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My first reaction was the one I had drilled into me by a couple of years in GW retail, where under 11's were to be strongly discouraged from taking up the hobby until they were old enough to play instore.

But then I thought back to how the UK Transformers comic, under Simon Furman's creative direction, completely captivated my seven-year old self and inspired a lot of what I can look back and think of as wargames with my TF toys.

And now I'm getting broody

@alabama: They're coming along nicely. When they're all finished, let me know but don't post pics of them... just let me know and I'll get a proper thread started for them. I don't want to get this thread too far off topic or people will lose interest.

@lindsay: In over 20 years of playing 40k I've never set foot in a GW store... so I'm no sure if that means anything. While it does help if the kids are older, I think with parental involvement and guidance the can start a lot younger, plus as the parent you can guide them through building, painting, sportsmanship and competitiveness issues when they're young and interested in listening to you (before they figure out that they know everything).

git,

sorry i was just really excited about how they were comming along and since i figured out good angels for the camera i thought i'd show you whats up!

oh hows thing 2 nids comming along, any new bat reps in the works?

No problem alabama, no big. It's always good to save "the goods" for the big reveal. I have that problem all the time as I post so many intermediate steps. By the time I get the the finished product, everyone's sick of looking at it.

Kids just got back from vacation so no progress yet.

well i added more to it no pic this time . at any rate i hope they had a good time and you enjoyed some quiet time with ms splitta.

Wonderful time thank you. Love our kids, but a couple of weeks off was welcome.

good to hear.

Gitsplitta wrote:It's always good to save "the goods" for the big reveal. I have that problem all the time as I post so many intermediate steps. By the time I get the the finished product, everyone's sick of looking at it.

Not as many as me Of course, if everyone waited for my big reveal, they would all have left thinking my thread was dead... hmmm.... this isn't bringing things any more on topic is it? Ummm - look! I follow this thread too!

*chuckle* Thanks Arakasi. I'll make a big push to get a bunch of nid stuff done next week.

You may even encourage me to do the same....I have some Tyranid Warriors and a Carnifex that are looking neglected at their black carapace stage....

Hey Gits, I was wondering what things Thing 2 might be wanting/needing for his nids

LOL! He wants them PAINTED!!!

Well, since we're no proceeding in a very focused manner... it's kind of hard to say. Looking at what he's got already... he's in good shape. At least for a while.

I guess he's got two "short" squads (i.e. squads that won't be very effective without more bodies). He's got a squad of 3 warriors that I will be setting up with bone swords and lash whips... I think they could use a little more beef. I've got most of one more warrior's body, and I can get the swords & whips from CH... but I'm not sure what's optimal there. He also has 3 raveners, and I'm guessing they'd be more effective in a larger group. I suppose a lictor might be fun too.

However from the list of "haves" (see previous post)... he's actually got quite a lot. Just a matter of getting it all built and painted and fielded in some kind of intelligent manner.

That list is actually pretty balanced and dangerous once its all assembled and painted...u can field the ravenors in a larger brood but 3 works well enough just think of them as baby trygons. dont remember is its the hive guard or tyrant guard that have the guns that dont need LOS but either way 3 of those are devastating also nooticed it doesnt look like there are too many guants but ripper swarms will fill in the troop choices and are usually ignored for the bigger targets but with all thier wounds and attacks can be a headache

Hive Guard don't need LOS

Cool. Well, next week his older brother is off to scout camp, so Thing 2 will get some quality time from me. Think I'll make a push on a number of his models & see if I can't move things along.

looking forward to it.

Took a break from the endless marines needing painting to do a Hive Tyrant for my son. This is a re-paint of a used, metal tyrant. Do us both a favor and don't look too hard... definitely table top standard. Nice base though (not my work). All I need are some wings and he'll be all set.

The green armor looks a little flat, you might want to add some highlights or something. However I think your son will be very happy to recieve that piece. Nice job.

I love that Tyrant, great job and the carapace looks great!

Well done! I quite like it.

Did Thing 2 do the base? If he did, he'll have to teach me his ways.

Nope, this figure was purchased used... so someone else did the base. It's just a big sheet of cork with some gravel and grass strewn about... but I agree, they did a great job.

@40k Ninja: I agree, just trying to get his army to a basic standard so it's playable, then we can come back in and look at adding details (like highlights or fractures in the carapace).

Nice blending on the bonesword there. Airbrush job?

Yeah. Probably five minutes worth of work all together. Well worth it.

Tyrant looks good, def table top ready. have either of you had time to play a game recently?

Not sure if they'd match with current Nid's but Lindsay40k did some really nice tyrant guard I think. Could get some cool weapon ideas from her maybe?

Well, I've played my marines a bit due to a little campaign out my FLGS, but it's been a while since he's played. New figure is always a good excuse to get a game on!

Ill check that out dantay, though I've been told that Tyrant Guard aren't really very good so they haven't been on my radar. What I'm considering is converting his two carnifexes into dakkafexes... just need to snag the extra guns from a bits merchant somewhere.

The Tyrant guard are good mostly because they take your Hive Tyrant from being a big old monstrous creature and giving him the ability to take a cover save.

My Hive Tyrant is a ranged combat focus tyrant, and giving him a tyrant guard allows half of his unit to sit in cover, giving him a cover save. But for close combat purposes, Tyrant guard seem to do well with the Swarm Lord for Wound Allocation purposes, but lets let Thing 2 get the hang of the game before we introduce that stuff

Woot, I gots a fan

Wound allocation and cover saves means a single Tyrant Guard more than doubles a Tyrant's endurance. If it's packing a Lash Whip, then it can make IC's strike after a Bonesword/Swarmlord.

Termagant Devourers are ten a penny, and pretty easy to convert with plastic Fex arms.

I'm trying to imagine a termigant with carnifex arms....

.... monkey gaunt? sorry i think i need to see that one before i can say anithing about the fex-gaunt combo.

some one i know did make the gaunt spawning model (i forgot its name doh) by taking a mawloc front and a aracanok spiders rear it looks wonderfull. ill try and see if i can get a pic of it. but with my camera its a gamble how good it wil be