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You know how SM are the poster boys in Wh40k? Well, who are their fantasy conterparts? I can't really think of any one army that gets the amount of attention that marines do.

IMO the Warrior Priest, which is very close to SM, a heavy armored religious zealot that fights for a greater diety that in this uniiverse is seen as the order/good side. Chaos Warrior would come in a close second as they are the same but with chaos/evil side.

Hargus56 wrote:IMO the Warrior Priest, which is very close to SM, a heavy armored religious zealot that fights for a greater diety that in this uniiverse is seen as the order/good side. Chaos Warrior would come in a close second as they are the same but with chaos/evil side.

He didn't mean their combat-likeness, he meant 'popularity' wise.

And it's a tough call. Since Fantasy isn't dominated by one faction with minimal differences between each army books (a la Space Marines), it's harder to decide on a 'poster boy' for Fantasy.

I'd tip my hat towards Orcs & Goblins, though. Fantasy seems to be less 'grimdark' than 40k, with the occasional humorous reference still left in, even if it's a bit more filled with skulls. And it seems that O&G represent that best.

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Skaven or WoC seem to be pretty popular.
Guess girls ain't the only ones that like 'em bad.

well if ard boys is any telling, the last semi finals i was at we had one of everything except ogres,tk, and VC.
there was 2 skaven and 2 DE and 2 woc.

infinite_array wrote:

Hargus56 wrote:IMO the Warrior Priest, which is very close to SM, a heavy armored religious zealot that fights for a greater diety that in this uniiverse is seen as the order/good side. Chaos Warrior would come in a close second as they are the same but with chaos/evil side.

He didn't mean their combat-likeness, he meant 'popularity' wise.

And it's a tough call. Since Fantasy isn't dominated by one faction with minimal differences between each army books (a la Space Marines), it's harder to decide on a 'poster boy' for Fantasy.

I'd tip my hat towards Orcs & Goblins, though. Fantasy seems to be less 'grimdark' than 40k, with the occasional humorous reference still left in, even if it's a bit more filled with skulls. And it seems that O&G represent that best.

I don't think he did say popularity. I think he said attention and I was assuming attention from GW, I maybe wrong though. And when it comes down to it when I go into my local GW the door to the back room has a giant picture of a Warrior Priest and Chaos Warrior Fighting, the rulebook always features a Warhammer which is the weapon of choice of a Warrior Priest decorated with tributes to Sigmar. I'd say warrior priest or better a warrior priest fighting an exhalted hero of chaos.

I do agree with you that there is not the hey this one race takes up half of your development time because there is 5-6 different books and armies based on it. Elves would be the most similar with 3.

I think for sheer on the adverts it can change a lot depending on whats in the starter set. Chaos warriors are very iconic ad unique to WHFB setting though, seem to be an image associated with it as well as the high elves especially.

There is no poster boy army in Warhammer Fantasy. No fraction not even humans fill half the army slots.

I believe it's WoC.

If you think of walking into a store and there's a picture of a blue Ultramarine, you know it's 40K. If you see something like:



You know it's WHFB. Or probably. An elf is an elf. Same with Orcs and Dwarves. That super-spikey chaosy plate is a semi-unique aspect of WHFB. I mean more fantasy has copied it because it's a cool, iconic style.

Night Goblins - with focus on fanatics, squig hoppers, shamen and stone trolls. Even before (and after) 7ed boxed set focus, they were very strongly identifiable as Warhammer. Sure, a huge amount of them are appropriated and amalgamated from existing ideas, but the same can be said of anything in WH.

Orcs & gobbos, without a doubt, followed by either Skaven/Empire

Warrior Priest. Every time I see an advertisement for anything warhammer related, I almost always see a warrior priest.

guys guys....stop with the BS....its Dwarves/dwarfs K!

ParatrooperSimon wrote:guys guys....stop with the BS....its Dwarves/dwarfs K!

To true

I would say Chaos Warriors because everyone knows them and lets be honest they do look like SM.

Therunabout wrote:I would say Chaos Warriors because everyone knows them and lets be honest they do look like SM.

