My Winged Hive Tyrant

Nick speaking,

As I sifted through my Tyranids to see what to paint next, it occurred to me that since the new Codex has come out my Winged Hive Tyrant hasn't seen daylight! In actual fact there isn't even a picture of it anywhere on my Blog, so here we go with a Hive Tyrant post...

First, a quick back story of my Tyranids. I bought my Nids from a buddy of mine very cheap, a huge box of mainly third edition Nids, mostly unassembled and cut of the sprue. In the box were all the bitz to make two Hive Tyrants...

First I made a foot Tyrant...

I got my Nids in a time when you could upgrade the model with flesh hooks, extended carapaces and enhanced senses. It was also in the hay day, when you could order any bitz you wanted direct from GW, so I got myself some wings and started to make a flying version...

I know I have had these things for sometime, but I have had so many other projects on the go, I am only now thinking about getting them painted! The question is, when I get this model all done, how am I going to use it?

I don't really have many winged things to make a full winged list, but could I get a winged Hive Tyrant into a Null deployment type list? Maybe deep strike it in along with my Carnifexes in Spores?

Or maybe I could use it as a Harpy? Is it big enough?

Anyone out there using Winged Hive Tyrants? What sort of lists are you using them in and how effective have they been?