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There's a new hard plastic company in the works - think Mantic but for SF topics - 28mm heroic scale to fit in with GW sets.

I've been asked by the management (all former GW employees and one exec) to post on here and ask what armies you guys would like to see.

Anything goes at this point. The first sets will probably launch at the end of the summer.

Thanks,
G-B

Female Cadians please!! Imperial Guard works nicely too ^^


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And is there a way I can get on a mailing list or something?

Sure thing - feel free to email the following address and I'll have them set emails aside for when the time is right to announce things:

sales@paintedwar.com

Awesome. Sent. Thanks!

Well I would like to see new Imperial Guard regiments.
If you can think of a nice theme for them you can provide some (hopefully) good models to replace the boring cadians i see all the time!

As much as I like to see new companies offering alternatives to GW am a little puzzled.

You hyave started 2 new topics prior to this one, criticising IG boxes (Female Guards and Heavy Weapons) then asking for opinions.
Would have thought it better etiquiette to have introduced yourself first and ask what people would like, rather than priming with your previous posts.

Hi Chibi - my first two posts were following up on the ideas I had on my own for what they're doing. This one is the unofficial "official" ask from the guys doing the company.

So you can ignore my bit!

"Desert" (Tallarn) Fighters
"Winter" (Valhallan) Fighters
"Wasteland" (Krieg/Steel Legion) Fighters
Plastic Stormtroopers (if GW doesn't release them with Codex: Grey Knights)

Space Elf Dragoons (Fire Dragons)
Space Elf Chameleons (Striking Scorpions)
Space Elf ???? (Howling Banshees)
Space Elf Jesters (Harlequins)
God of War (Avatar)
Space Elf Grav Bikers (Guardian Jetbikes)

....just to throw out some ideas. It would be nice to see a different take on the Ork range as well. I've never been a fan of GW's Orcs/Orks. Too short, big dopey heads, not muscular enough.

Praetorians... please? Even if it's just 10 men and a dog...

I would rather see something original than something that just fills perceived gaps in GW's range.

Beyond that, my only real criteria for being interested is that they be good.

Fish People.

Space Elf Possessed Statues (Wraithguard).

Hmmmm... I'm thinking Tyranids but with a mechanical theme, ala that one tourney winning army a while back. Might be nice to have that for the masses, and the sharp angular style would (I think?) make it easier to model and detail.


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Another idea: dig through the fluff for minor xenos races and make them, following an existing codex (with vague enough hints and pointers to avoid the ip hammer) for easy counts as armies that look sweet.

Slackermagee wrote:Hmmmm... I'm thinking Tyranids but with a mechanical theme, ala that one tourney winning army a while back. Might be nice to have that for the masses, and the sharp angular style would (I think?) make it easier to model and detail.

That could be cool.

One thing people always want is greatcoat guard. That one company produced a box of them, but in my opinion they are terrible. I know others feel this way as well. It's up to you to decide if you can do a better job than them. If you can make a greatcoat soldier product that nears Forgeworld or even just GW in quality, and is plastic, you'll be rolling in the dough.

Ghost-Boy wrote:I've been asked by the management (all former GW employees and one exec) to post on here and ask what armies you guys would like to see.

Sci-Fi Civilians! No one makes these (except Antenociti's Workshop, who make a few).

Civilians, Female IG, Mega Armour Orks, Slaanesh / Tzeentch conversion sets (similar to the forge world chaos conversion sets),

Ad Mech Madness.

alternative plastic plague bearers...Please for the love of Nurgle!

insaniak wrote:I would rather see something original than something that just fills perceived gaps in GW's range.

Beyond that, my only real criteria for being interested is that they be good.

Actually this is probably the most sensible idea...
Anything still metal or missing from GWs range into plastic.

From a purely personal perspective, I would love to see an affordable Steel Legion / Krieg alternative - however, it would need to be complete I think. The WGF troopers looked good but suffered from a lack of heavy weapons and command options.

