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 pretre wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
A Dread would be pretty epic, and the 'Ancient Warriors' bit in WD suggests just that.

I would love for dreads to be more useful, but I already have my metal Bjorn (who is my oldest painted miniature with the same paint job from the beginning) and don't want to replace him. (Although a sufficiently awesome kit could convince me.)

Same here, though I got mine of eBay and I will never match the paint job to replace the Assault Cannon with a Plasma Cannon. An new kit would let me make a second one.

I like the sound of a new space wolf dread. Blood Angels got a dread so seems pretty plausible, likely will have new options i'm gonna guess.

I'm guessing it'll have some kind of Helfrost weapon, and maybe an upgunned Wolf Claw.

Isn't that Space Wolf on the cover of Blood of Asaheim wearing a Death Watch pauldron? Or am I mistaken?

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Isn't that Space Wolf on the cover of Blood of Asaheim wearing a Death Watch pauldron? Or am I mistaken?

Yes, in the story he has returned to the wolves after being in DW.

It's a good book.

Not sure this will be the cover of SW codex then... Unless GW really are that lazy lol

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Not sure this will be the cover of SW codex then... Unless GW really are that lazy lol

I'm not sure it qualifies as lazy in particular but they've done the exact same thing in the past.






The novel preceded the codex by at least a year. I don't have an issue with them doing it again but I'm a big fan of that particular SW cover art.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I do wish people who don't intend to maintain the original post would just not bother being the thread starter..

It's a little extreme to expect people to be able to predict the future before they are allowed to start a thread.

Adding later information to the first post is a useful aid, not a requirement of the forum. If the OP isn't doing it, you can always hit the mod alert on a post containing new information and ask us to do it.

 insaniak wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I do wish people who don't intend to maintain the original post would just not bother being the thread starter..

It's a little extreme to expect people to be able to predict the future before they are allowed to start a thread.

Adding later information to the first post is a useful aid, not a requirement of the forum. If the OP isn't doing it, you can always hit the mod alert on a post containing new information and ask us to do it.

While I understand the second part and certainly have done it in the past and continue to (although I think it is silly to have to get the mods to update the first post when the OP should do it), you don't need to predict the future to know that creating a new post in News and Rumors will require a certain amount of follow-up on your part down the line. If you don't want that level of follow-up, just don't create a new thread.

 warboss wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Not sure this will be the cover of SW codex then... Unless GW really are that lazy lol

I'm not sure it qualifies as lazy in particular but they've done the exact same thing in the past.

The novel preceded the codex by at least a year. I don't have an issue with them doing it again but I'm a big fan of that particular SW cover art.

Guess they really are that lazy lol.

Or they reuse good artwork. Heaven forbid.

 pretre wrote:
Or they reuse good artwork. Heaven forbid.

Also true.

I would enjoy that cover. It suits the style of the rest.

I like that cover as well.

Actually I've liked all the covers thus far - now the content...

 pretre wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
A Dread would be pretty epic, and the 'Ancient Warriors' bit in WD suggests just that.

I would love for dreads to be more useful, but I already have my metal Bjorn (who is my oldest painted miniature with the same paint job from the beginning) and don't want to replace him. (Although a sufficiently awesome kit could convince me.)

More awesome than this?

 Paradigm wrote:
I'm guessing it'll have some kind of Helfrost weapon, and maybe an upgunned Wolf Claw.

Seems likely, with plenty of pelts and details to make it venerable, and some specific ones if the want to make Byorn no doubt.

 Anpu42 wrote:
I would love to see a Frost Lance/Spear.

Don't tease me! I would totally use these on TWC, I don't even care how effective it is, as long as it looks cool!

On another note, am very interested in reading some Space Wolves fiction, is there a good place to start or should I just get the compendiums and read them in order?

Don't read Prospero Burns or Thousands Sons first....It's not told from the perspective of a SW and I did not like how they were portrayed.

