tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009953894389115912024-03-15T21:10:11.866-04:00Modern SynthesistA home for Mr_Pink's conversions, commissions, sculpts, and kitbashes, from the Warhammer 40,000 game system for Tyranids, Dark Eldar, and other armies using Apoxie Sculpt and Greenstuff.Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-61081122964541330042023-11-19T05:48:00.002-05:002023-11-19T05:52:44.815-05:00GOLD for Hive Fleet Angrboda in AoP 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2KGauZPw5BQ-0pBRVBnkQy7K0CS6p-sq-SRWHn8s5S5vVccsfZUlI1DcCxcp7bHXmpxAE5zdV4yrjKlh1PTkkM5rmm4x-nUnRnRQDsyWEOgyCnWAWYSqN7Hvg_2tNJtHJePpN92fE8nmXQUT-fjJwZTe3Lxxn09GD0X46CehOD5Y4XrlnpLNNhhIm5w/s3419/NMD_9725_3456_NJ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3419" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2KGauZPw5BQ-0pBRVBnkQy7K0CS6p-sq-SRWHn8s5S5vVccsfZUlI1DcCxcp7bHXmpxAE5zdV4yrjKlh1PTkkM5rmm4x-nUnRnRQDsyWEOgyCnWAWYSqN7Hvg_2tNJtHJePpN92fE8nmXQUT-fjJwZTe3Lxxn09GD0X46CehOD5Y4XrlnpLNNhhIm5w/w640-h548/NMD_9725_3456_NJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Though I wasn't able to get my display board finished in time for the international deadline for the online edition of Armies on Parade (honestly, GW, why shift the deadline from end of November to BEGINNING of November???), I DID manage to get it done in time for our local Games Workshop Toronto's Armies on Parade Day (though it was a near thing!).<span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I finished BUILDING it within the 24 hours allotted to the challenge, but then PAINTING it took an additional 8-10 hours that I hammered through over the last week. Again, I'll get into more detail in a separate post, but honourable mentions go to Daler Rowney Artist Inks (Crimson, Paynes Grey, Turquoise, and Light Green, specifically!), and to Nora The Norn Queen for seeing how stressed I was and offering to help with anything I needed. In the end, what I needed was a neat name card for the display, and she delivered!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrYIcjDUmNkWcmQkoLQN5i_IEF1bCp2Jw6oRCBSTKi46Ne99Ob3hHpuwITrVoi5_NP73Go52RDP64UdWjJGDpWXIsVjuzTcX1fyiE6RtdkkYfLOkWkWuuqIsE1J-M6dT-QqZH7Gx3YNNH3U5CL4iTP9kxrkxx_K0vOBNtP3rvUAm_zuRE1I_0W1_COEQ/s4512/NMD_9627_3358.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4512" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrYIcjDUmNkWcmQkoLQN5i_IEF1bCp2Jw6oRCBSTKi46Ne99Ob3hHpuwITrVoi5_NP73Go52RDP64UdWjJGDpWXIsVjuzTcX1fyiE6RtdkkYfLOkWkWuuqIsE1J-M6dT-QqZH7Gx3YNNH3U5CL4iTP9kxrkxx_K0vOBNtP3rvUAm_zuRE1I_0W1_COEQ/w640-h426/NMD_9627_3358.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I managed to score gold in the Warhammer 40k category, which I was very
happy with--particularly since there was an actual prize of a brush
wallet, and that was something I'd been recently considering getting. I
also really liked that GW gave out Armies on Parade pins to winners this
year since the last time I participated, all I received was a
certificate.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjozttfn5GBofAmI9e-hyXr8f7pPh1uvH9H2lYOXNLfr5x2VSoKJ1JExev1EY7LshdwxcgvUX45arsyvKkAmIxjdxzvwPsEtO1RbENy6-L3MsW48d7Xfj0WlyeKfV_YhbiUEsA6T43C5lAHiOHaHg0MdQ_qurt_ro41PA3bvgVOgANQ5D4pdqBbZoj88/s2612/NMD_9818_3549_NJ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2521" data-original-width="2612" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjozttfn5GBofAmI9e-hyXr8f7pPh1uvH9H2lYOXNLfr5x2VSoKJ1JExev1EY7LshdwxcgvUX45arsyvKkAmIxjdxzvwPsEtO1RbENy6-L3MsW48d7Xfj0WlyeKfV_YhbiUEsA6T43C5lAHiOHaHg0MdQ_qurt_ro41PA3bvgVOgANQ5D4pdqBbZoj88/w640-h618/NMD_9818_3549_NJ.jpg" width="640" /></a> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Best Overall </span><br /></h1><p>I DID NOT win Best Overall, and that's because I was trounced by an AMAZING board FULL of different Xenos critters, created by <a href="http://The.Fester.And.Rot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The.Fester.And.Rot</a> / Martin. I couldn't be happier about losing out to such a worthy opponent—PARTICULARLY since it was Xenos and not more annoying space marines (they came in third :P)! Here are just a few photos of Martin's creation, and you absolutely need to go check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the.fester.and.rot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin's Instagram Profile</a> for photos of all the rest. Every single model is an EPIC conversion :D<br /><br />Though Martin said he doesn't play the game, so hadn't thought of what he'd field his Xenos panoply as, I suggested Tau since this is honestly what I wish a Tau Sphere army looked like: an awesome collection of various xenos factions, all allied for the Greater Good!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ONfzrHJzzyHHsp1iTULk7rOSKgISjjs5g6MaLEEfZEsperfFjynE4XNnwYJHgi8gqYtYEiAX_Ngc24hIAf7_jUsWL6Ehkl7YZOsbKE_yl12bjVbSao6yKmG64feC8avXRuOHwegfaDryh7KcWkpVaL7U59nODYAYGP1zNvSk4isrU9gES9mR8D_JBNQ/s3616/NMD_9809_3540_NJ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2793" data-original-width="3616" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ONfzrHJzzyHHsp1iTULk7rOSKgISjjs5g6MaLEEfZEsperfFjynE4XNnwYJHgi8gqYtYEiAX_Ngc24hIAf7_jUsWL6Ehkl7YZOsbKE_yl12bjVbSao6yKmG64feC8avXRuOHwegfaDryh7KcWkpVaL7U59nODYAYGP1zNvSk4isrU9gES9mR8D_JBNQ/w640-h494/NMD_9809_3540_NJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Though I would have loved to see still MORE boards, of course, I was still happy that 8 competitors showed up.</p><p>And, of course, now I'm scheming about what I can do to top Martin next year for Best Overall!