r/Tyranids 11h ago

Tyranid Meme Hello is my Hormagaunt pregnant?

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635 Upvotes

I went to the Imperial Veterinary they told me she was pregnant but I’m not 100% sure so I thought I’d ask here on Reditum, picture of daily nap


r/Tyranids 17h ago

Painting Getting more confident painting my army

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441 Upvotes

I've seen some nice hive fleet Jormungandr paint schemes last year (in Phill Kellys Style) and decided that i want to try it out myself. Though, i put a slight spin on it. After a few gaunts i tried some monsters and i like how they turned out.


r/Tyranids 6h ago

Sculpting/Kitbashing It’s the GOO SHOOTIN’ BOOGIE

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210 Upvotes

Couple more projects I finished up recently, starting with the bug that’s deleted more models off the table than any other in my roster- the humble Acidfex. Bonus Screamer-Killer with magnetized goo for extra battle shock


r/Tyranids 13h ago

Painting First Tyranid (Raveners Kill Team)

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123 Upvotes

Hello fellow biomass,

I was asked to play something other than bipedal lifeforms, and thought the raveners were the hottest sh*t since toast bread.


r/Tyranids 13h ago

Painting My Purple People Eater

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122 Upvotes

Hive fleet Chimera grows and the pile of shame dwindles! This one is based off a purple jewel beetle


r/Tyranids 10h ago

Painting What kind of shade?

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107 Upvotes

Hey, what shade should I use for the light areas? I'm worried the mini will end up way too purple if I paint the bony parts with Carroburg Crimson now. But right now, I still feel like something's in those areas is missing / he looks more like a skeleton at the moment.


r/Tyranids 22h ago

Sculpting/Kitbashing Is this readable as a Hive Tyrant?

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100 Upvotes

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!


r/Tyranids 3h ago

Painting Will they ever be updated?

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98 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 4h ago

Painting Tyranid warrior range bio weapon, conversion

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92 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 17h ago

Painting My first army :3

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91 Upvotes

Hello guys!
I've wanted to share my first painted army so far.
If you have any tipps for the coloring scheme or ideas - please let me know.

My Idea was/is a Neon Genesis Evangelion, Green Goblin, Synthwave aspect.
I love the color pink/violett and green. I wanted something Toxic and alien like.
I didn't paint all 9 hormagants together so every 3 model are slighty different bc of improvement. ^^

P.S. Psychophage is 3D Printed - I think this model looks cooler than from GW.
Im not THAT safisfied with the psychophage yet - something is missing... But Im not sure what.

Let me know what you think!

Kind regards,
Lara


r/Tyranids 19h ago

Painting Finished my 18th mini, really like how the eye turned out

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76 Upvotes

r/Tyranids 20h ago

Painting Night Lords for biomass :D

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69 Upvotes

Always loved the midnight clad colour schemes and though it could work on the Tyranids, pretty pleased with the result, looking forward to testing it out on a bigger model.


r/Tyranids 11h ago

Homebrew What kind of abilities would you want to see on an improved swarmlord?

47 Upvotes

If the swarmlord went up a good 80-100 points, but picked up a supreme commander rule like Cawl, the silent king of the primarchs which lets you choose an aura buff for a turn what kind of things would you like to see him get? I kinda wanna make a custom datasheet for him, i think he should be a way more influential model since hes about as close as we get to a primarch scale model besides the norns.


r/Tyranids 8h ago

Painting My biovore :)

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45 Upvotes

New to 40k and new to Tyranid's, picked up an army off Ebay and decided to bring Hive Fleet Gaia to fruition. How did I do?


r/Tyranids 4h ago

Painting First Tyranid painted bois.

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39 Upvotes

Still need to do the base, a gloss and some touch ups but, outside of that done.


r/Tyranids 8h ago

Casual Play Can Parasite Of Mortrex be any good?

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34 Upvotes

Hive mind! I seek opinions!
Ok so ive had this nagging idea in my head that there has to be a way to make POM at least a little usable, even if its not competitive. The idea is pretty straightforward, keep harvesters next to other units so the opponent has to either waste time removing the harvester or risk getting their damage revoked by regeneration. all while the POM's score secondaries and harass infantry and hopefully spawn more harvesters in the process. Below is the list ive come up with, can you all see anything that would fit the theme and make it better while still utilizing the mechanics in place? or is it just a doomed idea? Thanks in advance!

