I finally decided on a scheme that I wanted to try on my
Space Wolf Scouts I thought it would be interesting to paint them in a sort of fusion of the current paint scheme that GW uses and the early Advanced Space Crusade scheme.
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| Fenrisian fusion. |
Below are examples of my early '90s Space Wolf Scouts painted to match the schemes presented in White Dwarf magazine circa 1991-1992.
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| Scouts from the early '90s. |
In lieu of experimenting on my Shadow War Armageddon
Space Wolf Scouts I opted to try it out on this long abandoned Scout. He was abandoned because I was not happy with the way the paint job was turning out at the time. Since then ("then" being around 2004) he has been knockeb about and chipped rather badly.
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| Before any touch-ups. |
I simply tightened up the existing scheme by touching up the chips, recoloring the chest aquilla and painting Chaos Black on the gun. Since this is an experimental model I saw no crime in experimenting more with the gun's color scheme. I painted it in the typical
Dark Angels scheme that I enjoy using. I have always wanted to see how it would turn out if I were to ink over this scheme. So I figured "what the heck" and washed it with Dakka Green. I decided this was strange and not dark enough. So next I tried the old and original Citadel Green Ink over this. The resulting color seriously popped out and was way too distracting.
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| Gun experiment. |
I was not sure it was me or not so I asked a few friends for their opinions. After getting their input I ultimately decided that this was not going to work for what I was going for so I chose to abandon this. Shame too, because it really is a striking result. Perhaps if I ever wanted to paint Dark Eldar in a green color?
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| Fixed Green. |
I went back to my Dark Angel scheme for the green Heavy Bolter. I also attempted to paint a 5 o'clock shadow on his face using Nuln Oil.
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| Back to Dark Angels Green. |
I painted the left shoulder pad in Sunburst Yellow over Fiery Orange and then added the red fang icons.
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| Left shoulder pad. |
All-in-all I am pleased with how this model turned out and how this scheme is working. Next in this series I will be applying this to the plastic scouts.
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4 comments:
Nice balance of old school cool and modern paintjob. Sweet, look forward to the rest of the squads. This reminds me that I have some Scout Snipers to add to my Relictors, any plans for Sniper Scouts, they rock in 8th
My apologies for responding to the HB color inquiry. I think I saw that IM, but there was so much going on at that point in the week that it just got lost in the shuffle.
Dude, I saw what you had going on and I completely respect that you had to prioritize things. Family is WAY more important than this stuff!!
Thanks.
Yes, I plan on making a whole squad of them. My old metal guys are probably going to be rolled into the Ultramarines.
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