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX9kfsB8XiqeOd7yFT91ECdsnUmnOcP5PNSmIThtLWKbjq8HoGOgfNmxO3SbHE8cH2ev0GgW2832nDAqjJXQWQh0Fwg6Mh3D1YtL4H1iLw0mqPOcBTIgkntCTG_iVA9XL1tY9gPgVRaWc0XcCbi4wEEP5AncS6D9_Y2P0gq3RBsLq3tz6dnX1lIVpu5M/s3696/NMD_9829_3561_NJ_NJ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3696" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX9kfsB8XiqeOd7yFT91ECdsnUmnOcP5PNSmIThtLWKbjq8HoGOgfNmxO3SbHE8cH2ev0GgW2832nDAqjJXQWQh0Fwg6Mh3D1YtL4H1iLw0mqPOcBTIgkntCTG_iVA9XL1tY9gPgVRaWc0XcCbi4wEEP5AncS6D9_Y2P0gq3RBsLq3tz6dnX1lIVpu5M/w640-h426/NMD_9829_3561_NJ_NJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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In this video, I try to add a little more flavour by drawing on my decades of Tyranid knowledge to highlight what I like most about this brand new wave of Tyranid kits.</p><p>And shout out to my new editor Dwarfanage for having really burned the midnight oil to get this one out for release day! He did an amazing job!<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-31310741054233833422023-06-10T06:06:00.007-04:002023-11-19T06:09:23.130-05:00How to Sculpt Tyranid Carapace<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r4F9liI26ZE?si=77fwVD9h2QkS-V2F" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>
<p> Though long-time followers of the blog will know I've done a video before on sculpting Tyranid/organic armour, I took another run at it as part of my How To Sculpt Tyranids subseries. In this episode, we bulk Terry the Tyranid up with some armour plates!<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-15565383279785531432023-06-08T12:00:00.002-04:002023-11-19T06:17:07.534-05:0010th Edition Screamer Killer Conversion with Eric's Hobby Workshop<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xgXXJBI9Wbc?si=OpxBQdt_wfD5DJ6H" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p><p>Though Games Workshop did not see fit to send me any advanced Tyranid models to support the Leviathan release, I was tremendously fortunate that another hobbyist who DID receive them and was familiar with my work reached out to ask if I'd like to collaborate on a video with him. It was none other that Eric's Hobby Workshop, a pillar of the hobbyist community on YouTube and—as I learned from this collaboration—an all-around awesome dude!<br /><br />This was meant to be a video about the Screamer Killer conversion I did, but what Eric wound up making of it was something far more broad about me as an artist and a Tyranid lover. I didn't know quite what to expect when Eric disappeared into his editing suite, but what he came up with FAR exceeded my expectations. I felt like he really got me—that he really SAW me. So much so that I've sent this video on to people like my mom, who knows little to nothing about 40k, because it does such an amazing job of explaining who I am within this hobby.</p><p>So I am eternally grateful to Eric on a whole bunch of levels for putting in all this time, and giving me this opportunity!<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-14289746961588931202023-04-02T10:00:00.001-04:002023-04-02T10:00:00.203-04:00Is 3d Printing the Hobby Messiah?<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j3tXpd3kli8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>I've taken a fairly old, haphazard series from here on the blog called <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/search/label/Deepthought" target="_blank">Deepthought</a> and transitioned it over to video format on my YouTube Channel. This was my most recent episode, where <a href="http://h-archive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hydra</a> and I had some deep thoughts about the possible impacts CAD sculpting and 3D printing are having on the hobby. It's definitely a longer one, so maybe put it on in the background while you're doing some hobbying.<br /><br />And here are the other episodes that I've recorded in this series:<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLyjaTOn1cvVILrgloVDy2uv68JYGRFRzG" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br />Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-63624414254151832022023-03-31T09:00:00.001-04:002023-03-31T09:00:00.191-04:00The Hive Mind Reacts to 10th Edition Trailer<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1j1AnaQmifI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>On our most recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ModernSynthesist/streams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creature Conference Livestream</a> with Hive Fleet Moloch and Hydra, we reviewed the beasties that were showcased in the 10th Edition Teaser Trailer. As this was our first look at a significant number of new Tyranids in a very long time, I was super eager to see what Marco and Simon thought of them.<br /><br />How are you feeling about the new nids?<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-8028121987124663542023-03-30T09:00:00.001-04:002023-03-30T09:00:00.209-04:00Breaking down Tyranid Rumours for 10th Edition<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J6L_4Bao6lc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>In case you've been living under a rock, Games Workshop has been heavily teasing a massive new Tryanid release with the coming Warhammer 40k 10th Edition. I made the above video breaking down which Tyranids we may be seeing in their first CG teaser trailer.<br /><br />In case <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ModernSynthesist/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you're not already following me on YouTube</a>, I also made the following videos earlier, relating to rumours for this release, and my reaction to the very first teaser. Here they are in case you find them helpful!</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D7X1nlp3I0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KcTKDxgQDNU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />HOW HYPED ARE YOU about the possibility of a proper new Tyranid wave for the first time in roughly a decade??<br /></p><p><br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-6742422323699738802023-03-29T11:36:00.007-04:002023-03-29T11:36:00.197-04:00How To Scupt Tentacles<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NVGyLbPpYpk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />I've got a fresh new How To Sculpt video for you on one of my most-requested topics: sculpting tentacles!<br /><br />This was actually posted a few weeks back on my YouTube, so if you're not already subscribed over there, make sure to do so and get notified about all my new videos and streams: https://www.youtube.com/@ModernSynthesist/<br /></p>
