Tyranids: Barbgaunts - Warhammer 40,000

Tyranids: Barbgaunts - Warhammer 40,000

PARAMETERS:

• Product type: multipart push-fit plastic miniature kit
• Game system: Warhammer 40,000
• Faction: Tyranids
• Unit: Barbgaunts
• Manufacturer: Games Workshop
• Product code: 51-28
• EAN: 5011921199372
• Number of miniatures: 5
• Number of components: 20 plastic components
• Equipment: barblaunchers
• Assembly type: push-fit construction
• Glue required: no
• Bases included: 5 Citadel 40mm Round Bases
• Material: plastic
• Painting: required

Tyranids: Barbgaunts contains five hulking biological artillery creatures fused to grotesque living barblaunchers.

Product description
Add a brood of specialised ranged organisms to your Tyranids collection. Barbgaunts are hunched, heavily built creatures engineered to support the advancing swarm with volleys from their symbiotic weapons.

Each Barbgaunt is permanently fused to a living barblauncher. Five powerful limbs support the creature and stabilise its organic weapon, while the sixth limb has withered into a small, atrophied talon.

Their unusual anatomy and low, weight-bearing poses give the unit a distinctive silhouette among other Tyranid infantry organisms.

Living biological artillery
The barblauncher is not separate equipment but a living organism bonded directly to its host.

Its biological ammunition is directed towards enemy formations while the Barbgaunt's broad body and multiple limbs create a stable firing platform.

The combination of creature and weapon represents the extreme biological specialisation used by the Hive Mind to create organisms for specific battlefield purposes.

Controlled by cerebral parasites
Each Barbgaunt is controlled by a cerebral parasite attached to its eyeless head.

Fleshy tendrils extend from the parasite into the creature's skull, guiding its movements and directing the payload of the living barblauncher.

This disturbing symbiotic relationship gives the miniatures a unique visual identity and reinforces their role as biological weapons rather than independent creatures.

Push-fit assembly
The five miniatures use push-fit construction and can be assembled without plastic glue.

The 20 components are designed to connect directly, making the unit straightforward to build while retaining detailed organic textures and individual poses.

Detailed organic design
The models feature layered chitin, swollen living weapons, clawed limbs, eyeless heads, cerebral parasites and fleshy control tendrils.

These biological surfaces provide excellent opportunities for contrasting carapace and skin colours, organic weapon effects, parasite markings and custom Hive Fleet colour schemes.

The repeated but varied shapes of the five creatures also make the brood well suited to efficient batch painting.

Background
Barbgaunts are specialised Tyranid organisms bred to provide biological artillery support to an advancing swarm.

Their movements and weapon systems are controlled by parasites embedded in their skulls, ensuring that every creature follows the commands of the Hive Mind without hesitation.

They advance behind faster organisms, using their living launchers to disrupt enemy formations before larger Tyranid beasts close in to consume the survivors.

Why add it to your collection?

• Five biological artillery creatures - add a complete brood of specialised ranged Tyranid organisms.
• Distinctive living weapons - every model is fused to a grotesque barblauncher.
• Push-fit construction - assemble all five miniatures without plastic glue.
• Unique Tyranid design - features cerebral parasites, control tendrils and asymmetrical limbs.
• Rewarding painting project - ideal for organic weapon effects, chitin details and Hive Fleet colours.

Official Games Workshop product
An original Games Workshop plastic miniature set created for Tyranids armies in Warhammer 40,000.

Add the Barbgaunts to your collection and support the advance of the Hive Mind with volleys from grotesque living artillery.