Nilsson Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Right, I sold of my old wolves as they deserved an update in my painting standard, and the conversations. And that, I am acually in love with the new boxes (Who can't be? :)) I NEED to ask you Long Fangs though, is it still "Fluffy" to paint the marines Grey? I'm not acually a big fan of the lightblue stuff, more a grey fan myself. Could you get around that by saying that it's an old Lost Company that not repainted the armour when the chapter changed colours? If they ever did, or did GW just remake the fluff? If my memory serves me right, they were grey in the start were they not? - Have a cold one on me Nilsson Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growler67 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The Search function can be your friend: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=180149 http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=168121 .....for starters. Just sayin'. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I paint mine Grey. I think it looks way cooler, and as it was used During the Great Crusade and the Heresy i think its fine :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerian Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Right, I sold of my old wolves as they deserved an update in my painting standard, and the conversations. And that, I am acually in love with the new boxes (Who can't be? :)) I NEED to ask you Long Fangs though, is it still "Fluffy" to paint the marines Grey? I'm not acually a big fan of the lightblue stuff, more a grey fan myself. Could you get around that by saying that it's an old Lost Company that not repainted the armour when the chapter changed colours? If they ever did, or did GW just remake the fluff? If my memory serves me right, they were grey in the start were they not? - Have a cold one on me Nilsson The chapter never went through a color change in the fluff. Painting you Wolves in any shade of grey is coorrect. In the real world GW started painting their Wolves in the bluish grey color starting in the early '90s, and painted the EOT 13th Company a more standard grey when it was released years later. This has caused a misperception that there are pre and post-heresy colors. There is an old thread from a few months ago with pictures where we discussed this issue in great detail. Valerian Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Yeah, as Valerian said, do whatever you want. Mine are 50/50 Shadow Grey/SW grey right now. Btw, u based in malmö, sweden? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolflars Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I paint mine codex gray with highlights on the characters. I tried a bluish looking one but that just seemed a little too limp-wristed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Kezef Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I paint mine codex gray with highlights on the characters. I tried a bluish looking one but that just seemed a little too limp-wristed. That's what I do aswell. Sure GW painters can pull off the blue-grey and make it look cool but I don't have the skills for that and it always comes out either too blue or just daft. So I stick to codex grey. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greese_m0nkey Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 When I started to paint my army I only had around 10 colers with me in Iraq so they have the Shadow grey paint job with Space wolf highlights. But after seeing so many great looking armies painted in grey I think I am going to redo my army a squad at a time. Any one know agood way to remove the paint without melting the models? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The chapter never went through a color change in the fluff. Valerian I disagree. According to Index Astartes vol.II it clearly states that SW had a grey color pre-heresy and the bluish color some time after the HH. But dont worry Nilsson, wolves do things their own way. So if you want grey armor, you paint grey armor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtNACHO Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm honestly not a fan what so ever of this baby blue stuff! The old school Wolves are my favorite by far! These new ones are blue (cough Ultramarines with alcoholism? cough) and are littered head to toe in Wolfyness! That is 100% too much Wolf! I prefer a nice SW to have a greyish paintjob, some cool ruinic markings, maybe a wolf backpack, or a cool pelt cape. But some of these new models are out of hand! GW overdid the wolf and Runes thing. I think thes guys are mostly Werewolf Vikings in Space, not Space Marines with a Viking and Wolf undertones. Some of our DIY could probably rewrite the SW fluff and make it better then whoever has been in charge over at GW. Anyway rant over. Grey all the way! Good Luck with your boys... i mean "Wolf Brothers!" :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Forgetful Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Baby blue is made of win. - Forgetful Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayden Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I've painted mine in a darker grey/blue colour scheme, not a real fan of the fairy floss blue style. Still it dosen't matter what colour they are, just as long as they enjoy a good fight and a cold ale. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Scout Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Lost to the eons of time now, but in a white dwarf article I remember a almost white SW colour scheme. It looked really goodand suits there snow world fluff better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokafort Stonewolf Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Count me in for the grey. Meshes better with the stuff I haven't painted yet. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2134985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growler67 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Baby blue is made of win. - Forgetful Actually I call it Ice Blue, but prefer mine Grey, FWIW. