DanielWilkie Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Good day to you all. I've been a long time (since 2nd Ed) marine player, primarily with Ultramarines. However, I have decided it is time for a change as I'm bored of all the grimdark warrior monk approach to battle and fancied a change. I still like the look of marines, so after reading various codices, I decided as I'm not 12 the blood angels weren't for me, I'm not an emo so that ruled out the Dark Angels, and I'm not xenophobic so bye-bye Black Templars. However, I do love drinking, I have partaken in the odd brawl over the years, and I think vikings are awesome, hence the draw to Space Wolves. Couple that with the fact they have the potential for a completely different play style and I'm sold. So my idea behind my force is to start small (of course), with a core of blood claws under the leadership of a Wolf Guard, and then charter their rise and fall as claws get raised to hunters and eventually long fangs, whilst others fall, new claws come in to replace them, and the army generally grows. I get the distinct impression that they won't be the easiest force to game with, as blood claws aren't exactly crack troops, but hell, it'll be fun and there'll be plenty of stories to tell in the drinking halls. I should have the first few members finished by the weekend (I have a 3 month old daughter so less painting time than would be ideal... ;) ) and will post them up for C&C, but the intention is they are part of Bjorn Stormwolfs great company, sent off to prove their metal. Does this sound somewhat far fetched? It strikes me as the kind of thing Space Wolves would do. Perhaps their Wolfguard leader (or the claws themselves) span one too many unbelievable stories over a meal and was challenged to put their money where their mead was. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
elithren Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hey man, works for me. Did a similar concept with a model I made that was supposed to be me. Started as blood claw, shone as a grey hunter with a melta gun, and now making my way through the WG to become a battle leader or a lord! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 welcome to the Fang! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielWilkie Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hey man, works for me. Did a similar concept with a model I made that was supposed to be me. Started as blood claw, shone as a grey hunter with a melta gun, and now making my way through the WG to become a battle leader or a lord! That sounds like a truly epic idea! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeddon Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Welcome to the Fang Dan! Blood claws can be a very useful part of your force, they just take a different play style than Grey Hunters do. Best of luck to you! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutzot Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 welcome to the fang have an ale and good fortune(you will need it with BC) to you Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just forget about any notion of a gunline and you should be fine. Land Raider Crusaders and/or Drop Pods are a foot-slogging Blood Claw's best friend! And welcome to the Fang! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Wulfen Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 welcome to the the Fang and give that warrior a Ale Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Welcome. now get painting and show us what you have done. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielWilkie Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 I managed to strip the metal models I still had down last night (a bunch of Wolf Guard terminators and a really old Iron Priest) so they'll be ready by the time the packs arrive on Friday. It turns out that a mix of Cillit Bang, Oven Cleaner, and Boiling Water do a great job of removing the grease from models, and the varnish, but don't get rid of the paint (thanks to a brave Wolfguard for trying that one...) Jeyes Fluid on the other hand... What do you people use for cleaning brushes? The above mix kinda worked, but a lot of my brushes are pretty old, and have been in a storage box caked in dried paint it would appear. Most of them cleaned up brilliantly, but there's a couple where the dried on paint just won't shift, and they're the brushes that are otherwise in the best quality! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elithren Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 If the paint is acrilic style, use nail polish remover. That stuff does wonders for getting paint off of metal models and dried brushes alike. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester262 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 welcome to the Rout brother Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/235026-greetings/#findComment-2830903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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