Mechanical Metal Tyranids :P

[Davor]

Yes I know, Tyranids is all flesh, don't use any metal at all. Just please bear with me for a few moments.

I am putting together my sons Necrons to play agaisnt my Nids. Now I saw the new Necron models come out, and I love them. I was thinking of using them for my Nid army. Then I got thinking on how there is some Necrons that want to become Flesh again. So I was thinking, if a Metal Mechanical army wants to be flesh, how about a Flesh army becoming Metal and mechanical?

So I was thinking of getting some Canoptek Wraithes, use them as Raveners, the Canoptek Spyder as a Carnifex or what not. Since I am not fimiliar with Necrons yet, is there any other Necron Minis that can be used as Nids?

I was thinking maybe the Flayed ones can be Stealers. Scarebs obviously would be Rippers. I was thinking the Ghost Ark can be the Tervigon.

My problem is now, what can be used as Gaunts though? If anything, I was going to make some gaunts into metalic colours if I can't find anything else to use as them.

So what do you think? Something different. Of course I would be using the Tyranid codex, so can you guys and gals think of anything else that is mechanical that would make some good Mechanical Metal Tyranids? Oooooo. MMTs LOL.

This is something for fun and never saw anything like this before. So I wanted to do something different since I am missing my Tyranids, I want to combine both of them together.

[TheContortionist]

if i where going to make a metal tyranid army i'd make it out of nid and give em all a cyborg/terminator feel. with halfmetal faces and all that jazz.

[Bane Wordsmith]

I had the same thought not long ago.
I came from a Necron army and I loved my colour scheme. Black with dry brushed metals and gold. I thought; man that would look awesome on Nids. What if the Necrons had converted the Nids into machines to work for them.
I was going to paint all my nids my 'cron colour scheme but a mate convinced me not too. I decided it's probably a good thing to try something new. But man, they would have looked awesome.

If you're going for a metal Tyranid theme. I say go all guns blazing and paint them all metallic.
Flavour wise, it can still make sense;
The creatures with IB don't have a powerful enough processor to compute complicated tasks, so they just follow their default setting. Feed or Lurk. However when a Tyrant (or other synapsis creature) comes within range, they can override the default program and direct them towards whatever goal they do.
Instead of a Hive mind controlling the synapsis creatures, and in turn, controlling the other Nids, It could a Necron Phaeron sending orders from a Tomb World, or maybe a Tau command centre.
The possibilities are endless. I say have fun with it.

[WestRider]

I've seen at least one take on Techno-Nids, mostly using Tau parts as I recall. It was pretty cool. I want to sometime do some rusted up SteamPunkish Mechano-Nids, but it's beyond my current skills, since they'd pretty much have to be complete scratchbuilds.

[carados]

May 19, 2012 1:02:51 GMT Davor said:

Yes I know, Tyranids is all flesh, don't use any metal at all

'That person' says: actually, metals are an absolutely crucial element to proper functionality.

Calcium in the bones? That's a metal.
Sodium in salt? That's a metal.
Iron in the blood? That's a metal.
Magnesium in your enzymes? That's a metal.
Potassium in your extracellular space? That's a metal.
Etc.
;D

On a more serious note, there is a Tyranid/Necron army that someone has and it looks rather good. I'm sure someone will link you to it. The Swarmlord, for example, is modelled to look very similar to that of General Grievous from Star Wars.

[TheContortionist]

steam punk nids

[andy089]

May 19, 2012 8:15:49 GMT carados said:

May 19, 2012 1:02:51 GMT Davor said:

Yes I know, Tyranids is all flesh, don't use any metal at all

'That person' says: actually, metals are an absolutely crucial element to proper functionality.

Calcium in the bones? That's a metal.
Sodium in salt? That's a metal.
Iron in the blood? That's a metal.
Magnesium in your enzymes? That's a metal.
Potassium in your extracellular space? That's a metal.
Etc.
;D

On a more serious note, there is a Tyranid/Necron army that someone has and it looks rather good. I'm sure someone will link you to it. The Swarmlord, for example, is modelled to look very similar to that of General Grievous from Star Wars.

It's not actually metal, as these atoms are not in their metallic form.

There are some steampunk/mechanical Nids somewhere around the internet. They're looking pretty neat!

[Jestar]

I believe this may be of some inspiration:

maximumheresy.blogspot.co.nz/2011/05/community-spotlight-tyracrons-from.html

If you click on the Picture it'll give you 7 enlarged shots including the General Grievous Swarmlord.

[bloodborne]

keep in mind, most of us are the 20-30+ range people, playing with little plastic men(in our case alien bugs). If you have a really neat concept(or, even if you don't), the end state is that their your little plastic men(bugs), do what you want with them. just so long as it is "legal" in a gaming sense.

Hells, much as i hate them, the hello kitty marines are still a very much legal army... even if you will be laughed out of a tournament for using them.

[cookies]

You could make gaunts by using the regular gaunt model, only using necron guns and other bits.

[mhqvick]

if you turn the ghost ark upside down, it will look like some cool mechanical ribs

[Davor]

Thanks guys please keep them coming. Thanks for the link Jestar. I see someone has already have done this. That is some great inspiration there.

I have the Ghost Ark ship, upside down. Forget what that version is called. I thought they looked like it would be some ribs of some sorts and thought that would make a great Tevrigon.

@ Banewordsmith, I think you should do it. If anything at least one gaunt. I would love to see them. Do you have any pics? Would love to see them for inspiration, and see your gaunt and see how it would look as well.

[Bane Wordsmith]

Thanks Davor. I saw your post this morning so I quickly whipped up two gaunts. Be gentle, I'm not the best painter out there. But the general theme is clear.
Black under coat. Dry brushed with bolt-gun metal, claws with mithril silver, joints with snot green and carapace with shining gold.





jester, I must say, Those converted Tyranid/Necrons look unreal. I'll have to keep that in mind myself. That man has a lot of talent.

Also, I would shake the hand of any man that walks in with hello kitty marines.

[edit: didn't put photos up right]

[Bane Wordsmith]

Sorry guys I just don't know how to make these images smaller.
Sorry, any advice?

[rpricew]

I like your idea of metal nids...

Metal Ravener


Metal Tervigon


Metal Swarm