#bonesword

[cultofthewyrm]

JoyToy Warhammer 40k Tyranids Hive Fleet Leviathan Tyranid Warrior with Boneswords

[alphaxenos]

Tyranid List: Invasion Fleet (2000 Pts)

The following list was sourced from Goonhammer and was used by competitive player Kayu Orellana, who took 1st place (5-0) at the NurgleMania 6 tournament (40 players, 5 rounds) in Nürnberg, Germany on March 22, 2025.

CHARACTERS

Hive Tyrant (250) Warlord 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip 1x Monstrous scything talons Enhancement: Adaptive Biology

Neurotyrant (105) 1x Neurotyrant claws and lashes 1x Psychic scream

BATTLELINE

Gargoyles (85) 10x Gargoyle 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer

Hormagaunts (130) 20x Hormagaunt 20x Hormagaunt talons

Hormagaunts (130) 20x Hormagaunt 20x Hormagaunt talons

Hormagaunts (130) 20x Hormagaunt 20x Hormagaunt talons

Termagants (60) 10x Termagant 10x Chitinous claws and teeth 1x Strangleweb 9x Termagant spinefists

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (50) 1x Chitin-barbed limbs 1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (140) 1x Bio-plasmic cannon 1x Powerful limbs

Exocrine (140) 1x Bio-plasmic cannon 1x Powerful limbs

Genestealers (150) 10x Genestealer 10x Genestealers claws and talons

Neurolictor (80) 1x Piercing claws and talons

Raveners (75) 3x Ravener 3x Ravener claws and talons 3x Thoracic bio-weapon

Tyranid Warriors w/ Melee Bio-weapons (75) 1x Tyranid Prime 1x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons 2x Tyranid Warrior 2x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons

Tyrannofex (200) 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes

Tyrannofex (200) 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes

[zrii-the-orc]

We have a track!

After @pengtheplush gave me my new badass bonesword, gran found the human's track he tries to hide himself with magic, but he is no real opponent for my grandma. We are traveling east now. I can't wait to use my new sword. Dagam keeps trying to fondle it, but I won't let him. It's mine! I tink it freaks Aewlir out though... Don't elves use bone weapons too? Or how do they get them to be so light?

[ryuuka-balaen]

!! BATTLE REPORT !!

between Tuesday and today, I've played my first game of 10th edition with @amanitabones !

army lists in use;

Imperial Knights (985 points)

Incursion (1000 points)

Noble Lance

CHARACTER

Knight Paladin (415 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Questoris heavy stubber

1x Questoris heavy stubber

1x Rapid-fire battle cannon

1x Reaper chainsword

1x Stormspear rocket pod

• Enhancement: Mythic Hero

BATTLELINE

Armiger Helverin (145 points)

• 2x Armiger autocannon

1x Armoured feet

1x Questoris heavy stubber

Armiger Helverin (145 points)

• 2x Armiger autocannon

1x Armoured feet

1x Questoris heavy stubber

Armiger Warglaive (140 points)

• 1x Questoris heavy stubber

1x Reaper chain-cleaver

1x Thermal spear

Armiger Warglaive (140 points)

• 1x Questoris heavy stubber

1x Reaper chain-cleaver

1x Thermal spear

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Tyranids (995 points)

Incursion (1000 points)

Invasion Fleet

CHARACTER

Hive Tyrant (230 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Monstrous Scything Talons

• 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip

• Enhancement: Synaptic Lynchpin

BATTLELINE

Termagants (60 points)

• 10x Fleshborer

• 10x Xenos claws and teeth

OTHER DATASHEETS

Barbed Hierodule (305 points)

• 2x Bio-cannon

• 1x Hierodule scything talons

• Enhancement: Perfectly Adapted

Carnifexes (125 points)

• 1x Deathspitters with slimer maggots

• 1x Heavy venom cannon

• 1x Xenos claws and teeth

• Enhancement: Adaptive Biology

Genestealers (90 points)

• 5x Genestealers claws and talons

Raveners (75 points)

• 3x Ravener claws and talons

Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons (70 points)

• 1x Tyranid Prime

• 1x Bio-weapons

• 1x Venom Cannon

• 2x Tyranid Warrior

• 2x Bio-weapons

• 2x Devourer

Being that we're both generally new to the game, we decided to play the simplest style of game we could; pure slaughter. Berefit of mission decks due to GW not having released a PDF of them and my having not printed out what I'd found yet, we didn't use any special mission rules. Additionally, as we had both only played 5th edition previously, we agreed to omit use of Strategems. Finally, due to how narrow my table is, the only really valid deployment style was Sweeping Engagement.

