Tyranid Warriors' Front Teeth

[dobbsy]

They use the teeth as a bottle opener when the battle is won

[Tyranoob]

Jan 23, 2017 7:24:42 GMT dobbsy said:

They use the teeth as a bottle opener when the battle is won

Tyranids winning a battle?!? What!

[dobbsy]

*sarcastic clapping*

[Hive Bahamut]

I have always thought it a little humanesque for them to have teeth in the first place. Most Tyranids don't have digestion systems, typically just the garbage guts crew (Rippers, Pyrovore, Haruspex and Malanthrope.) I imagine there are reasons, but it always just seemed like a coping mechanism for us to identify them as humanoid.

[gigasnail]

...It's so they can tear stuff apart with their teeth.

[Hive Bahamut]

I would hope they don't rely on teeth to do actual damage with 2 3+ft long talons and Rending Claws. I still find it funny they removed teeth and claws as a melee weapon too.

I was just getting at that they are probably a little more humanoid to relate too.

[gigasnail]

i don't find the teeth issue more than a bad sculpting technique. the art is much better all around, they need to step it up.

[goldfireendymion]

Jan 23, 2017 18:58:27 GMT Hive Bahamut said:

I have always thought it a little humanesque for them to have teeth in the first place. Most Tyranids don't have digestion systems, typically just the garbage guts crew (Rippers, Pyrovore, Haruspex and Malanthrope.) I imagine there are reasons, but it always just seemed like a coping mechanism for us to identify them as humanoid.

Synapse creatures do apparently have fully-functioning digestive systems, I believe? As well as some of the larger bugs which wouldn't be particularly resource effecient to break down to make new ones (Fexes come to mind)

[gigasnail]

guys, you have to keep common sense and biology out of 40k fluff discussions. it's literally space magic/fantasy. everything about tyranids makes absolutely no sense from any kind of biological or scientific standpoint. some of it you can handwave away (flying organisms the size of crone/harpy/flyrant, much less something like a harridan, can be explained by super strength tendon/muscle systems backed up by biological hydraulic systems and lighter than air gas bladders along with super light gas filled honeycombed bone and exoskeleton structure), some of it is more egregious and just silly (the entire idea behind tyranids sucking all the life from planets is pants on head stupid).

tl;dr: 40k is like star wars. it's science fantasy, not really science fiction. just smile and nod and enjoy the ride, overthinking it brings the whole mess down.

[Zod42]

If I were to think of altering the smile of a Warrior, I'd consider making a shallow vertical groove in the front. Dry-brushing that might look OK (or make it worse).