Infestation - part 3.

 

Greetings, welcome to the third part of this push to get the Tyranid army complete for the 28th of September.

I've pushed on and gotten the HQ and a few other bits finished off this week, let's take a look:

Starting with the remaining 11 Neurogaunts, this now finishes off the full unit from the Leviathan sets*:

Next are 3 of the 4 Ripper Swarms needed for the force, these are fun little models to paint:

This is the second Prime for the Von Ryan's Leapers units, I only painted this one as I am aiming to have the force finished, so didn't want to waste brushwork on 2 models which will be sat out for the time being:

Onto the big guys, this is the first Psychophage from the Leviathan sets. I removed the sculpted on smoke effects which is attached to the top of the spore chimneys on its back, as I dislike sculpted on effects in such a large and obvious manner.

It follows a lot of the same techniques as the Screamer-Killer from last week, I took pains to make a fleshy underbelly who h was different to the grey skin of the rest of the Tyranids:

In our game this guy is going to "count-as" a Mawloc, as it fits the role quite well, and saves myself and Cardboard Fortress from messing around having to make rules for the damn thing from scratch:

Lastly the big HQ, the Winged Hive Tyrant**.

This was a very fun model to paint, the wings and weapons provide a really nice contrast to the predominant grey and purple of the Tyranid carapace and Chitin armour:

With a rundown of the armour, we can see how we're getting on:

HQ:

Hive Tyrant - 300.

(Bone Sword, Lash Whip, Wings, Adrenal Glands, Toxic Miasma, Regeneration).

ELITES:

Lictor Brood - 130.

(2 Von Ryan's Leapers).

Lictor Brood - 130.

(2 Von Ryan's Leapers).

The Doom of Malan'tai - 90.

(Neurotyrant).

TROOPS:

Termagant Brood - 100.

(20 Termagants).

Termagant Brood - 100.

(20 Termagants).

Hormagaunt Brood - 120.

(20 Neurogaunts).

Ripper Swarm - 40.

(4 Ripper Swarms).

FAST ATTACK:

Shrike Brood - 80.

(2 Winged Primes, Adrenal Glands).

HEAVY SUPPORT:

Carnifex Brood - 195.

(Screamer-Killer, Adrenal Glands, Regeneration).

Mawloc - 215.

(Psychophage, Adrenal Glands, Regeneration).

1,500 points, exactly.

Quite a lot finished off, and into the final push of the army to get it finished.

Fortunately I'm feeling a lot better and should be back at work the week after, so I still have a few days off in which to get this lot finished and go and have the game at Element Games before then.

Until next time, have nice day...

*I'll be leaving the 2 controller beats out of the force as I only need the 20 Neurogaunts for the squad.

At some point we will have to work up some rules for the little guys, especially if/when a proper Hormagaunt Brood turns up in the force!

**Often referred to as a "Flyrant".