GRUESOME Warhammer 40k Tyranids for my Custom Hive Fleet...

[@1mBearman]

Honestly Murray is insanely talented.

[@SupBro-ww9go]

Terrifyingly so

[@Rh3ttD4v1s]

Came here to say the same thing! So true

[@Antheraws]

No doubt.

[@wolfhunt2070]

so cool i want try to make some of this warrior i loved the same side canon it's incredible

[@pgstevenson]

Great video Murray. The Tyranids look fantastic!

[@Lord_Vesh]

I like how they look like they have endocrine and mawlock based mutations

[@joemacleod-iredale2888]

Love the butterfly theme- perhaps lean into that, add wings, experiment with iridescent paint, pose them on grotesque flowers, add butterfly’s weird curled tongues.

[@garrettlich7140]

Meaby add lore, prehaps they use visual patterns to confuse and overwhelm and consume plant biomass to create high sugar/calorie food for bioforms to improve thier metabolism

[@Daydam]

Murray never fails to surprise me with his paint jobs. When he's starting it all looks super sloppy but as he finishes it looks AWESOME, it's a really unique style. Also, those conversions are awesome, made me really want to try kitbashing minis myself.

[@1981troyboy]

this is ass. looks like shit i did when i was 12

[@dubbingsync]

It’s nice to see the scratchy drawings for the ideas, showing that if you’re not the best artist when it comes to drawing you can still get the idea down and use it as a base for what you want to do with your model.

[@olly123451]

It helps that he’s a really talented drawer too, even if the shapes are basic, he perfectly captures the look.

[@ShallowVA]

oh man, that gun-out-the-chest conversion is PERFECT! I've always thought Tyranids holding guns in their hands looked a bit goofy, but was never really creative enough to come up with a good conversion I liked. Might have to try that one out!

[@stephanieaensland6520]

It helped me to recognize how natural adaptations in reality use what material is already there to create new forms. Because a Tyranid bioform can have so many variations, there must be some kind of base "template" from which new adaptations evolve. It makes sense that, in the way that bat wings have integrated finger and joint structures, the adapted weapons--usually a different bioform, symbiotically joined--would be integrated into the already-existing hand and claw structures that the bioform template already possesses. More than anything, biology strives to be calorie-efficient when it can. Why waste calories iteratively evolving a bespoke genetic expression for each distinct adaptation that might arise when you can just adapt one gene to express differently in the presence of certain other symbiotic relationships?

[@leonelimalevu1347]

@Stephanie Aensland 3 I like your funny words magic man.

[@emkayart]

Claim your within the hour ticket here! Hope you guys have a good day! 😊❤️

[@jannebengtsson7338]

The guts Hanging between the blades are freaking awesome. I'm definitely stealing that!❤️

[@Amdor]

This is really really nice idea and great execution. Love those guys and I hope you'll spin kill-team into full army some time :D

[@TheothosGentry]

Need more Murry and their tyranids. So flippin cool. Absolutely love your conversions!

[@Phoenix_Dempsey]

Hey Murray. Next time you do the running goop effect mix PVA and Superglue. Both glues will allow you to stretch it out and drip it down better than just your glue snd paint mix

[@mityakiselev]

For "horrible drool", may I suggest the Splash paint from AK Interactive? I think if you paint Nurgle's Rot or some other glossy paint over the drops, it would look like saliva strings

[@brdjones3732]

"Oh cool a Nids painting vide... OMG THAT CONVERSION THIS IS AWSOME."

[@dallonrobbins5078]

I forgot, how much I loved the diorama, such a cool mixture of my favorite colors. I can't wait to see your tyrannids crush, the space bears, sisters, and tau warriors.

[@DingoPaints]

Congratulations Murray great art work. Your very talented! Hope we get to see more...🤩

[@SlyLilFoxo]

How about a Peacock effect on a big boy to really add to the name; "Distraction Carnifex"?

[@zaid2009]

Those jotunns look amazing, love your paintwork Murray. Need to see more of these conversion contents please

[@philurbaniak1811]

👍👍Looking awesome mate you've done great there! How about doing a little guy coming out of a big guy as the Tyranids are known to recycle their own dead 😊

[@yellheahtris]

Murray has done nothing but KILL it! These are nasty in the best of ways! The distended jaw and the stretchy flesh is so unsettling and really gives these guys something special! Not to mention the painting itself is just beautiful. I love this so much, what an amazing job well done!!!

