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I'd love to see Ordo Xenos and the Deathwatch enter the game or possibly Adeptus Arbites.

Brotherhood of Nod from the C&C series

why? because they have something that the other races have never seen before the plant known as tiberium plus their tech imo is probably on par with imperial guard ground forces

asimo77 wrote:
For a game that covers nearly every sci-fi trope and archetype we are missing some stuff:

Bugs. Not like tyranids, I mean like way more eyes and legs than necessary and clacking mandibles.

We also don't have your typical big-headed, alien, greys; though I think necrons have some of their traits, namely abduction, mystery, and experimentation.

And finally some sort of evil space corporation that's in it for the credits (which is always what money in space is called) and only uses automated drones. Think Weyland-Yutani and Dune's Guild. Though the tau and Ad-Mech might be able to cover those.

Honestly though those are just some sci-tropes I think are missing, I just really want Ad-Mech.

I know the Q'Orl were mentioned, but I have a different idea

What earth creature can survive in nearly any environment, survive a nuclear war, and would almost certainly be on any planet inhabited but the IoM?

The cockroach!

Now imagine them evolving for roughly 38,000 years being exposed to radiation, random mutagenic chemicals/gases, the Warp and who knows what else. If you think that still wouldn't push them far enough alone to be a full fledge sentient race, you could always have some 'mysterious force' rapidly push their evolution forward (would be the first time it's happened).

A roach army would weld a mixture of scavenged IoM gear and bio-weapons. They wouldn't be strong, but they'd be a lot of them.

I know it's kinda out there, but hey crazy, crazy stuff happens in 40K.

Hmmmm, I'm guessing new army means not a variation of an existing army, as I'd rather they balanced what they have out at the moment, and brought out new rules to allow you further customise your forces based on Chapter/Craftworld/God/Hive Fleet/etc.

If I made a new army, I'd probably like to see either the Adeptus Mechanicus and their Skitarii Legions brought to the field, the Adeptus Arbites, or the Deathwatch.

There's not really any other factions big enough in the fluff that you could make an army out of them, instead of just editing their codex to make it possible to field a list of them (Genestealer Cult). The Tau get picked on cause they're really small, imagine the flak some new race no-one had ever heard of would get....probably less than the Tau, cause they aren't grimdark anime.

Ork Heroes.

Or at least an ogryn army.

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Laughing God wrote:

Gridge wrote:Though technically not a new army, I would like to see an entire mechanicum force. I imagine them as using a lot of crazy servitors, as well as the standard techguard, priests and vehicles. I think there would be a lot of potential for an interesting army there.

The fact the GW would make space fish gundams but not the mechanicum is a testamate to how little they care about fluff and how much they care about money.

The mechanicum is a stand alone force in allience with the Imperium, they have armies as vast as the imperial guard and with some units as powerful as space marines. GIVE ME THE MECHANICUM!!!

You compare the Tau to Anime? Good lord, that's cruel. (Dodges thrown Daemonhammer) Of course, I suppose there are those who would argue it would be cruel to compare Anime to Tau, but at least the Tau's armies arent comprised entirely out of schoolgirls and people with big hair. (Dodges even bigger Daemonhammer)


Anyway, I'm getting off topic.


Deathwatch would be good. However, I have heard rumours about a forthcoming Codex: Alienhunters, which could well be the Deathwatch. It just seems a shame that such an integral part of the Imperium has no Codex.

I'd love knights, as from adeptus titanicus/ space marine days, but obviously smaller.

Gridge wrote:Though technically not a new army, I would like to see an entire mechanicum force. I imagine them as using a lot of crazy servitors, as well as the standard techguard, priests and vehicles. I think there would be a lot of potential for an interesting army there.

Could be some sort of inquisitor army option

necrondude89 wrote:Space Dwarfs FTW

+1
I would like them to have a shadow of the colossus aesthetic, or zz top in space.

