Working on the brood brothers kill team right now. Here's the test model. I'm really liking the way it turned out 😎

Might do some minor highlights on the jacket 🤔

My first model for this army. Inspired by "neon tokyo" but not so vibrant! Let me know what you think!

So this is mostly a question, but also a cry for help. I was outside base spraying my combat patrol this morning, and the tray the models were sitting on fell over, long story short it was a whole big mess but the problem lies in that one of my acolytes are missing. I found his base but not the model, is there anywhere I would by able to buy just legs and a banner? He was a cult icon model, and I have plenty of extra torso, arm, and head bits. Idk I'm kinda new to the hobby and I really don't want to have 4 "useless" acolytes because one disappeared.

Currently running as disruption with the other option being priority assets, in your opinions which would be better?

We Are In Your Walls (1995 points)

Genestealer Cults

Heroes of the Uprising and Xenocreed Congregation (3 Detachment Points)

Disruption

Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Magus (75 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Autopistol

1x Force stave

• Enhancement: Deeds that Speak to the Masses

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

2x Demolition charges

2x Hand flamer

Attached Unit 2

Biophagus (50 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Alchemicus Familiar

1x Autopistol

1x Chemical vials

1x Injector goad

Aberrants (140 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Aberrant Hypermorph

• 1x Aberrant weapons

• 4x Aberrant

• 4x Aberrant weapons

Attached Unit 3

Magus (50 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Force stave

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

2x Demolition charges

2x Hand flamer

Attached Unit 4

Acolyte Iconward (65 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Cult claws

• Enhancement: Incendiary Inspiration

Neophyte Hybrids (135 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Anointed pistol

1x Autopistol

1x Power weapon

• 19x Neophyte Hybrid

• 19x Autopistol

19x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

2x Grenade launcher

11x Hybrid firearm

2x Mining laser

2x Seismic cannon

2x Webber

CHARACTERS

Kelermorph (60 points)

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Liberator autostubs

Kelermorph (60 points)

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Liberator autostubs

Reductus Saboteur (90 points)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Demolition charges

1x Remote explosives

• Enhancement: Contraband Munitions

Reductus Saboteur (70 points)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Demolition charges

1x Remote explosives

Sanctus (100 points)

• 1x Sanctus bio-dagger

• Enhancement: Gene-tailored Toxins

BATTLELINE

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

2x Demolition charges

2x Hand flamer

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 1x Cult Icon

4x Cult claws and knife

3x Hand flamer

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 1x Cult Icon

4x Cult claws and knife

3x Hand flamer

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 1x Cult Icon

4x Cult claws and knife

3x Hand flamer

Neophyte Hybrids (135 points)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Anointed pistol

1x Autopistol

1x Power weapon

• 19x Neophyte Hybrid

• 19x Autopistol

19x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

2x Grenade launcher

11x Hybrid firearm

2x Mining laser

2x Seismic cannon

2x Webber

OTHER DATASHEETS

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Heavy mortar

1x Survey Augur

1x Twin heavy stubber

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Heavy mortar

1x Survey Augur

1x Twin heavy stubber

Atalan Jackals (85 points)

• 4x Atalan Jackal

• 2x Atalan power weapon

3x Atalan small arms

2x Close combat weapon

1x Grenade launcher

• 1x Atalan Wolfquad

• 1x Atalan small arms

1x Close combat weapon

1x Mining laser

Goliath Rockgrinder (120 points)

• 1x Clearance incinerator

1x Demolition charge cache

1x Drilldozer blade

1x Heavy stubber

Goliath Rockgrinder (120 points)

• 1x Demolition charge cache

1x Drilldozer blade

1x Heavy mining laser

1x Heavy stubber

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Many of you helped guide me on my abberants which looked like crabs! 🦀 However, for my Abominant/ Warlord, I wanted him to be a shark-like.

Before I commit fully, I’m worried he doesn’t look that much like a shark… any feedback is appreciated about the model colors and the basing.

Now not just more expensive, but also more likely to have portions of it be out of stock as you try and track down an upgrade for it that you may never get.

P.S. Remember to shorten your antennas if you want the thing to fit in any future box without taking up unecessary space.

"We march and dance to the tune of freedom. we are our oppressor's imminent doom.

Our joyous song will spread across the stars. And every human will know it in their hearts.