[@Falconxr8]

Seriously, Murray is amazing! He brings such a unique and different vibe to the whole channel. Amazing!

[@swakage13x]

Two things One are you ever going to add more to the playlist For this custom hive fleet Two Are we gonna see any more of these From the hive Fleet Leviathan Bach

[@nuttyboi6645]

If you looking for tyranid conversion inspiration you should take a look at mr pink’s blog modern synthesist He has some of the best conversions you will ever see

[@freddiekuetter5436]

Jotunn Carnifex and Tyranifex???

[@Dot4488]

UHU glue is really good for that dripping blood/saliva vibe vs hot glue tendrils

[@fuxorfly]

was the warrior with the gun on one side and melee weapons on the other an intentional homage to the original hive tyrant? if not, then you did an incredible job of reinventing that design!

[@gyriongyrion4623]

Anyone else think Murray sounds so much like Hamish Blake?

[@Icthyologist]

This paint scheme reminds me of They Live by John Carpenter.

[@primetimeforcrime]

You guys should do some gundam again, and maybe build an army for gamma wolves!

[@Grzybasek]

Murray has such an awesome, relaxing voice. This was a pleasure to watch and listen to.

[@nore9580]

As a destiny 2 player, saw the title and had a nervous breakdown. Thanks

[@primetimeforcrime]

Hey atleast you can dodge the tracking now

[@Antheraws]

Man Murray I'm so glad you're part of the tabletop team. Seeing your features I'm always impressed and learn something new. Thanks to all the patrons to allow these guys to take their time with their process. It's been awesome and inspiring following each of these series.

[@sean.allen10]

First also… AWESOME

[@lostnfound1086]

Amazing conversions!!

[@SheepishMichi]

Murray can be so silly or so serious, but always so talented just like everyone else on the team 💚

[@matthewvanginneken6793]

Love the custom army videos. Nothing more entertaining and inspiring than to see someone crafting their own models and making something truly unique

[@karimwitte]

They look sick! really giving the terrifying alien vibe. Please do some Genestealers and make the old sculpts look like this!

[@signaltome]

Not sure I would like to meet these guys in a dark alley. Or ANYWHERE for that matter... 😀

[@drhapi5308]

MOAR JOTUNN!

[@EWSnell]

When you do the voices for the battle report: Warrior 1 "For the Swarm!" Warrior 2 "For the Swarm!" Warrior with the gun mouth "GarBle HarbaGler BaH!"

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

These are the AMERICAN TYRANIDS! FUCK YEAH! Red, White and Blue, baby!

[@SeraphimKnight]

Amazing conversions! I'm genuinely impressed. If you ever get to build a whole army, you ABSOLUTELY NEED to include a Mawloc and a Haruspex, they look like they fit absolutely flawlessly in with these. In the meantime you should convert a Parasite of Mortrex with a xenomorph-like mouth. Not only would it fit thematically with that it's doing but it'd be great alongside the predator-mouthed tyranids you have already :)

[@theticksquad8218]

Since your hive fleet is Nordic in name (Jotunn: Devourer) I think you should name some tyranids, like the characters after nordic gods, maybe "Odin" the Swarmlord or "Baldur" the Lictor. I think it would be very fitting and add a little bit more character into your fleet.

[@Mooro09]

I've always found myself thinking of doing Tyranids, but tend to get cold feet, and do something else. But I'm thinking you might be changing my view on this, Murray, cause these look sick! As per ideas, I think you need to go with some gamesmanship. The guardsman on the diorama is awesome, but you could start with the mindgames on Dave and Jazza. So, since you're going with the detachable jaws, maybe have one mid-devouring a Fire Warrior, by having a leg sticking out. Or having one stomping on a Space Bear! 😈

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Absolutely INSANE how awesome these are. Suggestion for a Carnifex- the Jotunn are often depicted with axes, so for scything tails, make them more like an Axe Head!

[@asassajackal259]

Absolutely stunning! I'm definitely using a bunch of the techniques from this video on my own nids. Especially those open jaw mouths, I have tons of extra gaunt heads. Fantastic work, another great conversion.

