Flashman wrote: it's taken GW over a decade to release a Space Wolves Codex, so Warhammer Armies: Atlanteans will probably happen when GW finally gets around to them.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:The flavour would presumably be of fish?

What do you reckon would be worst John, please?

But it feels that they are being shoehorned into the Warhammer world.

Flashman wrote:One of the special rules in the new book is "Sea Creatures" which enables a monster with this rule to move through water features with no movement penalty.

There are of course currently NO Warhammer units with this rule.

You think GW saw how excited people got about that other company's weresharks and lobster cavalry and decided to grab a piece of the pie?

Albatross wrote:

Fayric wrote:You have to ask yourself: what poular trend is not part of GWs range?
Well Araby might be a choise. Dont know much about it in the GW world, but middleeastern stuff would probably make an interresting addition to their range if it was not already an Araby army once. Sort of a mix of "the thief of bagdad" and the kind of explosive expansion the arabs had during the first hundred years of Islam. Perhaps even use a central Prophet to lead a new take on Araby.

Edit: Not sure if this is a "popular trend", but I hope you see the crocked path my mind has rambled here.

Edit". Also GW seem to have alot of fun with the "easterners" haradrim or whatever in the lord of the rings range.

I think the problem with that is that it could be risky to do an army like that. There's too much potential in the exaggerated world Warhammer inhabits to start getting into racial stereotypes. It's a tightrope. If it's the French (Bretonnians) or the Germans (Empire) it's not too bad, but I doubt GW fancies gently poking fun at, or exaggerating, the Indian subcontinent or the Middle East, not these days. Flying carpets? Genies? Nah, I don't think it would be a clever idea.

I seem to remember a series of Pygmy Warrior miniatures GW used to make. Wow, they really were politically incorrect back in the old days, weren't they?

Now, what I WOULD like to see would be Warhammer Armies: Albion. I can see them as a kind of Pre-Roman British celtic/barbarian army, with plenty of skirmishers and chariots. Also Druids, The Green Man, Witches, stone circles, dark forests and Faeries (but not 'nice' ones...). That would be VERY cool.

JOHIRA wrote:
I'd love to see a Cathay army, but I want it to be pure Cathay and I want GW to do their research. I want it to be an original creation that fits into the Warhammer world but clearly echoes real Chinese history. I do not want to see kung-fu guys in silk pajamas and hobgoblins with enormous moustaches. I'd be okay with a Nipponese army too, but frankly I start to get iffy on the subject when I start to imagine what the fans would do with it. Because eventually someone would make a Naruto army. And then next thing you know I'd be in front of a judge trying to explain why the homicide wasn't just justified, it was necessary.

JOHIRA wrote:

Vlad Von Carstien wrote:I agree if anything I am sure that it would sell in japan.

I'm skeptical. Everyone said the same thing about Tau and they don't sell particularly well here.



The chief problem I see is that westerner Warhammer fans seem to have trouble telling the difference between Cathay and Nippon, and keep wanting to lump them in as one and the same. And they aren't. And I can see Japanese and Chinese players getting quite insulted if they see thousands of years of their country's culture getting squished into their main local rival's just because westerners can't really tell the difference. It would be a bit like if some Japanese miniature company made a "white people" army composed of Empire Longswordsmen, Brettonian Knight formations, Roman legionaires, and Gaulish light chariots. And then said, "well, we want to sell well in White People-land, so white people will buy these models because they're white people!"

I'd love to see a Cathay army, but I want it to be pure Cathay and I want GW to do their research. I want it to be an original creation that fits into the Warhammer world but clearly echoes real Chinese history. I do not want to see kung-fu guys in silk pajamas and hobgoblins with enormous moustaches. I'd be okay with a Nipponese army too, but frankly I start to get iffy on the subject when I start to imagine what the fans would do with it. Because eventually someone would make a Naruto army. And then next thing you know I'd be in front of a judge trying to explain why the homicide wasn't just justified, it was necessary.

But what I'd most rather see is GW just focus on getting their existing armies done properly. I could support adding another army if their sculptors weren't tied to armies as projects and could just sculpt whatever they wanted whenever the inspiration struck. But GW doesn't release like that- they've got one chance to make an army work and then players are stuck with that for like what, 7 years? And as a current beastman player, I know quite well what we can get stuck with. No, GW, please, take things slow, do your minis right, and then if you have time before next edition, you can start thinking about a new army.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:If there is going to be an aquatic race they will be able to have units of Pikemen!

FacelessMage wrote:

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:If there is going to be an aquatic race they will be able to have units of Pikemen!

don't you mean Tridents?

Bloodwin wrote:As far as a new army goes, I've not seen anything more in the book than would usually be suggested.

schadenfreude wrote:A lot of my fellow westerners are either unfamiliar with or forgetful of the fact that there is a lot of bad blood between Asian nations/ethnic groups. Japanese armies would have a hard time selling in China, Chinese armies would have a hard time selling in Japan, and some bastardized mix of ancient China and Japan into 1 army would be about as offensive to Asians as a bastardized mix of US army, Israeli special forces, and Nazi Germany would be to western culture. It's bad business pure and simple.

agnosto wrote:Oh god, the next thing you'll want is Hollywood to actually cast Japanese actors instead of Chinese (Sayuri I'm looking at you).

JOHIRA wrote: GW might start thinking about naval battles, and that might lead someone at forgeworld to make an extremely detailed High Elf ship model with complete rigging and so on, and that might lead to me to complete Nerdvana.