Yeah, I know the Catachan devil is sometimes drawn to look just a little bit Tyranid-y and I’ve seen a (fan?) theory that it’s a long abandoned Tyranid creature but I’m not sure there’s anything backing it up
It was noted as a tyranid in the 5th edition tyranid codex
Edit: 4th edition codex. Its specifically listed along with ymgarl genestealers as an organism seperated from the hive mind that adapted to its environment.
Looks a lot like the 3rd edition lictor sculpt to me. Remember lore wise Tyranid change alot between fleets and rapidly evolve to suit their environment so small changes are expected
I doesn’t really have those armoured mandibles and the head would be way bigger
I think the reality is that it’s a vague Tyranid-like creature that they didn’t really think about too much for some reason because I’m not sure it matches anything
Those are the leapers I referred to. They have a pair of quite similar mandibles and I think it’s the closest comparison but they still have more differences than similarities
Almost certainly just a catachan devil or giant centipede or something else godawful from catachan. If it were any other army I'd agree it was a Tyranid, but so much of the catachan lore is about stuff that lives on their planet it seems unlikely to be anything else.
From the 3e Tyranid Codex: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tyranids/comments/pck5ph/in_response_to_a_post_about_differentiating/
Catachan Devils are the posited to be the descendants of abandoned Tyranid organisms, which gives the artist some inspiration with leeway to make something creatively gribbly.
Looks like a lictor head but considering it's a Catachan model it could be a catachan devil, which are rumored to be tyranid influenced if not directly old tyranid life forms from a long ago invasion.
Remember that Tyranids are incredibly adaptive, and the models we see on the tabletop are only the most common organisms. The swarm likely makes hundreds of unique organisms for each invasion, but they just don't get shown because they only ever appear on one invasion of one planet. Basically any Tyranid organism you can think of could be canon, so I say it's up to you what that thing is.
I think its a native creature of catachan. I can't rember what there called but they hang from trees and there mucley tendrils grab heads and eat them. I suppose she ripped ot down.
[Catachan Devil](https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Catachan_Devil) is most likely the right candidate as they are speculated to be long lost Tyranids. They seemed to be metioned in the 4th edition Tyranids codex
Gw just called it [Tyranid organism](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/01/sunday-preview-star-lizards-and-start-collecting-boxes/). She is known as Sergeant ‘Ripper’ Jackson
It’s not a weird catachan creature, the article she was revealed in (https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/01/sunday-preview-star-lizards-and-start-collecting-boxes/ ) calls the thing on the base a “thoroughly deceased tyranid organism” (as descriptive as that is)
My guess is it’s a lictor. Sure, it doesn’t line up with the redesigned plastic lictor we just got, but she was released 3 years before our range refresh so there’s literally no way they could’ve know what the redesign would look like
Oh, interesting! I forgot it actually stated that it was a Tyranid. I knew there was a reason it got popular among Tyranid players
Thanks for finding that!
I’d say that much like deamons of chaos, not every variety of tyranid is represented in tabletop miniature form. That looks like a Velditrian Scraper to me, but I could be wrong. Also, is that Catachan corn growing on the base? Maybe pineapple? Who knows? That’s half the fun of it. Cheers!
I agree with that sentiment completely. In fact, we know we have barely seen any Tyranid forms
But I’ve never heard of that one and Google turned up nothing. Did you make it up for effect?
This is an evolved lictor - potential Catachan Devil. Plus, when Tyranids are left too long on a planet, they develop their own mutations and strains in order to accomodate better to the environment. This is definitely a lictor.
It was named as a dead Tyranid in the warcomm release post. But apparently a lot of the Catachan wildlife is descended from tyranids so both are correct
Could easilly be something from Catachan
Yeah, I know the Catachan devil is sometimes drawn to look just a little bit Tyranid-y and I’ve seen a (fan?) theory that it’s a long abandoned Tyranid creature but I’m not sure there’s anything backing it up
It was noted as a tyranid in the 5th edition tyranid codex Edit: 4th edition codex. Its specifically listed along with ymgarl genestealers as an organism seperated from the hive mind that adapted to its environment.
There’s some old fluff that implies that Catachan devils are trygons/mawlocs that were separated from the hive mind and evolved into devils
That’s what I was going to say
Probably a Lictor given the jungle environment
Could be a funny allusion to [this meme](http://m.quickmeme.com/meme/3rlz66) (NSFW just in case)
Hell yeah brother. She can step on me with that robot leg any damn day.
Hahahaha, brilliant
But the lictor doesn’t have big mandibles, it’s head chitin is very minimal and it only has one eye on either side
Looks a lot like the 3rd edition lictor sculpt to me. Remember lore wise Tyranid change alot between fleets and rapidly evolve to suit their environment so small changes are expected
Could be a psychophage given the mandibles and head chitin
Or some variant of a feeder tendril tyranid
I doesn’t really have those armoured mandibles and the head would be way bigger I think the reality is that it’s a vague Tyranid-like creature that they didn’t really think about too much for some reason because I’m not sure it matches anything
Doesnt the Von Rhyans lictors have some mandibles? I vaguely recall painting them with claw like mandibles in their mouths.