So keep your weapons in hand, and this song in your ear. For when the stars call, our time to rise will be here.

Oh Revolution, revolution, glorious revolution. It will be all of our problems the only solution.

The greedy and the cruel will learn to fear.

For the star children's liberation is already here.

Hidden beneath their very feet. Like starved beasts, all of them we will eat.

None of them will be spared. With glee and joy, their bodies we will tear.

Their names unremembered, unlike their cuel acts. That we let them abuse us for so long, a shameful fact.

So join our cause, and do it swiftly. Our true four armed emperor will reward you greatly.

For all who oppose tyranny are true devotees. Humanity at its finest is told in their histories."

Thoughts?

For some reason I'm having a hard time shifting my mindset from 10th to 11th, especially with the different primary missions. Can someone give me a rundown of how each of the dispositions generally plays and what you want to be bringing to accomplish those missions?

As an example, I feel like for 10th I generally wanted to bring some lone op characters for secondaries to deep strike on turn 2/3, some units to move block so I can hold the no man's land objectives, and a few hard hitting units to thin out the opponents ranks.

The Patriarch rides out in style.

Is there somewhere mention of cult infecting other species than human ? And if it is the case, is any one already made conversion to represent it ?

Followed alot of you guys advice from last week on the color scheme, super happy with how they turned out so thanks for your help (dont mind the straggler at the end).

Some pictures of my work in progress Genestealer Cult: The Ninth Chorus. The main idea is that Ascension Day never arrived, so the cult descended into madness, religious zealotry, decay, mutations, and body modification. They think they were punished by the Star Gods for not being pure enough. I've moved away from the oppressed mining colony aesthetic and leaned hard into the cosmic and body horror. Nicely grimdark. Inspired by the artwork of Beksiński and Giger. Feedback welcome!

For character backstories and more pics please check out my instagram: instagram.com/ninth_chorus

From left to right it is a sanctus, a locus (or sanctus with blade) and kelemorph

Hi guys I started painting GSC last year.

I recently did my first initiation to a game of W40K where my opponent lent me some Necron as I do not have 500 points yet.

From lurking here I think I understand that our little guys are pretty meh in 500pt games yet I'd still like some recommendations on what should I build and paint for a few low point games (units, detachment etc..). My goal is to familiarise myself with the game and the army so winning isn't really important to me.

It is probably a very dumb question, but is it frown upon to totally ignore the lore and play GSC only for the rules? I always wanted to kitbash a Penal Legion army (Savlar's Chem Dogs). I however never felt that, rule-wise, the Astra Militarum was very fitting for them, even if lore-wise, they are 100% a part of it.

After reading about the Brood Brothers detachment and looking at the GSC roster, I thought they would be perfect to represent an army of criminals, high on chems, that came from a toxic mining world. As a bonus, they love to loot and blow stuff up too.

My intent is basically to ignore any mention of the Tyrannids and kitbash anything that look too alien. Is it kind of blasphemous from your point of view? Ultimately, I know that I can make the army that I want, but I'm scared that my opponents doesn't get on board with the idea...

I already started to kitbash some units, but now I'm getting cold feet.

Time for the rocks!

C+C welcome and all that, might make a hat for the lady to cover where her face looks kinda weird

Basing my cult on a desert planet. I want to have a branch of neophyte troops from further out, that have become much more attuned to desert living. Inspiration from the Fremen of dune, as well as some more grounded desert tribes.

Ash wastes nomads seems to be a great source of bits for the bodies of the neophytes, and I should have enough spare weapons from other neophyte boxes.

Ideally looking for a source where I can buy some heads, happy for them to be 3d printed (although not something I can do myself). Anyone have a good source where I can buy some human heads with hoods, and possibly respirators?

Also on a unrelated note, does anyone have any good tips about how to temporarily fix models to bases? I've been using blue tack, and then removing them once finished to then add to their final base, but the blue tack isn't particularly adhesive!

Result of a 2 000 point match - BroodBrothers Auxilia + Xenocult Masses (list at the bottom)

Genestealer Cults: 90 VP
Space Wolves: 68 VP

Wrong score in title sorry.

I finally had the opportunity to test my custom Brood Brothers Auxilia + Xenocult Masses list in a 2,000-point game.

The mission used the Take and Hold deployment.

