If You Could Create A New Army, What Would It Be.

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**theduncan**

The Adeptus Custodes

**hendaron**

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!!!

Agreed, +1

**ChocolateGork**

They do NOT have armies as vast as the imperial guard.

**hendaron**

Skiitiari (thus tech gaurd) are bundled in legions i thought.
They are not that vast as Imperial gaurd,but they are with enough.

**kizzdougs**

...Chaos Legions...?

In all seriousness though i would like to see the return of a Lost and The Damned style army. Or the Custodes.

**Reanimator**

Some sort of AI controlled race. All robots all the time.

That and a dark mechanicum. Even more dark gribbly tech.

**theduncan**

Reanimator wrote:Some sort of AI controlled race. All robots all the time.

That and a dark mechanicum. Even more human races.

Just what we need lol.

Honestly though GW needs to get more alien races.

THE SQUATS STRIKE BACK!!!

**sum1thtdiesalot**

Reanimator wrote:Some sort of AI controlled race. All robots all the time.

That sounds like necronids. AI being the Hivemind and robots being the necron part. Though it would be sweet. My HQ would be cortana

**Reanimator**

I'm sure there's an alien race called the quietude in the prospero burns HH novel that has something like a hive mind effect, but controlling some sort of cyborg esque machines. I envisioned it being more along the lines of the machines in the matrix, with a lot of variety in their shape. I'm sure someone earlier has mentioned a similar idea, so
+1

Plus the imperium gets very pious about AI and its heretical nature, so I'm sure there'd be enough fluff to justify the imperium bothering to fight them.

**ChaosGalvatron**

Whatever alien race the tyranids are running from.

**tomjoad**

The Custodes don't ever leave Terra, do they? Otherwise, that'd be cool, but I think the Grey Knights are close enough if what you want are Marines that really kick a lot of ass.

Instead of offering us new species/armies, what I'd love GW to do is support the lines they already have Codexes for (how on earth can there not be a Sanguinary Priest w/ jump pack model? Or a freakin' Tervigon?). If I could buy any Codex and know that, with my nearly non-existent modeling skills, I could easily field any unit in the book I'd be happy.

**Perkustin**

Hrud aren't space skaven anymore btw...
Some sort of army of ghosts like in lord of the rings. They coul be commanded by mysterious overseers with a mastery of the webway and psykism.

**StarShade**

Can they not just bring back Squats or possibly even Slann!

**sum1thtdiesalot**

The only way that squats would be even half cool would be if they were with IG like the ogryns nad the sort of already are with the halfling snipers. Whats that Slann though? Slannesh?

**StarShade**

Slann were like space lizard men in 1st edition Rogue trader. Squats were cool, ok they were essentially short fat IG but if GW had put some of the stuff they had in epic into 40k they would of been far better.

**VikingScott**

I would support an all armour army. (I.E some sort of walker as troops.)

I suspect that this could be called a demiurg amry perhaps seeing as they like their machines. (The squats cousins.)

Other than that uf theur had to be a new army then I'd support the Adeptus Mechanicus.

But really I think that they have too many codecii to keep up with as it is.

**Footsloggin**

An army of wargamers... Armed to the teeth with weapons only *Insert Diety here* know what could do to a person...

**FUUUUDGE!**

I`d actually like some non slowed humans,talking somewhere in between tau and eldar,technologically-wise,and having reason&logic hold the empire together,not HURRDURRR THE EMPRAH PORTECHTS!!!!

**snake**

tomjoad wrote:
Instead of offering us new species/armies, what I'd love GW to do is support the lines they already have Codexes for (how on earth can there not be a Sanguinary Priest w/ jump pack model? Or a freakin' Tervigon?). If I could buy any Codex and know that, with my nearly non-existent modeling skills, I could easily field any unit in the book I'd be happy.

+1

Let's flesh out all existing codices and models before we start adding new races to the mix, further complicating the process...

**sum1thtdiesalot**

StarShade wrote:Slann were like space lizard men in 1st edition Rogue trader. Squats were cool, ok they were essentially short fat IG but if GW had put some of the stuff they had in epic into 40k they would of been far better.

Yes I agree with you completely. A bajillion different titans and Super heavies FTW. Did the Dark eldar have a titan type unit in Epic?

**Fifty**

Really? Page 3 and no Exodites?

1) Eldar Pirates (NOT Dark Eldar)
2) Exodites
3) Genestealer Cult (even as part of the Tyranid book)
4) Squats
5) Traitor Legions
6) Traitor Guards

**StarShade**

sum1thtdiesalot wrote:
StarShade wrote:Slann were like space lizard men in 1st edition Rogue trader. Squats were cool, ok they were essentially short fat IG but if GW had put some of the stuff they had in epic into 40k they would of been far better.

Yes I agree with you completely. A bajillion different titans and Super heavies FTW. Did the Dark eldar have a titan type unit in Epic?

I always thought the Squat Gyro Copter would have been good for 40k, as for Dark Eldar im not even sure they relased them for Epic, might be wrong i went awol for a while when 3rd edition arrived.
As for squats a friend of mine is convinced they have a small mention in a recent 40k novel.

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Fifty wrote:Really? Page 3 and no Exodites?

