Tips for Flyrants

[syu]

Btw wish me luck, were concluding a local league tourney and it seems ill be the only nid to qualify for the finals...and yes my list has 2 tl dev w worms flyrants haha!

[rikimaru]

Alright, another quick question, about the TL devs, It says in the rulebook that you can only fire one gun during the shooting phase? So do we only get 6 shots?

[gigasnail]

flyrants are monstrous creatures, can fire two weapons. 12 twin linked shots of maggoty goodness.

[rikimaru]

Excellent . Thanks alot giga

[rikimaru]

So.... I got my Flyrant box yesterday, and I absolutely LOVED the model. There is no way that i can build him with (please do not swear) looking devourers and ruin this masterpiece. I tried unsuccessfully for an hour trying to stick 2 gant Devs onto the Venom Cannon, but i stuffed it up pretty bad.

That being said, I gave up on focusing on the "game legal" aspect of the model, and decided to build him with wings and dual bone sabres for the pure asthetics of it. I've decided that I'm going to keep him that way, as I have yet to enter any tournament games, and i mostly just play with my friend at home. But is there ANY way, he can be legal in the tournaments? E.g. Count as a swarmlord, or just as a regular flyrant with Bs and LW? I hate WYSIWYG >_>

[Jabberwocky]

The tail can easily represent LW so you have LW/BS covered.

Having devourers or not.... Really just need to tell your opponent. They won't forget when you start shooting. No one forgets a threat like that.

[N.I.B.]

Oct 24, 2012 9:34:31 GMT rikimaru said:

So.... I got my Flyrant box yesterday, and I absolutely LOVED the model. There is no way that i can build him with (please do not swear) looking devourers and ruin this masterpiece. I tried unsuccessfully for an hour trying to stick 2 gant Devs onto the Venom Cannon, but i stuffed it up pretty bad.

That being said, I gave up on focusing on the "game legal" aspect of the model, and decided to build him with wings and dual bone sabres for the pure asthetics of it. I've decided that I'm going to keep him that way, as I have yet to enter any tournament games, and i mostly just play with my friend at home. But is there ANY way, he can be legal in the tournaments? E.g. Count as a swarmlord, or just as a regular flyrant with Bs and LW? I hate WYSIWYG >_>

I used this guide to model dual Devourers on my Flyrants, with decent results www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/432879.page

[rikimaru]

^ I looked at all possible conversions, but I found that devs look too tiny on the big guys, even the MC devs.."

JabberWocky: Does that work? I heard tournaments are all WYSIWYG?

[biomassbob]

Great link NIB! That conversion would allow wings in one slot, those devourers as 2 TL sets in the other with the legs in the bottom. I have to look at this further. This might sway me to buy the new tyrant kit.

[Jabberwocky]

Oct 24, 2012 13:04:27 GMT rikimaru said:

^ I looked at all possible conversions, but I found that devs look too tiny on the big guys, even the MC devs.."

JabberWocky: Does that work? I heard tournaments are all WYSIWYG?

Most players won't know what the right biomorphs even look like and fellow nids will share your pain.

Most tournies will allow a little flexibility if you check beforehand. If you give your opponent a copy of the list as well, they can't really complain.