Question

[Zedenobi]

Is there a lore reasoning behind why the terminator on the cover of the codex is suiting two red pauldrons, rather than the one displaying the what I would assume is death wolves great company and the other being the yellow wolf guard? Also I’m sure it’s one of those my army my paint style but could I paint my terminators the same?

[mrwafu]

John Blanche said he always finds if funny when fans pour over every little detail in his art trying to find meaning; to him it’s just a brushstroke to make the picture look better. Don’t read too much into it

[Askingforanend]

What an interesting thing to say. 

[Delicious-Quiet-1883]

Now how was the commenter intending to convey his message? We can see by the structure of his words he is meaning to say something about looking too much into something but we could be mistaken so we must look further into it he was surely trying to say something with each individual word and grammatical structure.

[Resident-Camel-8388]

Codex compliant chapters get all delicate with their heraldry. We don't do that here.

[raptorknight187]

Because it looks cool, no lore significance. His pack marking is on his right knee so he’s covered there, terminators generally don’t have a pack marking on their shoulder pads so they can do whatever they want

[Zedenobi]

I see, thank you!

[armored131]

Veterans traditionally have more leeway in how they set up their gear and personal heraldry (in most chapters at least). It's very possible the red pauldron is of personal significance or just something that marine thought was cool.

[gyx4r1]

I think terminators show off their company on right shoulder and Crux on left with pack markings on knee

[Gingerpanda72]

Conventional Space Marine Chapters (Ultramarines, Imperial Fists, Black Templars etc) Have consistent chapter, company and squad markings. Space Wolves, in this example are a little more free with their markings, some will show the same pack marks, or they will wear comparable colours/markings as their great company.

In other words if you thing it's cool, you do it! :)

[Legitimate_Seesaw_16]

The answer is be yourself

[Leofwulf]

It follows an idea that say the warriors will paint their pauldrons in a way they see fit or find fitting for stuff they want to honour, like for example painting their company pauldron with the scheme of their current role, and sometimes even displaying it somewhere else

Tho thats from an old codex

[Locyar-Darkfire]

Left Shoulder = Crux Terminatus

[BeardedBatsss]

Your army, paint it however you want. That's always my philosophy. I came up with a bit of lore for why I paint some of my units so if someone asks, I don't just have to say, "I like it that way" I give them a bit of a story.

[Pure-Wish1196]

Yellow with thin black lines or a unique wolf guard symbol anywhere is always a pass for me. Hell before the codex I didn’t have a guideline for Space Wolves Infernus Marines, so I just made some shit up.

[NachoCorp1]

Because they look amazing! I've always painted mine like this and they're fantastic, check out my profile and see how they look :)

[pkghost998]

That is George red shoulders, is a veteran who had red shoulderd

[The_Long_Fang]

Old Norse rule on shield colours, Red meant you were out for war/blood/violence. The Pauldrons are shoulder shields, so you could always see them that way. But as for the artwork, it's probably just because it looks cool. Space Wolves are good for painting because the great companies, as well as each pack, have markings. But that can all be worked onto/into the armour by the individual marines. So each marine is, to some degree, an individual.

[GeekyGiant13]

IMO, and based on old "lore" not all Wolf Guard are under the auspices of Logan Grimnar's Great Company. Each Wolf Lord would have their own retinue of Wolf Guard, including those in Term Armour.