Vilks

Standard Dire Wolves from GW painted in May 2014. Lots of gaps to be filled, but other than that, they are vanilla. The color scheme is also my usual zombie style with pale-green skin. They turned out to be quite the scavengers, painting-wise. When I was painting my ghouls I was left with too much bone color so I painted bones on them. Their skin was painted when I was working on the zombie ogres - add manes, gore and some details and they're ready. Simple minis but they performed so well on the tabletop.

Sorin always appreciated how well prepared for their roles were the nature's beasts. From tiny spiders to giant mammoths, animals fascinated the Manhunter. So it's no surprise that he's especially fond of raising wolves from the ground as his minions, their unmarked graves scattered across the Varsavian meadows and forests. Vilks - the Varsavian wolves with wide heads - helped him many times when hunting down an especially elusive prey. Often he takes a wolf form himself, leading the ravenous pack at the front of it. He's also more than willing to let them support his brothers' battles, flanking the enemy or acting as a bloodthirsty vanguard. While they are easily killed once again by any relatively capable soldier, there is usually much more of them in the ground to replace the losses.