1) Eldar Pirates (NOT Dark Eldar)
2) Exodites
3) Genestealer Cult (even as part of the Tyranid book)
4) Squats
5) Traitor Legions
6) Traitor Guards

I completely agree, Exodites are long overdue. I played a 2nd edition 40k battle all day last Monday, Nurgle Chaos marines Vs Exodites. Not only was it a really good battle my friend pulled out some of the experimental rules doing the rounds towards the end of 2nd edition, have you ever seen the rules for the Carnosaur, like an Eldar T-Rex.

**sum1thtdiesalot**

I hate to be this guy but what exactly are the exodites? Are the like eldar that went rogue but not dark eldar? And no sadly the dark eldar didnt have anything for Epic. But it would be cool to have ork Soopa guns

**-Loki-**

Tortoiseer wrote:
Retribution wrote:
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!!!

Pfft, who wants diversity on the TT when you can have 20 variations of the IoM

+1

The more non imperium armies we get, the better. We xenos and heretics are outnumbered by the umies for codex equipped factions as it is.

The Adeptus Mechanicus actually isn't an IoM army, despite the fact that they are humans. They've got thir own political structure, god, beliefs, military and fleet. They have a beneficial alliance with the Imperium, but it's not completely concrete. A Mechanicus codex would actually add some neat things.

**DickBandit**

I want an army of cows from the Secret Moo Moo level in Diablo II.

**StarShade**

sum1thtdiesalot wrote:I hate to be this guy but what exactly are the exodites? Are the like eldar that went rogue but not dark eldar? And no sadly the dark eldar didnt have anything for Epic. But it would be cool to have ork Soopa guns

Exodites are Eldar that had settled on planets and ride Dragons (dinosaurs)

I pinched this out of the old codex

The Dragon Knights are the warrior caste of the Exodite worlds. They ride fearsome carnivorous reptiles which they call dragons. There are many different kinds of dragon, from creatures somewhat larger than a horse to monsters as big as a house, but only the smaller and more agile ones are ridden to war. The kind most favored by the Eldar Knights are common to most of the Exodite worlds.

**Sir Pseudonymous**

StarShade wrote:As for squats a friend of mine is convinced they have a small mention in a recent 40k novel.

They're mentioned in Ravenor Rogue, by the rogue trader Sholto Unwerth, who is heavily implied to be one. Specifically, with a half heard monologue poking fun at the way GW tried to pretend they never existed in the first place.

'...it is much derailed, in places high and low,' she heard the shipmaster saying, 'that there ever was a race of beings of the name the squats, and many scholams and those of the high mindful claim it's just a myth, a thing that never was, but my direst old grand avuncular sweared to me that the Unwerth lineament has some timbre of that blood in it, right back in all perspective, I mean...'

Fifty wrote:
1) Eldar Pirates (NOT Dark Eldar)

What exactly would separate Eldar pirates from craftworld or dark eldar in game terms? Conceptually they're different, but wouldn't they be using the same weapons for the most part?

-Loki- wrote:
Tortoiseer wrote:
Retribution wrote:
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!!!

Pfft, who wants diversity on the TT when you can have 20 variations of the IoM

+1

The more non imperium armies we get, the better. We xenos and heretics are outnumbered by the umies for codex equipped factions as it is.

The Adeptus Mechanicus actually isn't an IoM army, despite the fact that they are humans. They've got thir own political structure, god, beliefs, military and fleet. They have a beneficial alliance with the Imperium, but it's not completely concrete. A Mechanicus codex would actually add some neat things.

The Mechanicus is just another faction inside the Imperium, like how the Astartes are a separate body ungoverned by Imperial law (and aren't actually humans for that matter...), the Ecclesiarchy is its own institution, and the Inquisition sits on top in name, if not always in practice.

Really, we have fewer Imperial factions (Imperial Guard, Inquisition, and Space Marines (I suppose ecclesiarchy too, though it only has a few units in an Inquisition codex)) than Xenos (Both types of Eldar, Chaos Marines, Daemons, Tau, Necrons, Orks, and Tyranids), when you consider that the majority of their codices are just extraneous variations on a single one of their factions.

Now that I see it mentioned, a Mechanicus army would awesome, though I'd really like to see a dedicated Inquisition army, rather than just a few units shoehorned in beside Super-Mary-Sue Marines or Battle Nuns...

People keep saying Deathwatch, and I have to ask, why? They're just normal Space Marines taken from random chapters to serve the Inquisition. Just paint vanilla space marines black with some different chapter insignia and you have something that would be 99.9% identical to a full deathwatch army in gameplay terms...

**tech66**

Now that this has reached epic levels of geekness it's time for something completely different...

I want to see some Jedi Knights leading Clone Troopers into battle against any of the 40k races.

Lightsaber vs Terminator Armor
Bolter vs Clone Trooper Armor
...
Oh never mind...

A horde of daemons and some Chaos Marines would crush them.

**Grass4hopper**

theduncan wrote:
Honestly though GW needs to get more alien races.

I agree, and posters have listed plenty of existing races in the 40k universe. I wish they would add a truly "alien" race. Eldar, Dark Eldar, Orks, Tau are all very humanoid in appearance; even most of the Nids are bipedal. I want a truly crazy looking species, asymmetrical or an odd number of legs or something else to set them apart and make them look completely unique.

Just to be clear, I'm not complaining about the existing playable races; I just wouldn't mind seeing something completely new.

**ChocolateGork**