HawaiiMatt wrote:Genestealer cult. Almost all the models needed already exist, all you need is a codex to boost sales of current miniatures. A single cult sprue to convert IG would make the whole army viable.

-Matt

+1

Also latd

As a personal project I'd like to scratchbuild some tau that look better, more r-type / mr heli like. Same with tyranids

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Laughing God wrote:

Gridge wrote:Though technically not a new army, I would like to see an entire mechanicum force. I imagine them as using a lot of crazy servitors, as well as the standard techguard, priests and vehicles. I think there would be a lot of potential for an interesting army there.

The fact the GW would make space fish gundams but not the mechanicum is a testamate to how little they care about fluff and how much they care about money.

The mechanicum is a stand alone force in allience with the Imperium, they have armies as vast as the imperial guard and with some units as powerful as space marines. GIVE ME THE MECHANICUM!!!

You compare the Tau to Anime? Good lord, that's cruel. (Dodges thrown Daemonhammer) Of course, I suppose there are those who would argue it would be cruel to compare Anime to Tau, but at least the Tau's armies arent comprised entirely out of schoolgirls and people with big hair. (Dodges even bigger Daemonhammer)


Anyway, I'm getting off topic.


Deathwatch would be good. However, I have heard rumours about a forthcoming Codex: Alienhunters, which could well be the Deathwatch. It just seems a shame that such an integral part of the Imperium has no Codex.

Where is there more information on this rumoured codex?

I have no idea, I just remember seeing something about it. Think it might have been on Wikipedia......I have no idea.

Laughing God wrote:

Gridge wrote:Though technically not a new army, I would like to see an entire mechanicum force. I imagine them as using a lot of crazy servitors, as well as the standard techguard, priests and vehicles. I think there would be a lot of potential for an interesting army there.

The fact the GW would make space fish gundams but not the mechanicum is a testamate to how little they care about fluff and how much they care about money.

The mechanicum is a stand alone force in allience with the Imperium, they have armies as vast as the imperial guard and with some units as powerful as space marines. GIVE ME THE MECHANICUM!!!

When I went to warhammer world the last year I saw what I believe was labeled as a chaos mechanicum army made of various servitors, knights (you will know what I mean if you have read mechanicum) and floating gun platforms, it looked really good!

I think a mechanicum which includes imperial and chaos/renegade would be good.

I would like them to bring back the lost and damned personally, I've just read some Gaunt's Ghosts novels and I really want to make a chaos IG army.

I'd like to do the Interex. Highly advanced humans with an almost eldar style to them combined with the tougher, stronger, but slower kinebrach.

It'd play as a highly mobile force wielding light-bows from atop Centaur firing platforms and power-weapon armed CC troops, backed up by anvil units of heavily armored kinebrach.

In fact, i think I may need to work on a fandex and some conversions now

I've always thought that 40k universe lacks robots army. And I mean robots-machines. Not some mystic, undead, ancient, magical terminators, but pure, non humanoidal robots. You know, small walkers, assault walkers, big spider tanks, small spider tanks, mechanical tanks, robot octopus, floating probes. With some funny SI based mechanics, and army rules (like synapse for nids)

I would want a "wild animal" force if you will. There has to be planets with native animals or something, such as Catachans plants and wildlife.

Yea it would mostly be for smaller games or a story driven battle, but that would be awesome to have stats and models for the deadlier creatures we read about but never have seen.

Also Traitor Guard. Seriously was tons of fun to play against LatD armies back in the day, plus they are one of the Imperiums most fought enemy (according to every guard BL book I read).

Mercs dey so kool 83

By Mercs do you mean human mercs or mixed race mercs?

mixed race cause i like the storys it would make!

Eldrad wrote:I would want Want to be able to play Eldar pirates.

Last time I checked, Eldar had many raids. Plus...thats kind of what Dark Eldar are. You could make a ''Not too sadistic Kabal''. Wouldnt work for Haemonculus, but maybe a Wych cult....

