13th Wolfwing - 31st march, large update

[Red Skullz]

January 11th 2012, Army at the 2k point (now passed the 3,5k point):
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/armyFINISHED_zps8316f272.png

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[Original post]

The legendary 13th Company of the Space Wolves Legion disappeared 10.000 years ago, and the circumstances of that disappearance are the subject of numerous myths and legends.

From those very myths and legends the elite Wolfwing warband have now returned to the Imperium of Man, still intent as ever upon fulfilling the task they were set ten millenia past by, legend states, the Primarch Leman Russ himself

+ Skald & Eirik +
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw1-FIN_zps3f63825c.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw3-FIN_zpsfbb3d844.png

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Skald and Eirik feature several of the trademarks from the 13th Company. First and foremost the geneseed of the 13th Company show a dominance of red hair and iceblue eyes. Even through centuries of warfare those trademarks still hold strong.
Furthermore we see the use of looted enemy armour. As the 13th Company has been away from Fenriz and the rest of the Chapter they have to make do with what they salvage in the aftermath. In a grim tradition they always paint these parts in the Pre-Heresy colours of the Thousand Sons. Why is not known, but one can speculate...
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Very happy to show off my vision of the 13th Company members even if daylight is getting shorter by the day so the pics are not the best. Do ask or just leave some comments if you please

Some more angles to show off the weathering better. The first pics it just looks dirty.
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/angle1_zps65ff3a07.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/aumlngle2_zps893111a8.png

+ Hrolf +
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw2-FIN.png

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Wild and feral as the others armed with twin wolf claws, Hrolf is a savage fighter proudly bearing his battlescars refusing to replace his lost eye. Luck has it that this has amplified his other senses tenfold and he is now an even more dangerous opponent than ever before.
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ooo Olaf Hellige ooo
(count-as Njal Stormcaller)
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/njalFIN.png

ooo
Ancient. The second oldest in the 13th Company, but the only one not interred in a Dreadnought Olaf still is one of the staunchest and most able warriors in the company. He commands the elements, and when he enters the fray the very elements follow his command. No wonder then that he is the one that has learned how to navigate the warp as the company has lost their navigators centuries ago.
However he is also cursed. The curse of the Wulfen. His very features are distorted and enlarged and it is his pure will that holds the curse at bay.
ooo

Caved in and made som Grey Slayers (count-as Grey Hunters). I`ve played Space Marines enough to appreciate the qualities of a tac squad.
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayers1.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayers2.png

Looking forward to painting these, I think they`ll look great with the Wolf Guards. Those without helmets have only received pony-tails (no not a brony here ).

Then it`s the last of the termie armoured guys:
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfguard1.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfguard2.png

The Abaddon fig will be my "Harald Blodoks" count-as Logan Grimnar. Blodoks means Bloodaxe in norwegian, hence the chaos axe. Gone a bit ko-ko you know. I`ve also re-organised the wolf guards packs into one pack for Harald and one for Olaf. The dread+drop-pod is still in the list and I`m also making a Long Fangs unit.

Some more wolf guards, this completes Olaf`s pack.
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw4-FIN.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw5-FIN.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw6-FIN.png
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclaw7-FIN.png

The Grey Slayers are basecoated and dried so they`re next in line.

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C&C as always welcomed

R

[Russ Brother 92]

I like the use of old models ^_^ and am really liking your abaddon/logan remake :P

[Red Skullz]

Thanks brother, appreciated :rolleyes:

 

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayers3-1.png

 

Puh..that was the hard part. Details and washes are a lot easier :) My youngest son must be home a couple of days since he`s sick so should be able to finish this claw.

 

R

[Red Skullz]

I can explain a bit more of the background of the 13th Wolfwing. It is basically a Loganwing armylist with a 13th Company spin on. 13th Company was a proper armylist back in the days of the "Eye of Terror" campaign and it all suited the minis I had at hand and the retro feel I wanted. 13th Company had two visual aspects with them that differs from normal Space Wolves:

1) They have the pre-heresy grey mixed with red and black armoured parts looted from even chaos space marines

2) openly struggle with the wulfen gene

 

For me this translated in a weathered and beaten look as these lads have been going at it for a long time without resupplies from the Legion/Chapter and feral with the long hair which funnily enough have a solid strain of red in it akin to Russ himself. I also explain the varying headsizes with the wulfen gene, some are affected some are not. This is also the reason I put the plog in the chaos forums. They are still loyal to Russ and the Allfather but they have strayed to far away with the use of heretic equipment and by letting the wulfen gene develop unhindered. At least in the eyes of the Imperium.

 

With that out of the way, here`s some pics :D

 

Long Fangs, or Claw Einherjer as I call them:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/longfangs1-1.png

Probably not the best loadout but the amount of plasma in the list is increasing and I like the glowy effect ;)

 

After playing a game with Olaf my count-as Njal I found that runepriests where a lot of fun so I made another one that can accompany the Grey Slayers (Claw Ulfer) or Claw Einherjer depending on the role I want him to take.

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/runepriest1-1.png

Proper kitbash this one, just need some greenstuffing to tidy up some parts. I do dare someone to name the parts though ;)

 

As always, C&C welcomed :)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Apologies in advance for shoddy pic. Daylight is the shortest time of the day here now so good pics are hard to come by when main hobbytime is after the kids are asleep..

 

Anyhoo. Here's Pack Ulfer*:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayersFIN.png

(*Ulfer means Wolfes)

 

A lot of fun minis in this pack, they go along well with the rest of the Wolfwing. I`ll take some army shots of what`s done in my next update :D

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Here`s some more pics of my fav parts in the pack:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayersFIN-4.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayersFIN-3.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayersFIN-2.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/greyslayersFIN-1.png

 

Man the OSL looks flat in the pics..I give up (with the pics for this evening!

