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Sad. Losing in their premier battle report. Not a big confidence-inspiring advertisement.

Nids lost, but the other new release, the Legion of the Damned won.

I think someone posted statistics but 90 percent of the time space marines win in White Dwarf.

So what is this Trygon Prime supposed to be? Is it going to be another HQ option, or is it just a special kind of Trygon for the Heavy Support option?

Prime does more damage and has synapse.

Well I knew that, but there were rumors earlier about it being able to be an HQ option. I am trying to determine if those are totally off-base or not.

I think it comes with Shadow in the Warp as well

Isn't everyone pretty much needing synapse now?

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Sad. Losing in their premier battle report. Not a big confidence-inspiring advertisement.

WD battle reports are known for great terrain, special house rules, beautiful models and fluff over tactics. Seldom do I see good tactical list building as a criteria for a WD battle report.

Well put, wyo fox. They do get some freaking awesome terrain in there.

So on another topic: Spore Pods. Who has started making them, and what do you envision them looking like? I know I want to make a few, just to make sure I have some ready by Jan., but I don't really know the materials, size, and look I want to use.

Soak a Tennis Ball in liquid nitrogen, then drop it on the ground. That's pretty much what I think about when I think of Tyranid spores. Might have to adjust that thinking however, what with them having their own full profiles and weapons that survive impact, which I dislike.

Saw the new trygon, gargoyle and ravenor spues today, are very very nice.

Me and Mekboy are a bit confused though as our local GW is running a nid preview on tuesday get still no codex...

There are a actully pictures of them you can find to model off of from what I recall they looked like a venus fly trap that unfolded with petals and the center were whips.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:So on another topic: Spore Pods. Who has started making them, and what do you envision them looking like? I know I want to make a few, just to make sure I have some ready by Jan., but I don't really know the materials, size, and look I want to use.

Easy guide to Spore Pods -
1) Buy mega bloks plasma hatchers
2) Throw the toy away and keep the shell.
3) Undercoat and paint in your hive colours.
You now have one Drop Spore Pod finished, and it doubles up as a carry case for your MC!

I plan to make some spore pods out of clay, & fire them in my friend's kiln. I'll use glazes & oxides, and add a bit of paint, too. It's a really cheap but very effective way to make bio-mechanical alien-plant-like forms. For anyone who doesn't have a friend with a kiln, try adult education pottery classes.

Of course, I have a Dark Angels army to finish painting first... I might be persuaded to put the Daemonhunters and the Black Legion projects on hold for a bit & collect Nids as soon as I've finished the DA though.

The Alpha Trygon is an update to the heavy one. It's rather expensive though (around 2 warriors iirc), but you know what you get...better electric blast, and synapse at least.

The drawing of the Spore Pod is just a big fleshy balloon with a carnifex stroming out. Printed codex had no model-section, though.

The no assault after deepstiking with the trygon would have been my guess, too, but I reserved judgement until now. I don't believe it mishaps however. Take this with a grain of spice please.

Greets
Schepp himself

P.s. White Dwarf /= real life Warhammer because there is no spam... /

WD also have an obligation to show off all the new models, even though they might not be that good.

Another model I'm interested in are rippers. I seldom use except in the fluffiest of matches. I hope the rules make them more viable (though I doubt even that would help since they are SO vulnerable to S6 weapons).

ive seen all the new nid stuff the trygon looks amazing
so getting the new gargoiles its better than paying 2 for £12 but insted you get 10 for £18 !!!

Lyracian wrote:

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:So on another topic: Spore Pods. Who has started making them, and what do you envision them looking like? I know I want to make a few, just to make sure I have some ready by Jan., but I don't really know the materials, size, and look I want to use.

Easy guide to Spore Pods -
1) Buy mega bloks plasma hatchers
2) Throw the toy away and keep the shell.
3) Undercoat and paint in your hive colours.
You now have one Drop Spore Pod finished, and it doubles up as a carry case for your MC!

If you get this one, you can still use the creature, which oddly enough has a sort of Tyranid look to it!

How long before GW sends a C&D to Mega Bloks over it's spore capsule things, or threatens to remove the drop spores from the codex if other companies don't stop making things that could be used for them?

I just jumped on Amazon.com and ordered some, just in case.

Gotta admit, kinda dissappointed in the No Zoanthrope in that battle report. With lance now, I'm curious how good they are. And they would've been great to have if they are supposed to be the tyranid anti tank and that mission 3/4 of the mission points were from killing something with armour.

Deminyn wrote:Gotta admit, kinda dissappointed in the No Zoanthrope in that battle report. With lance now, I'm curious how good they are. And they would've been great to have if they are supposed to be the tyranid anti tank and that mission 3/4 of the mission points were from killing something with armour.

I agree, but you've got to remember, they're not "The new hotness."

With the Carnifex supposedly be to get a +2 initiative bonus for charging, which already doesn't make any particular sense, I wonder how often the thing is actually going to be in a position to charge something it wants to fight that the I bonus will matter against.

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Sad. Losing in their premier battle report. Not a big confidence-inspiring advertisement.

Agreed.

There's no way on earth that I'm starting Nids if they can't even win their release battle.

I'm going to tell my friends, too.

New Nids suck so badly they can't win a WD battle - don't start them!

This thread is lurching towards its finish now...

Anybody have links to the artwork depicting spore pods? Or should I look in my old codex? I don't recall seeing a picture of one but maybe my memory is just bad.

Beyond looking like cancerous brussel sprouts there aren't any real depictions of spore pods in the current codex. There may have been in the 3rd edition codex but not now.

That plasma hatcher thing is a good idea actually. They don't LOOK organic but then plastic mini's don't. A good paint job would help them go a long way.

I'm going to assume they are about 4-5 inches tall (tyrant height)?