Tyranids Norn Emissary / Norn Assimilator

[Captain Coolpants]

Very cool. But that thing has soooo much brain! 

[Marshal Reinhard]

I find it a little odd that the brainy one has the larger more menacing limbs

[Special Officer Doofy]

Norm emissary looks amazing! 

[Magos Takatus]

4 hours ago, Marshal Reinhard said:

I find it a little odd that the brainy one has the larger more menacing limbs

Maybe it ate too much Ork DNA? 

[Marshal Mittens]

Maybe it has strong melee with psychic powers?

[Orion]

Not a huge fan of this one (Rest of the preview was dope though)

Feels like a Tyranid Riptide or something.

 

Tervigon and Heirophant are more how I like big bugs. Butts in the air.

Dimachaeron less so, but still like him more than these Norn dudes. His gangly "I'mma comin' for you" pose is kinda scary.

[Quantum]

...I am going to need a bigger boat vivisection table...

[Tymell]

Something about this one isn't quite doing it for me, but I think it's mostly the posing. The arms look off just held out in front of it like that, it gives me the vibes of something cramped and static, without much freedom of movement.

 

I'm curious to see what some good conversions could produce with the kit though.

[Petitioner's City]

The descriptions of the Emissary in the Leviathan crusade section - scaling rockfaces, leaping onto processional bridges to assassinate the lord solar, etc - might give inspiration to modellers, hopefully! 

[Sir Clausel]

Am i the only one thinking this would be an awesome base for a swarm lord conversion? Just a bigger, badder version of him?

[Iron Lord]

Yup - both heads partake of the old Swarmlord art, just in different ways.

 

 

 

 

One has the horns in a row (but 3 instead of 2) and one has the mandibles on either side of the jaws (but 1 set of mandibles instead of two sets).

 

Removing the tactical rock and positioning the legs fairly low (on a swarmlord-size base), should bring its height down close to swarmlord level, to avoid being accused of "modelling for advantage".

Edited July 18, 2023 by Iron Lord

[Xenith]

My only real issue with this release is:

 

What if I want two, and don't want them standing on the same rock/bit of debris?

 

Come on GW, make the tactical rock optional! 

[Redcomet]

18 minutes ago, Xenith said:

My only real issue with this release is:

 

What if I want two, and don't want them standing on the same rock/bit of debris?

 

Come on GW, make the tactical rock optional! 

It looks like this model will be easy to build without the it. If all else fails just smush out some greenstuff to give your base some height on one side.

[Jukkiz]

20 minutes ago, Xenith said:

My only real issue with this release is:

 

What if I want two, and don't want them standing on the same rock/bit of debris?

 

Come on GW, make the tactical rock optional! 

i bet it´s more like new daemon prince is, Rock is separate piece that DP has tab on foot that rock has corresponding slot to slip in. You can just snip the tab off, discard the rock and makeshift pile of skulls or something else under it

[Shadowshand]

I am VERY tempted to get back into 40K and make a Tyranids army.

[mel_danes]

The Swarm welcomes your biomass Frater Shadowshand.

 

[Shinespider]

The emissary is an excellent execution of the design language. It doesn't really bring anything new to the table, but it pulls together what's already there in a really powerful way. 

 

The assimilator is... messier. Riskier, I suppose, but not in a way that really works. Not a fan.

[Brother Nathan]

whilst cool... the limbs seem short for the body size and i was more hoping for diama scale. i prefer the brain version atm but i dont know if its something ill bother with. 

[OttoVonAwesome]

I still don't understand why they couldn't just call the Assimilator a Dimachearon. It's exactly the same thing but less cool since it doesn't have the chest maw. The Norn tag on the Emissary makes sense since it's just a meaner tyrant but on the Assimilator it's just clunky and doesn't sound as cool as Dimachaeron.