A new veteran-style Space Marine Lieutenant has been revealed by GW with plenty of Tyranids trophies attached- check it out!
Look, new Space Marines are on the way, so you know that means we have to get another Lieutenant model! This is actually the first (well, sort of 3rd if you include the Termagants and Terminators) new model officially revealed from the preview video GW put out.
This new Space Marine Lieutenant takes some cues from the older veterans with plenty of trophies and knives! They also made him about identical to the video, so expect the other models to really mirror the preview video.
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New Veteran Space Marine Lieutenant Revealed By GW!
GW revealed a new veteran-style Space Marine Lieutenant with plenty of Tyranids trophies attached.
As you can see, the new design takes several cues from the existing Reiver Lieutenant and Phobos Lieutenant. As a veteran operative fighting a desperate guerilla war on frontier worlds, he’s had to make do and mend with his gear – yes, that is Tyranid chitin used as a makeshift replacement shoulder pad.
This model is really cool with a ton of Nid trophies and bits, so a perfect model to kick off the new war! Not only that, he will have a tiny tactical rock and a Tyranid body part to stand on!
In order to save ammunition for his combi-weapon, he’s become even more of an expert with his paired combat blades – check out that ichor dripping from one, implying another critical hit against a vile xenos. He takes his cues from classic Tyranid Hunters, including trophies, a three-clawed facial scar, and a combi-flamer – the preferred weapon of a certain Chaplain Cassius.
As you can see, he looks almost identical to the video, so it should be a good indication of the rest of the models.
If you thought that Sly Marbo was the Imperium’s only one-man army, think again. These new Lieutenants are expert assassins and skilled intelligence gatherers – they blend into the jungle (or desert, tundra, or wherever else they’re fighting), and get behind the lines and inside their enemy’s minds. In fact, they’re so efficient by the time the main Space Marines force arrives, the Lieutenants often have their feet up with a cup of tea, the war having been already won.
We’ll have to see where they go with the rules, but let’s hope they make the combat knives effective!
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