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Rang FW, asked, no chance of the discount.

Shots of my Thanatar, Knight, Lancer, Warhound, Reaver as people were asking for a scale shot a while ago. My Lancer looks smaller due to its pose, but it is up to the Warhound's shoulder if you stood it tall. Hopefully you can see how small the Thanatar is.

Not surprising really, also nice paintjob.

Does anyone know how much Vulkan was at the open day? I'm assuming £55 but I'm hoping for £50.

It was surprising to me. Thanks for the size comparison shot! You'd be surprised how few of those get posted (*cough* Infinity TAGs *cough*).

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
Not surprising really, also nice paintjob.

Thanks! Very lucky to have a friend build and paint these for me as he is so much better than me at painting.

I wasn't surprised that they refused but it was worth a shot. Kept it nice and friendly as it's not the guy answering the phones fault, from his response I could tell that I wasn't the only person to ask.

Dimachaeron up for sale.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/TYRANID_DIMACHAERON.html

Not really a fan of this guy, he just looks like he's jumping out at someone shouting boo.

 gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:
Dimachaeron up for sale.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/TYRANID_DIMACHAERON.html

Not really a fan of this guy, he just looks like he's jumping out at someone shouting boo.

Godang I wish it could move 12 inches and had fearless.

I mean just look at their description;

"The Dimachaeron appears to have evolved for a single purpose, to slaughter those identified among their prey as leaders in the midst of battle, spreading terror and dismay among the ranks of all who resist the Hive Mind's advance. Bristling with blade-arms studded with sickle-like claws, it can slice a fully armoured Space Marine in two and, able to leap a Leman Russ battle tank without breaking stride, when stalking its prey the Dimachaeron dispenses with the slow, stealthy approach of the Lictor and instead relies on sheer brutality and animalistic rage, leaving a gore-soaked trail of carnage behind. "

How is it not fearless if it's sole purpose is to just kill stuff!

I almost love the Dimachaeron.

It's a great model, and I like it's body a lot. The claws are great, the proportions are great. The chest-maw is neat.

The pose, however, is very problematic in my mind. It seems to be standing too tall and looks almost spindly.



I think I'd like it a lot more if the legs were reposed so it was crouching a bit, and the head and body tilted just a tiny bit lower and more forward.

able to leap a Leman Russ battle tank without breaking stride

...except it can't actually do that, because the width of the base plus the width of a Russ is more than the 6" movement the Dima has.

I really don't like the pose, the back carapace hat thing, the skinny legs or the fact it is standing on blocks.

For £85 I think I will convert as I can still come slightly under that buying two models and kit bashing one together, it isn't that tall once you remove the blocks so a trygon and a hive tyrant should give me everything I need to do the conversion.

You're definitely spot on about the legs.



I think the pose from the front looks great though. Perhaps trimming down the rocks and repositioning the legs. Looks like you could get a left foot forward pose relatively easily.

It does have all the elements I love about the Alien Queen, though.

I really like it. The legs don't look particularly off to me and it looks utterly gribbly as all the big 'nids should. Plus it doesn't appear to be holding any guns, which no 'nid should (imo).

sockwithaticket wrote:
I really like it. The legs don't look particularly off to me and it looks utterly gribbly as all the big 'nids should. Plus it doesn't appear to be holding any guns, which no 'nid should (imo).

There are numerous animals with shooting attacks in the real world, why shouldn't super intelligent aliens that have control over genetics use them.

I don't understand why they put the model on the rocks though, that's weird, especially the tiny rock.

I wonder why they have it standing on rocks? Here's what I'm going to use, which I had bought with another conversion in mind previously. Will also model it jumping up off a rock



It's the Black Ball Games, Book of Fragments, Dark Young model. Unfortunately it recently was changed to "sold out" on their website, but maybe they'd restock if more people were interested. It was only $60... the current exchange rate puts the Dimaecheron at $140.

Price really isn't the issue for me, rather it was fitting in with my converted army. But I agree that the long legs look kind of odd. The upper body is pretty killer, though!