Blood of Asaheim is good one to start with IMO, its set in the current timeline.

Kraken is a cool short story told from the perspective of a Lone Wolf.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 pretre wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
A Dread would be pretty epic, and the 'Ancient Warriors' bit in WD suggests just that.

I would love for dreads to be more useful, but I already have my metal Bjorn (who is my oldest painted miniature with the same paint job from the beginning) and don't want to replace him. (Although a sufficiently awesome kit could convince me.)

More awesome than this?

Contemptors variant with frost claws and fangs.

 pretre wrote:

This is why I play space wolves. Look at that guy. He looks freekin dangerous. Seriously...

What more scary? The above guy or this guy.



I love SW art. The only guys who even come close are some really awesome BT art that I've seen. The guys look like they mean business.

Hey that chalice would hurt if it hit you.

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
On another note, am very interested in reading some Space Wolves fiction, is there a good place to start or should I just get the compendiums and read them in order?

The Compendiums are okay, but they're older fluff and they're basically half-decent bolter porn at their core. Get Battle of the Fang - it's top notch bolter porn (until the third act anyway, at which point it goes off the rails sadly...). Do read Prospero Burns at some point - it's basically the anti-Black Library. A very slow burn with nary a battle in sight, but lots of philosophy and culture - I loved it because it was just so surprising and refreshing, but YMMV. A Thousand Sons was okay, but again - basically just bolter porn. Plus they really unfairly portray the Space Wolves and have made lots of nerds who've only read that book hate the Wolves unjustly.

Natfka New rumor, saying what many of us already susypect:

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/07/next-week-bjorn-venerable-dreadnaught.html

Next week it looks like we are going to be seeing a new Venerable Dreadnought box set release for Space Wolves. A box set to make Bjorn the Fell-Handed would be a good release set next week. This rumor makes a lot of sense based on the "Ancient Warriors of Fenris" hint from White Dwarf.


Please remember that this is a rumor. Here is the image of the Blood of Asaheim he is talking about.






via an anonymous source on the cover of the Space Wolf codex and next week's releases.
It' looks like the Blood of Asaheim Novel cover, but different.

I heared next week GW will bring an Bjorn/Venerable SW Dreadnought Box.

If I didn't know better I'd say Natfka was reading dakka post and passing off general consensus as rumors now...

Would not be the first time...

Good maybe they can find a way to shoehorn Armor 13 Dreadnought rules into the White Dwarf along with the kit..

I assume that's how they were doing Orks, did they just add all the new rules into the codex when it launched?

About the Blood of Asaheim cover - all 6th and 7th ed Codices have had that style of cover (single warrior framed from a low angle), so it would be reasonable to assume that they'd be similar, even if they weren't intentionally riffing on the cover of Blood of Asaheim.

 Bulldogging wrote:
Don't read Prospero Burns or Thousands Sons first....It's not told from the perspective of a SW and I did not like how they were portrayed.

Blood of Asaheim is good one to start with IMO, its set in the current timeline.

Kraken is a cool short story told from the perspective of a Lone Wolf.

Prospero burns and thousand sons are two of the best books in the entire series. Prospero is probably the best.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Bulldogging wrote:
Don't read Prospero Burns or Thousands Sons first....It's not told from the perspective of a SW and I did not like how they were portrayed.

Blood of Asaheim is good one to start with IMO, its set in the current timeline.

Kraken is a cool short story told from the perspective of a Lone Wolf.

Prospero burns and thousand sons are two of the best books in the entire series. Prospero is probably the best.

Oh they are great books, just not the best portrayal of SWs, assuming you like the Logan Grimnar era type SWs. As discussed in the thread about the books, in fairness they are both from outside perspectives.

I do hope they give Bjorn his Wolf Claw back.

If we are discussing SW books, I'd throw out The Emperor's Gift. It is primarily a Grey Knights story, but there is some very good Space Wolves content.

I also love the Bill King novels that kicked off Black Library 15 years ago.