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Made in gb
Spawn of Chaos




Dorset, UK

This is brilliant! Now I have 4 AoS armies. Thanks, dude.
   
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Roarin' Runtherd





Lukeovich wrote:
Sure, I can give you a list. As an aside the background artwork for each unit entry is the actual Tyranid model.

Main Battletome:
Swarmlord=Swarmlord (lulz)
Void Tyrant=Hive Tyrant
Void Matriarch=Tervigon
Void Stalker=Lictor
Swarm Spawn=Hormagaunts
Swarm Leeches=Gargoyles
Void Horrors=Genestealers
Void Flayers=Tyranid Warriors
Void Guard=Hive Guard
Void Heralds=Zoanthropes
Void Hulk=Carnifex

Expansion:
Void Seer=Maleceptor
Swarm Tyrant=Broodlord
Swarm Vermin=Termagaunts
Void Brutes=Tyrant Guard
Void Daemon=Mawloc/Trygon
Void Butcher=Toxicrene


Thank you! I feel like a dumbass now, I cant believe I didn't notice the artwork......thank you! My daughter is very excited to hit GW today and get some more Nids!

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Good to see that people are willing to give this a try. I'd love to know how they play, there's not enough interest in AoS where I am for me to test them out thoroughly.
   
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Been Around the Block




Pretty awesome. Thanks for doing this!

I've seen a few other custom nids but none of them had points.

Since you like designing these, any chance to do a few more warscrolls?

I personally really like the models for
Exocrine
Biovore
Hive Crone / Harpy
Malanthope

I started looking at scrolls for Hell Cannon/Skull Cannon/Warp Lightning Cannon / Plague Claw to make my own Exocrine like on a notecard or something.

Biovores probably like empire mortar team, but need to be more biological or tyranid-like in some way.

Not sure how to do the others though!

I actually had these PDF's printed at Office Depot on nice paper and spiral bound so I can play it at the store. Just got it done and haven't had a chance yet though.

If you do make more warscrolls, might just want to combine the whole PDF together so that the battalions are all grouped and warscrolls are grouped and points are grouped etc.. I did some custom moving things around after print!

   
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The Exocrine is one I really want to do, but I'm not sure how it would fit the theme of the Void Swarm. I've made them short range/melee focused, an actual artillery unit doesn't really fit the rest of the force.
I've actually not used AoS units aside for points comparison when creating the Void Swarm. I use the Tyranid codex rules and create something I think matches the intent of that unit using AoS rules. Its why the Broodlord (Swarm Tyrant) has nothing to do with Genestealers (Void Horrors), but boosts the chaff swarm units. Its also why the Horrors can run and charge, and why mechanics that reduce leadership in 40K tend to be more effective against bravery in AoS.

However, combining the documents is a good idea. That will be next, maybe I'll slip in the Exocrine for the hell of it....
   
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Just updated the main link. I've made some changes since the new handbook came out. Beefed up the Void Hulk and Swarmlord (who is now a monster) and added a few new things.
   
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Snord




Midwest USA

This is neat! I always like and appreciate seeing such fan works like this, especially for AoS. I'll have to mention this to my friend who has a Tyranid army and plays AoS as well.

If you want to make the Warscrolls look a little more "official", here is a tool that you can use that looks cool and is fun to use.: http://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/
   
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Lukeovich wrote:
Sure, I can give you a list. As an aside the background artwork for each unit entry is the actual Tyranid model.

Main Battletome:
Swarmlord=Swarmlord (lulz)
Void Tyrant=Hive Tyrant
Void Matriarch=Tervigon
Void Stalker=Lictor
Swarm Spawn=Hormagaunts
Swarm Leeches=Gargoyles
Void Horrors=Genestealers
Void Flayers=Tyranid Warriors
Void Guard=Hive Guard
Void Heralds=Zoanthropes
Void Hulk=Carnifex

Expansion:
Void Seer=Maleceptor
Swarm Tyrant=Broodlord
Swarm Vermin=Termagaunts
Void Brutes=Tyrant Guard
Void Daemon=Mawloc/Trygon
Void Butcher=Toxicrene


I suggest you add an section to end of your pdf called "substitute warscrolls" or something like that includes this list like the official compendiums have one.

