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Roughly how big are the different Tyranid ships in BFG? I am planning on making my own, and am curious as to scale.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/280651.page

Typical sizes - a devourer + a few gaunt scything talons for an escort

A Warrior/Ravenor head + gun + talons for cruiser

A warrior/carnifex body for mothership.

Motherships use the big skimmer base, everything else uses normal flying bases

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9283&highlight=tyranid+cruiser
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8684&highlight=tyranid+hiveship
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8126&highlight=tyranid+hiveship
http://www.dysartes.com/model/conversion/hivefleet.php

Unless it has 3 or more shields, right? I thought tyranid cruisers with the extra spores upgrade would need the large base, since it effectively has 3+ shields.

I would just compare models to the IN or Chaos equivalent classes: Escorts should be the size of a cobra or sword at the largest, Cruisers should be the size of other cruisers (maybe a bit larger but not too much), and the hive ship should be the size of a battleship.

I'll post up some size comparisons for you in my other thread soon.