The Road to Fields of Blood NZGT 2018... Part 1

Well, having registered for the 40k New Zealand Grand Tournament, as mentioned in a previous post I have had to turn my thoughts toward what to take.

I think I may take Space Wolves.

One of the things that got me heading more surely down this path was going back to my old NZGT (and Natcon, Sydney GT etc.) 3rd Ed lists from 2000 to 2004 for some inspiration.

For instance, this was my 2002 Space Wolf NZGT army (2nd or 3rd place I think...?):

<apologies in advance for the formatting>

HQ - Wolf Lord	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Haakon Ironwolf	1	5	5	4+1	4	3	5	4/5	10	2+ 4+ Inv	166
	Independent Character; True Grit
Weapons:	Combi Bolter-Melta, Frost Axe
Equipment:	Runic Armour, Belt of Russ, Wolf Tooth Necklace, Frag Grenades

HQ - Wolf Guard Battle Leader	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Jotun Steelwolf	1	5	5	4+1	4	3	5	4/5	10	3+	86
	Independent Character; True Grit
Weapons:	Combi-Bolter, Frost Axe
Equipment:	Frag Grenades

HQ - Wolf Guard Battle Leader	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Tjalfe Helmreaver	1	5	5	4+1	4	3	5	4/5	10	3+	82
	Independent Character; True Grit
Weapons:	Bolt Pistol, Frost Axe
Equipment:	Frag Grenades

Troops – Grey Hunters	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Matteaus’s Grey Hunter Pack	10	4	4	4	4	1	4	1/2	8	3+	206
	True Grit
Weapons:	Bolter/Powerfist , Plasma Gun, Bolter/CCW (x8)
Equipment:	Wolf Totem

Troops – Grey Hunters

##

WS

BS

St

To

Wo

In

At

Ld

Save

Cost

Karl's Grey Hunter Pack

9

4

4

4

4

1

4

1/2

8

3+

246

True Grit

Weapons:

Plasma Pistol/CCW, Bolt Pistol/Power Fist, Meltagun, Bolt Pistol/CCW (x6)

Equipment:

Nil

Transport – Rhino

##

BS

Armour:

Front

Side

Rear

Rhino Baldur

1

4

11

11

10

Tank; If immobilised in the shooting phase instead of shooting roll a die. On a “6” vehicle becomes mobile.

Weapons:

Storm Bolter

Equipment:

Extra Armour, Smoke Launchers

Troops – Grey Hunters	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Kjarveld’s Grey Hunter Pack	10	4	4	4	4	1	4	1/2	8	3+	235
	True Grit
Weapons:	Bolter/Powerfist , Bolter/CCW (x7), Plasma Pistol/CCW, Plasma Gun
Equipment:	Wolf Totem

Troops – Blood Claws	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Kaloth's Blood Claw Pack	12	3	3	4	4	1	4	1/2	8	3+	188
	Headstrong; Berserk Charge
Weapons:	Bolt Pistol/Power Fist, Bolt Pistol/Power Weapon, Bolt Pistol/CCW (x10)
Equipment:	Frag Grenades

Heavy Support – Long Fangs	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Olaf’s Long Fang Pack	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	1	9	3+	199
	True Grit
Weapons:	Bolter/CCW, Heavy Bolter, Lascannon, Missile Launcher (x2)
Equipment:	Nil

Heavy Support – Whirlwind

##

BS

Armour:

Front

Side

Rear

Cost

Eld Fran Skyn

1

4

11

11

10

75

Tank

Weapons:

Whirlwind Multirocket Launcher

Equipment:

Nil

Heavy Support – Predator Annihilator

##

BS

Armour:

Front

Side

Rear

Cost

Wulfen Fang

1

4

13

11

10

153

Tank

Weapons:

Turret Twin-linked Lascannon, Sponson Lascannons

Equipment:

Extra Armour, Smoke Launchers

Elites – Wolf Scouts	##	WS	BS	St	To	Wo	In	At	Ld	Save	Cost
Balur's Wolf Scout Pack	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	1/2	8	4+	110
	Infiltrate if allowed; Operate behind enemy lines
Weapons:	Meltagun, Bolt Pistol/Power Weapon, Bolt Pistol/CCW (x3)
Equipment:	Meltabombs