<p><vp></vp></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-52038856242750137022023-03-28T11:44:00.005-04:002023-03-28T11:44:34.960-04:00How to Sculpt with Nivea and Lubricants<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_i_MIfbHs8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p> One of the materials that has really changed the lives of people getting into sculpting with greenstuff is a proper lubricant. If you ask me, that is nivea hand cream, and I haven't looked back since I started using it!</p><p>However, people also regularly ask me if you need to wash your models after sculpting using nivea before you prime or paint them. I got so tired of repeating that NO, YOU DO NOT NEED TO WASH YOUR MODELS that I decided to do a little experiment on video to show you how well primer sticks to cured putty that's been lubricated with different materials. Here's hoping you find this helpful!<br /><br />And this video was actually posted a few months back on my YouTube, so if you're
not already subscribed over there, make sure to do so and get notified
about all my new videos and streams:
https://www.youtube.com/@ModernSynthesist<br /><br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-13173958712298331942023-02-08T08:05:00.032-05:002023-03-29T10:17:04.032-04:00Building a Lictor Alpha or Lictor Prime (Project Deathleaper)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9OWLZzC6E6e_HUyYBWbxLvyWpleac982RWRQL1aIqMmKSfo-exbjfdPaapmk_eFtxDdTYRJmpwbVzBmbSIgN_BZZa4qwb2y5TC7tn8tsNXUgUexRJ_5uzPNgrGMyAyUUeKKUCiojZg4m5IYqgA39xNWkQR6O19tzU4HhRTd5l7pvbhZkuqli_lrL/s1609/2022_0818_10105700~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1609" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9OWLZzC6E6e_HUyYBWbxLvyWpleac982RWRQL1aIqMmKSfo-exbjfdPaapmk_eFtxDdTYRJmpwbVzBmbSIgN_BZZa4qwb2y5TC7tn8tsNXUgUexRJ_5uzPNgrGMyAyUUeKKUCiojZg4m5IYqgA39xNWkQR6O19tzU4HhRTd5l7pvbhZkuqli_lrL/w640-h286/2022_0818_10105700~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> <span data-offset-key="3s8he-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Tyranid Lictor has been a part of my hobby DNA since I started Warhammer 40k back in 1997. In second edition, I ran four of the beasts, each equipped with voltage field biomorphs, and when the Inquis Exterminatus art book was released in 2000, I fell in love with Jes Goodwin's original sketch for the Lictor.</span></span><span data-offset-key="3s8he-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="3s8he-0-0"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="3s8he-0-0"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunnk7x4NdNU5wK1gDISfvdMQZ1y2H8z6f8EasnHUMPChBE4rHnxhzNcbxZZPekXxv1-iwxrIDWx9danR9wxlLavR9_WZVB7aiG_atrbWdP8FId3ViEoqEQx5akWRLFfEvMBq-Qch5cRHF_ebvHbYOnFN236mWcKPFGxP0Impyb5xedq0dkrFWnkYK/s3593/PXL_20220819_122903746~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3593" data-original-width="2664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunnk7x4NdNU5wK1gDISfvdMQZ1y2H8z6f8EasnHUMPChBE4rHnxhzNcbxZZPekXxv1-iwxrIDWx9danR9wxlLavR9_WZVB7aiG_atrbWdP8FId3ViEoqEQx5akWRLFfEvMBq-Qch5cRHF_ebvHbYOnFN236mWcKPFGxP0Impyb5xedq0dkrFWnkYK/w475-h640/PXL_20220819_122903746~2.jpg" width="475" /></a></span></div><span data-offset-key="3s8he-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><p></p><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="fkvlq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fkvlq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fkvlq-0-0"><span data-text="true">So much so that not only was I determined to convert one of my own to match this artwork, I even felt the need to tell Jes about my plans when I met him for the first time at a Games Day Canada in the early 2000's. <br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fkvlq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fkvlq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2hf2g-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA26L0AhrCiQle-NZ1vf7QYMl94pHH4iZyNTk9_1Ii96aFyuoip7TRaz80rW7FoUaFSsYqwwCM1AoFobE7jXEFgmcjNEmGz5ovqIYhhJBebthTFkW8jcGjQHAF5Cfe9c_9U42mlPUcGFlWgRcLYZc8wYCCutj49_qVDFUJnyM_RjQ-1SHv2to6aLmE/s1080/Screenshot_20220819-082402.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1080" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA26L0AhrCiQle-NZ1vf7QYMl94pHH4iZyNTk9_1Ii96aFyuoip7TRaz80rW7FoUaFSsYqwwCM1AoFobE7jXEFgmcjNEmGz5ovqIYhhJBebthTFkW8jcGjQHAF5Cfe9c_9U42mlPUcGFlWgRcLYZc8wYCCutj49_qVDFUJnyM_RjQ-1SHv2to6aLmE/w400-h391/Screenshot_20220819-082402.png" width="400" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="2hf2g-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />That was my first-ever Tyranid conversion, and the first time I ever tried sculpting on models. I was a bit hamstrung by my materials (greenstuff was expensive and came in small quantities, so I worked with plumbers putty :P ), but I didn't make out horribly! </span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="9sq3b-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9sq3b-0-0"><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><span data-text="true">But that was the last work I ever did on a Tyranid Lictor for nearly two decades! The 3rd edition pewter model failed to inspire me, and though the most recent pewter/finecast edition has grown on me, never so much that I felt the need to model one. In the back of my mind, I always thought I'd get to converting my own Tyranid Lictor one day, and when I did, I'd draw on the </span></span><a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/05/art-of-robert-cirillo.html"><span data-offset-key="2k9c4-1-0"><span data-text="true">amazing sketches from Roberto Cirillo</span></span></a><span data-offset-key="2k9c4-2-0"><span data-text="true"> that came out in the interim!