Genestealers EXPLAINED By An Australian | Warhammer 40k Lore

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[@majorkill]

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[@fambofambo7940]

Brother yiur commentary is on POINT Lol love it

[@jamallee1510]

Thanks for making this vid man! Genestealers are one of the coolest xenos factions in my opinion and since xenos are like the coolest overall thing in 40k that puts them pretty high up there

[@sschuster2180]

Just noticed Adeptus Ridiculus is doing a Gene Stealer episode too today .... The WH Lore Hivemind at work again :D

[@mikfis15]

Is 500 USD equal to a thousand AUD or a million AUD?

[@akumaking1]

The Adeptus Ridiculous did a Genestealer video today. Coincidence?

[@veteranofbaal8232]

"Hey! Hey! My trousers! Get back here." "another victory for the jean stealer!"

[@dfs3537]

NOT THE DENIM!

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

Emperor damn it, we need those jeans! *Fuck!*

[@veteranofbaal8232]

@@dfs3537 THE DENIM!!!

[@veteranofbaal8232]

@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 that damn jean stealer!

[@robberyproductions1363]

Call Inquisitor Adrielle!

[@sharpetutor227]

I would love a book about a Chaos cult and a Genstealer cult both rise up at the same time and both blissfully unaware of each other’s existence. And they are like “Wall this is awkward.” And a three faction war bursts out on the planet with Empire, Chaos and Genstealer in just a huge slugfest for dominance.

[@harrymorris2361]

So… Tuesday?

[@michasalamon8315]

So Vigilus after the great rift opened. Everything you just said have literally happened there. The only difference was that first orks attacked, so imperium send reinforcments, so genestealers panicked and tried to take over the planet prematurely, so chaos cults panicked and tried to take take over the planet prematurely. And also Eldar and Dark Eldar showed up at some point for some reasons.

[@bertybus]

@@michasalamon8315 ngl sounds like the plot of a dawn of war game

[@dgoodfellow234]

Yeah the book exists, cast a hungry shadow, followed by cult of the spiral Dawn.

[@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593]

Honestly I think genestealer cults wins as chaos cults rely too much on the warp, tend to be poorly armed and aren't really subtle as all it takes for a chaos cult to be discovered is for the local khornates getting tired of waiting and deciding to go on a killing spree, the local slaaneshi to summon some daemonettes during a festivity or something like that, the local tzeentchachs to backstab each others for some reason or for the local nurglite to go outside to spread some "gifts" for the PDF and possibly the whole system to be on alert

[@davidbullock3675]

The Tyrinids are here to clap all Cheeks. Tau=Snacks. Humans=Lunch. Orks=Stake Dinner. Space Marines=Texas BBQ

[@weerakadechernkwankaew2303]

Wtf ork is not dinner is MUSHROOM SNACK!

[@popkhorne5372]

Stake dinner ?

[@humanity600]

Eldar: Greek Salad.

[@rylanosborn8986]

Don’t forget the necron toothpicks

[@manfredgesink8514]

Nice typos ^^

[@taxllax2104]

Gsc: We shall live under the tyranny of the Imperium no longer! Tyranids: Very poor choice of words

[@mkno2799]

Thus, why I choice the path of Chaos. 😈

[@ipman3249]

@@mkno2799 Yes big tiddie mommy Slaanesh... cough I mean hail the emperor... I mean The God Emperor!

[@rita6355]

@@ipman3249 big tiddy daddy emperor more like

[@williambibens4508]

Average Australian babies usually look like genestealers for a few months after birth. Unfortunately for some like Majorkill here never grow past it.

[@reptillianarmyy3891]

Good

[@deargodwhy9718]

Gawddamn

[@k-leb4671]

That baby that got eaten by a dingo was actually a Genestealer offspring and that dingo was actually a hero.

[@unitone6851]

oof

[@kanseiyamazaru435]

The Genestealer Cults are most certainly one of my favorite sub-factions, right next to the Nuns with Guns, and Space Elf Clowns.