It might be worth mentioning that the rear leg isn't standing on a rock, but rather a demolished piece of the Anphelion complex...

I don't know why they chose to have it standing on top of stuff though. I'm not put off by it but I'm not a Tyranid player and I look at it as a one-off model rather than something you would field large numbers of so maybe I have a bias.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It might be worth mentioning that the rear leg isn't standing on a rock, but rather a demolished piece of the Anphelion complex...

I don't know why they chose to have it standing on top of stuff though. I'm not put off by it but I'm not a Tyranid player and I look at it as a one-off model rather than something you would field large numbers of so maybe I have a bias.

I don't think many people will be fielding large numbers of them.

I just dont like it. : / Cant hold a candle to their other Tyranids for the most part.

Bulldogging wrote:I don't understand why they put the model on the rocks though, that's weird, especially the tiny rock.

It's a simple/lazy way to increase the surface area attached to the base, so you don't end up with a poorly supported and top-heavy model a la Zoanthropes and Hormagaunts.

RiTides wrote:I wonder why they have it standing on rocks? Here's what I'm going to use, which I had bought with another conversion in mind previously. Will also model it jumping up off a rock

Makes a great Lord of Change imho.

For the most part I like this new gribbly beast. Maybe needs some work repositioning the feet but it's a winner in my books.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It might be worth mentioning that the rear leg isn't standing on a rock, but rather a demolished piece of the Anphelion complex...

What happened to the Anphelion complex terrain they used to sell?

And for that matter, when did they get rid of the trench terrain?

 Snrub wrote:
For the most part I like this new gribbly beast. Maybe needs some work repositioning the feet but it's a winner in my books.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It might be worth mentioning that the rear leg isn't standing on a rock, but rather a demolished piece of the Anphelion complex...

What happened to the Anphelion complex terrain they used to sell?

And for that matter, when did they get rid of the trench terrain?

I think it was about 2-3 years ago, the molds were probably finished and they probably weren't selling many so just jacked it in, it's a pity as the used to make some really nice terrain.

 Bulldogging wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:
I really like it. The legs don't look particularly off to me and it looks utterly gribbly as all the big 'nids should. Plus it doesn't appear to be holding any guns, which no 'nid should (imo).

There are numerous animals with shooting attacks in the real world, why shouldn't super intelligent aliens that have control over genetics use them.

I don't understand why they put the model on the rocks though, that's weird, especially the tiny rock.

This isn't really the place for the debate, but, basically, my problem with 'nids missile weapons is not that they have them, rather that they look like guns they're holding rather than organic parts of them that happen to shoot projectiles. At the same time the most iconic images and representations of our favourite space bugs have always been (again, imo) the ones that depict them as a ravenous horde of teeth and claws, nary a projectile in sight.

gianlucafiorentini123 wrote: I think it was about 2-3 years ago, the molds were probably finished and they probably weren't selling many so just jacked it in, it's a pity as the used to make some really nice terrain.

That's a shame. I remember both their terrain being quite detailed. Maybe they'll re-release it again at some point. Make some RoB trench tiles or something.

sockwithaticket wrote:This isn't really the place for the debate, but, basically, my problem with 'nids missile weapons is not that they have them, rather that they look like guns they're holding rather than organic parts of them that happen to shoot projectiles.

This is my main problem with nids ranged weapons. They have no need to have "guns" when they should just be a built in thing.
Because you know, for as much as i'd like to see a Bombardier Bettle wielding a flame thrower, it just doesn't need one. It basically is one!

This kitbash out of a tervigon is the only dimachaeron I'm interested in.

Building tomorrow!

Credit due :

http://aleatorblog.de/dimachaeron-out-of-a-tervigon-kit/

That is a nice kitbash! Although I think I prefer the upper body of the actual Dimaercheron model.

And the bombadier beetle idea is why I prefer the Exocrine type of model, especially the OOP one- if they're going to have a gun, it should definitely be built-in.

Although there are many examples from the animal kingdom of projectile weapons, I too agree with Sockwithaticket: I like my Tyranids innumerable, and melee only.

