#wolfspear

[donovaneagle2098]

I fell into a 40k rabbit hole

I fell in love with the Wolfspear after reading the Successors anthology and then this happened suddenly:

he's my first model, go easy on me!

Wolfspear color scheme for reference:

He's a Rune Priest named Grettir from the 5th Jarldom, known for its Rune Priests, as it's head Rune Priest was the most talented student Njall Stormcaller trained in order to make sure the Wolfspear followed the traditions of Fenris.

[cosmic-equilibrium]

Wolfspear

[departmentoloretorum]

In today’s video we’re taking a look at the newest space wolf successor chapter, the Wolfspear, and going over their backstory and the conflicting lore we’ve been given on them. Give it a watch!

[thamechanist]

So I picked up this month's white dwarf, and when I was reading it, had a very nice surprise at the end. In the back few pages, where they write about hobby stuff that's going on at GW HQ, they had a piece on the Rising Tomb crusade event(since it used rules that were printed in a WD a few months after). An event I went to...

And there, tucked away in the bottom left corner, was an scene I immediately recognised

Can it be...?

IT'S MY BOYS! My wolfspear Phobos force made a very minor appearance.

I'm chuffed to bits - something I've painted has made it into the White Dwarf

[truelythedumbestgeniusalive]

It’s been a lil bit. Life’s been hepatic. Working extra shifts at work to help with kindergarten,6th grade and high school graduations, and working on a new studio location, I’ve had very little time to paint. But! Summers kicking off and stability seems promising. I might be able to get some more done soon. Here I finally finished the backpack and basing on my second bike revival. The camera doesn’t do his highlights justice but he looks so good. Glad to see the second expansion one model closer to completion. #warhammer #warhammer40k #40k #painting #models #model #miniature #miniatures #eavymetal #syfy #primaris #wolfspear #warhammercommunity #spacewolf #spacewolves #wolfguard #warmongers #wargaming #tabletop #paintingwarhammer #paintingwarhammer40k #paintingminiatures #paintingmodels #painting28mmminiatures #spacemarine #spacemarinecaptain #gamesworkshop40k #tabletopgaming #gamesworkshop #28mmminiatures (at Painted Post, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfS1EV-Omot/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mylittlemenandme]

THE FURRED SUCCESS

Hobby progress has been slow this month while I waited on the arrival of a delivery of sprays and a new wash brush - my last one has become permanently splayed off the back of finishing my Sylvaneth, so I’m trying out one of the new synthetic ones.

Of the 4-500 points I was planning to get to “looks okay from the other side of the table” standard - an Eradicator squad, 5 more Reivers and Infiltrators, and my Gravis Captain - I’ve nearly got the Infiltrators to that stage, and made a bit of a start on the Reivers.

And the Cyberwolf, which was nowhere near that list, but is a welcome addition nonetheless.

While hobby progress may have been thin on the ground, GW still saw fit to bless me with something I didn’t know I wanted, but am absolutely made up to see - Index Astartes: The Wolfspear

Space Wolves successor chapters are thin on the ground in the lore - they typically fall to their bestial side and are mysteriously never heard of again.

The Wolfspear are different - a purely Primaris force born from Belisarius Cawl’s secret stash of space marines, described as brooding and brutal as opposed to their bullish and bellicose brothers.

I was immediately drawn to them. The plan for my all-Primaris Space Wolves was that they were from Erik Morkai’s Great Company - lots of Phobos armoured marines, an emphasis on being the hunters and scouts of the chapter. I even had the idea to paint the models that have the Concealed Positions abilty in white/light grey armour to differentiate them. If I’d held off a year or two, I think I would have fully commited to making this army Wolfspear instead, so close was their lore to my idea of what I wanted from the army.

Indeed, I positively yelped with joy reading this particular paragraph:

“Erik Morkai was particularly struck by the focus and killer instinct the Wolfspear displayed during their early deployments. The Chapter showed a preference for swift terror tactics and brutal executions such as Morkai favoured himself, and in a rare gesture of respect the taciturn Wolf Lord seconded some of his most experienced wolf scouts to the Wolfspear to impart their deadly hunting methods.”

So I have already planned my Wolfspear Kill Team. Actually, who am I kidding, I’ve planned out an entire army, but I’ll proxy a few games in the mean time. I’ve already arranged to generously relieve members of my hobby community of their unwanted Wolfspear transfer sheets.

After all, what’s a third Space Wolves-flavoured army anyway?

[the-under-wolf]

Wolfspear Intercessors I painted!

[thamechanist]

Day 27 of the Wolfspear project - finished the hellblaster squad

Since I don't have enough time left to paint up the impulsor and invictor to a suitable standard, I'm replacing them with a small contingent of non-phobos marines; the same lot that I in fact started 20-odd days ago before changing my plans initially 😅

Can you tell I'm a bit of a hobby butterfly?