Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
they appear in a couple of Ciaphas Cain novels, worth the read.
Ailaros wrote: You know what really bugs me? When my opponent, before they show up at the FLGS smears themselves in peanut butter and then makes blood sacrifices to Ashterai by slitting the throat of three male chickens and then smears the spatter pattern into the peanut butter to engrave sacred symbols into their chest and upper arms.
I have a peanut allergy. It's really inconsiderate.
"Long ago in a distant land, I, M'kar, the shape-shifting Master of Chaos, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish Grey Knight warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in space and flung him into the Warp, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to real-space, and undo the evil that is Chaos!"
A novel from the Tyrainds PoV would be rather boring as none have a personality though an Ordo Xenos novel about a Genestealer Cult could be a fun read.
As for your question the only one I'm familiar with is the baove mention Warriors of Ultramar with is actually a good read despite it being Smurfs (Graham McNeill is the best author under BLs contract imho)
Verstaka wrote: A novel from the Tyrainds PoV would be rather boring as none have a personality though an Ordo Xenos novel about a Genestealer Cult could be a fun read.
As for your question the only one I'm familiar with is the baove mention Warriors of Ultramar with is actually a good read despite it being Smurfs (Graham McNeill is the best author under BLs contract imho)
I think it was Aaron Dembski-Bowden or Nick Kyme who did a short story (for Fear the Alien, maybe?) where some parts of the story were from a Tyranid POV. It actually wasn't that horrible.
I think that you could totally do a story from the POV of a Genestealer Cult member. Especially one who doesn't realize that he's an infected alien. The books say that many Genestealer cults in fact believe themselves to be devoted to the Ruinous Powers, until the Hive Ships start showing up. Might make for a fun story!
Verstaka wrote: A novel from the Tyrainds PoV would be rather boring as none have a personality though an Ordo Xenos novel about a Genestealer Cult could be a fun read.
As for your question the only one I'm familiar with is the baove mention Warriors of Ultramar with is actually a good read despite it being Smurfs (Graham McNeill is the best author under BLs contract imho)
His portrayal of the Death Korps is horrible, mind you.
Ailaros wrote: You know what really bugs me? When my opponent, before they show up at the FLGS smears themselves in peanut butter and then makes blood sacrifices to Ashterai by slitting the throat of three male chickens and then smears the spatter pattern into the peanut butter to engrave sacred symbols into their chest and upper arms.
I have a peanut allergy. It's really inconsiderate.
"Long ago in a distant land, I, M'kar, the shape-shifting Master of Chaos, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish Grey Knight warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in space and flung him into the Warp, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to real-space, and undo the evil that is Chaos!"
Haha that video is pretty funny xD deviantArt actually has a lot of "chibi" tyranids xD
On a serious note, a novel from their perspective could be very interesting if done well. I once found a short story from the pov of a Hive Tyrant, about it's life in the fleet. It was done quite well, and the Hive Tyrant gets reformed into the Swarmlord at the end, also like how they portrayed the Hivemind. https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9196436/1/The-Mind-of-the-Swarm
Tyranid eBundle 2014
Contains 10 novels and 11 short stories.
The Greater Good
The Last Ditch
The Emperor’s Finest
The Death of Integrity
Deathwatch
Black Tide
Desert Raiders
Warriors of Ultramar
Dark Disciple
Straken
Kraken (short story)
Sector Thirteen (short story)
Fear Itself (short story)
Orphans of the Kraken (short story)
Heart of Rage (short story)
The Core (short story)
Deathwing (short story)
The Apex (short story)
The Sanguinor: Exemplar of the Host (short story)
Cato Sicarius: Master of the Watch (short story)
Last Watch (short story)