[@magicmanscott40k]

Nuns with guns is my favorite. It's hilarious and badass at the same time with great art. Not a huge fan of the books though. The eldar books are way better.

[@Jack-0-lantern]

I was surprised that the only canon Chaos Genestealer cult is Cult Tenebrous which is devoted to Nurgle. You'd think since fucking is such a big part of their strategy, that a Slaanesh Genestealer cult would be a match made in hell.🤔

[@JohnnyOrc]

See, you forget that Grandfather Nurgle welcomes all, and loves all. Therefore, group sexy time is worship of Nurgle (and helps spread genestealer genes)! Exactly how viable the genestealer genes are after being infected with Nurgle's various plagues is another matter.

[@anhadbrar2834]

I think it’s not slaneesh because when genestealer reproduce it is just for the good of the cult Aka it’s like in mafia movies when they say nothing personal, just business

[@anonymousperson1771]

To be fair, genestealers are basically spreading their own version of super-space aids, so they're not that far removed from Nurgle.

[@kuradamax]

huh, so all those times i described Warpath's 'Plague' faction as "Nurgle worshiping Genestealers" there was already a precedent for it? neat

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Wouldn't the shadow in the warp make it hard for a cult play the chaos game too?

[@vaenj.loreley25]

If Warhammer knew what they were doing, they would seriously empower content creators like you.

[@pancreasnowork9939]

Real big IF there, unfortunately

[@SpliffingBrit]

I feel like now-a-days you're better off if GW DOESNT notice you...

[@pancreasnowork9939]

@@SpliffingBrit what a tragic state of affairs Warhammer is in that that’s a true statement

[@raipe125]

Henry cavill please buy gw

[@iantang2118]

@@pancreasnowork9939 didn't think that I'd see you here

[@robertbuckey6517]

The Genestealers being part of the Nids has been cannon for almost 30 years now.

[@felis1977]

Since 2nd edition so basically forever :)

[@robertbuckey6517]

@@felis1977 before that

[@weldonwin]

Yeah, but they pre-date the Tyrannids even being a thing, with 'Stealers having been in 1st Edition

[@felis1977]

@@weldonwin Tyranids too were a random encounter in Rogue Trader alongside the 'stealers. They weren't well developed back then - just a single creature half way between the gaunt and the warrior.

[@pc2753]

Canon

[@MrGruby100004]

Genestealers as a faction in their own right, without any connections to Tyranids, would be dope.

[@shadowynne]

Ymgarl stealers are separate for all intents and purposes as hive fleets refuse to absorb them.

[@animasityal-waafy4713]

Just like the chaos marine without their gods of course

[@00pugsly48]

@Ian Yoder I actually thought that was from a book then and was going to ask which haha. Tip of the cap to you sir.

[@00pugsly48]

@Ian Yoder I actually thought that was from a book then and was going to ask which haha. Tip of the cap to you sir.

[@sebastianmaggart3878]

Iv’e created one for my mildly less grim dark au for 40k The enlightened

[@masterharry8527]

When Adeptus Ridiculous did a podcast refrencing some friendly xenos, MK did a video on them soon after. Now that MK did a genestealer video Adeptus Ridiculous' next podcast is about Genestealers. I smell a conspiracy.

[@williampugh5976]

it's definitely a trend

[@majorkill]

Honestly it’s kind of creepy at this point

[@john-marccartagenas6706]

I thought this was on purpose after this second coincidence. This is some Tzeentch shit

[@planktonic-larvae]

@@majorkill Podcast guest, when?

[@sparkiesparkles]

@@majorkill Surely you guys are collaborating to boost each other in KZbin's algorithm

[@omarali262]

Do Genestealers still have to poop like a normal human? That's the info I want to know.