The Exocrine to me looks like a Carnifex with a weapon bolted on.

 RiTides wrote:
That is a nice kitbash! Although I think I prefer the upper body of the actual Dimaercheron model.

And the bombadier beetle idea is why I prefer the Exocrine type of model, especially the OOP one- if they're going to have a gun, it should definitely be built-in.

I feel inclined to agree. The ranged weapon design on the Raveners is something I like.

xttz wrote:
It's a simple/lazy way to increase the surface area attached to the base, so you don't end up with a poorly supported and top-heavy model a la Zoanthropes and Hormagaunts.

They cheat with the Zoanthrope, though. Instead of being on a transparent stand, it's surfing on a random Tyranidy tentacle that's poking out of the ground.

Wilson wrote:This kitbash out of a tervigon is the only dimachaeron I'm interested in.

Building tomorrow!

Credit due :

http://aleatorblog.de/dimachaeron-out-of-a-tervigon-kit/

That looks great! I'm totally stealing it. I like the general idea of the Dimachaeron, but there are a lot of things I don't like. The double scything talons, as I have said previously, look like something from a bad conversion. The random bit of rubble makes any kind of personalisation, reposing, or differentiating between two Dimachaerons really awkward (much like the mono-pose tail of the Trygon). The way its feet are, it really should have a heel piece, or at least wider hooves. I am definitely not a fan of the mouth in its chest, or the whip hands (combined with the scything talons, it really looks like it is springing its chest open while saying "Blargh! Look at my scary chest! So scary! I'mma get you!". It really needs more clearance between its exoskeleton pieces at the joints if it wants to be flexible.

I do like the tail, though, and the vague "Alien Queen" sort of shape, as people are saying.

Bristling with blade-arms studded with sickle-like claws, it can slice a fully armoured Space Marine in two and, able to leap a Leman Russ battle tank without breaking stride, when stalking its prey the Dimachaeron dispenses with the slow, stealthy approach of the Lictor and instead relies on sheer brutality and animalistic rage, leaving a gore-soaked trail of carnage behind it.

Oh my, that punctuation and flow.

RiTides wrote:
And the bombadier beetle idea is why I prefer the Exocrine type of model, especially the OOP one- if they're going to have a gun, it should definitely be built-in.

A built-in gun would be much more difficult to aim and have a far more limited range of motion, although the larger creatures (particularly the artillery ones, the Biovores and Exocrines) can act like tanks with their large, hunched backs. I definitely preferred the old artwork of the Tyrannofex with the gun sort of "hull mounted" rather than being held in silly little arms that make it look like a stretched-out Carnifex, but again, it's a large and lumbering quadrupedal (or hexapedal, if it weren't using its arms) creature. There's a reason why real-world rifles aren't just strapped onto our arms or chests. This is how I feel about lash whips, though - it's a prehensile tentacle, why do they need to clench it in a fist?

I'm not sure this has been mentioned yet in this thread: Tallarn and Kroot have been removed from Forge World website.

No more Great Knarlocs, no more Knarloc Riders, no more Tallarn Rough Riders, no more Tallarn Snipers, etc.

This information was first noticed and reported about over on Advanced Tau Tactica, as far as I can tell. When Forge World customer service was asked about it, they replied that they are in fact discontinuing those models due to slow sales now that their stock has been depleted.

dpaway wrote:
I'm not sure this has been mentioned yet in this thread: Tallarn and Kroot have been removed from Forge World website.

No more Great Knarlocs, no more Knarloc Riders, no more Tallarn Rough Riders, no more Tallarn Snipers, etc.

This information was first noticed and reported about over on Advanced Tau Tactica, as far as I can tell. When Forge World customer service was asked about it, they replied that they are in fact discontinuing those models due to slow sales now that their stock has been depleted.

The Knarloc riders disappeared long ago sadly.........If FW or GW just did better rules or updated rules to support Kroot models, that might have changed. An updated Kroot Mercenary list perhaps?!?

I'm gutted the Empire Landship was discontinued before I had a chance to buy one.