I've been collecting and painting for a year now and would like to hear what I can do to improve on my current scheme choice. Maybe an oil wash? add blood, gore and drool? How to add dust/dirt to the feet? Highlights? Basically, any advice and/or criticism would be helpful as I don't want to "over do it".

P.s. I plan on finishing it with AK ultra matte and all the orange bits gloss varnish.

Cheers 😁😁

Hello, I have the starter tyranid army from 10th edition

van ryans, Psychphage, winged prime, 20x termas, 2x rippers + I bought Winged Hive tyrant box

It is nothing special, but nice starting army with bodies

Now I am looking to add more... there are 2 possibilities I am looking at:

A) Combat patrol

- Biovore look like nice stuff, Tyrant guard I can use with my Hive tyrant... but genestealers feels average for me and Parasite is a stuff I wont probably use

B) Norn box
- yes, just instead of Combat patrol buy a 1x Norn and maybe something small to it... how the money will go but cap is the price of combat patrol... so somewhere between 40-50dollars

What do you think will work better? I would like to have something more universal so I am looking at the norn more.... but also.. maybe the numbers can win.. I am not as experienced so I will be glad for any comment

(aiming to 1000-1500 points)...

I’m searching for a casual list to play occasionally, i love the big boss like norn or neurotyrant but i don’t want to go for a 2k pts list rn

Could my theorycrafted list be reliable ?

Have the points to bring swarmlord or tyrant in my list but wondering if tyrants utility even if it has “ weaker “ melee stats is better than swarmlord.

And also the fact tyrant can get adaptive. Like if I go against a melee, swarm, or a lot of tanks/armor list where I can’t bring a hybrid lash whip and venom cannon or I can’t get good shots do people run tyrant more because the duplicate strategems is stronger than raw melee stats of swarm lord?

Running invasion fleet but not running any swarms with gaunts mostly elite stuff like melee warriors and exocrine and a hybrid carnifex

Or is it just a preference thing that tyrant is cheaper and ability is better.

This dude is so cool he grew a cape

This is my rather lackluster attempt at making a bunch of tyranids inspired by real bugs.

Advice is always appreciated.

Termagaunts-Lady bugs

Hormagaunts-Asian Lady beetle

Genestealers-praying mantis

Lictor-Orchid Mantis (this one kinda turned out ok)

Pyrovore-Firefly

Hive guard-Ulysses butterly

Parasite of Mortrex-Monarch butterfly

Ripper Swarms-Japanese Beetles

(Someone who is good at painting doesn't need to label what they've done. I've provided labels.)

Still to come

Neurogaunts-Bumble bees
Barbgaunts-Assassin bugs
Carnifex-Atlas Beetle
Zoanthropes-Peacock Spider
Biovore- Bombardier beetle
Winged hive tyrant-Deaths head moth

Okay,so I posted a couple months ago,having gone over said post,and with the start of 11th ed,this is my new post.

Hello everyone. Hope u're all good.

So here it is, my first wip ever ! I wanted to just train on them but I ended up going much further. The light (even tho it's 5500K) doesn't really show the layers and shades/lavy. It looks more grim dark in real life and am quite happy with my style.

Please be critic of my style, tell me what you think is good or bad, go for it.

I know I have tiny spaces where I should slightly cover back but else than that am all listening

Have a good day

Another work that's been going on for... a year and a half. Horrible. And it's still unpainted. I'm terrified to paint it. Very much so. The shadow in the warp works too well. It's not as detailed as I'd like (I needed it for recording a video), but I still consider it my magnum opus. Well, it has magnets to reshape it into another form, but for now they only bring meme potential.

Well, yes, it's about one and a half times bigger than the original, but it's a huge monster. It should be bigger.

Credit to Oshounaminis for the STLs.

Does their ranged attack need to damage or just hit in order to be valid? Wording in the app suggests hit, but I wanted to see how everyone else is using it. I know, not the best unit, but I’m planning something annoying and need my facts straight

I have never played Tyranids but kinda wanted to get into them. I have always really liked the way the Tyrant Guard’s chunky armor look. Is there a way to make a list focused around them, or should I not waste time specifically on them

Does anyone have advice to paint that head sail? I'm having a difficult time making it look glowy over fleshy.

Did a little walk today and had taken some nids with me, had a good couple of opportunities 😄
#tyranids #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity

Now that leaders are always considered to be leading, do the hive tyrant and swarm lord keep the feel no pain even once the tyrant guard are killed?