Example in the last page: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/AoS_Compendiums/warhammer-aos-vampire-counts-en.pdf

It would be much better than having to figure out which background image correspond to which warscroll/unit.


EDIT:I also suggest you change the name of the Void Daemon to something else as the AOS has a specific definition for Daemon as beings or creatures made out of magic like Chaos Daemons or Seraphon/Lizarmen with it's own keyword. This might also screw gameplay wise has there is a racial keyword for Daemons that affects certain abilities. I would personally go with something like Void Fiend or Void Devourer .

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That's a good idea, might help me clean up the pages as well. The names have had a few comments as well, the Daemon one I didn't even think about, good catch.

And BunkhouseBuster, thanks for the link, this should look way better now.

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Lukeovich wrote:
That's a good idea, might help me clean up the pages as well. The names have had a few comments as well, the Daemon one I didn't even think about, good catch.

And BunkhouseBuster, thanks for the link, this should look way better now.


In my opinion you should also change the name of the Swarmlord, just for the sake of having a different name for all of them.

Something pompous like Voidlord, Swarm Emperor, Avatar of the Void, Swarm Avatar, or if you want to make a daddy to go with the Swarm Matriarch, Swarm or Void Patriarch.

BTW, are you going to do forgeworld units?
   
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I like the name Swarmlord honestly, if anyone uses this for games its not like he'll be mistaken for anything else really.

I don't have access to any FW rules so I don't plan on adding them. Or has FW got a few free rules to download? I do plan add a few units like the Harpy or Broodlord, but I think I've got a fairly good selection of units as it stands.
   
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Lukeovich wrote:
I like the name Swarmlord honestly, if anyone uses this for games its not like he'll be mistaken for anything else really.

I don't have access to any FW rules so I don't plan on adding them. Or has FW got a few free rules to download? I do plan add a few units like the Harpy or Broodlord, but I think I've got a fairly good selection of units as it stands.


Nope it looks like their rules are in the first xenos index only: Forgeworld Tyranid Listing

There are 7 units on the table of contents of the forgeworld index:
* Malanthrope
* Dimachaeron
* Mieotic Spores
* Stonecrusher Carnifex (Wrecking Ball and Wrecker Claws)
* Hierodule (Scythed and Barbed)
* Harridan
* Hierophant Bio-Titan

There are also these on the unit listing through they don't seem to have rules in that index:
* Ripper Swarms
* Sky-Slasher Swarm

To be honest while they don't have models, my favourite will always be this guy: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Nautiloid

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I might have a friend with some of the FW rules. I'll have to ask. That Nautaloid looks cool, I don't suppose it has anything remotely resembling rules anywhere? I'd like to take a crack at it, but I use actual rules as a reference to get an idea of what the model should do.
   
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Lukeovich wrote:
I might have a friend with some of the FW rules. I'll have to ask. That Nautaloid looks cool, I don't suppose it has anything remotely resembling rules anywhere? I'd like to take a crack at it, but I use actual rules as a reference to get an idea of what the model should do.


Well it's a unit from the card game only so it has a few, including a rule that is written upside down:http://album.warpshadow.com/v/ShadowsInTheWarp/Tyranid-Archive/sketches/Nid-Art/whcc-nautiloid.jpg.html

I think it's supposed to be a form of walking cover or tanky vehicle as it's labelled as an vehicle and has an entrance into his shell, with lots of tentacles to protect that entrance.
   
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So I gave it a shot, I'd never use one in anything close a regular game. It might be a little bonkers.

Link(Onedrive):
https://1drv.ms/b/s!Am6md9gOPjjMgodGuQX0PbuuVc95Vw

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Lukeovich wrote:
So I gave it a shot, I'd never use one in anything close a regular game. It might be a little bonkers.

