Scared the shit out of me listening to this at 3am as im falling asleep and the sound of someones door squeeking open and then shut plays in the video 😅 Thanks for the vid guys
Yes and no from what I see. They have diverse units and options of wargear on the units, but from a viability standpoint I am not sure they can vary as much as I want them to. Still more to talk about before we get the full picture though.
On the wolves not being friends with the army, (re)read Prospero Burns - especially Part Two (chapter five onwards). "The meeting began to disperse. Ogvai wandered towards Bear and Hawser. ‘You see?’ he asked, in Juvjk. ‘See what?’ Hawser replied. ‘What I brought you here to see,’ snapped Bear. ‘That everyone fears you?’ asked Hawser. Ogvai grinned. ‘That, yes. But also that I abide by the codes of war. We abide by the codes of war. The Vlka Fenryka abide by the codes of rule.’ ‘Why is it important to you that I understand that?’ ‘The Sixth Legion Astartes has a reputation,’ said Bear. ‘All the Legions Astartes have reputations,’ replied Hawser. ‘Not like ours,’ said Ogvai. ‘We are known for our ferocity. We are thought to be feral and undisciplined. Even brother Legions consider us to be wild and bestial.’ ‘And you’re not?’ asked Hawser. ‘If we need to be,’ said Ogvai. ‘But if that was our natural state, we’d all be dead by now.’ He leaned down towards Hawser like a parent addressing a child. ‘It takes a vast amount of self-control to be this dangerous,’ he said." - "‘What sort of thing are you?’ Hawser looked up from the strategium desk and found he was being addressed by the G9K Division Kill combat master who had been in conference with Ogvai. ‘Do you have clearance to be here?’ the man asked, clearly emboldened now that the brute Astartes had gone. ‘You know I do,’ Hawser replied with a confidence that surprised even him. The man was prepared to argue the toss, so Hawser brushed back his hair, which had grown long during the great year spent at the Aett, and properly revealed his gold and black-pinned eye. ‘I am a watcher, chosen by the favour of the Sixth Legion Astartes,’ said Hawser. The combat master’s expression registered distaste. ‘But you’re human?’ ‘Generally speaking.’ ‘How can you live with those beasts?’ ‘Well, I watch my tongue, for a start. What’s your name?’ ‘Pawel Korine, combat master first class.’ ‘I get the distinct impression that no one here is comfortable having the Wolves as allies.’ Korine studied Hawser uncertainly. ‘I’ll watch my tongue, I think,’ he said. ‘I don’t want them looking at me through your eyes and deciding I need to be taught a lesson in obedience.’" - The Rout of 30k are not the wolves of 40k - although they do have their own proxies, their thralls, who at one point wear "thrall armour" over knotwork leather bodysuits. I do hope they provide ways to represent legion thralls or serfs at some point - the Sanguinius novella featured them in formation alongside auxilia (which means standard along solar armies).
Scared the shit out of me listening to this at 3am as im falling asleep and the sound of someones door squeeking open and then shut plays in the video 😅
Thanks for the vid guys
On the french book for the companions squad, they specified you can take either magna or minor combi weapons for 5 points :)
It seems like the HH list that offers the most creative list building.
Yes and no from what I see. They have diverse units and options of wargear on the units, but from a viability standpoint I am not sure they can vary as much as I want them to. Still more to talk about before we get the full picture though.
On the wolves not being friends with the army, (re)read Prospero Burns - especially Part Two (chapter five onwards).
"The meeting began to disperse. Ogvai wandered towards Bear and Hawser.
‘You see?’ he asked, in Juvjk.
‘See what?’ Hawser replied.
‘What I brought you here to see,’ snapped Bear.
‘That everyone fears you?’ asked Hawser.
Ogvai grinned.
‘That, yes. But also that I abide by the codes of war. We abide by the codes of war. The Vlka Fenryka abide by the codes of rule.’
‘Why is it important to you that I understand that?’
‘The Sixth Legion Astartes has a reputation,’ said Bear.
‘All the Legions Astartes have reputations,’ replied Hawser.
‘Not like ours,’ said Ogvai. ‘We are known for our ferocity. We are thought to be feral and undisciplined. Even brother Legions consider us to be wild and bestial.’
‘And you’re not?’ asked Hawser.
‘If we need to be,’ said Ogvai. ‘But if that was our natural state, we’d all be dead by now.’
He leaned down towards Hawser like a parent addressing a child.
‘It takes a vast amount of self-control to be this dangerous,’ he said."
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"‘What sort of thing are you?’
Hawser looked up from the strategium desk and found he was being addressed by the G9K Division Kill combat master who had been in conference with Ogvai.
‘Do you have clearance to be here?’ the man asked, clearly emboldened now that the brute Astartes had gone.
‘You know I do,’ Hawser replied with a confidence that surprised even him. The man was prepared to argue the toss, so Hawser brushed back his hair, which had grown long during the great year spent at the Aett, and properly revealed his gold and black-pinned eye.
‘I am a watcher, chosen by the favour of the Sixth Legion Astartes,’ said Hawser.
The combat master’s expression registered distaste.
‘But you’re human?’
‘Generally speaking.’
‘How can you live with those beasts?’
‘Well, I watch my tongue, for a start. What’s your name?’
‘Pawel Korine, combat master first class.’
‘I get the distinct impression that no one here is comfortable having the Wolves as allies.’
Korine studied Hawser uncertainly.
‘I’ll watch my tongue, I think,’ he said. ‘I don’t want them looking at me through your eyes and deciding I need to be taught a lesson in obedience.’"
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The Rout of 30k are not the wolves of 40k - although they do have their own proxies, their thralls, who at one point wear "thrall armour" over knotwork leather bodysuits. I do hope they provide ways to represent legion thralls or serfs at some point - the Sanguinius novella featured them in formation alongside auxilia (which means standard along solar armies).
Also check out Inferno again, and see allusions to this animosity on p23 among others :)