Ok, So I found ancient pictures of a Space Wolf army I did many, many moons ago. I think the year was 2002. I sold the army off after about a year of playing it, and it was one of the few I've ever sold that I truly regretted.
So here we go. This was my wolf-lord based on Logan Grimnar. Sadly, he never saw any action on the table-top.
Here are the two wolf-guard battle leaders that I used most of the time. One with frost blade, one with a power fist. Banners were the first time I ever attempted making a banner out of greenstuff, and my sculpt-jitsu was weak.
I went with a nod to Rogue trader era power fist painting. The hazard stripes were an idea of a friend which I promptly ripped off.
The army I commonly used featured a solid core of grey-hunters. Blood claws were all the rage at the time, so I wanted to shy away from them to avoid cries of cheese.
One squad had all their faces painted black wether or not they wore a helmet to act as a "squad marking" and would help myself and opponents identify members of different squads.
Another item of note was all the wolf pelts I painstakingly collected. This was before I could sculpt, or knew anything about casting. Before you could simply just order the bits. I haggled, bought, traded, stole, begged and borrowed for every wolf pelt over a period of about 2 years. Every model in the army wore one with the exception of my scouts and blood claws.
My favorite squad was probably the wolf scouts. They were nothing remarkable or special to look at.. But this squad kicked ten shades of shit out of most of the people I played against. Their rules were one of the reasons I began using this army in 3rd ed. I felt they were so brutal, I had to "dumb down" other aspects of my army just so I didnt piss off the people I played against.
A rune priest I dont think I ever got to use. Converted from Njall storm caller.
I usually used this guy as either a third wolf guard battle leader, a wolf guard leader, or a fella with mark of the wolfen.
The long fangs. I've always been a bit of a missile launcher whore with my devastator units. I ran out of wolf pelts on these guys and wanted to get them done for a tournament.
The predator every marine player either does or should own. The jury is out with it being good in 5th ed though.
The land raider. For when you just have to plonk something big and expensive on the table that says "HEY SHOOT ME ASSHOLE, I'M A BIG EFFIN MODEL THATS GENERALLY IMPOSING BUT TENDS TO NOT DO A WHOLE LOT. RAWR!!!!11"
Detail shot, and example of highlights.
And lastly, the poor unsung work-horse of any marine army I have ever owned or played.. The rhino(s).
The army was inspired by Bryan Shaw's. He did a shitload of free hand markings and unique insignia on his own wolves (which he also sold). That is also the friend I mentioned ripping off the hazard stripes from.
Next update: Ravenguard for real. Swear!
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Be sure to leave new Photos of Wolves MKII.
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