Space Wolves revisited

I should have had the forethought to post this sooner.

I have wanted to redo my Space Wolf army since 2000 using nothing but the current plastics and retire my old RT/2nd ed Wolves to the annals of glory.

I am a much better painter now and I would be much more satisfied having the army I've been planning all these years complete. Besides there is the kool factor of having awesome looking space Vikings, who care for nothing more than slamming down a good Ale and to fight in the service of Russ!

So lets start with a look into the past. Here are a smattering of my Wolves; all painted 10+ years ago.





Here is the test model for the New army.

Long Fangs aren't that bad.

Alright I’ve got to be honest I’m tired of seeing these grizzled veterans getting no respect. Everywhere I go on the internet SW players are bashing the use of Fangs.

I’m going to offer up a little insight to help you understand why I think they still have a place in almost any SW army.

In 5th ed they are a solid choice if deployed properly. They should always be deployed in cover with at least two lanes of fire. Taking full advantage of the cover saves and split fire rules. I can’t possibly be the only vet Wolf player to figure this out.

At range Long Fangs are more survivable than most tanks and cannot be destroyed by one lucky shot. The only thing tanks have as an advantage over Fangs is maneuverability, but well deployed Fangs won’t need to worry about moving.

Give your opponent other threats to shoot at. Misdirection is a great way to keep the heat off your Fangs. I prefer to make it something fast that can be in his face at any time.

Keep them relatively cheap; with 5 models at or around 200 points which is cheap for Fangs. Avoid the urge to pay much more than 200 points because then they start to become a point sink. I think this is part of the reason most have written them off.

Four Fangs armed with Missile Launchers are a solid choice. They come in at 189 points and work against armor and hordes equally well.

I hope everyone who reads this gives Fangs another look.

Long Fangs Pack progression

The first Long Fang is almost done and the second Long Fang is well under way!

Long Fangs

I absolutely love the 2nd edition Long Fangs Lower body with the reinforced leg armor. The only problem with the old Fangs is the 2nd ed torsos and heads with no necks.




So I have decided to replace the upper body with plastic marine torsos and heads. Here is the first converted Long Fang.




I like the way he turned out; the conversion gave him some height and more importantly a neck!

Halga the Wise revised

I was going nuts trying to fix the other drum when I remembered I had bits ordered 30 or 40 of the scout biker bolters when I worked for GW.

I'm very satisfied with the scout drum!




I will probably use a bunch of the box feeds in this army cause they are really kool looking!

Presenting Halga the Wise

The Wolf Guard is more or less complete, I still need to clean up some of the GS.






I didn't notice the mag on the combi weapon was messed up until it was pinned and glued. So I tried making a Drum mag, I'm not overly happy with it. I need to fix the Drum to make it look attached to the bolter. I may change it to a hanging belt of ammo instead.

He turned out much taller than I expected almost a head taller than a normal Marine mini. Part of this comes from the fact he is actually standing up, the other part comes from using the Khorne Zerker legs which are a little taller and mor bulky than normal marine legs.

The Wolf Guard is almost done!

Here is the Wolf Guard about 85 to 90 percent finished. I'm now gonna add some wolf tooth trophies to the right shoulder and some wolf tails to the left.

Coming along nicely

The GS work is progressing nicely on the Wolf Guard.

Space Wolves Ho!

I've been tinkering with my Wolves. I'm in the process of converting up 8 Grey Hunters in Mk IV armor.

Here is a mock up of my first Wolf Guard who will accompany the first Grey Hunters Pack.



He will be getting more hair on his head, a goatee, Mk VI cabling on his torso and some Wolf Bling like tails and teeth. Sorry for the quick and slightly blurry pic.

Aiming Space Marines

It looked like it could be relatively easy if I could figure out the correct arms for the task. So I began the task of clipping one set of each of the six different pairs of Marine Bolter arms three Imperial and three Chaos.

I found the perfect arms for this task; they are the bolter arms holding the gun at an upward angle. I don’t have a spare set of the uncut Chaos arms to take a pic of, but they re the easiest to distinguish. It is the set of arms with the spikes in the back if the hands.

Here’s a pic of the Imperial marine arms they are much more difficult to identify. I found it easiest to test fit them to a built chest.


Now that we've chosen the correct arms we need to cut off the hands at the wrists for repositioning. Carefully cut the hands as strait as possible at the wrist joint.



Next we need to pin the hands back on the wrists. For this I use lead floral wire because it’s easy to cut and bendable incase you need a little repositioning.

I temporarily mounted the arms to the chest using Hobbytac it’s very thick PVA glue. This will enable you to correctly position the hands while you pin and glue them in place.

I started with the right hand this being the most important hand to get correct. I glued it in position then checked it with a bolter to see if it was relatively leveled. Once I was happy with the position I added the left arm to the model, again checking the position with a bolter.




Once the glue is dry on the hands we are ready to fill in the spaces left from our repositioning. I took a small ball of green stuff and carefully filled the right wrist. I made sure the green stuff was smooth then I created that soft armor look that you see in the hip and knee joints.

For the left hand the gap was relatively small so I opted to just fill it and make it smooth. It in an obscured location I doubt anyone will notice



Now you’ve got yourself a marine who’s aiming to smite his foes!

Finished Obliterator Conversion

Here is the finished Oblit conversion. I still need to drill out the barrels and then start slinging paint.