All this decided, we rolled off for first move and I (Imperial Knights) won with a 2. Armies were deployed and I engaged by moving my Paladin and Warglaives forward and firing shots into the opposing warriors, termagants, and hive tyrant. with the loss of 2 Gants, 2 Warriors, and half the Tyrant's wounds, the Tyranids responded with a frenzy of focused attacks, immediately destroying my Paladin and reducing one Warglaive to the wounded state.

The loss of my Paladin in turn1 was a shock of ice water that alerted me to just how dangerous the (only legs right now 😭😭) Barbed Hierodule was, and I immediately began backpedalling and playing defensively. There was no doubt that the surrounded Warglaive was a lost cause, and that the other would need to stand firm as a bastion between the Hierodule's wrath and the Helverins' gunline.

I backed my Helverins behind the deployment line, and placed the unwounded (and sadly not fully painted) warglaive between terrain pieces to block enemy passing. The barrage from the Helverins, with the help of the Warglaives' (terrifying) Thermal Spears, the Hive Tyrant's reign of tyranny was ended, and multiple Genestealers and Raveners with it. Finally, the doomed warglaive made a sweeping assault with it's heatblade which finished off the last of the Genestealers.

Tyranids took a lot of ground in movement of turn 2, and though they accomplished little in shooting, the fight phase was a savagery of claws and teeth that shredded the first Warglaive, and the second was lucky to survive that turn before the Hierodule's onslaught.

sadly I forgot to continue taking pictures after each turn for use in posting 😭😭😭

most of the rest of the game, after that last Warglaive's unfortunate slaughter by the last Ravener before the Hierodule got a chance at it, consisted of the two Helverins being backed into a corner firing a desperate spray from their autocannons to hold off the horde.

the Hierodule was defeated with focused fire, and that last Ravener stomped under heel like the bug it is, and it came down to just one Helverin facing off the remaining Termagants and the untouched Carnifex

The Termagants stood no chance, having dealt only one wound per turn, and the bushes they hid in were painted red.

it was a showdown now. a battle of Giants. One Helverin facing One Unharmed Carnifex. With 8 wounds each to take, the Helverin put up a fight but was crushed like the tin can it is before the Carnifex's powerful Crushing Claws, which laid it to rest with -10 wounds.

Today's battle was very close, but a Tyranid victory. Well played and thank you for the game @amanitabones !

[solofsleep]

Swordtember: Stylized Bonesword

Inspired by my friend @paalindrome 's concept for a past swordtember (pictured below). I had a really fun time with this one making it my own.

Full breakdown with marmoset viewer on my Artstation

[dryderpunk]

Took an hour, but got a hive tyrant (still no bonesword tho)

[banshee-king]

Tyranid Model Thoughts:

I love the new poses for the Hormagaunts, they look great. I was kind of hoping they’d get some weapon options similar to Termagants though, oh well. Termagants did get a new gun though, plus some weapons they used to have and lost. Very happy to see that.

Genestealers! They look good, still have their old Ymgarl heads, and now it looks like they’ve got actual parts for their Acid Maws too. Not gonna lie, I was still hoping for more. Kill Team gave units so much customisation options, and Genestealers are the corner stone for an entire faction. In Space Hulk we see so many different types of Genestealers; stealthy ones, armoured ones, exploding ones. Also, Hybrids can have whips and boneswords, that DNA they receive from Genestealers, I’d hoped that therefore they’d get them too.

Lictors! Okay so the pictures are a bit weird. Lictors are one of my favourite units, but the Leviathan one looks bad to me. Like it’s limbs are too thin, too gangly, and its torso too big, like it’s wearing an oversized vest. But the Behemoth Lictor looks great, so hopefully it’s just the camera angle. Neurolictors look great too, I love the tail, and the head, and everything really. Now let’s hope these units actually have good rules and can actually assassinate things like they’re supposed to.

Biovores/Pyrovores! I’m mixed. It’s a dual kit which is cool, but I honestly have trouble telling them apart. Maybe if the Biovore’s gun was aimed up more like a mortar? Their look reminds me of the Swarm Host from Starcraft, which is one of my favourite Zerg units, but I also don’t like that these look like Zerg more than Tyranids. They look more like artillery now which is cool, more sturdy, but they’ve lost the Ork resemblance which I liked. Also how big are they? I thought Bio/Pyrovores were Hive Guard sized, but these seem a little bigger. If Hive Guard are 3-6 models per unit though, and Exocrines/Tyrannofexs are 1 model per unit, I hope the Bio/Pyrovores are 1-3 models per unit. If they are 1 model per units, they might have some issues.

