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And with this week’s first new release being the terrifying Toxicrene – a vicious tangle of taloned tentacles slathered in poison – that bite is bound to be a very big one indeed. The Toxicrene is joined by the Maleceptor, a horrific escalation of Tyranid psychic warfare in the form of a monstrous beast that is the Shadow of the Warp made manifest. We’re proud to present the rules for these remarkable new miniatures, too.  \nWe’re also ecstatic to bring you a new minigame called Wrath of the Glottkin in this issue – why not write in and let us know if it’s Ethrac, Otto or Ghurk who reaps the highest tally in your games? Happy hunting and enjoy issue 40 of White Dwarf!  \nFirst encountered on the moon ofIxoi, the Toxicrene is a nightmarish vision, a tentacled monstrosity that only an alien mind could conceive. Shrouded by clouds of toxic gas and sentient spores, the Toxicrene can shred even the toughest foes with its lashing tentacles.  \nThe Toxicrene is the zenith of the Venomthrope genus, an innately poisonous creature with the monstrous bulk of a Haruspex. From the feeder tendrils hanging from its jaw to the 12 barbed tentacles on its forelimbs, every part of the Toxicrene is full of virulent poisons and deadly toxins. As the Toxicrene thunders across the battlefield, these semi-  \nsentient weapon symbiotes thrash and flail around it, lashing out at anything that gets too near. Large targets such as Wraithknights and Riptide Battlesuits have little chance of survival ; upon contact with such a foe, the Toxicrene will use its whip-like tendrils to entangle their limbs, peeling away their armour before delivering its venomous payload. Lesser foes are sliced, shredded and decapitated in droves.  \nThis multi-part plastic kit also includes a couple of great posing options, enabling you to build the Toxicrene crouched low or standing upright, its clawed feet resting on a fallen Space Marine Terminator.  \nAbove-The Toxicrene’s head is sunk back into its thorax, rows of toxic gas sacs bulging ominously from beneath its carapace.  \nAbove-An extra spinal columnfeeds any absorbed material directly back to the  \nToxicrene’s gas sacs.  \nAbove-An optional extra on the kit, the Toxicrene can be seen here crushing a Space Marine Terminator beneath its clawed feet.  \nThe Maleceptor is a horrific new creation of the Tyranid Hive Mind. Combining the brute strength of an Exocrine with the psychic might of a Zoanthrope brood, the Maleceptor can crush its enemies both with its claws and with the formidable power of its mind.  \nIf proof were ever needed of the sinister intelligence of the Hive Mind, the Maleceptor is surely it. As the Hive Fleets maraud deeper into the galaxy, the Hive Mind learns and adapts, spawning new monstrosities as specific, considered responses to the resistance it meets.  \nThe Maleceptor is the ultimate answer to the problem posed by the psykers of the Tyranids’ prey-races; it is a grotesque living conduit for the Shadow in the Warp. Indeed, the Maleceptor’s revolting bulk is little more than an armoured container for said conduit – a massive, six-lobed, brain-like organ, engineered to destroy flesh and metal alike by manifesting horrific psychic powers. What – if anything – survives its mental onslaught will then surely fall beneath the fury of its massive scything talons and clawed feet, for the Maleceptor is as adept at pulverising its foes in close combat as it is exterminating them with a flex of its alien mind.  \nLeft-From above, it’s possible to see all six of the Maleceptor’s mind-nodes. 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