<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2k9c4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2k9c4-2-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSVwiiZlurYNZu0QlA33OjW_QnjYD_TgDDEE6sQhceOgEmzUoC6hpIOxlY5Z8hbFkaZd89y6Nt77vH2Vy2-YBH34hV0sasHH4imlyXQzzznFFpIIAyVv77AcPuL7XwKUTOAQbFtHJgLUAQJBSg_UEi8fLMnDx7OitS7G3Lf688WC8wf22ALWiEuiI/s4032/PXL_20220819_145223899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSVwiiZlurYNZu0QlA33OjW_QnjYD_TgDDEE6sQhceOgEmzUoC6hpIOxlY5Z8hbFkaZd89y6Nt77vH2Vy2-YBH34hV0sasHH4imlyXQzzznFFpIIAyVv77AcPuL7XwKUTOAQbFtHJgLUAQJBSg_UEi8fLMnDx7OitS7G3Lf688WC8wf22ALWiEuiI/w480-h640/PXL_20220819_145223899.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span data-text="true"><br />Fast forward to early in 2021, when someone approached me with a commission to make not one but THREE Tyranid Lictors for them, all inspired by the unique Tyranid creature known as Deathleaper.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aufrb-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7h7sc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7h7sc-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Gx_XQ-3yMgCsiAF_ZL-K5S3p0P5YOCbVUA85u-iMjUSPylUeNSYmIGwDSDelVkecSt3FaoOj-4WV-UYWJ41IpH_em4ysm3coM6XqLP_OBVLH-gE1zt2eu-o-vN6f5gbbgecxqMQncaXdxKmt7igk3wQjY49yaBKzN75iNEZrEXJNTv7GvcAFR2Z/s998/Deathleaper%20Concept.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-Gx_XQ-3yMgCsiAF_ZL-K5S3p0P5YOCbVUA85u-iMjUSPylUeNSYmIGwDSDelVkecSt3FaoOj-4WV-UYWJ41IpH_em4ysm3coM6XqLP_OBVLH-gE1zt2eu-o-vN6f5gbbgecxqMQncaXdxKmt7igk3wQjY49yaBKzN75iNEZrEXJNTv7GvcAFR2Z/w466-h640/Deathleaper%20Concept.webp" width="466" /></a></div><span data-text="true"><br />Since Deathleaper has always held a special place in my heart as the creature was initially created by the now-defunct Games Workshop Canada team, I JUMPED at the opportunity.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="d92fp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d92fp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d92fp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Though the client requested three Deathleapers, one was meant to be bigger and meaner than the rest, so I used a Hive Tyrant kit for this one, thinking of it as a Lictor Prime type creature.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="6fv42-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6fv42-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6fv42-0-0"><span data-text="true">My first revelation in the build was inverting the tail that's meant to be used on a winged Tyranid Hive Tyrant. With very little modification, I was able to flip the tail to work well on a walking Lictor, with the tailing curling around as if it's ready to strike.<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6fv42-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6fv42-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1vkij-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDjSXT9tsRBNBBsiOsz46FaHIAbfrlWS2ffZG-G1G7SJUyoq1QJe4E58yWOOfOYjkBYVH2DMYyxWG7R7SNRIfBNr7VyuVOHoMg9xh9sNCheF2bt_FufReqcKotneng3aIY7sDI7EfLAboGWsbcSrgfjKyOapFAL9U5NSAY-1UPCp63xweRCA6RN6P/s4032/PXL_20210228_025124201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDjSXT9tsRBNBBsiOsz46FaHIAbfrlWS2ffZG-G1G7SJUyoq1QJe4E58yWOOfOYjkBYVH2DMYyxWG7R7SNRIfBNr7VyuVOHoMg9xh9sNCheF2bt_FufReqcKotneng3aIY7sDI7EfLAboGWsbcSrgfjKyOapFAL9U5NSAY-1UPCp63xweRCA6RN6P/w480-h640/PXL_20210228_025124201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="1vkij-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />My next bit of insight came for the overhead mantis-style talons that are so iconic to Lictors. These are usually longer and more slender than your average scything talon arm, and when people use standard scything talons for them, it never works for me. <br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="3fcq1-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3fcq1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3fcq1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />Enter the wings from the Tyranid Hive Tyrant kit—or, more specifically, the arms from the wings.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3fcq1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3fcq1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYYTLnJGvjK-xQ1yYbjB4FKdb4F7nlpVXW5UUw9wOYb_O4G_x8j7yn-AbUkG2NeKnB9D8O7oCh13R2Bj_x6orxUU6iaCDCTXQAFtueXTfrX74GCLQVjZwH1DiwS8D-ZXvzU9i-ygk5CeIxrMYSjgiiIxHXe7V6RxDtifpMg672rlltft7Qas6IUkI/s4032/PXL_20210301_205717427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYYTLnJGvjK-xQ1yYbjB4FKdb4F7nlpVXW5UUw9wOYb_O4G_x8j7yn-AbUkG2NeKnB9D8O7oCh13R2Bj_x6orxUU6iaCDCTXQAFtueXTfrX74GCLQVjZwH1DiwS8D-ZXvzU9i-ygk5CeIxrMYSjgiiIxHXe7V6RxDtifpMg672rlltft7Qas6IUkI/w480-h640/PXL_20210301_205717427.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-text="true">Once I'd trimmed the wing membranes from them, they were the perfect things for representing the overhead mantis scythe arms.