[@magicmanscott40k]

Probably

[@tyberostheredwake6153]

*Yes, they do. Don't ask how or why I know it*

[@taylorbriggs2271]

Who are you luffy?

[@bunkey3972]

Only if they roll a.... 2 *rimshot*

[@ltmammaguerillz6745]

They work so hard they burn the energy and have no need for a butthole! Watch “The Interview” you’re welcome.

[@reculture]

That Genestealer storyline from The Infinite and The Divine was hilarious, legit had me laughing out loud!

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Just a prank bro. - Trazyn (attributed)

[@fern1009]

Does anyone else think the order in which genestealer subtypes are produced should be re-arranged? It should be human, mostly human, way less human, monstrous annd then full-on genestealer.

[@anonymousperson1771]

I would've thought the initial "patient zero" would be capable of producing the pure-strains, then the offspring would start taking on more human characteristics with subsequent infections and generations of breeding.

[@ranfan1820]

@@anonymousperson1771 Until it loops back around to be human.

[@k-leb4671]

@@anonymousperson1771 I wonder though how they get more human with each generation. Is patient zero able to somehow convince their normal human peers to have sex with their Alien-looking mofo kid?

[@stephenbridges9915]

Its just dilution in effect

[@Chendoart]

When are you gonna make a "Timmy" mini? He should be strap-on addition to the Slaneesh figure 👌🏻👌🏻

[@sethkrueger5472]

A keeper of secrets pegging him would be the best meme model ever I hope someone kitbashes one and sends its to majorkill

[@w1ldone669]

I’ve been waiting for so long for this, this is sick

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Genesteeler "eat me sky daddy" Hivemind "what!" Genesteeler "what?"

[@CAVMAN1998]

Just finished The Infinite and The Divine yesterday, picked it up from your recommendation. Awesome read. I highly suggest DEATHWATCH and DEATHWATCH: SHADOWBREAKER by Steve Parker. Both are awesome novels and focus heavily on Genestealer Cults in the first novel, and slightly in the second. The second novel goes into T'au Genestealer Cults, pretty gruesome.

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

I’ve read Deathwatch and am half way through Shadow Breaker. I’m thoroughly enjoying them.

[@dgoodfellow234]

Cult of the Spiral Dawn and its short story prequel Cast a hungry shadow, are by far the best GSC novels.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Trazyn using genestealers for a prank was one of the funniest things in the book. That and his shoulder shrug to the consequences.

[@blademaker9843]

I really wish I’d picked that up before GW went insane. I haven’t bought anything from them since and don’t plan to until the rules are changed

[@trevordenver9877]

I love those books, yeah when karras and rauth find a genestealer breeding room full of women was fucked

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

Ah yes Stars of Space Hulk alongside Blood Angels

[@arandomcomment7208]

Dark angels not blood angels

[@clockworks5069]

@@arandomcomment7208 it kinda matters depending on what version you play. Spacehulk: Deathwing has Dark Angels and Spacehulk: Tactics has Blood Angels. Also -- don't quote me on this -- I think the original Spacehulk tabletop game had Blood Angels.

[@arandomcomment7208]

@@clockworks5069 well most people jump to death wing

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

@@arandomcomment7208 i talking about the Board game which is Blood Angels Deathwing appear as main Characters on 1990s Space Hulk video game expansion called Deathwing and 2016 Streumon Studio Space Hulk Deathwing

[@arandomcomment7208]

@@Madjo-qj2ge I know it was a board game at first

[@thegreatdevourer1020]

How beautiful I’m playing Tyranids today so this video is right on topic 😈

[@woozy9170]

Late happy birthday Majorkill! Keep up the amazing videos man, you're absolutely killing it. Doing us Aussies proud

[@Romczy]

The whole Genestealer concept is such a power creep. Nids are already OP. Why implement even more OPness?

