Goatboy’s 40k Thoughts: Space Wolves or Space Goats?
I am always on the look out for a new army. As you can tell, I quickly get an army up to snuff paint wise and the constant drive to have something new and challenging keeps me going. It also makes my local store owner happy too! So with Space Wolves coming next and I feel the urge to create an army based off of this new book.
First of all – my own personal thoughts on the book is that they are a pretty interesting army to play, but I still feel C:SM is still better for their overall cheaper cost as well as larger range of options available. But that is for another time, when I do an actual break down of the Wolves codex versus what kind of options you have with the good ole smurfs. The biggest thing with the new Wolf codex is that I feel the flavor that could have been in the Chaos Space Marine book has been added to the Space Puppies book. So what does this mean for me? Well since I really don’t like playing “good” guys it means I need to create a Space Wolves army that is a bit more – Chaos like. Thus I’ve decided that my next army is going to be called “Space Goats” and use some bits from Beastmen, Orks, Chaos, as well as Daemons to create my army. My plan is to hopefully have this done by the upcoming Adepticon. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem, but I have some up coming commissions that will take up the majority of my time.
The thought behind the army is to take some of cooler bits of the Space Wolves codex and Chaos them up model wise. Besides giving me a broader range of conversions, it will also let me create an army that doesn’t look too cookie cutter on the table. The bits from the codex that made me want to create this crazy army is the thought of Thunderwolves. My plan is to take the new Juggernaut model and create riders on there. The currently Thunderwolf model is on a dreadnought base and since the Juggernaut is on the same base, the sizes will be similar. This will ensure that I am not stretching the rules as well as LOS that should be available to armies trying to target my monsters. I plan on using Ork arms to represent the sheer strength increase as well as give me some cool options for “Frost axes” and other such nonsense.
The army is going to be fairly small as it will allow for quick games that I can easily finish and have more then enough time to get something good to eat. Plus it will allow me a lot less standing as I have to move every model in some kind of crazy horde. Beyond the Juggernauts, I will be using bits and pieces from the Fantasy Chaos Marauder boxed set to give all the models different crazy weapons as well as banners and other bits that will make them look like some kind of crazy goat warrior race. Look for some test models in the coming weeks as I get ahold of some goat heads.
Space Goats 1.01 – REVENGE OF THE GOATBOY!!!
HQ: Njal
HQ: Wolflord, Saga of the Bear, Thunderwolf mount, Thunderhammer, Fenris Wolves (2)
HQ: Wolflord, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Thunderwolf mount, Frost Axe, Fenris Wolves (2)
Troops Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), Powerfist, Mark of the Wulfen
Troops Grey Hunters (10), Meltagun (2), Powerfist, Mark of the Wulfen
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (3), Mark of the Wulfen, Power Fist
FA: Thunderwolf Cav (3), Mark of the Wulfen, Power Fist
Heavy: LRC, MM
Heavy: LRC, MM
This is a 2000 point list and the thought behind it is, the LRC run up forward, with the Juggers running behind. The Juggers should get a 4+ cover save most of the time, and if not you can dump wounds on the Wolves that run with each of the Wolf Lords. The one with the Saga of the Bear can take further wound dumps, as he won’t instant die to Str 10 weapons.
I am not sure if Njal is worth it, as you can almost get 2 Rune Priests for that with some annoying powers. Both with Jaws and one with Living lightning and the other with Tempest’s Wrath. I won’t be able to really find out until I do a bit more testing. I know the basic set up is locked but the HQ’s can always change up. I might find that Canis might be a better buy instead of one of the Wolflords. It would make a for a cool Juggernaut with huge claws on the rider.
~That is my current army thought for the next few months. I still want to finish my regular marines and plan on doing so in the same time with some more IG as well as another ork order. Fun times for Goatboy eh? Jump on in here with comments and questions.
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