More Logan Grimnar WIP, and an experiment in terrain building

Well, work on Logan Grimnar has been progressing, I am quite happy with him at this point, and am excited to get him painted so I can start getting some games in with him.

Above you can see a close up shot of the sculpting of his hair and beard. I really took my time with this, and though it's not perfect, I do think it is my best sculpting attempt yet.

Above you can see a WIP picture of Logan's base, I have since added some shell casings to the base.

Here we have 2 of my Long Fangs, 3 more Heavy Bolter guys to put together.

Here is a side shot of an experiment in terrain building that I attempted. I like the technique, it is quite simple, and I am happy with the end result.

Please note that this terrain piece is a just a "trial run" to see if I like the technique, which I do. I will take more care in the planning of the next terrain piece I build, and put more details on it as well.

Here is a shot of it with some models on it to give you an idea of scale, and of how it will look on a game table.

By the time you guys read this I will have some paint on the Old Wolf, and will have started another piece of terrain.

A tutorial on how I am building my terrain is coming soon.

Working on the "Big Guy", and a new Grey Hunter joins the ranks...

Above we have the latest completed Grey Hunter to join my growing Grey Hunter Pack. All of the other members of the pack have paint on them on some level, so I hope to make some real progress on this pack and get them finished so I can start to work on their Rhino Transport.

Above and below we have a couple of pictures of my version of Logan Grimnar himself. I have finished sculpting the hair, and am ready to begin work on the beard. I am quite happy with how he is coming along so far. I am really taking my time on the sculpting portion of this project as I really want to get him right, and I tend to rush when a project involves a lot of putty work.

You can see in the photos the large variety of bits I am using for this project. I actually have to buy another box of Space Wolf Terminators, as I don't have the legs I want to use for this model in my bits box (believe it or not).

I still haven't finalized the list for this project, but am not too concerned as long as in the end it looks cool and is fun to play. I have also been toying with a more competitive list for Space Wolves but that is quite a bit away yet, unless of course I change gears in the middle of this project (that wouldn't be the first time)

I have also recently done some experimenting with a terrain project I am working on. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but will get some up soon, hopefully with a little "how to" attached.

On a personal level, things still haven't slowed down. Working 7 days a week is starting to take its toll on me, and with Graduations, kid's concerts, recitals, anniversaries, birthdays... whew, I'm exhausted.

Soon though, my summer break starts, and I am going to kick things on the hobby front into high gear, and boy am I ready...

Finally an update...

Well I finally got some work done on my new Space Wolf project, I would have posted an update earlier, but my PC has gone down. So here I am on my Son's Apple. Above you can see the latest addition to my new army, the Grey Hunter with Wolf Standard.

Above is a full view, some of my other finished models are visible here as well.

Here we have a WIP of a Long Fang, there is still much "green stuffing" (grey stuff?) to be done, but you can start to see the look I am going for.

Here we have a Long Fang toting his Heavy Bolter, I still need to add some wolfy bits to him, but I am pretty satisfied with his hair and beard.

Here is a close up shot of the Green Stuff work I did on this model.

Well, that's about all I have new thats worth showing at the moment. I have started to base coat the rest of the first Grey Hunters Pack and hope to have the entire pack completed very soon.

Once I get these Long Fangs assembled I am going to start to convert Logan Grimnar himself so that I can start to get some games in using the "Old Wolf"

Man cannot live on 40k alone, AKA a visit to Mordheim

Well, I must say, that work has been crazy, and with Proms, Concerts, Dance Competitions, and me picking up a second job my hobby time has been extremely limited.
Luckily for me a few friends of mine started a Mordheim Campaign, so I dusted off my old Warband and into the depths of Mordheim I went. The adventures of Captain Kallilor continue!

Above you can see my old Warband, a group of Reiklanders which also doubled for a unit of Huntsmen in my old Empire army. I painted them a long while ago, but boy am I glad I kept them for just such occasions.

You can see above, that I went for numbers with limited equipment to start. I also really wanted to take advantage of the bonus to BS that Marksmen get so all of my Henchman are Marksmen.

