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loving it

Or you could give him the sling arm from the cadian command squad. make it a really easy fight

I'm just throwing this idea out there, why dont you make ripper swarms into face huggers?

Mr.Awesome1 wrote:I'm just throwing this idea out there, why dont you make ripper swarms into face huggers?

It doesn't really fit with the fluff of my 'Nids. They're still supposed to be Tyranids that look like Xenomorphs, not Xenomorphs themselves. They still follow the basic Fluff of what Tyranids are, and therefore the Rippers are going to be the same organism that they are in other Hive Fleets. Face Huggers will have a place somewhere in the army, don't worry. I'm trying to work out some fluff to incorporate them. Long story short though, they will be a new Tyranid organism; they won't replace a current one.

Anyways, I've been busy with life, but I managed to start assembling some Hormagaunts. I finished four!





Also running low on Resin bases. But I just came into a large sum of money (18th birthday for the win!), so purchasing some shouldn't be a problem.

These also arrived in the mail today. They're the not-Zoanthropes from Troll Forged. They're quite nice and it was only $45 for three in resin (as opposed to $60 for three of the metal pinning nightmares from GW). My only complaint is that the resin blades on the heads are quite flimsy and I feel I might break them if I don't reinforce them. I plan to buy some Brown Stuff to do just that. Otherwise, they are fantastic, and I definitely reccomend them.


Finally, I've got a not-so-Tyranid treat for everyone. This is a 2003 GD Wolf Priest that I actually bought from Dave Taylor (yes, the Dave Taylor) at last years Bitz Bazaar in Glenn Burney. It was such a fantastic model and it had sentimental value (yes, I'm a Dave Taylor fanboy), so I didn't want to mock up the paint job since I'd never painted a Space Wolf. So I talked a good friend of mine and he painted him up for me. Now, you guys might know my friend for his fantastic Word Bearers army (http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=150542). I see his army almost every Saturday and if you think it looks good in the pictures, it looks 10x better in real life. He's a very talented guy, and I wouldn't trust this model to anyone else. If you haven't had a look at his blog. DO IT.


He even painted the Gunnar Red Moon symbol, as I requested! Fantastic!

And that's all I have to say about that.

Awesome 'nids man! Seeing the Alienid site was what wanted me to start a bug army in the first place! It's a great theme and the work you've done looks pretty sharp, I'd say! Now if only I could keep going with them instead of turning my eyes to the Eldar or Dark Eldar... very tempted to start a tainted-spider/warper army...

I'll be keeping an eye on your stuff!

HF Izanagi wrote:Awesome 'nids man! Seeing the Alienid site was what wanted me to start a bug army in the first place! It's a great theme and the work you've done looks pretty sharp, I'd say! Now if only I could keep going with them instead of turning my eyes to the Eldar or Dark Eldar... very tempted to start a tainted-spider/warper army...

I'll be keeping an eye on your stuff!

Thanks! I'd love to see some of your stuff!

In other news, I ordered some very schmexy resin Drop Pods off eBay. I saw them pop up on News & Rumors a while back and I really liked them, but I didn't have the money at the time and the swiftly faded from memory. Glad I found them again. Alot of people were complaining that it looks too much like a flower, but I disagree. I think it is very fitting with the Tyranid style and I think a good Alienid paintjob as well as some interior detail that looks like the inside of one of the Alien Eggs will really polish this already very shiny piece. I ordered three of them, and I may order more, depending on how I like them.



It also occurred to me that I never showed this beastly Scythed Hierodule, especially considering I bought it a while ago. Games Day 2010, to be exact. There's a small chip on the left shoulder armor, but that's okay, I figure I'll do some battle damage with some acidic ichor dripping down the glossy black carapace. It should break up the black on such a large model.




I also have a Mawloc/Trygon kit and a pack of Gargoyles on my to-do list. I have the horrible habit of buying lots of models and then letting them sit there before I do anything with them.

