[Necromunda] News & Rumors. Delaque BH. p.67.

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**Overread**

And don't forget list tech. Raising an old fallen mortuary could give them tech that has been lost for generations that will give then the edge over their competitors

**Undead_Love-Machine**

Amazing minis. I'm struggling to think of any other minis that capture the setting so well, although almost all of the FW Necro minis look like they have been a labour of love for the sculptors.

StraightSilver wrote:
Those are gorgeous minis, but those paintjobs are absolutely stunning!

Agreed. Those see-through gloves...

**Tsagualsa**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It can also be a survey of sorts.

Examine the bodies of the dead, check them for acceptable levels of toxins. If it’s too high, you know not to harvest from that area. Surprisingly low? Well maybe a forced harvest is on the cards.

And depending on the toxins, maybe end up with useful, valuable, tradable information for other Guilds. Especially if it’s something like traces of Ghast, suggesting a deposit exists somewhere.

Ghast is described as the result of forgotten military stashes of corpse-starch being infected by mutated fungi. These depots can be found in the so called ''forbidden cities'', basically civil protection warehousing bunkers turned into psyker meth labs. Prospecting for new stashes seems like something that is right up this gangs alley, possibly by using old guild maps and inventories as some sort of treasure map. It also gives you a nice out-of-the-box reason for them being involved in gang fights, they need bodyguards and the gangs that set up their own labs are not to keen to share the wealth.

The 2018 rulebook describes the situation:

"The military tunnels that link the many hives of Necromunda run deep beneath the ash wastes, cut into the very bedrock of the planet. This network was constructed so that military forces could be moved quickly around the planet in the event of invasion, enabling them to be concentrated wherever needed. Access to the hives is via great ramp-shafts guarded by gatehouses, but unauthorised persons are able to gain entry through the heat sinks and air vents. Under the hives, and linked to this underground tunnel network, are cavernous storage depots and bunkers, used for stockpiles of synthetic food (in the reconstituted form of corpse-starch) and raw materials in anticipation of war or some other disaster. The tunnel system and its associated bunkers are very ancient, dating to a time before the hives had grown to the massive size they are now. As the system is continually being renovated or enlarged, many tunnels and bunkers have been bypassed or become disused and sealed up. Over the millennia, these unused tunnels and bunkers have been forgotten or lost, but since the discovery that these places are the only source of the valuable drug ‘ghast’, they have been secretly recolonised and are now known as the ‘Forbidden Cities’.

"If they’ve heard of them at all, most Necromundans don’t believe the Forbidden Cities are real, thinking their existence to be yet another urban fable. It is in these ancient bunkers that the decayed corpse-starch deposits are found which are used to make ghast, and it is likely that officials of the Lord of Necromunda discovered the distinctive green deposits while supervising work on the tunnel network. Since then, the nobility and the ruling dynasty of Necromunda has always had a hand in the production and trade in ghast. Only the nobles, with their ability to call on the services of subordinate clans, techs and paramilitary forces, have the diverse resources needed to process the decayed corpse-starch into ghast. As time creeps on, the cavernous vaults of the Forbidden Cities are extended and embellished with the wealth brought in by ghast. Pillared halls are cut from the rock, and polished stones and mosaics adorn the floors, ceilings and walls. Each has become a palace of archaic decadent splendour.

I guess there are a lot of hive perils or disasters that could result in rich ''deposits'' of corpses you could go looking for - hab collapse, air guild messing with someones air supply, radiation hazards and stuff like that. There's also the whole business with Hive Mortis which has been decimated by plague and has ''tunnels stacked with corpses from floor to ceiling'' and whole hab-domes where not a single living being can be found.

**Formosa**

think it was terminal overkill where they talk about a whole dome having been overrun by spiders and everyone being just dead, webs everywhere.

**Grot 6**

Now those are some great looking miniatures, right there.

Forgeworld has really upped their game from a few years ago in these new minis.

As to the "Corpse trade"..

There is a particular hive on Necromunda that is full of the dead. IIRC, Karloth Valois name has been associated with it from time to time.

Agreed whole hearted on a corpse cart. Need a guy with a bell, out there with either a bionic eye, or arm, pushing it.

"BRING OUT YA DEAD.... "RING""

**Danny76**

Doesn’t someone have a spreadsheet showing all the models we’ve gotten and still need from all the book of and house books, and now others etc?
Or did I invent it.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Danny76 wrote:
Doesn’t someone have a spreadsheet showing all the models we’ve gotten and still need from all the book of and house books, and now others etc?
Or did I invent it.

