Grailkeepers Luna Wolves

[grailkeeper]

This is the thread for my Luna Wolf Kill team. I plan on having

 

A Centurion (Aspiring Chamption)

Signifier (Icon bearer)

Codicier (Balefire Acoylte

Gunner 

Heavy Gunner

Line Brother (ShriveTalon)

 

I am awaiting the bits but I'll get started on their individual lore now. My characters are set in the early stages of the Great Crusade. ADB didnt want to write about the same characters in 30k and 40k as someone who was important in 40k might not be important during the heresy or vice versa. Most characters we read about are the notable ones, these guys are not notable 10k years on. Most didnt survive the heresy. Some didnt even survive to the heresy. Others the Imperium has no record of. 

 

 

Fluff is very much a work in progress with blanks currently TBD. It'll flesh out more as the models are built. I'll include WIP models in the thread. The fluff section will have pictures of the final models/ most up to date WIP

 

Very open to comments, queries, criticisms and suggestions!

Edited January 8 by grailkeeper

[grailkeeper]

Luna Wolves 20th Company Command Squad

The hand of the Primarch

Lord Inquisitor

 

Due to the recent restoration of the files plundered from Dataxandria, information has come to light on the Luna Wolves 20th company, which formed part of the 3rd independent battalion. This, combined with extant information from our files has given us an almost complete picture of the command squad of this company. Further information about the company, its armaments, soldiery and disposition, remains outstanding. Nevertheless, this represents a remarkable achievement given the passage of ten thousand years.

Centurion

 

Centurion Audie Alteran Partem

Born of: Terra (Samsatian sub-plate)

Status M41: Unknown. Recorded as being killed at the Siege of Terra. Uncorroborated sightings M34, M39, M40.

 

File: Initially a leading figure in the Legion, he found himself increasingly sidelined following the discovery of the Primarch and induction of Chtonian legionnaires. Rumours indicate that he turned against the forces of the Primach and fought alongside the Imperial Fists on Terra. An Imperial Fist of the same name is recorded in their records as having died near the Eternity gates, although this may be coincidence or error. Other rumours persist that he survived the heresy and appears alongside various chaotic warbands. Details of these are unconfirmed.

Signifier

 

Brother Aurise Afkni

Born of: Terra (Jutrigan Bowl Slums)

Status M41: Confirmed Dead

 

File: One of the oldest members of the legion Brother Afkni was granted the honour of carrying the company Vexillium following conspicuous courage during the pacification of Luna. Confirmed to have been killed by Orkish small arms fire during the Battle for Ullanor. His replacement by the Chtonian Arik Ahgeddon was seen as representative of cultural shifts within the legion and its increasingly choleric nature. For further on Ahgeddon c.f  Inquisitorial files" The Spine Lord" "Bringers of Despair Warband".

 

 

Codicier

 

Brother Horry "Little Magnus" Gegan

Born of: Terra (Samsatian sub-plate)

Status M41: Presumed Dead

 

File: Known as "Little Magnus" to his brothers following the loss of an eye at the Battle of Gate 42, a nickname he was recorded as having despised. Codicier Gegan is also recorded as having complied with the edicts of Nikea and returned to service as a line brother, forsaking his psychic abilities. Information from [REDACTED] indicates to a high degree of probability that Gegan was killed at Istvaan III, although subject [REDACTED] was unaware on which side. Further research on this issue is not considered to be a priority at present. No records extant of him during the heresy or subsequently.

Gunner

 

Unknown

Born of: Cthonia ??? (presumed)

Status M41: Unknown

 

File: Pict scans indicate this Astartes was armed with a plasma gun. Further information is non-extant. If encountered standard Inquisitorial Astartes protocol applies [Run/Hide/Martyrdom]

 

Heavy Gunner

 

Heavy Gunner Tarik Volk

Born of: Cthonia

Status M41: Active threat

 

File: Commended for gallantry following the Battle of Ullanor. Now known to be leading the warband "Sons of the Forgotten Father" which has been active in a number of different warzones. Inquisitorial records do not know how he ascended to such a leadership position; however his honours indicate that he was a capable individual prior to the heresy. Imperial forces now classify him as an active and high-level threat, with direct engagement advised only for heavily armed kill-teams or specialized assets. C.F "Sons of the Forgotten Father". 

