Tyranid Rumours (1st post updated with hive guard pic.)

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**Bonde**

Hah, these rumours are so vague that if they were any less precise, they would just say "Games Workshop will release rules and models for their best selling game".

**brassangel**

Bonde wrote:
Hah, these rumours are so vague that if they were any less precise, they would just say "Games Workshop will release rules and models for their best selling game".

Right? All of these people are CONFIRMING Tyranids for January, but we have absolutely nothing to work with right now.

**Robbo97**

SJM wrote:
I've painted 2 Termagants.... I'm ready for the new book now please.

Hahahaha omg

**Kroothawk**

Robbo97 wrote:
SJM wrote:
I've painted 2 Termagants.... I'm ready for the new book now please.

Hahahaha omg

**Eldercaveman**

Kroothawk wrote:
Robbo97 wrote:
SJM wrote:
I've painted 2 Termagants.... I'm ready for the new book now please.

Hahahaha omg

Guardsman 1 - These patrols are getting boring.

Guardsman 2 - I know, when are going to see some action again, this planet is forsaken.....

**l0k1**

"Hey Bill, the 32nd one on the left looks like your mom!"

**Micky**

"If we keep our backs to them, maybe they won't see us"

**Sheep**

"I don't have to outrun them, I just have to out run you!"

**RiTides**

Well played, Sheep

Also, Micky your quote:

Micky wrote:
"If we keep our backs to them, maybe they won't see us"

Reminds me of this from Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_races_and_species_in_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Ravenous_Bugblatter_Beast_of_Traal

**pretre**

Via Larry Vela on BOLS
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/10/40k-rumors-zoanthropes-ho.html

Zoanthropes

-Multipart plastic kit makes 3 models.
-Flying bases.
-3 base bodies in the kit, 2 tails are coiled, one is curling slightly forward.
-Back plates and chests are identical for the three. These are wider and slightly taller than the current model. The base tail piece has 2 tiny claws that go on, but are not normal Tyranid ball sockets. The torso has 4 arm sockets. For these models the claw arms are similar to hormagaunt claws, but shorter. Kit contains a dozen arms, most are retracted, four are extended out. All are small atrophied limbs compared to other Tyranids. Two rows of back-vents.
- Multipart heads. There are separate pieces per head to make the mouths have more dimension. One has its tongue out, curling to the side. One closed mouth, one mouth is wide open. The head plate is wider and has a spiked ridge. The brains are exposed, no eyes.
-Tail loses the current model's spiked end.
-Slightly larger than the current model.
-Fundamentally an evolutionary kit from the current Zoanthrope to meet the requirements of injected plastic production.

**tetrisphreak**

Well that description is quite specific, and easy to verify once the kits are released if it was a good source or not.

What I don't see though is the need for a re-sculpt of existing models when so many units from the current book aren't represented. While more kits is always better, I'll be keeping my hopes low until we start seeing leaked pics late november/mid december (if the timetable we currently have is accurate for release date).

**Bloodhorror**

I like the sound of those Zoanthropes!!!

Shame I already have 9 :(

**tetrisphreak**

It wouldn't be hard to have a Zoanthrope/Venomthrope/Doom of Malan'tai combi kit. Replace the zoey talons with venomthrope whips & toxin sacs. A head swap would complete the task. Now though if we get all those bits in a plastic kit for $60 the price point would make a bit more logic...kind of.

**rigeld2**

If they look better than the metal/FC zoeys I might buy them. If not I may need to go ahead and get a dozen of the old walking Zoeys to finish out my collection.

**streamdragon**

I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

**SJM**

hahaha, good stuff.... btw I'm up to 2.5 now.

**SBG**

pretre wrote:
Via Larry Vela on BOLS
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/10/40k-rumors-zoanthropes-ho.html

Zoanthropes

-Multipart plastic kit makes 3 models.
-Flying bases.
-3 base bodies in the kit, 2 tails are coiled, one is curling slightly forward.
-Back plates and chests are identical for the three. These are wider and slightly taller than the current model. The base tail piece has 2 tiny claws that go on, but are not normal Tyranid ball sockets. The torso has 4 arm sockets. For these models the claw arms are similar to hormagaunt claws, but shorter. Kit contains a dozen arms, most are retracted, four are extended out. All are small atrophied limbs compared to other Tyranids. Two rows of back-vents.
- Multipart heads. There are separate pieces per head to make the mouths have more dimension. One has its tongue out, curling to the side. One closed mouth, one mouth is wide open. The head plate is wider and has a spiked ridge. The brains are exposed, no eyes.
-Tail loses the current model's spiked end.
-Slightly larger than the current model.
-Fundamentally an evolutionary kit from the current Zoanthrope to meet the requirements of injected plastic production.

I am so excited by this news. I need three zoeys and this could be the answer. Sound like fantastic models too!

**gorgon**

tetrisphreak wrote:
Well that description is quite specific, and easy to verify once the kits are released if it was a good source or not.

