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Hello Dakkans!

I like the idea of fielding an army with lots of monstrous creatures, and in fact JY2' Hive Fleet Pandora has inspired me to start a Tyranid army.

The only problem is I hate the current Tyranid models, or painting/modelling organics in general. So... proxies!

I was surfing the interwebs and found some amazing miniatures from Hitech, which I am thinking of using as Mechanicus proxies for a Tyranid list.

HQ
Flyrants x2



Probably not big enough for a Flyrant, some sort of walker should be used instead but I'm at a loss.

Elites

Hive Guard


Very nice terminator-sized Mechanicus models.

The Doom of Malantai should be relatively easy to proxy, some sort of mechanical appartus would suffice, but suggestions are welcome! As would the spore (drop pod?).

Zoanthropes

Reasonably creepy and fragile looking.

Troops

Tervigons and Gaunt swarms can obviously be translated into a Mechanicus Factory unit which churns out swarms of robotic creatures, but I'm not entirely sure what model I could use? Any suggestions? Kitbashed/Converted Necron Scarabs and Tomb Spyder? Converted cathedral sprue?

Fast Attack

Gargoyles
Again at a loss here. If I'm to keep the army nidzilla themed I can get rid of these guys, I guess.

Heavy Support

This beast could fill in easily for any of the TMCs,


Not too sure about this one however, it doesn't really look Mechanicus or kind of anything, really.

Biovores would be relatively easily proxied by Thunderfire Cannon or something similar. Penitent engines would also be great for converting into Smashfexes.


I could use the walker as a HQ and make the TMCs using Imperial Knights instead, there's a thought. Any ideas or relevant models to throw up, hive mind?

I have no problems with the idea of a mechanical counts-as-nids army, but a lot of your suggestions don't really look much like they match the stats or dimensions of what you want them to count-as. Most opponents would get really annoyed trying to keep track of what counts as what (and i suspect you would too).