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Apparently so, was just going off the Warcom article. Still - week after next for preorders seems to line up for me. Actual release outside of Jan (so early 2019 but not specific date).

I think GSC will be released before the clock countdown, we've already seen the Genestealer Cult activity on Vigilus and such.

That clock is counting down towards something chaos related, a couple weeks of GSC followed by a couple weeks of misc releases makes sense to me.

The article hasn't gone up yet so here's hoping

WC Article: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/01/13/next-weeks-pre-orders-underworlds-titans-and-middle-earth/

No GSC this week

my bet is ... next sunday ... either KT (arena & gsc / admech), or gsc, or both

Yeah my bet as well. We knew titan stuff was coming to preorder on 26th by latest. Cult seems big enough either it's super cramped release or there would be cut in between. Get titans out now, then concentrate on huge cult release.

Well it could still be 1 week release like orks had with 6 kits

True, considering half our release is characters i wouldn't be surprised.

Here's an interesting question a friend brought up. The Jackal Alpha (sniper bike character), what's the chance that it's like the custodes bike kit and the HQ is an option you can make one of the bikes?

Further more, will the ATV be a part of the kit and/or a part of the unit?

Ha ha! Yeah, next weeks preorders seem a bit like, “Get all the specialist games stuff out now!”, almost like a tugboat moving between two massive ships.

It makes sense, as I’m sure many are going to need to recoup finances after that tidal wave of Gloomspite awesomeness (plus that’s the perfect time to release that new Gloomspite flavored night vault team).

If we get some breathing room before GSC, I don’t think that’s the worst thing in the world.

I agree, gives my wallet more time to prepare

 Strat_N8 wrote:

Unfortunately they appear to be the same 'stealers used in the last codex. The picture below was from the First Curse formation:

Spoiler:

Oooh, ok, that seems pretty conclusive!

I hadn't seen that strange paint job before.

 Altruizine wrote:


I hadn't seen that strange paint job before.

Purplish flesh, blue carapace and markings go back to the original plastic Stealer release.

T

timd wrote:

 Altruizine wrote:


I hadn't seen that strange paint job before.

Purplish flesh, blue carapace and markings go back to the original plastic Stealer release.

T

Those markings are specifically cult though. They go into detail about how the cult of the rusted cog will paint tribal patterns onto the pure-strains carapace, they also tattoo the abberants skin with the same markings.

I'm just more shocked that Bleeding Cool was right about anything, and wasn't taking a payoff to write a puff piece or hit piece.

I really want those Bikers' axes, though.

no news, no rumors, no leaks..

How long is the wait

- Kill team: arena + gsc & admech packs
- Necromunda: ambots
- BSF: ambull expansion
- carrion empire

... all those kits missing

gsc is prob a feb release

I haven’t played a single game of 8th edition yet, so I have a question on how genecult army works:
Is it “legal” to play with an army, that is combined of genecult, imperial guard and Tyranid units all in one?
Or at least with 2/3 (I know there is an allies system of some sort, but maybe gebecults have an even more special treatment?)

Yes, as long as you have a detachment of GSC, you can take a detachment of Tyranids and a detachment of Guard using the Brood Brothers regiment keyword

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
I haven’t played a single game of 8th edition yet, so I have a question on how genecult army works:
Is it “legal” to play with an army, that is combined of genecult, imperial guard and Tyranid units all in one?
Or at least with 2/3 (I know there is an allies system of some sort, but maybe gebecults have an even more special treatment?)

By the index, yes. GSC allows you to take one detachment of AM per GSC detachment without keyword restrictions, though you cannot take special characters.

Thank you for the answers, lads!

 aracersss wrote:
- Kill team: arena + gsc & admech packs
- Necromunda: ambots
- BSF: ambull expansion
- carrion empire

... all those kits missing

gsc is prob a feb release

I'd settle for the KT gunslinger (and admech) boxes as something new & shiny to paint until the codex shows up.

 xttz wrote:

 aracersss wrote:
- Kill team: arena + gsc & admech packs
- Necromunda: ambots
- BSF: ambull expansion
- carrion empire

... all those kits missing

gsc is prob a feb release

I'd settle for the KT gunslinger (and admech) boxes as something new & shiny to paint until the codex shows up.

Nothing indicated that these expansions where to be released before the GSC release. Furthermore, if we follow what WC with, they may even come right next Mollog and friends as, for now, the order that they gave here https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/01/01/1st-dec-the-top-5-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2019gw-homepage-post-3/ is respected (Gloomspite Gitz then Mollog). So it might be nothing, but i do believe that we will have them before than later.

Yeah, I in no way thought GSC would be after all those personally.

They only just showed a lot of it, and they showed the GSC so far back

zamerion wrote:
no news, no rumors, no leaks..

How long is the wait

Welcome to the waiting ork players expeted

First official news of GSC codex coming up will come 13 days before the book hits the shelf. Specifically week X sunday they announce pre-orders for next week. This is when they start also previewing stuff. Next saturday codex hits preorder. Then week later stuff comes on store.

Another date of interest will be when february WD comes up. If no GSC there it will come later half of february earliest. So leaks of WD could also be useful. Like with orks when october WD was leaked well before sales date it was easy enough to know orks won't come on first half so it left basically 3 weekends(last which would have put sales day on november but it's preorder that counts). I went off one week by my estimate because didn't expect kill team: commander there.

First official news of the GSC codex already happened. Several times.

During the holiday articles on war-com, they specifically, explicitly called out GSC as the next codex, and have shown off more of the upcoming models.

Yes, the subfaction and artifact/stratagem previews will be in the 2 week run up before release. This is all normal.

Lets go!!


https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/01/16/16th-jan-genestealer-cults-preview-the-biophagusgw-homepage-post-1/

Awesome model, with a little fiddling it can nicely be put to use in the retinue of an Inquisitor or Rogue Trader.

I absolutely love it. I'll take at least one for my anointed Throng, please!

Awesome!

Showing rules previews like this now almost certainly means they'll announce pre-orders this Sunday. Bet we see a GSC-themed Regimental Standard soon.

I like the idea, but I’m not sure how useful it’s actually going to be – especially as you’ll be wanting to Cult Ambush the Aberrants to get them up the table (if things still work the same way!).

That said, I might still pick up the model, along with some of the other ones, for an interesting diorama idea I’ve been having lately!

 BrookM wrote:
Awesome model, with a little fiddling it can nicely be put to use in the retinue of an Inquisitor or Rogue Trader.

Sure is. I was looking for a doctor for my Inquisition. This one will fit nicely next to the nurse I'm going to make from a female Delaque.

 Cephalobeard wrote:
I absolutely love it. I'll take at least one for my anointed Throng, please!

And that's where they scare me.

I wonder if it can affect Abominants as well?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Cephalobeard wrote:
I absolutely love it. I'll take at least one for my anointed Throng, please!

And that's where they scare me.

I wonder if it can affect Abominants as well?

As long as keywords don't change, he sure can. Means you can buff one turn 2, the other turn 3.