White Dwarf - Issue 27 by Games Workshop

Author:Games Workshop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: 40000, citadel miniatures, white dwarf, warhammer, games workshop, hobby
Published: 2014-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

THE CRIMSON MAW, SCOURGE OF KALIGAN III

Jason Lee: Tyranids are a strange race with infinite scope for unusual paint schemes. They’re also a different painting challenge to my usual armies, which was what drew me to paint the Harpy in the first place.

I imagine Tyranids are pretty bland-looking as they travel through the void, only developing their colouration and patterning when they land on a planet. The first arrivals (Genestealers, Lictors and the like) will then pass on information to the rest of the Hive Fleet, instructing them how to adapt to the environment. The Crimson Maw is part of Hive Fleet Leviathan, hence the white skin and black carapace, but it has been bred by the Hive Mind to blend in with the flora of Kaligan III, a forest world in the Ultima Segmentum. From above it looks like the tree canopies, making it hard to see from the air, while from below it’s a pale white, the same colour as the clouds.

The Crimson Maw earned its name in the conflict of Kaligan III, where it terrorised the Astra Militarum regiments stationed in the millwood forests. Flying high above the trees it spied its target – Captain Raigon of the Cadian 29th. Tucking its wings in tight, the Harpy dived, pulling up at the last moment to tear the Captain in half with its jaws before flying off again. Tales quickly passed among the men of a red-mawed sky-predator. Their tales soon became reality, the Hive Mind breeding dozens more Harpies with crimson maws to terrorise the skies of Kaligan III.

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