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 Post subject: Dire Wolf Alternatives
PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:53 pm 
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Hey guys!

I'd like to get some fell wargs... but lets be honest: the new warg models GW made aren't that great.
I thought about maybe buying a Fenrisian Wolfpack instead, they look way more detailed and more wolfish too! And they are even cheaper! I'd paint them in the darker direwolf/warg colour scheme though. What do you think?

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I don't think there is that much of a difference, to be honest. The reason the Fenrisian thingies look better is because someone actually thought about their colour sheme.

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The main difference, if i see that correctly is, that the Fenrisians have fur modeled over their complete body, while the wargs look rather bold on their sides and back. Thats why I dont really like them..

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Just a note, but they're not actually cheaper. There's only five in a pack.
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I actually like the semi-bald Wargs better, they're not supposed to look to much like wolves IMO.

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Still, it's 19,50 € for five (3.90 p.p.) and 25 € for six wolves (4.17 p.p.).
Might be not such a big difference, but yeah.. ^^

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This has been brought up in a number of other threads, and I may be wrong on this, but I believe someone actually tried mixing the two only to find that the Fenrisian Wolfs were quite a bit larger than the Fell Wargs. But again, I may be wrong on that.

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KnightyKnight's right, there's a pic in another thread with a size comparison and the Fenrisian wolves are bigger than the wargs, however that's only a problem if you want to mix them. Personally I far prefer the Fenrisian wolves and, should I ever get some spare time and cash, I'll be replacing my old wargs with those models, I'm not taken by the new wargs at all.

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Anyone know any other companies selling Wild Wolves/Warg alternatives? :)

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Dark Sword sells ASOIAF Direwolves, I imagine you could use Ghost or Grey Wind. They are the only company I know which is actually more expensive then GW, though (even though the detail is mind-blowingly excellent) which probably kind of defeats the purpose.

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The Fenrisian are too big here one is with the metal warg and the plastic.
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They are larger, to be sure, but I don't think they're too big. A Fenrisian Wolf looks like it could be a bigger specimen of the same species. I think it's within standard guidelines for variation within a species.

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Its one of those things you can't really see untill its in hand. If you put an orc on him he would be about 50% taller then a SKoDA. I'm going to keep a few around for display purposes as Dire Wolves for my Stark fiefdom, but I think, and its my opinion it looks weird on the board.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:49 am 
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Thank you RangerofTheNorth for the photo. Not the best perspective to compare size though ;)
But anyway.. i guess I'll sleep a few nights over it anyway before I decide which wargs or wolves I might buy.
Maybe someone has some painted fell wargs to show already?

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