Tyranid Warriors

I’ve finished my first set of Tyranid warriors paint job, and very pleased with it. The paint scheme seems to be holding up across multiple Tyranid critter types, and the warriors seem to be no exception. I really like the bone on the bone swords (from MaxMini.eu) and the green color scheme on the guns really sets the “gun bugs” apart from the rest of the swarm.

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Tyranid Harpy Conversion

I’ve been meaning to kit-bash a Tyranid Harpy for some time, and I’ve finally gotten around to doing it. I’ve gotten the beasty assembled and primed, and wanted to share the photos I’ve taken of her. She’s a pretty interesting beast – I put her together from a couple of different sources, including a 3rd Edition Hive Tyrant (body), Lord of the Rings Balrog wings (plastic wings), heavy venom cannons kit-bashed from Tyranid Warrior Scything Talon arms with the Venom Cannons pinned to the ends (arms),

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Tyranid Zoanthropes

Got my Zoanthropes done. I have a total of 6 of these dudes now. I find them great on a lot of levels, if only for pure frustration / aggravation of my opponent! That 3+ warp field save is pretty hard to get through. They pack a very good punch and I find them in every bug list I’ve played to-date. These guys are slightly converted. I built up the base to have rubble and/or rocks, as I wasn’t a huge fan of him “surfing a bug tail”. The first set of 3 that I made was the original pewter…

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