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Tyranids - Tyrannocyte - Web Exclusive
Tyranids - Tyrannocyte - Web Exclusive
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Warhammer 40,000 – Tyranids – Tyrannocyte / Sporocyst – 51-21
This is a web-exclusive item - different discounts apply here than to the regular Games Workshop range.
The Tyrannocyte is the Tyranid Hive Fleets' biological drop pod: a living transport shell launched from a hive ship onto the battlefield to deliver its deadly cargo precisely into the heart of the enemy line. Where gaunts swarm the ground and monsters advance from the front line, the Tyrannocyte brings aerial threat.
Biological transport for Tyranids
On the battlefield, the Tyrannocyte is ideal for players who want to give their Tyranid army more surprise pressure and positional threat. It can be used to make a key bioform or unit appear in a dangerous spot, forcing the opponent to account for attacks outside the normal line of advance.
This makes it thematically strong in lists centered around sudden attacks, deep infiltration, and the idea of the Hive Fleet striking from all sides simultaneously.
Can be built as Tyrannocyte, Sporocyst, or Mucolid Spore
This kit can be built as a Tyrannocyte, but also as a Sporocyst with a corresponding Mucolid Spore. The Tyrannocyte is the transport variant, with tentacles, organic weapons, and an oval pod shape that perfectly fits the image of Tyranids raining down on a prey world from space.
The Sporocyst build places more emphasis on biological fortification and spore dispersal, while the Mucolid Spore adds an extra floating bio-bomb-like presence. This makes the box flexible for players who want to expand their Hive Fleet with transport, board control, or more spore-themed elements.
Painting enjoyment with chitin, tentacles, and spores
For painters, this kit is a great opportunity to elaborate on the organic Tyranid theme. The carapace plates are ideal for sharp Hive Fleet highlights, blotchy patterns, stripes, or gleaming alien colors. The tentacles, orifices, slimy parts, and spore elements allow for wet effects, toxic hues, and fleshy contrasts.
Bases with cracked earth, acidic pools, alien biomass, jungle ground, broken Imperial floors, or spore growth fit perfectly with the idea of a world slowly being consumed by the Hive Fleet.
Contents of the set
This multipart plastic kit builds:
1 Tyranid Tyrannocyte
Optionally buildable as Sporocyst with Mucolid Spore
Organic bio-weapons and tentacle components
Spore and carapace details
Multipart plastic components
Accompanying Citadel bases
The miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly.
Key features
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Tyranid transport and spore kit for Warhammer 40,000
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Builds 1 Tyrannocyte or 1 Sporocyst with Mucolid Spore
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Ideal for surprise pressure, deep strike themes, and biological board control
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Fits well with monster-heavy, spore, and invasion themes within Tyranid armies
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Strong visual addition alongside gaunts, Warriors, Carnifexes, and larger bioforms
-
Many painting possibilities with carapace, tentacles, slime, spores, and alien basing
-
Flexible kit with multiple build options
-
Plastic miniatures, supplied as a multipart kit
Warhammer 40,000 – Tyranids – Tyrannocyte / Sporocyst – 51-21
This is a web-exclusive item - different discounts apply here than to the regular Games Workshop range.
The Tyrannocyte is the Tyranid Hive Fleets' biological drop pod: a living transport shell launched from a hive ship onto the battlefield to deliver its deadly cargo precisely into the heart of the enemy line. Where gaunts swarm the ground and monsters advance from the front line, the Tyrannocyte brings aerial threat.
Biological transport for Tyranids
On the battlefield, the Tyrannocyte is ideal for players who want to give their Tyranid army more surprise pressure and positional threat. It can be used to make a key bioform or unit appear in a dangerous spot, forcing the opponent to account for attacks outside the normal line of advance.
This makes it thematically strong in lists centered around sudden attacks, deep infiltration, and the idea of the Hive Fleet striking from all sides simultaneously.
Can be built as Tyrannocyte, Sporocyst, or Mucolid Spore
This kit can be built as a Tyrannocyte, but also as a Sporocyst with a corresponding Mucolid Spore. The Tyrannocyte is the transport variant, with tentacles, organic weapons, and an oval pod shape that perfectly fits the image of Tyranids raining down on a prey world from space.
The Sporocyst build places more emphasis on biological fortification and spore dispersal, while the Mucolid Spore adds an extra floating bio-bomb-like presence. This makes the box flexible for players who want to expand their Hive Fleet with transport, board control, or more spore-themed elements.
Painting enjoyment with chitin, tentacles, and spores
For painters, this kit is a great opportunity to elaborate on the organic Tyranid theme. The carapace plates are ideal for sharp Hive Fleet highlights, blotchy patterns, stripes, or gleaming alien colors. The tentacles, orifices, slimy parts, and spore elements allow for wet effects, toxic hues, and fleshy contrasts.
Bases with cracked earth, acidic pools, alien biomass, jungle ground, broken Imperial floors, or spore growth fit perfectly with the idea of a world slowly being consumed by the Hive Fleet.
Contents of the set
This multipart plastic kit builds:
1 Tyranid Tyrannocyte
Optionally buildable as Sporocyst with Mucolid Spore
Organic bio-weapons and tentacle components
Spore and carapace details
Multipart plastic components
Accompanying Citadel bases
The miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly.
Key features
-
Tyranid transport and spore kit for Warhammer 40,000
-
Builds 1 Tyrannocyte or 1 Sporocyst with Mucolid Spore
-
Ideal for surprise pressure, deep strike themes, and biological board control
-
Fits well with monster-heavy, spore, and invasion themes within Tyranid armies
-
Strong visual addition alongside gaunts, Warriors, Carnifexes, and larger bioforms
-
Many painting possibilities with carapace, tentacles, slime, spores, and alien basing
-
Flexible kit with multiple build options
-
Plastic miniatures, supplied as a multipart kit
