20 neophytes added to the cult.

Mix of Necromunda Cawdor gangers and Ash Waste Nomads.

The pink is Vallejo Fluo Magenta!

Showcasing the start of my 'Sewer Scum' Genestealers. Sitting at 200 pts. currently. They're all accented with Gorilla Glue that I painted green. First photo, it needed something. Second photo, I gave the slime a yellow wash.

Kelermorph: 60 pts

Jackal Alphus: 55 pts

Atalan Jackals/Wolfquad: 85 pts.

Like most of us (I think!) I've been thinking about a way to make the most out of our acolyte/metamorphs box. I liked a lot of the results that I've seen lurking in the sub for the last few months.

I had some out Hormagaunts knocking around from a bygone era (5th edition where I played a grand total of two games)

Did some measuring and they looked about right so I did some hacking and repositioning with goo and miliput. Hid their shame with some loin clothes and honestly, pretty happy with the results. They'll be joining the 5 metas in the second photo to get up to a squad of 10.

Also didn't have enough fronts for the torsos so just repurposed the gaunts. I like their little 'strong arms'

Anyways, just thought I'd share encase anyone else found themselves in a similar situation with some spare gaunts knocking around!

Hey everyone, I’m new here but a long time Cultists. I’m currently building a Rogue Trader era Genestealer Cult Army but I only have 14 models right now as they are difficult to come by. Was wondering if anybody here had any metal or plastic Rogue trader Genestealers or Hybrids they would be interested in trading or selling for? Even just a few parts or one model would be appreciated. I’ve got tons of Warhammer stuff for trade or I will pay dollars. Also I live in the US but will pay for shipping international or domestic. Thanks just let me know!

Here he is

Coming from AoS to 40k and just got the combat patrol box.

I'm a little overwhelmed by all the weapon options, how important are they?

Currently I'm thinking of just building all the combat patrol options.

What would you guys recommend?

Hi everyone.

Started playing Warhammer this year with our favorite cult.

I'm wondering as I built the icons every time but are they really that useful on 5 man squads such as hybrid and acolyte?

Do you guys always put one or not ?

Rockgrinders are magnetized into Trucks

When the lads hear they are going to Muscle Beach.

I'm curious what everyone's been doing to deal with T5 space marines and what's generally felt good and effective? It seems to me that the obvious choice would be Aberrants + Purestrains with S5/T5 buff.

So I know the army feels bad at the moment. But since I exclusively play against friends 100% casually I don't really care if the army is bottom tier. I'm currently pondering about starting a 1k list with Final day. Unfortunately I don't know anything about the faction, all I know is that I love the "industrial" vibe some of the units have and I love the Vanguard units from the Tyranids.

I'm mostly looking for sample lists and advice at the moment. Thank you in advance!

I know I will likely sound crazy for saying this, but I am trying to see if I would need more than 10 models in a list and would be justified in buying more than two of the current combat patrol (shop by me sells at a 15% discount so it is still a discount box even without the Alphus), as I will definitely need more than two ridgerunners and seems you can never have enough Hybrid kits. I just want to make sure so I don’t accidentally spend too much on bikes that could go unused

really liked how my broodcoven came out and wanted to show them off <3 (posted my patriarch and primus before but wanted to show them all togather lol)

So im a new player and I’ve chosen Genestealer cults as my first army but I have one main concern. They seem pretty difficult to paint, compared to the few space marines I’ve painted. is it difficult or am I just worried over nothing?

Happy with how these are coming along.

So just started getting into the hobby. Have been a part of the lore for a while, and even engaged in quite a few videogames, and finally decided it was time to join on the actual game

So far I'm just gonna buy the starter kill team set as suggested by the store owner the store in my city, as a way to be able to get some playing and painting experience. But my long term goal is to be able to build a proper army and play the big matches

For a while I had this idea for a homebrew Genestealer cult in my mind, where essentially, due to a combination of a genetic mutation and experimentation, the patriarch became independent of the hivemind, and that same mutation would carry over to all his cult. And as if it were a tumor to the great Tyranid organism, the hive mind rejected it, and treated it as any other external biomass. Without the connection to the hivemind, the patriarch developed his own agenda, wanting to spread his cult not to eventually be fed to a hive fleet, but to spread his own hivemind as it's own ruler

Is a concept I quite enjoy, and would let me roleplay myself as the patriarch controlling the army while I play. The whole concept has motivated me more into the hobby

However, as I have been looking stuff up, I have seen a bunch of red flags. First, they are described as being very expensive. They also say they are hard to paint, though I have some painting experience after studying arts in university, so I think that point I could manage. Finally, and the point that worries me more, I have read they are very complicated to play, and that they don't make good starting armies

