Getting 4000pts of Tyranids ready!

[stormtrooper154]

As some of you may be aware, Ive agreed to Darkseers challenge of a 4000pt game between his Deathwing and my Tyranids. Great, I thought - one slight problem, I had 2000pts unassembled and unpainted to get ready, by may 27th too.
So I thought id set up a project log for this task, and here is what ive got to do:

1x Lictor
12x Hormagaunts
20x Termagants
8x Genestealers
9x Warriors
3x large Ripper bases
1x Zoanthrope
And possibly 3 Ravenors if i can get them in the list and be bothered to make them.

So far ive assembled the Rippers, Zoanthrope, and Termagants. By the end of the week I am aiming to have them all assembled and undercoated.

More progress to follow.

[Scorpio]

Deathwing versus nids eh?
Sorry I have to cheer for deathwing but it sounds like you got a lot to do so....GET TO WORK!!

-Scorpio

[ArtificerArmour]

can we see what you've done already?

[stormtrooper154]

Ok, here are some pictures of what i have painted (everything) and some close ups of the swarm.

[Machinepriest]

Aaah... Nothing more impressive than army photos.
You have a very nice looking swarm there. Good luck with the 2000 pts!

[KayvaanShrike]

I like that scheme, never seen that one beofre or even a similar one! And they are very well painted, does it take you long to paint them? Or have you devised a way to paint the smaller, less detailed critters faster? Good Luck and keep us posted!

[Warboss Garfang]

Woah, those look good!

Can't wait to see the next 2000 points.

[Scorpio]

Ok, here are some pictures of what i have painted (everything) and some close ups of the swarm.

I have seen your army before somewhere..... Agg I give up. It looks great though!

-Scorpio

[Inquisitor Konig]

i like your army, i mean swarm. did you add something to the tyrant's crest or did it come like that? ive always said (well atleast since the new codex came out) that if i ever made a nid army it would have a tyrant with wings as the first HQ and a brood lord as the other! you should check out my guard, i think they would have fun fighting one another...

[stormtrooper154]

Time for an update. Everything is assembled, probably the most tedious task ever . Ive also just undercoated everything (damn zoanthrope), so my target for the end of the week has changed - to get the base colours on the gaunts done.
So thats 20 hormagaunts and 20 termagants to be base coloured. No pics as yet (because who wants to see undercoated models?).
Hopefully the painting will be done at a steady pace.

[mirakel_jocke]

Well, since I am myself building a 'nid army I will check in here regularly.

I like your colour scheme quite a bit, it seems to be pretty easy to paint and it looks very striking and different on the tabletop, so keep going stormtrooper154!

/Mirakel_Jocke

[ilikebmxbikes]

they look fantastic. the bases look really good on that board.

[stormtrooper154]

Latest update.
I decided to start painting tonight, so with my tankbrush primed and my termagants in line i started.
Only to give up after the first coat on all 20 of them (the shame). I got a feeling this may take some time..............

[stormtrooper154]

Well the game is approaching and I decided to put together the army list. As we dropped the size of the game to 3000pts, I only have to paint one Hive Tyrant

But do not worry - the rest of the models will be painted and then put up for sale, on here first and if there is no interest they will go on ebay.

Keepwatching those skies!!!!!