Maliceptor Or Toxicrene?

[gigasnail]

Pretty easily; it's a decent kit And easily magnetized for future-proofing. I regret not doing my pair.

[blackrainbow]

Always magnetize your monstrous creatures, if nothing else for ease of storage/transportation. If you have not yet got the kit, I have to vote Hive Crone too. But, never let things like poor rules or high cost deter you from getting cool looking models! I magnetized mine, and run the maleceptor along side my haruspex. Makes for sub-par lists, but the rule-of-cool wins out for me so much.

Also, have we mentioned magnetization yet?

[jimmyp]

May 8, 2015 2:36:22 GMT warfrogger said:

May 7, 2015 18:51:21 GMT Kark said:

Both are quite useless I'm affraid, but if I got to choose I go with toxicrene. Maleceptor is expensive and he does nothing. Toxicrene is in hypertoxic formation and this is the only reason I would ever consider fielding it.

May 7, 2015 21:27:32 GMT jimmyp said:

Check this out....
thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/49402/toxicrine-tentacles

You've magnetized the arms for him but how well do you think the head and patches along his sides can be done?

I looked at this for ideas youtu.be/a7F_Gd83les
But on the arms I put on really large magnets on the body to get the arms to not droop. They were big magnets from a friend who did a Titan.
The little side ones can be done too but would be hardest..

[angelwing]

I'll add to the magnetise suggestions. Tyranids (in my personal experience of all editions) get effected the most from edition changes. Lots of stuff changes in usefulness. The next codex or brb could see either the maleceptor or toxicrene change into awesomeness - or slump even lower. You never really know what your going to get with 'nids.
However, I should add I bought two kits and made one of each variant rather than magnetise as a) I got a bit lazy and b) I'm a bit of a tyranid completionist.
Do, do magnetise so you don't get stuck with too many derp models between editions.