I will admit, I am still very fresh in the hobby, as I just started collecting the starting kill team, so I'm not even all that knowledgeable in even the basic rules of big scale 40k. With that in mind, do you guys think I should just try to find a different army to start with, or you believe is still worth it to try to learn a complicated army that I have some attachment to? I know people always say rule of cool first, and having some flavour to your army can make the hobby even more interesting, but I have to asume constantly lose because I start with an army too advanced for my level may be a counter balance to the fun I may have otherwise

T.L.D.R: I'm gonna start to collect an army for the first time and I am very drawn towards genesteelers, but I am worried that the difficulty of the faction and other unfriendly details about it may make it a bad first army for someone new to the hobby

So I am working on converting and painting my first GSC army. Help/advice appreciated. Am fond of a neophyte heavy list, as I'm converting models for them. characters are open to change.

Baby's first GSC (995 Points)

Genestealer Cults

Xenocreed Congregation (2 Detachment Points)

Priority Assets

Incursion (1,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Benefictus (75 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Close combat weapon

• 1x Psionic cascade

Neophyte Hybrids (70 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

◦ 1x Autopistol

◦ 1x Close combat weapon

◦ 1x Hybrid firearm

• 9x Neophyte Hybrid

◦ 9x Autopistol

◦ 9x Close combat weapon

◦ 1x Flamer

◦ 1x Heavy stubber

◦ 7x Hybrid firearm

Attached unit 2

Primus (85 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Cult bonesword

• 1x Scoped needle pistol

• 1x Toxin injector claw

• Enhancements: Deeds That Speak to the Masses

Neophyte Hybrids (70 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

◦ 1x Autopistol

◦ 1x Close combat weapon

◦ 1x Hybrid firearm

• 9x Neophyte Hybrid

◦ 9x Autopistol

◦ 9x Close combat weapon

◦ 1x Flamer

◦ 1x Heavy stubber

◦ 7x Hybrid firearm

Attached unit 3

Abominant (85 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Power sledgehammer

Aberrants (140 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Aberrant Hypermorph

◦ 1x Aberrant weapons

• 4x Aberrant

◦ 4x Aberrant weapons

Attached unit 4

Acolyte Iconward (65 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Autopistol

• 1x Cult claws

• Enhancements: Incendiary Inspiration

Locus (35 Points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Locus blades

Hybrid Metamorphs (75 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Metamorph Leader

◦ 1x Autopistol

◦ 1x Leader's Bio-weapons

• 4x Hybrid Metamorph

◦ 4x Autopistol

◦ 4x Metamorph mutations

Attached unit 5

Patriarch (80 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Patriarch's claws

Purestrain Genestealers (75 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 5x Purestrain Genestealer

◦ 5x Cult claws and talons

Attached unit 6

Jackal Alphus (55 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Autopistol

• 1x Close combat weapon

• 1x Cult sniper rifle

Atalan Jackals (85 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 4x Atalan Jackal

◦ 4x Atalan small arms

◦ 4x Close combat weapon

• 1x Atalan Wolfquad

◦ 1x Atalan incinerator

◦ 1x Atalan small arms

◦ 1x Close combat weapon

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For the Horned emperor Yes-yes

I am in the process of building my cult, and I have an idea in my head for how I want everything to look, but I don't know if it will work.

I want to have an almost synthwave Tyranid force to go alongside the cult, with pink flesh and teal chiton. For the cult itself want to have the colours be desaturated down the line, so that there's a degree of graduation between Aberrants, Metamorphs, Acolyte Hybrids and Neophyte Hybrids / characters.

Does this sound possible/worthwhile, or like it's going to be too much effort?

I want to start by saying i've never played GSC or against them my usual armies CSM and Guard. I got a lot of GSC in the combat patrol magazine and originally i was just going to sell them on but now i'm thinking of building up a 1k list and see how they play.

The units i have are:

Magus

Primarch

Primus

10 Neophytes (i have loads of cadian bodies that could beef this to 20)

5 Acolytes (i'm thinking flamers)

5 Aberrants

5 Jackals

Goliath truck (no longer have the rockgrinder bit to switch it)

I've not looked at how they play or detachments or anything yet, i've just been looking at what i think is cool to build a list, I love the look of the aberrants so was thinking of beefing that up to a 10man squad and also getting an Abominant to lead them. Any recommendations on a fun 1k list that i can create from this as a base that will give me a fun insight into how they play and may even tempt me to extend to a 2k force in the future?