A new Tyranids Deathleaper miniature bursts from the shadows in Warhammer 40k with an updated design inspired by the 2006 classic model.
The Deathleaper is more than your standard hive assassin, spreading dread and death throughout the galaxy. It’s been a minute since we’ve the Deathleaper with a fresh coat of paint, so let’s jump right on into it!
New Deathleaper skulks into 10th Edition Warhammer 40k!
Here is the latest on the new Tyranids Deathleaper model from Warhammer Community.
Deathleaper’s new miniature is quite possibly the most stylish Tyranid ever to creep from the spawning pools. We’re not quite sure why the Hive Mind gave it a dashing biological tailcoat – perhaps a Magos Biologis can supply some helpful technobabble about thermal regulation or sonic muffling – but we’re not complaining. And if we were, we certainly wouldn’t do so to its face.
The Deathleaper comes into 10th edition as an Epic Hero, meaning that you’ll only be able to bring one of the bad boys to help lead your swarm to victory.
The original Deathleaper appeared during the Fall of Medusa V campaign in the halcyon days of 2006, after planetwide reports of a murderous ghost revealed the new Lictor bioform in all its horror. After a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan picked the original up and absorbed its genetic material, new Deathleapers began to show themselves wherever the Hive Mind needed to sow pure, absolute terror.
Here we can see a side-by-side comparison with the previous model and from the looks of it Games Workshop new design is out of this world.
Deathleaper Rules
We have seen the new Deathleaper 10th Edition rules via the free index card download too:
They also mention that the new Deathleaper would pair well with the Von Ryan’s Leapers coming in the Warhammer 40k: Leviathan box.
You can check out our post here for more info on those Leapers.
Towards the end of the reveal, they hint that even more new releases will soon be on the way for the Hive Mind, leaving us in anticipation for what’ll be dropping next!
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