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Did some more work on the dread:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread2-1.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread2-2.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread2-3.png

Only had one TL autocannon and wanted two so I made one out of a spare dread ccw arm and some plasticard. It`s still quite rough and I haven`t done any greenstuffing yet so this is an early WiP at best ^_^

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Tired, been to much work lately...anyhoo, here`s my count-as Logan Grimnar & the last termie wolf guards:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/wolfclawlast.png

 

R

[DarthMarko]

KUDOS,brother....

[Red Skullz]

Cheers brother ;)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Greenstuffed the dread:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread3-1.png

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread3-2.png

 

Think he should be ready for a basecoat and some paint :)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Evening!

 

The temperature finally rised above -15 celcius so I was able to varnish and basecoat some units that have been waiting more or less a week for that. When it`s to cold things go to gak if I spray in those temperatures..

 

I was supposed to have finished both the Long Fangs and the Rune Priest but luck of course would not let me get that far as I dropped the RP...twice! So he will have to wait as I need to put him together again. Luckily parts and paintjob survived..

 

Anyhoo, here`s my long fangs:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/longfangs2-FIN.png

I went for the literal approach that they are among the oldest among the wolves so grey hair for all of them. Looking forward on putting these to use :D

 

Next up will be the dread and drop-pod that I`ve finally managed to basecoat.

 

R

[Beef]

I have to say I am very impressed with your models,I love the way you have converted them all, its been a long time since I have seen anybody use so many metal bits in their conversion as plastic on plastic conversions are so much easier.

 

I love the feral wethered look you have gone for. I also like the look you have gone for with the plasma guns, Looking forward to seeing more stuff

[Red Skullz]

Thank you so much for those kind words ;) My aching hands appreciate it ;) Working with metal is rewarding in the end but a true pain forcing it into something else than it was originally sculpted. Funny thing though, I`ve gotten hold of even more 2nd and 3rd hand minis, most of them metal, lol!

 

Space Wolves are individuals, and even though I only meant to make a few of them in the start, they have grown into a large warband and it really looks great. I`m not done yet as I have several more units on the way :unsure:

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Lone Wolf with his dog(gy?):

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/lonewolf1.png

He`s armed with frost blade and storm shield and one wolf. The wolf is slightly mutated as with the rest of the 13th Company in my fluff. Next up will be greenstuffing, and when I`m done with that I hope that the mark of wulfen will show on him.

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Got some more stuff done today. Not more painting however which I should`ve done but progress is still progress I guess :P

 

Here is courtesy of Gitsplitta, my Long Fang pack#2:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/longfangs21.png

Yes, those are all original :D The lascannon is from my RT/2nd ed Space Orks but the era is still correct. The pack leader is a jetbike chaplain. Since I have two of him and I like the mini a lot this one made it into this pack. They don`t look like much now, but with some top-knots and small SW details here and there they will do just fine! So yes, this pack will be one of few with all helmets.

 

R

[Russ Brother 92]

as one with nout but admiration and very beer goggle-esque views of the RT era models, they are lovely :lol: can't wait to see them stripped and repainted :lol:

[Red Skullz]

Haha, cheers mate :sick:

 

R

[Glimpse the Void]

Very flavorfull. Thanks for posting and keep 'em coming.

[Red Skullz]

Thank you, will try :)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Here`s the Lone Wolf & fenrisian wolf pre-basecoat:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/lonewolf2.png

 

Threw in some more horns on the fenrisian wolf just to keep the mutated look all the way through. As for the Lone Wolf I opted to not beard him up. Quite like the sculpt as is so decided to not mess it all up with throwing in a beard. He`s unique as is :)

 

Then it`s some marines I`m swapping:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/GMS2.png

 

Think they`re about done so I can basecoat them as well and get painting.

 

The Long Fangs pack is also ready for basecoat. Forgot to take a pic of them but the main difference is that they have top-knots now so nothing much really ;)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Evening!

 

Got a lot of stuff to show today, so on with the pics <_<

 

First up the marines I`m swapping:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/GMS3-FIN_zps16ca538f.png

1-i`s marine was a really crappy pic...but I think they look quite decent. Wouldn`t mind keeping them myself, lol!

 

Long Fangs pack#2:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/longfangs22-FIN_zps605ff6a1.png

Really like this squad, like a lot!

 

Dreadnought:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/dread4-FIN_zps1cd2173e.png

I tried to make the marine look crippled, hence kinda leaning towards one side. He`s also one of very few with any bionics in this army. The name is from norse mythology. You know the Jotun from the marvel movies?

 

Lone Wolf w/Fenrisian companion:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/lonewolf3-FIN_zps13f70287.png

These two really turned out great, by far among my favs in this army! So happy I went for the mutated wolf versus two "normal" ones.

 

Runepriest:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/runepriest2-FIN_zps3bbb37e5.png

Yes, this is the one I dropped twice and broke in multiple parts....but here he is!

 

And then, obligatory 2k army pic:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/army2k_zps7467fd16.png

 

 

Hope you like what I`ve done so far, cause there will be more ;)

 

R

[Russ Brother 92]

I do like it :) would love to play against it - keep it up chap :)

[Red Skullz]

What a great compliment, thank you :)

 

R

[Beef]

i have a question about one of the four marines you are swapping, the one with the plasma gun. did you put the blade and spike on it or did the plasma gun come like that?