Cuban eight wrote:Just browsing some the old threads it appears that Cold One hounds were abandoned because of no Games Workshop models that were suitable. This was when it was hoped to have the warband "officialised" by GW. I don't know if that is still a goal nowadays. A question for Loflar....
Exactly. The warband revision project was started based on agreement between the original project leader and someone from GW. The deal was, that we develop rules allowing play with current GW models, and GW will adopt the rules. However, when the rules were finished, GW was not interested.
And yes, CO hounds were abandoned because of lack of models. There were also other ideas (I remember baby hydras), but dogs were easily available from WH warband, so we have chosen them.
Regarding current goals... The original goal was: update Druchii warband, get it in line with available GW models and current Druchii rules (6th edition, at the time), make it playable. This goal was achieved. We have also updated the Assassin hired sword (and my Shade Scout is quite popular, at least where I play ;-) ).
There were other goals: shade warband, witch elf warband. They were never even started, because there was no one to work on them.
The warband project, as I see it, is finished and comatose. Since we started, my interests moved elsewhere, so while I still play Mordheim regularly, I don't have time for development. If anyone wants to resuscitate it, do that. Just don't count on me. I just occasionally pop here for upkeep and user support ;-)