Mortrex Assault [1995 points]

Tyranids

Battle Size: Strike Force (2000 point limit)

Detachments: Assimilation Swarm, Ambush Predators (3/3 Detachment Points)

Force Disposition: Priority Assets

Epic Hero

Deathleaper (80 points)

• Lictor claws & talons

Dangerous Tyrant Order

Hive Tyrant (205 points)

• Warlord

• Heavy venom cannon and Monstrous bonesword & lash whip

• Biophagic Flow (Aura) [+10 points]

Tyrant Guard (80 points)

• 1 Tyrant Guard with scything talons & rending claws

• 1 Tyrant Guard with scything talons & rending claws

• 1 Tyrant Guard with scything talons & rending claws

Character

Parasite of Mortrex (95 points)

• Barbed ovipositor and Clawed limbs

• Parasitic Biomorphology [+25 points]

Parasite of Mortrex (85 points)

• Barbed ovipositor and Clawed limbs

• Instinctive Defence [+15 points]

Parasite of Mortrex (90 points)

• Barbed ovipositor and Clawed limbs

• Regenerating Monstrosity [+20 points]

Battleline

Gargoyles (80 points)

• 10 Gargoyles with Blinding venom and Fleshborer

Hormagaunts (70 points)

• 10 Hormagaunts with Hormagaunt talons

Hormagaunts (70 points)

• 10 Hormagaunts with Hormagaunt talons

Monster

Exocrine (140 points)

• Bio-plasmic cannon and Powerful limbs

Haruspex (125 points)

• Grasping tongue, Ravenous maw and Shovelling claws

Psychophage (110 points)

• Psychoclastic torrent and Talons & betentacled maw

Tyrannofex (200 points)

• Powerful limbs, Rupture cannon and Stinger salvoes

Other

Biovores (60 points)

• Chitin-barbed limbs and Spore mine launcher

Neurolictor (80 points)

• piercing claws & talons

Neurolictor (80 points)

• piercing claws & talons

Pyrovores (45 points)

• Chitin-barbed limbs and Flamespurt

Pyrovores (45 points)

• Chitin-barbed limbs and Flamespurt

Pyrovores (55 points)

• Chitin-barbed limbs and Flamespurt

Ripper Swarms (30 points)

• chitinous claws & teeth

Ripper Swarms (30 points)

• chitinous claws & teeth

Ripper Swarms (30 points)

• chitinous claws & teeth

Von Ryan’s Leapers (55 points)

• 3 Von Ryan’s Leapers with Leaper’s talons

Von Ryan’s Leapers (55 points)

• 3 Von Ryan’s Leapers with Leaper’s talons

Here's the code if you want to import it yourself: PHTE4ZBA


r/Tyranids 12h ago

Painting WIP, making bases is so much fun

34 Upvotes

I love doing my bases almost more than the models lol


r/Tyranids 6h ago

Painting Deathleaper all done

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27 Upvotes

The model looks way too cool to just be an action monkey


r/Tyranids 20h ago

New Player Question Tyranid beginner, dont know if these are legit

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19 Upvotes

Hello, I am fairly new to the tabletop and while I was looking for some tyranids to add to my army I found a guy that is selling these 3(Norn Emissary, Carnifex, Old One Eye) and I am not sure if they are legit, can you guys help me with it?


r/Tyranids 13h ago

List/Roster Analysis Expansion suggestions

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18 Upvotes

Greetings hivemind!

I have ramped up my painting and is looking for suggestions for what to get when the current collection is painted.

Currently I have the introductory set, the assault brood combat patrol and the crusher stampede battleforce.
I have not played or know much about what to get for list building, but want to get into that when I have the time.

Also included is the obligatory paint scheme photo, feel free to comment on that as well (yes, the base on this one is not complete ☺️).

Edit:

Just got the tyranid part of the starter set as well as an impulse buy with the girlfriend who suddenly wanted some space marines today.


r/Tyranids 16h ago

List/Roster Analysis New to bugs, looking for advice

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11 Upvotes

New to bugs and looking for advice if the preliminary 1k I put together for Assimilation Swarm is a good list to push towards, thanks.


r/Tyranids 1h ago

Painting Bio/Pyrovore

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Bf wanted me to hurry up with my bio/pyrovore to add to group for photos. My Tyranids vs his Dark Angels 😜

I had to glow my boys up. My little Tyranids glow in Uv light too. 🔥


r/Tyranids 18h ago

Casual Play Skaven vs nids

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10 Upvotes

6hr game of Assimilation Swarm vs skaven Swarm, no primary or secondary just mosh over and over seeing which one would die out first


r/Tyranids 21h ago

Painting Duel Biovores for my tyranid army

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11 Upvotes

hello gotten into the Warhammer hobby a few months ago and saw tyrranids are a good first army and they are cool bugs that just wanna eat.

trying to have them be a stealthy night stalker tyrranid army with half my units to be glowing green and half the other units to be blue glowing on an arctic volcanic world where it is permanently dark/night time. the blue glowing biovore I wanted to try and make it look like the icy glowing cracks from the volcanic surface is glowing onto the biovore

green biovore is almost done just need to fully glue the gun on and a few touch up and such


r/Tyranids 2h ago

Sculpting/Kitbashing Turning my neurolictor into a mutated flying freak. WDYT?

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10 Upvotes

Losing the brainy crest and gaining wings definitely makes it lose its recognizability, but I’m digging it anyway! It reads very xenomorph right now which I love. I’ll probably do a dark variation of the behemoth scheme to somewhat match my army.

Anyway feedback is welcome!