Grey Hunters

[Bat33.1]

Just wondering how people like to model their Grey Hunters as the codex gives them both bolt pistol and bolter plus close combat weapon but nearly every Grey Hunter pack I see has bolters and not bolt pistols.

 

Anybody build their GH with bolt pistol and CCW? This seems to be the norm for Blood Claws due to no bolters but will it cause an issue in games for GH?

 

I presume this is fine for tourney play as both weapons are carried and either could be in use?

[wulfric_1066]

I would think it was okay - the different packs have different coloured pack markings, so it should be okay unless you're really unlucky with a colour-blind opponent.

[Serunox]

As long as they have Grey Hunter markings it shouldnt matter.

 

I model mine in 3 combinations. CCW with bolt pistol, CCW with bolter, or just a bolter.Fluff wise each of my grey hunters has his own prefrence on the weapon he walks around with but i normally state with what weapon im shooting, depending if I want to assualt or not.

 

Hope that helped.

[The Smiling Bandit]

Holstered bolt pistols aren't that hard to come by. I do wish there was a way to have chainswords hanging off a belt or something without it looking craptastic.

[Grimtooth]

My GH packs are a mix of everything. My pack markings distinguish between BC and GH.

[Thunderhawk3015]

My Grey Hunters are almost exclusively armed with bolters. For special weapons or upgrades I use a different model with the weapon on it somewhere, usually for power weapons its a bolt pistol and the weapon but a couple are bolter/special weapon conversions. Blood Claws get the bolt pistol/chain sword exclusively.

 

The nice thing about Grey Hunters is that because they have bolt pistol/chainsword in their profile they can be modeled with either. This way you can use blood claws if you want, but they can still be used as grey hunters, just make sure your opponent knows beforehand.

[Fred Johnson the 3rd jr]

My GH packs are a mix of everything. My pack markings distinguish between BC and GH.

 

Same here, mine are a mix. But I don't have pack markings. Why would I? Blood Claws are never going in my army.

[Skarvald the Troll-faced]

My GH packs are a mix of everything. My pack markings distinguish between BC and GH.

 

Same here, mine are a mix. But I don't have pack markings. Why would I? Blood Claws are never going in my army.

Same, lol. They have both - Bolt guns, Bolt pistols and close combat weapons. Give them a healthy mix - Enough to show that the squad has ALL of them.

When I play against Space Marines and people are like "What? You get Bolters AND CCW?" I just point at the models and smile "Yep, thus the cool double-sided chain swords and wolf-headed bolters".

Plus it's not like you can mix them up with my non-existent Blood Claws.

[Marshal Wilhelm]

My GH packs are a mix of everything. My pack markings distinguish between BC and GH.

 

Same here, mine are a mix. But I don't have pack markings. Why would I? Blood Claws are never going in my army.

 

They could be good one day, or maybe they'll make them cheaper or Greys more expensive next time <_<

[Grimtooth]

My GH packs are a mix of everything. My pack markings distinguish between BC and GH.

 

Same here, mine are a mix. But I don't have pack markings. Why would I? Blood Claws are never going in my army.

 

My very last Troop choice in Apoc games is a LRR with a Wolf Priest, WGPL, and 10 Blood Claws to run around and just raise hell. No purpose other then to make people think, "Oh crap!".

[Lord_Azoth]

As far as I know, SW minis are allowed to have different weapon mixes to represent how they don't have a really strict organization as the other marines.

For example, my BC have a vast variety of combinations, 2 swords, 2 pistols, weapon and pistol etc. For my GH I´ll mix all the possible weapons they are allowed to carry plus some aesthetic variation I find interesting (maybe 2 bolters if the mini looks cool)..IMHO is one of the best advantages SW has...and one of the reasons for what I chose them as my army

 

I´ll distinguish my BC of GH more than for their weapons for their general look. All my BC haven´t a beard to show they are youngbloods, and I´ll try to paint their skin paler than their older brothers. For GH, LF, etc. I´ll use bearded heads (I´ll ad more hair if needed with GS) and I´ll darken their skin according to their age...

[CainTheHunter]

I am giving them combat knives and bolters, bolters and bolt pistols - kinda shooting in both directions, chainswords and pistols, chainswords and bolters, grenades and bolters etc, and just bolters and holstered pistols. But yeah, they have both shoulderpads in yellow, while my all my claws have one of them red and red knee-pads. It's not like entirely by the book, but with progress in their ranks, the shoulderpads get less and less bright - my long fangs have both white with bronze trim.

[Wysten]

I've not painted my shoulder pads yet, except to apply yellow to the left pad for the great company at a later date, but since I'm not using Blood Claws right now, it's fine.

 

I model them in all sorts of different poses, some with just boltguns with close combat at the hip, others with pistol and chainsword, others with bolt gun and chainsword, some with both boltgun and pistol firing wildly. I imagine the guys would have preferances to their close combat and as long as they don't actively endanger the squad, they can probably do it since a happy squad is a killing squad. (except for mark of wolven, he has 2 chainswords and is postively nuts, though thankfully most of it is released onto the foe.)

[Bat33.1]

Some interesting ideas here which I'll start to mix in with my new build, thanks.

 

I normally build GH with boltgun and the odd CCW - usually chainsword but I will mix it up a bit more with the new pack I'm building now. I'm aiming to build a more CC GH pack using running legs to give them the look of charging or possibly counter charging as my first GH pack is posed standing firing. Axes, combat knives and bolt pistols will be in the build for sure.

 

I like the idea of a BC pack all eager to close with the enemy and show them the error of their ways but for me I believe them to be overpriced on points. Same cost as GH but no boltgun, lower WS/BS and the addition of berserk charge and headstrong? I don't suppose it matters to GW as they still sell boxes of Wolves either way but it kind of reduces the options for points efficient troop choices.