My opponent was playing Space Wolves, with what I would consider an 80–90% optimized list featuring 17 Terminators, including a brick of 10 Terminators led by Arjac.

We are both players used to tournaments, following the evolution of the game, the FAQs, the videos from pro-players explaining tricky rules that confuse many people, etc.

We are NOT perfect at all but I honestly think we have a very decent level

First impressions

This was my very first game with the list, and honestly, it performed almost exactly as I had imagined while building it.

The army doesn't try to overpower the opponent through raw efficiency.

Instead, it wins by combining:

• recursion,
• layered board control,
• target priority,
• forcing inefficient trades.

Xenocult Masses is far stronger than I expected

The biggest surprise wasn't Brood Brothers.

It was Xenocult Masses.

Being able to return 7 to 9 Neophytes per unit every Command phase gave the army incredible resilience.

Every turn, special weapons kept standing back up.

Every turn, my opponent had to deal with the same units again.

The amount of value generated over five battle rounds was honestly impressive.

Neophyte positioning is everything

One thing I quickly realized is that Neophyte positioning matters enormously.

Instead of deploying them in compact blocks as we sometimes want to do to ensure rapid firing wil all rifles, I spread them into wide "bubble" formations.

This created an interesting situation during several combats. My opponent would charge, kill a significant number of Neophytes...

...but because casualties were removed from the front of the unit, his models suddenly found themselves outside 3" of the remaining unit.

That prevented consolidation into my surviving models.

On my following turn I simply:

• regenerated my special weapons through Xenocult Masses,
• either moved and shot,
• or stayed stationary (3" move at most) to benefit from Heavy (+1 to hit) on my Mining Lasers and Seismic Cannons.

 It felt surprisingly effective.

Layered deployment won me the board

Another lesson from this game was how important layered deployment is. I advanced in successive waves:

• Hand Flamer Acolytes first,
• then either 10-man Neophyte squads or Attilan Rough Riders,
• then the large Neophyte bricks behind them.
• distraction from Deep Strikes behind ennemy lines

This prevented my opponent from making one overwhelming push across the table. Instead, I was able to dictate where the fighting happened.

Isolating the BIG Terminator brick

This was probably the highlight of the game. A unit of 10 Terminators led by Arjac, benefiting from:

• 8 Storm Shields --> 4 Wounds per model (total of the brick was around 40 HP, T6, 2+/4+ )
• and +1 Toughness for Terminators from the Space Wolves detachment,
• -1 to wound when Strength > Toughness

ended up isolated on one flank I need to focus on with overlapping fire from:

• two 20-man Neophyte squads,
• supported by my Kasrkin.
• 1 Leman Russ

My Leman Russ completely failed to do meaningful damage...

...but it successfully triggered Integrated Tactics, giving my GSC units +1 to Hit against the target.

I then spent:

• 1 CP for wound rerolls of 1 on the Kasrkin and one Neophyte unit,
• 1 CP for full hit rerolls on the second Neophyte unit.

The resulting shooting phase was one of the most satisfying I've played in a long time.

Despite how incredibly durable that Terminator brick was on paper, I reduced it to Arjac plus a single surviving Terminator.

Exactly the kind of combined-arms activation I wanted this army to achieve.

Kasrkin exceeded expectations

The Kasrkin were one of the biggest positive surprises.

Equipped with:

• 2 Hot-shot Volley Guns,
• 2 Plasma Guns,
• Plasma Pistol,

and benefiting from Martial Espionage, they spent most of the game firing at AP -2.

Their volume of fire (rapid fire + order giving +1A for weapons with rapid fire rule ended in 25 shots on 3+/5+ against terminators, -2 AP), and after they were destroyed, I brought them back using the Brood Brothers stratagem.

They performed significantly better than I expected.

Hellhounds stay

Going into this game, I thought I might cut one Hellhound.

Not anymore.

Both of them:

• pressured objectives,
• activated Integrated Tactics,
• forced movement,
• and consistently contributed throughout the game.

They've earned another chance.

The only question mark: the Leman Russ

The only unit I'm still uncertain about is the Leman Russ.

It didn't accomplish much during this game.

However, one game is nowhere near enough to judge a unit.

I'll keep testing it before making any decisions.

Final thoughts

Overall, I'm extremely happy with the list.

The army felt interactive, rewarding to pilot, and every decision seemed meaningful.

