tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post6727317098138111120..comments2024-03-10T00:36:46.995-05:00Comments on Modern Synthesist: The Tyranid Archive - Epic 40kMr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-87690027931841399322021-11-28T22:49:10.873-05:002021-11-28T22:49:10.873-05:00Nine years late to the party, but here's some ...Nine years late to the party, but here's some further info on the Epic Tyranids:<br /><br />Like 40K, Epic went through several editions. The Tyranids arrived in the system (as it were) during 2nd edition Epic, also known as Space Marine / Titan Legions. The Epic Hive War supplement was released shortly before Codex Tyranids for 2nd ed 40K. The two projects were pretty much done at the same time--masterminded by Andy Chambers, IIRC. <br /><br />The Hive Tyrants and Carnifexes in the photos here are resculpts from 3rd edition (Epic 40,000). The older Titan Legion era sculpts were bigger--way out of scale with the little plastic Nids--and they're much more common on the secondhand market. <br /><br />In 2nd ed Epic there was only one Zoanthrope sculpt, one Exocrine sculpt, and so on. In 3rd ed they kept the old sculpt for each creature in the range, but added various new ones with different head frills, spikes, etc. I think Trygons and Harridans stayed the same. So did the Bio-Titans, thankfully. (3rd ed Epic had some really awful Titan redesigns.) <br /><br />Sadly, 3rd edition Epic crashed and burned, so the revamped Tyranid metal range wasn't available on shelves for long. The resculpts can be harder to find these days than the older Titan Legions range with its outsized Tyrants and Carnifexes. Another difference is that the older metals were usually cast in lead--at least those sold in the UK and Europe--while the newer ones were cast in white metal.Zenithfleetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-54063452057916629642016-11-06T18:00:22.395-05:002016-11-06T18:00:22.395-05:00Sorry friend! Never got into it as there's not...Sorry friend! Never got into it as there's not enough to sculpt :P<br /><br />Maybe if it gets reborn via FW...?Mr_Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-35301038604349711092016-07-09T19:34:20.215-04:002016-07-09T19:34:20.215-04:00I really wish you did more Epic posts... ><
...I really wish you did more Epic posts... ><<br />(even more if those would be Tyranid xD)asaltorabiosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695224484599322219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-14030262380430862612012-03-02T08:33:22.918-05:002012-03-02T08:33:22.918-05:00I have many of those figures in various states of ...I have many of those figures in various states of assembly, waiting for their time in the sun. Some are a bit goofy and the conversion from 28mm to 6mm isnt always flattering, but they have a lot of charm I reckon. Some of them are better than the dodgier 28mms that came before too I think.<br /><br />Markconz' army is lovely, much more muted and bug like than the colour schemes prevalent in that era. You should see the fugly few that I finished...<br /><br />That edition of Epic strained at the seams even before Hive War came out. The bugs finally made it collapse when they arrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com