Reply To: Noob help wanted with 40k Space Wolves

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Hi @lawnor , couple of things that might be worth considering as you are list-building:

• Long Fangs – use black & white for squad markings, up to six pack members, the Sgt can take a special weapon and all of  the other pack members can take a heavy weapon. If you take a Wolf Guard Terminator Pack Leader as well then they can take a Terminator heavy weapon. Personally I’ve got ideas for sticking two packs in a drop pod with multi-meltas & heavy bolters then sticking the Startegum that allows re-rolls to hit or to wound rolls on them 😀
• Bloodclaws/Skyclaws – turns out from the latest Chapter Approved FAQ that Skyclaws can be taken in Packs of up to 15 (plus the WGPL) as well. I reckon either of those could prove
• You mention you have some Dark Angels mixed in there – don;t be so quick to dismiss them. The DA Codex has a Stratagem (The Lion & The Wolf) that lets you play out the ritual duel Space Wolves & Dark Angels indulge in before battle if you have models from both in your army. If the two models you pick to take part survive then they get some tasy stat buffs (fluffy too)….

Regards costs if you want to expand, the good thing about Space Wolves &and Dark Angels to be fair) is the kit bashing. Very few of my Wolves are straight from the SW kit, instead most have been bashed together using these in concert with other kits. (I know, probably telling you how to suck eggs but I find it handy to be reminded how versatile the Astartes kits are from time to time).

But really just have fun with it dude. Wolves benefit from being the most individualistic of Chapters, so if you want to play around with loadouts & iconoraphy fill your boots. If you want to be competitive great, but don’t let that stop it being fun to build the force. I mean hell, I’m approaching 3000 points of Wolves with the only vehicle being a single Relic Contemptor and a load of Drop Pods, all because I was determined to recreate a version of the force from the very first Ragnar Blackmane short story from back at the end of Rogue Trader.  I imagine if I tried to field it at a non-narrative event I’d get some very strange looks….