But I knew I wanted to bring in more of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robertocirillo.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roberto Cirillo</a>'s cool Tyranid sketches into the build, and there's one particular sketch that has plagued me for years: his depiction of the Tyranid Lictor's mantis claw with additional grasping digits on it and an end that looked like it could fire out as a flesh hook.<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4uj5d-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPI_WH9Tp7h-2JGVKlr5WHOafGc_LdPnF1qFTrQARdvVO4heHMsJe-N1iV0CibL0UMPHx6cGd50yyZ9efbcTJb2-KXUcBgK0QIJQbxLzOrQSfmIaEX3Wds2ZEo7f19mXb0F30ezxJW4LvhlY0s-ozso-npauhq_GoxVaaIqBSXST7BFFOdEEde2xyn/s4032/PXL_20210304_185452928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPI_WH9Tp7h-2JGVKlr5WHOafGc_LdPnF1qFTrQARdvVO4heHMsJe-N1iV0CibL0UMPHx6cGd50yyZ9efbcTJb2-KXUcBgK0QIJQbxLzOrQSfmIaEX3Wds2ZEo7f19mXb0F30ezxJW4LvhlY0s-ozso-npauhq_GoxVaaIqBSXST7BFFOdEEde2xyn/w480-h640/PXL_20210304_185452928.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span data-text="true"><br />And that is precisely what I tried to replicate on the Tyranid Lictor Prime.</span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG17NUUsRu6zLvB8BG_2jXvpH4WmNVoj0qnU34QGPAnvlonpidkOC7B6QSvJU8hVA6FiJplfzyaMjxKi5X3z0QrS3cZ17WulbFhLrNUsliV0g7o45-7bCutvzg0haBUUnpCgPLluVnG4hrWKx70so_UBWMCMYUCseLq7fCN4KFPTQSHcFFKefGXOkt/s4032/PXL_20211210_034338222(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG17NUUsRu6zLvB8BG_2jXvpH4WmNVoj0qnU34QGPAnvlonpidkOC7B6QSvJU8hVA6FiJplfzyaMjxKi5X3z0QrS3cZ17WulbFhLrNUsliV0g7o45-7bCutvzg0haBUUnpCgPLluVnG4hrWKx70so_UBWMCMYUCseLq7fCN4KFPTQSHcFFKefGXOkt/w480-h640/PXL_20211210_034338222(1).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ql5m-0-0"><span data-text="true">The last bit that I really wanted to get right was giving the Tyranid Lictor Prime a head that didn't read as just another Tyranid Hive Tyrant and was a little closer to Deathleaper. I accomplished this with a face full of tentacles, compliments of the Greenstuff Industries tentacle roller (tell them Modern Synthesist sent you: <a href="https://www.greenstuffindustries.com/store/p1/Tentacle_Maker_Tool_Box%2C_Wave_1.html" target="_blank">Tentacle Maker Box at Greenstuff Industries</a>), with a piece from a Venom cannon feed in there to be what the tentacles mounted to, and then some little mandibles using the smallest, vestigial scything talons from the Zoanthrope kit.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn2uti_LZLMJQLSAWrfM484WxWz_PoYiY7BCHIyzZG_FsxcJTPwFu0M9WyXxv1pqWpQaJjVgRHTmcRNkiLgmDpNDgvow4bxJfq4mwEiv9Vac_SHFQgpbukRM0a8LuI7BwVXQ4rdatekDIyOHjwYYctzsnVvVwwrU-hDINhtwkGgkRCjhfOq9efH2w/s4032/PXL_20211214_023943821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrn2uti_LZLMJQLSAWrfM484WxWz_PoYiY7BCHIyzZG_FsxcJTPwFu0M9WyXxv1pqWpQaJjVgRHTmcRNkiLgmDpNDgvow4bxJfq4mwEiv9Vac_SHFQgpbukRM0a8LuI7BwVXQ4rdatekDIyOHjwYYctzsnVvVwwrU-hDINhtwkGgkRCjhfOq9efH2w/w480-h640/PXL_20211214_023943821.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="296r2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="296r2-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-k_etWJ3P_l_PgXCZNnnj9_u1jkcmZCYxPCwghVaGtvTjfTHf3Oi3meBZhXjWZC3d3M7yrN3sYe888e91cmdM9UGa4JCQgKMmiM7Ehf63AMEyRpiwj5h9WX0s6Nmq-GSPuRqXYChVDYsdg5SS54sVO1kyWYR7ldXSZT5FOpVrsgyIisg3-cYqC2J/s4032/PXL_20211213_013903421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-k_etWJ3P_l_PgXCZNnnj9_u1jkcmZCYxPCwghVaGtvTjfTHf3Oi3meBZhXjWZC3d3M7yrN3sYe888e91cmdM9UGa4JCQgKMmiM7Ehf63AMEyRpiwj5h9WX0s6Nmq-GSPuRqXYChVDYsdg5SS54sVO1kyWYR7ldXSZT5FOpVrsgyIisg3-cYqC2J/w480-h640/PXL_20211213_013903421.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span data-text="true"><br />Ok. Enough blathering about build. Here's the finished Tyranid Lictor Prime / Deathleaper Alpha:<br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="clsr9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="clsr9-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICNto5HEEDqomwu2T1XTiGE2BgGrnm9nzp7fc8EgiZ0Ds0sWl-w5lKPD0wgFL0FJN0l_cDw1OqBFSVCtezvKihPggMTrQqEuDJQ5_kl6HihFVV9P3FUA9sRFybN0mwlJg6nxI2Wroo9M-hKJh8iGlT8l9hacfTpFNUujwSsHFirmTXyZXKnJ3Itk3/s5520/NMD_8786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3680" data-original-width="5520" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICNto5HEEDqomwu2T1XTiGE2BgGrnm9nzp7fc8EgiZ0Ds0sWl-w5lKPD0wgFL0FJN0l_cDw1OqBFSVCtezvKihPggMTrQqEuDJQ5_kl6HihFVV9P3FUA9sRFybN0mwlJg6nxI2Wroo9M-hKJh8iGlT8l9hacfTpFNUujwSsHFirmTXyZXKnJ3Itk3/w640-h426/NMD_8786.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkhgxDEwsv7XvNxvaVD3G9PWXfgROpethtZtBmEMYvOh2GveYuLxq0HwXdjyEL8q3W87sTj7vJQvTvU9XsQOHgBNDUsDSKsreShylI83JZ6bjZzhWQkkjHvu3e0ob4CIiPnDvg54Eo9Q9foFpjoxFEXAwQAiTKsGahcgdvHEcyQT40yOtRnCh0Qi3/s2160/IMG-20220521_100257_2829-285622357.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkhgxDEwsv7XvNxvaVD3G9PWXfgROpethtZtBmEMYvOh2GveYuLxq0HwXdjyEL8q3W87sTj7vJQvTvU9XsQOHgBNDUsDSKsreShylI83JZ6bjZzhWQkkjHvu3e0ob4CIiPnDvg54Eo9Q9foFpjoxFEXAwQAiTKsGahcgdvHEcyQT40yOtRnCh0Qi3/w640-h640/IMG-20220521_100257_2829-285622357.