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Hello,
I love Orks and how they play but I also love the style on Tyranids (but don't want to play them). I was thinking about the craziness of Orks and how I could maybe add a few tyranid models into my army to substitute just one or two units. My first idea is some terms and having them on a leash of a wrangler (playing them as gretchin). My second idea is having a carnifex or something have metal ork mask around their head and dragging a trukk along. Finally, similar idea but with like 4 hormagaunt dragging a trukk. What you guys think? Any more ideas and where I can find the peices for this project?

Obligatory looted carnifex.

Not too surprising though given that Squigs were originally Tyranids that absorbed Ork DNA a long, long time ago in fluff that the Orks grabbed and kept because they wuz orky.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
Obligatory looted carnifex.

Not too surprising though given that Squigs were originally Tyranids that absorbed Ork DNA a long, long time ago in fluff that the Orks grabbed and kept because they wuz orky.

That is some cool stuff, very cool stufff!

According to the fluff squiggs are not nids. They are Orks. They are all part of the same self contained ecosystem that snotling, grots, and orks grow from.

As far as building your looted nids do what you want. Your models. Some look real cool.

As far as fluff goes. Nids cannot be controlled in that way.

According to the fluff squiggs are not nids. They are Orks. They are all part of the same self contained ecosystem that snotling, grots, and orks grow from.

I said a long time ago, because that was actually a retcon to the Squigs as they used to be part of the Tyranid armies at one point which Orks discovered after invading a few hive ships.. Now the ones the Nids get are called rippers and are different in looks and fluff.

Though I imagine some Mad Doks or Meks might try to find some way to control a Tyranid.. Maybe giving it the infamous "Squig Brain Transplant"

You can model an anti-hive-mind ork helm on the nid. Viola.