Bought a old tyranid model from a hobby store and not sure what exactly it is.pic incduled below.

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**Doomhunter22**

Anyone could tell me what this little nid is?

**zachwho**

it looks like a very small hive tyrant....

idk what edition it is, but I've never seen one so.... tiny?

**dementedwombat**

I'm not a tyranid expert, but it looks like a 2nd edition model, so I just started googling "2nd edition x" where x is a tyranid unit.

Here's a picture from coolminiornot that's titled "classic hive tyrant" and it looks suspiciously similar. So I'm going to guess it's a 2nd edition hive tyrant.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/pics14/img4b495e9abf081.jpg

Play this in a current list and watch players get mad at you as your hive tyrant is on an infantry base

**Apple fox**

That looks like a epic hive tyrant. Rather than a 40k one. I think :p

**insaniak**

Yup, Epic scale hive tyrant

**Furyou Miko**

Yeah, the 2e Hive Tyrant was about the size of a modern Dreadnought.

**Lobokai**

Now it can be a combat familiar... lol

**Kosake**

I think you could probably pass it off as a warrior if no-one looks too sharp :-p

**Furyou Miko**

Kosake, it's termagant-sized. :p

**Skriker**

Doomhunter22 wrote:
Anyone could tell me what this little nid is?

This is an epic scale Hive Tyrant model. For use with Epic 40k which is 6mm scale.

Skriker

**SisterSydney**

Chibi Tyrant! Enemies must pass a Leadership test or they find it too cute and may not attack. But if Sisters of Battle roll doubles on their Ld test, immediately remove the Chibi Tyrant from play as they take it home as a pet and put bows on it.

**Co'tor Shas**

SisterSydney wrote:
Chibi Tyrant! Enemies must pass a Leadership test or they find it too cute and may not attack. But if Sisters of Battle roll doubles on their Ld test, immediately remove the Chibi Tyrant from play as they take it home as a pet and put bows on it.

Proposed rules?

**SisterSydney**

Compulsive homebrewer (see sig). Can't help myself. Maybe need to be in a support group?

**Ailaros**

It could be a tyrant guard now.

"Back in my day, I used to be a full-sized hive tyrant, but then tyrant inflation started running away, and all those new tyrants kept immigrating in and stealing away all the positions of the old tyrants."

"Yeah, whatever gramps. Here, you can be a tyrant guard now, for old-time's sake. Yup, like that. Just be quiet and go over there."

"And back in my day screamer-killers were-"

"Yeah, whatever, just keep on going. Keep... there ya go."

**Brother SRM**

Ailaros wrote:
It could be a tyrant guard now.

A Tyrant Guard smaller than a Space Marine!?

Epic Tyranids are really rare, even among Epic stuff. Congrats on the rare find.

**AnabisXero**

It's an old 2nd Ed hive tyrant. I use the one I have as a warrior prime. I like the mini tyrant look more than a large warrior

**Ailaros**

Brother SRM wrote:A Tyrant Guard smaller than a Space Marine!?

Makes up for his size with feistiness.

**curran12**

A Pomeranian tyrant.

**Ailaros**

LOL!

With that excuse, you could proxy any tyranid model with its epic version, as far as I'm concerned.

**RiTides**

Nice find at your FLGS

**Mythra**

Wait can't I just use that for my Hive Tyrant? Rule is Games Workshop model on the base it came with right?