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Title says it all and sky is the limit, the more obscure the better. That said I'm gonna go with something kinda mainstream and say I wish we had rules and or models for chapter serfs. I know they can be represented by proxy but I would love a rules to go with a narrative game where the chapters home world gets caught with it's pants down and needs to rally the help. Also be a fun kill team.

Vect's Castigators.

For Sisters I'd say the Frateris Malitia.

Magi Biologis would also be nice.

So would Chrono Gladiators.

Anything Rogue Trader related would be good too.

Skitarii Cohort Commanders and Kasrkin.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Skitarii Cohort Commanders and Kasrkin.

I wish GW hadn't discontinued Kasrkin/ Wish i had bought some before they got cut.

HoundsofDemos wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Skitarii Cohort Commanders and Kasrkin.

I wish GW hadn't discontinued Kasrkin/ Wish i had bought some before they got cut.

It's less the models, more the concept.

They're Guard Veterans, with no special deployment perks wearing heavier armor with Hellguns and basically acting as bodyguards/linebreakers.

Doomrider.


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And Noise Marines...

I wish there were models and rules for civilians. squads of 1d6 + 2. They move 4 inches in a random direction (scatter die) and are not controlled by either player.

They could net VP - different factions receiving different conditions for the VP.

There could be a variety of different types/models too. Planetary governor, Merchant, or other VIPs, and of course unimportant civilians like laborers who are really worth the effort for VP if you put alot of effort into it to denote the imperium's blatent disregard for it's people.

There were rumours via Necromunda sometime ago that we'd see a set of civilians in plastic. I doubt it'll happen, but I'd like it. Expanding on the civilians (which are a great idea even without proper rules), I'd like to see more auxiliary units with a game-purpose. I'd like to see more combat engineers, command vehicles, communications specialists, artillery spotters etc. I don't know if the current rules really would support them enough to be useful, but "narrative" brand of 40K models would be great. Just an offshoot in an off-coloured box that's called Warhammer: Storyline.

Give me some astropaths, pilots, governors, religious figures, non-combat servitors, diplomats, vehicle crewmen, Xenos traders and merchants, Rogue Traders etc. There are some 3rd party miniature lines which do some of this stuff, but not nearly enough.

Castellan Rhinos - Rhinos the Iron Warriors used with extra armor plates that could expand and link together with other Castellan Rhinos to form hasty fortifications. If I remember correctly they also had extra shock absorbers and extra weaponry.

Maybe rules for The Silent King. Even if it were purely narrative I'm curious what wargear he would have.

chapter serfs

Bring back Pariahs!

Hrud

Kroot with evolutionary adaptations

Dino riding Eldar

Imperial Knight Household troops.

Banville wrote:
Imperial Knight Household troops.

Just use FW Skitarii. Peltasts and Hoplite analogues or some such.

Give me Fabulous Bill and his Gland Hounds and other miriad of abominations.

Blood Angels from the Tower of Amareo. Although Im not sure theres many of them left these days.
The wolufs have their wulfen.
Death company dialed up to 11.

Slicing Orbs of Zandros. Or more Phoenix Lords.

Whoops. I mean I wish Noise Marines had a kit. A real one too and not just a repack of a box of CSMs with the old upgrade sprues.

Rebel Grots, or possibly Grot Snipers

one thats not in the background but was in the fantasy game is the "big boss" Orks (and ideally grots) as a junior leader

leopard wrote:
Rebel Grots, or possibly Grot Snipers

one thats not in the background but was in the fantasy game is the "big boss" Orks (and ideally grots) as a junior leader

So basiclky the Ork "Leuitenant" not a bad idea.

 Elbows wrote:
I'd like to see more auxiliary units with a game-purpose. I'd like to see more combat engineers, command vehicles, communications specialists, artillery spotters etc. I don't know if the current rules really would support them enough to be useful, but "narrative" brand of 40K models would be great. Just an offshoot in an off-coloured box that's called Warhammer: Storyline.

