Tyranids Finished

Managed to get the Tyranids done that I was working on last night. The beauty of this army is they are a 3 color minimum in the truest sense. The only colors on them are the tan skin, the blue chitin, and the black blades. The Zoanthrope is the one exception, I put a Baal Red wash over the exposed brain parts.

So with these 3 minis painted, it brings me a 100 and something points closer to the 2000 point list I've got planned out for them. Whenever I get around to it, I've got a Carnifex kit laying around that will be converted to a Tervigon, and some gargoyles still left before I need to make some more Tyranid purchases and continue the growth of the Hive Fleet.

Tyranid Update

Decided to take a minor break from the Deathwing extravaganza I've been having for the past month, and continued working on some gribbly little monsters that have been lurking around my desk for a while (since Christmas).  First up, we have a Zoanthrope, the first one I've added to my Hive Fleet. I'm excited to try him out on the tabletop, Strength 10 AP 1 Lance is quite nasty!

Next to the Zoanthrope, laying in pieces, is a Hive Guard. I already have 1 in the Hive Fleet, and adding a second one will be absolutely lethal to Rhinos, Chimera's, Dreads, and anything of that nature. Especially since Line Of Sight is not needed!

And last but not least, a lone Hormaguant that somehow slipped through the cracks when I did a mass painting of them a few months back.

Hormagaunts Done

Finished up my first batch of 18 Hormagaunts last night. That should leave me with...32 more to finish for my planned 2k list that I someday want to put together. That seems like a lot to finish, but between the 25 Termigants and these hormagaunts that are now completed, I'm over half way done with my gaunts.

Up next for the 'nids is my first Zoanthrope. I've already got him assembled, just need to prime him and throw some paint at him and hope it sticks. Although, I do have a squad of Deathwing that needs to get painted up, and they are looking awfully tempting...I guess we will have to wait and see what happens.

What I've been doing

Just a quick update on what I've been doing hobby-wise for the past few months. I've been busy continuing work on my Tyranids and I've slowly started to work on my Imperial Guard. I've managed to get the 'Nids to a painted and playable 1000 points, minus the Hormagaunts you see there that are still gray, but I'm working on that.



The Imperial Guard on the other hand I haven't actually painted anything new for them, mostly just been doing repairs on mini's that have been broken over the years. I actually just got those Ogryn's in the front in a trade yesterday, and Monday I will be getting a squad of Rough Riders too, so I'm pretty happy about that. 

Anyways, that's all for now. I know I don't always have time to post on the site and keep content coming regularly, but when life permits I like to take the time to post up what I've been working on and share my projects with all the bloggers out there.

Trygon Table Top Ready

Here it is in all its Table Top Ready glory. Not a fancy paint job, just enough to get the point across. No highlights, no shading, just the basic base colors that I can build on later once the basics of the army is done. You will notice that the base is still black, but nothing in the army has been based yet. I still haven't made up my mind on how I'm going to approach that subject. I've had a suggestion to go with a red planet type base, which would provide a nice contrast to the blue of the army. Decisions, decisions...

On the Work Bench 2

In the continuing effort to complete my Tyranid force, here is a little snap shot of the work I've completed over the past two nights.

My Tryanid force continues to grow closer to completion. I'm quite happy with the painting of this army so far as the scheme my wife and I came up with is so easy. More on that next post though, as I will be posting a How-To on that topic!

They Trygon has gotten the Asurmen Blue wash over the grey gesso I laid down a few nights ago, and the Genestealers got their second coat of Gyphonne Sepia. I also hit the Trygon's talons and spikes with a coat of Chardon Granite. I plan on picking up a pot of Ice Blue next time I'm at the LGS so I can start to highlight the edges of the carpace on all my mini's.

I also can't think of a way to base this army. Any suggestions?

750 Tyranid List

Here is my list for the upcoming escalation league later on this month. I've only played a few 500 point games with Tyranids so if this list sucks please let me know and what I can do to fix it.

Head Quarters:

Hive Tyrant W/ Heavy Venom Cannon
Paroxysm and Leech Essence

Troops:

Termagants x10
Fleshborers

Termagants x10
Fleshborers

Tyranid Warriors x3
Scything Talons and Devourers

Genestealers x10
Scything Talons

Heavy Support:

Trygon

On the Work Bench

My current projects for the upcoming 40k escalation league.

I made some significant progress tonight on the Trygon and Genestealers. The Genestealers still need another coat of sepia wash on their skin before I can start to paint up the carpace, claws and other such items on aliens.

The Trygon has already gotten its 2nd coat of sepia and I have started to basecoat all the armor plates in gray gesso. Once, the gesso is completed I'm going to hit the armor with a Asurmen Blue wash, which turns out a really nice deep rich blue.

Once the Genestealers and Trygon are finished, that will round out my 750 points list for the first week's game!

Tyranids vs Dark Eldar

Wife and I played a 500 point game tonight. I took the tyranids for a spin since I've never played them, and she used the brand spankin new Dark Eldar. Not much of a battle report, just more of a few pics.


Wyches are absolutly deadly for what its worth. They wiped out a unit of termagants in assault and took at turns worth of firing from the Hive Tyrant and a unit of Warriors and only lost 1 model. The pain tokens really help them out.


In the end, it wasnt enough though. I had pretty much tabled her by my turn 3, all she had left was lelith. The Hive Mind was closing in and she conceded.