Spare Tyranid prime torsos

[irondreddknight]

So I've recently acquired some spare sprues. On which are a few the warrior prime upgrades (chest plate, carapace, head and shoulder plates).

I was wondering if anyone thought of any other use for them as I've already got a prime on order.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

You could take gargoyle tails and turn them into shrikes or raveners.
You could kitbaah them into some sort of genestealer cult character.
You could turn them into warriors who are wading through some sort of swamp, so their legs are covered in muck or water.
You could turn them into biovores with other bits.

[irondreddknight]

Jul 18, 2020 12:38:25 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

You could take gargoyle tails and turn them into shrikes or raveners.
You could kitbaah them into some sort of genestealer cult character.
You could turn them into warriors who are wading through some sort of swamp, so their legs are covered in muck or water.
You could turn them into biovores with other bits.

Thanks for the ideas, those are some very creative suggestions. I'm leaning towards shrikes. It's just a case of getting wings and tails. I've seen people use the wings from nurgle blight drones. How do gargoyle tails look on warrior toros?

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Jul 18, 2020 14:15:57 GMT irondreddknight said:

Jul 18, 2020 12:38:25 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

You could take gargoyle tails and turn them into shrikes or raveners.
You could kitbaah them into some sort of genestealer cult character.
You could turn them into warriors who are wading through some sort of swamp, so their legs are covered in muck or water.
You could turn them into biovores with other bits.

Thanks for the ideas, those are some very creative suggestions. I'm leaning towards shrikes. It's just a case of getting wings and tails. I've seen people use the wings from nurgle blight drones. How do gargoyle tails look on warrior toros?

I checked today and the warrior tail and gargoyle tail are basically the same size. I've heard of people using two pairs of gargoyle per shrike models for kitbashing. Another option for wings would be harvesting from these guys:
www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Flesh-Eater-Courts-Crypt-Flayers

The bodies could be turned into abberants maybe?

I'm going to do this kitbaah as I have an extra warrior torso and gargoyle bits lying around. I'll probably run it as a prime because it will really stick out.

[irondreddknight]

I've seen the gargoyle wings on warriors. I'm not a fan as they don't look proportional. I do already have 3 pairs of the vargheist wings from a previous project, they look great. Great idea to use the vargheist bodies as abbarents, makes me wish i could commit to a GSC force.

Thanks for checking the size of the gargoyle tails for me, I'll perhaps pick a set up. I could do with a few extra garoyles to fill out the brood.

[Iryan]

If you also have a spare flyrant tail... may I recommend using the prime stuff to build a Red Terror?

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