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Aeddon

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So I was looking at the new Space Wolf Codex, admiring the artwork, and started wondering who the marine on the cover is. Looking to his right (your left) you can see what resembles the Great Company markings of Erik Morkai which leads me to believe that this may be the Wolf Lord himself. Anyone have different ideas about him?

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m480232a_60030101011_ENGCodexSpaceWolves_873x627.jpg

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Erik Morkai probably. Looking at his right shoulderpad gives me pause. It looks like Logan Grimnar's personal icon. But then again, you only see half of it because the rest is unviewable. Maybe Morkai has a badass icon on his shoulderpad, one the side a wolf howling at the moon and on the unviewable side, a wolf howling at the sun.

 

Edit: and the blade of his axe has the mark of morkai on it. But that is pretty common with space wolves using that iconagraphy on their wargear.

Night runner? Where? If you're referring to his right shoulder pad, the wolf is howling at the sun and is backwards for it to be Logan's company symbol. Plus the right pad delineates rank amongst your great company, not which great company you belong to.

 

The picture is very misleading anyway, the grey hunter on the right is clearly from Erik Morkai's GC, but if you look closely at the left shoulder pad of the grey hunter on the left, it looks like the Night Runner, but with a red background.

 

Way in the back there is a banner that clearly shows the wolves of Morkai but with a yellow sun instead of red. I honestly think it's just a cool looking wolf guard, but no one special in particular. Possibly just a pack leader.

I also say a younger logan.

 

Actually on second thought not too sure. The wolf is facing the wrong way...

 

But it may be some other company because the banner in the background seems to be similar to the center pieces right shoulder pad, but never seen that GC insignia previously.

He is just a simple Wolf Guard. One of many. Why does it have to me someone special?

 

As far as I know only one time GW pictured a significant member of Adeptus Astartes on the front cover. It was Marneus Calgar back in the 4th Ed of the SM Codex.

 

Get used to it - he is probably only a Wolf Guard. Very nice one indeed but that's all.

More to the point, how can I paint THAT grey? :) Adeptus battlegrey? Vallejo something grey? Any ideas?

 

I am going with a base coat of Codex Grey with Adeptus battlegrey as a highlight to come close to that grey scheme. Take a look at my album of the few that I have painted so far.

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