Caestus Assault Ram & Mk III Iron Armour

[Grey Mage]

Just had the new FW news letter in my inbox. Just wondering how many of my wolf brother, if any will be adding one to the under used Fast Attack slots in your forces.

 

Check out the old school missile launchers, perfect for my LF!

 

 

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Beautiful model the Caestus.

 

Would I ever use it? Not outside of apocalypse, even if it was fully legal. I dont think PA models should move that fast.

[Blckbuster]

Ditto for the Iron armor. These dudes look like they belong in the distant past, especially with those riveted, yet featureless breastplates. I love the shape of the torsos - they would totally rock as techmarines - but I can't deal with the completely smooth front, I miss the aquila or at least a skull.

 

missing the point. mk3 armour is form the past - 10,000 years in the past. much of it would have been around before the adoption of the aquila as the imperial insignia - thus why it's missing.

 

 

then shouldn't there be some thunderbolts?

[ShotgunFacelift]

Definitly a yes on the Mk3 armor.

Perfect my wolf guard.

 

pretty sure about the caestus too, tho some budgeting is going to be necessary.

 

 

What do people think of the chainsaw bayonets on the heresy era bolters?

[Grey Mage]

Ditto for the Iron armor. These dudes look like they belong in the distant past, especially with those riveted, yet featureless breastplates. I love the shape of the torsos - they would totally rock as techmarines - but I can't deal with the completely smooth front, I miss the aquila or at least a skull.

 

missing the point. mk3 armour is form the past - 10,000 years in the past. much of it would have been around before the adoption of the aquila as the imperial insignia - thus why it's missing.

 

 

then shouldn't there be some thunderbolts?

You can paint them on if youd like....

 

But thunderbolts are a pre-crusade symbol actually.

[Rune Priest Ridcully]

Well, I may finish my Pre heresy Thousand Sons, chances are I will proberbly do another sorcerer, the same will proberbly happen to my wolf lord, which will be the 4th time I have modeled the guy! (I am going to need some more thunder hammers, though perhaps I could try a frost blade.) The price will proberbly mean if I wanted to do a force of mostly the mk3, you would have to get perhaps a squad every 2 months, not to keen on the back packs but will wait till see what they are like in the flesh, though I think the price is because they are pure resin apart from any weapons you give them, just wish they would release Mk 1-2 and the old jumppacks.

I am looking forward to Games day a lot more now, I am planning on entering GD with a wolf guard battle leader, so should get in early.

I think I may redo a few of my grey hunter packs, or perhaps some more long fangs, everyone loves longfangs, plus they would look cool in Mk3 armour.

Does anyone think a lord on a Thunderwolf in Mk3 armour with a spear/halberd and storm sheild look cool, or should I keep my wolf lord on foot?

[Brother Captain Kezef]

What do people think of the chainsaw bayonets on the heresy era bolters?

 

If I can make them fit on the newermodel Bolters hey will be in every grey hnter squad

[Brother Captain Kezef]

What do people think of the chainsaw bayonets on the heresy era bolters?

 

If I can make them fit on the newermodel Bolters hey will be in every grey hnter squad

[Silverwolf]

The armour and weapons definitely. Great way to give the veteran units in your army the feel that they've been around for a while. Some nice dynamic leg poses in there as well.

 

The older style special weapons are very fitting, specially with some "wolfing up"

 

As to the blank armour. One of the best (and simplest) ways to put a nice little "wolfy" symbol on there is to grab one of the old banner poles and cut the little wolf skull off the top, and file the back of it down a little to fit to the armour. I used it on my Land Raider, replacing the generic skulls with the small wolf ones. It's a very subtle conversion, but very effective.

 

Of course there is always putting plenty of GS wolf pelting around the place :tu:.

 

EDIT: Oh and the bayonet "Chainswords" are very nice, fairly barbaric looking, which i think fits great with the Space Wolves.

 

 

Just had the new FW news letter in my inbox. Just wondering how many of my wolf brother, if any will be adding one to the under used Fast Attack slots in your forces.

 

Check out the old school missile launchers, perfect for my LF!

 

 

New Stuff

Beautiful model the Caestus.

 

Would I ever use it? Not outside of apocalypse, even if it was fully legal. I dont think PA models should move that fast.

 

Taking things a bit off topic, but I would actually see them fitting quite well into a Deep Strike army (if legal) alongside a Thunderhawk vehicle transport and Drop Pods.

 

Picture a Great Company fleet in orbit over beleaguered IG trenches, laying a volley of fire into a weak point in the lines of the besieging army, pods following hard behind while the ground is still hot with Wolf Guard and Grey Hunters, setting a beach head, as CARs (I like it Dewi :P) sweep in behind a volley from their own guns, dropping more troops on the deck, then finally the Thunderhawk vehicle transports drop in, landing the heavy support.

[Grey Mage]

Yeah.... for apocalypse.

 

But does this thing have any reason to ever show up in a 1500pt battle? No. No marine player needs this is normal 40k.

[Silverwolf]

Ya, but I don't play under 2500pt. Single one in 2500pt could be alright.

[Akela]

I'm excited by the prospect of a Deep Strike transport that can hold 10 Wolf Guard in Terminator armor. Bothers me that we don't have teleport, but also have the lowest capacity for Drop Pods. If this were made legal for Space Wolves it could partially make up for it.

[Wysten]

In 1500 points, it could see use in a mainly drop pod army as a Claw Unit, as described in the fluff. 3/4 Droppods, a couple landspeeders and a droppod with Blackmane up front of the wolf guard would be quite a fluffly and awesome experence. Though really quite close to BA tactics, it suits what our droppoding landfail attacks would look like. With the insane points lashed on the ram being compisated by Grey Hunters crashing down all around it.

 

Though, with Blackmane as a leader, that would probably be quite fitting. I would only really like to run it closer to 2000 though. Even with the Wolf Guard being kept fairly basic, the unit would probably have the cost worthy of a death star. Around 500 before you even put the wolf guard in it. XD

 

That being said, £92 is a extremely steep price, so I'll probably just pass. £20 for 5 boys is also quite redicolous and would be a rare treat for the power armoured wolf guard standing out as really heroic figures in modified MK 3 Armour.