Making BETTER Space Wolves than Games Workshop! -- Combat Patrol challenge. 

Lore tip: Most Space Wolves don't have yellow shoulderpads. The yellow field with the black wolf head is the mark of Ragnar Blackmane's Great Company, it just become GW's studio standard over the years. In fact, most of the great companies colors are either red or black. Really nice minis btw, I'm very tempted to start Space Wolves with those upgrades, they look amazing.

These turned out leagues and leagues better than what GW is offering us, and I totally agree with how they've made all the chapters basically the same thing with different names and colors, I miss having a Long Fang pack and units with mixed weapons, it made things far more appropriate and thematic, and strangely made it feel more realistic since having a heavy weapon team in your squad is or at least was the standard for the Army when I was in. Really like the paint scheme as well, it's obviously Space Wolves from a distance and wouldn't be difficult to replicate for batch painting or doing an entire army over a weekend. I've been painting all of mine with Vallejo blue-grey stone and it's a nice, lovely dark blue grey.

third party Space Wolves are leagues above how GW is treating Space Wolves. Kromlech, DakkaDakkaStore and GreyTideStudio are some absolute legends who properly deck us Space Wolves out the way they should be. love the content!

First video of yours I’ve seen and it’s great. As a SW player, seeing tips like these are so useful. Love how individual this combat patrol is now with the additions. The war suit looks epic, like it’s only one honour away from a dreadnought promotion!

This is awesome! Space wolves were my first army, and one of my favorites. When Primaris released I felt my lists lost a lot of flavor painting, and rules. After Shelving them for years I sold them, and I haven't had another space marine army. Things like this and modern 3D printing give me hope.

That problem could have been prevented if they had put actual space wolves kits in that patrol... but since space wolves dont have the primaris update yet, that patrol has no actual space wolves kit... (hounds are just reivers + upgrade so doesnt count)

They look great. I've thought for quite a while now that GW leaned a bit too far into the wolf theme and no where near enough into the Viking theme for Space Wolves, so with the primaris being less detailed, allowing for conversion like this, isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Always been a Space Wolves fan . Great upgrade tutorial . :)

Never been a fan of GW SW. never thought they were Viking enough. So this is a great way of doing just that.

Hey oh, I got 2 tips that will help you in the future: 1) yellow is much better to brush on a pink base coat, I can't tell how much this is a game changer, it works with airbrush to but only with classic paint I don't if it works with contrast. 2)when painting pack marking I've now switched to drawing them first with a fine tip mechanical pencil, it draws well enough over most paints, it doesn't really scratches the paint and it can be easily be removed with an eraser, man did this help me draw good pack markings

Love the minis, always impressed by the paint work and the conversions. And the need to capture old 40k with modern day stuff.

Next level video my friend. Thanks can’t wait to see you tackle the Adepta Sororitas.

I'm a fan of the Greytide stuff! It leans more into the viking aesthetic that the OG SW were all about (read: 30k) without losing the 'wolf' aspects that the chapter is known for. Very cool stuff.

For has much as everyone (rightly!) complains about GW releasing too many space marine models, they haven't given a fig about Space Wolves or the other marine sub-factions since 2014. thankfully the community stepped in with bits like these and they look really nice. I love how your colours came out!

Completely agree. I'm dark angels collector and have done for like 17 years and I got into it coz the robes, the feathers, the hoods, keys and incense holders ect they ate what stood out to me about the dark angels and games workshop made models that cost more but took away the best bits that make them my army. I hoping with this big dark angels release I can build some cool stuff.

Really like the change something simple as closing the cockpit on that warsuit can make

Your techniques for leather using contrast paint and what you did to paint the faces is something I'm definitely going to try. Thanks for that.

Wolfie, wolf, wolves, woof, woofs!

This is the way Space Wolves have to look. You and Greytide have done a great job.

Love this! I have a few questions: 1. How did you attach them to temporary bases? Hot glue like the heads? 2. What red and yellow paints did you use? Keen to try this! 3. For painting heads with partial helmet, did you do the blues first then go back over with white before your skin recipe? 4. For the bases can you share the rough colour greys used? Thankyou and amazing work! 🙌🙌🙌

GW will be refreshing the entire Space Wolf range at the end of 10th to include all the teeth, runes, and fur you could ever want just in time for the return of Leman Russ to the game. You'll see... ;)

They look awesome, the upgrade parts which you printed are definitely an improvement over what GW provides.

Very nice marines. Well done. And thx for the watery tric for the shoulders wash. I would only suggest scraping the paint a little bit when glueing with plastic glue. It'll give a better bond between the 2 parts.

