ironbear Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 "If the other wolf lords still knew fear, they would fear Erik Morkai." "Erik is grim and stern of aspect, his company boasts a great many wolf scouts, fellow veterans who appreciate their masters taciturn demeanourand no nonsense approach" "Erik usually solves problems that come his way with swift and bloody acts of violence" Hello my fellow brothers, my intention is to complate the great company of the coolest of the wolf lords Erik Morkai. Here is a brief run down of what i have on my painting table right now. Njal stormcaller ( bother pa and termi) Erik Morkai ( TH and stormbolter PA and Termi) 3 rune priests Sven Thunderfist (arjac counts as) wolf priest ulrik 5 WG termis with twin wolf claws WG termi with assault cannon WG termi with heavy flamer 3 WG termis with TH sBolter 7 WG termis with fist and sBolter 1 PA Wolf guard TH SS 1 PA WG TH plas pistol 2 PA WG twin wolfclaws 1 PA WG bolter chainsword 1 PA plasma gun 5 grey hunters with power fist 10 grey hunters (fist melta) 10 blood claws 10 blood claws 10 grey hunters (melta, flamer, power sword) 10 grey hunters (powersword melta) 10 bolter scouts 5 sniper scouts 5 bolt pistol scouts dread with multimelta fist dread (interchangable) BJORN THE FELL HANDED 3 rhinos 2 long fang pack leaders 2 las cannons 1 multimelta 3 heavy bolters 1 plasma cannon 4 missle launchers company banner bearer 3 swiftclaws Brother, I am a 22 year hobby vet, but never really played and only just getting into the books and fluff over the last year, so i am reaching around the fang, for advice How is that looking compared to the fluff? how much is in a great company? from a gaming point of view does this look quite competative? cheers and may the ale be long and cold FOR RUSS AND THE ALLFATHER TILL THE WOLFTIME! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Glad to see someone looking to focus on Erik, I have some plans for Gunnar Red Moon myself :P I'd recommend altering some of your bolter scouts to have Meltaguns/Plasma Guns/Flamers, those special weapons make the squads much more effective. Alternatively, it might be fun to design them for a close combat focus - that would fit with Erik's yay-violence approach. Consider using Wolf Priests or Wolf Guard Battle Leaders with the Saga of the Hunter with Wolf Scouts. Not crazy effective, but fun. Maybe model one of the Rune Priests (or one of the Njals) as Erik's brother, Irnst the Wise? Little fluff gives the size of a Great Company, and I believe those which do tend to disagree. General Consensus seems to say they're larger than a standard company. Since Space Wolves ignore the Codex Astartes and cannot have successor chapters, it's not unreasonable to have 'em be a fair bit bigger than your typical Company. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2907888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Common accepted GC size is 100 men, give or take a few dozen (as Tiberius mentions). I don't "think" this includes HQ options, as RPs/WPs are outside of the GC ranking, but it would include vehicle crew as those are comprised of Grey Hunters. I agree with giving your non-sniper scouts a meltagun per. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2907926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 There's a thread stickied at the top of the forum that does a fair job discussing Great Company size. Look there for all your needs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2907962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 thanks for the comments i like the idea of the bolter scouts for sneaky sneaky hang on we are morkai..............fire loud and explosive! lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2908395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Not that you have to follow the fluff created for Erik, but he is heavily reliant on his scout squads and likes to coordinate fast surgical strikes that soften up the enemy before he brings the hammer down for the finishing blow. as suggested break up your scout squads into 3 distinct groups such as: 5 sniper + 1 ML or HB 4 BP/CCM + 1 MotW + 1 Melta 4 BG/BP + 1 PP + 1 Melta Have about 4 or 5 interchangeable WG to join up with your 3 scout squads and even consider a Wolf Priest geared to join them with Mark of the Hunter. Land Speeders would be useful in your list. Increase your swiftclaw unit to include an Attack Bike and a Wolf Guard on a bike, possibly later add a Wolf Guard Battle Leader on a bike SS/TH. That would give you more of an typical Erik list. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2908677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wysten Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Not that you have to follow the fluff created for Erik, but he is heavily reliant on his scout squads and likes to coordinate fast surgical strikes that soften up the enemy before he brings the hammer down for the finishing blow. as suggested break up your scout squads into 3 distinct groups such as: 5 sniper + 1 ML or HB 4 BP/CCM + 1 MotW + 1 Melta 4 BG/BP + 1 PP + 1 Melta Have about 4 or 5 interchangeable WG to join up with your 3 scout squads and even consider a Wolf Priest geared to join them with Mark of the Hunter. Land Speeders would be useful in your list. Increase your swiftclaw unit to include an Attack Bike and a Wolf Guard on a bike, possibly later add a Wolf Guard Battle Leader on a bike SS/TH. That would give you more of an typical Erik list. Can't have 3 scouts squads and wolf guard, wolf guard and Scouts share the elite spots. Through I would probably change the last squad to match the first, Bolters are pretty much nufflied by all the power armour going about and it's always better to rush in and tangle that squad up, then it is to simply shoot at them, inflict damage but leave them otherwise opperational. Pistols at dawn then rush for 3 strength 4 attacks on the target, not to mention mark/Powerfist from wolf guard, if they are still alive, they won't be doing much. Perfect for tying up units and easpically perfect when the oppoment finds they can't fire devs/hammerheads/simlar shooting unit when they really need that firepower. Otherwise, completely agreed, Scouts in combination with Landspeeders, Grey Hunters, Fangs and possibly some swiftclaws snuck in will probably give a very good impression of swift, desruptive, no nonsense tactics that will isloate parts of the oppoments army and destory it with the efficency of a pack. Though that being said, I am not sure why Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2909364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Can't have 3 scouts squads and wolf guard, wolf guard and Scouts share the elite spots. You can if you bring Logan. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2909545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Can't have 3 scouts squads and wolf guard, wolf guard and Scouts share the elite spots. I understand this, we are talking about a Great Company, not a game list. The ability to have a choice ready on the shelf is what I am suggesting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2909546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wysten Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Can't have 3 scouts squads and wolf guard, wolf guard and Scouts share the elite spots. You can if you bring Logan. But normally you can't. Can't have 3 scouts squads and wolf guard, wolf guard and Scouts share the elite spots. I understand this, we are talking about a Great Company, not a game list. The ability to have a choice ready on the shelf is what I am suggesting. Ahhhh, fair enough. ^^ Forgive I didn't quite twig on that. There be praying snipers become cooler. ^^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2909564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Ahhhh, fair enough. ^^ Forgive I didn't quite twig on that. But of course ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2909668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 company patterned rhino http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/076.jpg Njal http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/075.jpg Wolf guard terminator http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/074.jpg Irnst the wise http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/073.jpg Scout http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/072.jpg Grey Hunter SGT http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/071.jpg Assault cannon wolf guard terminator http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/070.jpg "wolverine" styled wolf guard http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj250/generalbear/069.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2911886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Coming along very nicely. finished models should look great. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2911980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 wow, very crisp paint jobs, how are you achieving that? Airbrush? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
recon0321 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 how did you go about getting such a crisp clean company badge??? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 they look great although i would change 1 thing about them, i'd drill out their bolters etc Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Army painter Wolf grey! for the badge i drew the out line lightly in pencil, then filled in mixed the base colour with a touch more soace wolves grey in to in and carefully went round the out side edge of the symbol. then mix base with a touch of black feathering away from the symbol to add a bit of depth Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mjollner Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 for your basecoat of shadowgrey are you useing the gw spray gun or an airbrush? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeninja Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I like your thought process on Morkai and his Great Company. That being said when I think of a guy who uses his scouts alot and represents a more stealth approach the whole Thunderhammer thing is not doing it for me. In my little opinion (for whatever that is worth) you might look at a blade for him to carry. Frost Blade or Wolf Claw. Morkai does not strike me as the big burly hammer wielding type. That is just me though. I use the Frost Blade exclusively. I have three different versions of my Wolf Lord and in each one he has a Frost Blade (Axe). Maybe not the most effective all the time but it goes with my fluff and I have never played in a tourney and regretted it. Just my two cents buddy...good luck with the project. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2912800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 for your basecoat of shadowgrey are you useing the gw spray gun or an airbrush? Army painter wolf grey, its actually a nice mix of shadow grey and space wolf grey Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2913074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 What would my wofl brothers like to see up next? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2917163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I would like to see some of the other names characters painted up, Like Ulric Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2917286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Would like to see some painted bases ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2917304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbear Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 More coming soon.................................. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240822-the-great-company-or-erik-morkai/#findComment-2935932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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