Project Norn Queen!

[squidy]

I'm going to make a Norn Queen (hopefully)! ;D I'm thinking of taking some pink insulation foam and carving out a "womb" kind of like this:
insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-45-a/Img0028.jpg
The base of it all would be an Alien Queen model. I would add eyes to it (seeing as I think all Tyranids have eyes) and the womb. The womb will be tricky. It has to be big... very big! Seeing as the biotitan from forgeworld is 10" high (it said on model discription) I was thinkinh of making the womb 12" inches in diameter. Of course the Biotitan would be somewhat scrunched up in there but I think thats a good size. What do you guys think?

[Koyori]

Sounds like a good idea so go for it. Though not all nids have eyes the Tyrant Guards are actually blind.

[sphincterman]

Well, a really nice model that looks just like that is this:



It's called the tunnel dweller and it's from the HERESY MINIATURE@S RANGE!

[CalamityShift]

haha omg that could make for some awesome nid conversions

[squidy]

I don't think that is big enough to be a Norn Queen...... though its hecka awesome!

PS. Has anyone ever heard of anyone making a Norn Queen? I would like to see some pics.

[zoanthrope]

Norn Queens... Everyone wonders what they look like.
Good idea. And a Biotitan might not be born whole, it could be smaller, y'know? Like a baby one, and when its born it could grow a bit. Am I wrong? That's just a theory.
Using an Alien Queen is ok, but you'll have to do a lot, and I mean a LOT of converting. All I can really say is good luck and I hope to see it finished!
Oh!
(If anyone who knows I started a Norn Queen, well, its almost finished. I haven't been workin' on it lately because of school. But its on its way.)

[squidy]

Lol seconds apart from eachother! Holly *^$@!

Anyways thats cool. I would still like to see pics of that (even though its isn't finished).

[Voice of Reason]

Norn queens are supposed to be mated to their hive ships, grown into it, and never come to the surface of the planet. the only time that they're seen is when some foolhardy (foolish) creature tries to board a hive ship.

now, considering that a creature can grow as it matures, and the tyranids don't have to give birth to living, ready to go creatures, there is no reason for the Nornqueen to be big enough to pop out a gargant.

now, I'm not really saying "don't do it". what I'm really trying to say is..

why not make an interior hive ship board, with the Norn queen as either a terrain feature or objective marker.

[squidy]

Your so smart.

[squidy]

OMG! It has already been done! Look!

www.hivefleetmoloch.de/branches_hydra_01.php

Isn't that cool!

[Voice of Reason]

of course it's been done... you can do it.

do it differently. do it better. if you need inspiration, check out Navarro's Biodiversity thread and look for the sketches I did of a mature broodnester.

[petereater]

thats just sick..... im totaly going TO make one now....... lol...... thats nice.. and I would like to see some more ideas on the norn queen.... so heres a peice the think about... in aliens the queen left the nest when it was being destroyed, just as a queen ant comes out of her resting place when the nest is being burnt out of a log. SOOOOOOOO.... whos to say a norn queen wont come out in times of desperate messures..... ide like to se it.. that would be awsome.... ive also wondered,, on some conversion of seen with the dominatrix.. whats that on top of the critter??

[zoanthrope]

striogi said:

Norn queens are supposed to be mated to their hive ships, grown into it, and never come to the surface of the planet. the only time that they're seen is when some foolhardy (foolish) creature tries to board a hive ship.

now, considering that a creature can grow as it matures, and the tyranids don't have to give birth to living, ready to go creatures, there is no reason for the Nornqueen to be big enough to pop out a gargant.

now, I'm not really saying "don't do it". what I'm really trying to say is..

why not make an interior hive ship board, with the Norn queen as either a terrain feature or objective marker.

I just read the 3rd ed. codex and it says on page 37(in the white box) : NORN QUEEN* Norn Queens remain a mystery. Only examples recovered severely damaged in combat.
What does THAT mean?

[Voice of Reason]

It means read your new codex. the 2nd or 3rd page, you know, the one with the heading "The Great Devourer".

in there it mentions the Space-Borne Norn Queens.

Further reading of the codex reveals that the largest ship of the fleet bears the Norn Queen and that if this ship is destroyed, so is the hub of the synapse web that covers the fleet. it stands to reason that if the Norn queen ISN'T the central hub, then it's closely related to it.

and the Hive would NEVER willingly risk that asset. That's why no one has ever seen one living.

Aliens is not Tyranids. The Norn Queen is bigger, meaner, more intelligent and more powerful than any mere Alien Queen.

[squidy]

Thank you striogi, Norn Queens across the universe will be very happy with you. Hey I think I actually thought of something cool for once!

A Tyranid Norn Queen compition! The person who had the Norn Queen that was voted best looking would win! What do you guys think? ;D