Forgeworld BIG gribblies

[pipsickness]

Moring all,

So I've been browsing the forgeworld gribbly section and I've decided I want something larger to tower over my forces. My credit card is itching again and I keep being invited to apocalypse games but I have no idea what any of them do or if they're any good as anything other than decoration. What are your thoughts, are they legal to use in 40k and does anyone know where I can find the rules?

thankyouplease

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[Hive Fleet Cthulhu]

You want big? A heirophant is the best you can do. Unless you custom make a dominatrix.

[queek]

you can find the rules in the apocalypse rulebook. and some of them in imperial armour

[pipsickness]

Fair, I'll have a look into picking up the rules. Has anyone here actually used any of them in games? What are your thought?

[rpricew]

I have a Hierophant and its been awesome in Apocalypse. Some people get pretty upset with some of the rules and if you do a quick search of Hierophant warp field you should find the discussion I'm talking about.

There are several good tutorials out there about it. Just to warn you it has about 63 little spikes that have to be glued on one at a time. It's a modelling project for sure.

Also the design is a little fragile and hard to handle, so creative basing is a must.

Enough negative.. its a beast on the board and a great centerpiece to your army.

I recently picked up the Harridan and Malanthrope but haven't had a chance to play them yet.

[pipsickness]

rpicew - my credit card hates you.

[greatescape13]

If you want a more cost-saving FW big guy, the Barbed Heirodule is still large enough to be impressive (a bit bulkier than a Terv/Tyranno) and his shooting is very solid on an Apoc battlefield.

[muggins]

You want the following books:

www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Armour_Books/IMPERIAL-ARMOUR-APOCALYPSE-SECOND-EDITION.html

www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440324a&prodId=prod1160002

Also you want Apocalypse: Reloaded but I can't find that. That is the 5th Edition supplement for Apocalypse.

Regarding our big Tyranids:

The Harridan is solid now. He's a flyer so he is harder to hit and he can shoot a bunch. Awesome model too. HUUUUUUUGE.

I'm putting together and painting my hierophant now. I like the model, but it is prone to problems with the legs. I haven't tried it out on the field yet.

Hierodules are awesome and a great starting point. They look really cool and are fun to paint.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

I suggest a Barbed Hierodule. However, I believe the only Tyranid Apoc unit that is allowed in normal games is the Malanthrope. I could be wrong, though.

[captainbirdbum]

i have a heirophant, 2 berbed heirodules and a scythed heirodule. harridan is in the post. but so far i'm well happy with what i've got. they can seriously hurt ur apponent. and as rpricew says the warp feild is up for debate when using heirophant. but my mates let me use 3++. so is well hard to kill. takes out titans and thunderhawks on a regular basis.

also have 3 of the 4 armorcast nids. they're pretty handy in a scrap too.

now hurry up mr postman i want my harridan

[muggins]

You're gonna enjoy the harridan a lot. It is a really sweet model. Very Tyranid-y, moreso than the Hierophant IMO.

I have a harridan, hierophant, 2 barbed hierodules, 2 scythed hierodules, a FW winged hive tyrant, the carnifex with crusher claws and all that, and a malanthrope. Really the only things I'm missing are the ripper swarms (lol) and the meiotic spores.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Jun 28, 2012 16:59:59 GMT captainbirdbum said:

i have a heirophant, 2 berbed heirodules and a scythed heirodule. harridan is in the post. but so far i'm well happy with what i've got. they can seriously hurt ur apponent. and as rpricew says the warp feild is up for debate when using heirophant. but my mates let me use 3++. so is well hard to kill. takes out titans and thunderhawks on a regular basis.

also have 3 of the 4 armorcast nids. they're pretty handy in a scrap too.

now hurry up mr postman i want my harridan

Armorcast Nids? What are those?

[muggins]

The phallic-looking artillery pieces that were put out a long time ago. A lot of Tyranid players hold on to them but I think they are universally terrible.

[pipsickness]

They look like scaled up versions of the old epic models. With about as much detail. lol