[@jajsem1109]

I just love how Murray is always smiling. Also the not-zergs look great. Gross, disgusting... but great. :)

[@Coyote-pj8ur]

These warriors look just amazing for a custom hive fleet! nicknamed my Tyranid prime w/ 4x boneswords the Swarm Prince. Not quite a Tyrant or Swarmlord, but still acts as a commander in their absence.

[@sebuko69]

cONGRATS Murray ! they are so amazing ! really top paint job !! cant wait to see a kill team battle report !? will be sliming over the corpse of Dave's Tau or Jazza's Space bears ?

[@quintennevenhoven8974]

Video 20 of commenting for Tabletop Time to make a Space Bear version of the Thunderwolf cavalry or Wolf lord on a Thunderwolf. But instead of Thunderwolves they would be Thunderbears and would use the Thunderwolf stats

[@Kain241st]

I used to have a custom Tyranid army, till my Septic tank backed up and destroyed all the models. I love seeing people work on their own concepts for these little buggers. One of my favorite things to do with my old models was to make a heavy weapon variant of the Devourer weapon. I did this by taking two devourers, snipping off the 'barrel' part of one of them, shaving the bottoms of both devourers flat, and then gluing the spare head to the bottom of the first. This made for a beefier looking weapon overall. I liked to put these on warriors and Carnifex's. As they were a little too bulky for gaunts unless you were very good at reposing. Hope to see more space bug goodness from you guys! Keep up the good work Murray!

[@reachlol1]

I've always wondered where on earth I can best buy cork from in Australia. I can never find anything thicker then say 2mm sheets, where do you guys get your supplies from?

[@maxbrooks5468]

These look fabulous! Thanks for giving me some inspiration for my own Tyranids, I'm definitely going to try that stringy blood and acid effect!

[@Bluecho4]

You _could_ use the diorama as a Unit Filler for a standard block of Tyranid infantry. It just represents a bunch of regular "Gaunts".

[@thefallenonelucifer6]

I know you guys do a lot of 40K but I would love to see your take or your version some of the Warhammer fantasy either like the demon princes like your own (sorry for bad spelling going blind having to used talk to textl nergle, khorn, slenesh, and zeanch not like full forces but I guess you'd say like you're kill team (or clan/tribe) version of them or if you want somewhat of a challenge maybe like a goblin or Skaven (a little more difficult because they all pretty much look the same sadly not much diversity

[@murraybritton6729]

Amazing! Only thing that feels like it’s missing is a high gloss glaze on the innards(outtards?) and the drool. Curious why you decided not to gloss those up? Also, great name 😉

[@coatsnhoats]

Oof tragic timing with the name choice. The leagues of votann codex actually uses the term Jotun for the Jotun-Erydani Combine, which is a currently unfleshed out League of Votann. Maybe theyll be forgotten about and never get fleshed out, but would suck for them to become one of the main leagues later down the road with newer rules.

[@barbieredskin6245]

The look really great!! But if you really want that glossy look, why don‘t you cover them in gloss varnish?:)

[@ShuTheIdiot]

So that uh. Circle within circle pattern for the backs, I could be wrong but I'm fairly certain those patterns show up in bugs to ward off predators... what uh... what the hell is these things predators?

[@zonolith5912]

Wow, this is super cool, I just got into Tyranids and i've been sitting on what to do and how to custom build them up, this is super helpful! What's that green stuff, i've seen it plenty of times but i'm not sure where to acquire/make it, i'd love to know!

[@KomodoNameless]

It's amazing what you can do when you have a lot of money.

[@koshey245]

I genuinely wish I would have known more about warhammer when starting instead of going straight into the SCE army half of the khorne sets my dad got me into. Building was his favorite and still is mine, and chaos/nids are honestly the most fun to kitbash because you can basically just do anything. Most of my stormcast just have different heads, different side swords, and sometimes some custom weapons, a far cry from mashing extra limbs on or having a straight up artillery piece coming out of the chest

[@SquizmWizzerd]

murray's 'nids look properly monstrous, much better than the standard gw design and paintjob.

[@frankcosyns2348]

AMAZING! why haven't i thaught of such conversions

[@TheChiefJimbo]

Thank you for this video. I just bought a box of warriors and I’ve been searching for inspiration.

[@futtynucker]

It would be awesome to see some truly outlandish Tyranid kit bashes. I know Murray can come up with something epic!

