Tyranid Time Finished!

Nick speaking,

If you have been following my Blog you will know that I have been on a mission to finally finish all my unpainted Tyranid units before the end of the year. Well, they are all done now and the Tyranid Time challenge is complete. This is only a third of my painted army, and I will be showcasing the whole army soon, but for now, here are all the minis I have painted over the last three months. I hope you like them...

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Tyranid Time #7

Nick speaking,

Finished the Second batch of Nids I am painting towards getting my entire unpainted force done before 2015. Three Lictors, six Ravener and three Hive Tyrant Guard done, now onto painting the Trygon/Mawloc...

Lictors...

Ravener...

Hive Tyrant Guard...

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Tyranid Time #6

Nick speaking,

Next batch prepared towards getting my entire unpainted force done before 2015, all old school 3rd Edition minis of course! Six Ravener, three Lictors and three Hive Tyrant Guard. I am looking forward to these guys, it's going to make a change from all those Gants I painted in the first batch!

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Ravener Two Minute Silence

Nick speaking,

When 6th Edition came out my Ravener models were jumping for joy, the new Beast rules of ignoring terrain and the Fleet rule letting them re-roll dice for the assault, actually made these models much better than they were before, sure they could be instant deathed, but still. So my Raveners went from being on the bottom of my painting list to third place after my Winged Hive Tyrant and Swooping Hawkes...

And then, lo and behold...

Q: Do models that ignore difficult terrain when moving or charging
still fight at Initiative step 1 if they charge through difficult terrain?
(p22)
A: Yes.

Oh dear, not a problem for my initiative two Scarabs, but a big problem for my initiative five Ravener! So lets please have a two minute silence whilst my Ravener slip back down my painting list...



.......... thirty seconds



.......... one minute



.......... one and a half minutes



.......... two minutes



Right, time to get noisy again! Is it really that bad for Ravener? Have you found the recent FAQ changing your mind about certain units? Lets hear all about it...

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