Part drop pod, part monstrous creature the ‘Nids may have just gotten a BIG upgrade in the Tyrannocyte.
This is a serious kit, and depending on how you make it there should be a ton of parts left over for augmenting the rest of your swarm!
The pod itself can be made two different ways featuring either extended or retracted armor panels. Plus if you don’t make the Tryannocyte spore, you should have the majority of the bottom half (see lower left illustration above) left over at a minimum.
If you elect to make the Sporocyst model, not only will you have the lower spore half extra, but the sarlacc pit looking mandibles from the top of the pod as well.
This new kit also comes with six spore mines and one BIG new model in the Mucloid spore that towers over most of the other models in the Tyranid line-up.
Perhaps most surprising of all was that this kit comprises a rarely seen three spures, two of which are identical. Priced at $66, far less than other kits containing only two sprues, it makes it a little hard to figure out what it is your are actually paying for in a model these days.
Either way, at first look it seems to be a very innovate kit that may lead to bigger and better things from the Games Workshop Design Studio!
Take a full look new Tyrannocyte below in our latest video review. -MBG
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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Founded Spikey Bits In 2009
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Bio: Virginia restless, miniature painter & cat dad. He blames LEGOs for all this, as there was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all. Spikey Bits started with Rob trying to stay motivated to hobby on his backlog of projects and share his knowledge with others during the early blogging era.
Scale model hobbyist in the 80s, miniature wargamer, and trading card player ever since. He’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy since 5th Edition, but Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and minatures made of both pewter and resin.
