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Aeons ago there were tales of a great swarm that arose in the dark of space; in that infinite black between the light of galaxies. A swarm that cried out in eerie hissing cries. One so mighty that as it evolved it surpassed its progenitor, devouring that which had given form to it and thus was able to reach new heights of existence. Where that Swarm has gone is unknown, but many worlds stare up at the skies with fear that their world could be the one upon which the Hissing Swarm makes its returning feast.




But this Swarm was not alone in the void. Countless others followed alongside, squirming their way through the infinite black as they fly toward the blazing light of a fallen emperor. And thus another swarm emerges from the black, its hunger great and its attention focused and unyielding in its desire to devour; evolve; learn and advance ever on.

As this swarm awakens the first tendrils of its long seeded vanguard are called upon. Great lords arising to guide the teeming claws and jaws of those who had hidden themselves upon wreck and hulk. Awaiting the arrival of those who would bring them closer to their sustenance or the inevitable arrival of the swarm itself.


These lords are not alone, vast alien minds of infinite age also guide the path of this swarm. Minds that see beyond the hunger, beyond the base instinctive needs of the body that forms the swarm. Who plan and pick and choose. Who steer the great fleets and lead them to richer feeding grounds and focal points of power of those who would futility stand against them.






Yes another - give me hope and encouragement - blog that works toward completing another pile of sham...potential. My Tyranids have been long abandoned and with the new Necrons on the horizon I'm energized to dip my hand back into the 40K world. However I can't in all honesty invest another £ into other armies until I give my much ignored tyranids some attention. Until I really cut down the pile of unfinished models and get them off their sprue and on bases - perhaps even apply some of the much feared paint to them for once. Only then can I move on and invest into other things without the guilt sitting over me. Plus there's some of the more expensive and exotic models that I'v been eyeing for years now that I really think I should focus on working toward owning rather than always dreaming of it and letting smaller side projects steam the money away.
And yes inspired partly by Hissy the Hivetyrants blog and her Swarm - wherever they might be feeding.

So yes provide your biomass, your advice, your tips, your encouragement and your aid to this endeavour.

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I have also heard the call of the Hive Mind. I look forward to seeing what what your splinter achieves.

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I'm always ready to offer encouragement! Plus tyranids have some of the most fun possible color schemes, i think (since it can really be just about anything) so i'm looking forward to seeing what you do with that.

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As the vast hive ships float through the silence of deep space and the broods begin to awaken, the alien intelligence that is the Hive Mind starts to stir anew within this swarm.

New genetic understanding is passed through the invisible threads of the Hive Mind to the Queen nestled deep within the protective shell of the greatest of the ships of the fleet. As torpid limbs slowly stretch; as eyes flutter and senses beyond human understanding steadily awaken the Queen begins her true purpose within the swarm.

First old gene sacs are cleared; old ideas reworked and renewed. The very internals shifting and changing; a great gurgling of fluids rushing to swell new organs and bring life to the great breeding sacs. Within the great womb of the ship a new swarm begins to be created.













Today's update is smaller and mostly focused around sorting out what I actually have. Clearing through boxes of old sprue and parts. I've now started using those little resealing plastic bags to put parts into. Sorting them so that they've rough categories to make them easier to find things if I want too. It was time well spent as I went from two of those old Battleforce boxes of random bits and sprue - down to just a handful of bags in a draw.
So not so much a day of construction, but certainly one that has been productive in clearing up and getting organised.

That said today wasn't all good, my great sorting was spurred by my desire to finally build the first generation zoanthrope that I'd bought a while back. Which remains elusive and still hiding - I suspect bundled into a box of other models which will turn up when I'm not looking for it.

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As time passes the great Queen broods over the soups, sacs and eggs within the great Hive Ship. New sequences of genetics from countless worlds torn apart by other Hives has been passed to her through the Hive Mind. However as any creature of such vast age knows, perhaps as a mind on its own; as part of the great single mind of the Hive or perhaps on a level beyond thinking and purely instinctive. Within her very core this creature knows that to step forward one must look back.

