#tyrannofex

[hive-fleet-blight]

WIP Tyrannofex kitbash from a Psychophage

[wh40kgallery]

Tyranid Tyrannofex

by Paul Dainton

[phoub]

doggy

[petterwass]

Tyranid Tyrannofex

[abearirl]

billy the birthday bug is primed and ready for painting!! he also has a man-snack in his claw for later >:3c

[soylent-robot]

Orks Vs Tyranids: Real Idiot Mode

had a very stupid game today

120 yes 120 boyz, 3 warbosses, 3 painboyz

the swarmlord, old one eye, norn emissary, haruspex, 2x carnifexes, tyrannofex, trygon, 20 termagants

very glad i got these movement trays

it was a real classic donnybrook. felt good to be rolling handfuls of 40+ dice. i thought the boyz would struggle but they pulled down the trygon & swarmlord very quickly

the norn and carnifexes were much tougher to chew through though. lost 2/3rds of the boyz but took down everything except the tyrannofex in the end, 74 to 70 for the orks. i think the advantage of the list is that there is utterly nothing worth hitting with the big attacks. a carnifex will murder a tank in one round of melee with its 8 attacks, but here thats just 8 dead boyz and who cares.

finally, video of Take Damage

[alienpigkiller]

Psychophage and tyrannofex :)

[jermagaunt]

Another battle report, another Black Templar Vs Tyranids. Using Ironstorm Spearhead I take on the Vanguard Onslaught list that my crusaders usually struggle with. We played purge the foe with a dawn of war deployment.

I got first turn which I kinda didn't want so decided to play defensively. I almost managed to kill my opponent's maleceptor with a ballistus dread on the left flank and managed to kill a lictor in the middle to get area denial turn one. My opponent killed all but one of the squad that scored me area denial and pushed forwards aggressively.

Turn two saw me kill the maleceptor and wipe the squad off the middle. My one remaining crusader got overwatched to get my opponent points towards the primary objective and another crusader squad failed a charge against some genestealers while the squad on the right flank failed to finish off the von Ryan's leapers :( My opponent rapid ingressed a mawlok on my turn dealing 3 mortal wounds to everything within 12 inch (lucky bastard) and on their turn killed that squad of crusaders and also blew up my transport, letting my Emperor's Champion and his sword bros out. I was able to kill the mawlok with my dreadnought after it was brought in thankfully. On their turn my opponent was also able to kill one of my scout squads off camera on the left :(

Turn three and I charged the genestealers and broodlord with my sword bros and emperor's champion and brought my second unit of sword bros on to try and steal my opponents home objective. Scores were pretty close at this point and my crusader squad on the left failed another charge against the genestealers! This was after my opponent made 7 5+ saves on the genestealers from my plasma cannon! Thankfully the dreadnought was able to charge in but only killed two more genestealers. These are the luckiest genestealers in the world! The genestealers then fell back on their turn and charge my other scout squad (detachment rule for fallback and charge) and killed them! As well as me failing two 2+ saves on my techmarine to have him killed by gargoyles :( the swarmlord charged into one of my dreadnoughts and took him down to just 3 wounds as well after me failing 3/5 3+ saves (using a reroll so it wouldnt die)

Turn 4 and my opponent chose a secret mission which apparently made me blackout because I barely remember what happened after this. I remember killing the swarmlord straight away which was all I needed to do to stop the secret mission but then I decided to kill the gargoyles and stop them getting 3 objectives just in case they took any of the other secret missions. In turn 4 I did kill the gargoyles and then had to plan how to block them from holding 3 objectives. I also made my charge on the biovore to take the home objective, the biovore was being annoying and blocking my reserves with spore mines (which also gave me extra points for the main objective if I killed them so not all is bad). What I definitely remember from this turn is that probably the greatest moment from any of my games of 40k. I killed the swarmlord, he blew up and took the last 3 wounds off my dreadnought... Which blew up and dealt 3 wounds to my gladiator tank! It took 6 mortal wounds from 2d3 deadly demises!

