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If they have a formation/detachment in the new book that has some sort of drop pod assault rule you will probably want 3-5

Well yea. Thats a whole different ballgame at that point.

Neurothrope incoming:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/480/621735.page#7338228

 Redemption wrote:
Neurothrope incoming:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/480/621735.page#7338228

You are a beautiful person. Thank you.

The new Venomthropes look sick in my opinion. As does the new Neurothrope.

It's also cheaper than it was for me, I think I read it at £40 for three models. Previously it would have been £46.50 for three Venomthropes.

I'm not complaining

I'll get better photos and a better look at the Warhammer Visions tomorrow

Wow. If I can make 3 neurothropes from 1 kit it's sold. I have 3 venoms and 5 zoeys already gathering dust

Yea I sold 3 Zoeys, 3 is all Ill ever need. The new venom's look great though.

So now we have Vopes, Zopes, Mopes, and Nopes.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
So now we have Vopes, Zopes, Mopes, and Nopes.

I like Zoey, Swarmy, and Barbie. Sometimes I try "Carny" but that isn't quite as cuddly sounding what with the drifter / con-artist implications.

What is happening?

SO MUCH BUG LOVE.

I'm throwing some serious support behind this release.

I'll wait to see how the Doom pans out, to see how many boxes I get.

If the "Nope" (lol) is an actual unit, I may have to end up with 3 boxes. Otherwise, it'll likely be two.

I'm back to buying new kits. This is awesome.

Although I dont play tyranids I am SUPER excited for you guys. Combined with the FW love I think we will see a large variety of new builds on the table. Cant wait to play against them. Heck with the new kits I can definately see some Malanthrope conversions from these kits(just from extra bits!!)

Pretty sure Im not going to add the 'side' tentacles to my pods for ease of board placement and transport. I'm sure Ill be making some very surgical placements of those pods and I dont want the same headache I get from my Flyrants expansive wing spans.

Easily modded. Loving the new stuff.

Just picked up my toxicrene. I know what I'm painting this weekend.

 Iechine wrote:
Yea I sold 3 Zoeys, 3 is all Ill ever need. The new venom's look great though.

I thought that too. Then I started considering some of the rumors about a larger unit size and how the neurothrope interacts with the unit. It has me wondering if a larger unit -- probably in a Tyrannocyte -- might be at least some fun to play around with.

GW released the rules to the Maleceptor and Toxicrene on their product site. Links are also in the Tyranid rumour thread.

Yeah, those pictures aren't showing for me, but from the reaction I can guess they're pretty good. I'll trust you good peoples' judgment, so I'm happy. £40 for 3 isn't bad by GW standards, especially if you consider you can get 25% off from independent retailers. Malanthrope conversions are a decent shout, but are their rules good enough to worth the effort (and the purchasing of their rules)? I'm practically in the dark concerning FW stuff, so what do they even do?

As far as Tyrannocytes go, I have two scratch-built "pods" that I used as Mycetic Spores back in the old dex, so they should serve. I think two should be enough, though it depends on how awesome the new neuronthrope rules are and whether or not I can take two. I was planning on sticking a neuronthrope (and maybe some bog standard Zoeys) in one pod, and perhaps a Dakkafex/20 Devilgaunts in another.

Really happy about this new dual kit though

 The Shadow wrote:
Yeah, those pictures aren't showing for me, but from the reaction I can guess they're pretty good. I'll trust you good peoples' judgment, so I'm happy. £40 for 3 isn't bad by GW standards, especially if you consider you can get 25% off from independent retailers. Malanthrope conversions are a decent shout, but are their rules good enough to worth the effort (and the purchasing of their rules)? I'm practically in the dark concerning FW stuff, so what do they even do?

Misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the Maleceptor kit which is awful. The Zoey kit looks fine. We don't have the rules yet for the new Zoey character, it is all rumor and guessing so far.

I like the models, but the Maleceptor has terrible rules, I doubt we have anything worse than it.

Everyone wish me luck. Im going to a local GW 1500pt tournament tomorrow, bringing Skyblight + Flyrant and rippers. No idea what to expect but its single elimination...part of me really wants to win it for the Hive, the other has little experience running Skyblight so we'll aim for the best.

 Tyran wrote:
I like the models, but the Maleceptor has terrible rules, I doubt we have anything worse than it.

Really? A lot of the lists posted on this thread seem to include them...

 The Shadow wrote:

 Tyran wrote:
I like the models, but the Maleceptor has terrible rules, I doubt we have anything worse than it.

Really? A lot of the lists posted on this thread seem to include them...

You mean the Malanthrope. Different gribbly

^ You might be confusing them with another model because Maleceptors are DOA.

They DO look cool, but beyond that their rules are gak.

 The Shadow wrote:

 Tyran wrote:
I like the models, but the Maleceptor has terrible rules, I doubt we have anything worse than it.

Really? A lot of the lists posted on this thread seem to include them...

I believe you are confusing them with the Malanthrope (which is completely different and is a great unit).

Or maybe the Toxicrene, which is the other option of the kit, which is decent if deployed inside a Tyrannocyte.

Looks like some people got Deathleaper'd hard.

We are the reinforcements, there is no kill like the overkill.

 Sinful Hero wrote:

 The Shadow wrote:

 Tyran wrote:
I like the models, but the Maleceptor has terrible rules, I doubt we have anything worse than it.

Really? A lot of the lists posted on this thread seem to include them...

You mean the Malanthrope. Different gribbly

Ah, so I do The maleceptor is the other half of the toxicrene kit...

*Ahem* So.... Malanthropes? What are they like?

T5 with 4 wounds, shrouded bubble and synapse. They can nom ICs to give a preferred enemy bubble as well iirc. 85points for basically a Vope and a Zope bundled together.