Thus old genetics are reviewed; old ideas revisited. Seeking for any grain of truth; any hint of superior genetics led astray in the rapid evolution and development of others. Within the countless genetic records that are stored and held within the Hive Mind. For it forgets nothing, no creature it encounters, no creature it creates. No part of itself is forgotten.





Yep dug out the old books! Seeing them all together makes me realise a few things
1) I really should get hold of a second edition codex (Tyranids didn't appear in first edition as an army) to complete the set.

2) They have gone up in price, but much of the lore parts have grown. They've also gained full colour and gone hardback along the way too.

3) I'm actually half tempted to want to get a collectors edition of the next book - even though GW charges double price for basically a different cover and not really much else.

4) The Fourth Generation has the best cover!



There's so much in that I really wish we got to see from GW. First up the Carnifex looks like it was sculpted out of resin rather than plastic, showing off loads of fine detail and structure to the bone that really brings it to life far more than the boxy bone designs we often get with plastics.
Then there's the hormagaunts - only a slight rework to get a bit more spiked on their edges; losing their hooves for rear blades and overall looking super fast and spiky and deadly.

Then there's the smaller creatures. The little spiders that I believe are almost crawling toxin sacs. Ready to bite into limb and muscle and deliver that powerful toxin direct into the Tyranids body; blending with its natural powers to enhance them. An idea both horrific to those outside and yet perfectly fitting with the adaptive nature of the Swarm.

Finally we get a great look at Tyranid architecture - both in the foreground as we see gaunts emerging from the corrupted ground and in the background. A vast spire that looks likely to be a huge capillary tower. Far more mature than the spiked towers that FW made years ago; this looks like its a tower that likely rises all the way to the orbiting Hive Ship above.

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3rd was the nadir of lore in codexes. There were a few gems in there, but they were very rules dense, fluff light.

Your post inpired me to drag out my old codexes and have a read over my weekend coffee. I’ve got the 2nd and 3rd eds. Didn’t even think of playing nids at the time, but grabbed a bunch of old codexes when 3rd dropped for the lore (which was amazing) and the 3rd ones were reasonably priced, so I was picking them all up to help new players/know my foes.

Ironicly, my marine collection looks like your ‘Nid one. Missing the Ultramarine 2nd ed codex, but all the rest. Finding a copy is on my list of things to do eventually.

   
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Report from the siege of Hive Tower Epsion of Cronus 3 - Day 34 of Tyranid Invasion.

As the twin suns rose in the west they came once again toward the towering Hive City and its sprawling shanties. A vast cloud of thick spore thrust into the air by large Tyranids as they ran in time with a teeming mass of lesser gaunts. Hoofed food and clawed talon churning the ground into a roiling dust cloud that further hazed the air like a thick mist around them. No cries of screams; no battle charge of defiance like orks. Just a droning thunder of the advancing storm.

The ground is a dry wasteland of craters. The continual rise and fall of mounds and trenches. A testament to the artillery of the 43rd Regiment and their continual staunch defence of the Hive City. Indeed all that holds back their fire is awaiting the command; waiting for spotters to ensure that the advancing swarm is a true swarm and not a faint. Once spy-lenses set far into the path of the enemy spot the approaching swarm from under the thick bed of the cloud, the vox casters scream into life as orders fly from command. The great guns angle, pitch and spew out fire and black smoke. Roaring their defiance into the air and thrusting forth a vast wall of shells that arch into the air. Tearing through the thick spore before erupting as they strike the ground. Bodies, bone, blood, chitchin and earth are throw into the air. Vast plumes of fire as the shells explode and tear into the swarm. They are not enough to stop the swarm, but they are enough to shatter the wall of bodies; to tear into the biggest and leave the swarm splintered into smaller tendrils of charging gaunts. All the easier for guardsmen in the trenches to open fire. The crack of lasguns lighting the air with red beams; of auto guns thudding and tanks unleashing their bolters. The main cannon and rocket launchers wait for the hints of larger spore spewing creatures to emerge before picking them out from the swarm. Focusing on those giants to shatter what remaining unity there is for the swarm.


