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2015/03/23 04:02:35
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
Greenville, South Carolina
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I am making a tyranid hive fleet and am going for a swarm instead of big nids but i am having trouble thinking of a name for my tyranids. I dont want to use the name of a hive fleet that is already in existence but when ever i try to come up with a name it just doesnt sound right. so i was looking for some suggestions or some ideas about where to find inspiration for one.
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2015/03/23 04:04:05
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer
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As they are usually named after mythical monsters I just looked up lists of them until I found one I liked the sound of and had a cool story.
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2015/03/23 05:51:11
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
Greenville, South Carolina
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Is there a specific are from which the monsters originate
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2015/03/23 05:52:32
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Hive fleet Hydra would be cool. Or Chimera. Maybe Manticore.
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2015/03/23 06:45:15
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Norn Queen
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I eventually settled on Apshai. The Egyptian god of evil insects and eater of the dead.
When I was looking for names I ran into some world eating serpents. I think one from Hindu faith has 1000 heads. Look for that kind of stuff. World enders. Dead eaters. Many headed beasts.
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2015/03/23 06:49:39
Subject: Re:Hive Fleet names?
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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Hive Fleet Cockroach.
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2015/03/23 14:28:37
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Tunneling Trygon
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Hive Fleet Gigan, Gojira, Orga, Destroyah, Anguiras, Megadon, Rodan
My personal favorite: Hive Fleet Mechagodzilla Three!
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2015/03/23 14:30:00
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer
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 SharkoutofWata wrote:Hive Fleet Gigan, Gojira, Orga, Destroyah, Anguiras, Megadon, Rodan
My personal favorite: Hive Fleet Mechagodzilla Three!
Hive Fleet King Ghidorah
or, if anyone is a Homestar Runner fan... Hive Fleet King Bubsgonzola Supreme
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2015/03/23 17:11:55
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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There's no golden rule for Hive Fleet names. Mythological monsters seem to be the running trend, but gods, demons and fictional creatures are also accepted. The only requisite seems to be sounding cool and menacing enough.
My picks: Chernobog (Slavic "bad god"), Gargantua (fictional giant), Brobdingnag (Johnathan Swift's land of the giants), Tartarus (Greek god of the abyss), Lamashtu (Mesopotamian she-devil), Rahab (Hebrew sea monster)...
It's just a matter of digging deep into some mythology database until you find something cool 
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2015/03/23 22:11:43
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
Greenville, South Carolina
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this is my problem haha nothing that im finding sounds right but ill keep looking, i like the suggestions you guys are giving and its fun to read all the names of peoples fleets
Automatically Appended Next Post: What about Hive Fleet Tithonus? Greek God of cicadas haha if you live on the east coast of the US you know how annoying and numerous they are when they surface.
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=TITHONUS
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2015/03/23 22:24:33
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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I've always liked the Lovecraft Mythos, for example
Hive Fleet Cyäegha
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Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
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2015/03/23 23:19:11
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Sacramento, CA
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I'm disappointed in GW for not using 'hekatonkheir' for anything. The hekatonkheires had a hundred hands and fifty heads and were mightier than the titans.
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2015/03/23 23:21:09
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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If you're going for swarms over big monsters maybe Hive Fleet Locust?
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2015/03/23 23:32:09
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Gargantuan Grotesque With Gnarskin
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 Happyjew wrote:I've always liked the Lovecraft Mythos, for example
Hive Fleet Cyäegha
Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn!
Maybe hive fleet Shub-niggurath would work with her/it having 1000 young. The name does not sound PC, unfortunately.
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2015/03/24 00:16:51
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Latest Wrack in the Pits
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lustigjh wrote: Happyjew wrote:I've always liked the Lovecraft Mythos, for example
Hive Fleet Cyäegha
Ia, Cthulhu fhtagn!
Maybe hive fleet Shub-niggurath would work with her/it having 1000 young. The name does not sound PC, unfortunately.