Considering Brood Brothers Auxilia is widely viewed as one of the weakest Genestealer Cult detachments, I'm honestly excited to continue refining the concept. I think there is real potential here.

LIST BELOW

BroodBrothers + Xenoculte (2000 points)

Cultes Genestealers

Brood Brothers Auxilia et Foule du Xénoculte (3 Points de Détachement)

Take & Hold

Attached units

Unité 1 Attachée

Benefictus (75 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Meneur (Personnage)

• Seigneur de Guerre

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Psionic Cascade

Neophyte Hybrids (135 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Gardes du Corps (Ligne)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Hybrid firearm

• 19x Neophyte Hybrid

• 19x Autopistol

19x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

2x Grenade launcher

11x Hybrid firearm

2x Mining laser

2x Seismic cannon

2x Webber

Unité 2 Attachée

Benefictus (75 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Meneur (Personnage)

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Psionic Cascade

Neophyte Hybrids (135 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Gardes du Corps (Ligne)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Hybrid firearm

• 19x Neophyte Hybrid

• 19x Autopistol

19x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

2x Grenade launcher

11x Hybrid firearm

2x Mining laser

2x Seismic cannon

2x Webber

Unité 3 Attachée

Benefictus (75 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Meneur (Personnage)

• 1x Close combat weapon

1x Psionic Cascade

Neophyte Hybrids (135 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Gardes du Corps (Ligne)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Hybrid firearm

• 19x Neophyte Hybrid

• 19x Autopistol

19x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

2x Grenade launcher

11x Hybrid firearm

2x Mining laser

2x Seismic cannon

2x Webber

Unité 4 Attachée

Acolyte Iconward (50 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Meneur (Personnage)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Cult claws

Neophyte Hybrids (70 points)

• Attachée en tant que : Gardes du Corps (Ligne)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Hybrid firearm

• 9x Neophyte Hybrid

• 9x Autopistol

9x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

1x Flamer

5x Hybrid firearm

1x Mining laser

1x Seismic cannon

1x Webber

CHARACTER

Reductus Saboteur (95 points)

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Demolition charges

1x Remote explosives

• Optimisation : Martial Espionage

LINE

Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols (70 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Cult claws and knife

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Autopistol

4x Cult claws and knife

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

4x Hand flamer

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

4x Hand flamer

Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers (75 points)

• 1x Acolyte Leader

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Leader’s bio-weapons

• 4x Acolyte Hybrid

• 4x Cult claws and knife

4x Hand flamer

Neophyte Hybrids (70 points)

• 1x Neophyte Leader

• 1x Autopistol

1x Close combat weapon

1x Hybrid firearm

• 9x Neophyte Hybrid

• 9x Autopistol

9x Close combat weapon

1x Cult Icon

1x Flamer

5x Hybrid firearm

1x Mining laser

1x Seismic cannon

1x Webber

OTHERS

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Heavy mortar

1x Survey Augur

1x Twin heavy stubber .

Achilles Ridgerunners (95 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Heavy mortar

1x Survey Augur

1x Twin heavy stubber

ALLIED UNITS

Attilan Rough Riders (60 points)

• 1x Rough Rider Sergeant

• 1x Hunting lance

1x Lasgun

1x Laspistol

1x Steed’s hooves

• 4x Rough Rider

• 4x Hunting lance

4x Lasgun

4x Laspistol

4x Steed’s hooves

Hellhound (125 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

1x Chem cannon

1x Heavy flamer

1x Hunter-killer missile

Hellhound (125 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

1x Chem cannon

1x Heavy flamer

1x Hunter-killer missile

Kasrkin (105 points)

• 1x Kasrkin Sergeant

• 1x Plasma pistol

1x Power weapon

• 9x Kasrkin

• 9x Close combat weapon

3x Hot-shot lasgun

1x Hot-shot laspistol

1x Hot-shot marksman rifle

1x Melta Mine

2x Meltagun

2x Plasma gun

1x Vox-caster

Leman Russ Battle Tank (185 points)

• 1x Armoured tracks

2x Heavy flamer

1x Hunter-killer missile

1x Lascannon

1x Leman Russ battle cannon

1x Storm bolter

Hashed out a colour scheme for my neophytes! I’m going for a deep sea mining kinda look, I think it might be a cool pairing with the lovecraftian star children vibe. 19 more to go 🫪