Tsavong Lah Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm curious about the differences between the TH and the CF, specifically to go with a Lone Wolf in TDA + Storm Shield. What roles to you all normally use them in? What are their strengths and weaknesses in comparison with one another? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm curious about the differences between the TH and the CF, specifically to go with a Lone Wolf in TDA + Storm Shield. What roles to you all normally use them in? What are their strengths and weaknesses in comparison with one another? Chainfists will walk right through vehicles. Thunderhammers do better against monstrous creatures. Thats about it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2480986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Johnson the 3rd jr Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I like chainfist. Works much better against vehicles than the hammer, and isn't bad against MCs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I like to use my Lone Wolf to take care of both monstrous creatures and tanks, but I use him for tank demolition much more. So I have two models for this, and I would say that the Chain Fist comes in handy more than the Hammer does. Even though I like the look of the Hammer better. -R_P_R Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerian Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I'm curious about the differences between the TH and the CF, specifically to go with a Lone Wolf in TDA + Storm Shield. What roles to you all normally use them in? What are their strengths and weaknesses in comparison with one another? Chainfists will walk right through vehicles. Thunderhammers do better against monstrous creatures. Thats about it. Exactly. Use a Thunderhammer when playing against Chaos Daemons or Tyranids, otherwise the Chain Fist is the way to go. If you don't know who you'll be playing go with the Chain Fist as almost all armies have vehicles, whereas very few have just Monstrous Creatures. Valerian Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazmonkey Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Personally I think chain fists are full of Win... Prefer then over Thuinder hammers, even looks wise.. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzkreig Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Depends for me, against an enemy I know will be Mech-heavy I tend to go with the chainfist. Against an enemy I know will be MC-heavy I tend to go with the Thunder Hammer. Against somebody I am not sure I go with the Thunder Hammer and Melta-bombs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsavong Lah Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 Use a Thunderhammer when playing against Chaos Daemons or Tyranids, otherwise the Chain Fist is the way to go. If you don't know who you'll be playing go with the Chain Fist as almost all armies have vehicles, whereas very few have just Monstrous Creatures. I mostly play against Guard, Orks, Eldar, and other Space Marines. So it sounds like the Chain Fist is where it's at. Which is too bad, since I really like the look of the Thunder Hammer, and my converting abilities are not so good. Do you guys just stick the Storm Shield on the right arm upside down, or is there a better way to pull off that conversion? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Johnson the 3rd jr Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 So it sounds like the Chain Fist is where it's at. Which is too bad, since I really like the look of the Thunder Hammer, and my converting abilities are not so good. Do you guys just stick the Storm Shield on the right arm upside down, or is there a better way to pull off that conversion? I used a Space marine Storm Shield because that was all I had. I carefully cut/scrapped out the fist attached to that shield. That made enough room for right terminator hand... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Durendal Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I'm curious about the differences between the TH and the CF, specifically to go with a Lone Wolf in TDA + Storm Shield. What roles to you all normally use them in? What are their strengths and weaknesses in comparison with one another? Chainfists will walk right through vehicles. Thunderhammers do better against monstrous creatures. Thats about it. Exactly. Use a Thunderhammer when playing against Chaos Daemons or Tyranids, otherwise the Chain Fist is the way to go. If you don't know who you'll be playing go with the Chain Fist as almost all armies have vehicles, whereas very few have just Monstrous Creatures. Valerian I'd just like to echo GM's and Valerian's points. This is exactly why I take 2 LW's in my 2000pt army: Baldr and Thor. Both have Termie armor, just one has SS/CF and the other has SS/TH. That way all my bases are covered :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainTheHunter Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 So it sounds like the Chain Fist is where it's at. Which is too bad, since I really like the look of the Thunder Hammer, and my converting abilities are not so good. Do you guys just stick the Storm Shield on the right arm upside down, or is there a better way to pull off that conversion? As You correctly noted, chainfists and storm shields are both left-handed, while all hammers are right-handed. So I took one of the shields, carefully scraped and filed out the bit with in-modelled fist and used a spare hand with SB from AoBR set (actually any hand with SB will work), cut down the SB and filed it down and around until it fit in the now empty gap under the storm shield. There are no other ways to do it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsavong Lah Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 Grand, thanks. I'll try that out. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macharim Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Use a Thunderhammer when playing against Chaos Daemons or Tyranids, otherwise the Chain Fist is the way to go. If you don't know who you'll be playing go with the Chain Fist as almost all armies have vehicles, whereas very few have just Monstrous Creatures. I mostly play against Guard, Orks, Eldar, and other Space Marines. So it sounds like the Chain Fist is where it's at. Which is too bad, since I really like the look of the Thunder Hammer, and my converting abilities are not so good. Do you guys just stick the Storm Shield on the right arm upside down, or is there a better way to pull off that conversion? There is a better way to do it indeed if you have the bitz for it. Take a CF hand and (carefully) clip off the CF. Then take a right hand with WC and cut away the claws and smooth out the hand. After that it's just a matter of attaching the CF bit and hey presto you have a right hand CF. It looks really good and personally I dislike having a SS in the right hand, looks lopsided to me. This method has a bit more bitz waste than the others though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulweih Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 You can always take a vanilla Chainsword and use it as CF Bit before you go ahead and cut it from an original CF ;) . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durfast Spiritwolf Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I prefer early medieval shields - circular, planked norse looking ones, suitably painted. These can be easily carried right or left handed Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taeken Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I go with chainfist for my Lone Wolves. Besides the look, I generally run Arjac so he is my MC killer. Best of both worlds. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem of the Wolf Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I run with Chain fist,simply because A) it looks awesome. B) it is still a Powerfist and that does wonders for MC's anyways. and most importantly because the idea of grabbing your opponents face in the palm of your hand and letting the chainsaw attached to the bottom of your wrist dig its way through his faceplate and into his face leaves a warm happy glow in your heart. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPetersson Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Personally I use the TH/SS combo. I have Long Fangs to take care of vehicles. Admittedly, it's also partially down to aesthetics. However, my LWs are MC hunters first, IC killers 2nd and squad tar pits 3rd... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Johnson the 3rd jr Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 You can always take a vanilla Chainsword and use it as CF Bit before you go ahead and cut it from an original CF ;) . Agreed. Although in the Space Wolves pack there are a quite a few chainswords with with a neat wolf design above the hilt. That style looks pretty sweet on my Lone Wolves. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207958-lone-wolf-thunder-hammer-or-chainfist/#findComment-2481962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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