Bugs...Faahhhsands of 'em...

[Inso]

Well...not strictly true but I thought I'd build me a 'Bug' type army that dwells on a desert planet...a bit like Starship Troopers but using other miniatures.  The idea for these turned up as a result of me building my Grymn Tunnel Fighters and needing something that lived in caverns for them to fight.

Tyranids were the obvious choice so I set about putting together a small force of 'nids. 

I placed limits on what I could use...the only ranged weapons being bio-plasma and any carapace launched spines...I can use these because we have insects on earth that fire chemicals and launch hairs/needles to defend themselves.

I also didn't want them to be carrying anything (like weapons/rifles...that sort of thing) so they all had to have claws.  I didn't want the claws to look too human so I also trimmed off thumbs where I needed to.

Painting was a case of making them blend in with their desert surroundings rather than be painted garishly (like they usually are).

This is what I ended up with:





The Rippers are magnetised so they can be removed as wound markers.  The Carnifex is the leader at the moment but will be replaced by a hive-queen when I finish her...egg-sac and all.  I have a small amount of Rippers, the hive queen and a bunch of flying gaunts to go but they are just in boxes so they will wait.

Next up...varnishing them and sorting out a carry case for them...

[Hauptgefreiter]

They look great!

[redzed]

great (and subtle) choice of colourings

[Pil]

They look very nice and coherent

[mattblackgod]

Very nice. I like the natural colours.

[dijit]

Theres always something very appealing about well painted Nyds. Though I've always wanted to see some painted with iridescent paints abit like some beetles.

Duncan

[Mr.J]

Very nice!

[aircav]

Very nice 

[Inso]

Thanks .

I put these together to act as a foe for my Grymn Tunnel Fighters and wanted them to look natural rather than bio-engineered...

...and they were really simple to paint...so it was win-win really.

[DAWGIE]

OOOOOOOOH, MOST EXCELLENT! 


NOW it is your fault if i go out and spend my money  on overpriced GW plastic TYRANIDS. . . .

THIS from the aulde fart who owns a 100 of the original 40K plastic genestealers, and a 100 SST:THE MOVIE plastic arachnid warriors . . .


DAWGIE