Looking for ideas for a custom Tyranid

[drdotts]

I have a ton of Tyranid bits and aos bits and was trying to think of a unique Tyranid model I could make any suggestions?

[Zod42]

Back in the VDR (Vehicle Design Rules) days, I had a concept for a bio-titan using a combination of "new" Carnifex kits, pneumatic hoses, and some large dragon wings to make a flying hydra thing (more of a jump infantry rather than a flier), but the project never seriously got off of the ground, and the parts were cannibalized for other projects. Maybe something else semi-mythological like a Carnifex Cerberus with monstrous claws instead of hooves/talons? I think many of us have always wanted to make a Dominatrix bio-titan from the old epic days (I've seen some impressive ones on the internets).

That was one of the things I liked about the old VDR rules. It really got me creatively thinking of some wacky Tyranids and Necrons.

If you were talking about trying to create a Tyranid from the lore that has no model, my memories of those are unfortunately too fuzzy.

Talking about those Tyranids makes me think about those conversions again. I'm liking that Carnifex Cerberus idea. I could have it Counts As something else if needs be.

[able]

The canis. A warrior sized creature that uses 4 limbs for fast locomotion and has one set of warrior type melee weapons. The middle set of limbs are the combat ones, while the 1st and 3rd are the mobility ones on a cat like posture. It has a dorsal light ranged weapon, such as a devourer or deathspitter in a bulge or spinefists on it's shoulders just inside the carapace. A vicious barb tips the tail, and it fights in melee either by pouncing on it's target and pinning them, or sideways to their target, striking with their tail, side weapon, and teeth.

From the hive mind perspective, this is a development from the biovore/pyrovore line, based on observations of chaos maulerfiends. The quadrupedal gait permits rapid movement with moderate adaptation, with most benefit being obtained when the outer limbs are used. The biovore was chosen as the base of this experiment because it already had well developed locomotive forelimbs, and the dorsal weapon adaptation would grant additional tactical flexibility.

Running them as ravenors, but fluffing that they hide in the shadows rather than burrow should work. You would struggle to get the radically different profile allowed in a tournament, but should be fine otherwise. A carnifex sized version could be pretty metal too, though I don't know what you would run it as. I guess a carnifex, though it would feel painfully slow for the model. I am tempted to build a quadraped carnifex with two shoulder mounted spitters now though.

[babyripper]

A custom flyer that looks a bit more spooky than the hive crone or harpy. They’re quite dumpy almost with how fat and round they are, and I reckon you could make a scary looking on if you use a carnifex or tfex as a base. Just suggestions (I’d love to do it if I had the pieces/time/effort). Let us know what you decide on (and pics if it’s any good ).

BabyRipper

[localcultist]

Milli/centipede? We don't have those (other than Trygon I guess)