See what I mean?! Forgive my laziness in posting pictures but holy nuts that's awesome. I actually want to sell my Deathwing, Grey Knights, Orks, Chaos, and Catachans to fund a serious GC army to rival my Blood Angels and Necron collections.
Can't wait to see some actual Codex rules, there's a 15 minute video on the 40k Fb page that talks about disappearing and reappearing all over the table and how the GC are masters of planning and ambush.
It would make -a lot- of sense for GW to come out with more of a Renegades army than what FW offers, even more so after this release.
Still really jonesing for specifics about what Guard units they can or can't take. So far it looks like Infantry Platoons, Chimeras, and Leman Russ Battle Tanks. Basically whatever's not allowed I'm selling :laugh:
Wonder how this book will interact with the main Tyranid book. Hopefully theres a way to integrate main nid units into this army. Imagine a Tyrant stomping along next to a Leman Russ squadron...
Just saw a post on their Fb page giving more of a description of the GC and Tyranid interaction. Seems more like war on both fronts when the fleet shows up which turns to nomnom once the planet's defenders are toast.
It looks to me, starting from the top of the datasheets with the Patriarch and moving down from there:
HQ-Patriarch
HQ-Magus
HQ-Ghosar
HQ-Iconward
TROOPS-Acolytes
TROOPS-Neophytes
ELITES-Metamorphs
ELITES-Genestealers
ELITES-Aberrants
FAST ATTACK-Chimera
FAST ATTACK-Sentinels
FAST ATTACK (confirmed)-Goliath Truck
HEAVY SUPPORT-Goliath Rockgrinder
HEAVY SUPPORT-Leman Russ Squadron
Kinda seems like they have no answer to Flyers. Hopefully something has Skyfire...? I hate having to ally other armies in to fill design gaps.
@ntaw Just ignore the flyers and kill the ground army Though Goliath Rockgrinder sounds like it could bring down a flyer or a mine.
I am impressed, not in a million world I thought genestealer cult would get Imperial stuff and the models look awesome. I especially like the Goliath truck. One the most surprising and best releases ever.
@Drohar, I typically play BA and our only Skyfire is flakk missiles post Death From the Skies. I've been ripping out throats while beasts and machines fly untouched overhead for some time now :laugh:
Just seems a bit awkward since all the Flyer love recently with Stormcloud and DftS and whatnot.
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