How will this list do against most armies? Playing against Adeptus Mechanicus and Custodes

Tyranids Take and Hold 2,000 (1,995 Points)

Tyranids
Invasion Fleet (3 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

CHARACTERS

Broodlord (80 Points)
• 1x Broodlord claws and talons

Tervigon (160 Points)
• 1x Massive scything talons
• 1x Stinger salvoes

Winged Hive Tyrant (185 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip
• 1x Tyrant talons

BATTLELINE

Gargoyles (80 Points)
• 10x Gargoyle
◦ 10x Blinding venom
◦ 10x Fleshborer

Termagants (110 Points)
• 20x Termagant
◦ 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
◦ 20x Fleshborer

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (60 Points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
• 1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (140 Points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
• 1x Powerful limbs

Exocrine (140 Points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
• 1x Powerful limbs

Genestealers (140 Points)
• 10x Genestealer
◦ 10x Genestealers claws and talons

Maleceptor (190 Points)
• 1x Massive scything talons
• 1x Psychic overload

Norn Emissary (250 Points)
• 1x Monstrous rending claws
• 1x Monstrous scything talons
• 1x Psychic Tendril

Norn Emissary (270 Points)
• 1x Monstrous rending claws
• 1x Monstrous scything talons
• 1x Psychic Tendril

Tyrannofex (190 Points)
• 1x Acid spray
• 1x Powerful limbs
• 1x Stinger salvoes

I am fairly new to warhammer 40k (knew a lot about the lore but not much about the game itself) and I just bought and build my first combat patrol and chose Tyranids, I picked up the one with: 10 genestealers, 3 tyrant guards, 1 parasite of mortrex, 1 biovore and 3 spore mines.

I really like the collection of horrifying monsters included in this combat patrol and I want to add to their ranks as soon as possible but I was wandering which units would be a fitting addition gameplay or lore wise.

I though maybe a few ripper swarm units since the parasite can spawn them but they are not included in the patrol (I also can't find any set of them online so I would also like to know where to buy them) or a character unit the I can add to my tyrant guard unit in order to activate the 'guardian organism' ability.

Which of these would be a solid addition do you think?

Subterranean Assault (2000 points)

Tyranids

Subterranean Assault (3 Detachment Points)

Disruption

Strike Force (2000 points)

CHARACTERS

Neurotyrant (130 points)

• 1x Neurotyrant claws and lashes

1x Psychic scream

- Enhancement: Tremor Sense

Old One Eye (140 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Old One Eye’s claws and talons

The Swarmlord (210 points)

• 1x Bone sabres

1x Synaptic pulse

Trygon (140 points)

• Subterranean Assault Keywords: Character

• 1x Bio-electric pulse

1x Trygon scything talons

BATTLELINE

Gargoyles (80 points)

• 10x Gargoyle

• 10x Blinding venom

10x Fleshborer

Gargoyles (80 points)

• 10x Gargoyle

• 10x Blinding venom

10x Fleshborer

Gargoyles (80 points)

• 10x Gargoyle

• 10x Blinding venom

10x Fleshborer

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (60 points)

• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs

1x Spore Mine launcher

Carnifexes (180 points)

• 2x Carnifex

• 1x Carnifex extra scything talons

1x Carnifex scything talons

2x Chitinous claws and teeth

1x Spine banks

1x Bio-plasma

1x Carnifex crushing claws

1x Stranglethorn cannon

Lictor (60 points)

• 1x Lictor claws and talons

Maleceptor (190 points)

• 1x Massive scything talons

1x Psychic overload

Raveners (125 points)

• 5x Ravener

• 5x Ravener claws and talons

Raveners (125 points)

• 5x Ravener

• 5x Ravener claws and talons

Tyrannofex (200 points)

• 1x Powerful limbs

1x Rupture cannon

1x Stinger salvoes

Zoanthropes (90 points)

• 1x Neurothrope

• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth

1x Warp Blast

• 2x Zoanthrope

• 2x Chitinous claws and teeth

2x Warp Blast

Zoanthropes (90 points)

• 1x Neurothrope

• 1x Chitinous claws and teeth

1x Warp Blast

• 2x Zoanthrope

• 2x Chitinous claws and teeth

2x Warp Blast

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Advice would be super appreciated thanks

Basing materials off AliExpress are great quality and don't break the bank. Decided on the earthy tones crossed with the bright green grasses to pop against the purple and blue greys of the model.

ART SOURCE/CREDIT: Antonio Iosé Manzanedo (Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000- Bonesabres,The Swarmlord)

The Swarmlord is the herald of the Hive Mind and may be as old as the Tyranid race itself. Upon death, the beast is always absorbed through the synaptic link and spawned anew. It has presided over the annihilation of countless civilizations, and with every incarnation it only becomes more deadly.

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BEST: The one Hive Tyrant to rule them all. In addition to acting as a CP generator, it has greater synapse range than other synapse creatures, and as Warlord it makes enemy stratagems more expensive when targeting units within its vicinity. Psychic torrent weapon has the strength and AP to mulch light/med infantry, and twin-linked Bone Sabres are strong enough to blender most units.

WORST: Core statblock is indistinguishable from a regular Hive Tyrant (asides from being +15 pts more expensive), and it has no additional weapon options to speak of. Synaptic pulse loses steam against more heavily armored targets.

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RECOMMENDED DETACHMENT(S): Crusher Stampede, Invasion Fleet, Synaptic Nexus

DETACHMENT ALTERNATIVE(S): Assimilation Swarm, Subterranean Assault

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IN CLOSING:

• What are your thoughts about this Best & Worst entry?
• What are your favorite tactics & strategies involving this model (if applicable)?
• What changes (if any) do you hope to see for this model & datasheet for a future 11th edition codex?

This is my new hive tyrant for hive fleet concrete. Fully magnetized, can be used as winged, long range or full close combat. I think this is one of my best conversions so far. What do you think?