Alien Inspired 'Nids concept.

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**The Gate Keeper**

I seen a nid painted in the black glossy paint scheme like the Xenomorphs from the movie Alien. I can't seem to find it again but I was thinking today how awesome it would be to do a full army modeled and painted as different schemes of Xenomorphs. So I got a plan on what to convert each type of nid into

Hive Tyrant

Hive Guard

Lictor

Genestealers

Hormagaunts

I'm still trying to figure out how to do the paint scheme. Any tips would be appreciated.
I also want to know what I should model Rippers and Gargoyles as?

**KingCracker**

I know Necros has a really nice Alien/Nids army. Heres his website for some inspiration
http://www.timkline.net/alienids/pictures.html

**Zarkin**

Use the aliens from the movie Pitch Black as your gargoyles.

As for painting the glossy effect.

Unless you want to do wet blending for an entire army, I'd paint black as per usual (building up to grey, maybe with a bluish wash) then cover the damn thing in layers of 'ard coat.

**The Fox Lord**

Rippers should be Face Huggers or Chestbursters.
Not sure about the Gargyles, but in that vain & since you're already using the old toys as insperation, why not use the Winged Queen for a Harpy or The Parasite of Mortrex.

**HadoukenAvenger**

Because that is the most ridiculous toy I've ever seen

You just reminded me, I've got an alien toy I picked up from a sale about the size of a hive tyrant.....somewhere....

**The Fox Lord**

HadoukenAvenger wrote:Because that is the most ridiculous toy I've ever seen
You just reminded me, I've got an alien toy I picked up from a sale about the size of a hive tyrant.....somewhere....

Never said it wasn't.
And most of the old Aliens toys are about Tyrant size or biger...Hey I could use my old Snake Alien as a Mawloc.

**Nightbringer's Chosen**

The last Hive Tyrant (not the current one) has a head that's quite reminiscent of the Queen.

The original Hormagaunts looked very like the Aliens, head-wise. Also, for that style head, look into ooold Bloodletters of Khorne.

**=I= White-Wolf**

Please go for it, alien nids would be beyond awesome! paint them in the origional colours of the movie I would think...

**Flying Pooo**

EDIT: IGNORE

**Popsicle**

Full steam ahead, then!

I love the Glossy Black on that Hive Guard; for a minute there, I thought you had Built and Painted it, and I was like...

**sluggaslugga**

cool idea

**eledamris**

Wow. If I didn't hate 40k so much... but that might make me want to play it again.

**marvlev**

DO IT! great idea!

**Kroothawk**

As Tyranids are clearly an Alien clone, every second Tyranid player had this idea once. In 2nd edition, I tried that painting scheme but stopped playing because glossy black just looked so boring, like a bad base colouring (had 20 metal Aliens as my Genestealers). Didn't stop me from buying several Alien Queen models "counting as" Biotitans until I started again with my current painting scheme. Still have two Warrior sized Alien Queens for future conversions (Parasite and Alpha Warrior).

Necros and Navarro are the most well known makers of Alien Tyranids, but there are many more ( http://www.coolminiornot.com/238044 , http://www.coolminiornot.com/72567 can't find them all ATM, esp. one fantastic silvery black commission work).
This concept is so popular, that you can already buy the Alien heads as conversion bits from CHapterhouse (sculpted by Navarro):
http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=71&category_id=34 . Not to speak of all the manufacturers of Alien inspired bases, with Dark Art Miniature's Alien wall set being the last in a long row of releases.

So it is as common as Star Wars Rebel themed Guard, still not a bad idea.

BTW here my simple "count as" Tervigon (I also have better ones):

**4M2A**

I recommend getting some 2 tone (i think that is what it's called) paint. I have never used it but I have seen models painted with it and they look great. You may be able to find someone on here who has used it.

**HamHamLunchbox**

The Gate Keeper wrote:

Hive Guard

this should be a carnifex