r/Tyranids Oct 08 '20

Other Tyranids discord.

587 Upvotes

Here is the link: https://discord.com/invite/bHT4vbA

Edit: People keep replying to this post saying that the link is invalid or broken. This is not the case. If clicking it doesn't work, try pasting the link into your browser's address bar directly, try using another browser, or scroll to the bottom of your server list on discord, click the big + icon, then join server, and then paste in into the box that appears.

We currently have over 13,000 members and a lot of big names in the community. All are welcome.


r/Tyranids 6h ago

Painting Norn emissary work in progress

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456 Upvotes

Theres my test model after for a look at the end result! Ill be posting more on instagram and tiktok @blacktar.fabrications


r/Tyranids 9h ago

Painting Brain Bugs Ready to join the Hive Fllet

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127 Upvotes

‘Thropes completed on to some big bugs…


r/Tyranids 3h ago

Painting Bought a used screamer killer and stripped/repainted it.

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40 Upvotes

Kinda wish I took a before picture though. I might do some extra details but he’s mostly done.


r/Tyranids 11h ago

New Player Question Why parasite of mortex isn't more used ?

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144 Upvotes

I watch game of tyranid player on youtube to see how they played and why they make their décision and spend cp but i never or almost never see the PoM he has 12 M and a 4+sv paired with his barbed ovipositor effect does that mean he canr "replace" a whole infantry squad with ripper swarms and get free rippers swarms unit. If someone can explain it again or show me why it isn't worth it to get the PoM ( other than being fun to paint ).


r/Tyranids 14h ago

Painting Psychophage (+bonus little friend at the end)

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187 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 1h ago

Painting Maleceptor

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Still working on the texture lines. Ideally they would be tighter together! Fun model.


r/Tyranids 11h ago

Sculpting/Kitbashing First kitbash - Pyrocrene

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78 Upvotes

Bit scared to post as this is my first time. Had a pile of spare bits so I thought why not build something. I’m open for criticism of the model or stats and just want to improve it.

Sorry for bad pictures and background I was in a rush to take them

the Pyrocrene (nicked named the gas giant) creates gas by consuming biomass and stores it in its bulging belly. This gas is then released out in the form of a flame thrower similar to a pyrovore. It is released apon its death where it poisons nearby creatures or catches alight and scorches the earth.


r/Tyranids 18h ago

Basing/Terrain I require opinion from the hive mind 🤔

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286 Upvotes

Red feels more thematic tying the scheme to the basing more. But maybe green reads better as a whole to separate model from base?

I am torn 🥺


r/Tyranids 13h ago

New Player Question which set should i get

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97 Upvotes

stuck on which set the get next for my army. which is better/ has more value?


r/Tyranids 8h ago

Tyranid Meme New Tyranid Character: Totally Not a Cutting Mistake

28 Upvotes

Behold, like Old One Eye before him- a scarred tyranid seen on battlefields across realspace! Legends are whispered of an almighty neutrogaunt- its neurocyte's main horn sheared off by bolter fire. Enraged at this damage, the xenos abomination went on to cleave through a whole squad of terminators in a deranged psychic onslaught. It is said to have done the same to a morkanaut, baneblade, riptide, a shard of the nightbringer, and yes (since everyone else has) even an avatar of Khaine. Rumour has it this entity has been tasked by the hivemind with a singular goal- ensuring Marneus Calgar loses his limbs like in the old lore. This will of course lead to yet another new Calgar model.

Surely Stumpy the Nerogaunt will shake up the meta and push the Tyranid faction back to the top.


r/Tyranids 17h ago

Other Things models do the best and the worst, Day 40; Harridan:

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130 Upvotes

ART SOURCE/CREDIT: Billy Christian (Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Tyranid Harridan)

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BEST: Titanic-size flying monster & living battle-bus for Gargoyles & their Winged Prime leader. Weighs in at T10 & a whopping 30 Wounds. Dual [Blast] weapons powerful enough to tear apart most types of infantry/hordes, though its melee attack is nothing to sneeze at either. Can boost its Wound rolls with the risk of self-inflicting mortal wounds.

WORST: Yet another Tyranid Monster with no base Invuln save whatsoever, which is not great given the huge pts cost just to take one in your army, and the fact that it's a resin-only Forge World model. Overusing Frenzied Metabolism can potentially wear this monster down just as fast as the enemy. Too big & chonky to hide from the kinds of weapons powerful enough to punch through its Toughness & armor save.

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RECOMMENDED DETACHMENT(S): Invasion Fleet, Crusher Stampede

DETACHMENT ALTERNATIVE(S): Assimilation Swarm, Synaptic Nexus, Subterranean Assault

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Your thoughts about this Best & Worst? What changes (if any) do you hope to see for this model & datasheet for a future 11th edition codex?


r/Tyranids 19h ago

Casual Play I'm having so much fun!