And finally, the Norn Emissary/Assimilator! Their size is confusing, a little bigger than a Wraithlord? Riptide sized? Both these and the Nuerotyrant are disappointingly small. They seem to fill the same role as the Dimachaeron, and they also sort of have the same general silhouette as the Hive Tyrant, which isn’t great. I kind of wished for something more unique. That being said, I still like them, and I’ll probably buy the Emissary.

Overall I’m personally happy with these. I have some gripes, but nothing so bad that it ruins things.

[darleksaresupreme]

More 8thed Acolyte Hybrids, Acolyte leader equipped with lashwhip and Bonesword, one Hybrid has a cult Icon and another has a heavy rock drill

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[puter-wizard]

Attacks u with 100 cursed skeleton boneswords

[urbancobrastrikeforce]

Joy Toy Warhammer 40K Leviathan, Iron Hands & Ultramarine Captains kiadások érkeznek

Az újabb hullámban Tyranids Hive Fleet Leviathan Tyranid Warrior with Boneswords (Ver. 2), Iron Hands Captain in Terminator Armor és az Ultramarines Captain in Terminator Armor figurákat zsebelhetjük be hamarosan. Continue reading Joy Toy Warhammer 40K Leviathan, Iron Hands & Ultramarine Captains kiadások érkeznek

[nightbringer24]

I remember someone on here getting REALLY pissy that the Tyranid Warrior's boneswords didn't just wreck Titus in one go in this and that he actually could protect himself, and that it would be like that in the game.

Ignoring the fact that GW's internal consistency of lore and gameplay balance, especially for video games, is... dog shit.

[alphaxenos]

Tyranid List: Invasion Fleet (2000 Pts)

The following list was sourced from https://40k-event-tracker.nuxt.dev and was used by competitive player Marco Esteban, who went 5-0 at the II Iberian Open Vallecas (37 players, 5 rounds) in Madrid, MD, España on June 7, 2025.

CHARACTERS

Hive Tyrant (250) Warlord 1x Heavy venom cannon 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip Enhancement: Adaptive Biology

Winged Tyranid Prime (65) 1x Prime talons

BATTLELINE

Gargoyles (85) 10x Gargoyle 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer

Gargoyles (85) 10x Gargoyle 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer

Gargoyles (85) 10x Gargoyle 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovore (50) 1x Chitin-barbed limbs 1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (140) 1x Bio-plasmic cannon 1x Powerful limbs

Exocrine (140) 1x Bio-plasmic cannon 1x Powerful limbs

Lictor (60) 1x Lictor claws and talons

Lictor (60) 1x Lictor claws and talons

Maleceptor (170) 1x Massive scything talons 1x Psychic overload

Norn Emissary (260) 1x Monstrous rending claws 1x Monstrous scything talons 1x Psychic Tendril

Tyranid Warriors w/ Melee Bio-weapons (150) 1x Tyranid Prime 1x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons 5x Tyranid Warrior 5x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons

Tyrannofex (200) 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes

Tyrannofex (200) 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes

[starnemi]

when i die, im gonna have someone crave my bones into swords so my family and close friends can show off and have a cool anime backstory, also a cool heirloom.

[transmechanicus]

Orks have power klaws which may or may not have energy fields, Tyranids have boneswords, Necron hyperphase blades are based on gauss technology which is arguably more powerful than Power weapons, Votann have plasma blades, all these are essentially Weapon With Energy Field, Power weapons are just the Imperial catch-all term imho.

Is the “Power” in power weapons just electricity?

It’s a catch-all term for close combat weapons that, when activated, generate some flavour of matter-disrupting field via vague… means.

Power swords and claws are power weapons, yes. But so are thunder hammers, klaives, hyperphase swords. Daemon weapons that have the effects of power weapons? Not power weapons. Bio-weapons with the function of power weapons? Not power weapons. Psychically-based direswords? Apparently power weapons.

Power weapons are power weapons in the same way fish are fish. At a glance, yes, but actually thhbbbt???

[maximum-black]

CHAO AB ORDO #mxblck #probablywrongspelling