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So i am not quite sure where i should make this thread but does GW or FW make the Dominatrix model for tyranids? Was it every made for tyranids? I recently found the rules for it but i have never seen the model before, i was wondering if anyone else has seen the model/has the model. Is it possible to get the model?

I am pretty sure i need a few of them to step on some IG

I dont think so. Fluff wise I think its pretty big isnt it?

Kid Kyoto is a regular customer of that one.

No GW or FW model for 40k, but they used to have one for Epic.



It's supposed to be the biggest of all the bio-titans and fluff-wise it's the center of the Hive Mind of a given hive fleet, IIRC.

A Dominatrix is to Hive Tyrants what a Hive Tyrant is to a Gaunt....

Yeah, a model of the Dominatrix would be HUGE for 40K scale. Easily larger than a Reaver Titan, and pretty long as well.

I think its about time somebody scratch built one. The epic style is not to my taste though - too much like a cow with a gun strapped on its back

aww well that blows. I thought the biggest thing fluff wise was the Norn Queen.

Man i wish they would make one of those things. I plan on getting a bio titan when i finish painting my stuff, but that thing would be epic.

Bell of Lost Souls has an Apocalypse 'Dex for Apocalypse that includes a Dominatrix:

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/09/play-aid-lords-of-battle-v20.html

It has a nice scrtchbuild that looks like an overgrown Heriodule.

kestral wrote:I think its about time somebody scratch built one. The epic style is not to my taste though - too much like a cow with a gun strapped on its back

If your cows look like that, I advise you to stop eating beef.

It looks to me like a paper mache monstrosity.

I heard of it too, thats a really old mini!

The sculptuing concept seemed to imply there was a race of aliens at the heart of the entire hive mind in EPIC. It was a departure from what has become cannon now for the Tyranid concept.

I think the art on top of the dominatrix was lifted from the 'aliens' ship that had a similar prop in the scene:

The thing on top of the dominatrix reminded me of the space jockey as well.

Didnt armourcast make one a long time ago?

i really want one! i am trying to think if there is a way to make one, but i dont think i have the talent for it.

Dominatrix is smaller than the bigger of the two bio-titans by about half. It's not super strong, having just a si gle bio-cannon, but it's majorly psykic and would probably have a table wide synapse range.

Hollismason wrote:Didnt armourcast make one a long time ago?

I think so, did they

I guess the Dominatrix has some structural points and so will not be playable in regular 40k games, but in Apocalypse.

the Domi is a hive node, its the backbone synapse creature for larger tyranid forces on the ground. they are huge, and can hold their own in combat as well as a gunight, all while holding synapse at a great distance.

Augustus wrote:The sculptuing concept seemed to imply there was a race of aliens at the heart of the entire hive mind in EPIC. It was a departure from what has become cannon now for the Tyranid concept.

Actually, it just suggests the symbiotic relationship between the proper Dtrix and its "mount". Tyranid weapons, etc. are basically all symbiotes. It's really just an extension of that relationship.

I agree they were evoking that image, though.

Yea, I use to wonder if there was more story there for some day...

But I guess not. Bugs just have a collective consciousness, I suppose...

Hollismason wrote:Didnt armourcast make one a long time ago?

I thought they only made the Exocrine, which was as close as the Tyranids came to a tank back then.

they did make an exocrine and i found a few on ebay but they are ugly models. i was hoping to find some cool stuff for a big apoc game

acreedon wrote:they did make an exocrine and i found a few on ebay but they are ugly models. i was hoping to find some cool stuff for a big apoc game

Yeah, the armorcast models haven't aged very well.

They made an Exocrine, a Malefactor and a Haruspex, IIRC. In context of the 2nd Edition models, they fit in perfectly. Compared to the look and feel of the models now, they're very very outdated.

There is a 40k-scale Domi conversion inside the front cover of Citadel Journal issue 24

can you send me a link to that picture by any chance?

Jin wrote:

acreedon wrote:they did make an exocrine and i found a few on ebay but they are ugly models. i was hoping to find some cool stuff for a big apoc game

Yeah, the armorcast models haven't aged very well.

They made an Exocrine, a Malefactor and a Haruspex, IIRC. In context of the 2nd Edition models, they fit in perfectly. Compared to the look and feel of the models now, they're very very outdated.

They also made a fourth, kind of an artilery thing that threw spore sacks of some kind. I don't remember the name of it however, it's the onlY one of the four I do t have.

Dactlys or something similar I believe.

The Dactylis was made by Forgeworld USA, NOT Armorcast.

If anyone wants the history of the Mike Biasi Resins, go here: http://www.epicast.com/index.php?mode=page&page=lostandbanned