Haven't we all invented a Nid unit at some point?

[nikh]

Hey Hive! Lurked here for a while but finally decided to make an account. First off, thanks for all the Nid tactics, you guys are responsible for the bulk of my Nid victories. Also, the conversions you guys make are amazing, lots of inspiration there. Moving on!

I imagine we've all made up our own Nid units from time to time, well, a while back I made a model for one of mine. Basically, I woke up one day thinking "Nids only have 2 things with a 2+ save (this was when Tyrants could take Armored Shell). We need Terminators". So, I made this guy out of a Red Terror and Warrior (again, back when Red Terror wasn't legal). The idea was to model something similar to a small Hierodoule, serving the purpose of a Terminator. Haven't thought of stats, weapons, or anything like that aside from the 2+ save. SO, let's see your guys' custom units! Also, thoughts on this little bugger?

[WestRider]

These aren't really new Units as such, but my Tyrant Guard conversion is different enough from the usual that I think it will fit in here:



I never actually made a finished version of this, just this one stuck together with blu-tac one time when I was bored and digging through my bits box. I call it the Catachan DevilFex, since it's sort of half-assedly in between the descriptions of a Catachan Devil and a Fex, and it would play as a DakkaFex:

[monkeychuka]

This touched a nerve!  Damn, I have never actually built a Nid conversion just for the sheer hell of it. Or just for a laugh.  Or as a Narrative Gaming Experience^TM. That doesn't say much about me as a person, does it?  So I present the Vermis Giganticus. Its exactly the same as a ripper base but it gets 'Move Through Cover'.

[drakiskier]

interestingly enough, i just finished building a 'hive guard prime' model... its a cross between hive guard, tyrant guard, and a tyranid prime.

Synapse, IC, WS4 BS4 S5 T6 I3 A3 W3 Sv3+
kitted out with an impaler cannon and crushing claws.

havent figured out the points costs for him, but i might feature him in a campaign with some friends

[Yautja]

Only thing I remember creating was a Yautja (Predator) for a fun game with my cousins. In every single piece of cover a unit moves into, roll a D6 and on a result of 1 or 2 a Yautja is revealed. This was a decade ago but we made it similar stats to a Space Marine but with weak armour, a (twin linked) plasma gun and a big debuff to your 'to hit' rolls. In today's rules I guess it would be like trying to shoot Deathleaper.

The game was hilarious as the Predators caused havoc on both sides. Great fun.

[ilovethenids]

While they're technically not a "new unit", I've been mulling over the idea of coming up with a unique profile for "Space Hulk Genestealers." The idea behind this is that the Hive Mind engineered Space Hulk Genestealers to be far tougher and more deadly than the regular kind seen in on-world assaults. They would be more expensive and maybe wouldn't be Troops, but their statline and special rules would make them able to rip apart a terminator squad in one turn of combat (their cost would reflect this, of course - however, also factored in would be the fact that at least a few of them are likely to die before they ever reach CC).

Maybe something like 4+/5+ rending instead of only on 6s (or maybe 6s to hit AND/OR to wound count as AP2), a 5++ save (to represent their agility), counts-as assault grenades, and Stealth (but the 5++ still means the get a save against Ignores Cover weapons). The broodlord would have the same changes but would have the Inhuman Strength rule he had in the 4th ed. Codex. Points cost would be raised to 20-30 points per model, 85 for the Broodlord. That's just off the top of my head so I don't know how well that would work, though. Considering Necron warriors have a 4+ save, a 24" S4 AP5 Rapid Fire weapon, and something akin to a 5++ save (Reanimation protocols - can't be used if an entire unit is destroyed so that is worse than a 5++, but since you get to roll that on top of your regular save (unless AP4, but whatever), that's a pretty significant advantage) and are only 13 points per model (currently Genestealers are 14 points per model - wtf?), It might be possible to go for something more like 18ppm.

[Shadowwolf]

Oh, yeah, haven't we all :-) Apocalypse for the win.

[Yautja]

The difference between Spacehulk and 40k is that in the former, most of the Terminator's fire is Overwatch