Link(Onedrive):
https://1drv.ms/b/s!Am6md9gOPjjMgodGuQX0PbuuVc95Vw


You should put the image on it. It does look a little bit op. Cool Thanks!

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Yeah, that picture struck me as something that would be a classic style Forgeworld Apocalypse unit. So I went nuts. The Dimachaeron looks cool but I'm waiting to get a good look at the rules before making any decisions.
   
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Damsel of the Lady





drinking tea in the snow

I really like this sort of thing. Probably wouldn't work for most other 40k armies, though thinking about it, it might be neat to see something similar to the kroot in AoS. Or would that be flesheater courts? hm.

Silly as it is, i get a kick out of seeing tyranid units as wizards. it makes me want to give one a little wizard hat.

realism is a lie
 
   
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Heh, the hats would be pretty funny. I suppose you could just do a 40k version with AoS rules, but I figure that's what 8th edition is really. Tyranids seemed the best suited for a fan-tome, if Warcraft can have evil bugs so can AoS. I could see the kroot working, they're not too techy so they wouldn't look off on the table compared to other AoS armies. Hrm, ideas...
   
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Damsel of the Lady





drinking tea in the snow

Yeah, thinking on it, kroot could actually work pretty well! They're described as basically using primitive rifles, and that's not our of place. And an order aligned non-chaos mutation based faction might be pretty interesting to explore.

realism is a lie
 
   
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Lukeovich wrote:
Heh, the hats would be pretty funny. I suppose you could just do a 40k version with AoS rules, but I figure that's what 8th edition is really. Tyranids seemed the best suited for a fan-tome, if Warcraft can have evil bugs so can AoS. I could see the kroot working, they're not too techy so they wouldn't look off on the table compared to other AoS armies. Hrm, ideas...


If being Techy is the problem you could probably make a few warscrolls, besides the krots, out of a few more models:

* Avatar of Khaine, could be a single warscroll for the Daugthers of Khaine army.
* Tau Ethereals could probably become some sort magical monk or empath faction, using the following models: Aun'Va's honour guard, Aun Shi Tau Ethereal, Tau Empire Ethereal, Ethereal with Honour Blade, maybe even the one on top of a drone from Coalition Command and a few old ones that can be seen in the Lexi page. Could even come up with some lore for them if you want.
* Some Dark Eldar beasties like the Mandrakes, Razorwings, Ur-Ghul, Khymerae, Clawed Fiend, Medusae and Sslyth. Altrough to be honest a lot of Eldar and Dark Eldar units could also be translated since they go for more sleek armor that looks more fantastical than sci-fi.

There's probably alot more models that are ambiguous enough that they can be made into feasible conversions, through most of them are probably in the chaos section.

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Did some work on a Kroot Battletome. I tried to make them a little different, but you be the judge of that.

Link(Onedrive): https://1drv.ms/b/s!Am6md9gOPjjMgodNmW-QpQE3xUQaPw
   
Made in us
Damsel of the Lady





drinking tea in the snow

Looks pretty neat, i definitely can see the synergies at work in there. And i like the brief but illuminating background

realism is a lie
 
   
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I love armies that have synergy. I find a combined arms approach more compelling than one or two "spam" units.
I'd always wanted to write a bit of fluff for the tomes, but a whole write-up would be exhausting by myself, plus I fear it could venture too far into self-indulgent fantasy rather than world-building.
   
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drinking tea in the snow

I agree, synergy can make army building a lot of fun when done right.

I think snippets of fluff work well for this sort of thing, they provide people with a base to build off of without overwhelming them

realism is a lie
 
   
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I looked at the Kroot entries for 40k and decided that making them hunters made sense. I then just had them been ancient survivors by way of eating the defeated as a way of carrying over something from 40k, plus it helped me come up with some army rules.

With the Void Swarm, I wanted them to have the feel of that unknown crawling horror from Cosmic Horror. I really wanted them to have no explanation, they are meant to be this "thing" that is and no one knows why. I dunno if I pulled it off well, but its what I wanted.
   
 
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