Showcase: Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought

I would like to present one of my latest projects which has been on and off for some time, Thorgir the Forgeworld Venerable Dreadnought painted for my Space Wolves army. Firstly I would like to add that this dreadnought would not have turned out the way it was without the influences of the Dreadnought done by Wiltrichs, the work by Brandon Griffith which I got the dynamic arm ideas from and also the work of Kim Syberg from White Dwarf 185 which I took the idea from the banner that he did for his Wolf Guard Ranulf.

I named him Thorgir after doing some research on Norse and Viking names and I imagined him to be a close friend of Russ and was one of his right hand men. The weapon arms are all magnetized using rare earth magnets so are easily swappable in the event I ever decide to actually play.

The colours were from the Space Wolf tutorial in the new eavy metal masterclass book,, but they also feature in one of the old White Dwarfs. I have added a collage photo to start and some larger photos will feature in my gallery shortly.

You can also vote for him on coolminiornot

1 Comment

Duncan on December 12, 2011 at 8:35 am

I have been asked a efw times on how I did the chipping so I have detailed the hairspray technique I used and will do a tutorial soon.

The dreadnought weathering was using the hairspray technique.

I airbrushed on different shades of reds and browns thinly all over the miniature.

I then sealed it with a coat of GW Purity Seal

When the purity seal was fully dry (left it for 24 hours but you don’t have too) I sprayed over a decent coat of hairspray.

I then sprayed over my basecoat and zenithal highlights and shadows although my photos are over exposed so they don’t show that great.

Once all that was dry and I was happy with it I took a few different brushes and a toothpick and some warm water and scraped away the basecoats to reveal the colours underneath.

I then underlined a few chips with space wolfs grey and white mixed with a touch of fortress grey.

The trick with chipping is not to go overboard, although I regularly do to be honest lol.

Duncan on December 12, 2011 at 8:35 am
I have been asked a efw times on how I did the chipping so I have detailed the hairspray technique I used and will do a tutorial soon.
The dreadnought weathering was using the hairspray technique.
I airbrushed on different shades of reds and browns thinly all over the miniature.
I then sealed it with a coat of GW Purity Seal
When the purity seal was fully dry (left it for 24 hours but you don’t have too) I sprayed over a decent coat of hairspray.
I then sprayed over my basecoat and zenithal highlights and shadows although my photos are over exposed so they don’t show that great.
Once all that was dry and I was happy with it I took a few different brushes and a toothpick and some warm water and scraped away the basecoats to reveal the colours underneath.
I then underlined a few chips with space wolfs grey and white mixed with a touch of fortress grey.
The trick with chipping is not to go overboard, although I regularly do to be honest lol.

Showcase: Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought