Cathay Dragon Lists, Heroes Infinite Proxies, and One Very Risky Search Bar
We had one of those very Warhammer conversations recently: part tournament meta salt, part army-building inspiration, and part absolute nonsense caused by muscle memory in the browser bar.
Cathay at 40 points looks brutal
Michał dropped the news first: Licho won Dragon with Cathay, running two Longma and a block of Jade Warriors with the Jade Banner. At 40 points, that sounds seriously nasty.
The immediate reaction was basically: wow, that Cathay from the Beskid event has some wild rules and does not sound fun to play against. Sometimes a list just lands in that space where, even before putting models on the table, you can already feel the uphill battle.
There was also a side note about attendance. Apparently this edition ended up with 25 players, even though it had been expected to reach 50. Staś mentioned that when he wrote to the organizer on Thursday, there were still 43 people on the list, and the organizer even thanked him for saying he would not make it. That probably tells the whole story: plenty of last-minute no-shows.
Cathay army-building ideas from Heroes Infinite
The more hobby-friendly part of the chat was about Heroes Infinite, a studio making miniatures with a very distinctive style. Michał summed them up perfectly: some of their designs feel a bit pointless, some are really cool, and overall they are definitely memorable.
What matters for us is that they have some very usable Cathay-style proxies, and Michał already has a few of them in the collection.
He uses some of their models as Jade Lancers:
And some as Jade Warriors:
There is also a plan to print another one to use as an Astromancer:
For anyone building a Cathay force for Warhammer: The Old World, this is exactly the kind of thing we like seeing: not just chasing whatever is strongest this week, but slowly assembling an army with character. Proxies are always a bit subjective, but these sound like they hit that sweet spot where they can stand in for the intended units while still giving the army its own look.
The real danger: typing “HEROIN” into Google several times a week
And then we reached the most important hobby lesson of the day.
Michał keeps forgetting that the studio is called Heroes Infinite, not Hero Infinite. So whenever he wants to visit their site, he starts typing the beginning of the name and confidently hits enter, assuming the browser will autocomplete it.
Which means, on a regular basis, he types:
HEROIN
…into the search bar.
At this point we can only hope the anti-drug services are not monitoring his browser history too closely, because apparently this happens several times a week.
Honestly, this may be the most dangerous part of collecting Cathay.
Final thoughts
So that was the state of things:
- Cathay is apparently capable of some very mean lists at 40 points,
- tournament attendance can collapse hard between signup and game day,
- Heroes Infinite has some interesting options for Cathay army-building,
- and browser autocomplete remains one of the hobby’s least reliable allies.
If we end up seeing those proxy ranges printed and painted into a full force, we will definitely want to show more. Cathay is one of those armies where a distinctive model range can really make the whole project feel unique.