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Post by tanagra on Oct 17, 2016 14:16:08 GMT
Totally. Glad you liked it. I was looking over the pictures and just couldn't help but create a narrative for how something like this would work.
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Post by tanagra on Oct 7, 2016 22:15:05 GMT
The Imperial Fleet opened fire on the seemingly endless tide of Tyranid Biovessels as they slowly approached the planet. As the first volleys reached their targets, the hive fleet gave its response. Acting in total synchrony, the smaller ships rushed forward and spewed torrents of plasma at their prey as the larger vessels turned to their sides and rained clouds of mycetic spores upon the planet. In the midst of all this chaos, one vessel in the hive fleet did not open fire. Instead of turning on it's side, this one seemed to point directly to the planet. It stayed this way, waiting until a sizable hole had been punched thru the Imperial Fleet. With a violent spasm, the front of the vessel was torn from the rest and sent soaring down toward the planet.
Planet side, the Imperial Guard was already dealing with the first wave of ground troops that had arrived via mycetic spore when they heard a bone-chattering crack from the sky. Those that were not currently fighting for their very lives glanced up to see what appeared to be one of the biovessels plummeting from space. It impacted just behind enemy lines, causing the ground to shake and throwing clouds of dirt and debris all over the battlefield.
Those not caught in the cloud held fast and formed a defensive line just out of reach, hoping to catch any fleeing xenos unprepared. As the dust settled though, what met their eyes was disheartening. None of the men caught in the cloud survived, their bodies torn to pieces either by flying debris or surviving tyranids. And from the crater of the biovessel rose a sickening amalgamation of flesh and chiten, seemingly expanding from the guts by design. It had high walls covered in thick armor, large tubes worming from the corners into the ground and weapon forms protruding out from every conceivable orifice. And on it's top, a large armored spine unfurled revealing the largest tyranid the soldiers had seen yet. It lay fused to the horrible mass, two monstrous talons stretching out and a massive gun of some kind facing forward.
The gun began to pulse. The veins leading into it, as well as the many small tubes that connected into the barrel, began to glow bright blue. The glow grew brighter and brighter until the gun pulled back into itself, hurling a great ball of screeching plasma at the imperial soldiers.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 24, 2014 23:22:30 GMT
For me, I recently assembled a haruspex head.
After I had already assembled an exocrine. Now the haruspex head just balances on his grabby tongue on my computer desk.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 12, 2014 13:48:31 GMT
Really quick question: If a prime joins the warrior squad that's in the living artillery formation, does he get pinning/reroll as well?
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Post by tanagra on Aug 8, 2014 6:27:38 GMT
there's no point cost additional to the cost of the units themselves. the living artillery node is a great formation. check w/ your tournament organizer about the bases, it's kind of up to him. easy to just plop them on 60's if it's a problem. Ok so I need to make point space for the biovores... Skim the gant squads down 60 points each should do it. I like this idea. Gant squads down to 20 bugs each. 50/50 split on devs/fleshborers. Perfect fit.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 8, 2014 6:05:46 GMT
you're packing some expensive upgrades on the warriors and prime i didn't notice at first. probably don't need the sword/whip on the VC war; for its cost alone you can give the whole brood rending claws, which will still give most units pause before they just up and assault with another troop choice. i will be the first to tell you i do not like primes at all, too bookoo points for the statline. he's a SM captain without an iron halo or the option for a storm shield. can be pretty hard to budge in the 30 gant squad, until the first time you run into wyverns or another nid list running biovores. not a fan. the way you're running him, he costs as much as a stock tyrant. outflanking with the blob squad can work, again, until you run up on someone packing vindicators, thunderfire cannons, biovores, wyverns, IK, etc. if you don't have these things in your area, you can get a lot more use out of this approach. also, now, you have a lot of points spent between the prime and all the troops. while holding objectives wins you games, you still have to have enough points invested in offense to actually kill the other guy's plastic man-barbies and take their lunch money. right now, your threats are an exocrine, a flyrant, a single fex, and a lone crone. that's not a lot of umph. speaking of biovores...with the models you have here, man i'd consider building some warrior with just some big bulked out guns, put them on 60mm bases, and use them for counts-as/conversion biovores, and run the living artillery node formation. brood of 3 warriors (one must take a biocannon), brood of 3 biovores, and an exocrine. all the blast weapons gain pinning, and if they're within 12" of the warriors, models in the formation can re-roll the scatter die. it's really, really, stupidly good and it's very easy to make counts-as biovores from warriors and bits. I have 3 old biovores on square bases. 2nd edition, I think? Sounds perfect. I just don't have the data-slates to know the points cost. If memory serves, the old square bases are still legal if used on the old models that they came with?