 

Line Brother

 

Brother Kalen Kaligulonn

Born of: Cthonia

Status M41: Unknown, last recorded Imperial encouter M37. Confirmed Traitor.

 

File: Cthonic gang scum. Disciplinary records indicate repeated censure. Unclear why such an Astartes would be included in a command squad.  Myths from the Segmentum Obscurus, indicate an Imperial skirmish in M37 with a renegade warband wherein a warrior matching Kaligulonn’s description was sighted leading a feral band of Black Legion Astartes. Details are scant due to the passage of millennia, however the lyrics to the M38 Era hymn "Saint Josmane and the convicts" suggest that he was successfully driven off.

Edited January 8 by grailkeeper

[grailkeeper]

Anyone know if necromunda bases are the right size for Kill Team?

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Yes - the killteam bases are the same size as the 40K bases, and so match the correspondingly sized Necromunda bases.  I've to a set of necromunda figures in front of me, as well as my 40K chaos minis, and the Goliath's have the same base size as your basic CSM and the Escher have the same base size as the cultists.

[grailkeeper]

The first of my guys. The Librarian is on the more converted end and the heavy bolter guy is more standard.

 

The librarian is a 50/50 mix of calth marines and Thousand Sons sourceror. I filed off or greenstuffed over the more tzeentchian aspects of the thousand sons parts. 

 

The heavy gunner is a standard calth guy with a luna wolf shoulderpad and helmet. Most of the guys will be like this.

 

The Standard bearer will be pretty heavily converted I think.

[grailkeeper]

My signifier/ iconbearer.

 

This one is still WIP. The greenstuff around the head will get filled in and textured when the current stuff has dried. 

 

This is a blood bowl werewolf head on a false gods head. Most parts are from calth but the standard is made from a thousand sons sourceror and a roman legionnaire kit from victrix. 

[grailkeeper]

An update

 

Finished the texture on the signifier

[grailkeeper]

Next happy little camper to join them is the Shrive talon. 

 

He's mostly done but some remedial work will be needed to be done on the knife hand.

 

As a shrive talon and in lore Chtonian Scumbag I wanted to make him look the most chaotic of the lot. Given that this is preheresy I didnt want to go overboard but he has damaged armour (one of the shoulder pads was slightly snapped and he is the most appropriate guy to get that) and has a spiky cthonian style helmet. Pose wise I wanted to make it look like he'd been interrupted trophy taking.

 

Thoughts and suggestions appreciated. 

I found this sprue in my bits box. Would primaris arms work on the leader character or would they be out of scale etc

Edited February 12 by grailkeeper

[Lysimachus]

These all look great, really characterful!

 

I'd say the arms are a fraction longer/thicker, so it depends. Sometimes it works OK, but it can look a little odd. Possibly if it is a particular hand pose or weapon you want, it might work better to put that on a regular arm?

 

 

[grailkeeper]

WIP Centurion. 

 

He doesnt have a gun yet. I understand that plasma pistols are better in kill team, but the Calth Plasma pistols look rubbish.

 

I'm going to look through my bits box to find a more normal plasma pistol. If I cant find one, I'll use the Calth bolt pistol which is far better looking than the plasma pistol. 

[grailkeeper]

Wentwith a a bolt pistol.Messedup drilling the barrelbut fixed it with green stuff.Might swap it for the stub pistol off the enforcer kit.

[grailkeeper]

Last of the squad. As with the heavy bolter the plasma gun isnt glued in. This guy is arguably the most vanilla looking squad member. 

 

To make them look more like the cover of false gods I gave everyone a studded pauldron on their right shoulder.