Like a phoenix this project arose from tragedy.  My
blue command wolf fell off the shelf and snapped
off the peg, that attaches the attack unit.  Although
I was able to get the peg out of the attack unit thus
salvaging that part my command wolf was now without
a weapon.  However I had held on to the standard dual 
cannons that came with the command wolf and superglued
the mount in place.

My original intent was to create a white republic command
wolf but despite five layers of paint the blue still 
showed through.  I eventually stripped it and tried
again with white spraypaint but the paint dried very
doughy looking and porus.  This by the way was also the
first and last time I'll ever use spraypaint on a model.
I preffer the control of a brush.

Anyway as I'd said in conversations.  "If I screw up one
more time I'm just going to paint the damned thing black"

WHat a smart idea that was.  I started painting the wolf 
black and you know what it looked GOOD.  right over
the lousy white spraypaint the porus paint actually ended 
up working as a base coat that helped the black paint
hold.  I then mixed up some nice gunmetal gray.

I painted the claws and teeth as well as detailed the
hoses on the back, the shoulders, underneath the gun,
part of the neck and the cockpit.  Why'd I paint over the 
cockpit?  Two reasons.  The first was to give it a more
armored look and the second was that orange chockpits
are a sign of republic zoids.  And as you'll notice
this wolf has the crest of the guylos empire clearly 
emblazened on its shoulders.  Thus I painted over the
cockpit since changing translucent plastic color isn't
really possible.

A great looking custom that came out of a massive screw
up.