Over the years one of the things I had struggled with is finding good models for Dire Wolves (or just wolves in general). A ton of companies have made wolves over the years but for some reason they always strike me as much too small for Dire Wolves. As an added irony most miniature companies (in my opinion anyway) scale their dog miniatures way too big which means that a wolf model comes off as even smaller.
About 5 years ago I found some pre-painted D&D miniatures of Dire Wolves that were PERFECT. They filled a 25mmx50mm base and were roughly the same height and mass as a Games Workshop warhorse. Those were fun but I need more and different wolves as well.
The Dire Wolves in Games Workshop's current range are a bit more like zombie wolves and although I really like their uniqueness they didn't fit with my image of a Dire Wolf for old school RPGs. I wanted a giant furry but still living wolf. Luckily for me Games Workshop actually makes exactly what I'm looking for in their Warhammer 40,000 range; the Fenrisian Wolves.
These wolves are huge! They are slightly bigger than the pre-painted wolves I had from before but in addition they are far better sculpted and have much crisper detail. I painted the first one in my traditional 'evil' wolf scheme but might try some wintery colours down the road on more wolves.
-Jay
Holy crap Jay, you paint fast! I happen to have a few of the D&D Dire Wolf;> They are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see whats next.
Thanks man!
DeleteNow that my order has arrived from my friendly not-so-local game store it's time to crank out some uniquely D&D monsters :)