[@eichler721]

Well the Tau, Aldari, Drukari and other minor ones are not. Only the Tyranids/GeneStealers as a group and the Necrons who are OP above even the Tyranids are real threats. That's why Edit: I will also note that till the Gathering Storm the Tyranids where the big threat with several massive Hive fleets wrecking parts of the Galaxy. I didn't include Orks cause they are never organized enough to do massive damage since the Great Crusade and War of the Beast.

[@Romczy]

@@eichler721 Orkz have potential to be threat on galactic scale. Tau, Eldar and DE are less impactful but not be underestimated

[@eichler721]

@@Romczy yes Tau, Aldari and Drukari are threats but only to a planet or solar system. Orks can be threats like the War of the Beast and Great Crusade time. However now they are threats to a system at most cause they start fighting themselves. If a Krork came back then we would have a massive threat. However so far we have seen nothing that deadly.

[@dmanlip]

I love how you are covering this at the same time the adeptus ridiculous people.

[@ethansears2490]

Thank you for being an actually useful information source for 40k that is also pleasant to listen to. I didn't realize that was a hard thing to find on yt but thank the Emperor you exsist.

[@jeromegelly9985]

"Don't be silly , wrap your weenie", i love this guy

[@austingole4861]

Personally genestealers are my favorite faction, they seem quite unique and I also just generally like their theme, mostly a big group of miners and militias, with some Xeno help

[@tyleroats8929]

Majorkill: why does he always focus on space marines, Majorkill: has almost all space marines as his minis

[@oligb1469]

Gebestealers are just the ultimate form of STD which makes Tyranids ultra-crabs

[@reedster222]

would love to see a chaos cultist faction as a playable force on the table top, exploring these smaller subgroups of factions like genestealers cults is pretty dope

[@MrDinokilla]

“One cult has infected a planet that exports a fuck ton of medicine and have managed to infect the medicine” Man I’m getting proper culling vibes from Warcraft 3 here.

[@chrislail3824]

Perfect timing, I had been listening to a bunch of GSC lore because I’m working on a Deathwatch Overkill set currently

[@radagastthedank8902]

I’m sure the brood cycle is the other way around with the first load of off spring looking mostly human eventually ending in pure strain genestealers around generation 4

[@willroberts2152]

I was thinking this as well 🤔 I can't imagine that two relatively early infected humans instantly produce a pure strain genestealer. I thought they would gradually become more pure as the gene pool was more corrupted🤷‍♂️

[@ultra-papasmurf]

nope its ugly, uglish, uggie, human, beast from satan. i dont think it follows actual standard generations tho (20~ years per gen) and is more just a term for how developed the cult is and probably varies in how fast they transcend through each stage. the pure strains being last does make sense since to get pure strains a cult has to be massive and the pure strains are the muscle to backup the revolt

[@radagastthedank8902]

@@ultra-papasmurf yeah in the year or so since I commented on this video I started playing genestealer cult and wisened up to the bizarre nature of their generational turn over lmao

[@Stoffstoffer]

back when i played...was mainly Tyranid, and the whole point of my army was to just get the genestealers into HTH combat. The carnifexes , etc... pure smoke screen. I don't think people really understood how powerful Genestealers were in combat. I once had an attack on a (think it was baneblade...the bigger tank than a land raider) ..cause a flashback that blew the tank up ...totally worth it in genestealer lives.

[@keppa8644]

You should cover argel tal. Hes always talked about but never covered any where.

[@dlanor3704]

Finnally genestealer cult video that is not like 2 hour long

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

And lo the four-armed Emperor proclaimed, "Let there be bitches and hoes!" _The female Genestealer Magus pops into existence_ And deliver he did.

[@RogueFox2185]

“I’ll be honest friend, those female Genestealers do look quite attract-“ (BLAM) Local Guardsman during Genestealer uprising.

[@KeshLoken]

Love the style of telling lore. Also ordered a Major Kill mini as soon as you said it was restocked on the vid. Keep up the great work brother.

