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I swap mine around all the time Reivers and normals, no issues, the big pain is the right arm Pauldron as apologist said, be ready for a lot of cutting and shaving to make a normal pad fit.

Something along the lines of well all the Iron Priests only know electric motors now, not much call for internal combustion anymore. I mean we could get the parts, but it's gonna cost ya, might be best to keep him as a weekend run-around.

Got them for Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1471782969/orrugs-wolves-nomad-orrugs-32mm-scale I like they have some prowling poses instead of the normal flat out running.

I painted my first Space Wolf, 36 years ago, well before any SW bits and bobs existed and apart from some gaps when I was not into the hobby and doing a Skaven army, I have been Wolves all the way. I'm not a player, I just love to build them! I think we did well here, we got a lot of updates/sculpts so I'm happy that I will have new models to convert for years to come. The priest is top notch, that hooded wolf hem, yes, yes, yes + 2 other heads and that unicorn horn blade, oh yes!. The Wolf Guard again, great models, furs and beefy look to them. Then the Grey Hunters and Blood Claws have enough going on and a few new poses, so great. And wow did we get a lot of new heads and Helms, now I feel spoilt! The bits that that left me feeling a little, "oh, that's a bit of a shame" were the detailing on the weapons, if you take the axes, they have a sort of wolf head and a single Rune on them, where as we used to get weapons dripping with Wolf Heads, Runes, etc. Same goes for the shields, a few runes compared to the runes all around the shield. As I convert everything I build, it's not a big issue as I will bling my Axes, Swords & Shields and it leaves more space for me to do that. I'm glad the Fenrisian Wolves poses got an update as the old ones just looked stupid-dumb, but they still look off to me (as others have said it), they look wet, like a dog that's been in the stream, then shook it's self off. Wolves can be shaggy without being raggedy. Based on the Wolf Guard, I have very high hopes for the Terminators to come. I do feel for folks who have different armies and GW are not being fair with the amount of goodies each army is getting. The Primaris upgrade process has been slow and painful, but compared to when I started painting when almost no Chapter specific sculpts existed, we're no doing to bad as a hobby.

Not a Dark Angels painter, but have been painting for almost 37 years (but I'm no expert). For me contrast has upped my game, but maybe not in the way GW state it should be used. I paint Space Wolves in the baby-blue lots of people don't like. I give my models a base of Grey Seer, then Fenrisian Grey, then Gloss Varnish, then I use a very diluted Drakenhof Nightshade with Contrast Medium (1:3) and work into the armour lines and recesses and keep a puddle of Contrast Medium handy to further dilute if the flat panels are getting stained. This works for me as Contrast Paints don't work well for lighter colours on flat surfaces. Now as you're doing Dark Angels, their armour is darker and how dark you go with that green is up to you. Grotsmasha has quite a light green scheme, some folks go to a point where they look almost black. Contrast can help with those darker stages (add an extra layer). Contrast used well can mean not going back to highlight. I don't highlight my armour at all as the baby-blue is bright enough, I use my shades to create the contrast. If you go down the Contrast route, watch some YouTube vids on how to use and dilute it as it can be hasty if you go back and touch it after it's reached a point in the drying process. Another thing is are you painting up 100s of troops to play or like me only a few for display. That can also factor in your painting technique. If you want 100s of troops, then a very technique heavy approach might get too boring/time consuming and you run the risk of just giving up. If it's bulk items, then find a quick process and then you can also go back to add extra detail and/or lavish more time on your main characters.

(yester) today in the hobby - nah that sounded better in my head! I put together 2 thunder wolf proxies. And the day before that I did this pack leader thunder wolf proxy (I know I'm cheating here!).

Not sure if this helps, but I go the other end of the scale, I don't want any shine coming from my finish, otherwise it looks more like a painted model (ok I'm not the most amazing painter, but I want my stuff to look a bit realistic). I hit every model with Lahmian Medium to blend and tone down my finish. Just my way of doing things. Also I don't play/field my models, they just go straight into a display case so I don't have to worry about handling.

Final dude, might swap his spear for a long handled axe:

A lot of blu-tac holding this guy together for now, but this is the next Thunderwolf:

Ah thanks! The spear is made from a primal hounds sword and some long axe handle I can't remember where I got it from. Will be adding some extra trinkets to the spear once it's painted.

Been a while since I did some normal sized pieces. I've had some plans for alternate Thunder Wolves and had some 3D printed, but didn't get round to doing anything with them, then I saw Droggz da Sunchompa and thought maybe his wolf "Jaggedsnarl" (who thinks these names up?) would be big enough to seat a Reiver and he was:

Looking good to me and based on the long time away from the hobby, this is damn good. As others have said maybe some agrax to tone it down, can also thin it using some medium or if you want a real dirty random look a bit of water with the agrax as it will split the shade and make it patchy and give a random finish.

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Drill bigger then you can fix the magnets in some green stuff.