Last turn I killed one of the tyrannofexes, only after this point did my opponent tell me that I stopped their secret mission almost immediately after they selected it by killing the swarmlord and they had no chance of winning after that but liked watching me sweat. Bastard.

Really fun game overall, I feel like it would have been much closer without the secret mission but my opponent agreed the swarmlord dying causing a double deadly demise was definitely worth losing that game.

[ultraminis40k]

So ths is another one of my kitbashes. It was a Castellan Knight, however I added in parts from The Great Unclean One, a Tyrannofex, Green Stuff, Resin, and Cork. His name is Anthraxus, Corrupted Knight of Nurgle. Hanging on his back are the faceplates of the Imperial Knights who dared challenge him and failed. Let me know your thoughts.

[banshee-king]

Tyranid Model Thoughts:

I love the new poses for the Hormagaunts, they look great. I was kind of hoping they’d get some weapon options similar to Termagants though, oh well. Termagants did get a new gun though, plus some weapons they used to have and lost. Very happy to see that.

Genestealers! They look good, still have their old Ymgarl heads, and now it looks like they’ve got actual parts for their Acid Maws too. Not gonna lie, I was still hoping for more. Kill Team gave units so much customisation options, and Genestealers are the corner stone for an entire faction. In Space Hulk we see so many different types of Genestealers; stealthy ones, armoured ones, exploding ones. Also, Hybrids can have whips and boneswords, that DNA they receive from Genestealers, I’d hoped that therefore they’d get them too.

Lictors! Okay so the pictures are a bit weird. Lictors are one of my favourite units, but the Leviathan one looks bad to me. Like it’s limbs are too thin, too gangly, and its torso too big, like it’s wearing an oversized vest. But the Behemoth Lictor looks great, so hopefully it’s just the camera angle. Neurolictors look great too, I love the tail, and the head, and everything really. Now let’s hope these units actually have good rules and can actually assassinate things like they’re supposed to.

Biovores/Pyrovores! I’m mixed. It’s a dual kit which is cool, but I honestly have trouble telling them apart. Maybe if the Biovore’s gun was aimed up more like a mortar? Their look reminds me of the Swarm Host from Starcraft, which is one of my favourite Zerg units, but I also don’t like that these look like Zerg more than Tyranids. They look more like artillery now which is cool, more sturdy, but they’ve lost the Ork resemblance which I liked. Also how big are they? I thought Bio/Pyrovores were Hive Guard sized, but these seem a little bigger. If Hive Guard are 3-6 models per unit though, and Exocrines/Tyrannofexs are 1 model per unit, I hope the Bio/Pyrovores are 1-3 models per unit. If they are 1 model per units, they might have some issues.

And finally, the Norn Emissary/Assimilator! Their size is confusing, a little bigger than a Wraithlord? Riptide sized? Both these and the Nuerotyrant are disappointingly small. They seem to fill the same role as the Dimachaeron, and they also sort of have the same general silhouette as the Hive Tyrant, which isn’t great. I kind of wished for something more unique. That being said, I still like them, and I’ll probably buy the Emissary.

Overall I’m personally happy with these. I have some gripes, but nothing so bad that it ruins things.

[hive-fleet-blight]

WIP pictures and a height comparison of the Tervigon and Tyrannofex/Psychophage kitbash.

...Not sure how I'm going to actually going to get it to stay *on* the base 🤔

[fromcommorragh]

Tyranids by Beniamino Bradi

[kgustin87]

WIP of my Hive Fleet Kronos Tyrannofex. Acid sprayer is done, just gotta finish up the body.

[straebobble]

For anyone who may be wondering what the full list is, here is the BattleScribe page.

