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They could get those


Stolen from little men in the mines


No, Limos of course. The Overkill GSC miniatures are so much like the RT ones, it just has to be.



@HBMC :(

Warhams-77 wrote:
They could get those


Stolen from little men in the mines


No, Limos of course. The Overkill GSC miniatures are so much like the RT ones, it just has to be.



@HBMC :(

So Dropzone Commander then eh?

Yeah yeah, I know this came out ages ago, thing is GW stopped using it so now it's a Dropzone thing now, not a GW thing anymore.

That's a cool idea too

I'm thinking something a bit like the mining craft from Guardians of the Galaxy .

 gorgon wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I guess they could be getting a winged genestealer rather than an mechanical flyer?

although I sadly suspect it will be reboxed tyranid genestealers plus DW:O and no vehicles or flyers

Oh, I'd love a L.I.M.O., but if the army is very strong at infiltration as the formations from the board game suggest, I'll happily take that, mix in some AM formations and call it a day.

It will be interesting to see how they handle Purestrains in terms of cost and options. They still have all those special heads on the sprues, and those could represent worthwhile options for a unit desperately in need of a boost and some zest. Or maybe we're looking at brand new Purestrain minis, since the board game version had some minor re-designs to bring them closer to the originals.

I bet we see a box of 5 or 6x purestrain genestealers in the resculpt from deathwatch overkill, maybe with some unique weapon biomorphs, for $30-$35 USD. Just speculating.

I always wondered how I could cut the Torax in 1/2 use the front and back end as the limo, but what would I use in the middle?

 notprop wrote:
I hope that there is more to this than just the basic infantry, command, elites and genestealers, and that there some civilian/mining type equipment/vehicles. I would be disappointed if it was relatively thin and just left to allying with Guard for vehicles.

Oh how I wish they'd do this. So many opportunities for cool stuff; mental gothic-styled skull-encrusted JCB diggers, jury-rigged "tractor-tanks" with weapons & armour plates bolted to mining vehicles, for fliers(if they must) we could get those Prospector Pods used at Cinchare Minehead in the Eisenhorn novels. And it would have a lot of cross-sale potential for a Xenos release - GSCult players would want them, obviously, but also IG collectors, terrain & diorama builders, INQ28 folks, and Ork kitbashers.

Of course it won't happen, we'll get a Deathwatch style release with the OK stuff in a box, a character blister, and a couple of boxes of infantry. Which is absolutely better than nothing, nobody's staring down any gifthorse gullets here, but the minifaction approach does have its downsides.

Davor wrote:
So Dropzone Commander then eh?

Yeah yeah, I know this came out ages ago, thing is GW stopped using it so now it's a Dropzone thing now, not a GW thing anymore.

It is a nice concept, I hope the mechanical version will return to 40k one day, not only Tyranids

CANNOT. WAIT.

 Robin5t wrote:

 godardc wrote:
Very excited about this !
It will probably be my first xenos army.
I can't understand what is said in the short video, do they actually say something understandable for an English native speaker ?

I think they say "No-one will survive... our ascension".

Ok, thanks a lot !

 Gen.Steiner wrote:
Yay! Genestealer Cults! Now I'd like to see Arbites in plastic please

Now you're just being greedy.

Is there by chance this has nothing to do with a Genestealer codex but the Deathwing video game?

There's no way they don't do a reimagined limo with this, right?

Right? Guys? Right?

......needs limo.

I can see a release of the character sprue then a couple boxes. As for transport, either the limo, or also old school and fitting for miners, the Termite.

If this was the make up your outlandish rumor thread I would jump right past the Arvus and go for Aquila Lander!
Still, i must admit I'm wondering if they will do a limo.
Please be a limo, or good truck type vehicle.

Is anyone aware what the typical turnaround time from this sort of hint and actual information? A couple weeks?

No one knows now that WD has gone monthly.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Gen.Steiner wrote:
Yay! Genestealer Cults! Now I'd like to see Arbites in plastic please

Now you're just being greedy.

Isn't there a rumour for Necromunda coming soon?

Arbites where a Necromunda faction, and plastic was rumored for the new edition, the same as we are getting a new bloodbowl in plastic.

Might just be basic box in plastic (with 2 factions?), and extra factions in resin later, either way can't wait!

Cross fingers for Arbites in the basic box, the limited edition enforcer with dog that can find more use soon too.

Given the number of times 'bulk haulers' or 'cargo eights' (or some other weird way of not saying 'trucks' ) show up in Black Library fiction, I'd expect to see some sort of wheeled cargo hauler for the Cult.

I mean, didn't GW just release cargo containers? It's almost like they had a plan...