The line holds. Whilst some make it to the first line of staggered trenches, they do not make it past. Guardsmen are lost, heroes are born and cowards die. The line holds and as the twin suns vanish behind the great shadow of the Spire the swarm retreats. Or rather the tide ceases to be reinforced and the last stragglers continue their futile charge against the Imperium's guns. Though its only a respite the guard lick their wounds, distribute ammunition and rotate in fresh troops. Bold scouts risk venturing into the abused landscape, setting fresh traps and spycams to watch for the next swarm.



Day 35

A day that starts like any other during the defence of the Spire. The air thickens with spore; the ground shakes with hooves and the whole battlefield shakes with the thunder of artillery.

But today there's something different; today a new horror approaches. Something that strides just tall enough for its spires to be seen above the low haze of the dust and spores. Spires overgrown with thick armour so much so that they no longer spew forth spores into the air. The ground pounded under thick hoof as the beast ploughs forward heedless of falling shells or the undulating terrain beneath it. The great beast draws further and further forward; advancing beyond the reach of the main body of the cloud. Great artillery guns try first. Their shells screaming down. The beast shrugs off the first shell that strikes home on its thick plated back. Armoured chitchin scorched and scratched, yet refusing to yield. After the first strike the beast changes its behaviour as it digs its scythes into the ground. Throwing its body to the side in lighting fast dodges that defy its great bulk.

As it closes with the trenches the artillery are forced to relent their pounding. A leman russ turns its turret and fires a shell, the cone shaped tip hurtling forward only to glance on a fore section of armour; bouncing off to thud wastefully into gaunts. A second shot strikes home, a chunk of armour is dented but nothing more; whilst desperate guardsmen fire their lasguns, the light not even scorching the beasts hide. Up close one can see the strain on this great body put on it by the charge; its armoured underbelly exposing thick corded muscles stretched painfully thin as they are forced to move the great bulk forward.

Closer and closer it comes, its body ploughing through ever more panicked fire to bring it down. A tank direct in its path readies; the valiant crew taking careful aim for the beasts back; the turret holding fire until the last possible moment; hoping that a point blank shot will have enough force to finally penetrate the armour.
As the beast strides over the trenches as if they were not there the tank unleashes a shot, milliseconds after its barrel is reduced to slag as acid spews forth from the beast. The shell never leaves the tank. Instead it erupts within in a deafening blast that takes the rest of the magazine and the tank along with it. A huge fireball that sends out a powerful shockwave into the air around it.

For a few moments dust and ash are all that can be seen whilst crimson flames burn in the heart where the tank once stood. Then striding forth; fire licking at its form, the beast emerges. It's armour black, its belly scorched and muscles burned; but its body works still. It's pace is unchanged and its great scything arms swing.

Tanks, walls, sandbags, wire, guardsmen. All are swept aside by its blades; ground under hoof or crushed by its vast jaws. It's great weapon spewing acid and bathing anything it touches in a toxic sludge.



The line is broken and in its wake the swarm spills into the trenches. Running along their length unopposed. No more the regimented lines can hold them back. No more can the artillery shatter the swarm. Today the tide will not change; today it will not relent. Today the tide comes ever more to flood the shanties and lower levels. To run up against the great walls of the spire. And thus begins the long drowning and devouring of the Spire.





So I might have broken my "no models until you finish something darn it" policy this week. In my defence the hand drill I ordered managed to somehow transform into a rasp for horse feet.... so I've got to return that and try getting a proper hand drill to take 5mm drills.
That and a certain other hobby event that transpired this week resulted in me purchasing a beauty that arrived today and which prompted that bit of writing up above (can anyone guess what beasty it is)

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Reference material that was transmitted to orbital stations prior to defeat at Cronus 3.
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I utterly love the detailing and muscle connections on this beast. It really brings the chest and lower body to life, whilst the under-connected tissue beneath the armour plates brings them to life in a way that often we don't get outside of artwork for the Tyranids. A sense that the whole armoured body is very highly mobile under that super thick chitin armour.

Beautiful detailing work and I'm looking forward to getting the big beast fully assembled. Still not sure if I want to leave any parts off to aid painting (it will certainly not be attached to its base until after painting to allow easy access to its underside.

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Did you pick up a fun little chunk of FW resin? One of the Heirodules? Stabby or shooty?

   
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ARISE oh ancient thread!

ARISE I SAY from the dark Proto-World of Crastination!

