40k Combat Patrol Premium Delivery 1 - Bigger Boys

Part of my insane, money-burning approach to the 40k Combat Patrol magazine is the Premium subscription. I pay a bit more for each issue, to then get some extra deliveries with more models.

The first of these gave me extras for the Tyranids and space marines - a Hive Tyrant and a Brutalis Dreadnought.

I went for the Hive Tyrant first of all.

The approach of the publishers is to use the full kits, but without the packaging or original instructions. So, following the instructions I was given would have meant building the standard "venom cannon and lash whip" build, but there was no way that was happening...

So I had to build it with wings. 

I really like this model - I won't go through the colour scheme again as it's the same as for the other Tyranids, with maybe a bit more Absolution Green to pick out some details.

It's a satisfyingly huge model, so I assume it will never survive to turn 3 of any game.

The marines get the Brutalis Dreadnought. 

I varied this one slightly from the suggested build too, by giving it the power fists rather than lightning claws. 

Partly this was to make it a nicer fit for the 5th Edition rules (it has twin multimeltas, two power fists and two storm bolters - easy enough to count as one of each and comply with the rules).

Mostly though, I'd had the idea to put the classic black and yellow hazard stripes on the fingers and I really wanted to do that.

I did still have a problem - for 10th Edition, the twin heavy stubbers (which have another name I can't be bothered to check) are required, but there's no way to do that in 5th. Fortunately, those sit on a sort of hatch thing that will sit in place without glue, so I was able to print a set of smoke launchers to match the 5th Edition loadout.

I was particularly lucky to manage a perfect fit on the first try, so now I'm able to swap between them depending on which game I'm playing.

I will say I found this model overall to be very fiddly to paint - the sarcophagus opens, for no apparent reason, and lots of bits are visible but inaccessible on the finished model, so have to be painted before gluing everything together. 

Still, it's done now, so as long as I avoid getting another one, everything is fine!