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2011/09/30 08:56:38
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Huge Hierodule
The centre of a massive brood chamber, heaving and pulsating.
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Hi.
I'm starting to make some scenery, and was thinking that coral would be good form making Tyranid bio-structures. There are 2 minor problems with the idea. The first, relatively minor, problem, is that the coral would probably need to be painted (not a huge problem, I know, but worth checking-as far as I know, most commercially available coral bits-assuming they're dead-are pale and chalky). The second problem is obtaining ethically sourced coral. It might sound a bit daft, but a lot of the coral buisness is contributing to the decline of reefs the world over-I don't know if anyone knows any good places to get responsibly sourced coral?
Just a thought.
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Squigsquasher, resident ban magnet, White Knight, and general fethwit.
 buddha wrote:I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
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2011/09/30 09:14:18
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Ferocious Blood Claw
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Isn't Coral really expensive ?
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2011/09/30 09:16:54
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Huge Hierodule
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I have no idea. I was thinking the stuff you get from souvenier shops...Gah!
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Squigsquasher, resident ban magnet, White Knight, and general fethwit.
buddha wrote:I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
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2011/09/30 09:52:55
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets
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Isn't there coral-looking stuff that you can buy for aquariums?
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2011/09/30 12:37:25
Subject: Re:Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot
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Dead corals? You can get a lot of them for free on the beaches here. Live corals, however, let's just say environmentalists and people who love nature will kill you if you take them.
How near are you to a beach, and do those beaches possess a nearby coral reef?
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2011/09/30 12:41:31
Subject: Re:Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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starsdawn wrote:Dead corals? You can get a lot of them for free on the beaches here. Live corals, however, let's just say environmentalists and people who love nature will kill you if you take them.
How near are you to a beach, and do those beaches possess a nearby coral reef?
Like me he lives in the UK, i dont think Coral reefs thrive on an appetite of Beer Cans and Raw Sewage 
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2011/09/30 13:53:48
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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[MOD]
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Isn't coral brittle?
Terrain pieces need to withstand being schlepped around and having figures put on them and so on.
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2011/09/30 16:28:32
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Crazed Spirit of the Defiler
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You might try an aquarium store, probably get some fake coral. Or get some clay and poke a bunch of holes in it
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2011/09/30 18:58:59
Subject: Re:Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Corals are a highly endangered ecosystem. Commercially sold stuff is probably illegal or at least problematic. And dead corals are no match for living corals in style, they are parely the skeleton.
Best solution is aquarium decoration. Looks like living corals, is prepainted, readily available and quite cheap. And I also use it as tyranid terrain.
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2011/09/30 21:26:02
Subject: Re:Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Ferocious Blood Claw
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/09/30 21:27:17
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2011/10/01 18:47:01
Subject: Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Huge Hierodule
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Thanks. The UK resin coral looks like jst the stuff, although it would need to be painted. Pity that commercially available real coral is illegally sourced, but oh well.
But yes, the resin coral is going on my favourites bar.
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Squigsquasher, resident ban magnet, White Knight, and general fethwit.
buddha wrote:I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
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2011/10/01 19:47:32
Subject: Re:Coral for Tyranid Terrain?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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