Niiai wrote:
I don't really understand what you mean.

It is a rhino, but it also has a shield? Is it like a snow plow? Would it be like a stegatrops? The 'shields' hardly fucntion very well on a battlefield, at least when they are far ahead. If you want an actuall shield you need to be up close. This is well represented in the 2nd edition tyrant guards, who actiually have a shield. 6th edition hive guards also come with nice screening plates.

The tyranids hardly use a big creature to charge forward performing the functions you mention. For scouts they use Lictors, or genstealers. I suppose the synapse web makes up a nice representation of the battlefield as gaunt and rippers runs over the battlefield. Flyers in all sise and shape also scout. They also do subteranial sonar with raveners mawlocks and trygons. Tyranids attack from the front, from above and from below. If you count genestealer cults they also attack from within. Oh, and the mind is also attacked with the shadow in the warp.

If they should just send something forward as a battering ram that is litherarly what carnifexes are.

But to go back on your original question on having screening units, tyranids use spore clouds to hide and obscure units. Venomthropes do this. The Malanthrope does this, but he is more of the 'mad scientist' hanging back and collecting interesting DNA for the hive. Lastly carnifexes can also hide themselfs with spores.

I think what you are looking for is a carnifex with spores.

Here is a link to old tyranid tyrant guards:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2012/3/8/59c3eeb40e8c6d99c585961aab156688_49605.jpg__thumb

the_vole wrote:
I know about stone crusher carnifexes, I’ve got a few in my list. I imagine those are great and demolishing vehicles and small buildings, but huge, tall, heavily fortified structure? It’d need a different calibre of monster to breach that - or some mobile cover for the carnifexes to get close. Or both!

The_Vole

nou wrote:
Your entire description just screams for using Maleceptor as a basis and enlarging his chest piece forwards to make the center of your plough and modifying scything talons as slightly overlapping side panels of this plugh. He also has small horns already, so enlarging them to look like a larger rhino should be quite straightforward.

the_vole wrote:
What’s the scale of that beastie? Might be worth a try if it’s a good size

The_Vole

the_vole wrote:


I’m really not a fan of the maleceptor - especially the head. The tyrannofex head is pretty much perfect for what I’m going for head wise - don’t know about the body still.

The_Vole

Crazy_swede wrote:

the_vole wrote:


I’m really not a fan of the maleceptor - especially the head. The tyrannofex head is pretty much perfect for what I’m going for head wise - don’t know about the body still.

The_Vole

I have had similar thought to you and I don't like neither the maleceptor, nor the tyrannofex and especially not the hierophant (It always reminds me of an Italian greyhound hiding it's tail betwen the legs. Also, as real animals get larger, ther legs get thicker, not thinner)

Anyway, my plan is to convert something I can use Hierophant rules for.
I want to start with this model 3d scan it, enlarge to maybe 2,5x length, 2x height and 3,5x width, maybe make the legs 4x as thick, remove the eggsac and add some cannons and extra armour plating. I think extra armour on the foremost arms and front of the chest would do the trick.

Then off to your local friend-with-a-3d-printer or shapeways.

/ Regards, Fredrik

 SQRT(-2) wrote:
I love the Garthim from Dark Crystal