Codex: Tyranids

Welcome to the Tyranids section of Warhammer 40,000! This portion of the Games Workshop web site is dedicated to the ravenous alien race know as the Tyranids. These monsters live only to feast on the life forms of the galaxy and use the gathered DNA to aid in their race's rapid evolution. Contained herein are modeling tips, painting secrets, army-related scenarios, and much, much more. All you could ever want to know about the Tyranids is just a few clicks away!

Get your Tyranid army finished and on the table!
Learn how to assemble and paint your Tyranid force. There's
even a brand new scenario and a sample army.

Lictor Camo How Not to Be Seen

Lictor Camo Painting
The Lictor is perhaps the most fearsome genus of Tyranid. A master of stealth, a Lictor can strike anywhere with no warning. Here, three hobbyists give you a few ideas how to paint these deadly creatures.

Wallpaper Extras: Tyranid Wallpaper

Bring the terror of the Hive Fleet to your desktop with this collection of wallpapers featuring most of the Tyranid creatures including the Broodlord, Gargoyle, Biovore, Gaunts, Hive Tyrant and more.

Art Tyranids Artwork Gallery

Artwork Showcase
The artwork in the new Codex: Tyranids builds on the tradition of stunning imagery from GW artists. This showcase gives you an idea of what sights to expect in the new book.

Terrain Building Terrain: Building a Tyranid Digestion Pool

When the Tyranids take over a planet, they devour all of its resources and convert them into biomass. A final step in this process is the foul digestion pool. Time to roll up your sleeves and build one.

Army Overview
The Tyranids are without doubt the most alien race encountered by Humanity. They have been likened to a galactic swarm of locusts, remorselessly hungry and too numerous to stop. Tyranids are a nomadic, space-dwelling race that has migrated from beyond our galaxy in search of new resources to consume. Under the direction of the Hive Mind, Tyranid Hive Fleets have bored into our space. These Fleets have discovered sustenance in abundance in the forms of the Imperium of Man and the other species of the Milky Way galaxy. Tyranids continue their endless advance, seeking planets to strip of bio-mass before moving on, leaving nothing but a ball of scoured rock in the wake of their titanic swarms. What's worse, no one seems able to halt, let alone reverse, the Tyranid tide.

Armies of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe
Black Templars
Dark Angels Orks
Catachans
Dark Eldar Space Marines
Chapter Approved
Eldar Tau
Chaos Space Marines Imperial Guard Tyranids
Daemonhunters Necrons Witch Hunters