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Someone on 4chan made this

I don't think the front view does it justice - the side view briefly appearing in the video looks better. He definitely could use weapon options and shrike buddies.

I take it that will be the minor HQ for the assumed new recruit starter set. Looks a little strange not in a flying pose, but I really like it as it stands out better than the current Tyranid Prime.

Mad Doc, you amaze sometimes.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Overread wrote:
If it sticks to standard tyranid assembly then you can likely easily swap that around for your own

True. The wing membranes don’t seem to connect to the body, so a swap would likely be pretty straight forward.

The points from the shoulder armor might interfere with moving the arms to the upper spots and posing. May have to trim the armor back or cut the points off and reposition them or use the extra armor from the biomorphs.

I don't particularly like this model, I will probably skip it. Too short arms/claws for a model this encumbered by the wings, it really makes you wonder how clumsy it would be when not flying.

None of the winged Tyranid models allow swapping the winged limbs to another socket without conversion.

Don't listen to advice about "standard Tyranid assembly" from someone who has apparently never assembled a Tyranid.

Looking at the model makes me think it is on 50mm base. Hopefullly someone will make some nice size comparison trick with Warriors etc.

I think even if he is snap-fit it isn't going to take tremendous effort to cut off limbs and swap them around. That makes me happy, though not as happy as full swappable arms would be. Still though, nice details, interesting pose, something a bit different... I like it.

I quite like it! Gonna be a fine addition to the swarm! Love the model myself, and if there's not too much of the CAD jigsaw design on him it could be easy to alter the pose a bit (especially if you get multiples).

A shame the Community article didn't show any stats or the like, because normally a Prime is not something I'd consider to have the raw strength to be ripping Termy in half (while taking assault cannon shot at point blank). I'm surprised that this is "just" a Prime and not something new (like between a Prime and a Tyrant).

 Skywave wrote:
I quite like it! Gonna be a fine addition to the swarm! Love the model myself, and if there's not too much of the CAD jigsaw design on him it could be easy to alter the pose a bit (especially if you get multiples).

A shame the Community article didn't show any stats or the like, because normally a Prime is not something I'd consider to have the raw strength to be ripping Termy in half (while taking assault cannon shot at point blank). I'm surprised that this is "just" a Prime and not something new (like between a Prime and a Tyrant).

I wondered about the lack of stats, we haven't seen anything about jump/fly so far, it might be the reason why but it would have been good to see in here. Likewise they suggest buying a harpy and gargoyles for them to tag onto which seems a fairly loaded hint on which units they can join.

It's fair to say this model looks good, but the odd wings placement kinda ruins it.

The pose sucks, hopefully there will be other ways to build it. Its datahseet will probably be shown later.

 p5freak wrote:
The pose sucks, hopefully there will be other ways to build it.

Snapfit probably (in the starter box, maybe normal box in the future?).

I like it in a pteranodon kind of way. Looks like the wing arms can give extra support while on the ground, and keeps the model a bit more contained on the base than some flyrants I have known.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Looking at the model makes me think it is on 50mm base. Hopefullly someone will make some nice size comparison trick with Warriors etc.

From Reddit

 Altruizine wrote:
None of the winged Tyranid models allow swapping the winged limbs to another socket without conversion.

Don't listen to advice about "standard Tyranid assembly" from someone who has apparently never assembled a Tyranid.

You mean Warriors don't have 4 arm sockets which are pretty much universal?

Cause last I checked they've been that way for a long long time and if you look at the model presented the lower wing arms don't look like they are doing anything beyond ball and socket at the surface of the model. Sure if its push-fit it might well be that the ball is only formed enough for the outer-surface and the internal is a peg assembly; but chances are you could convert it pretty easily. But if it stuck to standard warrior build designs then the arms would just have a ball - which could go into the lower or upper arm socket spot.

The real barrier would be if it ends up too low an angle and prevents you mounting lower arms underneath

Nothing worth much debate... A bigger warrior with gaunt head and folded wings. Does not even have a cool pose. Extremely boring.

OOooo... I like the Photoshop with the reversed wings. That looks so much better.

Both version don't really look great, or even good. Back carapace is cool, head fin too, but wtf is up with the back edges of the chitin plates on the head? Looks weird.

Conversion fodder for a regular Prime (if that will be even worth running).

 Overread wrote:

 Altruizine wrote:
None of the winged Tyranid models allow swapping the winged limbs to another socket without conversion.

Don't listen to advice about "standard Tyranid assembly" from someone who has apparently never assembled a Tyranid.

You mean Warriors don't have 4 arm sockets which are pretty much universal?

Cause last I checked they've been that way for a long long time and if you look at the model presented the lower wing arms don't look like they are doing anything beyond ball and socket at the surface of the model. Sure if its push-fit it might well be that the ball is only formed enough for the outer-surface and the internal is a peg assembly; but chances are you could convert it pretty easily. But if it stuck to standard warrior build designs then the arms would just have a ball - which could go into the lower or upper arm socket spot.

The real barrier would be if it ends up too low an angle and prevents you mounting lower arms underneath

Every winged Tyranid has wing-arms that slot into a predefined orientation. No flex without conversion.

