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is an older model being refurbished. And it costs 5 bucks more than it used to (it was 8.50 before, right?). I was underwhelmed by the whole release.

GW: We price our products on how much people purchase, can field in their armies.

Customer: We love some of those models, game wise if we like the units enough , we already convert them,
or have a count as of it already. If we get these new ones ( despite it being cool!!! ) it also means we have twice the products we can actually use.
If we want to be "wowed" by new products, we rather have ones that are new not ( x years old )

GW: We can't predict what you guys are willing to buy, the plastic molds for these cost way too much,
price adjustment time

Obviously you don't use Tyranids. And for the hive tyrant, the 5 dollar increase for.the wings upgrade is a deal and a half. Heck, its almost half the model! I am berg impressed about the new pieces, considering people have been complaining about most of the new pieces being unavailable from GW since their introductions in their respective coerces.

I like the Tervigon kit a whole lot. It just looks SO good! I have no need for the Tyrants.

The new models look amazing.

The Tervigon is a good model, sure, but the Tyrannofex is awful. Technically you'll only use the one that looks good anyway, but that's a point against GW on a couple levels. And adding wings to the Tyrant is not an amazing feat. On one hand, the codex makes Flyrants bad, and on the other, converting a Flyrant is so easy everyone already has one. Plus, the Rippers are an older 3rd edition model. They have more recent Rippers already, but didn't bother to make an actual sprue for them.

I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

King Pariah wrote:I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

It's because it looks like he is weilding bone daggers instead of Bone Sabres.

Sasori wrote:

King Pariah wrote:I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

It's because it looks like he is weilding bone daggers instead of Bone Sabres.

Daggers are hardly half as long as the body of the wielder, espaccally if the wielder is Monster. Sure it aint longswords, but they would be to long for even shortswords.

Dark Scipio wrote:

Sasori wrote:

King Pariah wrote:I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

It's because it looks like he is weilding bone daggers instead of Bone Sabres.

Daggers are hardly half as long as the body of the wielder, espaccally if the wielder is Monster. Sure it aint longswords, but they would be to long for even shortswords.

It's not terrible, but it is fairly generic-looking. Nothing about that model screams "special character," really.

So you're complaining that they rereleased a couple sculpts, something GW does with basically every single release? You can solve this problem by not buying those models, and instead focusing on the really nice plastics they just released.

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:

Dark Scipio wrote:

Sasori wrote:

King Pariah wrote:I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

It's because it looks like he is weilding bone daggers instead of Bone Sabres.

Daggers are hardly half as long as the body of the wielder, espaccally if the wielder is Monster. Sure it aint longswords, but they would be to long for even shortswords.

It's not terrible, but it is fairly generic-looking. Nothing about that model screams "special character," really.

Thats right, I personally think the sword macht him fine and give him finesse, but there is really anything ,,special". Although the Swarmlord is the least Special of all special characters.

Tervigon is the new benchmark for GW-stupidity. Birthing gaunts with guns? Really? Shoulda used Hormagaunts at least.

They'd done a lot better if they'd just left the model in the design nirvana and stealth-edited the Tervigon from the Codex next update.

I really like the Tervigon/Tyrannofex model they released. The Hive Tyrant in plastic is a great idea and we now finally get the Swarmlord! Its about fething time!

Zweischneid wrote:Tervigon is the new benchmark for GW-stupidity. Birthing gaunts with guns? Really? Shoulda used Hormagaunts at least.

They'd done a lot better if they'd just left the model in the design nirvana and stealth-edited the Tervigon from the Codex next update.

Tyranid weapons are organic, they're like beehives growing out of the creatures own body. Not that dumb.

Squidmanlolz wrote:

Tyranid weapons are organic, they're like beehives growing out of the creatures own body. Not that dumb.

I know that. Still LOOKs dumb because, unlike a bee-stinger, those "organic" weapons still look like "guns" grabbed by a creature. And they are still (including the ammunition) largly seperate organisms. A "bee-hive" nesting in another creater would still, well, need to nest their first. It cannot do that if said host-creature is itself not even born yet.

Tervigon looks exactly as described. Complaints are unfounded.

Zweischneid wrote:

Squidmanlolz wrote:

Tyranid weapons are organic, they're like beehives growing out of the creatures own body. Not that dumb.

I know that. Still LOOKs dumb because, unlike a bee-stinger, those "organic" weapons still look like "guns" grabbed by a creature. And they are still (including the ammunition) largly seperate organisms. A "bee-hive" nesting in another creater would still, well, need to nest their first. It cannot do that if said host-creature is itself not even born yet.

Who the hell cares. It's 40k, and 40k isn't a very sci-fiy universe when you think about the science itself. It has an in-universe explanation, it doesn't need a scientific one.

Just looking at the 360 degree look and looking at it head on, the front of the gun looks like a vagina. At least looking at it sideways it doesn't but head on, It was a bit of a shocker.

First Raveners now Tyrannofex.

What is it with GW making vaginas on Tyranid minis? And this is uppose to be family friendly LOL.

I have two Chapterhouse Tervigon conversions already, but if the Tyrannofex gets an upgrade next 'dex it might be worth it and just magnetize the arms with the gun options. ANd I for one like the new Tyrant, I have one of the metal ones and don't mind getting the wings or a plastic model for the sake of weight and space.