[@wolfymcwolfywolfwolf661]

I've been waiting for this video for sooo long

[@danchovanes2612]

Majorkill and AdeptusRidiculous doing the same topic on the same day. Coincidence? Possibly. Conspiracy?? Probably.

[@HesteBremse]

Great episode, epic selection of artworks 🖖👽👍

[@leviatano91]

You and Adeptus Rididoulus are releasing videos on the same topic constantly, i am actually happy about it.

[@davidherrick6987]

As a GSC player I've been hoping for this video. Good job!

[@Vaille32]

I’m a gene stealer. All I have to do is raise my tail and BAM! I’m full of DNA! Well, minus the DNA I’ve creamed all over my front, that is….

[@CwayNJ609]

Hope your bday was dope my dude, only was able to catch some of the stream yesterday due to me being half dead cause I got Nurgles Covid Aids Rot but I wanted to pop on this vid and give ya a late bday shout!! Keep crushin it my guy

[@Fen_Wolf]

Great video I love me some gene-stealers a pretty cool sub faction of the Nids. Not sure what happened but when you first dropped the video it suddenly stopped playing and said this video was private. So not sure what happened with that

[@justinweber4977]

I'd love to see a couple stories centered on Genestealer Ork Waugh's.

[@OutrageousOnPurpose]

The patriach of khain sounds like some half assed 40k theory and it being a real thing is got me lmao its so great

[@GrapeWizard667]

Great video - as always. Hope you had a good birthday.

[@helljumper_212th7]

Was just playing through Space Hulk and was hoping you'd do a video on these guys.

[@dgoodfellow234]

Been waiting for this!

[@palerider4582]

"Tongue punched in the starfish" Majorkill, you're fuckin great

[@peterdo869]

Majorkill timing his genestealer video with Adeptus Ridiculous. What a Chad

[@mkno2799]

Have to say, I'm glad I choose chaos followers of nurgle as my favorite faction. Apart from super aids, they seemed to be doing well for themselves and their endgame is still beneficial. (That being immortality.)

[@dominikkamyk4927]

The "don't be silly, wrap your willy" made my day

[@Yaebi_The_Zombie]

I love how both Majorkill and the Adeptus ridiculous release both Genestealers videos, at least it's more content.

[@lematador3934]

Tongue punching their fart box, definitively stealing that one

[@nicholasjones7542]

This makes the series with the blood angels on Warhammer Tv make so much more sense knew they were genestealers but didn’t know much about em

[@ThatMainframeDude]

You had me at Tyrinid Henti.

[@kerstineriksson8141]

Love to see the new vid mate :))

[@bailzz180]

Holy shit the minis competition, your a smart one

[@fellixjs4839]

Imperial Ad: "Safe Sex, keeps the bugs away."

[@ikitclaw3299]

That's some set of Delph my friend, gz

[@adamhubert6298]

Uhhhhhhh is it weird to anyone else that twice now adeptus ridiculous and major kill release the same video topic on the same day twice in a row ?

[@nicholasgates9749]

Anyone else seeing that Adeptus ridiculous and majorkill are covering the same stuff at the same time???? P.S. I love both them just wondering

[@CHRF-55457]

2:25 Dam. look at those realistic shoulder pauldrons. T-Pose go brr

[@tetsucat13]

Love the humour. Keep it up.

[@Ra-Endimion]

Gotta cop me one of them shark daddy's, my Raven Guard/space shark army NEEDS it

[@TonySnow663]

Yes!!!!!! Thank you so much!!

[@bigyeticane]

"...nobody really like genestealers, except genestealers. Genestealers fuckin' LOVE genestealers". Hilarious! Thanks for the vid!