Give me some astropaths, pilots, governors, religious figures, non-combat servitors, diplomats, vehicle crewmen, Xenos traders and merchants, Rogue Traders etc. There are some 3rd party miniature lines which do some of this stuff, but not nearly enough.

I like the idea of auxiliary units too - which i think they could use more of. The imperial guard has the master of ordinance, master of... um.. airplanes. (i forget), etc. Those have usefull effects and add to the flavor. Adeptus Mechanicus techpriests filled the role of aux-mechanics for a long time and that flavor was interesting enough to warrant a new army.

It would be interesting if more armies had these. They wouldn't have to be useless or pure flavor either. Tau Earthcast could make an appearance as mechanics or labor to repair vehicles, boost drones, or be ammo re-suppliers to give bonus shots to some units. You could do similar things with chaos slaves/civilians. For tyranids, you could have logistical bioforms like biomass haulers - they'd just be big bloated things with liquid-swollen abdomens.

From a game design perspective - if aux units were ever used by GW, they'd be a good way to smooth over imbalances with existing armies or units. Primaris die too easy, and realistically should have .5 extra wounds, but +1 wound is too much? *poof* some kind of cherub or servitor can be taken for 10 pts to give 5+ FNP to Primaris within 6". It would basically be an auto-include, but players get some flavor, balance, and GW gets to make $ on a new model.

Grand Master Vorth Mordrak and his Ghostly Bodyguards.

Loved this guy in 6th, hated losing him in 7th, and definitely miss him in 8th. He is still listed as the Grey Knight’s Admiral of the Fleet and Grand Master of the 2nd Brotherhood.

SJ

Penal Legion troopers. Let's maybe not bring back the Human Bombs in the current political climate (and let's not go down a 4chan-cesspool discussion of them) but Penal Troopers led by Commisars MUST be reinstated! Super fluffy and better than simple Conscripts, plus they can get unique rules.

 darkcloak wrote:
Doomrider.

+1 for Doomrider. Chaos hasn't been the same without him.

Dark mechanicum of any sort that isn't just kitbashed admech with a black paint job

SirWeeble wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
I'd like to see more auxiliary units with a game-purpose. I'd like to see more combat engineers, command vehicles, communications specialists, artillery spotters etc. I don't know if the current rules really would support them enough to be useful, but "narrative" brand of 40K models would be great. Just an offshoot in an off-coloured box that's called Warhammer: Storyline.

Give me some astropaths, pilots, governors, religious figures, non-combat servitors, diplomats, vehicle crewmen, Xenos traders and merchants, Rogue Traders etc. There are some 3rd party miniature lines which do some of this stuff, but not nearly enough.

I like the idea of auxiliary units too - which i think they could use more of. The imperial guard has the master of ordinance, master of... um.. airplanes. (i forget), etc. Those have usefull effects and add to the flavor. Adeptus Mechanicus techpriests filled the role of aux-mechanics for a long time and that flavor was interesting enough to warrant a new army.

It would be interesting if more armies had these. They wouldn't have to be useless or pure flavor either. Tau Earthcast could make an appearance as mechanics or labor to repair vehicles, boost drones, or be ammo re-suppliers to give bonus shots to some units. You could do similar things with chaos slaves/civilians. For tyranids, you could have logistical bioforms like biomass haulers - they'd just be big bloated things with liquid-swollen abdomens.

From a game design perspective - if aux units were ever used by GW, they'd be a good way to smooth over imbalances with existing armies or units. Primaris die too easy, and realistically should have .5 extra wounds, but +1 wound is too much? *poof* some kind of cherub or servitor can be taken for 10 pts to give 5+ FNP to Primaris within 6". It would basically be an auto-include, but players get some flavor, balance, and GW gets to make $ on a new model.

In some respects I guess the Rogue Trader game is addressing that. Smacks to me of a test-bed for Rouge Trader and Lost and the Damned factions.

Kroot Mercs ftw!

The Dominatrix.

The queen of the surface forces was mentioned again in the current Tyranid codex, and we are still waiting for our first plastic Lord of War...

How about those mutated almost-marines the Raven Guard had/have that they herded towards enemies as cannon fodder?