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As you may have guessed, I'm planning to give my old Iron Warriors a go as Space Wolves. So I'm looking for a list that looks and feels like an Iron Warriors army - more or less.

This is what I've got so far:

Wolf Lord, Terminator Armor, 2 Wolf Claws, Belt of Russ - 195 points.
Wolf Guard x 4, Terminator Armor, Heavy Flamer, 2 x Combi-Melta, Power Fist - 157 points.
Land Raider - 250 points.
Grey Hunters x 10, Power Fist, 2x Melta Gun, Wolf Standard - 190 points
Rhino, Extra Armor - 50 points.
Grey Hunters x 10, Power Fist, 2x Melta Gun, Wolf Standard - 190 points
Rhino, Extra Armor - 50 points.
Grey Hunters x 10, Power Fist, 2x Plasma Gun, Wolf Standard - 200 points
Rhino, Extra Armor - 50 points.
Grey Hunters x 5, Plasma Gun, 85 points
Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannons - 75 points.
Long Fangs x 2, Lascannon - 55 - points.
Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannons - 75 points.

That's 1707 by my account and I'm shooting for 1850. I'm certainly not married to any of the above but I'm somewhat limited by what I have available.

I don't have any more heavy weapons, but I could borrow some from the same place I'm borrowing the Razorbacks. There are ample lascannons, plasma cannons, and missile launchers available to field more Long Fang squads than one Space Wolf army is allowed to field.That's one way to bump up the points.

Another possibility is a TL HB Dred. It could be fielded as a Venerable Dred, which would eat up nearly all the remaining points. The stash has Drednoughts with other options, including TL-lascannon, missile launcher, and assault cannon.

A third possibility is to field one or two Obliterators or Terminators as Lone Wolves; I figured about 55 points apiece. A option here would be to use Daemons as Fenrisian wolves to burn some points.

I could also field the old Warsmith as an Iron Priest. I have only one servitor available, but it does have a plasma cannon. Daemons could fill in as cyberwolves, I suppose.

I've got an old Inquisitor would would make a reasonable Rune Priest.

There's no reason the Daemons couldn't perform as Fenrisian Wolves, but I'm pretty sure they would suck in this list.

There are Land Speeders available to borrow, but those don't feel either Iron-ish or Wolf-ish to me.

Lastly, I could use some of the points for Sagas and so forth, along with one of the other options.

Tell me what you think?

Hmm one thing I dont like is the belt of russ. sure a +4 save is handy but you're paying quite a bit just to improve your save by +1. Get rid of the extra armor on rhinos, give mark of wulfen to squads for extra CC abilities. some lone wolves with chain fists is a good idea. if you'd had some, I think missile launcher fangs would be good

kenshin620 wrote:Hmm one thing I dont like is the belt of russ. sure a +4 save is handy but you're paying quite a bit just to improve your save by +1. Get rid of the extra armor on rhinos, give mark of wulfen to squads for extra CC abilities. some lone wolves with chain fists is a good idea. if you'd had some, I think missile launcher fangs would be good

I totally spaced on the Terminator armor's 5++! I could borrow missile launchers.

Thanks!

This is what I settled on for starters:

Wolf Lord, Terminator Armor, 2 Wolf Claws, Saga of the Bear - 195 points.
Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain, Living Lightning, Storm Caller - 110 points.
Lone Wolf, Terminator Armor, Power Fist, 2 x Fenrisian Wolves - 75 points.
Wolf Guard x 3, Power Fist, 114 points.
Wolf Guard x 4, Terminator Armor, Heavy Flamer, 2 x Combi-Melta, Power Fist - 157 points.
Land Raider - 250 points.
Grey Hunters x 9, Melta Gun, Wolf Standard - 145 points
Rhino, Extra Armor - 50 points.
Grey Hunters x 9, Melta Gun, Wolf Standard - 145 points
Rhino, Extra Armor - 50 points.
Grey Hunters x 9, Plasma Gun, Wolf Standard - 150 points
Rhino - 35 points.
Grey Hunters x 5, Power Weapon, Plasma Gun, 100 points
Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannons - 75 points.
Grey Hunters x 5,Power Weapon - 90 points.
Razorback, Twin-Linked Lascannons - 75 points.

That leaves me with 29 points to figure out what to do with by tomorrow; leading contenders are Wolftooth necklaces and melta bombs.

In future, I shall add combi-meltas to the three power-armored Wolf Guard. These guys will run with Hunter packs. Combi-meltas are okay with Iron Warriors in case they revert to Chaos.

The Razorbacks must be borrowed for now, but I'm cool with acquiring a couple; I'll leave the weapon base loose and paint a Rhino hatch to match. I've wanted more transport for this army anyway.

The Rune Priest will ride in one of the Razorbacks, which will limit his usefulness somewhat; it might be better to make space in a Rhino, we'll see.

Long term, I may expand this to an 'Ard Boyz-sized list. I've got another Land Raider and I could certainly add more Wolf Guard, but I'm thinking Jugger-wolf cavalry would be too cool to pass up!