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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 28, 2016 6:13:00 GMT -5
Genestealers and guard .. really. The fluff has always had the genestealer cult infiltrate the imperial guard.... which is why the troopers are so... ummm... tough? it's basically a genestealer patriarch sticks his ...hypnosis probe... into a regular guardsmen and talks to him about Scientology for a while til he finally joins up... then, kinda like Amway, he talks his buddies into coming into this cool new cult club that has all the cool guardsmen joining. Then eventually, over a LONG period of time and generations of... hypnosis probing... there's generations of cultists infiltrating Society (as only really the 4th gen can pass as humans anyways).... all the while doing their regular jobs in mines (where they're super hard workers!) and manning their posts on guard heavy weapons and driving around in tanks and sentinels. then the super happy fun cult club says "our great gods are coming from the sky, it's time to welcome them" and they turn on the evil imperium to help make a nice friendly landing for their super friendly sky gods who will totally reward them cuz the patriarch promised! I mean it SEEMS pretty legit.....
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Post by voodoo on Sept 28, 2016 7:37:57 GMT -5
The Deathwing Anthology collection of short stories has a pair of really good shorts about genestealer cults. Some pretty awesome stuff as one of them partially chronicles the beginning of the Deathwing.
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Sept 29, 2016 7:48:13 GMT -5
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Post by voodoo on Sept 29, 2016 8:12:53 GMT -5
Nice! The first curse brings back the legendary Ymargl stealers!
And wow… Neophyte Cavalcade, bringing the pain with outflanking Russes and Cult Ambush sentinels. That’d be a nasty surprise to have a few heavy flamer sentinels pop out and roast up some of your army.
The Patriarch model is cool looking but nowhere near the size it should be according to the books. In one of the short stories, a Patriarch picked up a Deathwing terminator and turned him back and forth like a kid would do to a new toy. Another one caught a Callidus assassin out of the air, mid charge.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 29, 2016 8:23:50 GMT -5
***looks at wallet*****
I'm sorry, this is going to hurt you even more than it's going to hurt me.... try to relax....
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Post by thesanityassassin on Sept 29, 2016 8:47:11 GMT -5
Jeepers, that Subterranean Uprising formation looks nasty! Doubling (or tripling in one case!) your odds of popping up and charging straight away with a ton of models is so evil!
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 29, 2016 9:12:39 GMT -5
Jeepers, that Subterranean Uprising formation looks nasty! Doubling (or tripling in one case!) your odds of popping up and charging straight away with a ton of models is so evil! I'll likely be building a list around:
First curse (command) subterranean uprising (aux) Neophyte Cavalcade (core)
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 29, 2016 9:42:35 GMT -5
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Post by voodoo on Sept 29, 2016 9:47:21 GMT -5
I like the randomly inserted superheavy. "Nobody's going to notice this one..." Genestealer cults can even take Artillery batteries from the Death Korps siege list as they count as Astra Militarum for the purposes of the allies matrix.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Oct 3, 2016 9:58:06 GMT -5
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Post by thesanityassassin on Oct 3, 2016 10:40:31 GMT -5
Jeepers, they have a Warlord trait that lets you pick your result on their ambush table.
Patriarch + purestrains picking that Warlord trait would be some nasty at the Club Championship...
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Oct 3, 2016 10:59:00 GMT -5
yup... deploy within 3" and charge first turn...
yummmmmm.......
however simple drop pod defense deployment makes that whole tactic pretty much useless:
ie: sacrifice unit bubble wraps all your good stuff. Let them charge and destroy it. Fire your army into 20 T4 dudes with a 5++ save, accompanied by a broodlord with a 4+ save.
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Post by thesanityassassin on Oct 3, 2016 11:22:53 GMT -5
That's why they go in ongoing reserve right off, so you can open up a spot to charge with other stuff before they pop out!
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Oct 4, 2016 14:41:44 GMT -5
From Faeit:
via anonymous sources on Faeit 212 Two more Genestealer Cult boxes coming. Genestealer Cults Leman Russ $55 Genestealer Cults Neophyte Hybrid Armoured Claw $55
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Oct 4, 2016 14:54:22 GMT -5
Yup, they're both advertised in white dwarf this month. On that note, the monthly white dwarf is pretty wicked. It's larger than a codex!
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