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Post by tanagra on Aug 8, 2014 5:38:25 GMT
drop the stranglewebs off the gants. they are both bad, and hard to use properly (due to not being able to put the template over your own guys, so you need them forward, which means they're often the first to die, etc). you have two large gant broods. i would drop one, and get a tervigon as a troop choice instead. the rippers, it would be better to take two smaller groups, with or w/o the guns, so they can grab two objectives (or take 3 units of 3). in fact, taking two or three minimal units of deep striking rippers lets you put them where you want them, and hide your OS troops out of sight. it's also very inexpensive, so you can add more killy elements to your list. whether you go MSU warriors + gants, MSU rippers, zoanthropes + gants (for synapse), or tervigon + gants is a personal preference thing. there's probably not a right answer. i would probably not take 10 gribblies of any flavor, especially gargoyles. they give up first blood really easily. this is one you want a largish (15+) brood of. Noted on the stranglewebs. I will not be taking a tervigon as I don't own one anymore and don't plan on buying a new one. Matter of preference. I only own 10 gargoyles so until I buy more I'll just drop them. New List. == HQ ==Hive Tyrant (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Thorax - Electroshock Grubs, Wings, The Norn Crown, Hive Commander Tyranid Prime (1) - The Miasma Cannon, Lash Whip And Bonesword == Elites ==Venomthrope (1) Venomthrope (1) Zoanthrope Brood (2) == Troops ==Termagant Brood--> Termagant (15) - Fleshborer --> Termagant (15) - Devourer Termagant Brood--> Termagant (15) - Fleshborer --> Termagant (15) - Devourer Ripper Swarm Brood (3) - Deep Strike Ripper Swarm Brood (3) - Deep Strike Ripper Swarm Brood (3) - Deep Strike Tyranid Warrior Brood--> Tyranid Warrior (2) - Devourer, Scything Talons --> Tyranid Warrior (1) - Venom Cannon, Lash Whip And Bonesword == Fast Attack ==Hive Crone (1) == Heavy Support ==Exocrine (1) Carnifex (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms == Total ==1750 pts. I split up the rippers, added a 3 man squad of warriors to help babysit the exocrine and fex as they move up field. I'm keeping both squads of gants. One will outflank with the Prime. The other will run the front as screen and cover for the primary bunch running up.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 8, 2014 4:02:34 GMT
Have you tried asking people for spare MC legs? Just about everyone who's built a flyrant has a spare set of MC legs and the tail that goes with it. I've got two sets of walking tyrant legs after buying and assembling 2 flyrants. And in a fit of boredom, I super glued them together. I'm worried about damaging them. not as worried about the old fex legs, as they are metal. *EDIT* Went digging through my bits and I apparently didn't glue together the second set. Yay! *EDIT EDIT* WOW..... In an amazing twist of fate, i've managed to knock over the old edition tyrant and break it back down into small metal pieces, losing the bonesword in the process. *Searching!*
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Post by tanagra on Aug 8, 2014 0:46:11 GMT
Throw it back into the digestion pool! It will live on within other creations! Put the top half on a ravener tail and use it as red terror. I've got the rest of the red terror.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 7, 2014 23:28:46 GMT
Using future purchases and what I have on hand, I constructed this list for potential use in my LGS's monthly tournament.
== HQ == Hive Tyrant (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Thorax - Electroshock Grubs, Wings, The Norn Crown, Hive Commander Tyranid Prime (1) - The Miasma Cannon, Lash Whip And Bonesword
== Elites == Venomthrope (1) Venomthrope (1) Zoanthrope Brood (2)
== Troops == Termagant Brood --> Termagant (14) - Fleshborer --> Termagant (15) - Devourer --> Termagant (1) - Strangleweb Termagant Brood --> Termagant (14) - Fleshborer --> Termagant (15) - Devourer --> Termagant (1) - Strangleweb Ripper Swarm Brood (9) - Spinefists, Deep Strike
== Fast Attack == Gargoyle Brood (10) Hive Crone (1)
== Heavy Support == Exocrine (1) Carnifex (1) - Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms, Twin-Linked Devourer - Brainleech Worms
== Total == 1736 pts.
14 points left over not sure what to do with. Thoughts?
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Post by tanagra on Aug 7, 2014 23:15:20 GMT
Just use it as-is for a counts-as fex. No need to rip it up if it's a fav. ... ... Well that's just dandy. Now I look like a teary-eyed buffoon. lol.
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Post by tanagra on Aug 7, 2014 22:48:52 GMT
So nearly 2 years ago, I took the parts from a Red Terror, a 3rd edition Carnifex and a Warrior to create this beautiful tyranid prime conversion. It stands as tall as a walking Hive Tyrant and has seen battle as one, as well as a flying hive tyrant, tyranid prime and even the Swarmlord. It was an epic battle against space marines in old 5th edition in which it went toe to toe with none-other than Marneus Calgar. After 2 rounds of fighting (mine and his) the Swarmlord walked away victorious. It is with a heavy heart that I must put this model down. Permanently. I need the Carnifex legs back as I'm short on monstrous creatures and have obtained one of the old warrior sized tyrants to replace it. On top of that, i'm planning on buying a warrior box in the near future to make a new prime. And so I must say goodbye to one of my greatest creations. I thought i'd share with you all before It meets it's end. I'll take a few days to think it over more but am likely going to be parting with it.
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Post by tanagra on Jul 16, 2014 14:04:08 GMT
I feel like such a newb, but what is CAD?
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Post by tanagra on Jan 13, 2014 21:06:26 GMT
Are spore mines that are fired from a biovore subject to the "Cannot assault the turn it arrives" rule? Cause if not, that would make a near miss still salvageable with the new and improved Assault capable version ^.^ Could be useful at soaking overwatch, but if you are shooting spores at a unit, there probably isn't a unit in charge range because of risk of scatter. Also, you only get d3 spores if the first blast misses no matter how many biovores. A unit of 3 only has a 1/3 chance of landing 3 spores if it misses. But are they subject to the "cannot assault the turn it arrives rule"? I'm thinking if they are generated by a biovore or harpy that maybe they do not, but I might just be hoping for a miracle.
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Post by tanagra on Jan 13, 2014 19:46:55 GMT
Lets say I start the game with The Hive Crone/Harpy on the table, leaving it in area terrain. Does it still get the cover save for being in area terrain despite being on a flyer stand? If it's swooping, no. If it's gliding, yes. (unless i'm completely mistaken. Someone back me up as I've recently misplaced my BRB)
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