After I finish the Hormagaunts, though, I think I'll finally get to putting the Hive Queen together. She's all ready, just gotta put her together and figure out if I really want to go through the hassle of magnetizing her (so far I'm leaning towards no). I might just do two sets of Scything Talons. I know it's not a good loadout game-wise, but I love the look and I never really play competitively. Not to mention, if I did, I wouldn't be using a Hive Tyrant in the first place.

I think that pod is pretty awesome dude, and someone is ballin' with his hierodule!

Well the Drop Pods arrived today and I have to say, I'm in love.





The things are freaking HUGE too. I think I'm going to put them on a Trygon base as they seem to fit pretty well. Definitely a highly reccomended piece.

That looks so awesome!!!!!!
you say it fits on a trygon base so that must be freaking HUGE!!!!
When will we see some painted nids

Sweet pod man!

epic....

Nice pod!

Wow. Did I have a great weekend.

First off, I stopped by my FLGS where a guy was selling off a bunch of models that he just needed out of the house...and look what he had...



Five RT-era Genestealer Hybrids. A couple are missing arms, but I don't care (you'll see why in a second).



But the real prize here was a MIB Genestealer Patriarch on throne, complete with his little Magus advisor!

So why am I so excited about this, when you see most of these models on eBay all the time? Well that's because I got all of this stuff for a measly $20 bill . I almost pissed myself when I got them for so cheap. They'll be nice additions when I start my Cult.

But anyways...another thing happened to me.

A long time ago, back when I was just a little 40k noob, I was exploring the net and I came across the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Hydra. Some of the best Tyranids I had ever seen, he has been a constant inspiration to me. However, one model has always stood out to me amongst his gribbly horde. The model that Hydra is probably the most famous for. His Tyranid Dominatrix. I looked upon her with awe and thought how cool it would be to have one of my very own. It wasn't until the other night that I realized what must be done. I was browsing the internet and I came across that same photo of Hydra's Dominatrix. Next to me was my Scythed Hierodule. I looked at the picture and the Forge World model, thoughts of "what if I mess up?" running through my mind. Finally, as if the Hive Mind posessed me, I picked up the Forge World bag and grabbed some plasticard and greenstuff.

And so, I begin. In honor of Hydra and whatever in my subconsiousness is telling me to do it, I am going to make my own Dominatrix from a Scythed Hierodule, just like Hydra did his. I'll be working off the various WIP photos he posted of his with a few variations to add my own flair. I've finished the head (note that the jaws are only blue tacked in as I am playing with the idea of seperating the jaw bones like Hydra did for his):




P.S.

I'd really appreciate some ideas for a scenic base for the Mistress of Fiorina.

Thats looks really cool!!! I like how the nids dont have easy to spot eyes (if not any eyes), it just gives them a creepy look and sorta completes them.
For a base, you could have (as always) some rubble from a city, also you could have people crushed under the rubble. And, if you like the idea have some hatched nid eggs around her.

I'm looking forward to this conversion. I've seen HF Hydra as well... yup. The conversions and paint are superb. I was going to say though as scenery for the dominatrix... If you wanted to go all out.... GS the base with the tuby wires from Aliens, and/or add the long egg sac tail.

I got a big package from the guys over at Wayland Games...


2 Battleforces
2 Boxes of Raveners
1 Box of Genestealers
1 Box of Termagants
1 Box of Gargoyles

Should be fun putting together all these models...


I also put together the three Zoanthropes! The heads aren't glued on yet because the blades on the head need reinforcement with some brown stuff but you get the idea.

All your stuff = awesome sauce. Also, a belated happy Birthday. And finally, HOW DO YOU AFFORD ALL THIS STUFF?!

Subbed for great justice.

Darth Bob, in august I'm getting the Geiger concerpt art for the Alien movie - if you want I can post some pics, hen I get it

*if* you ask nicely.