The interwebs is reporting new plastic “thrope” kits are on the way for Tyranids. I’m not sure if they will be released the same week as the rumored Campaign set or not, but hey new models are always good.
Checkout all the chatter below, courtesy of L’astropate
From Gary at Faeit
via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
The box kit for tyranids coming out next weekend is a Venomthrope-Zoanthrope dual kit that will come with 3 models. The exciting part is that there is a new zoanthrope character upgrade called a Neurothrope, which very much sounds like the old Doom of Malanti. it comes with a spirit leech -warp charge 1, that targets an enemy unit within 18″. Leadership check on 3d6 or suffer a wound by each point the test was failed with no armour or cover saves. Each wound also adds 1 to your dice pool for Warp Blasts.
So that would give us the following bugs for the three weeks of Tyranid Wave 2:
Week 1
Maleceptor,Toxicrene
Week 2
Tyrannocyte, Sporocyst, Mucolid Spore Cluster
– New “BIG BUG” – Larger than Tervigon sized HQ unit. Oval base, hunched over, but wider.
– Mycetic Spore is coming with the new Tyranid release
– Plastic combo-kit that makes the Spore and another large bug.
– Plastic Zoanthrope combo kits – makes 3 models.
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