Shake off the dust gathered from a life spent in the Desert of Forgotten Things.


Yes its time to try this whole "actually doing model stuff with some order" again!

FIRST that means more theme and mood music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybrUktPI6mU


Then it means a hastily grabbed snapshot of what I can unearth



The observant of you will notice several things in there at once!

1) Not even 1 full Leviathan set is finished. Almost got 1 done, save for the Termagaunts. I've been chipping away at a model here and there and have wound up with 4 sets of Leviathan to work with.

2) Many don't have bases. I've got a 3D printer now and I'm very tempted to use some custom bases for this force. Though I've not yet settled on which ones so I could go back to blanks.

3) You can see a bit of FW resin there! A Scythed Hierodule who needs a little bath and who will be the main focus to get at least glued together this weekend! Along with the LAST MALANTHROPE* sitting in bits a little bit further in the foreground.
Still annoyed that GW/FW cut those models, but I've a sweet pair and the hope that GW will bring them back in plastic with new rules I can use or something!

4) As noted earlier I've several sets of Leviathan and a personal promise to myself that I won't buy any more Tyranids until I've at least finished all the viable options from all 4 sets (so basically everything but only 3 of each of the bigger models due to the 'rule of 3').
It is a bit of a hurdle, but no split heads on gaunts and push fit means no weapons to magnetize. Just bog standard get things cleaned and built!


*It will forever be known as this** since I managed to snag it after GW had put them all "Last Chance" and the stock ran out for about a week or so. By chance I kept glancing at the pages to see if any were restored and one was!

**At least until I forget which is which

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BarryScott wrote:
Subscribed you thinking about changing the posing on any of the big 3 models or is it not really viable because of the kits?


I think you can move parts around, but at the same time I think there's a fair bit of faffing involved and chances are getting a good result would require some resculpting of parts (eg joints). Or you get kind of odd looks where its clearly the same arm just moved by a small angle. It honestly doesn't bother me enough at this stage that I'll mess with alternative posing. I think its something I'd likely do if/when/maybe/possible when I'm over the "hump" of building a huge swarm and are more into the "I just want models for variety and more models" phase.

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Progress!!






10 more Barbgaunts made, honestly I really love these models. Just something about them works for me even if they are hopping on 3 legs as they wade into battle.

1 More Winged Warrior

1 Neurothrope

1 Scythed Hierodule. This one was tricky and if I ever build another I've a few things I'd do different. With the middle claws you want to put the low hanging blade on first THEN do the the one that digs into the ground, otherwise if you do it the way I did, with the digging in the ground first, you can easily end up with too sharp a lean on the arm which ends up with it getting very close to the front claw and not having enough room to connect with the base.
Note a huge issue, the blades on this are thick enough that one can easily make up the missing part with greenstuff.

Also the head was tricky, it needed a chunk of greenstuff behind it to seal properly to the neck. But all told a fantastic detailed kit and a massive chunk of resin! Very glad they were downgraded to heavy support to make them more practical to use. Very likely I'll get a Barbed in the future.

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Been a little slower over the last week, but I've completed another 5 barbgaunts which means I've done all the barbgaunts I've bought!

I think I'm probably going to focus in on the little neurothropes now and get them all done and dusted as there's a good 30odd of them to do.


Also I'm firing up the 3D printer. Whilst I've not settled on bases yet, I have settled on some upgrade parts by Deadly Print Studios.

https://deadlyprintstudio.com/producto/leviathan-fxs-and-corpses-bundles-digital/

They already did a kickstarter with a bunch of parts that I got for older models and they've just released a bunch of upgrade parts for Leviathan models. Firing for the Barbgaunts, lighting brain power for the new psy models and a few other bits. Very keen on the firing Barbgaunt effect!

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More theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fao3B7XEF0



More steady slow progress.

20 Neurogaunts completed - just another 10 to go (one more sprue)

2 Von Ryan's (3rd almost done) which leaves 6 more

Last Psychophage!

Last Neurotyrant along with its pair of little friends



Shaping up well that I'll soon be tackling the mountain of Termagaunts and hopefully will have made some good headway by the time GW starts teasing the launch of the new Codex and models.
Still not settled on a base to use though, gotta put some more effort into that so that I can get things standing instead of laying on their sides!

