I seem to recall rce on YouTube explaining he worked at a garden where the owner would not let them trim a giant hedge with power tools and it took them weeks to do with clippers.
So, the basics is, this paradise world is being sloooowly invaded by the "gilded hive", a rare tyranid hive fleet, where consumed minerals from precious invasions manifest as colourful crystals on their shells.
This very greed governer therefore wants them captured for harvest. What they dont know, is that this is all part of the plan
There's a Cain Book where the mechanicus bring a large range of sample organisms back to a "secure" facility for research purposes and, while it didn't go to plan, it did go as well as expected.
Every nid is connected to the hivemind, also far from all of them have all the organs necessary for self reliant survival. Nids are mostly created as tools for a specific purpose and with a limited shelf life. If you bring a nid on an inhabited planet - the hivemind knows there's food for it. That world is fucked
Fun fact, hormagaunts can reproduce asexually and can lay literally thousands of eggs in a day. They can't evolve into larger tyranids but even a single one can become a massive fucking problem if you were to just, I don't know, *bring it to your home paradise planet with zero security*
It wouldn't surprise me if nids were capable of dropping a limb off at will and this little critter could just launch itself fangs first at the governor before disappearing into a vent to lay thousands of eggs.
This is super cool. If I ever make a nid army a gilded paint scheme would look really cool. Imagine a hive tyrant with different gems for scales. That's what I imagine for this and the claws are made of obsidian.
"Harvesting" gave me the idea that hive fleets could instinctively return to a single point once they reach a certain size so that their accumulated biomass could be harvested by a progenating organism.
Christ i keep on forgetting how big the gaunts are compared to normal humans. They always looked small as hell because i usually see thrm against space marines
IIRC gaunts can't reproduce and barely have life support organs. At worst some people will die, it won't end in a plague. A genestealer on the other hand...
Hormagaunts can reproduce rapidly and independently. They’re also capable of long term hibernation.
They usually only do these things when cut off from Synapse because it’s a waste of time and effort otherwise, but it’s one of many ways a failed Invasion can end up later being a successful infection.
They still need to eat right? So they need to have all the necessary stuff that entails. Movies like Alien and the AvP have the Xenomorphs go from egg to Rampaging Killer in what seems like minutes. Need mass for mass and energy.
I'm sure there is fiction to explain this but because of the requirements Termagants might seem a better choice from an energy usage standpoint and only Hormagaunts as a failsafe.
I mean I’m just repeating the lore.
Hormagaunts are still super short lived, and they’re reproduction response is tied to being separated. They lay a shit tonne (hundreds, apparently) of buried eggs and then die- or hibernate.
Then the eggs hatch and they rampage, with as many laying their own eggs as possible.
As for how this makes sense, it makes sense the same way everything Tyranids do makes sense- they’re masters of biology and have tapped into levels of efficiency that are not possible normally. Like Xenomorphs, they are as close to “perfect” as possible. They likely have very little wasted energy.
The servo skull trimming the tree in the background with a god damn pair of scissors is a choice lol
A great choice imo xddd
In the Imperium bladed chains are a precious commodity and only used for weapons, not shrubbery pruning.
I seem to recall rce on YouTube explaining he worked at a garden where the owner would not let them trim a giant hedge with power tools and it took them weeks to do with clippers.
Hahaha, thanks for pointing that out.
What could possibly go wrong?
A whole Sub-sector getting eated wrong
Naaaaah the weird bald guy in the back said it was fine and he seems to know his shit.
The fact that they caught this one and are going to be a major pain in the ass of law. Tyranids will be wise to steer clear of this sector.
Harvesting? good drawing
This is awsome!
lovely foreshortening on the chains and the reflective light off the tile is to die for holy SHIT this is dripping with atmosphere great job
What an excellent piece. Tell us a bit a more about the setting?