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ubAQNRWOYScTxHJ_PEdXCjZmctU7TeALYSb8IW5ceX37XEqeHkR_jKP6n2An71ZKdLV4omZ_fOW8teeHqbdoKk32dplisT7x8Ej-NX-HaYfI7EGFblOIE8MVH4TNbqbUnDwJorZFkzOfz_EUSA9SrxMEuyXE2-0-PU_TqAw1aYEuiFbW34S30HAH/w640-h640/IMG-20220521_100257_2829-285622356.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span data-text="true"><br />And there he is absolutely dwarfing a standard Tyranid Lictor!<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="54mof-0-0"><span data-offset-key="54mof-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />To compliment this dude I made two more standard Tyranid Deathleapers who were meant to be about the same size as a standard Tyranid Lictor. However, as is often the case with me, I can rarely keep something small when it can be bigger and buffer!<br /><br /></span></span><span data-offset-key="54mof-0-0"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ccyBlHW1an6IarJhGlquE2aWH0Qr5yGXOAj8pob_zDvjT0GvIhqcJHU-6ZY1y25MQgqAKbg7gydaCAqVhvQWd1hHipdRv0fXR8Hn6atexN8N9rYJFCz6r3z4iCTUjWLtXQ-VoTFNQ1qaHWZ9JaN7i7Mwmw6ymOJTuy-HuD7jCT4S_mOit9G91DjZ/s1033/2022_0818_10121600~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1033" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ccyBlHW1an6IarJhGlquE2aWH0Qr5yGXOAj8pob_zDvjT0GvIhqcJHU-6ZY1y25MQgqAKbg7gydaCAqVhvQWd1hHipdRv0fXR8Hn6atexN8N9rYJFCz6r3z4iCTUjWLtXQ-VoTFNQ1qaHWZ9JaN7i7Mwmw6ymOJTuy-HuD7jCT4S_mOit9G91DjZ/w640-h360/2022_0818_10121600~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="f7sg3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f7sg3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f7sg3-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />So those are my two beefy Tyranid Deathleaper-inspred Lictors on the far left and right, with a standard Tyranid Lictor between them, as well as a conversion from putty-pusher extraordinaire, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/greenstuffing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greenstuffing</a>, which actually helped inspire some aspects of my own conversions.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="5qcog-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5qcog-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5qcog-0-0"><span data-text="true">Here are some more photos for the upright one with my Tyranid Lictor barry, an envoy from <a href="http://h-archive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hive Fleet Hydra</a>:<br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="949" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineyuztU9ttivSYTHgHktKZsYuqPbcAo6-WjVJMIz4YotEwVYC6G2T9Zya8Niw-W41cW15d6jCXHkuSYSBU-hQzUeP10dp8DbnNDytI-xBswpORDoeuxM8Kku8XwsS8NeN4lx3v_QAhMbEiI9Q0rcBXAALetvNPcjWX9kK2dYobPMbTfkbfZCzN0xt/w640-h444/2022_0818_10114900~3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9sq3b-0-0"></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9sq3b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><span data-text="true">This version was meant to have a similar pose to it's Tryanid Lictor Prime big brother: upright and ready to strike! </span></span><br /><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c60ab-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />I also used this pose to illustrate how the mantis claws (Also inspired by Roberto's sketches for this one) deploy as you see the one on the creature's right is retracted, while the one on the left is firing out its flesh hook grapnel.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="bnqgc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bnqgc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bnqgc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Though the Tyranid Lictor Prime used </span></span><span data-offset-key="bnqgc-0-1" style="font-style: italic;"><span data-text="true">mostly</span></span><span data-offset-key="bnqgc-0-2"><span data-text="true"> bits found in the Tyranid Hive Tyrant kit, these smaller Tyranid Lictors were more of a hodge-podge of different Tyranid kits, including Tyranid Warriors, Tyrant Guard, Zoanthrope/Venomthropes, and even an Age of Sigmar Khorne Khorgorath bit for the tail tip! <br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="blv5q" data-offset-key="dfgi3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dfgi3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dfgi3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Another bits hack that I was ridiculously pleased with on both these smaller Tyranid Lictors and the larger Tyranid Lictor Prime was the spikey protrusions on their mantis claws, for which I used teeth from the Tyranid Carnifex kit since I have about a million Carnifex heads lying around.<br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dfgi3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dfgi3-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bv13r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bv13r-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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And if you've got any questions about them, please leave them in the comments here.