Why is it that at least one person wants females in there army???

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**Tyyr**

Never underestimate the power of nerd rage.

**pr0t011187**

I dunno I think it would be cool to see more female units for my armies, maybe make more of those female gaurdsmen

**tigonesskay**

It would be nice to have another all or mostly all female army besides the SOB's.

**metallifan**

tigonesskay wrote:It would be nice to have another all or mostly all female army besides the SOB's.

And preferably not human either. We need more Xenos races that people will actually enjoy. An Asexual female race (think those blue/green tentacle-haired whatsit aliens from Mass Effect) would be an excellent addition IMO. The current Xenos selection needs to expand to add another race or two once GW finally catches up with the updates to existing races... Whenever that will (or won't) be.

**ZacktheChaosChild**

I want female Plague Marines in my army...

**tigonesskay**

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I want female Plague Marines in my army...

Ewww...

**Xenith**

Hawkins wrote:Reading this im inclined to want to see female necrons, call it a morbid fasination at what they would look like.

Youve seen T3, right?

**tigonesskay**

Female necrons T3 style! suduce the living and THEN kill 'em...

**Tonytiger89**

makr wrote:As a Guard player, I'd like female units because according to the fluff, entire populations are conscripted.

But the models ae so small it wouldn't make any difference, and it just gives GW another reason to bump up there prices,

**The Dreadnote**

As someone who has just purchased several female miniatures, I can confirm that this is false.

**Asherian Command**

Lol female orcs hahahahahaha.
Even better female squats (THEY DO EXIST!)
female primarchs lol.
female Ultrasmurfs. hhehehehe. theres no difference.
Female Dark Angels. well too late : O.

**Isaac Oh**

Commander Endova wrote:
lordbug wrote:There is always one thread that pops up and the person wants female space marines /female necrons/and so on.

whys is this?
If you want females pick sisters there you go problem solved.
does this bother anyone else?

Because boobs are like bacon. Everything it gets added to automatically becomes 69% more appealing to men.

AHAHA!!

69%

**CountCross**

Farseer Prometheus wrote:It helps add a little more flavor to a army if someone wants a pure female IG regiment he/she should be able to. Not sure you will ever see female necrons then again I don't think you would want to see that unless you swing that way a course...

Machines are the way to go, you don't have to ask them about their feelings, they never complain and they don't pms.

Female orks would look like their vehicles, stiched together and battered.

Female SM... Scary s

t. They would have the Blood Angels Black Rage once a month. That's like the Horus Heresy every month, no chapter would recover.

Female Tau... Imagine the little mermaid with hooves.

Eldar Females... Wait you mean there are male eldar? (Sarcasm BTW)

Tyranids, seeing as they are insects with a hive social structure like ants and bees, they are probably all females.

**Persephone 66**

Asherian Command wrote:Lol female orcs hahahahahaha.
Even better female squats (THEY DO EXIST!)
female primarchs lol.
female Ultrasmurfs. hhehehehe. theres no difference.
Female Dark Angels. well too late : O.

Female grots?

**Tyyr**

makr wrote:As a Guard player, I'd like female units because according to the fluff, entire populations are conscripted.

Pretty much this. The IG is an equal opportunity employer.

Tonytiger89 wrote:But the models ae so small it wouldn't make any difference,

Which is totally disproved by dozens of female miniatures for other lines that exist and look very much female compared to male models.

and it just gives GW another reason to bump up there prices,

Yes, because their very small, highly contained line of products has so far managed to keep their prices quite low.

**tigonesskay**

Tyyr wrote:
Yes, because their very small, highly contained line of products has so far managed to keep their prices quite low.

except for the metal models of the SOB's which is now like 40+ bucks a pop.

**Tonytiger89**

Tyyr wrote:
makr wrote:As a Guard player, I'd like female units because according to the fluff, entire populations are conscripted.

Pretty much this. The IG is an equal opportunity employer.

