Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Combat Patrol: Space Wolves

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Going in, I decided I didn’t want to do the typical baby blue armor scheme for Space Wolves. I’ve seen people do the Heresy Scheme on primaris before and like that but wanted something in between. So I settled on a dark blue grey for my primary armor color and chose Scale75 Anthracite Grey for that. Combat Patrols are a viable way to get started with Warhammer 40K and get all you need in one neat box. We take a look at what Warhammer 40K Combat Patrol boxes are on the market and which ones you should or may want to buy. Warhammer 40K Combat Patrol List

I also decided I didn’t want to go with yellow as my spot color but instead something darker and decided on desaturated brown-red, leveraging Vallejo Model Color Cavalry Brown and Hull Red. I went with a heresy style set of markings, insignia and trim. Why paint Space Wolves instead of some other flavor of Space Marine? For one, they have a lot of material variety on their models that helps break up the normal Space Marine armor. Bone and Fur are particularly common and the latter is a very fun thing to paint, with a lot of room for creativity and interesting patterns. Frost weapons is another cool reason, as they can make for an eye-catching and striking effect. They also have the best beards in the Space Marine range, so take that into account. After basecoats, I applied some drybrushing to the various areas, a dark blue grey for the darkest areas and then lighter colors for the lighter areas (Vallejo Iraqi Sand and Pale Sand). Hey everyone! New to Space Wolves and just wondering if anyone has any good 500 point lists for Combat Patrol? Me and a few friends are putting some armies together (Grey Knights, Tsons, T'au, and Tyranids) and I'm trying to put together a list that can hold its own against these factions. Here is what I have so far:GW has used two methods to attempt to balance the boxes against one another. First,although the models in the box set may have many weapon options, there’s a particular loadout you’re supposed to equip your models with.

The axe is mostly just a lot of washes. I base-coated with a very light blue grey and then hit it with Akhelion Green Contrast paint. After that I applied a blue and a green wash (saturated blue, like Guilliman’s Glaze* and dark green like Athonian Camoshade). Finally I drybrushed the whole thing white. Edge Highlights If you are wanting to charge and you’re not in Assault Doctrine, you can spend 1CP on Bestial Nature which then treats the unit as if it is in Assault Doctrine. This is good for the Wolves as it means they’ll benefit from their Savage Fury detachment rule meaning that each roll to hit of 6 in melee will score an additional hit. I started by priming the model with Grey Seer primer, though if you’re interested in doing a proper zenithal undercoat, doing Mechanicus Standard Grey first and a zenithal hit of Grey Seer is a good way to do it. After that I painted the model with a couple of thin coats of The Fang. They operate as an ‘elite’ army in Warhammer 40k, meaning they tend to field fewer miniatures than their opponents for the same budget of points, but each model can hope to deal out more punishment to the enemy before it gets blown away. Finally there are the edge highlights – I hit pretty much the entire model with edge highlights of Reaper Ghost White, a nice very light off-white which goes well here without being as overpowering as pure white.Fragstorm Grenade Launcher, Heavy Bolter, Twin Ironhail Autocannon, Invictor Fist & Twin Ironhail Heavy Stubber This particular model was a gift for SD47 when he started playing Space Wolves. I really liked the Krom Dragongaze model and used it as an excuse to paint one up. Color-wise, I tend to go with lighter tones for the Space Wolves I paint. Krom’s a pretty complicated model with a lot going on, but I ended up using only a handful of colors when painting him. Credit: Robert “TheChirurgeon” Jones The Armor Basics

It has been pointed out by veteran Space Wolf players however, that this boxed set may not be the best place to start your collection. Instead, they suggest the Blood Angels Combat Patrol box*. But that’s not our challenge, so today we’re going to start with the Space Wolves Combat Patrol box. And that’s it! This guy was on the whole pretty easy to paint and I’m very happy with how he turned out. Credit: Robert “TheChirurgeon” Jones Bonus: Krom Dragongaze I’ve noted before that fur is a big characteristic of Space Wolves models so it’s worth taking care when painting it and going beyond the typical basecoat one color then wash then drybrush approach you sometimes see. It is nevertheless relatively simple and forgiving. I then mixed up a dark brown wash (Agrax is fine) and applied that liberally to help unify everything further.Our goal is to build upon and consolidate the great work already being done by other community members across various forums, reddit threads, and hobby blogs, and bring together a comprehensive library of all these useful Build Instruction booklets. The Wolf Pelts are base-coated with Dryad Bark, then I drybrush them in progressive layers with Mournfang Brown mixed with increasing amounts of Reaper Polished Bone. The Gemstones are Altdorf Guard Blue washed with Drakenhof Nightshade and highlighted along the edges with Reaper Snow Shadow and Ghost White for the blue, while the red are Mephiston Red washed with Carroburg Crimson and edge-highlighted with Reaper Pure White mixed with a little Mephiston Red. Alfredo: Fur is a big characteristic of Space Wolves models so it’s worth taking care when painting it and going beyond the typical “basecoat one color, then wash, then drybrush” approach you sometimes see. It is nevertheless relatively simple and forgiving to paint, even with a more complex approach.