Space Marine Demi-Company:
– 1 Captain or Chaplain
– 0-1 Command squad
– 3 Tactical squads
– 1 Assault squad, Bike squad, Attack bike squad, Land speeder squad or Assault Cents.
– 1 Devastator squad or Dev Cent squad.
– 0-1 Dreadnought of any type.
Bonuses: Dedicated Transports can be taken for FREE!
The Dark Angels Demi-Company is very similar... so we could apply this same structured logic to a Space Wolves force, like so:
Space Wolves Demi-Company?:
– 1 Wolfguard Battle Leader or Wolf Priest
– 0-1 Wolfguard pack
– 3 Grey Hunter packs
– 1 Blood claw pack, Swiftclaw pack, Skyclaw pack or Land speeder squadron
– 1 Long Fangs pack
– 0-1 Dreadnought of any type
Bonuses: Dedicated Transports can be taken for FREE!
Is it worth taking?
Hey, look at my current army below. It includes all of these things, apart from a pack of Long Fangs. Although I need to read the new Space Marines Codex to see how I would fit my 2 Dreadnoughts and Stormfang into this force with possible similar bolt-on detachments to what's in the new Marine Codex.
Now, if my Dedicated Transports are suddenly FREE, which is 5-6 Drop Pods, that's a saving of 175 to 210 points!
I say 5-6, because I may have to buy both Dreadnoughts Drop Pods if I have to select both Dreadnoughts from another bolt-on detachment.
I HAVE to take a pack of Long Fangs however. It's 135 points for a pack of 5 Long Fangs with 4 Missile Launchers. I'll give them a Drop Pod (because it's FREE!) and I'm left with 40 to 75 points left to spend.
So I'll use my remaining points to either buy the Long Fangs a Wolf Guard Pack Leader with Terminator Armour and a Storm Shield to soak up shots. Or give the Blood Claws a Wolf Guard Pack Leader with Terminator Armour and a Storm Shield to make them more of a threat.
CONCLUSION
Obviously, it would be nice if a Space Wolves Demi-Company worked like this, because I'd basically get a pack of Long Fangs in a Drop Pod and a Wolf Guard Pack Leader in Terminator Armour for free. And who knows what other perks they might get?
This is just wishlisting for now. So we'll have to wait and see if and when we get a new Codex and what's in it...