Dunno on that. I’m sure someone will somewhere.

Still three(?) Guilds to go at least.

**Danny76**

I’ve seen one somewhere. Probably the Necromunda discord if not here.
Good breakdown of hangers on, characters, guilds and so on from each and what is and isn’t done etc.

**H.B.M.C.**

Baxx probably has a record. Guy keeps track of everything Necromunda related.

**korbenn**

Overread wrote:
Whatever it is it needs to be voiced by Danny DeVito

"I'm the Bone Man! I throw bones all over the ring! I chew cartilage and i'll hit you over the head with my Bone standard!"

**grahamdbailey**

Finally, the, Escher jetbikes are up for preorder!

**El Torro**

Quite a big preorder week for Necromunda this coming week. Nothing that hasn't been previewed before though (I think).

**lord_blackfang**

Getting me some jetbikes, oh yeah.

**Overread**

That's a big week of Necromunda stuff! Bikes, upgrade packs, cards, dice and all for Escher!

Edit - wait why is the upgrade kit 15+ ??

**Undead_Love-Machine**

I think the age barrier is there due to the problems with resin dust?

**Mr_Rose**

Pretty sure it’s a recommendation not a legal requirement and it’s on most of Forge World’s stuff these days if I remember correctly.

**Overread**

Ahh yeah being resin makes sense! Forgot that the upgrade pack was resin not plastic.

**ImAGeek**

I really like the paintjob on those Escher bikes.

**zedmeister**

Blimey...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/11/28/true-royalty-graces-necromunda-show-obeisance-to-lady-haera-13th-daughter-of-lord-helmwar/

Could the lady be a herald for the return of the Spyrers? She definitely reminds me of the old Spyrer Matriarch.

**Overread**

Dear Warmachine - we gonna do BIGGER ruffs than your pauldrons!

**Haighus**

zedmeister wrote:
Blimey...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/11/28/true-royalty-graces-necromunda-show-obeisance-to-lady-haera-13th-daughter-of-lord-helmwar/

Could the lady be a herald for the return of the Spyrers? She definitely reminds me of the old Spyrer Matriarch.

This just makes me feel sad for the new Lord Solar model.

Some excellent references to late 16th century fashion in that model.

**Lord Damocles**

Again, I don't believe that anybody wearing that would last more than a few minutes on a regular street, let alone in the underhive.

**H.B.M.C.**

The entire concept of the power spear that teleports back to her hand is equal parts silly and amazing.

And I love that she has not one, not two, but three Servo-Skulls who exist to hold up her dress.

**lord_blackfang**

Typo in the URL

**Overread**

Lord Damocles wrote:
Again, I don't believe that anybody wearing that would last more than a few minutes on a regular street, let alone in the underhive.

Yeah but you have to remember she's not just wearing fashion, she's wearing techo-fashion. There's secret pockets, weapons, shields, armour, meshes and more all hidden about that costume. That massive ruff might be thick fur overlaying multiple shield generator and power supplies with a small anti-gravity generator to keep it near weightless for her.

She's so insanely rich and affluent that she can afford for her battle armour to be fashionable in the extreme.

**H.B.M.C.**

And to wear anything less than that would make her akin to the commonfolk, and we can't have that can we.

**zedmeister**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
And to wear anything less than that would make her akin to the commonfolk, and we can't have that can we.

Yeah, it takes the saying "Wouldn't be seen dead in that" to it's literal extreme

**JimmyWolf87**

Overread wrote:
Lord Damocles wrote:
Again, I don't believe that anybody wearing that would last more than a few minutes on a regular street, let alone in the underhive.

Yeah but you have to remember she's not just wearing fashion, she's wearing techo-fashion. There's secret pockets, weapons, shields, armour, meshes and more all hidden about that costume. That massive ruff might be thick fur overlaying multiple shield generator and power supplies with a small anti-gravity generator to keep it near weightless for her.

She's so insanely rich and affluent that she can afford for her battle armour to be fashionable in the extreme.

She has a Refractor Field as part of her equipment as well as full (light) carapace armour.

**warl0rdb0b**

Replace the spear with an heirloom pistol of some kind and she make a superb Inquisitor or Rogue Trader for 40k, but she is exactly as bonkers as I expected a full blown heir apparent of Necromunda to be.

**tauist**

Some definite High Lord vibes! She makes the existing Rogue Trader minis look like street rabble.

I kind of want one as another "VIP" objective. Already got the Water guild reps for the same reason, guessing she wont even be as expensive as they were..

Would also make a killer terrain "statue" if the scale happens to be bigger than a regular human