...You're trying to make people sell their WoC army aren't you? I think the range of answers shows it depends what is being released, starter set armies etc there isn't a specific race that gets the limelight.

Warriors of chaos would be the most likely comparison to space marines as they look fairly alike and people know of them instantly if you talk about them in games workshop.
Elves and Dwarfs would also make fair poster boys as people tend to know what they are but personally I think a regiment of cavalry on the charge (the race is irrelevant but I would choose blood knights) would be a fair comparison to space marines.

ParatrooperSimon wrote:guys guys....stop with the BS....its Dwarves/dwarfs K!

Totally Dwarfs. This is undeniable.

lord kryz wrote:Warriors of chaos would be the most likely comparison to space marines as they look fairly alike and people know of them instantly if you talk about them in games workshop.
Elves and Dwarfs would also make fair poster boys as people tend to know what they are but personally I think a regiment of cavalry on the charge (the race is irrelevant but I would choose blood knights) would be a fair comparison to space marines.

there certainly the simular size of Space Marines thats for certain.

I would say Dwarves seem the most prominent race; but a poster unit i would say Warrior Priest armed with 2-handed hammer. Maybe Grombindal but that seems to be the White Dwarf only. Dwarves are an extremely unique race to look at with WHF when compared to Tolkien, warcraft, or D&D.

Also...

My vote would be for Orcs and Goblins they always seem one of the more popular armies as kids buy a lot of them.

infinite_array wrote:

Hargus56 wrote:IMO the Warrior Priest, which is very close to SM, a heavy armored religious zealot that fights for a greater diety that in this uniiverse is seen as the order/good side. Chaos Warrior would come in a close second as they are the same but with chaos/evil side.

He didn't mean their combat-likeness, he meant 'popularity' wise.

And it's a tough call. Since Fantasy isn't dominated by one faction with minimal differences between each army books (a la Space Marines), it's harder to decide on a 'poster boy' for Fantasy.

I'd tip my hat towards Orcs & Goblins, though. Fantasy seems to be less 'grimdark' than 40k, with the occasional humorous reference still left in, even if it's a bit more filled with skulls. And it seems that O&G represent that best.

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skulls fit more in a fantasy then a sci fi


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Necroshea wrote:Warrior Priest. Every time I see an advertisement for anything warhammer related, I almost always see a warrior priest.

despite them being not as good as before

Lord Poison wrote:

Necroshea wrote:Warrior Priest. Every time I see an advertisement for anything warhammer related, I almost always see a warrior priest.

despite them being not as good as before

Always found that sort of funny. For being something that shows up all the time I never hear of them being run usually.

Lord Poison wrote:skulls fit more in a fantasy then a sci fi

I'll say Empire as most of the games perspective sees to come from that Empire, plus they're regularly updated and have lots of options and lore.

I know for sure the Empire is atleast the red shirts of WHFB. In -every- picture of the Beastmen codex. Its Gors and Bestigors slaying Empire state soldiers left right and center.

That might be more due to the two factions having a lot of background together and their emnity embodying the order/destruction theme.

Stone Trolls used to be a very frequent GW mascot, especially for Mail Order, until the LOTR era saw more of a 'serious business' approach to corporate identity.

I'm in the 'Night Goblins and Dwarfs' camp, myself. Both have got enough particularly Warhammer visual themes that make them distinct to the generic fantasy races of their kind.

Shadowbrand wrote:I know for sure the Empire is atleast the red shirts of WHFB. In -every- picture of the Beastmen codex. Its Gors and Bestigors slaying Empire state soldiers left right and center.

I would say that is true in the majority of my army books. I will give a nod to Dwarfs though, I mean come on White Dwarf. But still stand by my tie to Warrior Priest and Chaos Warrior.

Shadowbrand wrote:I know for sure the Empire is atleast the red shirts of WHFB. In -every- picture of the Beastmen codex. Its Gors and Bestigors slaying Empire state soldiers left right and center.

Well, they are the fantasy version of the IG .