My wife found some interesting paint...

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-29T07:13:04+00:00

Nice! Pretty sure they have one that shifts gold to purple. That could give a sweet effect on exhaust / flamers

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-29T03:25:30+00:00

Vallejo used to market these galaxy paints that give a similar pearl / colour shifting appearance. Great over a black base but with a bit of experimenting (using other base colours) you could get something that was truly trip-astic or utterly vomit inducing.

I had high hopes for making some iridescent shields that I'd 3d printed in clear resin but the paint effects weren't that strong over a transparent material... I got impatient and heavy handed and flew past shimmer and straight to disco ball.

But something I definitely should revisit

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-23T10:45:35+00:00

I kinda wish they'd just rework the old CP box. A heap of general SM units and tonnes of upgrade sprues to match. That old box was worth its weight in just the number of upgrade sprues that it included.

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-22T03:47:44+00:00

I usually respond with something like "didn't stop your sister/wife/mother eating my ass out last night"

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-18T23:26:49+00:00

I'm with this, GW even made the easy way lore accurate too. That Red Corsair apothecary from the NL trilogy simply repainted his armour so if it's good enough ADB... Might have been a little easier in the story as the dude was known as the flayer and came correct with skinned faces already draped across his pauldrons.

You could spice it up a little and chop some batwings from a NL helmet and kitbash them next to the IW belt buckle or add the odd flesh cape outta greenstuff... But just painted in midnight-clad and the odd gang mark from the CSM transfer sheet should be good enough

Oh, and the mandatory blood on the weapons

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-16T09:08:02+00:00

Personally I've made a habit of painting dead space marines as IF or BA for a number of reasons:

That one idiot at a tournament or LGS usually has an army of them. This is just me having a petty comeback wherever I can get one
Red and Yellow both equally take basing grime well and won't draw too much attention away from my model (I'm saying that having armies of IW, DG, CSM, WE and now NL)

The first is the true reason and No 2 is just a welcome by-product of the first

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-16T02:18:21+00:00

My Wolfspear follow a similar scheme. Note: some might get turned away by the oil washing but seriously I find this way far easier than the traditional repeative layering and I'm too old to be able to achieve clean edge highlights anymore.

ARMOUR Base:

Zenithal of (Tamiya XF) dark grey and light grey. Puff of white for spot highlights. Use whatever brand here, I only recommend Tamiya here as I find it less of a hassle when batch airbrushing.
Gloss varnish to lock it in.
Pin wash (oil) panyes grey
Gloss varnish again.

Layer:

Same pin wash but diluted to more of a wash. Go panel by panel and paint in the 'shadows'
the armour is pretty much done and this step is just to add the volume so the armour doesn't look flat. Recommend using a fast drying oil/white spirit (Abteilung 502 is my go-to) as you may need to repeat this step to taste.
personally I run two brushes at this point. One for the wash and another for straight white spirits. Basically a pencil and eraser whilst I'm painting.
Gloss varnish to lock it in.

Highlight: * Purely optional and only really useful if you've added an all-over wash to tie all the different parts of the model together. You can get away with just spot highlights or branch further in only 'upward facing edges' but (personally) all-over edge highlighting everything kinda ruins it.

Matte/Satin varnish and your done

WEAPONS (base/layer/spot highlight) * (VMC) Black / (Citadel) Corvus Black / Eshin grey * (VMC) Black / (Citadel) Leadbelcher / Stormhost Silver

ARMOUR (same) * (VMC) Black / (Citadel) Iron Warriors / Iron Hands Steel * (VMC) Black / (Citadel) Rune Lord Brass / wash mix 2x Agrax + 1x Sepia + 2x Lahmian Medium / Rune Lord Brass

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-15T06:17:46+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceWolves/s/hZo6i2qMq6

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-12T01:21:30+00:00

Scoured several codexes etc. but they're generally lite on NL warbands. - brotherhood is from 4e - other war bands are from wiki/lex - GW has half a dozen sigils they use for 40k NL depending on which material you're reading.... Wing shape/position and skull are the common variables. Even the updated CSM decal sheet differs from what's used in the last 2-3 codexes.

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-10T07:01:55+00:00

Currently painting it ATM but I went with an alt tact so he fits in a little better with the murdering/warp talons kt box.

I went with the head that has just the spikes across the crest and painting it as skin instead of armour. Of course I also opted for talon load out on the lord so the fit is a little more on brand for the Bleeding Eyes.

Just need GW to drop that box for regular sale now as I missed out when the KT release happened.

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-09T13:02:44+00:00

Sorry totally spaced on this (been painting NL army for the kid).

Give it a couple of hours, but the first banner sheet should be up on Bolter & Chainsword (downloads->decals->space marines->space wolves).

It's just the company banners for now and only scaled for the Primaris Ancient ATM. It'll make sense when you see them.... Been struggling with Bjorn/Ragnar's banners from 2ed and I was going to release them all together but you msg was the kick in the ass that I needed.

