Tyranid Eggs Incubator

[gibbothehutt]

Hi guys. I saw "Aliens" last night and I had an idea. Who saw the movie knows that near to the end we see Mommy Alien, which is expelling some eggs from a birthing sack on her back. Well, we have Tervigons doing that thing with Termagants, but I asked myself:"How do other tyranids are born when on a planet?"
Here's my response:





Obviously this is only a sample, I used old plasticine just to plan its appearance.
Putting on colours, it would became something like this:



In my idea, this is the upper part of a more complex organism, of which we see the air chimneys and the birthing tube. Maybe I'll make more than only one birthing tube...
I thought that these eggs could be Raveners, Warriors or Lictors, or any other tyranid creature of that size...

Any suggestions/criticisms?

[steampunk]

Great idea!

Where playability is concerned you could beef up the rules for a hive node to get it on the board without a problem.

As a scenery piece I think it needs to be 'spikier' though in order to look more tyranid-y if you know what I mean, but other than that it's a great idea, love the concept and how organic and raw it looks. Good job

[Talonis]

That looks really cool. Interesting concept too, and believable.
Doesn't plasticine go hard if you cover it in PVA glue? even superglue?

[gibbothehutt]

Yeah, but I'll need this plasticine in the future for other things, so I'm not going to use it for the final model...

By the way, this night I came up with a bigger idea: I'll put this Eggs Incubator on a larger board and then a reclamation pool. Biomass is thrown in the pool, which is linked to the Incubator, gathering the needed nutrients directly. Oh, I've also decided to make more birthing tubes.

[Buckshot]

interesting...

[Voice of Reason]

I'd try to incorporate some of the design concepts in this pic


use this as reference.

You should include armor plates, horns/teeth, and perhaps some talons

[steampunk]

@ gibbothehutt, those good ideas just keep coming! I hope it all goes well for you

@ striogi, thats just the look it needs

[signspace13]

in game i would count as a mycetic spre but in stead of coming in from space popping out of the ground

[gibbothehutt]

I've modified the whole thing:



and this is how it would look like if painted:



I think I'll take some of your suggestions (maybe I'll make a capillary tower somewhere). Surely I've got a lot of bits (devourers, deathspitters and other thing that looks good for tyranidal environment), but I'll think to details when I've had sculpt it...

Anyway, thanx for suggestions!

[cicero]

I'd consider using one of those moonscape craters for the reclamation pool, as they have lots of nice detail around the edges. Also, if you have any of the extra bits of tyranid scenery from the genestealer box, I'd recommend using those. Also, is this the final sculpt or just a model to give the general idea?

[gibbothehutt]

It's just a model to give the general idea, of course. Since I don't actually have any materials for sculpting and I'm not good at drawing, it was the simplest way for me to explain that.

Unfortunately I dont have extra bits of scenery from genestealer box now, but I'm going to buy that box, so I think I'll use them!

[VoragoTitan]

very good and intersting design/idea. still doesn't look niddy enough in my opinion.

VoragoTitan