Lets take a closer look at the members of Captain Kallilor's "Long Shots"

Center we have the good Captain himself, he is equipped with a Long Bow, Sword, and Dagger, and his hat is reinforced. He does suffer from an Old Battle Wound so occasionally misses a fight, but has a BS 5, and Quick Shot so is deadly with his bow. The feathers in his cap are his Lucky Charm and he never goes to battle without them.
To his left is Cpl Jonas and to his right Sgt. Armstrong who was so badly injured last evening that he has to rest awhile at the Inn and not partake in the Warbands next outing.

Above we have "Armstrong's Strong-arms" With a S4 they are helpful in the inevitable Close Quarters combat of Mordheim, and when forced into close combat they drop their bows and fight with sword and dagger. I have recently added a 3rd henchman to this group (he isn't painted yet, but is pictured below with the new group shot)

Cpl. Jonas' Squad of Marksmen, the "Broken Bows" these deadly marksmen hold my line with a BS of 5 they account for more kills than anyone else in the Warband.

The Young Bloods, "Fred and Charlie" (named after the two fighters from Fineous Fingers for you old Dragon Magazine readers) With Quickshot and more guts than brains these two are good for 2 things...1. getting themselves taken out of action and 2. wasting a lot of arrows.

My Warband has been doing me proud, and I have quickly swelled my ranks. Instead of upgrading Wargear, I have been adding as many new warriors as I can afford.

Above is a shot of my Warband as it currently stands. You can see that I have added a Wizard who has, you guessed it, "The Silver Arrows of Arha"
I managed to add one warrior to one of my Henchman Groups, Hired an Engineer with a Hochland Longrifle (a special character for this particular campaign) I bought a pair of Wardogs for some close combat support (who have taken a liking to Ogre meat) and of course my Freelance Knight "Sir Godfrie the Cowardly" who stood frozen and failed to charge the Ogre Warband on at least 3 occasions (failing his fear check every time)

Below I have one last shot, a picture of the guy who started it all many, many years ago back when Mordheim was just a series of White Dwarf articles I present the original Captain Kallilor


Well that's about it for now, I am hard at work painting my first Grey Hunters pack for my 2011 Space Wolf project and I promise I will have some updates on that project soon...

Slow Progress, but something is getting done...

Well finally another model done. Work has been absolutely crazy lately, and I haven't had much hobby time at all. Above you can see the latest Grey Hunter. As you can tell, I haven't changed my paint style much from my normal recipe for Space Wolves, this is because while I am doing a whole new Space Wolf army, the idea was to try to add to my collection and truly make my army suitable for Apocalypse games.


Here we have a rear view. I haven't decided if I want to put markings on the cloak or not yet.

Here we have a Close up shot of our new Grey Hunter.

Above a side view, this shows where I did a lot of the green stuff work, on the shoulder pad, and the entire right arm to the elbow.

Finally a picture of the three new finished models together. I know I've posted the other two before, but I wanted to give a group shot so you can start to get an idea for how this new army is going to look.

Space Wolves, working on the new list...

I just can't seem to make up my mind on exactly where to go with this list, so I thought I would post up my thoughts so far and look for some input.

Here are the must haves:

• Logan Grimnar (of course)
• Wolf Priest (to lead the Blood Claws)
• 10x Wolfguard 8x TDA, 2x Cyclone missile launchers and 2x Power fists. The power armored WG have a Combi-PG / Thunder hammer and Combi-MG / Power fist
• 9x Grey Hunters with a Plasma gun, Plasma pistol, Power weapon, Standard, Mark of the Wulfen. With a Rhino Transport
• 8x Blood Claws with a Flamer and Power weapon (Plasma pistol? Rhino Transport?)
• 6x Long Fangs with 5x Heavy Bolters, the Pack Leader has a Power Fist

That's the core of the list, and it is from here that I am stuck. Where do I go from here? I have plenty of points left (about 500 in fact).

A couple of things I am definitely staying away from is spam of any sort (I don't mind duplicating a unit, as long as its wargear is markedly different). I like the idea of taking Logan Grimnar and a wide variety of choices to represent a small fraction of his Great Co.

I could go with a Land Raider Crusader, and bulk out the Blood Claws, or take some TWC, or a Dreadnought.

So I'm all ears, give me your opinion

Mark of the Wulfen

Sorry about the picture quality, but it was 5:00 AM when I took these photos. I am quite happy with how the skin tones turned out. I know its hard to tell in the pictures, but there really is a more distinct highlight on the actual model.



I'm not sure what to do as far as tattoo markings, so I left him as is for now.
Well, time to get ready for work...