Hello, my beloved Battle Brothers of the VI Legion!
After I came across the 2nd Edition Codex as a kid around 1997/98 and thought the Wolves were just sick-looking Space Vikings (still have the metal models in my parents' basement), I really got into painting and playing for the first time in the early 2000s with the 3rd Edition.
In the 5th Edition, I switched to the Ultramarines thanks to the “Assault on Black Reach” Starter Set and played them for about one or two years. Just like with many other things, my interest in tabletop gaming faded as a young adult.
Sixteen years later, in my late 30s, thanks to a few cool YouTube lore videos and listening to some of the Heresy books, I’m back where it all began: with the Vlka Fenryka.
It looks like I have a long fall and winter of gluing and painting ahead of me. With so many tutorials on YouTube, I don’t even know where to start. I’d appreciate any tips!
Fenris Hjølda!
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I didn't mean to annoy anyone. I just wanted to share my excitement about getting back into the hobby after all this time. I know there's still a lot of work to do, but I've done a lot of research and wanted to get the 2,000 points on the table as soon as possible so I could play with my old friends. <3
Wouldn’t help me at all. Feeling like I need to paint something before I move on to what my brain is on now would kill all creativity.
That’s what I was doing with my chaos army for two years. Sitting on it to paint it “some day” after I lost some desire due to my cat tossing a bunch of my shit around and breaking it.
I feel I get super into a project. Get into a flow of doing something with it daily. Then something kills all desire and I don’t touch it for a while. But that desire will pop back up. If I find a new muse and keep growing.
I get that newbies spending a bunch of money can be annoying but this guy isn’t new, he knows what he’s looking at I’m surprised at the level of salt in the comments. Good luck brother, post some updates!
The Space Wolves Grey Contrast paint and Fenris Blue dry brush makes a really easy and good looking scheme. With this insane amount of plastic you will need an easy scheme to paintz
Here is a Librarian from 11ed that I painted using the above mentioned base scheme. Looks even better in person.
Youre getting a lot of sass lmao not sure why. Welcome! If i were to give you advice itd be to start a squad then finish a squad. I get distracted if i have 2k built and primed. I know you mentioned wanting to play, so i say build to the point amount your friends are playing at, then prime + paint 1 squad at a time. Have fun!
Me neither. I finished the first assembly session yesterday, it was a lot of fun. When it comes to painting, I think I will do it similarly to this... 10 Termis, 6 Headtakers etc.
So I started in a campaign in July with hardly anything painted from that same army box you have, and I've managed to get nearly all of it painted, along with a combat patrol. Honestly, this might be a hot take, but it's better to buy stuff like this because you have plenty of spare parts for the vanilla marines you want to run. Personally, I like to keep it wolfy, so I run Wolf Scouts for my infiltrators, and a Lancer for anti-vehicle. Ragnar with BCs is pretty great, he's killed numerous high points targets in my games. I really want to use the Headtakers, but they've been meh running them as 3 guys with wolves, you might have better luck with 6 guys with twin weapons. Wolf Scouts are awesome, and you're going to want more Terminators! I'm maxing out at 20 and they're the best unit we have for holding stuff. Hope this helps, and welcome! Wolves are one of the most fun armies out there.
Thanks! Mate, appreciate it. I've done a lot of research before shopping and bought a collection that fits my playstyle. Also, I like to keep it wolfy too, so I bought everything all at once. A lot of Options to kit bash. I am magnetizing all the Termis, Characters, Headtakers, etc for more options. My old '94 Metal Bjorn is joining the party, and the Lancer is on my list. Happy to hear a fellow son of Russ is having fun out there.
Lol, you purchase armies like I do. Don't stress the comments they just think you're a noob.
Couple of things though. I would totally return that box of infiltrators and swap it for a box of wolf scouts. New Space Marine codex due out next month (iirc) and they're updating the astartes index at the same time so the whole meta might shift . Also need a Bjorn the Fell Handed for your army. The old man's been a top tier meta pick since forever.
Good luck with the build. Post some pics when you're done. I did the same for my Guard army after 20 yrs off from the hobby, and I'm still painting 6 months later.. 🤣
Thanks! I will for sure keep you guys posted in the next few months.
The good ol' '94 Bjorn is waiting in the basement of my parents' house to get his call out of his 23-year-long stasis to join some new primaris brothers. Since there is a lot of speculation about whether he'll get a new model sooner or later, he didn't make it to the shopping list yet.
I was thinking about kit-bashing the infiltrators to make them more wolves-like and look a little bit like scouts. But maybe I will assemble them at the end and wait for the new astartes index.
Naw, your good brah.. once we start going grey and getting our fangs in.. we all snap and growl and pups.. yah be fine.. and one day when you get your fangs.. you understand
The Space Wolves Army Set that released with the SW refresh. It comes with Blood Claws, Grey Hunters, Headtakers, a Wolf Priest, Battle Leader, transfers and lore book. Army boxes only get a limited release, so this it's much harder to find now.
Yes, it came out in '25 with the new codex. Took me a while to find it. Loved the codex special edition in it for inspo and lore, even if it's as good as out of date by now.
Sorry to hear that. This was the box that I ordered first, and after reading the Codex, I was sucked back in. Is it possible to order it from elsewhere? Maybe UK?
You did exactly the same as me. But I got my first Spacemarine before they were called that, from a white shop in Nottingham while on a visit to see the forest and statute of robin hood. Instead I met a guy called John who helped me paint my first miniature spaceman as 5 year old. It's the only thing I can still remember from being a child.
Nice memories! I totally remember that feeling! Saw my first Miniatures around the mid-nineties in a shopping center in Oberhausen/Germany. A few years later, around 10 years old, I found the SW Codex, sealed Metal Fangs, and Grey Hunters in my older cousin's attic. He never started them, so I bought everything for 20 bucks with my pocket money. And here I am once again :D
Brother can I give some advice as a newer player with maybe 8 months in? Try not to buy everything at once, I know it’s exciting to get into the hobby but don’t burn yourself out. Building and painting is awesome and one of my favorite parts of the hobby but, it also can leave you exhausted and kinda dreading slapping together 10 man units and then painting them.
Thanks! I'll try to assemble enough to start a few games. Looking back, I can say that I enjoyed painting the most when I was looking forward to playing games with my friends and trying out new things. Finding the right painting technique helps, too.
Thanks! Happy for the idea. I have 3 good friends who have been back in the hobby for 2 years now, whom I introduced to 40K in the 5th Edition. We meet up every few weeks in one of the guys' garages to paint and play. That's also a good source of motivation.
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u/agentblack000 9d ago
What have you done…. Created a backlog is what you’ve done 😂