Turtlenids - suggestions/ideas?

[maggotworm]

Started gathering some little plastic turtles/tortoises to hopefully ‘nidify them somehow.

Perhaps a tortoise with ‘stealer bits, or maybe some tentacles dangling from a shell to make Mucolid Spores, or replace the head with a death spitter for a gun-turtle’nid...

What would you do?

[irondreddknight]

They might actually make good pyrovores, turtles are slow which fits the 5” movement. Gives me food for thought 🧐

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Aug 29, 2019 9:30:51 GMT irondreddknight said:

They might actually make good pyrovores, turtles are slow which fits the 5” movement. Gives me food for thought 🧐

Yeah. Pyrovore/biovores. Put em on an aquatic base and they'll look amazing.

If you want to go for other models, post what you're looking for and we can brainstorm!

[maggotworm]

Thank you for the comments. Have zero Hive Guards, that could be something that needs remedying. Not really ever felt any love for Pyrovores, could do with another Biovore or 2.

I’m not stuck on the “must have X head plates & Y back plates” type ‘nid stuff, so am more free to create something more alien (less homogenised, reminiscent of the 1st wave of strange lizardbugs).

Tempting to make Hive Guards with a turtle/tortoise shell, dangly legs/tentacles like the mucospores, and big beefy impaler cannons (just gotta make sure it would be recognisably Hive Guard).

Would love to see/hear ideas & concepts of what could be done with turtley-type shells & ‘nids.

Turtlenid, Turltevore, Turtlefex, Turtlespore, shellbeast...

[dan3dim]

I did backed Star Sagas and I will got nameless sets included in kickstarter set...
i am plan to convention this into biovores.

[maggotworm]

Interesting. Please link to thread when you start conversion

Been gathering other bits, sea shells, lotus pods/etc. below is a sample selection (I won’t yet photodump all the plastic dinosaurs I have collected)



Most of the sea shells will probably end up in terrain, but I’m wondering if there might be a way to make some easy tentacles & maybe put some excess Spinefists to use.

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So, how would you go about Turtle-shell ‘nids, what would you do with sea shells, and what to do with piles of spinefists? :-)

[hivefleetkerrigan]

For bigger shells, you could go carnifex. I think they'd look pretty good with some crushing claws.

[naviedzony]

Actually I would like to see a Carnifex in a big shell!