Varagyr Wolf Guard Terminators

[Guest]

I am thinking of getting these... Anyone have any opinion on them?

[Guest]

I've only seen them behind a glass display case at a store.... They were not impressive from my point of view. There was just something off about the heads and stances.

[Krakendoomcool]

Check out Grieux’s ones. Here and in WIP he’s done a great job of them.

[Jackalwolf]

Hey mate did a mini guide on them. I like then a lot but very much feels like they need work:

 

WIP: Varagyr

I've finally settled in the way I want to do my Varagyr arms. It's been very costly mainly due to trial and error making me scrap north of £90 in shoulder pads and terminator bits in attempts that didn't satisfy me so I'm leaving here how to do this in case you want to attempt.

 

 

Pelts are not original either, the stock ones were cut, the legs rebuilt and these pelts are from kfstudio.

 

 

 

Left the thegns with fur instead of leather straps to show their status. Also axes because they look awesome.

 

 

 

 

Here's a WIP of an alternate arm with autocannon to use in 40k and a sample of how to fit flush magnetised arms: first do all the torsos, then just drill and correct the arm until it lines up properly, then glue

 

 

For this conversion we need to drill the arms higher than the centre point of the joint due to the bigger size of the Varagyr.

 

 

And here's how you need to drill the Varagyr arms to obtain shouler pads and allow them to fit plastic cataphractii.

 

 

Scale shot for comparison with primaris:

 

 

And final step in the arm process is to greenstuff the plastic cataphractii arms to make them longer and fit better with the armor.

 

[Jackalwolf]

These are the first two I've completed:

 

Rollo Lothbrok

 

Halfdan

 

If you are okay with bolter and axe the coversion is less involved, only changing the fur but if you want to model fists and claws it's pretty involved due to having to shave the shoulder pads and the cataphractii arms needing a bit more or length.

 

I'll post the Praetor/Arjac later today but essentially for that one you need to buy two if you want to repose the torso and the cape/shoulder pelt need a lot of work.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Well done, Grieux.

[sn33r]

Looks really good.. what colours did you use for the armour?

[Jackalwolf]

Thanks mate. They look a bit more blue then they are due to the pic being taken at night. Will take better pics when I'm done with all.

 

Tutorials

Grey Painting Recipe:

• Prime black
• Apply a counter-zenithal basecoat of Vallejo German Grey
• 'Sketch' where the highlights will be with Administratum Grey
• Apply a basecoat of Mechanicum Standard Grey Air leaving the Vallejo German Grey in the recesses and don't obscure the sketeched highlights
• Apply a 45° layer of Dawnstone Air
• Re-Apply final highlights with Administratum Grey or do a very zenithal fine spray
• Glaze with Druchi Violet wash mixed with glaze medium the areas of shade*
• Glaze with Blue wash mixed with glaze medium the deepest shadows*
• Wash the model to give definition and tone down the highlights to blend them with all the armor with the following mixture: 4 ml Agrax Earthshade, 4 ml Nuln Oil, 12 ml Water
• Edge highlight with Administratum Grey
• * These two steps are to add richness to the palette of the armor, so I generally tend to reserve them for characters since they're quite time consuming

Bronze Painting Recipe 1:

• Basecoat with Castellax Bronze
• Wash with Agrax Earthshade
• Layer of Balthasar Gold
• Wash with Reikland Fleshshade
• Edge highlight of Fulgurite Copper
• Glaze with purple the deepest shadows
• Extreme edge highlight of Sycorax Bronze
• Pin wash the recesses and rivets with diluted Nikilah Oxide to give a verdigris effect

Bronze Painting Recipe 2:

• Basecoat with Castellax Bronze
• Pin wash with Brown Liner
• Clean up with Castellax Bronze
• Highlight layer of Old Copper (Scale 75)
• Wash with Agrax Earthshade
• Extreme highlight and edge highlight with Pure Copper (Scale 75)
• Extreme edge highlight with Victorian Brass (Scale 75)

Bases:

• Basecoat ruins and base with Rhinox hide
• Layer ruins with Rhino hide mixed with brown midtone 1:2
• Highlight ruins with Karak stone
• Wash ruins with Agrax Earthshade mixed with water 1:1
• Drybrush ruins with Tyrant skull
• Light drybrush ruins with Terminatus stone
• Basecoat stone with Mechanicus standard grey
• Heavy drybrush stone with Dawnstone
• Drybrush stone with Celestra grey
• Wash stone with Agrax Earthshade mixed with water 1:1
• Light drybrush with Administratum grey
• Paint ground with Agrellan earth (as many coats as needed)
• Clean base edges with Abaddon black

[sn33r]

Ha ha ha amazing. You should be proud they look amazing

[sn33r]

Ha ha ha amazing. You should be proud they look amazing

[Vash113]

While the Varagyr and SW Legion Praetor aren't as bad as the Gray Slayers upgrade kit that has the iron sights on the bottom of the gun they are far from the best models FW has produced for the HH range and were IMO clearly rushed. The price is another thing to consider, $39 for the praetor is only a little more than a standard character but $93 for the Terminators is pushing it.

[Dantay VI]

The pads on ROllo and Halfdan look great, did you use the KF studios pelts for those? They look more intricate than the standard Varagyr upper arms.

[Jackalwolf]

The pads on ROllo and Halfdan look great, did you use the KF studios pelts for those? They look more intricate than the standard Varagyr upper arms.

Thanks mate and yes, they're an amalgamation of different kf studio pelts to make it coherent!

[Dantay VI]

Cool. Will definitely order some next month when my hobby budget renews.