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Kain wrote:
Then you have the thyrrus who treat all things as if they were a show and purposefully use hollywood tactics for the sole purpose of entertaining some great powers of their belief system, they are currently locked in war with the imperium and seem to be quite advanced and provide a considerable threat despite their purposeful disregard for sensible tactics.

Am I the only one who gets a Slaaneshi vibe from the Thyrrus? I mean they are very showy about warfare, they sacrifice large number of soldiers simply to make war entertaining. Just sounds like something Slaanesh worshipers would do.

My guess is that it is a mixture of being advanced, the blessings of the God(s) and the fact that the Imperium has bigger fish to fry. If GW ever added another race (eg. not another human faction like Mechanicus Skitarii or something) I would want these guys, sound like a fun army, flashy colours, and combat through overwhelming numbers of plasma weapon blob people.

Yeah, the only problem with cover saves is fluffwise they try to stand out in battle with their flashy colours (although the fluff seems to imply they can use active camouflage, they simply choose bright colours). Perhaps they would get some interesting rules regarding that, perhaps they get -1 to any cover save rolls, but can decide to use their active camo abilities (giving them stealth) at a hit to their leadership (they want to look flashy so admitting that they have to hide is seen as humiliating or something?).

Now I have an urge to make a fandex for them.

Eighteen Wheeler wrote:Why doesn't GW have the Jokaero as a 40k faction?

Because they aren't powerful at all. Jokaero don't build cities and invade people, they simply wander around making cool gadgets.

Grunt13 wrote:
One the thyrrus:
I wrote a fandex for the thyrrus a while ago, it didn’t seem to generate a lot of interest at the time:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/392315.page#3235414

Would it be wrong to dig up that thread to comment on it? It is particularly good as far as fandexes go.

The Mad Tanker wrote:

KingDeath wrote:Don't forget the Rak'Ghol. (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Rak%27Gol#.T5b9mfUcWl4)
They are savage marauders ( a monstrous cross between an ork and a chaos marauder without the orky humour but weaponised extra limbs ) and can be found in the Koronus expanse.
They might have some kind of connection to the now extinct Yu'vath, a species of terrible and powerful warp sorcerers.

That is the coolest alien I have ever seen! I would play them if they were a codex army.

Better than florescent tentacle aliens that love plasma weapons and dying in massive numbers? But seriously, I would love GW to add a new race or two with 6th edition.