What I don't see though is the need for a re-sculpt of existing models when so many units from the current book aren't represented. While more kits is always better, I'll be keeping my hopes low until we start seeing leaked pics late november/mid december (if the timetable we currently have is accurate for release date).

GW's need is apparently to get rid of Finecast ASAP.

**RiTides**

tetrisphreak wrote:
Well that description is quite specific, and easy to verify once the kits are released if it was a good source or not.

Agreed, much better than the vague ideas posted further up the page! If this is accurate then this source needs an exclamation point in pretre's tracker

**brassangel**

streamdragon wrote:I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

Wow. No way. Usually the only people who say that are the ones who wasted --- er, spent money on a set from eBay and want to justify it.

tetrisphreak wrote:It wouldn't be hard to have a Zoanthrope/Venomthrope/Doom of Malan'tai combi kit. Replace the zoey talons with venomthrope whips & toxin sacs. A head swap would complete the task. Now though if we get all those bits in a plastic kit for $60 the price point would make a bit more logic...kind of.

Chances are these are large models. Like, Centurion sized, as far as material is concerned. Only taller. I do believe they will be a hybrid kit though. It seems to become more and more rare that kits only produce one thing.

Maybe GW goes in a direction none of us expect and offers different ways to equip Zoanthropes? Not like bioweapons, but different looks to represent different psychic abilities/FO slots in the book.

**streamdragon**

brassangel wrote:
streamdragon wrote:I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

Wow. No way. Usually the only people who say that are the ones who wasted --- er, spent money on a set from eBay and want to justify it.

The OG zoanthropes look too much like warriors.
The 2nd gen thropes look sleek and deadly. Reminds me somewhat of ethereals from X-Com UFO defense.
3rd gen thropes have giant portions of their brain showing, which strikes me as a bad evolution for a psychic monster.

We'll see if 4th gen looks better, but if the brain is showing I guess I'm hunting down more 2nd ed models.

**Micky**

This might actually be a good time to sell of my Nids... realisticly there's very little chance I'd ever do anything with them, they've mostly just sat in a box in my cupboard for a year and gathered dust. This is probably the best time to give them a nice home.

**brassangel**

Micky wrote:
This might actually be a good time to sell of my Nids... realisticly there's very little chance I'd ever do anything with them, they've mostly just sat in a box in my cupboard for a year and gathered dust. This is probably the best time to give them a nice home.

That makes pretty smart business sense.

**Da krimson barun**

streamdragon wrote:
I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

exalt.They look awesome.

**brassangel**

Da krimson barun wrote:
streamdragon wrote:
I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

exalt.They look awesome.

They had huge, muscular legs with satyr hooves and giant man-hands. Oh, and eyeballs. None of which makes any sense seeing as how Zoanthropes don't use anything beyond their brains. The Hive Mind has developed them to be nothing but beacons of psychic and synaptic energy.

**Kelly502**

SJM wrote:
I've painted 2 Termagants.... I'm ready for the new book now please.

ROFLMAO!!!

**Da krimson barun**

brassangel wrote:
Da krimson barun wrote:
streamdragon wrote:
I still prefer the old school 2nd gen big head plate with no brain showing model.

exalt.They look awesome.

They had huge, muscular legs with satyr hooves and giant man-hands. Oh, and eyeballs. None of which makes any sense seeing as how Zoanthropes don't use anything beyond their brains. The Hive Mind has developed them to be nothing but beacons of psychic and synaptic energy.

actually it turns out I was thinking of the third edition one(I'd never noticed the exposed brain since I only saw it in hive fleet jormagunder from the front.)

**Kroothawk**

Da krimson barun wrote:
actually it turns out I was thinking of the third edition one(I'd never noticed the exposed brain since I only saw it in hive fleet jormagunder from the front.)

Makes more sense, as it is my favorite as well from all GW-versions. Personally I was glad to sell 2nd edition Zoanthrope, Gargoyles, Hormagaunts and metal warriors.
BTW 2nd edition Zoanthrope shows brains as well:

**Cyaneye**

Bigred from bell of lost souls

A tiny rumor with BIG implications:

Unique Tyranid creatures are unique per detachment. For for example 2 Dooms, 2 Swarmlords, etc... at 2k, representing a very rare breed but something that each HiveFleet knows how to create in extremis.

Rumor rating: possible

What's the one thing worse than a swarmlord? Two Swarmlords

**ductvader**

Cyaneye wrote:
Bigred from bell of lost souls
A tiny rumor with BIG implications:

Unique Tyranid creatures are unique per detachment. For for example 2 Dooms, 2 Swarmlords, etc... at 2k, representing a very rare breed but something that each HiveFleet knows how to create in extremis.

Rumor rating: possible

What's the one thing worse than a swarmlord? Two Swarmlords

The only thing hindering him right now is his small to medium sized threat bubble, two threat bubbles will topple armies.

But, I see Biomancy dying off throughout most of the Hive Mind.