It looks like House Escher is getting a jetbikes in the upcoming expansion with the new Necromunda Escher Cutter- check it out!
These are an interesting change for the gang and help them quickly move across the vast deserts! If you’ve felt like your gang is a little too slow, this is the way to go. They are pretty cool and could even be used for some sweet conversions!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new minis and also some rules, which is nice to get before you buy something! Just keep in mind that these rules will be in the new expansion book, and this is the perfect compliment to go against the Goliath bike (which we’ll also look at below).
New Necromunda Escher Cutter Revealed!
The Escher Cutter is a solution dreamed up by the engineers of the House of Blades, who are clearly enjoying slightly too many of their own Clan Chymists’ chemical creations.
It’s a jetbike in its purest form – a giant engine propelling Escher gangers at staggering speeds, granting them a Movement of 9″ and the ability to soar over buildings and rivals. Combine that with the underslung weapons – a choice of twin-linked grenade launchers, plasma guns, or heavy stubbers – and these beauties really pack a punch, no matter where they are in the engagement zone.
With super high movement and plenty of weapon options, we’re sure to see these terrorizing battlefields soon.
Perceptive hivers will note that Cutters don’t count as vehicles – instead, much like the dirtbikes found in the Book of the Outlands, they grant the Mounted condition.
This is interesting as they aren’t vehicles, but it also makes sense.
That means they’re personal equipment, and can be handed to Queens, Matriarchs, Prospects, or even Death Maidens. Of course, with a 9” move, if your gang leader is clipped at top speed, she’s really going to feel it when she reconnects with the ground. Better hope that famous Escher Initiative helps her cling on…
This gives you many options and can really kit your bikes the way you want!
The rules for the Escher Cutter, the Goliath Mauler, and specialist vehicle crews for both gangs are only some of the goodies being made available in The Aranthian Succession: Cinderak Burning, the upcoming narrative supplement for Necromunda.
The Goliath Mauler is the preferred light vehicle for the musclebound forge-masters of Necromunda. Trading speed and slick manoeuvrability for raw power and the ability to roll over difficult terrain – or other vehicles – the Mauler can thank its power ram and hybrid drive for getting the job done.
There is a new biker gang in the Ash Wastes, as the Goliaths are looking to tear it up in the dunes very soon!
There are also two builds GW showed (that we know of) that add a little bit to the variance of the kit.
Philosophically aligned with the Goliath’s “percussive maintenance” attitude to much of their equipment, the Mauler is a mean machine that can smash straight through the flimsier vehicles of other gangs.
With an inclination to ram and great traction, this bike will be a serious force to be reckoned with.
With the prevalence of heavily armoured vehicles, giant bugs, and suits of exo-armour across the Ash Wastes, the Goliaths need all the mechanical muscle they can get.
And with this stat line and special rules so far, it looks like they might have a chance battling in the Ash Wastes!
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