ant7 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Does anyone know how a great company is composed? Is it roughly the same as a vanilla marine company? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Grimfang Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Try a Search of this topic. Many threads available. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2077965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash113 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Yea this has been discussed at great length on more than one board. Short answer: no. There is no standard for Great Companies and even average size varies immensely, anywhere from 100-250 or more depending on time and circumstance. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2077986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewi Sant Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Nothing like a vanilla coy. There is loads of fluff on the web mate. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Does anyone know how a great company is composed? Is it roughly the same as a vanilla marine company? No... since we dont replace losses like a C:SM army would, our GCs fluctuate in size. Weve had alot of arguments and debates over the subject... best guess is between a 150-350 marines per Great Company, with the Great Wolfs being a little larger. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant7 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Sorry I didn't look it up on this site. I did however google it and didn't get any answers that way. Thanks Vash and gray mage for your answers though. I have been in this hobby since about 92 and the wolves were the first codex I bought. I loved it then but I was younger and other distractions caught my eye (girls, parties) but I have some cash stashed away and I dug out my old codex the other day and it was a great inspiration. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatus Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 There are no exact figures, but at least we know that the majority of a great company is composed of Grey Hunters. The next biggest amount would probably be Blood Claws, and then a few long fangs. The Great Company might also include a few scouts, depending on the Codex you are looking at (in 2nd Ed. all Scouts belonged to the company of the Great Wolf). Finally, the Wolf Lord has his bodyguard of between 5 and 20 Wolf Guard. A Great Company might look something like this: 1 Wolf Lord 60 Grey Hunters 40 Blood Claws 10 Long Fangs 10 Scouts 10 Wolf Guard Plus vehicles. That is no standardised structure, so the numbers may vary from Great Company to Great Company. Another company might be bigger or smaller, and have a different amount of certain unit types. Generally though the majority will be Grey Hunters. There should also be a fair amount of Blood Claws since it is expected that not all Blood Claws will make it to be Grey Hunters, and fewer still will make it to Long Fangs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant7 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Legatus- Thanks, I appreciate the breakdown. I have a crazy idea of building a great company. I wonder if the new sky riders that have been rumored are pulled from the gray hunters or blood claws? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfran Morkai Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Legatus- Thanks, I appreciate the breakdown. I have a crazy idea of building a great company. I wonder if the new sky riders that have been rumored are pulled from the gray hunters or blood claws? I'd imagine they'd stay as Blood Claws because the Hunter's would be more suited to bikes as they are slightly less insane. Also I take the 20 Wolf Guard as a thing to prevent termie spam. In apocalypse I believe you can have as many as you want? I'll give you a breakdown of my proposed company (it seems a bit light but I'll find a way to expand it, more troops. They've taken a load of casualties!) : Wolf Lord 6 Wolf Guard Battle Leaders 18 Wolf Guard 45 Grey Hunters 28 Blood Claws 10 Long Fangs Then I attach 2 Rune Priests (greedy I know), Ulrik, and will probably attach an iron priest if his rules get bumped, lots of dreads! I don't include scouts (Mainly because I'm going to convert some guys with helmets because I can't do faces) Then lots of armour: 3 Crusaders 2 Land Raiders 2 Predators 2 Whirlwinds 2 Razorbacks 3 Rhinos Definitely need some bikers to throw in there with another WGBL and PL Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/175837-great-company-question/#findComment-2078309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.