Our first Inner Sphere 'Mech of 2017 is one of a few that helped usher in a new time in the BattleTech universe. As one of the first new 'Mech designs in centuries, the
Wolfhound was a part of a new group of designs showing things were getting better, although not necessarily for the enemies of the Lyran Commonwealth.
For us, the fans, the
Wolfhound has appeared in sourcebooks, novels, and in the animated series. The art for the original
Wolfhounds (WLF-1 and WLF-2) has been a little inconsistent. Most sources depect the head as essentially a 3D parallelogram but others (including
BattlePack: Fourth Succession War and the animated series) depict it as having a dog-like head. This inconsistency carried over to the miniatures as well.
The sculpts I know of for the
Wolfhound, released by Ral Partha, Iron Wind Metals, and Catalyst Game Labs are:
- The original sculpt for the WLF-1 (20-891, RP/IWM), which uses the dog-like head.
- The resculpt for the WLF-1 (also 20-891, IWM), which uses the head seen in the TROs.
- The BattleForce-scale sculpt for the WLF-1 (20-9103, IWM), which follows the example of the WLF-1 resculpt.
- The plastic Wolfhound from the Pursuit Lance Pack (CGL), which also follows the example of the WLF-1 resculpt.
- And, finally, the sculpt for the WLF-2H (20-5035, IWM).
Please post any
Wolfhounds you have painted or will be painting!
To those of you who post in this thread or have posted in previous threads, as well as those who have read and commented, thank you!
Our next fortnight's 'Mech will be the
Stormcrow (
Ryoken).