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I have been looking for some Wolves and/or Werewolves to go with a 1st Age Middle-earth Army for Sauron when he ruled the Tol-in-Gaurhoth (Isle of Werewolves).

For Middle-earth, Tolkien said that "Werewolves" we're not the Hollywood shape-shifters (although a few Maia were wolf-shapeshifters, such as Sauron or Thurwingethil), but rather were "Wolves of Monstrous proportions and great intelligence."

Charcharoth would have been of the brood of Werewolves.

My armies are currently Thunderbolt Mountain miniatures for the Elves and Orcs/Goblins.

My Orcs have been painted to do double-duty as either 3rd Age Hithaeglir Orcs/Goblin (Gundabad to Goblin Town), or as First Age Orcs from the highlands of Dorthonion to the Ered Gorgoroth and Nan Dungortheb (the steep hills just to the north of the Marches of Doriath, where Thingol's wardens and armies were constantly being pressured). But Sauron had Orcs/Goblins at Tol-in-Gaurhoth as well (They were the forces harrying Nargothrond, and were those who fought at the Battle of Tumhalad).

But... I need about 16 Wolves, or Werewolves (the more human looking, or Wolves with human looking aspects, but with a Dark Ages feel to them: No Weird War II Nazi Werewolves).

They need to be at least as large as the Thunderbolt Mountain Wolves (Which I am using as regular Wolves (not the Monstrous Wolves, such as Charchoroth and his breed or brood).

Any help, please?

MB
P.S. I am having to do multiple edits to add some photos of possible miniatures that I cannot find the manufacturers of, or do not know if they are approx. 30mm (give or take a mm either way).

The 40K Space Wolves Fenrir (is that right???) also look like they would make excellent rank-file Wolves, or "Monstrous Non-Humanoid Werewolves/Gaurhoth".

I should look to see if The Hobbit miniatures make any Lone Wargs/Wolves from the movies (not the original LotR Wargs. I do not like those).

But anything that has a selection of multile poses, and are more realistic, please.

the middle image is Creoda from Mierce Miniatures, but he's a huge monster (that's an 80mm base).

They've a variety of others but all will be a lot too big (http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-ang&sou=cat)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loudnraging/raging-heroes-the-toughest-girls-of-the-galaxy/posts/1192088

Seen these?

Alternatively, although they are out of print, Confrontation had some fantasy werewolves. The plastic preprinted ones will run you about $2 apiece if you get them from a OOP mini retailer like Noble Knight or one of their competitors.

I think the bottom ones are from westwind (and are Nazi werewolves surprisingly enough)

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=126_207_211

and the blog below suggests they will fit what you want size wise

http://dawnofthelead.com/2010/02/20/


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Reaper does a werewolf of about the right size I cheap bones plastic

https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/werewolf/sku-down/77009

and if you can cope with clothes wrath of kings might have some stuff you could mess around with

http://wrathofkings.com/ks/factions/house-of-goritsi/

These are the Hobbit wargs, as opposed to the LotR ones:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Fell-Wargs

Here are a couple from Reaper.
http://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/03490
This one has a bit of an intelligent look in its eyes.


http://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/14623
If you want a bit of magical fire on one.

Third one in the OPis a Secrets of the Third Reich 1949 blitzhund if i'm not mistaken.

Used to be made by Westwind studios, but i think they were sold or acquired in the past 1-2 years.

In any event, the game it was made for is called Secrets of the Third Reich, 1949. Which is an absolutely under-rated Weird War 2 game. Super cool game. I miss playing my Brits.

There's these bros from Mierce



They're taller than 30mm, but they'll fit on 40 mm bases.

I guess The Hobbit Wargs would fit the bill, with that Meice Monster as a general.

The other Meice Werewolves look nice, but don't exactly have the attitude I am looking for. They are too human, and not enough Wolf.

MB

Loup Garou looks terrible on their webshop but is actually pretty damn nice.

Very incomplete version of mine, but you can see he's more wolf than shiny muscley guy, or pink lipped strangeness:


Then there's Heresy Miniatures Werewolf who is very large and very hairy.


Similarly Otherworld Miniatures.


Dark Sword do a very cunning wolf and quite a nice range of individual wolves.


Old Glory have their Howling Good Time box set which also nets you a few civilians you may not want.


Then there's the Plastic D&D Werewolf Lord who is very large indeed.


Gamezone miniatures do a variety of goblins riding wolves that pop right off to leave you with your chosen woof-woof.


Basicks Miniatures...


For a hefty leader, you could do worse than snagging a Confrontation Varghar and snapping the axe off his fist. He's weighty, as with all the Wolfen, and definitely the most feral and less setting-specific than the rest of the Wolfen.

There's the Heroclix Fenris Wolf that is effectively standing on two 30mm bases if you want a size gauge.

I could literally go on all night, and get increasingly obscure, but I'll stop here. Wolves/werewolves are what first got me into wargaming minis. Everyone has a shameful hobby, mine was ogling hairy wolfmen.

Ethanka, Commisar.

Between the Hobbit SBG Wargs, and the Darksword Wolves, I will be able to put together what I need (The Wargs as "Werewolves" and the Darksword "Dire Wolves" - many of which look to be variants of Tom Meier's Thunderbolt Mountain Wolves - as basic Wolves).

And I am sure that I will eventually be able to find a "leader Wolf" of some sort.


Oh, and the "Otherworld miniatures' werewolves look to be very close to Maia Werewolves as well.
MB

If you want some where something has gone wrong, there are the Goblin Wolves from Reaper -


I think that they are intended to be barghests, but... orc like faces, and they have hands....

The Auld Grump

For a leader of the wolves, how about the GW Wild Warg Chief?


I know you're not a huge fan of the style, but there's no denying it's a nice, bulky and imposing figure.

My problem is the fur.

When did GW forget how to do fur?

Though at least that isn't triangular wedges to represent fur, unlike like some of their recent plastic.

The Auld Grump - GW used to know how to sculpt fur....