It was a pretty fun model to make and paint, though he was meant to be a Tervigon at first. However a faulty sprue meant that he had to be a Tyrannofex instead. He is my first Tyranid model and I like the look of the scheme.
The Tyrannofex was mainly bought because it is an incredible model and I'm more than happy just to keep him as that. I had just finished loads of essays and wanted to chill for a few days making and painting something up. However I can imagine I'll get myself a Hive fleet in the future, I have some Termagants arriving soon after all...
The background I imagine for the Hive fleet - Hive fleet Revenant being its name - was that, after a battle with forces of Nurgle, won and went about consuming the planet. However they seem to have picked up a few nasty things here and there, namely Nurgle's Rot. Whilst being re-absorbed by the Hive fleet removes most of the nastiness, the plague seems to resurface each time the Hive fleet spawns. Nurgle won't be denied it seems!
However I didn't want to jump in the deep end, with rampant infections left, right and centre. I modelled the occasional boil on the Tyrannofex, one looking suspicously like the Mark of Nurgle...
The main idea behind this was that my modelling skills with green stuff actually isn't that good, limiting what I can do with it massively. In regards to the model though I didn't want to go over the top. I wanted it so that a guardsmen wouldn't care to notice the boils - a rampant tyrannofex is trying to kill him after all! However if a Space Marine scout was looking at the creature from a distance through his sniper scope, then I imagine he would spot this oddities and realise that something is amiss with the Hive fleet. Then panic a little.
The colour scheme I have to admit was stolen. A recent Games Workshop blog had a lovely Tervigon painted in dark, muted colours and I liked it very much. It was also very easy to do! Starting off with a heavy drybrush of Charadon Granite, I then drybrushed lighter layers of Graveyard Earth, Kommando Khaki and Bleached Bone on top. The boils and the like were then repainted Dark Angels Green, followed by a drybrush of Camo Green. As Tyranid models are big and have nice angled plates, it looks pretty good!
The next stages I cannot tell you what I did however, as they were a blur of implusive decisions and literally anything could have happened in that hour or two. However I am happy with the final result - a slightly ill Tyrannofex!
He has been given a Fleshborer Hive, mainly because I think it looks best. This means with his other gear he will shred infantry at short ranges. If there is any vehicles near by he'll just stand on them, being a monstrous creature is handy in that respect. The only problem I have with him now is finding something big enough to transport him in!
Hope you have enjoyed, comments are welcome.
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ReplyDeleteLookin' goood.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of Nurgle Tyranids is slightly terrifying...