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 modelhunter wrote:
Is the Malstrain FW? (ie Resin and not plastic).

Yes.

 modelhunter wrote:
Is the Malstrain FW? (ie Resin and not plastic).

The ones in the Secundus Box are plastic.
The new champion they just previewed is resin.

More Malstrain lore/model showcase; this time it’s the Malstrain Alpha

Malstrain Alpha



Not a big fan of the paint scheme, but the model looks nicely manky.

A Hired Gun you petition to join, and were promised another Dramatis Personae next week.

once again, a gorgeous model


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i notice that there's some poxes (?) bubbling up under its carapace... i imagine there's a lot of detail being lost on these that isn't immediately obvious

He is like those crabs with one claw arm bigger.

Come on! Love it!!!!... but freaking resin!

I really want to see these in a different colour scheme. They aren't really grabbing me.

It's beautiful...

...except for the big fist, which I'm hoping will grow on me

Genstealers - Broodlord - Zoanthrope

Come on GW do a Screamer Killer!

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
It's beautiful...

...except for the big fist, which I'm hoping will grow on me

Its certainly grown on the Genestealer...

I do like how the Malstrain seem to be showing other Tyranid physiology. Like their genetics or whatever passes for genetics have gone proper haywire.

Like how Chaos mutations are arguably manifestations of evolutionary remnants of human DNA.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


Like how Chaos mutations are arguably manifestations of evolutionary remnants of human DNA.

I personally don't think this holds much water for Chaos mutations. It is quite possibly true of non-Chaos mutations, and many mutants are probably not touched by Chaos. At least, not at first before the Imperium oppressed them and pushes them towards rebellion.

beast_gts wrote:
Apocrypha Necromunda – Dare You Wield the Whispering Weapons?

Why cant the fighter with the whispering weapon be voluntarily removed from the gang? I hate these rules that are there for "balance" but doesn't makes any sense.

As for the malestrain gsc, i should like these guys, but unfortunately, seems to me like they are a bit redondant. I was a lot more excited by the nomads, who looked like nothing we ever saw before.

I know im beating a deadhorse, but i feel a scavvy gang would have been a much better investment for an unfortunately rare necromunda plastic slot

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I do like how the Malstrain seem to be showing other Tyranid physiology. Like their genetics or whatever passes for genetics have gone proper haywire.

Like how Chaos mutations are arguably manifestations of evolutionary remnants of human DNA.

Isn’t that something that happens to genestealer cults? Some cultist develop carnifex claws, for example, once the hive fleet gets close enough

I like that these Malstrain exist - a fun addition to the range.
I also like that they exist on a distant and moreover fictional planet and nowhere closer than that. Hopefully.

Metamorphs do display that sort of thing. Been ages since I read their background, but if memory serves they’re an expected development.

These guys are something else though. Proper generic haywire.

 streetsamurai wrote:

beast_gts wrote:
Apocrypha Necromunda – Dare You Wield the Whispering Weapons?

Why cant the fighter with the whispering weapon be voluntarily removed from the gang? I hate these rules that are there for "balance" but doesn't makes any sense.

As for the malestrain gsc, i should like these guys, but unfortunately, seems to me like they are a bit redondant. I was a lot more excited by the nomads, who looked like nothing we ever saw before.

I know im beating a deadhorse, but i feel a scavvy gang would have been a much better investment for an unfortunately rare necromunda plastic slot

I am also surprised at the lack of scavvies. Mutants have obvious uses for 40k armies so you can expect a lot of extra interest in them.

Didn't rate the Coalescence but this and the regular Genestealers are great.

Definitely buying to slot into a GSC force (at some point, this side of 2030.)

StudentOfEtherium wrote:once again, a gorgeous model


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i notice that there's some poxes (?) bubbling up under its carapace... i imagine there's a lot of detail being lost on these that isn't immediately obvious

The word for today is: pustule.

 NAVARRO wrote:
Come on! Love it!!!!... but freaking resin!

AKA the right material for this sort of model.

 Dysartes wrote:

 NAVARRO wrote:
Come on! Love it!!!!... but freaking resin!

AKA the right material for this sort of model.

That tongue will not last 1 battle, so yeah, no.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
He is like those crabs with one claw arm bigger.

Gene Fiddler has a certain ring, albeit a creepy and vaguely dubious sounding one.

Pilum wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
He is like those crabs with one claw arm bigger.

Gene Fiddler has a certain ring, albeit a creepy and vaguely dubious sounding one.

Cult specific rogue doc?

Pilum wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
He is like those crabs with one claw arm bigger.

Gene Fiddler has a certain ring, albeit a creepy and vaguely dubious sounding one.

Sounds like the prime suspect in an 80s cold case..

Love the look of these genestealers, although I agree with some of the comments above, the paint scheme isn't great. I look forward to seeing some people giving them a much more eerie scheme. Lots of OSL on the tendrils and eyes would look terrific.

Keen to see what else they add.

Being FW (ie resin), they will 'charge like a wounded bull'. Great miniature, but not worth the price you'll need to pay.

 streetsamurai wrote:

beast_gts wrote:
Apocrypha Necromunda – Dare You Wield the Whispering Weapons?

Why cant the fighter with the whispering weapon be voluntarily removed from the gang? I hate these rules that are there for "balance" but doesn't makes any sense.

As for the malestrain gsc, i should like these guys, but unfortunately, seems to me like they are a bit redondant. I was a lot more excited by the nomads, who looked like nothing we ever saw before.

I know im beating a deadhorse, but i feel a scavvy gang would have been a much better investment for an unfortunately rare necromunda plastic slot

I think we will see them sooner then later. If these strain of genestealers is any look at the hive, I'm sure the chem-wastes haven't done any hummies living in the area any better...


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BTW, I played the game with 3-6 Genestealers on the board, and they tabled the gangs in 2 to 3 turns.

Most bottle out after they see their gangers getting wiped.

If you really want to get crazy with it, add a 6 inch rule in there once in awhile, unless the gangers have night vision stuff.

Also, you can also let the genestealers start a new gang of cultists if you capture the gangers, if the gang doesn't come try to rescue them. I've seen in the past where a player added on the occasional appendage to the Juves and Ganger figures, and added the cultist members with the hybrid models, before the Genestealer Cultists were even a real established army, with thier own figures. I can only imagine how hard they can build up these days.

Unrelated note but are the Zone Mortalis walls out of print? I don't see them on the GW site or other usual suspects.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Unrelated note but are the Zone Mortalis walls out of print? I don't see them on the GW site or other usual suspects.

Still on the EU site, search for "columns"

Thanks. Just out of stock it seems.

And $100...