Snapfit increases the likelihood of that. The fact that the arms are large and heavy, and precisely-oriented (ie. the right arm has to end up with a flat part parallel to the base) increase the likelihood of that. They'll probably have deep, keyed fittings and will need some hacking before they'll even mate with the upper sockets. And even after one does that it will probably look bad and cramped because of the extended shoulderpads.

I don't get why a flying Prime would have substantially more armour and random protrusions (read: weight) than a walking one.

Honestly, I'd have much preferred to see them go the other way and shrink the armour (closer to a Broodlord). And ffs ditch the random crap on the back and the bonesword he's glued to his head.

I'd also have liked to see different feet. Maybe something more like claws/talons?

Basically I'd like to see more effort than GW bunging some Crypt-Horror wings on a Prime, gluing some carnifex leftovers to his back, and then calling it a day.

 vipoid wrote:
I don't get why a flying Prime would have substantially more armour and random protrusions (read: weight) than a walking one.

Honestly, I'd have much preferred to see them go the other way and shrink the armour (closer to a Broodlord). And ffs ditch the random crap on the back and the bonesword he's glued to his head.

I'd also have liked to see different feet. Maybe something more like claws/talons?

Completely agree with all of this. Looking optimistically, we can see he is clearly much beefier than the current prime, so if we get a new foot-prime it may be even thicker by comparison (I'm not so optimistic as to hope for dual-build).

I do feel he more or less confirms incoming Shrikes by his simple existence though.

 vipoid wrote:
I don't get why a flying Prime would have substantially more armour and random protrusions (read: weight) than a walking one.

Honestly, I'd have much preferred to see them go the other way and shrink the armour (closer to a Broodlord). And ffs ditch the random crap on the back and the bonesword he's glued to his head.

I'd also have liked to see different feet. Maybe something more like claws/talons?

Basically I'd like to see more effort than GW bunging some Crypt-Horror wings on a Prime, gluing some carnifex leftovers to his back, and then calling it a day.

Which random crap on the back do you mean? The heat vents? There's slightly more plating on there but I don't see the problem with it really?

Otherwise yeah the foot based one being heavier armoured makes more sense, as would the winged version getting the talon feet like the tyrant does.

The mini is nice. The people moaning are wrong.

 vipoid wrote:
I don't get why a flying Prime would have substantially more armour and random protrusions (read: weight) than a walking one.

Honestly, I'd have much preferred to see them go the other way and shrink the armour (closer to a Broodlord). And ffs ditch the random crap on the back and the bonesword he's glued to his head.

I'd also have liked to see different feet. Maybe something more like claws/talons?

Basically I'd like to see more effort than GW bunging some Crypt-Horror wings on a Prime, gluing some carnifex leftovers to his back, and then calling it a day.

The foot talons were a smart touch on the Flyrant kit, so I too wish that was seen here. I suppose it mattered more back when the number of arms/weapons on a model ostensibly had a bearing on its statline/attacks.

On the more armour?

Could be more of it, but less dense, creating approximately the same protection for less weight.

The larger vent is likely due to greater exertion getting it off the ground etc.

Looks like the wings are fairly self contained (ie membranes only attach to the wing limbs). Probably pretty easy to move them to the upper limb position with a bit of hobby knife work and maybe some green stuff. The wing position on the model is a bit awkward, like they would get in the way or easily injured in a melee, but the 360 in the video does look better than the still photos.

Dudeface wrote:
Which random crap on the back do you mean? The heat vents? There's slightly more plating on there but I don't see the problem with it really?

They're massive.

Bear in mind that the current foot Prime has no stacks at all, so his back is much more streamlined.

Then we have this guy, who has a mass of huge, bony ridges growing out of his back. I just don't see the point.

 vipoid wrote:

Dudeface wrote:
Which random crap on the back do you mean? The heat vents? There's slightly more plating on there but I don't see the problem with it really?

They're massive.

Bear in mind that the current foot Prime has no stacks at all, so his back is much more streamlined.

Then we have this guy, who has a mass of huge, bony ridges growing out of his back. I just don't see the point.

The foot version does have them to some degree but I assume as a limitation of the cast they don't have the surface texture, at the very least it feels they're maybe a growing spree away from this guy? Or like this guy would be an alpha prime.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Looking optimistically, we can see he is clearly much beefier than the current prime, so if we get a new foot-prime it may be even thicker by comparison (I'm not so optimistic as to hope for dual-build).

I do feel he more or less confirms incoming Shrikes by his simple existence though.

Speculation time:
The 10e launch box has a new brainbug that works as reimagined of Doom of Malantai (with callbacks to the original 90's Zoanthrope model) and may effectively replace the Neurothrope. There's also a beefier Warrior Prime that's almost certainly a pushfit model.

With GW's current design approach of allowing game-legal units from a single box of models, the current Warrior and Zoanthrope kits may have issues.

What if the current Prime and Neutrothrope models now become sergeant equivalents and a fixed part of the unit datasheet, rather than a separate character entry? Brainbug takes the former role of the Neurothrope as a separate psychic leader character. Then at some point in future we get a new Primarisified Warrior Prime multipart kit separate from Warriors.