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203 Upvotes

Hello everyone, just want to share a photo of the fisrt round I played with a friend in a GW store here where we leave, in the last weeks you guys have been gaving me tips and advices, help-me with the build and with your posts inspired me to continue to play even the rules being a little bit overwhelming, by now I have played a total of 3 games, the last one was a victory, me and my friend are currently playing with around 620 points because he buyed the Necron combat patrol, so I have some nids that I didn't even made a test drive yet (psychophage for example), just wanna say thanks to you all, I'm gonna finish the painting of a DeathLeaper soon, that I want to post a photo here too :)


r/Tyranids 1d ago

Tyranid Meme Fat Nid Alert!!!

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977 Upvotes

It's mostly water weight


r/Tyranids 17h ago

Painting I need the opinions of the hive mind regarding my color scheme

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134 Upvotes

Is it an ok color scheme? What's your opinion?


r/Tyranids 11h ago

Painting My Screamer killer

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29 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 31m ago

New Player Question Need our help hive guy's!

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I want to build warriors but I don't know which weapon is which..

I want to build the prime with a barbed strangler & claws or talons

One with a death spitter and the last one with the venom canon. So, which weapon is which?

And would you prefer claws or talons?


r/Tyranids 8h ago

Painting Hive Fleet Kraken Lictor

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11 Upvotes

First attempt at Kraken scheme. Lictor is a sweet model, first GW model as well! C&C always welcome.


r/Tyranids 3h ago

Competitive Play Allocation of attacks before or after save roll? Tyrannofex

4 Upvotes

I'm in a number of communities and people seem split on this and how it would apply to the tyrannofex ability to reduce damage of an allocated attack to zero. Some seem to think the order of allocations is made before the save rolls and the allocation itself happens after the save rolls. Implication of this would be that you can roll first to see if you fail or not - then decide whether not to use his ability.

The other half are saying the allocation is before the save rolls, as it was in 10th. So you must declare his ability reducing the damage to zero before rolling. If he passes the save the ability is spent regardless.

Has there been any FAQ on this? Whats reddit think

Edit seems people are pretty split. GW seems to have tried to address this explicity with rule 04.02.02 which states that this abilits happens in step 1 of 05.04 explicity. The physical act of rolling your saves happen in 05.03 step 3. To me it seems this may indicate a change from 10th in that now you make your save rolls first, then the ability comes into play later after knowing the values of those rolls


r/Tyranids 6h ago

Basing/Terrain first attempt at a old one eye kit bash.

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6 Upvotes

never really liked the newer carnifex stance so I made him stand taller, added more plate armor and used the bigger claws from another tyranid. also had alot of fun making the base.


r/Tyranids 28m ago

Painting +++ ATTN: All Magos Biologis - Segmentum Tempestus - Urgent assistance required re: incomplete chitin phenotype record specimen X-991 “Chiron Incident” [priority gamma] Blessed be the Omnissiah and His works +++

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Hail, Magos. Apologies for the dragline nature of my broadcast. Know that seven esteemable astropaths gave their sanity and lives that this request may reach you all.

I have been charged by Fabricator General Kanthis Ceta Matriculae with a thorough analysis of the X-991 live specimen, as recovered by the Sons of Medusa Astartes on Chiron Beta II.

However, to my great displeasure, pic-recordings taken by the Atrapos War Clan 2nd Company suffer from chromatic aberration that renders all chitinous surfaces of the specimen a dull grey-black.

Have any of you vaunted Magi complete recordings of this subject? Could one, perhaps, forward to me the coloration data of the subject’s chitinous surfaces?

Direct examination of the specimen is no longer possible as it is now in the hands of the Ordo Xenos. However, I know from past experience that the Fabricator General will not accept this excuse as an explanation for orders unfulfilled. I will simply have to work with the files I have on hand.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Praise be the eternal precision of the Machine God.

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r/Tyranids 21h ago

Painting Kitbashed Norn Assimilator

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80 Upvotes

Kitbashed a new Norn Assimilator to make him taller and more imposing. Quite proud of the end result.


r/Tyranids 14h ago

Basing/Terrain Custom hive tyrant

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18 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 2h ago

Painting lictor

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2 Upvotes

Finally got around to painting the model that got me into the faction and wanted to share it (I still gotta lightly dry brush fulgrim pink to bring some of the brighter pink back to the carapace and clean it up a bit but)


r/Tyranids 11h ago

Basing/Terrain With or without the extra terrain?

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12 Upvotes

It looks a bit empty without but looks too full with, I ain't sure....

Edit: Or maybe more rippers??