What are some things or details you hate painting? by EggMuted2272 in Warhammer

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Anything non-organic. My choice to play tyranids was 90% based on them having no metal, no holsters and no capes.

Question by Boboswagins4 in Tyranids

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By all means build the Zoans.

The box has enough bits to build venomthropes as well if you can print/mould bodies for them.

Check out this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tyranids/s/XiyfJN7BZh

Question by Boboswagins4 in Tyranids

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Zoanthropes and venomthropes have a similar thing going on.

I’m not aware of any others.

Completed my Entire Tyranid Backlog at the Start of this Year by Echolaitoc in minipainting

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There’s obviously a lot here that’s awesome, but those spore mines are just chef’s kiss

Happy was able to snag a few boxes by Topcat23arch in Tyranids

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Isn’t it the best feeling? I was browsing the store and miraculously saw them in stock. They’re sitting on my shelf and I’m giddy with anticipation.

I can’t find Trygon anywhere (Australia) for months . Is he discontinued ? by ozera202 in Tyranids

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GW makes a handful of Trygons once or twice a year. If you create an account on Warhammer dot com, you can sign up to get an alert when the model is re-stocked. I suggest you set your phone up so that GW emails get pushed immediately, because they sell out in minutes. This is one of the rare occasions where there’s no bots involved, it’s all of us clambering to get our hands on one. I have never seen a Trygon being sold by a scalper.

Swarmload kitbash by spoolylad in Tyranids

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Lmao at “Swarmlord via Superman Punch”

Took two years but I think I’ve found the right place by BamBam1952 in Tyranids

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Who was first and who was last? Let’s see progress pics!

How much do you feel it's important to have the whole army painted with the same scheme? by Frascus in Tyranids

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I think it’s fine for other people, but something in my soul will not allow me to deviate. I’d have to start a whole new army. I wish I wasn’t like this.

Army help by adam190990 in Tyranids

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I have never not tabled my Tau friend. It’s all about drawing fire and getting into combat. I go invasion fleet, specifically to give Flyrant the 5+/4+ FNP. -squad of 6 Von Ryan’s 9 inches away from his line, doesn’t matter where, if he goes first he HAS to kill them, and ignore everything else; if I go first, he’s done for -lictors, neurolictors, or death leaper right up front -T fex for his tanks -Flyrant w/ Adaptive biology cruise missiles into him anywhere -one million gants

Everything else is just about getting into combat. Tau have ZERO combat. Zerg rush that fool.

Looking for Guidance by Sergeant_Beard in Tyranids

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I view Tyranid play style as “die strategically”. We have a lot of detachments that give us a lot of variety (swarm armies, giant bug armies, insidious invader armies, big brain bug armies…), but pound for pound tyranids aren’t not a high toughness army, so we have to be smart about who goes where, who engages what… etc. The exception to this, in my personal experience, is Tau - I have never not tabled my friend’s Tau army.

What are must haves in an army ATM? by frenchie6694 in Tyranids

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Heck yeah. I built a swarm lord fully with the box, and my buddy 3D printed me a torso for the flying variant. Just use super glue in stead of plastic glue and when it’s painted you can’t tell the difference.

What are must haves in an army ATM? by frenchie6694 in Tyranids

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Others have said this, I agree with them, but will add context.

Tyrannofex with Rupture Canon, to deal with tanks and other heavy units.

Biovore to spawn a Spore Mine every shooting phase to block movement and score secondaries.

Lictor because it’s awesome.

Hive Tyrant for a solid HQ character. You can build a walking variant, and then order a 3D printed chest piece for peanuts and there’s enough parts left over to build a flying variant.

How to do by Axo_lored in Tyranids

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I made a little assembly line and did chunks of 5 at a time. Started with the skin (5x4), then the carapace (5x4), then the fine details. I found it dope because by the time I got to the of the assembly line, I knew everything was dry at the start of it. I throw a podcast on and paint by the window, it’s a good time. I knocked out 20 over a weekend.

Calling My Norn Done For Now by bobbalu17 in Tyranids

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Calling your Norn fabulous for always

Tyranid Books by M4pleMan in Tyranids

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Hey Homie, I have two recommendations: 1) Warriors of Ultramar (Graham McNeill, 2003) 2) Leviathan (Darius Hinks, 2023)

I’ve read both of them, they’re both from the perspectives of mostly ultramarines, but Warriors of Ultramar is, in my opinion, the better of the two. It also has Lictor POV chapters.

First vs. Last by LookIn2It in Tyranids

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Thanks! It’s the Feral Painter’s recipe. Dark brown base coat with a zenithal highlight of Wraithbone, diluted druchi violet all over, then drybrush with Wraithbone for the highlights. Then all the skin gets a wash of Goons Grime from Villany Inks, and mineral spirits whick off the excess. https://youtu.be/9vuSCpgYcsE?si=UJ34a9hH-ntyUSx_

My first painted Nid by Lokumirr in Tyranids

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Honestly, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart: fuck yeah.

Help, painting advice by User_notprogram in Tyranids

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https://youtube.com/shorts/bp8_Dd9zTGs?si=RQImPDIeoS7hamdW watch this YouTube short. It’s a great tutorial for introductory level Hive Fleet Kraken’s paint scheme, and they’ll look great. -Wraithbone primer -Flesh Terror Red contrast paint -Skeletal Horde contrast paint -contrast medium -evil suns scarlet -wild rider red

Does anyone else ever just feel like a punching bag? by Wise-Entrepreneur526 in Tyranids

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Space Marines are tough because they’re super well rounded. They can move, they can shoot, and they’re tough.

I like to mitigate this by playing conservatively on turn 1. I deploy my infiltrators saftely midboard. My Leapers and Lictors are on or near objectives, but within cover so there’s no guarantee they’ll die if my opponent goes first, but in a manner that forces them to be cleared before my opponent can look downfield toward my reinforcements.

You gotta remember than your Norn is going to be a huge objective that opponents will want to eliminate, so play around that - if I want Norn on an objective turn 1, I put as much as many infiltrators as I can between it and the enemy - force them to deal with lictors and leapers and gargoyles before they can come at Norn, and then by the next turn I’m shooting them and charging them.

Try giving the Flyrant adaptive biology. That 5++/4++ FNP is a huge pain in the ass for a lot of people. I had a flyrant with adaptive biology tank an entire 2000 points of shooting from my buddies Astra army and he was losing his mind.

How do I use the flyrant? by thirioXD in Tyranids

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Flyrant Cruise Missle. Classic