Likewise, other alternatives fill the basic trooper function fairly well but don't have everything needed to be a credible alternative to the ruinously expensive FW stuff.

First off good luck to them, I'm always happy to see more plastics.

Sci-fi can be a tough nut to crack since, unlike fantasy, the archetypes are not as set and original creations can be hit or miss.

There were a lot of good thoughts on the Wargames Factory (RIP) forums:
http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/forum/category/science-fiction-submissions/

And their Liberty and Union League:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/league_sf

Especially take a look at the Liberty and Union League ideas that got to 100% pre orders. Those are fan ideas that actually got a commitment (no money down but at least a promise or interest) in buying 1000 sprues so those ideas have some breadth and depth to them.

For my ideas, I'd keep it simple to start with a near-future world with high tech oppressive humans vs low tech scavagers & mutants. Those are 2 easy archetypes with lost of variants.

The high tech oppressors would get some SWAT team light infantry, some Colonial Marine heavy infantry and some Star Ship Troopers (the book) realistic power armor. They'd also get some sort of APC or Hummer. Maybe some near future predator drones or terminator robots too.

The low tech scavagers would get some survivors/resistance fighters (ragged civilian clothes, crude but reliable weapons), ragged cannibal mutants from the sewers (cloaks, hoods, gas masks, knives), chemical zombies (cause everyone loves zombies) and big heavy outland cyborg/mutants. Also an armed civilian truck or big monster.

Why go this way? People can relate to humans in a way they might not to alien races. All the IP already exists and is easy to extrapolate without ripping off GW, Star Wars or Star Trek. The world can be expanded easily with an alien invasion, cyborgs or whatever. And people can and will use any of the ideas I listed in other games or just to paint.

Plastic plaguebearers and fiends of slaanesh.

Affordable Krieg/ASL.

I'd like to see:

-More Inquisition-themed stuff; perhaps Fanatics
-Plastic Stormtroopers, with Inquisitorial seals and other bitz to fit in
-Assassins; Plastic and very poseable.
-Lots of Church-related stuff and Adeptus Arbites

Thats what would get me interested.

insaniak wrote:I would rather see something original than something that just fills perceived gaps in GW's range.

Beyond that, my only real criteria for being interested is that they be good.

Original would be nice, though from a money-making viewpoint, I should think units like Tallarn-a-likes and Praetorian-a-likes are guaranteed to sell. Also there is no copyright issue as long as you keep away from the Aquila and the Lasgun.

I would totally buy a nice Female Space Marine army, but it would need to "look right". That might be difficult to achieve within the copyright restrictions, also, people's ideas of how they should look are probably quite varied.

Making the figure 28mm "heroic" pretty much confined them to fitting in with GW.

Human heavy infantry in power armor that are human sized. I'm thinking sisters stand ins.

The models that aren't currently made.
Certain Tyranid MC's / SC's
TWC
WEAPONS!! - You have no idea (maybe you do) how frustrating it is to buy a kit that doesn't even come with the weapons I need to make it the way I want.
Some female marines would be cool
Some guard along the lines of the valhallans. I love the idea & the models aren't half bad for being so dated but I hate working with metal & the price tag is nuts.

You know what would be great? 28mm scale motorcycles. They're just not available in decent models. Every one i've seen is either Reichsmark era or post apocalypse weirdo biker gang. It'd be nice to have some rough rider stand ins.

Flax turrets would be nice as well.

More female models would be nice to add diversity to the line up on all sides. Even some descent head sculpts would be great.

Weapon sprues such as shotguns and plasma rifles would be a great addition to any line up. Any sort of Heavy weapons as well.

Civilians, alien mounts with generic legs and last of all sci-fi police force, possibly with sci-fi terrorists, gangs

Post apocalyptic raiders, straight out of Mad Max, the Fallout games, or what have you.

MECHANICUS, DARK MECHANICUS, AND BLOOD PACT PLEASE!



Yes, I'm shouting it, leave me alone.