I want a Cultist Army.

Lost and the Damned.

Laughing God wrote:

Gridge wrote:Though technically not a new army, I would like to see an entire mechanicum force. I imagine them as using a lot of crazy servitors, as well as the standard techguard, priests and vehicles. I think there would be a lot of potential for an interesting army there.

The fact the GW would make space fish gundams but not the mechanicum is a testamate to how little they care about fluff and how much they care about money.

The mechanicum is a stand alone force in allience with the Imperium, they have armies as vast as the imperial guard and with some units as powerful as space marines. GIVE ME THE MECHANICUM!!!

I reckon it would have to be Mechanicum/Princeps as they do have close ties and who doesnt want to field a titan or at least a mini titan in a real game. They could make it take you two or three heavy support options

darthmatty wrote:Space Skaven!! Or Space Tomb Kings, or Space lizardmen!!!

space tomb kings are basically the necrons the unliving faction thats been around for millenia longer then everyone else and space lizardmen are more or less tyranids if you look at the art design.

Lost and the Damned. Those dudes rocked and are fully deserving of their own fully fleshed out book. A lost and the damned list would get me interested in 40K again.
(I know they are doable with the IG book, but I'd love some traitor human kits.)

I would like to see either an adepts custodes, adepts arbites, deathwatch, traitor guard, or maybe even a legion of the damned codex.. A whole chapter with 3+ invil saves would be pretty beastie

Scorpionov wrote:Brotherhood of Nod from the C&C series

why? because they have something that the other races have never seen before the plant known as tiberium plus their tech imo is probably on par with imperial guard ground forces

Its a crystal not a plant. They have one trillionth of the imperial guards numbers. And the guard have a space-borne battle-fleet.............But sure! Im sure they could hold there own with the other factions.

the enslaver virus or RAGE from 28 days later



or maybe thexian elite or the covenant from halo

Bring back the Interex. Having an advanced and democratic human civilization to balance out and battle the Imperium would be interesting I think.

I'd want something which has super-strong armor, but really pathetic toughness, because that's a little different from what's gone before. So perhaps some type of gaseous alien in an environmental suit (Think Vorlon Kosh from Babylon 5), that would be tough to rupture but would basically die if exposed. Maybe some race with T2 but Sv2+(4+I) on basic troopers.

Obviously, it'd be a shooty race, as something with vulnerable physical forms wouldn't want to get up close and personal (Maybe have no Inv save in CC) I'd also have them be without vehicles, but perhaps have flying FA. Kind of a shooting equivalent to the Tyranids.

Definitely some kind of steampunk lizardmen..

chaplaingrabthar wrote:I'd want something which has super-strong armor, but really pathetic toughness, because that's a little different from what's gone before. So perhaps some type of gaseous alien in an environmental suit (Think Vorlon Kosh from Babylon 5), that would be tough to rupture but would basically die if exposed. Maybe some race with T2 but Sv2+(4+I) on basic troopers.

Obviously, it'd be a shooty race, as something with vulnerable physical forms wouldn't want to get up close and personal (Maybe have no Inv save in CC) I'd also have them be without vehicles, but perhaps have flying FA. Kind of a shooting equivalent to the Tyranids.

That sounds really interesting. The only problem you'd run into would be from how wounds are dealt in 40K, and how toughness comes before armor for that. Might balance out, might not, though.

I'd say more of an Ooze race, instead of gaseous. Would allow more versatility in the fluff.

Ooze might work better, I just thought the idea of a gaseous race would work better with the idea of gas giants and over resource rich non-terraformed planets.

And yes, the toughness before armor rules might be a spanner in the works, but I was just spit-balling something that was different from what we currently have.

Of course, if it was re-introducing, I'd like to cross-pollinate the old Squats with the Demi-Urg from BFG. I did have a very basic Codex figured out, but it got lost when my Windows XP install went tits-up (Which is why I'm now an Ubuntu guy)