Post by ZergLord on Sept 16, 2010 21:20:51 GMT
This is a pretty crazy and yet apparently plausible idea. You have been warned. 
Does anyone of you remember the Rogue Trader? Well, do you remember the Genestealer Cult? Back then the Genestealer Cult we all know was called the Genestealer Covenant, and a Genestealer Cult was something a bit different. It was your G. Covenant list led by a Patriarch who made a deal with gods of Chaos, and it could include various Chaos allies like Beastmen, Cultists, Daemons, etc.
Now, I have a very small Alpha Legion army that I really want to increase to 1500-1750 points, but god knows how long it could take me to do it. And yet I have a number of converted Genestealer Hybrids, large enough to combine with the AL and make an old school throwback of the Genestealer Cult. It could also look like a Lost and the Damned list. Plus, I'm in an advantage because I have Alpha Legion, it's well known that AL likes to use cannon fodder like Cultists, hires Mutants etc. So AL + Chaos Genestealer Cult seems plausible.
I have some CSM HQs, 10 CSMs with 2 Meltas and a Powerfist champion, 10 Havocs with Missle Launchers. The Hybrids would act as normal CSMs. All I have to do is to finish scratchbuilding my Rhinos, buy a few more models to convert into special/heavy weapons models, champions, Icons, and models with Chaos tatoos, bitzes, etc. to add some flavour.
What do you think? I think it's pretty weird, but also cool because it's a forgotten old school army.
Does anyone of you remember the Rogue Trader? Well, do you remember the Genestealer Cult? Back then the Genestealer Cult we all know was called the Genestealer Covenant, and a Genestealer Cult was something a bit different. It was your G. Covenant list led by a Patriarch who made a deal with gods of Chaos, and it could include various Chaos allies like Beastmen, Cultists, Daemons, etc.
Now, I have a very small Alpha Legion army that I really want to increase to 1500-1750 points, but god knows how long it could take me to do it. And yet I have a number of converted Genestealer Hybrids, large enough to combine with the AL and make an old school throwback of the Genestealer Cult. It could also look like a Lost and the Damned list. Plus, I'm in an advantage because I have Alpha Legion, it's well known that AL likes to use cannon fodder like Cultists, hires Mutants etc. So AL + Chaos Genestealer Cult seems plausible.
I have some CSM HQs, 10 CSMs with 2 Meltas and a Powerfist champion, 10 Havocs with Missle Launchers. The Hybrids would act as normal CSMs. All I have to do is to finish scratchbuilding my Rhinos, buy a few more models to convert into special/heavy weapons models, champions, Icons, and models with Chaos tatoos, bitzes, etc. to add some flavour.
What do you think? I think it's pretty weird, but also cool because it's a forgotten old school army.
