Let’s talk Genestealer Cult in Warhammer 40K, and how to start the army from scratch…
Genestealer Cult Army Overview Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF933ty0ydA
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Why Collect Genestealer Cult?
5:27 Planning an Army
9:18 First Purchases
11:39 Buying 40K Minis
13:18 Combat Patrol Box
15:48 Expanding the Army
18:41 One Strong Army List Idea
21:09 Outro
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How to start. First step: Join a cult
Honestly the lore of Genestealer cults draws me to them. I'm currently building a AoS Bonereapers army but GSC, Chaos Knights and 30k Alpha Legion are my side projects but out of those 3 most of the focus is going into cults. I just love the fact that in the grand scheme of things in 40k their conflicts are very localized to one system or planet for the most part. Like yeah it plays a much larger role for the tyranids but they're really just a bunch of miners waging guerilla warefare. The codex leaves so much room to really create your own cult i just feel like there's more freedom than any other cult to really personalize things. Biggest struggle im having is do i go full synthwave with them or do i go a bit mad max and make them shiny and chrome? They're just so much fun.
I returned to 40k in 9th edition after retiring at 6th edition I was shocked to see the “new” armies added but it was nice to see. I was gonna get them but then they announced squats returning and I told myself decades ago if dwarves made a return I’d be all over it even if they where garbage. And now I have 2500points worth of dwarves painted and displayed 😅
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I’ve just started collecting these ready for a crusade in January, so thank you for this.
I’m looking forward to Dark Mechanicum with Vashtorr and Abaddon. I’ve been watching video for a bit trying to think of a fun army. That seems like a fun one for me.
Step one: buy a combat patrol.
Step 2: buy a broodcoven box.
Step 3: buy a Baneblade.
Step 4: ???
Step 5: profit
GSC is my favorite faction. Their lore, style of play, units, and codex are all amazing. They are the best balanced faction in the game and GW should balance everything else around them.
I still want rules to run this army as an Imperial mining outpost or frontier town. They have great potential for a space western, but right now you can't escape the Gieger influence.
The more I look at GSCs, the more I wish I had gone ahead with them as my first army.
How to start WHAT!? – Inquisition
As a newer player, these guys are a lot of fun to play against.
I love the variety of models, I like how they go between full alien to almost human
Just wish they have normal infected humans since they're a big part of the lore
I'd be interested to see a video on brood brothers, but it probably makes sense to wait until after the FAQ.
ngl when I saw the thumbnail i thought about something else entirely
Always loved their asthetic, currently planning on building a mad max themed GSC army to double as an ashen wastes necromuda gang
How to start a Genestealer cult army. . . .well your gonna need a Genestealer.
I started this faction with Shadowthrone box and managed to find the old SC box to add some numbers. I also added some Purestrains for close combat, but I'm fairly certain that my force is still below 1000 points. Most of it is still unpainted and is somewhere middle of my to-do list.
how start a GSC army in WH40K:
step 1: sell a lung, parts of your liver and a kidney and you might have enough money to get to 1k pts
I have some Astra I'm working on, but next I'm gonna start Astra proxied as GSC for a weird InGen Jurassic park sorta feel.
My largest recommendation is as follows: When in doubt, you need more Acolytes.
The best part of GSC is that you can just play with Guard models with head swaps. Hive Cult all the way!
I see barely no reason to not get 2x Combat Patrol boxes … yeah the duplicated Magus is not ideal and the aberrants are underwhelming and expensive now, but 25 troops + a truck for 90€ is a great deal for nowadays standards. The troop boxes are just insultingly expensive and the <3€ acolytes and the ~1.5€ neophytes are much more manageable.
My main army. Love their mechanics. I usually end up with only a few models on the board at the end, but me and my opponents always have a good time.