In old numbers and percentagy stuff, it came out as this:

Troop Type	##	Count	Unused	Points	Unused	Percent
HQ (>=3unit <=3unit)	3	3	0	334	1416	19%
Elite (<=3unit)	5	1	2	110	1640	6%
Troops (>=2unit <=6unit)	41	4	2	875	875	50%
Fst. Atck. (<=3unit)	0	0	3	0	1750	0%
Hvy. Supp. (<=3unit)	7	3	0	427	1323	25%
Total:	47	11	6	1500	0	100%
Wargear Summary		7	n/a	78	n/a	5%

So curious, I went and pointed them up for 8th Ed.

Surprisingly, they come in around the same points. Taking some liberties with weapons loadouts but trying to stay relatively true to the original, this is what the above looks like:

++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Imperium - Space Wolves) [59 PL, 930pts] ++

+ HQ +

Wolf Lord [5 PL, 100pts]: 3. Tenacious Survivor, Combi-melta, Frost sword, Krakenbone Sword, Warlord

Wolf Guard Battle Leader [5 PL, 70pts]: Bolt pistol, Frost axe

+ Troops +

Blood Claws [12 PL, 177pts]

. 10x Blood Claw

. Blood Claw Pack Leader: Power fist

. Blood Claw with Special Weapon: Flamer

Grey Hunters [11 PL, 178pts]: 9x Chainsword, Wolf Standard

. Grey Hunter Pack Leader: Power fist

. 7x Grey Hunter w/Bolt Pistol

. Grey Hunter with Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Plasma gun

. Grey Hunter with Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Plasma gun

Grey Hunters [11 PL, 178pts]: 9x Chainsword, Wolf Standard

. Grey Hunter Pack Leader: Power fist

. 7x Grey Hunter w/Bolt Pistol

. Grey Hunter with Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Plasma gun

. Grey Hunter with Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Plasma gun

Grey Hunters [11 PL, 153pts]: 8x Chainsword

. Grey Hunter Pack Leader: Power fist

. 6x Grey Hunter w/Bolt Pistol

. Grey Hunter w/Plasma Pistol: Plasma pistol

. Grey Hunter with Special Weapon: Bolt Pistol, Meltagun

+ Elites +

Wolf Scouts [4 PL, 72pts]

. Wolf Scout: Combat knife

. Wolf Scout: Astartes shotgun

. Wolf Scout: Astartes shotgun

. Wolf Scout Pack Leader: Bolt pistol, Combat knife

. Wolf Scout with Heavy Weapon: Meltagun

+ Dedicated Transport +

Rhino [4 PL, 74pts]: 2x Storm bolter

++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Imperium - Space Wolves) [27 PL, 540pts] ++

+ HQ +

Wolf Guard Battle Leader [5 PL, 72pts]: Frost axe, Storm bolter

+ Heavy Support +

Long Fangs [7 PL, 170pts]

. Long Fang: Lascannon

. Long Fang: Lascannon

. Long Fang: Missile launcher

. Long Fang: Missile launcher

. Long Fang Pack Leader: Boltgun and Bolt Pistol, Chainsword

Predator [9 PL, 192pts]: Storm bolter, Twin lascannon

. Two Lascannons: 2x Lascannon

Whirlwind [6 PL, 106pts]: Storm bolter, Whirlwind vengeance launcher

++ Total: [86 PL, 1542pts] ++

So that looks pretty similar, and probably a good base to work off (albeit a lot to paint...)

Any thoughts comments or suggestions for upping this to 1750 would be appreciated. 

I imagine the extra 250pts might come down to a unit of Wulfen vs a unit of Thunderwolves (with some tweaking of the units i.e. drop a plasma gun in the Grey Hunters for a Wolf Guard leader with a combi-plasma if I want +1Ld, also maybe drop some Power Fists for Power Axes, that sort of thing... and goodbye combi-melta/meltaguns in general).

Interesting exercise though!