"What's in the "early adopters" stage of the bell curve?" Topic

Alright, so obviously this is a subject that calls for a lot of guesswork and this thread (if it takes off) may appear comically off-target in retrospect, but as long as we're just doing it for good cheer, let's.

If we take the "What's hot?" thread to be about what's at/near the peak of the bell curve, and the "What's not hot?" thread to be about what's at/past the end of it, that leaves the question of what's at the beginning of the bell curve – the "early adopters" stage, if you will.

So, what looks poised to become a future trend, major phenomenon or "old familiar" in miniature wargaming? Scales, genres/periods/settings, rules design concepts, technologies, community practices, specific products or companies, anything.

I nominate:

3mm (1/600) as a land wargaming scale (as beginning to be asserted by Oddzial Osmy and Magister Militum)
3d-printing terrain at home with low-end 3d printers (not so much figures and vehicles yet, just terrain)

I think the new Warhammer edition is going to rely a great deal on larger figures (they have begun to push bigger models as special characters). This will bleed over into historical and we will see 40mm take off in WW2 or another period.

Chibi style miniatures are definitely on the rise.

40mm will start to climb arter hanging on the fringe. Lion rampant matched with Vanguard minis. Other periods as well where rules require a 40 – 50 figures.

Historicals in general will start showing up in Game Stores as the Greybeards look to get out of the house and actually game with their minis.

Kosciuszko Uprising will undoubtedly become the next big thing.

How could it not?

Another nomination, if a slightly hazy one that's difficult to delineate precisely:

The early 19th century wars of the Ottomans and Persians.

Khurasan has just previewed Persians for the period in 18mm, and Westfalia the same in 28mm. Steve Barber is releasing/previewing 28mm Ottomans for the period, and Brigade Games has just recently done the same (and that range might still be growing as well). That feels kind of like a confluence to me. I can see these wars having a lot of "trend appeal" to historical wargamers. Exotic yet at the same time familiar in a way. With shiny new miniatures from at least four top-notch companies, I suspect the Ottoman-Qajar War, the Greek War of Independence and other "adjacent" conflicts are on their way to having a spike in wargamer attention.

It seems 6mm scifi has been inching its way up the curve with more support and more interesting. 6mm skirmish as well.

I am fairly certain anything I am interested in will become big five years later, long after I've lost all interest.

Please list your top five, Mexican Jack, Squint, I want to be ahead of the curve for one!