Counts As Bio-Titan

[Jabberwocky]

So I've just preordered this beasty:

www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/279508.htm


With the intention of using him as a counts as heiropant if large enough, failing that as a scythed heirodule (since the bio acid spray is quite easy to imagine from the mouth).

I'm hoping the shoulder talons look adequate as the Tyranid 6th limb and the chitin on the tail looks very close to that on many of our MCs.

It says it comes on a display stand but I'll probably make a base for it that's a ring, so it can easily move over terrain rather than crushing it as many based titans do.

Any thoughts?

[tylertt]

Looks pretty sweet to me. It is hard to tell a lot from the photo though, but from the Alien models I've seen used as bio-titans in the past, they sure do look awesome on the table.

[Jabberwocky]

If you scroll to the side on the pic there are some more poses, might even pick up a second if I get on well with this one. I'll get some pics up next to a Flyrant etc for comparison when it arrives.

[tylertt]

Yeah I opened it on the full website. That is going to be pretty sick man. Planning to repaint it?

[Jabberwocky]

Probably not, since reposing would likely ruin the paint job. If it's as cool as it looks, my army will gradually get washed darker to be more in line with it instead. The more I think about it the more I want another 2 but that's a lotta pennies!

[saxif]

Looks cool, I like the idea!

[powellhall]

Here's one that I used. It's an older action figure but you get the idea.

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/46325/genereaper-gargantuan-genestealer

[Jabberwocky]

So I FINALLY got hold of one of these bad boys.

Here are some pictures to show the scale and posability. It's not too hard to balance using the tail so I defefinitely won't be gluing it to the base.

The display base is Ok but I think I'll scratch build a scenic one to give it just a little more height and size to bring it closer to the other titans.

[tylertt]

No photos….I'm eager to see this next to your Nids

[Jabberwocky]

Sorry I'm trying to do it now but photobucket is being evil!

[Jabberwocky]

Note him cradling the baby broodlord in the last one

He's also freestanding in all of those except the one where his tail is on the bluebox.

He's pretty well balanced despite the feet being fairly small and using the tail as a counter balance is quite easy. He's actually more stable than the damn flyrant in the pics.

Plus, since he's vinyl, he's pretty durable and I can just stash him in my bag with no protection just fine.

[tylertt]

That is actually pretty sick man.

Think you will repaint it? Or just roll with him?

[Jabberwocky]

Just gonna keep it as it and slowly paint my fleet the same colour just a bit more green I think.

If I repainted it would probably keep breaking every time I reposed him I think.

[Deleted]

I THINK it's a bit small from a width/breadth standpoint, but the height is probably right. This might actually be a perfect proxy for the upcoming new FW tyranid beast(dimicherdon or w/e).

[Jabberwocky]

If the rules are any good I may well try that out.

This guy is bigger than a wraithknight but smaller than an Eldar titan.

I'm not too worried about the bulk aesthetically as I only use the upright nids generally. I don't have any of the quadrupeds like Terv/exocrine etc.

Depending on how the rules come out with the new book I'd be happy to run this as one of the cheaper GCs so he can see more games.