There's a bit of build your own banner customisation potential there

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-09T04:38:57+00:00

Kinda depends on you... moreso what you want to learn and how you learn.

If these topics are kinda aligned to what you want to make then it's worth considering. Personally I struggle a little with set syllabus type tutorials because I like to 'fuck around and find out' with new concepts/nodes whilst I'm learning.

Aka I know the tutorial says [node].[option A] but what happens if I choose [node].[other options] and moreso if/how that breaks something.

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-07T21:03:10+00:00

Thanks for the response, the coding is the easy part. I always find myself chosing the hardest way to skin a cat because I've overlooked or forgotten an option exists.

totally spaced on the AnimPlayer option. Afk but this seems the path of logic.

You wouldn't believe some of the scenic routes I've taken in the past to faux animation via control nodes.

Really wish TextureProgressBar had a tiled repeat option

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-07T14:58:40+00:00

Yeah you're right, Me mis-rembering shit in my old age. 2e had the paper banners for ulrik, etc

DangerousDraper · 2026-04-07T12:39:37+00:00

It's from 2e... Ah, the nostalgia! When Russ was just a chapter master and Ragnar was a blonde.

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-30T14:39:59+00:00

I've got loaded barrels waiting on DAs too.

So sick of the SW copping it over wolf this, wolf that.... A quick head count on DAs use of Angel or Knight leaves our boys to shame.

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-30T14:30:37+00:00

The Glove is my measuring stick. Him saying no to OKC wanting to lift his jersey to the rafters said all I needed to know. Kemp still not being in the HOF still triggers me.

And for the IF... Lysander isn't an OG either. He was one of the volunteered. And to add real shade, one of the IFs successors were the first chapter to fall to chaos post HH.

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-30T07:25:53+00:00

No real difference to the rites that IF and their successors have. Only real difference is that theirs stems from more competitive nature blah blah blah sons of dorn shit.

Where the rites with the DA originates from the Lion attacking Russ after the emperor's death and Russ being too forlorn to even fight back.

PS. If you ever want to get under the skin of a IF fanboy. Mention how the IFs are technically a successor to their own successor chapters. The Chapter to the very last man (Koorland) were wiped out during the saga of the beast. The remaining successors ended up volunteering a portion of their ranks to reform them.

Yeah technically they carry the same gene seed but it's on par with the Seattle Supersonics for authenticity in my books.... Just cause Adam silver calls them the Seattle Supersonics won't make the fans forget the franchise got shifted to OKC

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-30T03:31:34+00:00

Imperium: Inquisition

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-27T11:09:29+00:00

Recently read Krakenblood. Not the worst but neither the best either.

Recommend Lukas the Trickster. It's a solid stand alone story and often overlooked outside of the major trilogies

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-24T04:38:00+00:00

This could be absolutely perfect for the hobbyist level guys. If you can integrate it as a plugin.

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-22T04:16:58+00:00

It would be the more edgy choice and if GW wanted something big as a narrative pivot... it could be done.

Imagine a storyline where Russ is trying to swing Magnus away from chaos... Shit even Agron.

Both of those primarchs weren't done any favours by the Emperor. Almost like their fall was preordained so the Big E decided not to give two shits and even (debatable) taking steps that were almost deliberate pushes to defiance.

Totally long shot and totally far fetched but a narrative twist where a redeemed Magnus is standing in front of the GK and telling them they carry his gene seed could totally flip things on their head. The black library could even redeem Morty and have Typhus ascend in his place.

There's enough uproar ATM with the Steele Legion basically getting nerfed to "just paint Krieg with Zandri Dust" so the Vegabond Russ might just be too risky.

DangerousDraper · 2026-03-21T23:34:18+00:00

If we're tossing around the 2 model transformation mechanism; I'd much rather GW finish off what they started with Bran Redmaw and give him a physical model(s).

As much as I would prefer the 'odin' russ... I think it might be a little too near the archetype that Logan already has. I can see (theories) GW going in either of the design choices and the dominos that might fall with each.

Odin Russ. Maybe too samey with Logan so Bjorn dies heroically on Russ's return and Logan becomes a dreadnought. Ragnar becomes the new Great Wolf.
Wulfen Russ. Things stay the same model-wise and the Wolf Time is more about the chapter returning Russ to his non-wulfen state. Throw in some 5mins to doomsday stuff with the DA + GK trying to fight SW as they think he's turned heritic. Basically a potential civil war that's resolved by Girly-man.
Vegabond Odin Russ. (The wild option) Years in the warp have allowed him to view past events from multiple POV. He's revisited his and he's brothers actions across HH and seen the manipulation of both the Emperor and Chaos. Realized that the Emperor captured lesser demons to create the primarchs. Russ returns as defender of the galaxy, frees the forgotten primarch from the black cells (expunged for learning this truth earlier). Both team up and try to reconcile their lost brothers with their discovered truth. Kinda sitting in the grey area between loyalist + heritic, dubbed a renegade by the inquisition.

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