Do we ever think the Kroot Mercenaries will get released? I mean we didn't think the GSC had any hope in hell just a year ago even. I want my Kroot mercenaries or a Tau auxiliaries army. Or even better new Xenos.

sob need the update better, and I play tau for crying out loud

 Gamgee wrote:
Do we ever think the Kroot Mercenaries will get released? I mean we didn't think the GSC had any hope in hell just a year ago even. I want my Kroot mercenaries or a Tau auxiliaries army. Or even better new Xenos.

It seems ATM that the idea is that GW is going back to their old 2nd ideas. Ad Mec was a huge hit, and the Genestealer Cult seems like it's being well received also.

Kroot Mercs is more like IG Armoured Company. Feels more like something up FW's ally ATM when they aren't making 30k releases. My own Speculation, But I almost would expect Squats- Erm. I mean "Homo sapiens rotundus" before seeing the Kroot Mercs come back.

Based on recent events, the teaser should be for preorder on Saturday, 17th of September. It used to be a video trailer on mondays but that was before the return of monthly WD. The new Web team should be posting teasers soon, on FB and the Regimental Standard website.

The Necromunda rumor was a one-line thing on Natfka. He is usually quite okay with rumors that will happen soon. So it could be true.

Except I didn't like FW's kroot models. I felt they were very uninspired look wise and rules wise. I feel the Kroot need to get more of a feral dinosaur look to them. Just slightly tone down the avian and tone up the lizard aspect and then drop their ban on advanced tech.

Okay you can have the default Kroot, but make some of them cool like a Predator ripooff. Tau stealth suits and plasma blasters on their shoulders and high tech wrist blades. Up the super human hunter aspect of them more. Right now the ban on all high tech gear is really limiting what can be done in a science fiction setting. The Kroot need to be supplied with tech they can't make themselves and crave for hunting bigger and better targets to adapt themselves. Make these super Kroot ripped from their superior genetics the shapers weave into them since they have more broad targets. It would also be cool to see more mystical and religious warp aspects to the Kroot. They could be a highly customizable force that doesn't need a lot of mini's and is meant to ally with a wide array of factions but would be the first Tau battle brothers. In lore the Predators use hunting animals to help them take down some quarry I could see that also being used. Certain animals they use that they couldn't just self morph themselves into. Since Kroot are stronger than Tau and these would be even more so than regular Kroot they could be given decent 3 or 4 up saves. Some would be Kroot Hunters and some Kroot Prowlers dual kit depending on range or melee ones. I would like to see the Greater Knarloc back in as well but less giant chicken. I know it breaks the lore but I would rather rule of cool prevails so the Kroot can keep getting some support here and there.

I would also like to see more Kroot animal forms as well that are more dinosaur inspired.

I just know there is a cool way to do the Kroot like the GSC minis.

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
If this was the make up your outlandish rumor thread I would jump right past the Arvus and go for Aquila Lander!

I would love a plastic one of either of those, provided it could be back-converted to Imperial. I own an Arvus myself, it was a bear of a build and it's only ever seen play once, but I love the design. Likewise the Aquila, never bought the FW kit because it was reputedly horrendous to build, gimme a plastic one and I'll definitely change that.

I'm fairly sure Hastings expected a vehicle as part of this release, the possibility of a Limo was mentioned, but I don't think he was specific about it.

I'd love a limo kit! - if only to "loot"...it'd make a nice trukk for some flashgitz

 aracersss wrote:
sob need the update better, and I play tau for crying out loud

You do know that SoB have been updated twice now before the Genestealer Cult right? So what is your point, play tau or not playing tau?

H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Gen.Steiner wrote:
Yay! Genestealer Cults! Now I'd like to see Arbites in plastic please

Now you're just being greedy.

No, no, greedy is when I also call for Sisters of Battle in plastic!

midget_overlord wrote:Isn't there a rumour for Necromunda coming soon?

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Cross fingers for Arbites in the basic box, the limited edition enforcer with dog that can find more use soon too.

Now that would be in-cred-i-ble. I need a higher paying job!

As far as the Genestealer Cult rumours go, I think it's inevitable that a Limousine of some sort appears, because it's such an iconic element of the Cult from Rogue Trader/2nd Edition days. Either that, or a Unimog style utility vehicle, or perhaps a home-made tank type thing, like the crazy "armoured" vehicles seen in Syria, Spain and other places. Heh. Maybe even AV10/10/9! Now that'd be amusing.

How is Limo's going to go with a mining theme if the rumours are true? I don't know, Limos seem goofy right now. I guess for the time, it was cool but now, I couldn't take a Limo serious in todays environment.

Unless done properly, I can't see a Limo being cool. All we will get is lousy rules, and then people complaining the rules suck and then others will chime in and say "what do you expect? It's a Limo, not a tank, of course it will be shot up in one hit."

Or others will say "it's a freaking Limo, how is it a tank, this is not right".

So unless it can be done properly, I think they should not be adding a Limo to GSC.