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My concept

The idea is simple really and I am aware not entirely new. "Hairy humans" or at least ones wearing some fur. The idea being that they are then much more versatile than a pure humans in armour type team whilst still allowing them to be used as such.

By adding fur over the shoulders and a ragged leather loin cloth they can be used as human, chaos humans (often pleaded for and house ruled everywhere), as alternative Norse models or as marauders for the chaos pact team (as I'm sure you know a forerunner in the play-tested maybe teams for future officialdom).

For the miniatures (i.e. the sketches attached) I put closed helms and quite chunky armour along with the fur and loin cloth. I think that this gives them a more foreboding look than with open helm and also implies something hidden underneath (mutation?). I also though that a variety of different horns would be more interesting than just the standard cow horn helm seen in inaccurate viking pictures. So, goats horns, a unicorn horn maybe, no horn, etc. This would then mean that a models main body with a different horned helmet could cut production time and costs. (After all GW do it!) And finally, I thought that for the linemen (the less flamboyant types) ever so slightly longer arms giving a bit of a primitive look. A bit like the way orcs are made to look like powerful primates, but less defined and without the stoop to the shoulders, therefore giving the lineman a look of raw power but not without some intellect of the upright man.

Basically it's an Amazon team in the same mould as the new Humans, but with a little less armour and no helmets (they've got to look AV7 to the Humans' AV8).

The Blitzers would be a little taller and much more muscle-bound than the rest, with some appropriately wild hair, to make them easily distinguishable from the rest (see picture). In other words your "alpha-male" Amazon-warrior bodybuilder stereotype.

The Throwers and Catchers could be less armoured than the rest of the team, as with the regular Human team; perhaps with bare feet and lower leg, and long free-flowing hair to add dynamism to their poses (see other picture).

Linewomen would have short spiked or braided hair; something that's hard to grab in the LOS scrum.

The positions would have similar poses to their Human team counterparts; so Blitzers charging, Catchers catching and so on. Again, to aid in distinguishing the positions.

All the players would have armour on at least thighs, chest and one shoulder. Blitzers and Linewomen would have armoured shin guards, solid BB boots (not 6" heels, not Goddamn *&%$! platformed hooker boots, but proper play a game of football without breaking your own ankle BB boots), some spiked gloves etc.

A link with the current Amazon team could be made by adding a small amount of suitable jewellery and good-luck charms; feathers and the like.

Anyway, I hope that's enough detail to illustrate the concept sufficiently for folks.