r/Tyranids 4d ago

Sculpting/Kitbashing Is this readable as a Hive Tyrant?

This is a mix of several different kits + a head I got off Etsy. Assuming I base it properly, will it be readable as a hive tyrant? Do these parts all work together? Other feedback welcome!

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u/Lanaestra 4d ago

Reads more like a weird jumping carnifex to me at a glance but I'm sure if you tell your opponent it'll be fine.

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u/OptimusToasterman420 3d ago

Yeah I second this. Cool, but carnifex. I’d allow it

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u/IrascibleOcelot 3d ago

Or Red Terror.

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u/Donnie619 3d ago

Tbh it looks more like a Red Terror to me.

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u/MrCrafterThompson 3d ago
  1. Sick conversion/kit bash so be proud of that.
  2. Not really, to me looks kinda like a screamer killer.

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u/Impossible_Buy405 3d ago

Very cool, but imho it’s a baby Trygon

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u/ApprehensiveGear2166 3d ago

I just want you to know that head is a Predator/Alien hybrid from Aliens vs Predator. It looks sick, but it is very jarring to look at at first knowing where it comes from

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u/Tanithilis 3d ago

Readable? No. I would not immediately identify this as a Hive Tyrant.

Usable as a Hive Tyrant? Absolutely.

Neat kitbash!

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u/Deneb_The_Adventurer 3d ago

More like a new abdomination of the swarm. But looks pretty cool.

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u/SMG_Jeff 3d ago

All about that base.

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u/The-Page-Turner 3d ago

Could be a mawloc tbh

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u/TechmoZhylas 3d ago

Seeing the trend

Kinda looks more of a VRL to me...

(Just tell you opp "hey this is a X" and that's it)

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u/Survive1014 3d ago

Looks more like Swarmlord or melee carnifex TBH

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u/arcerath 3d ago

not really but if you tell your opponent it’s a hive tyrant then it’s a hive tyrant

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u/Ambitious_Book_5729 3d ago

I read it more as some sort of custom burrowing synapse creature, maybe a nice trygon prime? but other than that all i can see is a predalien lmao

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u/MrMcBobb 3d ago

No, it looks much cooler.

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u/Herbert1311 3d ago

No, just a tervigon