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Offline Lapsed Pacifist

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Warg alternatives?
« on: February 21, 2012, 09:16:55 AM »
Hi,

I'm looking for some large wolves to use as wargs in an Angmar army.

Any suggestions?

Cheers.
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Offline joroas

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 09:20:26 AM »
An old copy of Battle Masters will supply you with loads.......
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Offline Laughing Ferret

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 09:24:56 AM »
My favorite large wolves are the ones from Gamezone. Large enough to be wargs and really nice sculpts in my opinion.
They sell them without the goblin riders:

http://gamezoneminiatures.de/monster-maschinen.html

in the weird wars folder you can find skrapwelder's threads where he's got these wolves in his german army, to get a sense of scale
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Offline Pil

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 09:53:33 AM »
The Otherworld Dire Wolves are pretty fantastic:

http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/wilderness-encounters/we8b-dire-wolves-2/


The GW Wargs are probably your cheapest bet though (apart from second hand stuff maybe) and are not that bad in my opinion:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod770031a


Edit: Ramshackle games also has a pair of cheap resin wolves that are very large:


http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=39&products_id=317
http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=39&products_id=318
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Offline Funghy-Fipps

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 01:13:19 PM »
I second the Gamezone wolves as worthy candidates (they are big and mean-looking).   Also Tom Meier's Wolves are very nice.  Let us know what you decide. 
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Offline Doomhippie

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 01:14:53 PM »
Gee, the gamezone ones are cool. I myself stick to Otherworld. Like them a lot.
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Offline Doomsdave

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2012, 04:39:57 AM »
Just saw these posted on Frothers.  I know GW is bad but these wolves look pretty good.

http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=38031&start=0
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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2012, 06:38:33 AM »
I thik I have a collection of wolves from almost all better known manufacturers.

The Gamezone wolves are very nice but huge.
My favourites are the Otherworld, they look just right.

I see that no one has mentioned Thunderbolt Mountain, which is Tom Meier's own company:



Comes in two variants. As lovely as most things Mr Meier makes.
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Offline Pil

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2012, 08:41:59 AM »
Quote from: Funghy-Fipps on February 21, 2012, 01:13:19 PM
Also Tom Meier's Wolves are very nice.

 ;)

They are very nice though, I wasn't aware of them. They do look a bit smaller (more realistic in size) and I think they might go perfect with my old citadel wolves.
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Offline Lapsed Pacifist

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2012, 01:08:55 PM »
Thanks for sharing chaps, I might wait until I can get my hands the new space wolf wolves before I make a decision.

I need about ten so price and variation is a factor.

Cheers.
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Offline Gibby

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2012, 06:44:52 PM »
These are only just coming out but I love them:

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Offline Steve F

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2012, 07:07:57 PM »
Who are those by, Gibby?
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Offline Dewbakuk

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2012, 07:20:19 PM »
They're Fenrisian Wolves for GW's Space Wolves army. I like them, not really wolves, but that's the point. I'll probably pick some up to use as beasties of some kind.
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Offline YPU

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2012, 07:22:48 PM »
Quote from: Dewbakuk on February 25, 2012, 07:20:19 PM
They're Fenrisian Wolves for GW's Space Wolves army. I like them, not really wolves, but that's the point. I'll probably pick some up to use as beasties of some kind.

I agree, these do have a nice otherworldly feeling about them. (I think its in the eyes and ears?) They might work nicely as fey wolfs in some wild hunt or the like.
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Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: Warg alternatives?
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2012, 07:23:52 PM »
 :-*

Wooo... nice paint job!
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