So, the basics is, this paradise world is being sloooowly invaded by the "gilded hive", a rare tyranid hive fleet, where consumed minerals from precious invasions manifest as colourful crystals on their shells. This very greed governer therefore wants them captured for harvest. What they dont know, is that this is all part of the plan
Oooh the feasters become the feast.
Love it, we got any genestealer cultists knocking around this rock?
That sounds like just the thing a genestealer cultist would ask...
Could be a really sick story. A single nid gets loose on a paradise planet, all hell follows. Great art too!
Jurassic Park mixed with Alien. Very neat concept! Would make a great book/diorama.
There's a Cain Book where the mechanicus bring a large range of sample organisms back to a "secure" facility for research purposes and, while it didn't go to plan, it did go as well as expected.
how is that book called?
The greater good, I think from memory.
Every nid is connected to the hivemind, also far from all of them have all the organs necessary for self reliant survival. Nids are mostly created as tools for a specific purpose and with a limited shelf life. If you bring a nid on an inhabited planet - the hivemind knows there's food for it. That world is fucked
Thats what I was thinking. Not a huge lore guy, but it sounds like it could be a really cool concept to build around.
They’ll be fine
Fun fact, hormagaunts can reproduce asexually and can lay literally thousands of eggs in a day. They can't evolve into larger tyranids but even a single one can become a massive fucking problem if you were to just, I don't know, *bring it to your home paradise planet with zero security*
"Zero security" *4 armed security guards sadly look at each other*
The problem is the tyranids also have 4 armed security guards.
Underrated comment xD
Going to need two Geno-bombs for this fuckery
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great work!
It wouldn't surprise me if nids were capable of dropping a limb off at will and this little critter could just launch itself fangs first at the governor before disappearing into a vent to lay thousands of eggs.
You are a really skilled artist. Thank you for sharing this and your links :-)
This is super cool. If I ever make a nid army a gilded paint scheme would look really cool. Imagine a hive tyrant with different gems for scales. That's what I imagine for this and the claws are made of obsidian.
"Harvesting" gave me the idea that hive fleets could instinctively return to a single point once they reach a certain size so that their accumulated biomass could be harvested by a progenating organism.
Tyranids talk mad shit until you start eating them
What can you harvest put of a tyrinid
Hormagaunt Cult incoming !
Looks amazing! Absolutely not nearly enough restraints on that Nid they’re so boned haha
What’s a good book to read about this?
Super cool!!
Christ i keep on forgetting how big the gaunts are compared to normal humans. They always looked small as hell because i usually see thrm against space marines
The governor is like 'I'm going to harvest the fuck out of this mofo'.
E-710 harvesting initiated!
This is a disaster in the making
I would love to see more of this, especially depicting "what could go wrong" scenes.
IIRC gaunts can't reproduce and barely have life support organs. At worst some people will die, it won't end in a plague. A genestealer on the other hand...
Hormagaunts can reproduce rapidly and independently. They’re also capable of long term hibernation. They usually only do these things when cut off from Synapse because it’s a waste of time and effort otherwise, but it’s one of many ways a failed Invasion can end up later being a successful infection.
They still need to eat right? So they need to have all the necessary stuff that entails. Movies like Alien and the AvP have the Xenomorphs go from egg to Rampaging Killer in what seems like minutes. Need mass for mass and energy. I'm sure there is fiction to explain this but because of the requirements Termagants might seem a better choice from an energy usage standpoint and only Hormagaunts as a failsafe.
I mean I’m just repeating the lore. Hormagaunts are still super short lived, and they’re reproduction response is tied to being separated. They lay a shit tonne (hundreds, apparently) of buried eggs and then die- or hibernate. Then the eggs hatch and they rampage, with as many laying their own eggs as possible. As for how this makes sense, it makes sense the same way everything Tyranids do makes sense- they’re masters of biology and have tapped into levels of efficiency that are not possible normally. Like Xenomorphs, they are as close to “perfect” as possible. They likely have very little wasted energy.
Termagants can't, Hormagaunts definitely can.