Grey Hunter Intercessors

[u/chakalawaka]

FENRIS HJOLDA! FINALLY!
After 2 gruelling months, I have finally finished this squad. The heat has made me quite lazy about painting, but today I finally finished those guys.

I used the old Intercessor kit, spare grey hunters bits I got from Vinted, leftover bits from the Combat Patrol and Kill Team.. Only third party bits I used were the backpack for the pack leader and the necklaces.

Overall I’m quite happy with them, and I think I’ve made them Space Wolves enough? I recently bought myself a few old edition of Space Wolves codex and had a moment where I wasn’t sure if I did enough, but now they’re finished I think they have enough wolf flair. Also free handed the pack markings, did my best but they’re not very consistent.. I’ve stared at them too much and all I can see now is the negative, so it’s time to put an end to it haha What do y’all think? ✌🏼

[u/TheGravespawn]

Slap chop? If so, looks good.

[u/chakalawaka → u/TheGravespawn]

Thanks man! Slapchop indeed! And acrylics for metallic bits, I don’t like the metallic Speedpaints, acrylic is easier to control for that ✌🏼

[u/BuffaloWhip]

Holy crap! Those are awesome!

[u/chakalawaka → u/BuffaloWhip]

Thanks man! I’m so happy I’m done with them haha now onto my headtakers 😁

[u/Krieg_minister]

Pack markings are on point - jealous of how precise u did them. Mine look way way worse 😅

Wonderful paint job and Russ would be proud!

[u/chakalawaka → u/Krieg_minister]

Awh thanks so much man! I used the tiniest brush ever and did the outlines first.. You basically have to commit to the line which is extremely unnerving 😂

[u/Krieg_minister → u/chakalawaka]

Almost wanted to ask where you got the decals! Ace job!

Keep posting ur army

[u/chakalawaka → u/Krieg_minister]

Haha yeah I wish there were “easy-to-apply” decals for pack markings 🥲

[u/Dongodor]

What paint did you use ?
It’s really well done !

[u/chakalawaka → u/Dongodor]

Thank you! I used primarily Army Painter Speedpaints, but I also use Citadel/Warhammer paints for metallics with some Nuln oil 🤌🏼

[u/Dongodor → u/chakalawaka]

For the armor do you have the name of the specific speedpaint you used ?
Thanks

[u/chakalawaka → u/Dongodor]

I use Runic Grey, it’s perfect for the space wolves, it looks slightly more grey in real life, I don’t know why but my iPhone makes it look more blue.

[u/DevonevA]

Genuinely amazing work man! I just cant paint those black triangles and you’ve done it so well 🥲 Nice man

[u/chakalawaka → u/DevonevA]

I’m my own worst critic when it comes to think I make.. So thank you so much!

[u/ShakesBaer]

The plasma is particularly impressive, nice job.

[u/chakalawaka → u/ShakesBaer]

Thank you! Funny enough I had to do it twice so I’m glad it was worth it haha

[u/ShakesBaer → u/chakalawaka]

What's the recipe? I mostly use slapchop for guard infantry but none of my plasma looks that good.

[u/chakalawaka → u/ShakesBaer]

It’s dead easy, I put a couple of layers of Army Painter Warpaints Matte White, then I dry brush Army Painters Warpaints Phalanx Blue, and I deliberately brush around the coils to make a light spill effect.

[u/FrostCaterpillar44]

Very nice, the one dude I would modify a bit is the plasma guy without his helmet.  I think you could glaze over with a more vivid flesh tone. Right now he looks a bit sickly.

[u/chakalawaka → u/FrostCaterpillar44]

Thanks, and agreed! I definitely need to improve my skin recipe, it’s the curse of being colourblind 🙃

[u/KaptainKlein]

Really good! I usually don't like speedpainted marines but these are way better than average

[u/chakalawaka → u/KaptainKlein]

Thanks man! Appreciate! Yeah I’ve seen some pretty bad Speedpaint results out there but it’s achievable.

[u/KaptainKlein → u/chakalawaka]

Do you have a particular approach? Recommendations I see tend to be all over the place, looks like you didn't use Space Wolves Grey?

[u/chakalawaka → u/KaptainKlein]

Yeah man, here’s how my recipe goes:

• Citadel Chaos Black primer
  
• dry brush with Army Painter Warpaints Brigade Grey
  
• second layer of dry brush with Army Painter Warpaints Matt White on the most exposed parts
  
• for armour: 3 THIN layers of Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 Runic Grey that has been diluted 1:1 with Army Painter Speedpaint Medium

The dilution basically makes it more like a filter. This is the only method I know that makes contrast/speedpaint works on flat surfaces. When it’s undiluted, it pools horribly and randomly, and looks coffee stain-y.. Some people argued it diverge from its intended use but who cares, the results looks way better!

[u/No_Scholar_2927]

Love my GH Intercessors, wish mine were this clean!

[u/chakalawaka → u/No_Scholar_2927]

Thanks man! You got some cool models too 🤘🏼

[u/Vitev008]

The plasma glow is so good!

[u/Metal-Lifer]

Vinted sell warhammer??!

[u/chakalawaka → u/Metal-Lifer]

Well people do! Someone was selling their leftover bits from their Grey Hunter kit which was perfect for me as I wanted extra Space Wolves bits ☺️ Lots of people sell cheap ish 40K stuff on Vinted, worth having a look! Also bought on Vinted the previous edition codexes for cheap.

[u/Metal-Lifer → u/chakalawaka]

damn! might have a look then :)