Least cool nid model

[smokeskin]

So what nid model (or models) do you think are the least cool to look at?

I personally can't stand to look at Tervigons. They're just so uncool and look so ungainly.

[Lanesend]

My home made spore is reasonably ugly.

But GW models, I like most of them, but the Biovore is a bit off.

[infornography]

Any nid gun.

Well most of them anyway.

It makes little to no sense to me for them to be separate entities that are held like pistols or rifles. While there is SOME integration into to the host nid, I don't think there is nearly enough.

If I had my druthers, the gun would be BE the arm not held in it. Or mounted in the chest like Raveners have it. Or poking out of the carapace plating like cluster spines.

Probably the chief offender in my eye is the fleshborer. So I will nominate the Fleshborer with it's stupid organic clip and pistol grip as the least cool nid model for it's sheer stupidity.

[ZergLord]

Broodlord is the worst looking Tyranid in the current range, and anyone who says otherwise needs a pair of glasses.

Photos of Broodlords in the codex are made from specific angles, and BL looks good only if you look at him from those angles. When you inspect him closely or look at him at any other way, you'll notice the awkward pose, bad proportions and the iguana head.

You know what's the worst part? You can find GW's concept art of Broodlord on the internet - take a look at them. Every single one of those drawings looks million times better than the finished product.

[grarik]

Feb 25, 2013 13:17:27 GMT infornography said:

Any nid gun.

Well most of them anyway.

It makes little to no sense to me for them to be separate entities that are held like pistols or rifles. While there is SOME integration into to the host nid, I don't think there is nearly enough.

If I had my druthers, the gun would be BE the arm not held in it. Or mounted in the chest like Raveners have it. Or poking out of the carapace plating like cluster spines.

Probably the chief offender in my eye is the fleshborer. So I will nominate the Fleshborer with it's stupid organic clip and pistol grip as the least cool nid model for it's sheer stupidity.

Yes the guns look a bit odd, being partially part of the creature carrying it, but I still have models from when tyranid weapons were completely separate from the creature holding it. The way I see it is that the hive mind is slowly learning how to integrate the weapon symbiotes directly into the creature itself. Some strains, like the ravener, integrate more easily with the symbiote, while some symbiotes, like the fleshborer, are much more resistant. I do agree that the fleshborer's shape never really made sense when the fluff of the gun was taken into account though.

[stoiss]

I really can't stand the static pose on the brood lord. If I was ever given one in finecast I would start by cutting all the joints and pin the thing for a complete repose. Until then I'll stick with the old genestealer patriarch model.

Another one I don't like is the zoanthrope model (all the floating head versions) because of the complete lack of poses. I actually prefer the old version with the plate head and legs for walking.

[FTGTEvan]

Gotta go with the Broodlord. I've never had a problem with the biovore (though I wouldn't call it attractive either). The broodlord, mostly the awkward pose, just bothers me. I love the SpaceHulk version, and one of these, will probably pick one up online for more than he's really worth because he's a cool model.

I'm not sold on the tervigon - but I came to like it a lot more while painting it; it has a lot of cool textures and and the like that made it fun to paint, and I think it looked good in the end, so I changed my opinion about it a bit.

[swarmy]

Biovore wins for me hands down. Broodlord can be decapitated and greenstuffed into a respectable pose; The biovore needs all kinds of help from head to toe

[jhussey]

as they come without customizing, Broodlord.

[scrotatohead]

Has to be the Broodlord, hands up. When his chest carapace is painted a different color than his flesh he seriously looks like he's wearing a puffy vest ala Marty Mcfly.

[Psychichobo]

I hate you all. I like the Biovore's derpy dog face, and the Broodlord's pretty awesome, if stuck in a rather static pose. But he did fit his rules in the old dex, where he was a S6 marine slappin' badass.

The Hive Guard personally bugs me. It looks too much like a Hive Guard with a gun slapped on and not much else in the way of thought involved.

[fleetofclaw]

I completely agree with the whole fleshborer / bio-MP5 thing. If spinefists didn't suck I'd love to use those. That's also why I love the fleshborer hive for all my MC weaponry (usually tl devs) needs, it looks organic.

Otherwise I can't stand the biovore "derp-face" haha. Broodlord is meh but not the worse thing I've seen. I use a lichtor usually as one anyway... which is rare if I use broodlord / genestealers at all.

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[barenone]

Tyrant guard, Congratulations nid after all of your evolution to make the best killing monsters you made a........turtle

[daboss]

Deathleaper. His facial tentacles make his expression rather...derpy

or the FW heirophant. Sure, it is big, but the shape of it is impratical.

[voncrown]

I -do- hate me some standard broodlord, but honestly? The thing that bugs me most on any standard 'nid model is... The trygon's face. I'm not completely sure -why-. I think it -should- look awesome, but... something about the way the eyes are placed looks wrong to me. If I ever get one, I'm contemplating greenstuffing the carapace down over the eyes or something, a la red terror. They just look... wrong for a nid, in my opinion.