<br /><br />Note: This post went up early on my Patreon, and if you'd like to get content like this article from me early, think about <a href="https://www.patreon.com/modernsynthesist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">supporting my Patreon</a>. There are no tiers, so you can become a Patron for as little as a buck a month. Or feel free to keep reading stuff on here for free when it posts.<br /> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-78459202829422323042023-01-12T08:20:00.002-05:002023-01-12T08:21:03.209-05:00An Honest Review of Green Stuff World<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9zGP4iukQ9s" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>I posted a new video this week in my ongoing SculpTron9000 ridiculous reel series (<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjaTOn1cvVKzrHCX9Y51ijKTcYLv0ZxB)," rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjaTOn1cvVKzrHCX9Y51ijKTcYLv0ZxB),</a> but this one was a bit more serious. <br /><br />For a long time now I've been frustrated by Green Stuff World's scummy, anti-community business practices, and baffled that so many people still give the company their business. Whenever I mention that I would never shop at Green Stuff World, I invariably get the response "what have you got against Green Stuff World?"<br /><br />It got kind of tiresome to repeat their litany of transgressions, so I thought about making a video about the whole issue, but the reality is that Tabletop Workshop already made a fantastic video on the topic, though in German (there is subtitles, and it's worth your time to read them!): </p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qhIEilBD-mQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Then I realized that my ridiculous SculpTron9000 video format might be a good way to hit the high points of why Green Stuff World is the worst, without retreading the ground TWS had already covered.<br /><br />It also allowed me to add to the YouTube video description the tags and links for the folks involved in this saga so far.<br /><br />Anyway, here it is in case you missed it, or in case you weren't aware about just how scummy Green Stuff World is. In the video description, I also note some other sources for greenstuff, and I have no kind of professional relationship with any of them other than having decent service when I've dealt with them.</p><p>Have you had challenges sourcing greenstuff where you live? If so, let me know in the comments on this post, and we'll try to find you a better source.</p><p>So long, and happy sculpting! <br /></p><p> </p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-29911123339470082532021-09-14T10:00:00.002-04:002021-09-14T10:00:00.182-04:00Project #DominaNid3: Tyranid Dominatrix scratchbuild is complete!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-d_yyO_MpPn2om-ggSje_0rMbGvAM7CVRwXzwNOoxS-UUGWyvilMssCjlv0v6HS8GuV1IoR0JHY6HLUyl92zsMkUTCJW0qLL3sXksh4sDrPNc8y_FR74eUb5puenc5KmRHq35K2Xfn0E/s3840/NMD_6872%257E3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2809" data-original-width="3840" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-d_yyO_MpPn2om-ggSje_0rMbGvAM7CVRwXzwNOoxS-UUGWyvilMssCjlv0v6HS8GuV1IoR0JHY6HLUyl92zsMkUTCJW0qLL3sXksh4sDrPNc8y_FR74eUb5puenc5KmRHq35K2Xfn0E/w640-h468/NMD_6872%257E3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />So it has been a GOOD LONG TIME since I posted <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2020/05/project-domnianid3-tyranid-dominatrix.html" target="_blank">my last update on my #DominaNid3 Tyranid Dominatrix project</a>, but I'm happy to report that, after what felt like a very long 2 years of off and on work, the BEAST IS COMPLETE!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezZCnWrucR55Ih3WF0p4MoA6SUa8wj-ZIaBv3IAJv4TR2JENeLZAqcjZBHGZqQolt46oI8hILNkA3YaN5xbEs4i5ATa_aM7U0rC_xo_LbCH0EeEQ_6IZDXhix1ErH200HVHvPBhcElGE/s3880/NMD_6881%257E3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="3880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezZCnWrucR55Ih3WF0p4MoA6SUa8wj-ZIaBv3IAJv4TR2JENeLZAqcjZBHGZqQolt46oI8hILNkA3YaN5xbEs4i5ATa_aM7U0rC_xo_LbCH0EeEQ_6IZDXhix1ErH200HVHvPBhcElGE/w640-h400/NMD_6881%257E3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not to worry, little Termagant. I'll keep you safe.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjF-FmZKqR5cEODLQvfqaPliH3DgkO4L38TYvxYlYaTiWBabU-yKQPJIAvjXKNItZ_82HFW7XcQf5kuNS9-zx9zvry-AEFVB6GTYEWs12ylnkQi0SlkXfhpoKf7GxpRj7FJ10kbb54Rg/s3144/NMD_6882%257E3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2639" data-original-width="3144" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjF-FmZKqR5cEODLQvfqaPliH3DgkO4L38TYvxYlYaTiWBabU-yKQPJIAvjXKNItZ_82HFW7XcQf5kuNS9-zx9zvry-AEFVB6GTYEWs12ylnkQi0SlkXfhpoKf7GxpRj7FJ10kbb54Rg/w640-h538/NMD_6882%257E3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awww. You little guys think you're in charge of the swarm? That's cute!