Space Wolves, large models needed for a full company Options

[ProPain]

Hi guys, according to the fluff, what kind of large models (baneblades etc) should a full company (300+ models) of Space Wolves have to accompany them. Should they be painted as spacewolves or do they take a different scheme.

[Brad M]

The only super heavy that i've seen any marine chapter have in its armoury is the Thunderhawk. And they are definately painted chapter colours.

As for numbers... well I think Thunderhawks are actually part of the fleet? So I have no idea.

Although a full company will fit in a strike cruiser. So how many Thunderhawks does a strike cruiser hold?

[ProPain]

So no titans etc at all?

[landa]

So no titans etc at all?

Nope.
Titans fall under their own branch of the Imperium.

And thinking back to Epic, I'm pretty sure Titans weren't part of the marine armies either.

[Cheexsta]

Titans are their own armed force, as separate to Space Marines as Space Marines are to Imperial Guard. Baneblades and variants are all Imperial Guard tanks as their slow speed and difficulty in transport makes them impractical for the fast-moving combat doctrine of the Space Marines. The exception to this is the Fellblade, which some of the first founding chapters still own and maintain, but they rarely get used on the battlefield.

Of course, there's nothing to stop you from fielding some Titans as an allied Legio Titanicus force, which is well within the rules of Apocalypse where they can be used. Same goes for Baneblades and such.

[Yaleling]

So no titans etc at all?

No sadly (itI would be cool for modelling reasons). The primary reason for the codex astartes was to reduce space marine forces to manageable levels should they rebel. The titans were pretty independent to start with, being purely under mechanicum control from the get go. So splitting them off was easy.

And the super-heavy vehicles (besides thunderhawks) were given to the newly formed Imperial Guard. And within the guard they are placed in separate super heavy regiments. That's why no new fellblade tanks have been made since the Horus Heresy. The very very few that survived the heresy are treated as chapter relics, and as Cheexta said almost never take to the field.

If you want to tie super heavy vehicles and titans to a space marine force for apocalypse adding an 'army badge' is a codex approved way of doing it. Usually marines wear such a badge (when called for) on the outside of the lower right leg. Putting that giant sized on titan banners could look very cool I reckon.

This post has been edited by Yaleling: Apr 11 2011, 10:07 AM