Space wolf Tartaros terminator conversions

[wolfman81]

Hi, everyone

I just bought the codex supplement for the space wolf codex "Champions of Fenris" and i loved the idea of Arjacs shield brothers (5x thunder hammer/storm shield wolfguard terminators).
I also love the tartaros terminators from forgeworld. Thier fluff indicates that they are more flexible than the other patterns and therefore more suited to assault type roles, so i decided to combine the two into my version of the "Arjac shield brothers"
I have started to put them together and i would like to share the project with you guys. Heres my current progress. Please let me know what you think. I am going to do some basic bitz swapping like the weapons, but i am also going to try and sculpt some detail stuff as well.

 

[HodRod]

Cool idea. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[wolfman81]

I will update some pics soon

 

[wolfman81]

Here is the latest progress

I have added some arms to pose them some more and started to pin one where i am going to change the arm position to have the shield held in front. I also wanted to reduce the image size to make it easier to view.

 

[wolfman81]

I am still working on this project slowly. I am still trying to get the preparation done right, so i don't have too many problems with the painting later.
Stuff like cleaning mould lines and sculpting the expansion joints where i have modified the arm poses. I have also ordered some more bits, because i am missing one of the thunder hammers and i wanted more variety in the accessories, so i picked up some thunderwolf cavalry accessories as well I will post some more pics soon. I can hopefully get into the fun stuff soon and cover these guys in dead animal bits.

 

[Meph]

Cool! Looking forward to the continuation. I'm a huge fan of those tartator pattern armours.

 

[wolfman81]

Thanks Meph

I love them too. I have a contemptor pattern dreadnought that i have converted with a lightning claw, and these look just as good.
Here is a couple of pictures with my latest work. At the moment its more of a kitbash rather than a conversion, but i will get the sculpting tools out after i have the basics worked out with arm positions and accessories. I accidentally dropped the skull when deciding where to place it and it fell into the space between the missile pods. It looked so good and fit so well, i got some putty and stuck it in. The rest of the progress was just smoothing out some of the previous repairs and working on gap filling and arm positioning.

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[wolfman81]

Here is another small progress update.

I have put on all of the arms and shoulder pads. I have placed all of the hammers and shields except for one because i am waiting for parts to arrive in the mail. I have kept the heads separate as i want to paint them before they go on. I might put them in temporarily in the next progress shot just to get a better overall feel for the unit. My plan is to have a very dark colour scheme with black for the shoulder pads and dark grey and silver for the armour. To get them to stand out in the overall army i am planning to paint the heads yellow. What do you think?

 

[wolfman81]

Well, If anyones watching, I have made another small amount of progress.

The filling and fixing from all of the arm repositioning has been completed and the additional bitz have arrived. i have even started sculpting some details.
I placed the heads on to see the overall effect they have as a group.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or would like to see anything specific done to these models.
I think that i am going to have to be creative with the base for the one second from the right as i want to show him in mid leap.
Anyway, here they are.

 

[Terrafirma]

Very nice , are you going to make some pelts on their backs or wolf heads .
Nice movement in your positioning .

 

[wolfman81]

Thanks TerraFirma
I am definitely going to do some pelts, but i'm not sure if my skills are up to a wolfs head or emblem. I'm also trying not to overdo it. It's a fine line and i would rather be on the less ornate side. I can always make up the detail with some freehand work.
I love the flexibility of the forgeworld models. I have a contemptor dreadnought that i converted to have a lightning claw. I was able to have him place his boot on the chest of a fallen thousand sons marine. It's one of my favourite models.

 

[wolfman81]

Hey everyone

Sorry for the long absence, The christmas period shut down my hobby and then work kicked into full gear when i came back. I do however have an update.
I took Terrafirma's suggestions and did one pelt. Thanks for the push, I might have chickened out if nobody suggested it. It was quite tricky so i have only done the one. It was a good learning experience. I have also finished all of the sculpting and joint repairs that i wanted to do. I even put a few basic colours on the cyclone missile launcher guy. Please let me know what you think.