Updating an old army help needed

[BitsHammer]

So once upon a time in 5th edition, back before I became a die-hard Sisters player I'd built an all-foot Space Wolves army on a lark. Now admittidly I'm probably missing some models since I built that in 5th edition (though I still have sprues to work with to make some repairs and dig into for bits), and with me needing a break from Sisters and the new Wolf codex out I decided to dig it back out of the garage where it's sat since a transcontinental move last year.

So background aside, here is what I currently have that is assembled, presented as modeled:

11x Lascannon Longfangs
2x Long Fang Wolf Guard Pack Leader w/ Signum, Bolt Pistol/Chainsword
4x Wolf Guard Terminators with Wolf Claws
8x Grey Hunter w/ Bolters
11x grey Hunters w/ Bolter, Chainsword
8x Grey Hunter w/ Plasmagun
4x Grey Hunters w/ Plasma Pistol
4x Grey Hunters w/ Power Fists, Bolters
1x Grey Hunter w/ Bolt Pistol, Chainsword
4x Bloodclaws (originally used to represent models w/ Mark of the Wulfen)
1x Ulfric the Slayer (metal)
1x Converted Ulfric the Slayer (Bolt Pistol, count-as Wolf Priest)
1x Rune Priest w/ Bolt Pistol (currently missing Runic Weapon)

Any recommendations on how to shape this up to work with the new codex? Also, is Champions of Fenris worth running?

[Squark]

Champions of Fenris is mostly for Wolf Guard fans. It does have one formation for those terminators you might find useful; The Wolf Guard Void Claws formation lets a pack of wolf guard terminators with dual wolf claws deep strike turn 1 and re roll their scatter (Plus you reroll reserves as long as at least one model from the formation is alive)

[BitsHammer]

Champions of Fenris is mostly for Wolf Guard fans. It does have one formation for those terminators you might find useful; The Wolf Guard Void Claws formation lets a pack of wolf guard terminators with dual wolf claws deep strike turn 1 and re roll their scatter (Plus you reroll reserves as long as at least one model from the formation is alive)

 

Good to know. I'm definitely not against Wolf Guard, and some of the models are legal, but I think it'd be better to build those squads from the ground up instead. Shame, because they have some neat stuff in there I like. Guess I'll wait to dive into that for now.

[Squark]

Regarding what you have;

-Long Fangs with Lascannons aren't bad (Anymore. I was of the opinion they were overpriced in the 5th edition dex), but I wouldn't run a full squad- Probably mix in a few missile launchers to drop the price a tad. Long Fang Ancients don't use signums, but we do presumably have some auspexes, so your pack leaders will still be fine.

-Grey Hunters are reasonable, although you'd probably want more bolters and fewer close combat weapons, and I'd cut the plasma pistols entirely.

-Ulrik is now amazing, rune priests are solid (although you want to convert a psychic hood for them), while regular Wolf Priests suffer from not being Ulrik.

[BitsHammer]

Regarding what you have;

-Long Fangs with Lascannons aren't bad (Anymore. I was of the opinion they were overpriced in the 5th edition dex), but I wouldn't run a full squad- Probably mix in a few missile launchers to drop the price a tad. Long Fang Ancients don't use signums, but we do presumably have some auspexes, so your pack leaders will still be fine.

-Grey Hunters are reasonable, although you'd probably want more bolters and fewer close combat weapons, and I'd cut the plasma pistols entirely.

-Ulrik is now amazing, rune priests are solid (although you want to convert a psychic hood for them), while regular Wolf Priests suffer from not being Ulrik.

I rather like the utility of Lascannons and between the new vehicle chart and the points drop I feel they provide a solid means of nuking vehicles, and I can definitely understand where you're coming from on dropping the points by mixxing in something else, I don't think more than 1x a squad would be good thanks to how Split Fire works (limiting you to 1 model in the unit instead of splitting the unit in half). And thanks for the Signum point, that solves what to do with that lone Grey Hunter with the Chainsword/Bolt Pistol I have.

As for dropping plasma pistols (which I'm not against since they still cost too much), and adding more none-CCW ones, I get you completely, I just don't have the models for it and these were built with plastic glue nearly 5-6 years ago at this point so they aren't coming apart easy, or cleanly. So I guess I'll be adding a box or two to my shopping list at some point (or a Warriors of the Fang box, assuming I can fit it in my budget next month, otherwise October (yay college).

Good to know Ulrik is good (I think I used him as a generic Wolf Priest before), but I guess I'll leave the generic one in the box since I've got the Rune Priest (good tip on the psychic hood too. It'll take a little doing since he's metal, but I know of a way to do it using a shoulder pad. Oh, and I found him an appropiate looking sword in my bits box, so he's running around less handless now).