Don't really like the Tervigon/Tyrannofex model. Just an elongated Carnifex with an egg sac/guns, IMO. Meh.

Might change my mind when I get to see one in person, though.

Dark Scipio wrote:

Sasori wrote:

King Pariah wrote:I'll admit that I found the Swarmlord a bit underwhelming

It's because it looks like he is weilding bone daggers instead of Bone Sabres.

Daggers are hardly half as long as the body of the wielder, espaccally if the wielder is Monster. Sure it aint longswords, but they would be to long for even shortswords.

It was a bit of an exaggeration, but I still think they should be at least 1/3rd longer than they are. The Boneswords look better than the Sabres to me.

I have the Chapterhouse Boneswords, and personally I think they look a lot better than these Bonesabres.

I AM glad I waited for the Tervigon kit. I nabbed 2 of those, and 1 Tyrannofex.

I have 3x chapterhouse tervigons which i think ill keep as my "troop tervigons" and eventually buy a gw tervigon and make that a "hq tervigon" (a "tervigon prime" if you will....)

Right now i have on order a swarmlord and a tfex/terv kit but will make it a tfex first

Marzillius wrote:

Zweischneid wrote:

Squidmanlolz wrote:

Tyranid weapons are organic, they're like beehives growing out of the creatures own body. Not that dumb.

I know that. Still LOOKs dumb because, unlike a bee-stinger, those "organic" weapons still look like "guns" grabbed by a creature. And they are still (including the ammunition) largly seperate organisms. A "bee-hive" nesting in another creater would still, well, need to nest their first. It cannot do that if said host-creature is itself not even born yet.

Who the hell cares. It's 40k, and 40k isn't a very sci-fiy universe when you think about the science itself. It has an in-universe explanation, it doesn't need a scientific one.

This. This game universe has Daemons. Any and all realism ended right there with that.

hsojvvad wrote:Just looking at the 360 degree look and looking at it head on, the front of the gun looks like a vagina. At least looking at it sideways it doesn't but head on, It was a bit of a shocker.

First Raveners now Tyrannofex.

What is it with GW making vaginas on Tyranid minis? And this is uppose to be family friendly LOL.

Think gribblies are just going back to their roots.

I have 3x chapterhouse tervigons which i think ill keep as my "troop tervigons" and eventually buy a gw tervigon and make that a "hq tervigon" (a "tervigon prime" if you will....)

Right now i have on order a swarmlord and a tfex/terv kit but will make it a tfex first

hsojvvad wrote:Just looking at the 360 degree look and looking at it head on, the front of the gun looks like a vagina. At least looking at it sideways it doesn't but head on, It was a bit of a shocker.

First Raveners now Tyrannofex.

What is it with GW making vaginas on Tyranid minis? And this is uppose to be family friendly LOL.

Well, it's a natural orifice. What's it supposed to look like ? (Also, I think we didn't look at the same model.)

Think about it. How do Tyranid weapons work ? Basically, they are hardened flesh tubes triggered by muscular spasms to fire their load... See, you didn't have to look at it head on.
Ain't it a credible mechanism ? Again, that's 100% organic guns we're talking about. Nothing shocking to me.

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:

Marzillius wrote:

Zweischneid wrote:

Squidmanlolz wrote:

Tyranid weapons are organic, they're like beehives growing out of the creatures own body. Not that dumb.

I know that. Still LOOKs dumb because, unlike a bee-stinger, those "organic" weapons still look like "guns" grabbed by a creature. And they are still (including the ammunition) largly seperate organisms. A "bee-hive" nesting in another creater would still, well, need to nest their first. It cannot do that if said host-creature is itself not even born yet.

Who the hell cares. It's 40k, and 40k isn't a very sci-fiy universe when you think about the science itself. It has an in-universe explanation, it doesn't need a scientific one.

This. This game universe has Daemons. Any and all realism ended right there with that.

So if GW ever makes Emperior's golden throne count as jet pack when ever he poops, you wont think its stupid?
under "40k isnt realistic anyways"

rockerbikie wrote:The new models look amazing.

Agreed - I like all of them!

DarkHound wrote:I was underwhelmed by the whole release.

Not a Tyranid player, I assume?

This release contained 6 releases (in 2 kits and 2 bits packs) people have been screaming for - Tyrannofex, Tervigon, Swarmlord and Winged Hive Tyrant (people have been asking for this since they introduced the wings biomorph for Hive Tyrants in 3rd edition). Not to mention one of them was something else people have wanted since 4th edition - the Hive Tyrant kit in plastic. Boneswords and bonesword/lashwhip for Warriors is something else people have wanted since they reintroduced those in 5th edition. I get that some of these things have had 3rd party releases over time, but the official models are awesome.

I can understand being underwhelmed by some of the release. Really, who is going to buy finecast rippers (you get rippers for free with Termagants, Hormagaunts, Warriors and Genestealers, and with the Tervigon release, people will be buying lots of Termagants), finecast Old One Eye (which is the 3rd edition model, and completely unnecessary wince you can specifically make him with the Carnifex kit - the regeneration head is basically Old One Eye), or finecast Red Terror? Finecast Biovore and Spore Mines is arguable, some will like it and some won't.

The whole release though? You can't be a Tyranid player.