Hive Fleet R'yleh?
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2015/03/24 00:20:33
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
Greenville, South Carolina
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i plan on using two swarm boxes worth of troops and suppliment it with zoanthropes and warriors(synapse) and carnifexes(large anti tank) and im not sure what else, i havent played my first game with nids yet becasue im still assembling the first swarm box so im not too sure how my army works out but any suggestions to the structure would be greatly appreciated
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2015/03/24 00:20:40
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Go for a Hive Fleet named after a Wyvern of Monster Hunter. That gives you a lot of choice and cool names for fearsome monsters. (and good idea for painting scheme if you don't have one)
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2015/03/24 00:22:54
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Sneaky Lictor
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My hive fleet name is Psythe (as in Psychic sythe) I think combining a few words into new intresting sounding ones might work for you.
I just was brainstorming words to combine but I just thought of a great word that incorperates Terror with a swarm.
Hive Fleet Eclipse (as in so numerous they eclipse the sun)
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2015/03/24 00:25:18
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Tunneling Trygon
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I call my Nids Hive Fleet Aboleth.
I went through the Pathfinder Bestiary and picked almost at random.
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2015/03/24 02:23:51
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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Think of some descriptive words for your playstyle or backstory of your fleet and then plug them into Google Translate and play around with the language. You'll be surprised at what cool words come out!
That is pretty much what I did for Hive Fleet Verloren
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2015/03/24 12:28:31
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Perfect Shot Dark Angels Predator Pilot
NC, USA
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I decided to name my hive fleet "Hive Fleet Beholder". Being an old D&D player I've always liked the monster and the lore behind it.
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2015/03/24 16:54:41
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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 Kr00gZ wrote:Think of some descriptive words for your playstyle or backstory of your fleet and then plug them into Google Translate and play around with the language. You'll be surprised at what cool words come out!
That is pretty much what I did for Hive Fleet Verloren
Is your playstyle to "lose"? Because umm... that's what verloren means. To lose.
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2015/03/25 00:16:52
Subject: Re:Hive Fleet names?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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If you like Lovecraft...Hive Fleet Yugoth? Haster? Ithaqua?...etc 
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The will of the hive is always the same: HUNGER |
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2015/03/25 10:01:45
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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 Purifier wrote: Kr00gZ wrote:Think of some descriptive words for your playstyle or backstory of your fleet and then plug them into Google Translate and play around with the language. You'll be surprised at what cool words come out!
That is pretty much what I did for Hive Fleet Verloren
Is your playstyle to "lose"? Because umm... that's what verloren means. To lose.
Well.... that seems to be the trend.... 
But: a rose by any other name..... would still lose just as hard.
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2015/03/25 12:58:03
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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Download Google Sky, turn Stars on, and point it around until you find a name you like.
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2015/03/25 13:04:23
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Are the existing Hive Fleets named after the star system where they were first encountered?
Flip through a D&D gods source book. If you want them to start near an Eldar World, use names like Corellon or Larethian.
For Orks, Gruumsh or Shargaas sound nice.
For Tau, try Gnomish Deities like Flandal or Nebelun.
Have fun!
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2015/03/25 13:47:54
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Brainy Zoanthrope
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Hive fleet Grendel for me.
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2015/03/25 15:59:42
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
Greenville, South Carolina
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I think I've settled on hive fleet Tithonus
God of cicadas
Cicadas- very numerous and annoying (noisy) when they come up
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2015/03/25 18:33:36
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Tough Tyrant Guard
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I ended up going with Hive Fleet Vishnu...
"...for behold; I am become death...destroyer of worlds"
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2015/03/25 23:35:16
Subject: Hive Fleet names?
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Sacramento, CA
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StarHunter25 wrote:I ended up going with Hive Fleet Vishnu...
"...for behold; I am become death...destroyer of worlds"
Not Shiva?
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