GW Confirmed they accidentally displayed new Genestealer Cult models in a very cheeky over the weekend. Check out the latest from Nottingham!
What we already saw:
Zamerion on DakkaDakka posted some pictures in a case that looked too legit to just be a conversion or kitbash. We’ve got two new models that are raising questions in the community this morning. So with that, let’s dive in.
Starting off with this model, right off the bat you could guess he’s some kind of bounty hunter/ elite assassin character. Could this be a new Genestealer equivalent to the Imperium’s assassins? Or maybe a new HQ choice the army will have the option of taking when their codex drops?
See the base he’s standing on? There are a few key parts about it that make it look like it’s sculpted. If it is a sculpted base, does that mean this could be an ETB Genestealer? Sculpted bases don’t always mean it’ll be ETB. We do have a Cadre Fireblade for Tau and all the Dreadnoughts with “sculpted bases”. However, it seems like there’s an ETB kit with every sculpted base for new releases lately.
New Aberrant Model?
Look at the model closest to the camera. There are aberrants standing behind him, but he’s got a wider head than all the others. It looks like he’s also in a different pose from the rest and is holding something we just can’t quite see all of. Could this be the new model that was previewed a while back?
There are some obvious differences between the bases of these 2 pictures. The one spotted in the case looks like a custom base, but this image that was spotted a while ago looks to have some plastic rocks. Will this be ETB too?
It looks like a Genestealer hung around the nuclear waste dump too long and picked up some radiation poisoning. He’s even more mutated from the other aberrants.
Editors Note: Remember the Kill Team preview video showed GSC vs Ad Mech, and we had been hearing this may be a July release following AoS.
Then these stills were spotted over on Google plus.
We know where that last one is from:
One reader commented :
Take a look at the Genestealers behind the Cthulhu looking Aberrant.. they have new carapace, scything talons and faces with much higher detail..
Could they be new Purestrain Genestealer models?
*Fingers crossed!*
I checked all the pics and the only thing I saw was a Genestealer model with Extended Carapace bits, and alternate head, both from the current box set.
Games Workshop confirmed the new models in a cheeky video starting Duncan as well:
These two look way better with the proper lighting don’t you think?
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