New Venomthrope & Neurothrope Tyranids On The Horizon!
November 7, 2014 by brennon
More Tyranids are slithering and hovering their way into the world of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 with both the Venomthrope and Neurothrope being leaked. We found these thanks to community member anateus!
So not only do we now have a floating brain sack to replace the lost Zoanthrope but also some new slithery looking Venomthropes that will be stalking through the shrubs to spring out and gobble you up. I have to say I approve of the new Venomthrope design that makes them look decidedly more deadly and further removed from anything that we'd see on Earth.
What do you think?
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Nice looking models from what I can see. We seem to be getting the rumoued Venomthrope/Zoanthrope dual kit with the option to upgrade a Zoanthrope brood with a Neurothrope that grants this new Spirit Leech psychic power and generally seems to be a nifty unit upgrade development of the old Doom of Malantai unique creature, as is made clear by the second image down in this more complete version of the above pictures; http://imgur.com/a/fgaiE All this talk of absorbing the local psychic energy in order to unleash its power in the paragraph above the Neurothrope picture is interesting. I wonder… Read more »
the smile of the neuro thingie is too cheerful imho, might as well be bad painting.
Surely these things are going to be absolute pigs to carry around for gaming? Too many sticky-outy bits!
Magnetising is your friend where it is practical, but beyond that, yup – they will be a nightmare to transport intact. That said, that is the price you pay to have slughtly cthuloid tentacle beast in your army…
It’s good to see some old codex returns, even if the name is different.
Tyranids are getting much love!