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Hello everyone, with the anouncement of a Fantasy Escalation League at my FLGS I have decided to return to my old and favorite army: The Wood Elves! However with a modeling twist, involving the Thunderwolf Cavalry and Fenrisian Wolves from the Space Wolves range. I have considered doing my wood elves based on the fact that they are one of the front line armies that defend Athel Loren during the winter or fall (have not decided yet) when the forest is at its lowest eb or is starting to lose its power and in regards to those models was considering running a wolf themed wood elf army. That and not to mention, feel that a white and green or burnt orange and crimson colored Wood Elf army would look pretty amazing, especially with camouflaged cloaks!

In the sense that the trees are in slumber during winter or going that way during the fall my Kindred has befriended the wolves of both Athel Loren and the Grey Mountains more so then the others. During the winter the Claws Kindred and the wolves work together to protect their borders and rely on the wolves more then the tree spirits. That being said however I will be using the new Shadow Warrior models as my Glade Guard since I love the new models, and I think a whole army of them would look pretty bad ass. Some modeling Ideas would include:

-Use Fell Wargs from the LOTR miniature range Dryads.
-Fenrisian Wolves from 40k as Treekin.
-Thunderwolf Cav as my Treeman, would model an Elf Character on top (thinking new Loremaster upper body) to represent the ability to use Tree Singing and strangle root.
-Shadow Warriors as Glade Guard, either Ellyrian Reavers or Shadow Warrior/Glade Rider kit bash for Glade Riders. Just an idea but I just love the Shadow Warrior models, Glade Guard models are still amazing though so its up for debate.

Just wanted to see what you guys thought and what your reactions would be or even concerns when fighting this army, also the big questions: Winter or Fall Themed? And Shadow Warriors as Glade Guard or just standard Glade Guard? And as usual thanks for your replies and comments!

You make me want to make this army. I love wolves.

First off, check out Canis Wolfborn or the Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf (wolfwolfwolfwolfwolfwolf) for your Treeman conversion. Could be pretty awesome.

I use Fenrisian Wolves as my Chaos Warhounds. I don't think they'll be big enough for Treekin unless you plan on beefing them up somehow, as they fit pretty nicely on the cav-sized bases. They'll be too long for a square 40mm to look right, and they'll pop out the back a bit.

My only concern with a 'counts as' army is differentiating between unit types. If you go with very similar looking wolves, it becomes difficult to discern what's what. Fenrisian Wolves and Fell Wargs look pretty similar, for example, even if you paint them differently. And I don't think they'll fit on the 25mm square bases of dryads as is.

I'd look into werewolves for your dryads. Make them spirit-fired to give them a supernatural look. They'd also comfortably fit on the 25mm bases while looking significantly different enough for your opponent to tell what they are at a glance. You've listed all GW models, though, so I don't know if you're willing to try third party. If you are, though, check out this review for a werewolf pack, these kind of goofy ones, Reaper's selection, some of which you can convert easily for variety, and plenty more with some googling.

So, first off, the Wargs and Fenrisian wolves are the same size. They are almost certainly too big for Dryads, and probably just about right for Treekin, but you'll probably have to model them somewhat vertically to make the fit on the bases.

I agree that some sort of werewolfie looking model will be a good starting point for Dryads.

I like the idea of using the shadow warriors for glade guard, but that will get pretty expensive fast.