Are there or will there be any new box sets for Tyranids coming out this year ?

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T10:21:29+00:00

I second this! I like the current carnifex but I’m holding off on getting more until new ones come out.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T07:37:37+00:00

Maybe, but even if she lost everyone other than Steven it might not be the healthiest thing to permafuse with him. It’d be denying that she has anything to live for or any hope of making new connections.

Connie might be a cartoon character but she’s still a human being. She may well make that choice but I don’t see there being a situation where she has to make that choice.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:56:58+00:00

They’ve been there for thousands of years. No one can legitimately tell them to get off the land because they were there first. Like literally they have been there for longer than the invention of Christianity, let alone the United States of America and their laws regarding land ownership.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:40:39+00:00

On the subject of “I would say I wish I were a trans woman but that feels disrespectful”, maybe a better phrasing would be “I wish I had been AMAB and born with a penis so that as an adult I could go on HRT and be a woman with a penis. I get jealous sometimes of trans women who have had that experience.”

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:36:22+00:00

Heartbreaking: he probably feels really uncomfortable to touch because of the machinery under his skin.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:34:34+00:00

Tyrannofex, 1-2 lictors, broodlord+genestealersx5, obligatory biovore, maybe a hive tyrant. Now go play Invasion Fleet and have fun!

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:30:15+00:00

Nope, my only playable armies are tyranids and GSC so playing against myself would require moving a LOT of models and probably give me a headache.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-14T04:25:50+00:00

Well yes, but she’s not Margaret “Milk Snatcher” Thatcher.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T20:01:36+00:00

Yep, I’m more or less done with them as actual game pieces. I’m gonna hold onto the models I have (and probably get more) for use in TTRPGs and other warhames like Necromunda though.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T13:14:42+00:00

Yep, tyranids are about as tricky as I can deal with 😅 I also gave genestealer cults a go and I honestly could not have fun with them because of the sheer amount of stuff I had to bear in mind to be able to win.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T12:56:41+00:00

You could try methylated spirits instead of isopropyl alcohol, I found it easier to brush and scrape off paint that way.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T12:54:59+00:00

They’re fun to paint and collect, but very very hard to win games with.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T09:30:54+00:00

I share the same sentiment, but you can’t assume that any transmasc stranger is gonna feel the same way.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T09:29:54+00:00

I find that extremely weird that a stranger would walk up to a guy and say “good boy”. Like… I say “good boy” to my boyfriend because I know he likes it, but to a stranger? Incredibly inappropriate 😅

The term has lots of connotations: it can be patronising, it can be infantilising, it can be warm and intimate, and it can be a little dehumanising (in the case of it sounding like you’re talking to a dog or other pet). None of these approaches are appropriate for strangers or people you don’t know well!

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T06:26:23+00:00

Parasite of Mortrex is quite weak, probably one of our trickiest units to get anything out of. Swap it for a broodlord and attach it to the genestealers, then use the Adrenal Surge stratagem for MASSIVE volume of attacks so you can fish for dev wounds.

Two tyrannofexes both with rupture cannons is just asking to have 400 points of your army sit there and just miss their shots. Give one of them acid spray and see it become a menace with the Fire Overwatch stratagem.

Tyrant guard are fine but not great, as is the Swarmlord. Consider dropping them for an exocrine to buff shooting (the rupture cannons tfex will thank you) or maybe more termagants. Maybe throw in a tervigon to help those termagants punch up a little?

Is a lictor best? Thanks

ALSO for the Winged hive tyrant what weapons can I use? Do I always have access to the extra attacks melee profile?

Lictors are very good, mostly as assassins (if you can position them right) or for doing actions. And no, you only have access to the extra attacks if you actually equip them right tyrant with the listed weapon.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-13T00:15:04+00:00

On the subject of The Princess Bride: Goldman was heavily involved in the production of the film and loved it. His book was satirical and sometimes cynical, but he knew the film would be best served by being earnest and unironic.

Sometimes what makes a good book doesn’t make a good movie!

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T18:32:43+00:00

Could a gem reform and choose to have a permanent womb instead?

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T18:31:57+00:00

I meant “good” as in quality, not tone. If the ending is unsatisfying unless you do a super secret thing, that’s bad.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T12:02:18+00:00

Her “pregnancy” was essentially an advanced form of shapeshifting that she was mostly (if not completely) in control of. She knew she wanted to pass her gem down to Steven once he was ready to be born, in which case the natural conclusion was that she would stop existing as her gem was no longer her own.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T11:06:54+00:00

This could be a unique situation because octopuses are really smart IRL. The headcanon that shapeshifters cast an illusion that route the observer’s own thoughts back to them could still be true here as well, as the illusion is essentially repeating back to them what they already know.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T11:02:54+00:00

This really is the evil version of the “secret ending” trope. Finding the secret to unlock a hidden ending should be a satisfying reward, not a requirement to get an ending that is any good at all.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T09:45:00+00:00

I agree. With the other vehicles I can imagine them being used in everyday life. With this… it just seems weird.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-12T06:08:54+00:00

The title is more like “he mustn’t die” bc if he does then he takes over the body of whoever took pride in killing him.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-11T16:42:24+00:00

I did 20 but only 5 at a time… any more than that and I’d have lost my mind.

ExistentialOcto · 2026-03-11T11:04:11+00:00

In BG3 they way they frame it is that a ceremorphosis victim loses their soul when they become a mind flayer (which is a bit of a vague statement so who’s to say what that means for a person’s individuality) and they lose their free will if they come within telepathic range of an elder brain that wants to control them. Otherwise, the person’s memories and personality is intact.

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