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One thing I noticed, other than sectorials, there's not much "theme" going on with Infinity. I'm not really sure why. Is it harder to do? I'm not one to worry about winning at all so I don't mind making an army that has a good theme but doesn't' win so much. How do you guys think and what are your themes if you have any.

There are themes.

There are all-camo or all-parachuting Ariadna armies.

There are your typical TAG-and-support armies.

Even though Aleph doesn't have a sectorial yet, many people have run the Greek Sectorial equivalent taking only Myrmidons, Sophotects, Achilles, and Patroclus.

I'm seen heavy Kum biker armies.

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It's just that the sectorials push the theme to such a rules-friendly level that people are running fluffy lists.
Also, the SWC mechanic ensures that HMG/ML/Spitfire spam isn't unrealistically done.

For my Haqqislam, I'm only using masked models =)
So they look really awesome but the lack of cheerleaders makes list-making quite hard at low points =P

Sometimes with my Ariadna, I like to play a ragtag group of outlaws ? =)

Absolutionis wrote:There are themes.

There are all-camo or all-parachuting Ariadna armies.

There are your typical TAG-and-support armies.

Even though Aleph doesn't have a sectorial yet, many people have run the Greek Sectorial equivalent taking only Myrmidons, Sophotects, Achilles, and Patroclus.

I'm seen heavy Kum biker armies.

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It's just that the sectorials push the theme to such a rules-friendly level that people are running fluffy lists.
Also, the SWC mechanic ensures that HMG/ML/Spitfire spam isn't unrealistically done.

But is it really a theme to have all camo?

I don't know with that .5 SWC Metro HMG!

One of the armies I am building is a Mercs force of murlocks, yuan yuan, and irmahdinos. What do they come to battle with? Help if i know....

Now that's an interesting mix!

Slarg232 wrote:One of the armies I am building is a Mercs force of murlocks, yuan yuan, and irmahdinos. What do they come to battle with? Help if i know....

I kind of want to do this, too.

My Nomads will have a all furry force someday, sadly the Murlocks are mutants not animals or I could already. I do have a Lizard based Bakunin force with just Mods (cops) and Murlock (robbers).

Hmm. More a fluff idea than theme, but I like attempts to translate stuff into Infinity. There are a number of "Section 9 in Infinity" threads in the CB forums that are pretty slick, and I'm designing my WIP NeoTerran army around Mass Effect's Cerberus (still looking for a good model to function as my Deva Lt. / Hacker aka Miranda Lawson). PanO's anonymous, soulless helmets in particular seem perfect (Nomads are pretty close too) to capturing that Cerberus look.

For me, the sectorial armies are "themed" enough.

I am working with a mate on theming his USAriadna force.
They have US Air force infantry (minutemen - that symbol is off the USAF symbol) and USArmy (Rangers). Yet there are NO naval or Marine forces at all. For a colony project.

I figure he could use Irmandinhos as SEALs, and the kazak/vet kazaks as USCM/Force Recon troops.

Noir wrote:My Nomads will have a all furry force someday, sadly the Murlocks are mutants not animals or I could already. I do have a Lizard based Bakunin force with just Mods (cops) and Murlock (robbers).

Morlocks are not mutants. They are criminals that have been put into almost a penal troop. Some of them it looks like could have been a part of the fighting groups the Chimera infiltrate and/or they go through extreme body modifications for combat. So they could go with your furry group easily.

Infinity web site wrote:
Morlock Groups are composed of the dispossessed of Bakunin’s multi-society. If an individual does not fit in any of the habitats or common zones of Bakunin and has a violent or problematic record, he is assigned to a Morlock Group.

chromedog wrote:For me, the sectorial armies are "themed" enough.

I am working with a mate on theming his USAriadna force.
They have US Air force infantry (minutemen - that symbol is off the USAF symbol) and USArmy (Rangers). Yet there are NO naval or Marine forces at all. For a colony project.

I figure he could use Irmandinhos as SEALs, and the kazak/vet kazaks as USCM/Force Recon troops.

I've looked into doing a USAriadna as well. It can be done with a bit of imagination. I was thinking Para Commandos (US Airborne), Metros with inferior infiltration/Camo (Army Rangers), Fox Trot, and Minutemen. All let by Van Zant.

I don't have a particularly strong theme with my Yu Jing but it is at least in part based around a theme of a chinese spec ops/strike team force. So no JSA units.

CDK wrote:

Noir wrote:My Nomads will have a all furry force someday, sadly the Murlocks are mutants not animals or I could already. I do have a Lizard based Bakunin force with just Mods (cops) and Murlock (robbers).

Morlocks are not mutants. They are criminals that have been put into almost a penal troop. Some of them it looks like could have been a part of the fighting groups the Chimera infiltrate and/or they go through extreme body modifications for combat. So they could go with your furry group easily.

Infinity web site wrote:
Morlock Groups are composed of the dispossessed of Bakunin’s multi-society. If an individual does not fit in any of the habitats or common zones of Bakunin and has a violent or problematic record, he is assigned to a Morlock Group.

Sorry when I said mutant I was comparing to Marvel's Morlocks, who they look like and strike me as the visual inspiration, if not the reason for metachemistry.