Anti Dino Hive crone bacterial tentacles

[neomangas]

Ok guys so I wanna get a hive crone but problem is... This may be a bit controversial but I am not a fan of winged dragon looking bugs although I do like the look of the hive crone I think it would look much better if it was to have crazy tentacles instead of wings like some kind of flying gigantic bacteria ...
See I believe nids should be BUGS but recently they seem more Dino -__- the whole winged thing further confirms this!
So I was wondering if anyone here had any advice as to where I may find tentacle bits or alternative tyranid arm/weaponry non GW bits? I noticed chapter house have interesting looking lash whips which may be useable?
Anyone have any suggestions? I could just green stuff it ( that's what I done with my flyrant which is more like a flying squid thing) but I wanted to see if I have any other options
Let me know hive guys
Thanks

[gman25639]

Idk, but could you post a pic of the flyrant? Perhaps just get some toy squids and lop off the tentacles and just go crazy with it!

[DinoCop]

I feel you, bro. In 5th edition I created my harpy based on it´s stats. So T5 4W Monster Creature. I didn´t know how to create wings and I wanted to keem my Flying unit as small target as possible. I inspired myself with Gears of War



and here is mine. I call her Piranha. These creatures move by exploding farts and manouver with it´s tentacles. On tail they got spore mines ready to be droped (Trygon poison tail). Got pair of scything talons at back to hook victims they passed by. And when they fly they sound like high-pitched Tie Fighter (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iGk7MT_0R0) but really high-pitched (Sonic Scream)

[commandersasha]

Have you seen these gadgets? This site is suspended, but I'm sure some Googling will find you a source.
greenstuffindustries.blogspot.co.uk/p/gsi-product-page.html

[neomangas]

Feb 1, 2014 8:32:59 GMT DinoCop said:

I feel you, bro. In 5th edition I created my harpy based on it´s stats. So T5 4W Monster Creature. I didn´t know how to create wings and I wanted to keem my Flying unit as small target as possible. I inspired myself with Gears of War



and here is mine. I call her Piranha. These creatures move by exploding farts and manouver with it´s tentacles. On tail they got spore mines ready to be droped (Trygon poison tail). Got pair of scything talons at back to hook victims they passed by. And when they fly they sound like high-pitched Tie Fighter (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iGk7MT_0R0) but really high-pitched (Sonic Scream)

those look great! very much like what I had in mind
my idea was that my hive crone is filled with some kind of alien helium gas that allows it to fly and would also explain why it has such a low T5 for a MC that is bigger then most of the other T6 MC's

this is a drawing of my flyrant:



this was the proto type model I made for it

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/attachment/download/1106

also I had seen that Greenstuff industry tentacle maker before but its pretty pricey >o< it looks pretty handy though for tentacle lovers like me... I used a similar technique making tentacles using a comb

[DinoCop]

that´s a pretty damn good drawing man hope to see more from you including finished Tyrant

[Talonis]

Maybe something like the Zerg Overlords from Starcraft?



This is why I love Nids. So many conversion options and 2 armies can look completely different but if done correctly, makes complete sense.

[DinoCop]

Talonis, I beleave these are Spires - Mutalisks´ nests. But it looks like cool concept to our not existing Spore pods

[Threeshades]

Honestly i don't see how tyranid wings the way they are make you think of dinosaurs. The only winged dinos have fully feathered wings. And even pterosaur wings look different.

But I do see how they are too much like wings of endoskeletal creatures and not bug-like. Which is why my nids are in the process of getting a makeover with insect wings made out of plasticard. This will eliminate all the problems with arm slots too. I just don't know what to give to all those gargoyles instead, and still making them look good.

[DinoCop]

Feb 3, 2014 14:01:22 GMT Threeshades said:

Honestly i don't see how tyranid wings the way they are make you think of dinosaurs. The only winged dinos have fully feathered wings. And even pterosaur wings look different.

