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I am a long time fan of WHFB and as much as I love it, I think they should release a few more armies. I think they should release an Araby and a Kiselv (RIght spelling?) armies book as they would be an interesting mix.
So Dakka, what army would you like to see come out next?

I think an Amazon army would be kind of cool. However they would need to be true to it with the amazonian's only having one breast because they cut the other off since it interferes with their archery accuracy.

well what we would like to see and what GW does is two entirely different things. next army out is WoC due out sometime in the fall. i would like to see wood elves and brets after that as wood elves need massive help and brets need some new 8th edition stuff. they are the last 6th edition books.

kislev was a mini army used in the storm of chaos and it was a limited edition thing, kinda like the the army of middenheim. all the unofficial army books like norse, halflings, amazons, albion wont ever get an army. if they were to get their own army book they would of had one in at least one edition by now.

best hope people have for totally new armies in this edition is them bringing back dogs of war and chaos dwarves( forgeworld brought them back but are quite expensive).

Fishmen!

With the existing books I vote for the following for different reasons:

-Wood Elves, Dwarves or Brets: These are the oldest books in the game and even though some of these armies have lists that do decently well they all could use an overhaul of a varying degree.
-Dark Elves, Demons or High Elves: Maybe some points cost changes but also the need to fix their magic craziness and other shinanigans that they can pull

Now if they were to come out with a brand new army I would have to vote for one of the following:

-Cathay: Hear about them in the fluff all the time, who wouldnt want a samurai themed army?
-The Fimir from forgeworld only because their models are cool but @ the same time so is there fluff. Fought against the Elves and were eventually driven into hiding, could be the "necrons" of fantasy in terms of fluff.

Other then that, will just have to wait and see

Book I prefer to be updated:
- Wood Elves or Brets- Uncompetitive and they have a lot of potential. Buffs urgently needed.
- Skaven, Dark Elves or Lizardmen- Nerf sticks and buffs needed for certain units.
New Armies:

I think Araby would be a good release because a movement based army with fast cavalry and other cool Arab based units. Maybe, Albion would be cool, who wouldn't like to be a celtic warrior?

New army you say?
i vote for the return for Estalia.
Or indeed Araby.

Rivet wrote:I think an Amazon army would be kind of cool. However they would need to be true to it with the amazonian's only having one breast because they cut the other off since it interferes with their archery accuracy.

Having practiced archery with some very busty women (who are MUCH better shots than I am), I can safely say this is total bull .

I've heard a random theory, that the 'without a breast' thing was a euphamism for 'not very ladylike' or even 'quite masculine for a woman'. "Lady Weightlifter", if you will; from the few pictures I've seen of professional women weightlifters there generally isn't much (aside from the pectoral muscle) filling the bikini tops they're showing off in. So a race of women warriors, training hard to be warriors for many generations, may not be the most voluptuous women in the world...


As for Arabay... you are talking about an army of fast raiders. Not much in the way of combat infantry, and what there is will probably be skirmishers. Some shooting infantry, lots of fast cavalry (both melee and shooting). Sound familiar? It should, that's almost a word-for-word description of wood elves.

Oh, that's a nifty idea. Run a wood elf army using Arabesque minis; that would be COOL!

Cathay could be done with a modified Empire ruleset. The rocket batteries are a gimme. Swordsmen, no problem. Separate regular bowmen hankyu rom guys with the Japanese greatbow daikyu who would proxy for handgunners. State troops with two weapons are a gimme for a martial-arts troupe. All sorts of possibilities are possible.

In short... GW won't do it because, in a very real sense, they already have.

I think that it would be cool if Fimir and Chaos Dwarves got added to the game. Because let's face it, they're probably some of the more original armies released by GW. Traditional styled Dwarves, elves, orcs, and goblins aren't really all that original.

I think there are enough races within the fluff with a better reason to start featuring in events with the old world than Ind, Araby, Nippon and Cathay therefore I would add a +1 for Chaos Dwarves to be re-done. Yes I know we have the legion of azgorh from Warhammer Forge, but that is a very specific army list from a particular Fortress within the CD empire not representative of the race as a whole. Plus the fact that LoA has been written makes it much easier for GW to use it as a rough template for a real army book.

I see the LoA list as rather like the Elysian drop troop or Death corpse of Krieg lists for 40k Imperial guard. They are very specialized lists referring to particular regiments rather than indicative of the Guard as a whole.

In terms of what actually needs doing from existing books I think the priority should be 1) Brets and Wood elves. 2) Dwarves. 3) High elves and Dark Elves.

Not to be a stick in the mud but honestly I don't want any more armies I would love to see GW keep up with the armies they have now better it just seems forever for armies to get the love they need, and what happens is you have armies sitting there for YEARS without much needed updates. Soo yeah not to get too upset and get on a soap box too much I just want to see GW maintain the armies they have now a little better.

The Tamarakhan or whatever, the forgeworld book has the CD rules and it's new look there.

I think it would be best for the game if the redid Skaven, Daemons, Lizardmen and Dark Elves after Warriors. To be honest, I'm pretty happy with the Wood Elf book at the moment- it'd be nice to get a new book but I don't think it's that necessary and I'd rather that GW fixed (what I consider to be) some of the bigger problems in the game.