Those are some really nice kitbashes, that combat patrol is weird it does say space wolves but its very clear they just wanted to sell multiple generic marine combat patrols. I personally really like the Invictor Warsuit its ridiculous but thats what makes it fun, the old boxnaught is what really sparked my interest in 40K when I was a kid and it's incredibly silly looking from a practical standpoint.

New sub from me. I printed a tackle box full of these bits, and I really wish I had them when I started the hobby at the beginning of last year with a SW combat patrol. Future additions to the Rout are going to look amazing just like these!

Great video! Keep em coming! Really enjoying this series.

Fantastic video as always, Trip!

Finally getting the chance to watch this today, just got back from an extended holiday vacation haha. I really love the work you did on this combat patrol. Stuff like this would make me want to purchase a Space Wolves CP if it resembled this right out of the box. Although I have a little renewed faith in GW with the newly revealed Dark angels upgrade pack that is loads better than the previous. BUt these are fantastic bits and of course greytide studios are nailing these custom bits for Space Marine Chapters. Im patiently waiting for Salamander themed bits to get released and Im all in on those. I really love the work you did on the Warsuit. I managed to kitbash a space wolves themed Warsuit a few years ago for commision using the space wolves themed venerable dreadnought set. That set comes with soo many wolf and viking themed bits since it comes with the option for Bjorn as well. My friend wanted Bjorn and a warsuit fully built and painted. Bjorn was simple to put together and with so many other bits still left including the space wolf themed venerable dreadnought parts I had a blast bringing it more to life. I managed to create a mostly inclosed canopy for the warsuit but didnt want it to resemble a dreadnought too much

Glad you mentioned cutting space wolves grey with contrast medium. It’s prevented the “coffee staining” on my SW army.

I have to second what was said before, the first video I've seen on your channel and it's great! Super easy to follow and the effect is great. Thank's for that!

When this set first came out I bought it and painted it up using the old Space Wolf Greys and Blues and thought it accurate but now having watched your video - well I am impressed by your techniques but if able to still manage to get hold of the older paints I prefer using them coupled with the washes.

Hi, Love the way your metalic surfaces turn out. Do you use the Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade in a 50/50 mix over the LB or one coat after the other?

Absolutely beautiful work.

I saw the thumbnail when this was premiering, and immediately went out and bought the stl set, love the results

I love how these look by the end! Here's hoping GW bring out a better upgrade sprue for the Space Wolves soon like they're doing for the Dark Angels at the moment. Also if you're finding yellow a problem to paint, i've found Bad Moon Yellow Contrast works well over a light base coat (either Grey Seer/White Scar spray or paint, though I suspect Vallejo Pale Sand may work well as well for a slightly warmer tone.)

Awesome conversions and painting! My only issue is the brown base on the Invictor shield; black would've been more contrast, called to the red and black markings of the rest of the patrol and harkened back to the colour Grey Hunters and Wolf Guard share ^^

Yo, youtube suggestions on point lately. Excellent production quality my guy, subscription earned 👍

Looks fantastic! Really great job. When i modernize my space wolves force ill look at picking some of these bits up as well.

I’ve never been happy with space wolves and not sure I ever will Be. I really want to do my version, but I need to vastly improve my sculpting abilities before this is ever a reality. I think they should Be covered in pelts and talismans and runes. I very much think of them as Vikings and not feral.

The Army Painter wolf grey is perfect for this, spray the models with it and save yourself a ton of time!

Love the video and really like the end result for your Space Wolves. The color mix is something I will be using! :D I'm a fellow Japan resident (and Lead Belcher enthusiast). Maybe see you at a game in one of the shops (Akihabara / Jimbocho) and see your wolfy bois in action! The WH community here is really nice.

Your paint style is very Gundam, The bits look fantastic thanks for showing them off. The only unit that did not look space wolf was the reavers they just looked like reavers outside of that the rest looked fantastic and I reay liked how the walker came out. I agree with you the open canopy is just dumb.

Stunning!!!!!

Really cool.

Cool

Incredible work 😮

Where did you find the scaling guide for the invictor warsuit? Thank you!

Enjoyed this one!

Excellent work

Stupid question. I haven’t made minis in years and am just getting back into it but what is the blue stuff round pauldron etc. you are using to mask with?

