Hey all,
I will be on the forum on and off as school and other things grab more of my attention.
However, I had planned to create our own version of the Empire book, and want to further discuss the logistics of doing so before I started. I am posting my thoughts, and want to see how they measure up to everyone else's.
First of all, I want it to be a communal work, so no one author or coordinator.
Secondly, I want it to be reasonable. Which is to say, not OTT, Xtreme, radical, beardy, cheezy, and you get the picture. Call me conservative, but I don't see anything drastically wrong with the majority of the book that we have: it just needs some tweaking.
With regards to fluff, I think an open forum works best. I know Fandir had thought of writing some of his own, and others are welcome to as well. As long as we do not drastically change anything, the book would be improved by new pieces, I think.
With regards to rules is where I am at a loss. I have been pondering how to go about this all Christmas break and see no easy path. On the one hand I feel an open forum is best. On the other, they just seem to go in circles, with each person stating their opinion and new idea, many of which are good, but the result is too many to choose from. Ideally, there would be a group of people who co-author this part, presenting and weighing opinions until concensus is reached. But who is to be selected?
With regards to the artwork, much of the Warhammer art is getting dated, and it would be nice to add some fresh stuff. Again, I would not want to deviate too much from the original style and feel, but obviously anyone wanting to submit any would have artistic license for as much leeway as possible.
Painting: Not many of us can measure up to the Heavy Metal team, but we could showcase conversions and different army colours than the standard red-and-white. We could furthermore include pics of War Altars and Karl Franz's Dragon, models which are not showcased in our current book at all. Again, submissions would be lovely.