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The new army to be pirates?!? There is no damned way GW is that slowed... Or Aarrgghh they?

-J.

5 internets on murlocs, the only worthwhile thing ever birthed from warcraft.

the murlocs are not original to warcraft- the name is ripped off of "Morlocs", and the concept is a ripoff of the "Deep Ones" from the Cthulhu mythos

And Morlocs are from H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine".

!FOUL! !POINTING OUT UNORIGINALITY IN GW/BLIZZARD/FANTASY PRODUCT WHEN WE ALL ARE ALREADY AWARE!

!THE DECISION FROM THE FIELD- MINUS 10 INTERNET, HOME TEAM!

Coach's Challenge - No where did I say they weren't perverted from somewhere else, just that they were the 'least disappointing' thing from aforementioned blizzard franchise.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:OK people, money on the table.

I bet 6 Internets that it's going to be pirates/zombie pirates.

Any takers?

No way.

GW already released Zombie Pirates of the Vampire Coast for WFB so that's an auto-win for you.

If it's not Fishmen, I'm guessing Dogs of War, which are well overdue for a revamp.

maybe it's not a new army, but a new add-on for everyone, e.g. a Warhammer version of Apocalypse? I'm not sure what 'super-heavy' models they'd release for it though...

They already tried that:

Warhammer Legendary Battles.

It failed.

Insect army for fantasy for sure.

JohnHwangDD wrote:They already tried that:

Warhammer Legendary Battles.

It failed.

Does a White Dwarf release even count?

Not that I'm interested in Warhammer Legendary Battles, but Apocalypse was marketed
complete with actual sales. It also had foothold since 40k has always had large vehicles via
Armorcast and Forge World.

Troz wrote:Coach's Challenge - No where did I say they weren't perverted from somewhere else, just that they were the 'least disappointing' thing from aforementioned blizzard franchise.

no, but you said it was 'birthed'- and as a devote of lovecraftian horror, I couldnt let that one slip by me (no hard feeling I hope! )

Warhammer Fantasy already scales up fairly well without the need of Apocalypse. While I don't play much about the mid2K range, people can and do play in the 3-5K range without issue.

Planetstrike and then, but don't know the order:
Space Wolves
Dark Eldar
Fishmen
Skaven (November for the ratmen according to my source)

malfred wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:They already tried that:

Warhammer Legendary Battles.

It failed.

Does a White Dwarf release even count?

As a ex-SM BA player, I'll have to say "yes".

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:OK people, money on the table.

I bet 6 Internets that it's going to be pirates/zombie pirates.

Any takers?

No way.

GW already released Zombie Pirates of the Vampire Coast for WFB so that's an auto-win for you.

If it's not Fishmen, I'm guessing Dogs of War, which are well overdue for a revamp.

Well they don't have an army book, so it's a fair bet. It's part of GW's effort to reach out to the hip youth of 2002.

Codex Matrix will follow soon after.

You guys aren't really believing the fishmen thing, are you?

I say it's Cathay, in whatever form that might take (Dragon Kingdoms?).

I dare to bet it will be nothing special, just a few new units for your existing armies.

Either that or Chaos Dwarves...

Yeah I think something else Chaos. There's not enough what with Warriors of Chaos, Beasts of Chaos and Chaos Daemons. Chaos Dwarves would just sit nicely in that empty void of Chaos armies.

I think it should be some sort of Dragon army, with massive (and points-heavy) units. I'd love to see a 2'000 point list consisting of half a dozen models.

Privateer already has Zombie Pirates, but if it means we get new plastic zombie bits, then I'm all for it. IMHO the current zombie kit is awful. Giant heads, giant hands, ugh.

What about Araby?

Chaos Dwarfs, or are they too standard in the fantasy universe? I mean, when they get released, they will be overhauled from the ground (think wood elves)

Greets
Schepp himself

Equinox wrote:All humor aside, I would expect if the rumors are true, the army will be revealed at the UK Games Day, Sept 27th, 2009. I would expect GW wanting to make such a big reveal in their own backyard. I would also expect it at this time, as this could be the late November/early December release. (Got to have something big for the holidays.)

As for the nature of the army, pirates is a possibility. I really believe it is down to four options: pirates, fishmen, cathay, or old ones (angels).

Obviously that means it will be old pirate fish from cathay.

Pah haven't you heard Planetfall will actually involve the landing of Space Marines on the Warhammer World. As thats the planet their falling on.

jwiv wrote:Warhammer Fantasy already scales up fairly well without the need of Apocalypse. While I don't play much about the mid2K range, people can and do play in the 3-5K range without issue.

True, my mates and I played a 2v2 6k battle last weekend and the only difference is that it takes longer to actually play the game.

Tek wrote:I think it should be some sort of Dragon army, with massive (and points-heavy) units. I'd love to see a 2'000 point list consisting of half a dozen models.

That was the old High Elf Dragonrider army of 3rd edition.

1. Take one general, on dragon
2. Add one elite choice of HE cavalry, of course on Dragons
3. Go out and have fun with flames.

LunaHound wrote:As much as i would love to have fishmen minis , im confused to how they can wage war on land.

Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a - what's that word again?
Street

Did you just quote The Little Mermaid? in a GW rumours thread?

I think fishmen is a dumb idea personally. I'd rather see them do either an araby army with scimitars and turbans and poofy pants riding big war elephants, or maybe something asiany with samauris and katanas and those happy little flags on their back. A lot like Skorne for Hordes, only plastic.

Pirates would be really cool, cuz pirates are just cool to begin with, but maybe that would be better as a DOW redo, only more piratey themed?

They don't need anything new for chaos unless it's a beastman redo.

The obvious army is Dancing Bananas.

DeepStrike wrote:

LunaHound wrote:As much as i would love to have fishmen minis , im confused to how they can wage war on land.

Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a - what's that word again?
Street

Did you just quote The Little Mermaid? in a GW rumours thread?

That was my question......but of course, there was a thinly veiled "Grape Ape" reference earlier than that....I guess the only mature thing to do in this situation would be to..........Follow Suit!!

I wanna be like you-oo-oo
Go to war like you-oo-oo
Shoot like you
Hate like you
OO-oo-OO shap-ba doowe-dowah!!

Just to point out, I don't know when the new thing will be revealed.

But I betcha 20 internets it will be reviled within 30 seconds.