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Collecting for alot of years, never played much apart from necromunda and mordheim. My friends recently decided to play 40k, 500 points patrol. Looking through the finished, not finished, not started projects I have, I was inspired to create a squig force. I've chosen Tyranid rules.
Gunna have a broodlord, 3 Zoanthropes and 3 squads of 18 hormagaunts to begin, anyway here's what's finished, one squad of 18 and the 3 wyrdsquigs (Zoanthropes).
I've got the full army made and base coated, if people show a little intrest I'll post more photos, if not I'll upload as there completed, hoping to be done by Christmas on the first 500 points. Aiming for every squig to be unique
3 Squigs

3 hairy Squigs

3 more Squigs

Another 3 Squigs

And another 3 Squigs

And 3 more squigs

3 Wyrdsquigs, too count as Zoanthropes, very happy with these

Apologies for giant pictures and bad quality photos, I'm a luddite. No idea what I'm doing

I'm working on a Squig Army myself, but the chance to sculpt Giant Squigs...ZOMG sign me up! Who doesn't love dual purpose armies?

damn, and I thought i was clever gluing some stick/tank-busta bombs to my cave squigs, good show O'L boy! er... I mean squig.

This is definitely one of the more interesting titles I’ve clicked on... not dissapointed! Interested to see some later monster conversions!

BabyRipper

Loving it! Great theme and well executed. I really like the psykersquigs.

Bonkers! I like!

Next up I have my first big squig, don't get excited it's not a carnifex or anything, it'll just drop in hormagaunts units to add variety. Taken alot of inspiration from 40k Tyranid swarm art, where there all sizes with loads flying around and such, anyway this one is the first of 3 I've done. Next to standard squig for size comparison

And from his good side



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The 2nd big Squig, don't like him as much as the first, but he's still fine. Same standard squig for size comparison

And his profile shot


The 3rd is now completed, so....
3 big Squigs



Comments and crits would be appreciated

Maybe they could be warriors? They are quite a lot larger
Awesome idea and very well executed! Love it!

This looks brilliant! You could use AoS mangler squigs as carnifexes.

babyripper wrote:
Maybe they could be warriors? They are quite a lot larger
Awesome idea and very well executed! Love it!

Cheers, and I like your thinking, but too hold, they ain't warriors, maybe somewhere down the way they may get swapped out and create a genestealer unit though. But no genestealers in my first 500, or rough thoughts for 600 points

 Vallhund wrote:
This looks brilliant! You could use AoS mangler squigs as carnifexes.

Thanks you, I have been thinking of that further down the line, not a huge fan of the mangler squig model. Trying to think of a way around that. Some one did some minis called giant cave hoppers. There real nice, but trying to stick too gws miniatures



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Next up 3 wingalinged squigs

Ya sqig herder!



Looks awesome man, billiant idea for a project

Next 3 squigs completed


And when added to two previously seen you may see the theme

Didn't have time or feel like painting between work and pub, so decided to make a start on a ripper swarm for future use

Just picked these up in Worcester for £5 each. Don't quite know my plan, but probably carnifexs

Was just far too good a deal to pass up for such great squiggoth bases

Amazing sculpting work and good paintjobs. You should really work on the photography though, these pictures don't do them justice.

I like squigs and while it's an interesting project, I admit I probably wouldn't enjoy playing against it (just having zero idea who was what, and what did what). I don't think it's strong as a proxy-army, but the minis are always good fun.

Thank you power elephant, Yeh photos are crap, only got a camera phone, not a tech guy, don't own a camera or computer.

As for the not knowing what things are, I see what your saying, in the first 500 I'm doing if it's not a Zoanthropes or a broodlord, it's a hormagaunt. Just a swarm army. The variety is just that, variety, don't want it too look to uniform. There just weird fungus animals after all


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4 more finished