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cessna Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 These new ones are blue (cough Ultramarines with alcoholism? cough) and are littered head to toe in Wolfyness! That is 100% too much Wolf! I prefer a nice SW to have a greyish paintjob, some cool ruinic markings, maybe a wolf backpack, or a cool pelt cape. But some of these new models are out of hand! GW overdid the wolf and Runes thing. I think thes guys are mostly Werewolf Vikings in Space, not Space Marines with a Viking and Wolf undertones. Just mix the new models with parts from regular Marine models. Buy a box of each and mix 'em 50/50. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerian Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The chapter never went through a color change in the fluff. Valerian I disagree. According to Index Astartes vol.II it clearly states that SW had a grey color pre-heresy and the bluish color some time after the HH. But dont worry Nilsson, wolves do things their own way. So if you want grey armor, you paint grey armor. Interesting. I don't have the IA's, so this is the first time ever that I have heard of any actual fluff to account for what was nothing more than a real world artists attempt to paint the Wolves in a more "ice-like" grey. Since this is nothing more than the usual lame retconning, however, I will simply continue to ignore it (although I don't doubt that you did read it). So long as you paint your Great Company some shade of grey, you will be fine, whether you consider your force to be post-heresy or not. If you don't care for any shade of grey, pretty much anything goes as "campaign colors". Valerian Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Wilhelm Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 When I started to paint my army I only had around 10 colers with me in Iraq so they have the Shadow grey paint job with Space wolf highlights. But after seeing so many great looking armies painted in grey I think I am going to redo my army a squad at a time. Any one know agood way to remove the paint without melting the models? G'day, My brother and I use "Ajax SPRAY n' WIPE orange blossom Multi-purpose with natural orange oil" I think you can buy it in any supermarket. Soak for a few days, depending on how old the paint is. We put them in old glass Tomato Salsa jars, filled to the top with Ajax and drop the miniatures into the jar, fully immersed. If it is still clinging then leave it longer. My brother has left Rogue Trader marines in there for months! I use a steel wire brush to gently remove the paint from metal. I have never used it on plastic, but my brother certainly does. He uses a brass wire brush (because it is softer). The Ajax is biodegradable. Try it with one first, just in case but I feel confident it will work fine and not harm your miniatures. Let me know how it goes, if you use it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 According to Index Astartes vol.II it clearly states that SW had a grey color pre-heresy and the bluish color some time after the HH. Correct, it definately shows them having two distinct armour shades, for Pre and Post Herey eras Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranvir Krakendoom Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Definitely a case of GW retro-conning us all. My vote goes to the Pre heresy grey. Much more wolf-like than the ice grey/blue that they are currently using. Plus the last edition of the 'dex shows a pre heresy grey marine on the cover. Too confusing. I shall seek solace in ale. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilsson Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Yeah, as Valerian said, do whatever you want. Mine are 50/50 Shadow Grey/SW grey right now. Btw, u based in malmö, sweden? Yes, Malmö Sweden, usally play at SPEL in malmö each wensday. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Well, great. Obben här, du är ola, right? Anyway, since we're at the same store, you can have a look at my guys this week, if you like. As I said, they are shadow grey... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the great beaver Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Baby blue is made of win. - Forgetful Pshhhht! dark grey with codex grey hightlight is made of win...the 13th company looked like mean mean puppies. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wispy Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I used to use straight shadow grey, but it's too dark. I switched to codex grey, and I don't regret it. I was worried it'd look too colour-less, but it really helps the yellows and red pop. The red and yellow looking great with it is win for me, as I wouldn't have stuck with it otherwise. If I could do steely blue-gray like some artists can, I would, but I can't. Too much care and mixing and experimenting that I really don't have time for. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Right, I sold of my old wolves as they deserved an update in my painting standard, and the conversations. And that, I am acually in love with the new boxes (Who can't be? :)) I NEED to ask you Long Fangs though, is it still "Fluffy" to paint the marines Grey? I'm not acually a big fan of the lightblue stuff, more a grey fan myself. Could you get around that by saying that it's an old Lost Company that not repainted the armour when the chapter changed colours? If they ever did, or did GW just remake the fluff? If my memory serves me right, they were grey in the start were they not? - Have a cold one on me Nilsson I'm not a fan of the light blue/blue grey either. I paint mine grey, full stop. Since I'm more of pre-Heresy player, it's very fluffy, but if I wasn't that would not stop me painting them grey anyways. It's your army paint them anyway you like. In the first edition, as well as in the recent 'Badad war' play aid issued for free download by BOLS, you have Space Marine units in camoflage paint schemes. I'm seriously thinking of painting one GH unit like this. Post some pics wen they're ready. Cheers Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/180283-space-wolf-colours/#findComment-2135621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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