[@davidthomas2870]

I do like the Genestealers and tyranids being allied. I feel like there may be room for Zoats to actually return as Tyranid allies too; perhaps as a subfacrion that is sort of a galactic gardener, seeding more life in the wake of hive fleets rampages with the intent of effectively farming worlds until the world simply runs out of mass to convert into biomass, as if sucking layers off the planet one by one as each becomes ready. Perhaps some has still been around from some ancient scout hive fleet that were eventually wiped out by the imperium long ago, explaining their presence in early editions but then prolonged absence.

[@shakedown3268]

I was a little confused when I clicked on the video an it said: *This Video Is Private* but now I can finally watch it

[@H_Hold]

Nice move right in step with AdRid 👌

[@apothecaryjahn5083]

Great video

[@ballisticfish1212]

Please do top 5 badass minor characters, characters who appear in only 1 book/series but have a badass scene. Non-astartes would be cool. One book I read had a normal guardsman (I believe called Tauno) take a bolt pistol and kill a bunch of Orks with it.

[@college54114]

That bit about a Genestealer Cult infecting all the medicine for a whole sector with their DNA is so fucking cool… I really hope they follow up on that. That would make a bitchin novel

[@TheCorrodedMan]

I think the only noticeable effect that had was to make several worlds across multiple star systems into beacons for the hive mind. General sweep-and-creep for the Nids

[@kevinfagan6112]

It took me WAYYY to long to get that first joke about your denim getting stolen

[@patrik9328]

”I long for Genestealer ass” Jaq Draco, Inquisitor by Ian Watson

[@connorvandervort5062]

My man is uploading really close to adeptus ridiculous

[@godsingodsin8408]

There ya go brother! Give to the people and the people will give back but not stickers huh? Keep it up !

[@MrFriedchicken777]

So no only will I be getting laid, I'll have a much higher chance of getting laid in the future? Sign me UP

[@damianopletal9663]

Its kinda sad how majorkill hates chaos but his miniatures look like chaos

[@sbkMulletMan]

I'm reading Infinite and the Divine right now, and just finished act 3, and holy HELL, I am still processing it all. All that, ALL THAT, because of how childishly petty Trazyn is. His use of Genestealers makes Gremlins look like Tribbles. Seriously, I can't recommend this book enough. It's so damn funny.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Hmm Genestealers were their own fraction? Makes sense since they always looked so different than the rest of the Hive Mind's forces :P

[@victordavila9812]

Damm your minis look really cool o/

[@ethancampbell8408]

Good day for genestesler fans Majorkill and adeptus ridiculous on the same day

[@tomspear1015]

Holy chit! Mum! Dad! I'm on a Majorkill video! *head explodes*

[@Bysentenial]

I was gonna buy a mini but it's 30 dollarydoos postage. Within Australia...

[@alphanoodle1877]

adeptus rediculatus posted a video on genesteelers literally a hour after you majorkill

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Genestealer Cults are such a cool sub-faction that deserves more spotlight from GW

[@migBdk]

My headcanon is that the minds of the devoured live on in the hive mind, the hive mind being a huge harmonious collection of minds that want to make every mind part of their collective. Kind of similar to the soul circuits of the craftworlds. Making GSC visionaries.

[@caliburg1519]

Is it just a coincidence that adeptus ridiculous just released an episode on genestealer cults

[@xavier84623]

I kinda like the tyranid catachan connection, because it offers and explanation as to why that random planet it hyper death jungles. But another explanation that doesn’t invoke tyanids might be better

[@TorchOnTarget]

Just grabbed your sexually transmitted Liquid files for the minis. Can't wait to print them out!

[@elliottreadings8029]

Could we get a vid on the lore of the Kroot at some point? I think its really cool how they super hate tyranids since they can't eat them, plus they're what I use in Kill Team so I love em' .

[@davea.9927]

1:03 Thank you!

[@simon20002]

Im not even a huge fan of warhammer, but i love listening to this aussie

[@firaphex2824]

"None likes having your denim pants taken away from'ya" My first thought: MK is not wearing pants.

[@gsvw1592]

I all was thought that the g thefts where the same as the hungry hungry space bugs