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Hello,

So ive recently got into 40k and have started collecting a space wolves army.

So anyway theres fair number of units in the codex that there are models for, like thunder wolf cavalry, fenrisian wolfs and cyberwolfs as well as a few others.

While i am a little dissapointed at GW that the models don't excist I dont really want to rant.

But i am a little confused as to why there would be stuff in the codex that you can't get from the stores.

So yeah I guess im just wondering, is this the normal way they go about things, or have they just messed up? or they alwaysbring the codes out before the models and do those later? and if thats the case how long does it normally take?

also if I were to play in a tornament would i be able to use these things even though there is no model?

any light you can shed on this will be appreciated


cheers,

This is normal. It allows them to expand the range of models without having to wait for a new book. It allows you to create your own models (supporting the creative side of the hobby) until they have the space on the production to get a new model out.

Quite a few codexes have this issue - Skaven with the HPA, and so on.

As for tournaments - ALL questions involving tournaments you are best to ask the TO. Basic rules to follow are a) keep it cool looking and b) dont take the mickey with it - so if you are making TWC then use a similar scale to C anis, and so on.

I beleive there was a Standard Bearer article on this a while back. So I'll try and paraphrase it for you:

Back in the day the games designers could make whatever units they wanted and shove them in to the codexes as and when they wanted to. The people who made the models couldn't keep up with the massive amount of things waiting to be built, and people began to get annoyed with it.

Then one day the guy in charge of GW decided enough was enough and that units could only go into codexes if it had a model already made for it, or if it would get one at the release of the Codex. This worked out pretty well for the model designers as they could finally keep up with things.

However it also meant new units came about less often than the gamers would have liked, as it felt like only pre-existing units ever got new models or entries in the Codexes. As a result the restrictions were lifted somewhat, but under the idea that although new units would be put into a codex withour new models-the capacity for said units to get models would happen. This is seen through the initial first wave of models when the codex is released and then a subsequent release at some point in the future. case in point the Daemons Codex being release over a year ago, and now having the second wave of models being brought out to suplement the range.

In a Tournament I beleive as long as you have converted a unit to be what it is described as in the codex you should be ok. I.e. converting lots of Canis Wolfborn models into Thunderwolf riders should be allowed

Hope that helps, or at least makes some sense