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Hopefully they will get a rerelease when the damaged version comes out.

Does anyone have a sense of when GWS are going to release Hive Secundus? That is, July, August or later?

 modelhunter wrote:
Does anyone have a sense of when GWS are going to release Hive Secundus? That is, July, August or later?

Yes. Definitely one of those.

I’m hoping fairly soon. Probably some point in July. But I can’t back that up with more than particularly wishful thinking.

Cor! Lady Haera Helmawr in a unique Spyrer suit.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/01/lady-haera-helmawr-emerges-from-the-underhells-in-a-unique-spyrer-suit/


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I’m really looking forward to the new Spyrer background. The suits seem to echo the Van Saar Arachnorig, and I’m interested to know if they’re still believed to be Xenos in origin, suggesting the Arachnorig might be an attempt to replicate them?

The suit she recovers is supposed to be some ancient relic. This certainly doesn't exclude xenos involvement but it does make the previous link to Tau specifically less likely IMO.

Very cool.

Not a big fan of the paintjob though

I like it. Best looking suit so far.

 Haighus wrote:
The suit she recovers is supposed to be some ancient relic. This certainly doesn't exclude xenos involvement but it does make the previous link to Tau specifically less likely IMO.

It’s possible that GW has decided to drop the whole Tau link thing.

Kinda digging the suit, but I feel that the paintjob doesn’t do it justice. I feel they could have gone crazier / more flamboyant with the Spyrers.

I don't know if it's the paintjobs alone, but the Nu-Spyrers just aren't doing it for me.

Or simply that newer suits are modelled after older ones from a design point of view, even if they might use different technologies. It might even be some old ones are superior but use Xeno tech the Imperium doesn't have access too any more

Anyone else think the top section looks a bit like the Blackstone fortress guardian drones ?

Bubbatron wrote:
Anyone else think the top section looks a bit like the Blackstone fortress guardian drones ?

Just a bit, yeah. It also looks like the head of a cobra, appropriate for the connection to Medusa and Stheno (remains to be seen if lil’bro gets a suit named for Euryale, which would be v. interesting).

Malika2 wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
The suit she recovers is supposed to be some ancient relic. This certainly doesn't exclude xenos involvement but it does make the previous link to Tau specifically less likely IMO.

It’s possible that GW has decided to drop the whole Tau link thing.

the "tau link thing" had never been official anyway.

mithril2098 wrote:

Malika2 wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
The suit she recovers is supposed to be some ancient relic. This certainly doesn't exclude xenos involvement but it does make the previous link to Tau specifically less likely IMO.

It’s possible that GW has decided to drop the whole Tau link thing.

the "tau link thing" had never been official anyway.

Not "confirmed lore" (as much as that exists in 40k) but very much a studio-sanctioned theory on par with Orks reproducing via spores. See this thread: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/813808.page#11669528

Great looking model, but I'm one that likes the new spyer design.

But resin makes me a sad panda.

I could take it or leave it, but I do like how she's wired in.

I like the new Spyrer suits for the most part. Not a big fan of the color scheme the studio has chosen to use for them.

I'll probably skip Lady Haera though.

Bubbatron wrote:
Anyone else think the top section looks a bit like the Blackstone fortress guardian drones ?

Looks like a blend of them, mechanicum pteraxii, and morven vahl's suit.

It has a Genestealer vibe to me. First pair of arms with claws, second with hands, clawed feet, hunched... .

Nice mini, but too expensive given it is FW resin. I thought GWS were moving FW towards plastic. If so, it is happening at a pretty slow pace.

 modelhunter wrote:
Nice mini, but too expensive given it is FW resin. I thought GWS were moving FW towards plastic. If so, it is happening at a pretty slow pace.

You thought wrong.

 modelhunter wrote:
Nice mini, but too expensive given it is FW resin. I thought GWS were moving FW towards plastic. If so, it is happening at a pretty slow pace.

people keep saying that, but it's nothing more than speculating. none of GW's actions give any indication of them moving to plastic, other than some Heresy armies getting plastic kits

Not a bad model. I continue to be pretty ambivalent about Necromunda having a metaplot, though.


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 Malika2 wrote:

Kinda digging the suit, but I feel that the paintjob doesn’t do it justice. I feel they could have gone crazier / more flamboyant with the Spyrers.

I think the Studio painting philosophy of fairly basic and consistent schemes that aren't too intimidating to replicate isn't doing these any favours.

 modelhunter wrote:
Nice mini, but too expensive given it is FW resin. I thought GWS were moving FW towards plastic. If so, it is happening at a pretty slow pace.

They’re ditching finecast, not Forge World resin. They have and are continuing to make more Forge World models in resin, of all sizes.

Lawks!



The Malstrain are a twisted brood of tormented Genestealers, horribly mutated by genetic experiments and the reality-distorting weapons that were unleashed on Hive Secundus in a futile effort to wipe out the infestation.

Unlike many Genestealer Cults, the Malstrain was not formed by a cunning vanguard organism that made its way to Necromunda aboard some derelict space hulk or echoing cargo vessel. Instead, it was the result of sheer human hubris, blame that we can place firmly at the feet of one Tech-Priest Biologis Hermiatus.*

After his increasingly deranged experiments went wrong and the Genestealer he had brought to Necromunda got loose, the hive around him rapidly fell to anarchy and sedition. Once the Tech-Priest’s crimes were uncovered, he was captured and purged by the Inquisition… but an echo of Hermiatus lives on, captured in the gestalt psychic consciousness of the Malstrain.

As if cursed by some cosmic irony, the entity known as Hermiatus the Second Son is the creation of the Malstrain Patriarch, a genetic memory dredged up and given form over and again. Also referred to as Hermiatus Reborn, Son of the Malstrain, or the Hermaphage Magos, this accursed being carries on the work of the true Hermiatus, continuing to tinker with Genestealer DNA in an attempt to spread the infection.

Although he is afforded an unusual amount of autonomy by the Malstrain Patriarch to continue his research, Hermiatus also fills the role of a more traditional Genestealer Cult’s Magus, providing tutelage to his creations and ushering them across the ash wastes.

As a potent psyker, Hermiatus can extend the will of the Patriarch even beyond the Underhells, ensuring that the Malstrain spreads far and wide. Rumours abound about the true purpose behind the Second Son’s research, but some have floated the chilling idea that he is attempting to find a cure to their broken biology… or twist it even further.

Hermiatus, the Second Son may be petitioned by Malstrain or Malstrain Corrupted gangs, and his full rules will appear in an upcoming Necromunda supplement. The miniature will be cast in Forge World resin.

* Certainly, no blame can be assigned to any members of the Holy Inquisition who certainly did not sponsor his experiments in the first place.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/07/08/the-heretical-tech-priest-biologis-hermiatus-returns-to-hive-secundus-or-does-he/




All of the Genestealer Necromunda models have been fantastic so far, but this is top of the pops.

The converting possibilities for me are just endless. I love it.


EDIT: curse that MDG and his speedy little talons.

He is awesome!

I’ve long wanted corrupted Magi…but never thought I’d get one like this, and it’s wonderful.
I predict this is gonna be a very popular model overall.

The best part is clearly that his little buddy there is wearing a shirt.