Tyranid Ripper Swarm

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Just for a light little something to paint, I decided to clear out a few of the extra bits from the various Tyranid sprues. Some come with Rippers, so I decided to assemble them into a little swarm, 3 to a base to try make them flexible for use.

I did not even attempt to do more than tabletop quality of them because they're not a centrepiece, but fundamentally there's no real difference in painting them when compared to any of the other Tyranid models I've done.

Collectively, they're known as "you little Rippers". I'm sure they're so eager that they just let rip all the time. Ripper & tear.

On the subject of letting rip...

Sphincters. With teeth. And tentacles.

I'm not really sure what these other accessories are intended to be (spore chimneys perhaps), but they look more like the, uh, back end of a Tyranid invasion. Really didn't spend long painting them (four in total, but only one pictured), because they're not really even a playable piece, but might be useful for objective markers or something.

Still a couple more 'nid models to go before the army is ready to be sold off. It's the Carnifex that I'm dreading the most to get done.

-- silly painter.