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That’s a lot of fresh plastic. Good luck getting through it.

   
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Thanks - and yeah gotta work through it. Got a self imposed limit of getting through all the regular bugs and at least half the termagaunts before I'm allowed to spend any more money on Tyranids. Ideally I'd love to get through it all and chip away at some of the other models I've got from previous buys.

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 Overread wrote:
Thanks - and yeah gotta work through it. Got a self imposed limit of getting through all the regular bugs and at least half the termagaunts before I'm allowed to spend any more money on Tyranids. Ideally I'd love to get through it all and chip away at some of the other models I've got from previous buys.


I feel that. One of my goals with my nids was to keep them pile of shame neutral. Paint a unit, buy a unit. But bundle deals and second-hand supply drops made that real hard. Still a decent goal to work towards.

   
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 Nevelon wrote:
 Overread wrote:
Thanks - and yeah gotta work through it. Got a self imposed limit of getting through all the regular bugs and at least half the termagaunts before I'm allowed to spend any more money on Tyranids. Ideally I'd love to get through it all and chip away at some of the other models I've got from previous buys.


I feel that. One of my goals with my nids was to keep them pile of shame neutral. Paint a unit, buy a unit. But bundle deals and second-hand supply drops made that real hard. Still a decent goal to work towards.


I know what you mean, eps at periods like right now where I know most of the Leviathan models will never be cheaper to get hold of whilst the market is flooded with them. We might see similar prices again assuming that there's a Partworks Magazine done in the future (which GW has done every time they've had a new edition thus far in recent years). Which can also be reason to hold back on buying some new models as they might well appear in the Magazine - though past experience tells me that popular issues sell out in moments.

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It's been some time and progress has been steady but slow for the swarm!


1) I've abandoned the idea of resin bases for all the models. For a big swarmy army its not just a lot of printing and resin, but its also a lot of work - so many bases are hyper detailed to the point where they oft don't have a good space for models on top. Plus many of the Indomitus models have big chunky points to drill in to get them to mount - so even more work.
The other thing is most sets often come with a handful of smaller bases and then the bigger sizes are often only one or two variations - which is fine in a skirmish game or elite army; but a swarmy Tyranid one its too much repetition

In the end I've shifted back to using the official black bases and what I'm doing now is hunting down any tyranid style terrain details I can buy to print and stick on. Little spires, eggs, pools and such. This way I get lots of base variety for less work!



2) I've steadily been putting models together. Right now I just have 6 Von Ryans and 60... 60 gaunts to get assembled between now and release day (yeah I'm not counting pre-order day as part of the whole "no new models until they are built" -- I can preorder so long as I finish before they arrive).

3) I've got some special effects from Deadly Print Studios - already printed some for the Barbgaunts and I like them! I won't use them on everyone as they are the same effect design, but a good few will be firing!


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Been a bit slow with updates over the last few months! But the SWARM shall not stop!




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Next stop paint?

   
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Next stop finishing 2 venomthropes, a Neurolictor, Trygon and then a lot of gaunts!

Still aiming to get as much as I can built up - not only does it inspire seeing it all; but models also take up less space as a model than as a box

I've still yet to find a working scheme I want for painting - it will still be Hive Fleet Lotan (basically red bodies, reddy-brown armour and guns I've not settled on a colour); but I've got to find a scheme that works. One downside of a darker carapace is that the schemes I find tend to end up overly muted dark so I need to brighten it up some.



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I’ve been cleaning up gaunts this week, new guys go pretty quick. But there are a lot (I’ve got the Lev box and then one full kit, so 30 bugs with some new toys spread around)

I’m not familiar with the hive fleet you are doing. If you want it to look less dull, you could use some wild accent colors, like blue/white tounges or something. Or a high contrast base. Guns/teeth/claws could also be used for some pop.

Good luck and swarm on!

   
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One of the schemes in this guide:






Though its much darker in normal natural light and I'm not quite happy with the armour. I'll stick with the blue for exposed organics/brains/internals as I think that works well on the red and gives some brightness. Claws will likely end up black with teeth white. The organe gun didn't work

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