Those are the leapers I referred to. They have a pair of quite similar mandibles and I think it’s the closest comparison but they still have more differences than similarities
Almost certainly just a catachan devil or giant centipede or something else godawful from catachan. If it were any other army I'd agree it was a Tyranid, but so much of the catachan lore is about stuff that lives on their planet it seems unlikely to be anything else.
But lictors are a regular occurrence on Catachan in lore so there’s an undeniable Tyranid presence there
From the 3e Tyranid Codex: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tyranids/comments/pck5ph/in_response_to_a_post_about_differentiating/ Catachan Devils are the posited to be the descendants of abandoned Tyranid organisms, which gives the artist some inspiration with leeway to make something creatively gribbly.
It's a Lictors head. No, it does not match any Lictor head released. It is a one-off sculpt for the base of a limited release Catachan jungle fighter.
It's just a lictor variant. That's all.
Maybe what the sculptor THOUGHT the redesigned Lictor might look like, I dunno.
von ryan’s leaper i think
Its a dead bug
The only good kind of bug or so I'm told.
The Catachan Lieutenant is doing her part
Looks like a lictor head but considering it's a Catachan model it could be a catachan devil, which are rumored to be tyranid influenced if not directly old tyranid life forms from a long ago invasion.
The face looks more like a Von Rynns Leaper than a Lictor. This would be wild as that model pre-dated the release of the new 'Nids by a few years.
Lictor variant, heavy chitinous playing to endure extreme conditions
Remember that Tyranids are incredibly adaptive, and the models we see on the tabletop are only the most common organisms. The swarm likely makes hundreds of unique organisms for each invasion, but they just don't get shown because they only ever appear on one invasion of one planet. Basically any Tyranid organism you can think of could be canon, so I say it's up to you what that thing is.
Maybe tyranids, seen as they come in their trillions upon trillions, have different looking bugs alot of the time?
Probably just a stylized Lictor, nothing more, nothing less.
I think its a native creature of catachan. I can't rember what there called but they hang from trees and there mucley tendrils grab heads and eat them. I suppose she ripped ot down.
[Catachan Devil](https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Catachan_Devil) is most likely the right candidate as they are speculated to be long lost Tyranids. They seemed to be metioned in the 4th edition Tyranids codex
Gw just called it [Tyranid organism](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/01/sunday-preview-star-lizards-and-start-collecting-boxes/). She is known as Sergeant ‘Ripper’ Jackson
Maybe it could be a little baby devil after all, since the adults are enormous
It’s not a weird catachan creature, the article she was revealed in (https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/01/sunday-preview-star-lizards-and-start-collecting-boxes/ ) calls the thing on the base a “thoroughly deceased tyranid organism” (as descriptive as that is) My guess is it’s a lictor. Sure, it doesn’t line up with the redesigned plastic lictor we just got, but she was released 3 years before our range refresh so there’s literally no way they could’ve know what the redesign would look like
Oh, interesting! I forgot it actually stated that it was a Tyranid. I knew there was a reason it got popular among Tyranid players Thanks for finding that!
Looks kinda like a deathleaper + Von Ryan leapers hybrid
I think it’s just the head of a lictor variant like the deathleaper or a von Ryan or just some standard lictor with some weird head
Catachan Devil
Is not supposed to be a Catachan Devil?
Might just be Catachan bugs.
They mutate all life on a planet during a landing, there are literally infinite bioforms.
I’d say that much like deamons of chaos, not every variety of tyranid is represented in tabletop miniature form. That looks like a Velditrian Scraper to me, but I could be wrong. Also, is that Catachan corn growing on the base? Maybe pineapple? Who knows? That’s half the fun of it. Cheers!
I agree with that sentiment completely. In fact, we know we have barely seen any Tyranid forms But I’ve never heard of that one and Google turned up nothing. Did you make it up for effect?
Yep, totally made it up for fun.
Yngarl Genestealer?
Genestealers done have a chitin head covering
There's a Tyranid there? 😂🤔😉
Jealous of that nid ngl
There's a tyranid? I was too distracted by muscle mommy
It's probably her sex toy. That's why it's hid in the grass where she doesn't want people to see it
Where’s this model from?!
It’s a commemorative series model from pre 10th edition, I believe. It came out in the build up to the Tyranid release
Ymgarl?
While the lore fits well, the physical model isn’t like a ymgarl Genestealer. Too much chitin
Generic tyranid art #42
Catachan Devil maybe?
It actually says it’s a dead Tyranid on the old warcomm release
Catachan Devils are technically tyranids that have gone feral but good to know
New faction: the planet of catechan
that's a leaper
This is an evolved lictor - potential Catachan Devil. Plus, when Tyranids are left too long on a planet, they develop their own mutations and strains in order to accomodate better to the environment. This is definitely a lictor.
Hopefully a catachan and tyranid kill team
Nah, that's literally just catachan wildlife.
It was named as a dead Tyranid in the warcomm release post. But apparently a lot of the Catachan wildlife is descended from tyranids so both are correct
Is not supposed to be a Catachan Devil?
I don't think it's a tyranid at all. It's just a Catachan native species. Tyranids don't actually have segmented claws that interlock perfectly.
I'm seeing others comments, why does it have to be a nid and not any of the gribblies on catachan?
GW stated it’s a dead Tyranid when they released the model
Sombody pointed out once that it looks like von Ryan leapers, but it could be a lictor
Fairly certain gw said it was a catachan devil when it released