Last millennium, I had a small 2nd edition Tyranid force. I gave them away about 15 years ago, and only have a few terrible photos to remember them by.
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I hope they've had a good life |
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Tyranid Warriors |
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Hive Tyrant |
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Nicely converted weapons, IMNSHO. |
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This was a pain to assemble |
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Love my Screamer Killer. |
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Hunter Slayers. Came in blisters of three and units of five. Never change, GW. |
Last year, I painted some Termagants I got off eBay for potential Stargrave/ Five Parsecs use, and quite enjoyed doing so. I used Contrasts Gryph-Hound Orange and Skeleton Horde, which were a massive time-saver.
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Termagants |
I thought I would get some melee bugs, and then a Xenos Rampant slippery slope occurred which I threw myself down...
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Bugs, Mr Rico! Forty-eight of them! |
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Free hugs! |
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Hormagaunts |
I got some MDF movement trays from Knights of Dice, which are great.
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Weighted base for infamously unstable figures |
And now I need some balance with more Termagants. And apparently there's a big brood-mother bug that spawns these critters...