he_plays_guitar Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I was thinking of building and painting my new space wolf army with a heavy nordic influence. Before I do, I was hoping to see some examples. What I'm looking for is freehand Nordic/celtic/viking knots, freehand viking motifs, any special conversions or bits to give the wolves even more of a Norse influence. I know Celtics and Vikings are different cultures, yes...but lots of the artwork and craftwork is very similar. Have any of you done any paintjobs or freehand work showing knots or other nordic designs? If so, I'd love to see them. I have plenty of reference material...I'd just like to see them on actual miniatures. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The dwarves and SF Celtic warriors coming out of sciborminiatures have a fairly decent amount of knotwork sculpted on them. I believe they also have a line of shields, etc for it also. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonGuard Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 scibor is definately the way to go Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
he_plays_guitar Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 If I use Scibor parts on the Space Wolves, are they going to be allowed in official GW tournaments? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Official GW tournaments only require that 75% of the model be GW product. Not sure how they intend to measure out that percentage... My recommendation of scibor models was to give you a sculpted representation of knotwork patterns like you asked for... actually USING the model... well, even though I like the sculpts, I'll never own or use one specifically for the question you just posed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthstar Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 At the same time, there are relatively few official gw tourneys. Bols did an article awhile back where they talked to several tourney organizers about this issue and none of them really cared as long as it was clear what you were playing with. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
he_plays_guitar Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Ok that makes sense. I would only use shoulder pads or weapons from Scibor anyway, most likely just weapons. I love to freehand, so I would most likely do knotwork on the shoulder pads myself. I was just wondering if anyone has done it on a rhino, landraider, etc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2892931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulf Vengis Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 As far as I can tell some of the best and most inspiring work Ive ever seen on a Space Wolves army was done by guy taking up residence on a forum somewhere... Its seriously the most norse/celtic looking army Ive seen and its great for inspiring me to paint. Heres some of his work. I think it may help you out a bit. I wouldnt be surprised if you recognized any of these models the guys pretty famous in certain cirles. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2893016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Volsung- Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Just a quickie, anyone get inspired by the Riders of Rohan when painting Space Wolves? Am I the only one that listens to King of the Golden Hall when painting my Grey Hunters? lol :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2893025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
he_plays_guitar Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Riders of Rohan is a good one, but I listen to the Conan the Barbarian sound track, the original one with Arnold. That song Battle of the Mounds where they set up to fight all of the bad guys on the hill near the end of the movie is absolutely epic. Plus, who better to paint space wolves to than the barbarian wearing six wolf pelts and carrying a huge sword? Plenty of inspiration there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/239759-nordiccelticviking-space-wolves/#findComment-2893955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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