Three-Four Theme Books for Khador in the Future

I assume the Greylords and Doomreavers will also be in the same theme, but the possibility remains that they each get one, hence my mentioning three or four theme books on the somewhat distant horizon. Black Ops would make sense, but as the AKs are getting a UA it may hint that their "subfaction" is getting expanded a bit. Arguably Jaws of the Dragon has the other models that would qualify for a Black Ops styled theme at present (Kayazy, Manhunters, etc). Just figured it was something to think about.

I would have a problem with AKs and MoWs being in the same book. MoWs are heavy elite shocktroops, heavy armor and shock and awe type. While the AKs would be more like SEAL teams. I kinda see MoWs like Mechanized Infantry and AKs being like Special Forces. While they may work great together, SF looking for weaknesses and the MoWs, plowing through those weaknesses. Hence I can really see two different books.

Just my 2cp.

- Da Muppet

well from the new forces book:

Service Branches: Warcasters, Winter Guard, Assault Kommandos, Iron Fangs, (Black Dragons are separate, but I believe they would fall under Iron Fangs Branch), Man-O-Wars, widowmakers, Irregulars (see Belo), Greylords Covenant and Doom Reavers.

Irregulars
Khadoran law requires all its citizens to serve in the military, even those who live at the farthest reaches of the empire. Because these rugged individualists and clannish people usually do not integrate well into the strict hierarchies of the military, the High Kommand allows them to encamp separately from the regular army and follow commanders promoted from within their own clans, tribes, or villages. Such “irregulars” are often drawn from the Kossite clans and other rural folk of the far north. Operating in tight bands, irregulars benefit from lifetimes of familiarity with their comrades. Given general orders from their superiors, they stage devastating ambushes before melting back into the forest.

The most dangerous irregulars are the hunters and trappers who prowl the backwoods of Khador alone, pitting their skills against the savage denizens of the wild and sometimes taking work as bounty hunters. Irregulars may also serve alongside regular soldiers who are acting as scouts or advance forces. Their familiarity with the deep woods of the north allows them to navigate terrain otherwise impassable to normal foot soldiers. Senior Widowmakers are often given authority over irregulars attached to a given kompany or battalion, coordinating scouting efforts and perimeter patrols.

With this breakdown, I see Irregular forces being used in conjunction with lots of forces. With Senior Widowmakers leading them, they are the recon forces for Khador, hence they may get their own book?!?

Just my 2cp

- Da Muppet

I just want a good MOW theme force. Everything else is gravy.

I am not gonna get my hopes up for an AK book until it happens. I stubbornly play them now just becuase I like them.

They are good at stopping the stupidity of beast healing 1 to 3 boxes to be fully functional again before they activate and they are good in the mirror Match vs the aparently tough winterguard. Also if the new fuel cache objective stays the way it is, they just laugh

I'm not sure there will be an "irregulars" theme book, since Kossites, Manhunters, and Yuri the Axe (as well as Kayazi, incidentally) are in the Command Book and already in a theme force (Jaws of the Wolf). Winterguard of course are also in a theme force but their models are not present in the Command book so I think that Winter Guard Command might just have been an early release of a theme in the eventual Winter Guard theme book.

I'm rather dubious on them making an irregulars-style theme force for Khador because of the above reason of the models that would logically make up that theme force being present in the Command book.