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Tyranids) [96 PL, 2,000pts, -1CP] ++

+ Configuration +

Detachment Command Cost

Game Type: Open

Hive Fleet: (Lurk) Unfeeling Resilience, Gorgon

+ Stratagems +

Rarefied Enhancements [-1CP]: Extra Bio-artefact

+ HQ +

Neurothrope [5 PL, 100pts]: Power: Catalyst, Power: Onslaught, Power: Poisonous Influence, Power: Smite

. Relic: Resonance Barb: Power: Neuroparasite

Winged Hive Tyrant [11 PL, 230pts]: Adrenal Glands, Lash Whip and Monstrous Bonesword, Power: Neuroparasite, Power: Poisonous Influence, Power: Smite, Relic: The Reaper of Obilterax, Toxin Sacs, Warlord, Warlord Trait: Lethal Miasma

+ Troops +

Hormagaunts [12 PL, 286pts]: Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs

. 26x Hormagaunt: 26x Hormagaunt Talons

Termagants [12 PL, 232pts]: Adrenal Glands, Fleshborer, 29x Termagant

Tyranid Warriors [4 PL, 115pts]: Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword

. Tyranid Warrior: Deathspitter, Lash Whip and Bonesword

+ Elites +

Genestealers [9 PL, 152pts]: 2x Acid Maw, 2x Flesh Hooks, Toxin Sacs

. 8x Genestealer: 8x Genestealer Claws and Talons

Maleceptor [10 PL, 230pts]: Adaptive Physiology: Synaptic Enhancement, Power: Catalyst, Power: Poisonous Influence, Power: Smite

Toxicrene [9 PL, 160pts]: Adaptive Physiology: Synaptic Enhancement

Venomthropes [5 PL, 105pts]

. 3x Venomthrope: 3x Toxic Lashes

+ Fast Attack +

Parasite of Mortrex [4 PL, 80pts]

Raveners [4 PL, 105pts]

. Ravener: Deathspitter, Two Rending Claws

. Ravener: Deathspitter, Two Rending Claws

. Ravener: Deathspitter, Two Rending Claws

+ Heavy Support +

Tyrannofex [11 PL, 205pts]: Adaptive Physiology: Voracious Ammunition, Rupture Cannon

++ Total: [96 PL, -1CP, 2,000pts] ++

Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net)

My Tyranid Army painted thus far, still have a few models to get, and several to paint, but we’re getting there. Still need to figure out what to do for the bases.

[trying-to-paint]

Based up the Tyrannofex.

[jermagaunt]

Another game another battle report, spoiler alert got my ass handed to me by this vanguard onslaught list that perfectly counters everything in my army. We were playing terraform with an extra objective in the middle, my list is usually really good for this mission but the vanguard is just faster at what I do well.

Opponent got turn one and here is what the board looked like after set up and scouts

End of turn one saw an annoying failed charge on the death leaper from me and lots of genestealers and crusaders wiped out. A lictor charged one of my eradicator squads and I heroically intervened with my crusaders to wipe him out. I was a wimp with my land raider due to annoying firing lanes and will eventually get it trapped in the corner after rolling very poorly with the squads in that corner

Final picture (thought I got one for end of turn 3 as well but apparently not) sees my guys not being able to break out that corner and I also failed a charge with my reserves from the other corner. The game was pretty.much sealed at his point and we talked out the rest of the game after turn 3 to get some final scores and because my opponent was playing boarding action shortly after this game. Really should have sent the land raider up the middle and not worried about the tyrannofex because it only has a 20% chance of one shotting it in ideal (for it) situations and a 5% chance (which high chance for no damage) if I use stratagems but I'm so wimpy with it! Need to get it in the fight early because it's got my best anti tank in there to take out the abundance of monsters.

Lower effort battle report today (not just because I lost!) because the first full one took ages to type out and was tiring even if it was fun to write. Here are the final scores and I need to think of a strategy to defeat this list at least once!

I probably scored some primary turn 3 as well but must've forgotten to put it