Just a quick little showcase post today; I have been neglecting the blog lately.
GW have very kindly left enough clear space around the iconography on the right shoulder pad to allow you to paint on a chapter symbol. I am cringing at my rather too heavy shading between the winged skeleton and blue background. Thankfully, under normal scrutiny, it's not too noticeable.
The only modification I made to this model was swapping the storm bolter for a combi-plamsa. This particular bit is from GW's Terminator Librarian (another awesome model). It's a little unusual for me not to tinker with models, but sometimes doing so just feels wrong. This was one of those cases: the original model cannot be improved by anything within my capabilities.
I experimented with a slightly unusual technique to paint the armour on this model. In fact, it was this mehtod that eventually evolved into my quick and effective Space Wolf armour technique.
Over a black undercoat, I drybrushed with Codex Grey then Fortress Grey. I then washed generously with Badab Black. This produced a rather pleasing aged look, which is ever so slightly off-black. I find that strong bright highlights on black stand out a bit too much for me, and this technique dodges the problem somewhat.
The palette used on this model is actually quite limited. This is a style that I am keen to do more of, and am keeping it firmly in mind with my Space Wolves where I am trying not to use any more colours than I really need.
I'm so tempted to run this guy in a game with Calgar in some crazy super expensive unit of doom. Actually, at 130 points, this guy isn't too pricey and could happily be used as a single HQ in a smaller game.
Comments, as always, are welcome.
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