Tonytiger89 wrote:But the models ae so small it wouldn't make any difference,

Which is totally disproved by dozens of female miniatures for other lines that exist and look very much female compared to male models.

and it just gives GW another reason to bump up there prices,

Yes, because their very small, highly contained line of products has so far managed to keep their prices quite low.

Fair point, but you've got so many guardsmen on the field it wouldn't make much difference. If you had some female commanders and officers, maybe a bit better

**Owain**

Say what you want about Imperial society, near-complete racial and gender equality have been achieved on many worlds in the Imperium. If a female commander comes up in the fluff her gender isn't usually seen as extraordinary.

**metallifan**

Owain wrote:Say what you want about Imperial society, near-complete racial and gender equality have been achieved on many worlds in the Imperium. If a female commander comes up in the fluff her gender isn't usually seen as extraordinary.

Considering there're Female Inquisitors, Governors and Commissars, I'd say that female officers are 100% possible, without arguement. There're undoubtedly worlds with very gender-specific roles and views in their society. But overall, women are of equal status in the Imperium and thus should be presented in a Guard bitz sprue.

**kaptaink**

I played Fantasy for awhile and was actually kind of stoked to see certain armies having a female contingent. Dark Elves had them, as well as High Elves I believe and for sure Wood Elves. Some of my favorite models I had were my female Wardancers and Scouts and what not. Not because of their sex but because of their poses and what not. As long as females would belong there I don't see a reason to be against it or say it's weird. HOWEVER.

Some people (myself included) enjoy certain armies because of their 'fluff' and enjoy the design of everything. Necrons = genderless metal beings walking forward in an unrelenting fashion. Orks = kinda the same. Marines are beings made in the Emperor's image. Last time I heard the Emperor was a dude...

Anyway what I am trying to say is that some people don't enjoy the pure destruction of an armies 'fluff' because you want to be different. To me it is the same way that some people want to do 'CHAOS <insert army name>. Such as Daemonhunters even though there has never, ever been a single marine to fall to Chaos. Or, CHAOS TAU, CHAOS SISTERS OF BATTLE! It's just lame.

**Sylvinaes**

Thrain wrote:I've actually been thinking about this quite a bit lately. I think GW is really missing the boat by not having more female models.

Now hear me out if you disagree.

Geekdom has spread beyond just males. Thanks to mainstreaming of video game consoles and mmorpgs. My wife is a gamer wife. Yes I know I'm very luck. I know many other females who participate in geeky hobbies be they rpgs, video games, larp etc. In my humble opinion it's a marketing shortfall that they don't have more female models. Having more would potentially attract more female players as well as selling to current or potential future male players.

Now I'm not suggesting that they make a bunch of new all female armies like Sisters of Battle. They could stand to smatter in a few females here and there though. A female torso and a couple heads, for instance, on a Imperial Guard sprue would be an awesome addition. Where I think it is more important to have females is in character models as most 40k generals see themselves as their army commander. Witch Hunters is the only line where this exits. A female colonel, commissar, farseer, etc would all be awesome additions to the model range.

I agree with the people who boggle at female necrons because it seems silly to me as well. On the other hand a female C'tan could be cool.

Anyway, I enjoy this hobby and as such I want to see it grow. I think the female market, while admittedly much smaller than the male, is totally untapped. By doing some very minor additions to the current model ranges GW could potentially draw in new customers as well as sell it's regular customers some great new minis.

Oh and first post.

Being a woman myself, I don't see the need to have Female SM, this thread is stupid =D

**Emperors Faithful**

phillosmaster wrote:
The Eldar are probably the best army as far as gender diversity currently, but the majority of the units are still male models only. A noticeably female Farseer would have probably helped push her over, which isn’t an unreasonable thing to produce(especially if the Dawn of War series is any indication).

**Napalm**

I think female models for IG would be nice for variety sake, much in the way I have a few Catachans thrown into my Cadian based IG and mix up different skin tones. I've also done a female tanker- used an unhelmeted SOB head and mounted it on the shoulders up tankie from the accessory sprue.