Genestealer Cults Scheme Their Way Into Warhammer 40,000
September 19, 2016 by brennon
Games Workshop popped a new teaser trailer onto the internet over the weekend detailing the return of an old-school favourite to Warhammer 40,000. Watch out for the Genestealer Cult Codex coming soon!
The trailer is rather awesome, detailing the motives and the machinations happening behind the scenes as the Genestealer Cult grow in size and strength on Imperial worlds. Of course, we have seen models for the Cult appear already thanks to Deathwatch: Overkill.
Two characters (seen in the artwork above too) included the Magus and the Primus (below). Everyone was stoked to see them return to the tabletop and I think most people were excited about the possibilities for this faction.
We would assume that the various 'sets' presented in the Overkill box are going to be popping up in boxed form separately in the near future to compliment the Codex release.
It would be interesting to see if we also get upgrade kits with Genestealer options so that you can mess around with Astra Militarum vehicles too. You saw what looked like a Taurox (or similar armoured vehicle) in the trailer so it could be a possibility.
Maybe we'll see the fabled Limousine make a return?
"The trailer is rather awesome, detailing the motives and the machinations happening behind the scenes as the Genestealer Cult grow in size and strength on Imperial worlds..."
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Marvellous!
Minor pants accident. Oops.
What someone stole your jeans?? heh …(sorry)
Do you mean some sort of Jeanstealer?
http://orig02.deviantart.net/4139/f/2009/065/9/6/beef_beef_imma_theif_by_mr_culexus.jpg
(this joke is really going to fall flat if that picture doesn’t load :/
‘Engines of Labour that have bound us in servitude’ – I hope that means big Factory-Tractors geared up to bulldoze Precinct Gates!
🙂
Let’s hope for some cops next
This is the worst news ever! I literally caved 2 weeks ago and invested in age of sigmar and now I find out the most interesting faction for 40K ever has finally resurfaced!
I will watch from afar as this army unfolds and shake my fist in jealousy of all who partake in them.
Can see this being a big earner for GW, the fans have been clamouring for ‘stealer Cults for, what, 20 years now? Having them in the boxed game was great, but it was 40k that people wanted them in as a full army. I’d imagine that they’ll have some IG (sorry, Astra Militarum) options available to them in the book to represent the people the ‘stealers have implanted. While you could just use unbound to get the same thing, I’d think it’d make sense to include them within the actual Cult list for those who wish to play bound. Wonder… Read more »
Yeah… best faction ever.
I don’t have most of my old ‘stealer cult (although it was so long ago, the minis weren’t in presentable paintjobs anyway).
There back …………..white noise .
Great news, I love the minis and waited just for this to get into collecting the first 40k army after a long hiatus 😎
Genestealer Cult gets codex and more models? Yes please.
My first ever army! All those many years ago
Same here! There was something magical about squads of ‘stealers in a chimera. Did you come to 40k via space hulk too?
Anyway, what do I want to see? Hybrids on street bikes and trikes in that 40k style.
Dear GW, please don’t #$%^ these up, or price them beyond the reach of the middle class. It’s a good premise.
5 models for 33e doesn’t sound very cheap to me:
GENESTEALERS CULT acolytes/metamorphs 5 models (33€)
GENESTEALERS CULT neophytes 10 models (33€)
Also interesting:
WHQ SIlver Tower cards, so finally they give us physical version of the cards (at least i hope that this is it) and what seems like another Heroe Expansion.
Fairly standard GW not-line-infantry pricing I guess. Means they’ll be £25 same as Space Marine assault squad etc.
A bit on the pricey side for hybrids IMO but then they’re a lot cheaper if you just get half a set of Deathwatch: Overkill instead.
Their pricing really does baffle me. 5 of these guys for £25 where you can get 10 Bloodletters for £18 and 20 Savage Orks for £30. Hopefully sorting out their pricing will be the next big change.
Physical Silver Tower cards are very welcome indeed.
Pass. I’ll get some of the models from the game off EBay. Thanks for the info @iceeagle85.
the first week of releases has been revealed already :
https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/1169
Codex: Genestealer Cult: € 33,-
Genestealer Cult Painting Guide: € 8,-
Genestealer Cult Dice: € 16,50
Datacards: Genestealer Cult: € 10,50
Neophyte Hybrids: €33,-
Acolyte Hybrids/Metamorphs: € 33,-
Multi-weeks release sounds exciting, although seems the only new thing on week 1 will be books, cards and dice.
I was about to put that up ha ha 😀 I am not too sure what hybrid/metamorph means :/
I am really looking forward to this.
Metamorphs is possibly a mis-translation of Murant or Hybrid. I don’t think you need to read too much into that. Remember a lot of leaks come from non-English sources.
CODEX GENESTEALERS CULT
– 104 pages
– background about various Genestealer Cults across the Imperium
– full army list with rules for all units including elements from the Astra Militarum.
– 6 new Tactical Objectives
– 8 new Formations
– new wargear
– new psychic school “Broodmind” (7 new powers)
– Uniform Guide that shows colors and uniforms of a selection of cults.
Thanks where did you get that from @lunchbox ?
Also do you have anything else I am very interest 😀
From the page linked above by @abstractalien
Ahh! They kept updating it after I left! and the comment section is a gold mine!
Its like being 8 again….
a scary thought all around I always loved the Cult models… what was the big fat one called… been too long…
The Patriarch?
Well it looks like I finally have a reason to finish up my conversions, the lady cultists for starters and then the converted chaos cultists. 😀 I am really looking forward to this XD
https://youtu.be/3GwjfUFyY6M
Aye, it was all the boxed sets of Space Hulk everyone had twenty years ago. It made Genestealers a common enemy 🙂
nice
C’mon GW. Limo me!
I don’t think it’s a limo, I’m expecting some kind of tractor or other utility vehicle. You can get some decent looking Imperial vehicles though from Wargames Exclusive. You know, if you absolutely gotta have a limo
http://wargameexclusive.com/shop/heresy-hunters/female-imperial-inquisitor-with-armored-interceptor-car-28mm/
now technicaly in the old old old army list the genestealer cult was pretty much the perfect list..
space marine tanks because cultists want the best
cheep imperial guard troops because everyone likes numbers
genestealers because being able to rip terminators apart with claws and bare hands is a thing.
the list was perfect the models were not, I hope the models will be better this time
great for inquisitor/guard wars on corrupted planets.
Not sure if I’ll invest heavily with these guys but with a regular Tyranid army as allies and the Cultist half of Overwatch I already have a fairly decent start. I’ll probably limit myself to the codex, cards and dice for the moment. Although I’d love if for one of their themed Dice releases they’d give us some different colours. I have the Deathwatch dice and they really are excellent looking, but for attacks with multiple weapon types I still have to include some of the basic white or red ones.
An insurgency army/ Red Menace – wonder will the narrative be very underclass uprising 🙂
Remember the original Cult could ally with Chaos and get their Patriarch possessed!