More Space Wolves and Thunderwolves!
February 23, 2012 by beerogre
That's right... you've seen some of the releases for the Space Wolves and Tyranids due out next month... but would you like to see some more?
First up we have the mighty Wolf Lord mounted on his fearsome Thunderwolf!
This guy will be Finecast and he's packing a Storm Shield and Frost Axe... better yet, you get the beat-up body of a Thousand Sons Chaos Marine to stick to your base... does that suggest there will be an injection of new life into the armies of Chaos this year?
Next we have Darrell's favourite... the mighty Arjac Rockfist... slayer of so many of Darrell's enemies, his number of victories are not easily counted!
Another two Finecast releases will be the Grey Hunter with a Wolf Standard and a brand new Cyber-Wolf model...
All of the releases mentioned above, will be in Finecast and all of the existing characters and single models that you've already seen on the GW website will be transferred to the bubbly-grey-stuff, which I know will be disappointing many of you.
However, on the up-side, the Wolves have now some of their most popular and a iconic characters and units in all their glory!
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Arjac Bubblefist
Arjac Limpfist
Arjac Warpedfist
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Seriously though – I hope the inevitable unboxing goes well, it might indicate improvement in the new casts. I really like those Fenrisian Wolves but the Cyberwolf looks awkward somehow, like it can’t move without doing it jerkily. I know it’s got bionics but if they don’t work well why is it in combat?
Still – the Wolves have their models at long last. Will it spark a new surge of SW players this long after the book came out though, that’s the question…
have to agree the cyberwolf just looks like sh!t
I disagrre some of my poop looks better
I’m going to stick with my custom Arjac.
i like these, although i don’t see the point of the grey hunter with standard. you get one in a normal grey hunters box, why would you fork out another £10 for one?
Darrell has to be happy and sad on this one Arjac is his own mini : )
but made out of finecast : (
Oh well at least I can some thunder wolf models, made out of finecast…
i pretty sure the box of 3 thunderwolves is plastic its just the lord on thunder wolf thats finecast
How to the riders stay on their mounts?
Do they have power butts that clench tightly to the wolf’s fur?
I lol’d hard. +1 to you sir!
It must be an extra addition in the space wolves gene seed.
The Emperors Crack.
They have a vacuum attachment that sucks on the wolf so they don’t fall off @chibi
Well I guess they are often Dyson with Death! *GROAN*
haha!
I think the Thunderwolves box is going to be plastic , and not Finecast. It is listed as plastic kit on the shop’s new catalogues, and if you see the photos, there is a blurry picture of the box, and it doesnt seem to have the yellow bar that indicates its Finecast.
Arjac’s shield is a lot less impressive than the one he’s using in his codex illustration, as well as a completely different shape. I think the sculptor was watching the wrong marvel movie here, he throws the hammer not the frickin’ shield.
I havn’t had a huge amount of trouble with finecast, just lucky I guess, not one issue, but I am not raving over these models. Shame really.
Do you know what’s really annoying? Those wolf sculpts are pretty damn good.
I’ll be ordering a box of them. Tons versatility for fantasy and scifi settings. And yes, there’re really nice 🙂
I disagree, I think they look a little weird and I think its the fur. Im sure its very hard to sculpt good fur but I dont like what they have done there. All the other sculpts I think are really nice though 🙂
Like Arjac ( apart from the shield), really like the wolf lord and fenrisian wolves, i may just have to make those my first finecast purchases. Cant really understand why the fenrisians are finecast, but there you go!
Like the standard on the grey hunter, but dislike the pose, and the cyberwolf looks terrible imo!
Think that about covers it all! as second waves go, not too bad at all.
You’re in luck because the Fenrisian wolves are a plastic kit 😉
Check here:
http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/w4_fenriswolves.jpg
🙂 awesome! no wispa wolves for me!
Still prefer the circle of orberos wolves for my thunderwolf cavalry.
Those new Thunder Wolves are kinda nice looking.
Those wolves are some of the best models from GW in a long time. They look at least as anatomically correct as GW’s human models and put the old dire wolf models to shame. My only problem with any of them is how gw sculpts fur. You see, GW doesn’t sculpt lines of hair or tufts of fur as much as they sculpt stubby little spikes like scales and paint therm in a pattern resembling fur. I know fur is tough to sculpt, and I know i couldn’t do better myself, but that thunderwolf the lord is riding looks spikier… Read more »
lol I replied to someone else saying the same thing, I just dont like their method of doing fur but as you say I guess its tough to sculpt so compromise must be made…
Thunder, Thunder
Thunder Wolves HO!!!
Sorry couldnt help myself
Have you guys seen the new prices!? For-f’n-get it.
But Fenrisian Wolves are difficult to breed and raise in captivity. Then there is the cost of beer for the handlers, transport costs from Fenris, Not forgetting the extra for the Dyson Power Butt geneseed attachment….
It all adds up to the cost you know.
Personally I’m hoping with some of these models being new the failcast moulds might actually be better than those converted from metal, As for the models I’m actually quite excited. The Thunderwolf Lord looks pretty sweet, the only problem is the insane cost compared to a regular guy. Unless he’s noticably bigger/cooler then I’ll stick with my Canis converted ones. The cavalry models are also pretty damned nice, and not actually as horribly expensive as I was expecting(although they could be a tad cheaper tbh) The fenrisian wolves I find kind of meh. Some of the poses just look kind… Read more »
Caught between building onto my SW list, or wait for the DAs models in the 6th’s box game …
i looked at the gw webstore pic and the new thunderwolf plastic models look really stupid as well only thing i liked from the spures is the shields and 2 headed power axe
Why can’t GW give a full unit in a single box…and for the frigen price of those thunderwolfs… damn u workshop!!!!