[@suspicioustea]

Love the butterfly effect for the carapace. Might steal for my own tyranids.

[@Zachafinackus]

Ah yes, the biyearly video on the army. It'll only be 6 years and a full army will be created! (same with Jazza's)

[@ThePlacemat]

for the blood and dripping drawl, do yuo have UHO in OZ? that mixxed with the colour of choice would work really well

[@WhereIsMyAlbatross]

If you're struggling with balancing the amount of water on your greenstuff you might get some mileage out of instead applying Vaseline directly to the tools to lubricate them and prevent them from sticking. It works well for me.

[@_ciccio_3953]

Thay are amazing. I wanted to ask what colour did he use for their claws (base and hughlits). Because i wanted to try them. Thank you

[@rileyernst9086]

Whilst I am 99% sure that if a warrior came out of the birthing pools like your venom cannoned here the hive would fast track it to the reclamation pools, or kill it with bioplasma, its super original, grotesque and is a really really interesting.

[@athesir_wolf5917]

As a collector of Tyranids myself, I can say that these models disgusted me, and I love it. I really like how you built on the more disgusting side of the Tyranids for the more linear units.

[@tosteson1]

Amazing painting aside, the contrast of smooth jazz with horrific bioengineered monsters is hilarious.

[@hydecleese8877]

The colour scheme goes really well with the hive fleet name. I also really like incorparating the weapons into their bodies as a proper organic part of them. I'm eventually going to do similar when I get around to my Tyranids.

[@adapax77]

Murey you brilliant bastard you've done it again 😁👍amazing work!

[@DeceptiveCobras]

use Vasline on your tools and Fingers the Green Stuff wont Stick to them and you will not need water anymore and most of all it will speed up your custom building.

[@carlgabel79]

Awesome work Murray! On a side note, my wife thinks you sound like Hamish Blake.

[@makeshiftminis9090]

Your eldritch abominations are grotesquely horrifying and I love it.

[@johnpawlak7350]

Three way kill team battle between Murray, Dave, and Jazza would be incredible!

[@mutemuterin]

The color scheme gives me hunter vibes from Halo, which I feel fits pretty well with the whole Jotunn naming.

[@s52pana]

Those warriors look incredible! Wish I had the ability to pull something like that off

[@mikebroadwater]

More Murray videos! This video was great (and disgusting)! Can't wait to see a batrep with these nasty monsters.

[@ovan2190]

So when is Murry going to be directing the next Scifi horror movie that will define a generation? Because this is how you do that lol These look great! I can't wait to see them in a kill team video

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Jotun is a good name. Suits the Nordic mythology/folklore theme of the Fleets

[@justinchristopher8974]

I'm personally waiting to see you try a bigger monster, carnifex or hive tyrant.

[@mcboon3052]

I think that if tyranyds woud ever come to earth, it woud be in austrailia because all realy scary animals are Form Therme, not that you are scary, you are humans you are all good

[@pockitsune6347]

Cool af models but the every primary color colorscheme makes it so nothing can stand out. Needs more neutral colors I think

[@cynicalmamc]

Have to say the green looks less like drool and more like they've got a good dose of flu :-P but regardless as ever it's stunning work :-)

[@ThatGuy53297]

I don't know much about basing. Where do you get those wood like chunks?

[@iangreen4572]

I tried greenstuff but have to say that i prefer standard milliput for sculpting and filling gaps.

[@oscartravers7300]

I pity the poor, poor imperial guard conscripts who will have to face these monstrosities on the tabletop

[@sirt3abaggins]

Literally building a Baneblade custom for my Fenrisian Guard and planned on calling it JotunnBane and now need to get tyranid bits to put on it

[@ClarissaMeyer]

Those so look. Crossing my fingers that they will win. Patiently waiting for the battle reports

[@AchanCham_]

You were not kidding about going for the awesome silhouette! Great job!

[@HollowJacket]

Use Vasoline on your green stuff and tools makes it easier to work with just remember to wiped it off for painting and use rubber tip tools there are better for sculpting

[@kaylachang149]

This reminds me of the predator poster for the movie I’m not sure if your mentioned it if that was your reference but you did a really good job

[@Fredericco1]

Love that chest-gun tyranid. Definitely better this way, than the first idea.

[@techbeef]

I really enjoy Murray, my favorite TTT personality.