But I do see how they are too much like wings of endoskeletal creatures and not bug-like. Which is why my nids are in the process of getting a makeover with insect wings made out of plasticard. This will eliminate all the problems with arm slots too. I just don't know what to give to all those gargoyles instead, and still making them look good.

RULE NUMBER 1. Tyranids are not bugs.

There is no other rule

[Threeshades]

Feb 3, 2014 19:11:18 GMT DinoCop said:

Feb 3, 2014 14:01:22 GMT Threeshades said:

Honestly i don't see how tyranid wings the way they are make you think of dinosaurs. The only winged dinos have fully feathered wings. And even pterosaur wings look different.

But I do see how they are too much like wings of endoskeletal creatures and not bug-like. Which is why my nids are in the process of getting a makeover with insect wings made out of plasticard. This will eliminate all the problems with arm slots too. I just don't know what to give to all those gargoyles instead, and still making them look good.

RULE NUMBER 1. Tyranids are not bugs.

There is no other rule

Well there is rule number 2: Tyranids are not Dinosaurs
and rule number 3: No they aren't any sort of reptile, amphibian, bird, mammal, arachnid, crab or any other animal either

[DinoCop]

Feb 4, 2014 9:42:23 GMT Threeshades said:

Feb 3, 2014 19:11:18 GMT DinoCop said:

RULE NUMBER 1. Tyranids are not bugs.

There is no other rule

Well there is rule number 2: Tyranids are not Dinosaurs
and rule number 3: No they aren't any sort of reptile, amphibian, bird, mammal, arachnid, crab or any other animal either

No one is saying such a thing. They are Tyranids. I believe what Neomangas (thread creator) ment was that new Flying nids are too similar to Carnifex with its big head full of teeth. And they lack originality.
It seems like GW was like - They are flying monsters - give them wings. They look like dragons/dinosaurs (not to me but in bigger picture)

It seems cheap to give anything that flies wings for sake of things... lack of creativity.

When you take for example every ´thrope unit (Zoan, Venom and Malanthrope) they are all floating with no apparent reason... but nobody would ever question it because they are aliens. They float. The reason can be whatever - SUPER psychic being or they are full of light gases, but that´s the point - HOW TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT FLIES WITHOUT USING WINGS

[neomangas]

Feb 4, 2014 12:56:37 GMT DinoCop said:

Feb 4, 2014 9:42:23 GMT Threeshades said:

Well there is rule number 2: Tyranids are not Dinosaurs
and rule number 3: No they aren't any sort of reptile, amphibian, bird, mammal, arachnid, crab or any other animal either

No one is saying such a thing. They are Tyranids. I believe what Neomangas (thread creator) ment was that new Flying nids are too similar to Carnifex with its big head full of teeth. And they lack originality.
It seems like GW was like - They are flying monsters - give them wings. They look like dragons/dinosaurs (not to me but in bigger picture)

It seems cheap to give anything that flies wings for sake of things... lack of creativity.

When you take for example every ´thrope unit (Zoan, Venom and Malanthrope) they are all floating with no apparent reason... but nobody would ever question it because they are aliens. They float. The reason can be whatever - SUPER psychic being or they are full of light gases, but that´s the point - HOW TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT FLIES WITHOUT USING WINGS

yeah this is pretty much my feeling... I only said Dino/dragon just because that is the easy reference of what I feel they look like... I mean my favorite Tyranid models are actually models like Lictors, Zoanthropes, Venomthropes and the Malanthrope is probably my favorite 40k model period! but the reason why I love those models is because they look the most alien to me... and thats all to do with the creativity... the alien feel, I have always loved the artwork of tyranid hive fleets moving through space... they always made me feel like some kind of virus was consuming the galaxy... so when I think about tyranid fliers I always thought it would be something like that, a massive bacteria releasing little gribblies from the sky and causing havoc... something very Giger'ish or Lovecraftian