Just put the tip of your brush wirh no paint in it to pick up the pooling unhad issues with

Can’t stop the signal. Keep printing

Brother...this was a great video...I'm really impressed...seriously...Now I'm about to piss a bunch of people off...You didn't say the word "POP" once!!! BRAVO!!! Mini's don't "pop" unless you put a firecracker under them..I have talked to a lot of artists and art majors in school and they don't say "pop"...I hate it🤮🤮🤮you didn't say it and I'm soooo glad...thank you!!! (Okay, now the rest of the community can flame me...but, don't care, just my opinion...) As for the warsuit...I felt the same way you did, I thought it was silly and stupid...but one day I thought, well, it's a way of making a marine more mobile and able to carry a bigger gun/more weapons so not really that opposed to it anymore... Again, you did a great job brother...keep it up...can't wait for the next one...

Really cool!

Nice work. I did notice you have quite a lot of layer shifts in your prints and might be worth having a look at your z axis rod on your printer. They seem to be happening at the same positions in the printed bases and shields and the paintjobs brings them out more distracting from the otherwise great paint job.

Magnifique !

Awesome job mate 🇦🇺👍🏻

Where in Akihabara do you recommend? I visit fairly often but always end up in yellow submarine (and sometimes paint in Bic Camera). Is there anywhere else that I have missed?

Love your work. What printer and resin do you use? and how brittle are your resin prints? What cure time do you use?

Great video. Nice to see the hobby from the perspective of a gamer in Japan. You mentioned Pro Acryl paints, could you tell me which shop carries them? I like their paints a lot, but never found them in any Japanese shops so far. Cheers.

Very nice sir.

great paintjob but i cant unsee that you didnt clean all the mold lines

Tbh in retrospect, if space wolves had no animal in their theme it would be for the better

A hat on a hat you say, I think the Team Fortress 2 community would like a chat with you 😂

i was wondering what is a good resin printer for beginners

puppies!

phenominal job

Damn. They look like proper Space Wolves. Even though I'm a Thousand Sons guy they look ..... cool? Better? GW didn't do them justice. Btw do you know where I could get some amazing 3D or normal bits for Thousand Sons, Raven Guard and Blood Angels?

Do you know about the Hounds of Morkai box? They're Space Wolves flavoured reivers ! Funnily enough they are much better than actual reivers (Who have been a terrible unit rules wise since launch, which is a shame beacuse i love their helmets and idea).

You have a floor next to the bandai namco arcade in akiba!? Is it still there? Do you live in Japan? Can you recommend any places/networks were i can find other foreign resident war gamers? Cheers :)

The appeal of Space Wolves were the unique units - Grey Hunters, Blood Claws, Thunderwolf Calvary etc.. Having generic primaris units in a Space Wolves army feels wrong.

I mean you’re able to spend all your time on one hyper focused element of 40k. Of course you’re going to be able to create something that’s better than a coverall approach.

17:39 Clearly you have not used Vallejo Air Metalics yet.

Consider my pet pieced. Shaving of the Imperialis (That’s what they are called, not Aquilas) from marines is boring. You end up removing the distinctly 40K iconography that all chapters are supposed to wear proudly.

It's easier to just 3d print my miniatures.. I get exactly what I want and for much cheaper, GW is no longer needed. Their manufacturing proccess, distribution scheme, and business model are stuck in the past. GW is going the way of Hasbro/WotC and many other companies that can't catch up to technology and what customers actually want.

Should it be mandatory that all Space Wolves (and Leagues of Votann) should have magnificent beards, braids and possess booze?

I disagree with the premises that they dropped the ball. It's marketing. They will release all this in time. People forget that the vast range of "flavor" the space marine range had was built up over years even decades of expansion. It wasn't all dropped on day one. If they did drop it all at once they couldn't built and expand, therefore milking that cash cow over the next 20-30years as they did the last.

Personal opinion I like the idea of Greytide and even more so the other people who have been doing custom bits liek this for years like Artel (who still has some of the best bits you can buy), etc but I can't help but see Greytide scaling as a little off. It feel like their bits are like 10% too big and it completely breaks the hero scaling GW uses making thing looks a little off and busy, I'm sure for people with 3d Printers that's easy to fix but for me it's huge turn off. Credit where it's due though you did nice conversion work and painted them up well.

Why do they look so old. Space AARP Wolves 😭

What the hell are reavers?!

ItsAGundam

I wish you wouldn't walk around filming yourself in Japan. I get it. You want a schtick for your videos. But your videos are great enough without it. I live here and have lived here for 14 years and could do without people walking around doing that. Cheers

You gotta clean your airbrush or adjust it or something--its spattering all over--sloppy

Space wolves suck. They have the lamest models. Don’t even get me started how stupid their wolverine squad is. Iykyk

Meh, anyone can do this with 3d printed bits.

Space Wolves are cringe in every way