Space Wolves whispers and confirmations

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**H.B.M.C.**

Everyone gets an army box. Some of them are good - like the 'Nid one - and some of them are useless, like that failed 'Spearhead' experiment.

**SW40KMP**

Do the new Land Raiders have just assault cannons? Or do they have other weapons as well. Thought maybe you guys might know what it most likely would be.

**Brother SRM**

Pretty lucky that this falls right on my birthday. Hopefully by then I'll be done with my Orks!

**SW40KMP**

Does anybody know what the old rules for Bjorn were? I have never seen them. Kinda wondering if they might be similar in the new codex?

**Flashman**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Everyone gets an army box. Some of them are good - like the 'Nid one - and some of them are useless, like that failed 'Spearhead' experiment.

I would amend that most of the boxes are useless. I'd like to see more duplication of core units in a box, so that you can build up a block of troops for a lesser cost e.g. Two Tactical Squads for £30 or 20 State Troops for £25 (like they did for Black Orcs and Flagellants very briefly).

The Ravenwing box was very good. You could field the entire unit entry for £50, which was quite a saving.

**Demogerg**

SW40KMP wrote:Does anybody know what the old rules for Bjorn were? I have never seen them. Kinda wondering if they might be similar in the new codex?

Bascially he was a dread with a Lightning Claw Dreadnought close combat weapon, assault cannon, and heavy flamer. At the begining of the game you roll a D6, this becomes your "pool" you can use points from your pool to reduce the result on the vehicle damage table against him, use 1 to drop a 6 to 5 for instance. once you use all of the pool it is exhausted for that game. It was quite awesome when you rolled a 5 or 6, but quite sucky when you only got a 1.

He was the original "venerable" dreadnought, before any of the other chapters got them, when 3rd edition came around they rolled his rules up into a generic unit.

**BrookM**

Either a regular battle force or one of them fancy DA styled battle forces with more upgrade parts than models.

**mal**

I wonder (but doubt it) if they will include a range of commanders ala regular SM.
I am just secretly hoping for the possibility of a wolfy master of the forge; allowing for the 7 dreadnought army...

**Mastiff**

mal wrote:I wonder (but doubt it) if they will include a range of commanders ala regular SM.
I am just secretly hoping for the possibility of a wolfy master of the forge; allowing for the 7 dreadnought army...

"Nononononononononononono no

...yes."

Great avatar.

**Oshova**

I think it would more be a range ala Dark Angles/ Blood Angel . . . so like 3 or 4 . . .

**Alpharius**

Look here for something interesting:

http://z15.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Crusade/index.php?showtopic=2729

(And BTW, The Great Crusade is a nice pre-Heresy website!)

**H.B.M.C.**

Space Wolf Pack?

Ooohhh! Cryptic!!!

**Cheese Elemental**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Space Wolf Pack?

Ooohhh! Cryptic!!!

The more excited you get about a new release, the more fun Jervis tears out of it.

**InquisitorMack**

Slightly clearer photo, sorry if already posted, thanks Alpharius for the link!

**Demogerg**

I might have to buy that whyt dorf.

will be the first one I purchased since 1998

**wyomingfox**

Funny most of the pics of Space Wolves depicts them with long hair and braided locks...instead, we get epic pony tails for the models. How Sad :(.

**jmurph**

That's why I sculpt most of my hair. Cut the ridiculous top knots and go to work with green stuff. What's the release date on the SW cover White Dwarf?

**Mastiff**

The cover looks fantastic. I hope the models reflect that feral, barbaric look. I'm not a big fan of the big hair either.

**Augustus**

Yes, the old space wolves really made me laugh. How do you wear a helmet with long hair, a mohawk, braids, foot long mustachios, etc.?

I know historically and nostalgically that army has always been space vikings but some of the minis are a bit humorous.

Hmm.

**Oshova**

Augustus they don't wear helmets cos they're hard enough without them! =p

I love the terminators with mustaches down to their waste! HEHE!

**wyomingfox**

In the books they don't normally wear thier helmets because it interferes with their acute senses. But I think the real reason is because it gets cramped in thier with alot that beardage.

**winterman**

Anyone else notice how fraking big that wolf head is on the backpack? Kinda cool that it depicts a huge fenris wolf instead of your run of the mill variety.

**Augustus**

I like the white dwarf cover a lot, the big wolf back and the grimdark, no helmets on anyone I see...

I wonder if they will be able to field the new Leman Russ variants? A Leman Russ Plasma Annihilator would be a welcome addition to a space marine army methinks, particularly at BS4 instead of 3?

Hypothetical, I have NO BASIS for thinking this other than once upon a time the space wolves could take Leman Russ tanks.

**wyomingfox**

winterman wrote:Anyone else notice how fraking big that wolf head is on the backpack? Kinda cool that it depicts a huge fenris wolf instead of your run of the mill variety.

That's because they ran out of puppys to kill! But seriously I like where they are going with the size of fresian wolves. Something that size would be dangerous...kinda like a Grizzly, shooting it just pisses it off. I hope they Biggerize the Wulfin as well.

**skrulnik**

wyomingfox wrote:
winterman wrote:Anyone else notice how fraking big that wolf head is on the backpack? Kinda cool that it depicts a huge fenris wolf instead of your run of the mill variety.

That's because they ran out of puppys to kill! But seriously I like where they are going with the size of fresian wolves. Something that size would be dangerous...kinda like a Grizzly, shooting it just pisses it off. I hope they Biggerize the Wulfin as well.

But they haven't biggerized the Wolves. They were always real big. In the Space Wolf novel, they mention them being the size of a Rhino.
GW never made models for them, so told evryone to use the existing plastics to rep them

**Lordhat**

wyomingfox wrote:Funny most of the pics of Space Wolves depicts them with long hair and braided locks...instead, we get epic pony tails for the models. How Sad :(.

Wolf's Head themed Corvus Pattern helmets would be cool. I might have to start collecting Beakie Helms again for conversion's sake.....

**ph34r**

I'm gonna guess space wolf pack = tactical/whatever SW have for troops box.

**Oshova**

I can see them being like the DA Vets boxes, just a bit more expensive and another sprue or 2 . . . then you can make any SW out of it.

**wyomingfox**

But they haven't biggerized the Wolves. They were always real big. In the Space Wolf novel, they mention them being the size of a Rhino.
GW never made models for them, so told evryone to use the existing plastics to rep them

**JohnHwangDD**

Augustus wrote:I wonder if they will be able to field the new Leman Russ variants?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say "No".

If Chaos losses Bassies, Woofs will lose Russes.