool Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Your really forging the path on these guys. I think I like a lot of others really wrote these guys off when I saw the fur sculpt on the originals. You've fixed all that and they are looking great. Fair play, that's a ton of effort. The death mask guy looks like an absolute beast. Like Juggernaut from the x-men comics (that's not a criticism btw). Jackalwolf 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Thank you so much guys. I'm really glad how they're coming along since there were many bets that could have not worked in the project (and indeed some that didn't lol). On a side note I've been again over optimistic lol. Despite all bodies being 100% done, based and varnished and the arms already airbrushed and all plates painted, I'll be lucky if I finish by tomorrow the arms for the thegns. These pelts from kfstudio are incredible but super time consuming to paint! Plus I want to add some very mild weathering like steaks from the armour chips and sand on the feet. It always baffles me how some of you can be so time efficient! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofish7591 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I really didn't like those masks when they first were shown off. But, I really like how they look on the terminators! Great work! RedwaKe 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 I really didn't like those masks when they first were shown off. But, I really like how they look on the terminators! Great work! Thanks! I think it's a lot because the head sculpts are quite big and look funny in small marines but the Varagyr scale much better. That's what irks me about the space wolf release from fw, there was really a lot of quality in the sculpts but they needed some polishing to integrate! robofish7591 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Paintjob is phenomenal! Is there background on why they wear the masks? I remember one son of Russ wearing a particular type when going to see Magnus in A Thousand Sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Yes it's to scare their devils away. After reading all the lore on SW, I've really begun to see them partially like orcs: their charms and masks give them part of some sort of anti chaos gestalt. Whilst this was understood and observed in the Heresy it really seems in 40k all that remains is the rite but they've lost the sense behind it, and yet it works because they believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 That does sound orkish haha. "If I think it will work, and so do my brothers, then it has to work!" and now that I think of it... Orks are the galaxies most positive thinkers. I do think rituals become procedure and some lore and background is lost. I think that's just way things go, even in the grim darkness of the far future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kordhal Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 You have really worked some magic on those terminators! Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) Yes! Finally almost finished the thegns! Almost, at least. They've been gloss varnished to apply decals and mild weathering. Also I will eventually swap the head of Eidolon since I don't think it fits but right now I want to finish the two squads. They're hard to photograph due to varnish reflecting too much light and changing the tones a bit: Rollo! Halfdan the Black Edited August 29, 2018 by Grieux Bjorn Firewalker, Deadass, Krakendoomcool and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakendoomcool Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 These look great Grieux. Maybe you could disguise the fact it is Eidolon a bit more. Paint his hair brown, change the angle of the head a bit? That haircut can look like a great Viking haircut. This is an example of exactly this by a guy called Chris Riley... Hidden Content I didn't recognise this one as Eidolon when I first saw it. I also liked it so much as Viking hair I tried to recreate it in green stuff and it became my Engir Krakendoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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