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Greetings to The Rout, After a long absence from playing 40K, I have returned. I have been a Space Wolves player since the first army list in Chapter Approved: Book of the Astronomican some 25 years ago. The Chapter has changed greatly since then. I played a most of my 40K from 2nd to 4th Edition, and now that I am back I wanted to give my personal avatar a bit of much-needed and long overdue revision. Back we go to 1994, when the 2nd Edition Space Wolves Codex came out. We were using a campaign rule that allowed our personal hero to develop from experience as our campaign progressed. My hero was Ulfgrim ("wolf-face"), a member of Logan's Wolf Guard. In that codex, a Wolf Guard Terminator could take an Assault Cannon and a Cyclone Missile Launcher. This frighteningly effective (and rather expensive) combination allowed Ulfgrim to single-handedly destroy four Eldar squads over the course of the campaign, earning him the title Alvsbane. Sadly, he perished while holding off the last of the Eldar invaders so that the rest of his comrades could reach their drop ship. (Rolling a jam on all three sustained fire dice means you're going to have a bad day!) Fast-forward a few years and I got myself a metal Space Wolves Dreadnought. This was the machine into which Ulgrim's remains were interred. I had to purchase a metal missile launcher arm by mail-order but it was worth it. And my painting skill had improved since the last one! Now, I'm rebuilding my army for 7th Edition. Much of what I had is now obsolete (or, in the case of the old metal Terminators, small and ugly). The new SW Venerable Dreadnought kit allows me to do old Ulf up properly. As always, I needed to get a missile launcher arm from another Dreadnought, but I was able to wolf it out nicely with pelts and such. And one of my old opponent's warriors makes a guest appearance as part of the base. Painting is progressing along nicely - currently all of the base colors are applied, I just need to do shading, highlighting, and details soon. I will post photos of the painted model when it's all done. Thanks for letting me show off the progression of this character!