40K: Goatboy’s Cheapass Space Wolves
Goatboy here again looking at ways to build a decent army at a low price. I am known as a Space Wolf player (Space Counts and Counts as Captain of Doom!) so Big Red asked me to build out a list and keep it on the cheap. There are some conversions in the list – but it really revolves around gluing on cool bits here and there.
Since the Wolves Battalion revolves around Drop pods I went with one box. You get an extra batch of Wolf Scouts for “free” out of the set so it isn’t costing you more. You could add them later on if you want too.
The List
So let’s see the list. A basic Wolf Lord Armageddon.
HQ: Wolf Lord, Thunder Wolf, Frost Weapon, Storm Shield, Saga of the Warrior Borne, Fenris Wolves X 2
HQ: Wolf Lord, Thunder Wolf, Powerfist, Storm Shield, Saga of the Bear, Fenris Wolves X 2
HQ: Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain, JaWs, Living Lightning
HQ: Rune Priest, Murderous Hurricane, Living Lightning
Elites: WG X 4, Combi-Melta X 2, Combi-Plasma X 2, Powerfist X 4
Troops: Grey Hunters X 9, Meltagun, Wolf Standard, Drop Pod
Troops: Grey Hunters X 9, Meltagun, Wolf Standard, Drop Pod
Troops: Grey Hunters X 8, Plasmagun, Wolf Standard, Drop Pod
Troops: Grey Hunters X 8, Plasmagun, Wolf Standard, Drop Pod
FA: Thunder Wolf Cav X 3, Storm Shield X 2, Powerfist
1850pts on the nose.
The Damage
Let’s see what you would have to buy. Will do the actual prices not the search the interwebs for better deals.
Let’s Total it out what is needed.
Total Power Armor bodies = 40.00
Thunder Wolf Cav = 5
Drop Pods = 4
So let’s figure out the cost.
Thunder Wolves X 2 – 54.50 X 2 = $109.00
We need 5 total so we have an extra one. You can use that for trade or maybe see a way to break it apart and buy the bits separately.
Droppod + 10 Man Squad X 2 = $55.00 X 2 = $110.00
This gets us 20 guys, 2 Meltaguns, 2 Plasmaguns, and 2 Fists. Plus 2 Drop pods too!
Space Wolf Battalion Box set = $100.00
Here you get the 20 Space Wolf Bodies with enough extra bits to clean up the guys above. We get plasma pistols as well and other options to help amp up anything else we need. There are also some bits we can use to create the Wolf Standard as the new model is a bit expensive.
Drop Pod = $33.00
We needed one more Drop Pod.
Box of Fenris Wolves = $24.75
From there we just need some bits to create the combi-meltas. You can take the Inferno Pistols from the Death Company pack to create some interesting combi-meltas. I would take the Storm Bolter you get from the Space Wolf boxed set, add the melta front end, and call it a day to create a big fat combi-bolter.
Bits = $10.00
If you go and do some searching I am sure you can get it down to about $300.00 dollars total which is pretty good for a rather large army full of scoring troops and some punch. Plus it is completely plastic which is always a great thing.
Metal can eat it! – Goatboy Out!
