WISE FROM YOUR GWAVE!!!
I started a special project today. I used a Grey Knight box and combined it with bitz I already had and made a Space Wolves Librarius for use in Apocalypse. Its the first time I've done kitbashing to this extent:
I was reluctant to use such an obviously Grey Knight bit like the sword with Daemon head, but, frankly, such a pose is equally Space Wolf, I had no excuse to not use it. I need to get some Liquid Green Stuff and fill in the spaces on the legs with the words "MORTIS" and "DAEMON" in them, though, as I can't think of any justification for them whatsoever.
Baldur Thunderfang (Deathwatch version). The model I intend to use as a representation of a Deathwatch character. See the version of him with a jump pack for his fluff. Not a whole lot to say other than I hate the tufts of fur on the top of the Space Wolf beak helmets, so that had to go. I'm probably going to go ahead and call him finished. I might put some Wolf bits on him first, but I can't think of much else to do to him outside of painting.
This guy had some scraping done as I had to remove the Mechanicum symbol on his chest (I wanted another helmeted Rune Priest, but the only Wolf torsos I had left were the ones that go with only a few specific non-helmeted heads) and obviously I removed the tuft on his helmet. I still need to go in with liquid green stuff and cover the words on his legs, though.
I like this guy. The head is from the Space Wolves Terminator kit and I had to reduce the size of the ball joint to make it fit correctly. The pose is badass, the wrist mounted storm bolter is badass. As the words "DOOM" and "FATE" and molded into his legs, I'll probably use Liquid Green Stuff on him, too, though I wouldn't call it as necessary as the other ones.
Man, those skull backpacks were annoying. Due to the Grey Knight torso's Psychic Hood, the skull didn't fit right, so I had to cut off a bit of the skull to make it fit. Otherwise, this guy had the most scraping done to him. There was an Inquisition seal on his left leg that is now gone and I made efforts to turn the Grey Knight book icon on the shoulder and right leg into generic Librarius icons by scrapping off the swords. For completion's sake, I'll probably Liquid Green Stuff in the words on the leg, but, again, that doesn't seem to be vital.
All in all, I think this was a successful idea and I have to thank a member of the local gaming community for the idea of using Grey Knight torsos for Librarians and Rune Priests. Oddly, though, the Grey Knight torso backs don't line up the same way as other Marine torsos. Its a minor annoyance to lose the guidelines of the torso pegs (which have to be removed to make things fit), but other than that, I learned that I could do good to pick up a pot of Liquid Green Stuff.
And for shiggles, here're the two Rune Priests I had before:
Baldur Thunderfang (Post-Deathwatch version). I wanted to use a Rune Priest with some Sky Claws, but I didn't want to use the same model as my other Rune Priest due to how individualist the Space Wolves are. Instead, I picked up one of the Codex Librarians, swapped out the book arm for a Bolt Pistol, stuck some wolf bits on and gave him a jump pack. I'd also say he's one of my best painted models, which isn't really saying a whole heck of a lot as I really don't feel that I'm that good of a painter. Also my only purely Finecast model, which, aside from an air bubble on the left foot that no one notices except me due to being anal about that kind of thing, I got in fine shape.
As for why a Rune Priest is wearing a jump pack in the first place? Although I did it initially because Precience + Sky Claws = a slaughterhouse, I realize that this fluff inconsistency needs a justification. Thunderfang is a Deathwatch veteran who learned that sometimes a unique way of fighting is necessary. He works with the Wolf Priests in Greybeard's Great Company to find Sky Claws that have the potential for more and he hand picks a unit of Sky Claws to fight along side.
My first Rune Priest and the only purely metal model I own. At the time, I'd consider it a solid paint job, but now, I want to strip him down and repaint him. His face is awful and paint has worn or chipped away at places where either the primer wasn't covering enough or I had to keep regluing before it finally stuck (IE, the axe and bolt pistol, which is a minor conversion as this model only comes with a plasma pistol).
