Graham Gilchrist | Tyrant Guard
...All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
- Gandalf, The Fellowship of The Ring
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Ok, well its no secret I think all GW's versions of the tyrant guard are completely useless. Solution: make my own. I actually started making these when the 3rd ed. Codex 'nids came out but never got around to finsihing them. With the pressures of dark stars I was forced into doing something with them. Basically they are made from stock tyranid warriors with cut down heads and extra armour. The front of the heads was reworked with greenstuff to give them more armour and make them blind (they are psychically controlled by the tyrant) and the fused back carapace was inspired by the implications they are derived from space marine DNA. I also liked the spineshield idea from 3rd ed. so they are equipped with spinefists and a custom shield arm made from the scything talons.
The lashwhips were originally done like chaos tentacles but looked a bit dodgy (phallic is the word Sam used), so I reworked them into octopus suckers which I think came out ok.
I also beefed up the armour plating on the arms and legs. After all, they are supposed to be toughness 6 and taking all those lascannon hits meant for the tyrant :)
So I have a set of unique tyrant guard. Are they better than the GW ones? I'm not sure, but at least they are unique and personal.