Of course, that would involve a massive FAQ of the Ogre book, but they could fix everything else...

I agree with tmarichards By redong alot of the older 7th"power books" it has a roll on effect of making woodies and brets more viable.

Hargus56 wrote:The Tamarakhan or whatever, the forgeworld book has the CD rules and it's new look there.

If you re-read my post you will see I refer to the Legion of Azgorh list which is the list from Tamurkhan. It isn't a full CD list merely the specific army from one particular fortress. I was merely saying that it would be relatively easy for GW to turn the LoA into a more rounded and filled out list encompassing the full CD race rather than completely creating a new army list from scratch. Don't get me wrong I love LoA but FW CD are selling pretty well and I think a full GW supported army book would be a good step.

Not to mention the fact that CD are a much more sensible choice fluff wise as 1) they aren't a "rip-off" of an ancient human civilization (yeah I know they have a slight Persian aesthetic influence) to the extent that Ind, Cathay and Nippon would be. 2) The vast majority of lore is centered round the old world as well as the majority of the races in the WH world being centered on that continent and the CD are much better placed to exploit this. 3) CD are a pre established army with its own fluff and characters already established so would be easier for a new army book to be produced.

Yeah I know that GW need to finish renewing the current armies as a priority but I am of the opinion that unless the army is truly lame at the core with god awful models most armies will gain a healthy following if appropriately supported. I draw reference to WE and Brets here, I don't see them being played very often atm due to their old army books holding them back the fact that not many people are buying WE and Brets doesn't mean that no one likes em it just means people who collect em already own everything they want or people are holding off on them until they get redone. As soon as the army books are re released I'm sure we won't be able to move for treemen and grail knights.

Phyrexia wrote:I think that it would be cool if Fimir and Chaos Dwarves got added to the game. Because let's face it, they're probably some of the more original armies released by GW. Traditional styled Dwarves, elves, orcs, and goblins aren't really all that original.

The Legion of Azgoth list basically covers what any army the Chaos Dwarves can field, primarily because there are not many of them and basically are the list (they are NOT just a Forgeworld list, in the book on page 107. It states "The Legion of Azgorh is an official Warhammer List" which means it is playable in any GW tournament and in any friendly game of warhammer.) This is my new army and I can say that they are very good, however by no means OP, for some reason many people do but for the most part its just them not knowing how to fight the army. I have lost, drawn and won games just like any army.

I heard that DE may get a new book soon, after WOC.
I am suprised Dwarfs did not get a new book yet. Even though other armies need it more, dwarfs seem to get a new book early in every edition except 8th so far.

Vulcan wrote:

Rivet wrote:I think an Amazon army would be kind of cool. However they would need to be true to it with the amazonian's only having one breast because they cut the other off since it interferes with their archery accuracy.

Having practiced archery with some very busty women (who are MUCH better shots than I am), I can safely say this is total bull .

I've heard a random theory, that the 'without a breast' thing was a euphamism for 'not very ladylike' or even 'quite masculine for a woman'. "Lady Weightlifter", if you will; from the few pictures I've seen of professional women weightlifters there generally isn't much (aside from the pectoral muscle) filling the bikini tops they're showing off in. So a race of women warriors, training hard to be warriors for many generations, may not be the most voluptuous women in the world...


As for Arabay... you are talking about an army of fast raiders. Not much in the way of combat infantry, and what there is will probably be skirmishers. Some shooting infantry, lots of fast cavalry (both melee and shooting). Sound familiar? It should, that's almost a word-for-word description of wood elves.

Oh, that's a nifty idea. Run a wood elf army using Arabesque minis; that would be COOL!

Cathay could be done with a modified Empire ruleset. The rocket batteries are a gimme. Swordsmen, no problem. Separate regular bowmen hankyu rom guys with the Japanese greatbow daikyu who would proxy for handgunners. State troops with two weapons are a gimme for a martial-arts troupe. All sorts of possibilities are possible.

In short... GW won't do it because, in a very real sense, they already have.

Araby is known for it's uses of large blocks of slaves and other units. They also use a lot of religous fantacism. They use other desert spirits and genies also.

snurl wrote:I heard that DE may get a new book soon, after WOC.
I am suprised Dwarfs did not get a new book yet. Even though other armies need it more, dwarfs seem to get a new book early in every edition except 8th so far.

They are still on their 6th Edition book. Along with the Brettonians and the Wood Elves. Everyone else has been updated since then... Some of them (Empire in particular) TWICE.

Vulcan wrote:

snurl wrote:I heard that DE may get a new book soon, after WOC.
I am suprised Dwarfs did not get a new book yet. Even though other armies need it more, dwarfs seem to get a new book early in every edition except 8th so far.

They are still on their 6th Edition book. Along with the Brettonians and the Wood Elves. Everyone else has been updated since then... Some of them (Empire in particular) TWICE.

The empire update was laughable. It's the same exact fething book but with Griffon knights and weird carriages.

I would vote for Wood Elves and then Brets, and then Dwarves.

No thanks to new armies. GW has enough problems maintaining the ones they already have.

I have always wanted to see some kind of roman style humanoid ant legion.
Like these from serious sam http://www.dignews.com/legacy/screenshots/sam_next_legionnaireant.jpg