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>As <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2017/11/tyranid-dactylis-from-exocrine_28.html" target="_blank">I did with the Dactylis build</a>, I'll post another article a bit later showing the latter half of the build process, but, for now, let's revel in her completion! <span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">A Tyranid Titan</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV1oosOq_dOXFghtCmgDI3T3B8U1DaIy73RRTCfHWFn5E9LqGL_AAXsYnpLn5wW3bNj55N3OylJcR5Tcf7GI8r9bzNnAbnCfeBg7Xlqj4SrEnLVX9jFXR6Z8mGLzSnaOrwWPfCTe5H3s/s1828/NMD_6879%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV1oosOq_dOXFghtCmgDI3T3B8U1DaIy73RRTCfHWFn5E9LqGL_AAXsYnpLn5wW3bNj55N3OylJcR5Tcf7GI8r9bzNnAbnCfeBg7Xlqj4SrEnLVX9jFXR6Z8mGLzSnaOrwWPfCTe5H3s/w640-h640/NMD_6879%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The Tyranid Dominatrix is BIG. People don't quite realize how big when it's alongside Tyranid critters, so I borrowed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/charnelstars/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my buddy Paolo's </a>Knight Titan to act as a proper barry, and that seemed to better illustrate the scale for folks. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRR8Gz-NSqHzpb5JHNm0BL8ewSyharMdHRXhfhMgzoDr490xNVn-Pq6KnjqsepQKAdzefAZRQ7yZ0fG5miyZVeSDUoPwGS9eqA6cLUP5f4paWnb_4Nem-2ecPWG6VBnNGBs4qSvxKTYs/s4512/NMD_6876%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4512" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRR8Gz-NSqHzpb5JHNm0BL8ewSyharMdHRXhfhMgzoDr490xNVn-Pq6KnjqsepQKAdzefAZRQ7yZ0fG5miyZVeSDUoPwGS9eqA6cLUP5f4paWnb_4Nem-2ecPWG6VBnNGBs4qSvxKTYs/w640-h426/NMD_6876%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4Pzg2B4sC7_5pJp4wt4hoKcwfACntcKj6KFj_lZUDk59a8ACGQvAy5Bszups92NrlIrRiLllRLRSN98xBlNunjKEfwA9moCD62A-tUBbcNyXFMH2TiKUXWTcQB_50nCLmrb_Fhxbpuo/s4167/NMD_6877%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4167" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4Pzg2B4sC7_5pJp4wt4hoKcwfACntcKj6KFj_lZUDk59a8ACGQvAy5Bszups92NrlIrRiLllRLRSN98xBlNunjKEfwA9moCD62A-tUBbcNyXFMH2TiKUXWTcQB_50nCLmrb_Fhxbpuo/w640-h462/NMD_6877%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK8Bx6_nj2eM7Vc4v5RvV9LrRjGOCTWW97wi5qF_4RwWlCcCADHu_dp577NGkrCSORpGXDKkFjQ6LCXj7qDtK5mpFmkf1DLx7o1BjPWRUXUMD0hCmYw2dWHbo48bDDBmvdcK3xShCI0c/s4512/NMD_6885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4512" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKK8Bx6_nj2eM7Vc4v5RvV9LrRjGOCTWW97wi5qF_4RwWlCcCADHu_dp577NGkrCSORpGXDKkFjQ6LCXj7qDtK5mpFmkf1DLx7o1BjPWRUXUMD0hCmYw2dWHbo48bDDBmvdcK3xShCI0c/w640-h426/NMD_6885.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, since the client who commissioned the Tyranid Dominatrix was concerned that the thing's tail wasn't nearly deadly enough, and it definitely needed barbs on the bottom, sides, AND TOP, here's a look at what would happen if it tried to uppercut a Knight with that tail:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBxwre4ery_LDRm_C_-NqXONT5NjbDAp0yo6zJHj8FPCJfOnTbmi8i-U1B5kupa_NG2zcjeRRap8ZlpIgKBReQpAs2p2vIWxPjtajR2Mx5MzwyPis0xH0G8s-3E9RHWpa6JgRJgn0cmY/s2912/NMD_6874%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBxwre4ery_LDRm_C_-NqXONT5NjbDAp0yo6zJHj8FPCJfOnTbmi8i-U1B5kupa_NG2zcjeRRap8ZlpIgKBReQpAs2p2vIWxPjtajR2Mx5MzwyPis0xH0G8s-3E9RHWpa6JgRJgn0cmY/w640-h640/NMD_6874%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #ffa400;">Started from the Bottom Now We're Here</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr6-U17uX6Dpj2sfRnTMsAfJPguOyj1hSfMXBUTn_YuwEGUSgeejzqHr5ODEM51xXVOIKEi5aQuEu3D4vtuy3H2objU0sHX1zLK4TSXV5wiunhs_Hjw9Wr9kaYQLLxfVoc8EHgxhXFoc/s3275/NMD_6889%257E3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="3275" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr6-U17uX6Dpj2sfRnTMsAfJPguOyj1hSfMXBUTn_YuwEGUSgeejzqHr5ODEM51xXVOIKEi5aQuEu3D4vtuy3H2objU0sHX1zLK4TSXV5wiunhs_Hjw9Wr9kaYQLLxfVoc8EHgxhXFoc/w640-h588/NMD_6889%257E3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>And though this is mostly a scratch build, I SWEAR that there's a Forgeworld Scythed Heirodule under there somewhere. As with <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/search/label/Dominatrix_From_Hierodule" target="_blank">my previous Tyranid Dominatrix builds</a>, I started this one with the Scythed Heirodule cut up (<a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2020/05/project-domnianid3-tyranid-dominatrix.html" target="_blank">here's the proof</a>), but—as is often the case with me—I wound up pretty much sculpting over the whole of the original model. Still, here are some more comparison shots with the original.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CdUPuMX3vElbE_LivPphoT5Kyp9nFH2sa9l42yDR25Rpkpu_cTZPkYqsV2ws5qyJQtCURVzC2AfjYds2X9WATaw_l4USsM5YXY4GzR-qAAkVbq1FIfdDEXgN1kuHEQSBEdGXGLn-jck/s3367/NMD_6891%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="3367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CdUPuMX3vElbE_LivPphoT5Kyp9nFH2sa9l42yDR25Rpkpu_cTZPkYqsV2ws5qyJQtCURVzC2AfjYds2X9WATaw_l4USsM5YXY4GzR-qAAkVbq1FIfdDEXgN1kuHEQSBEdGXGLn-jck/w640-h640/NMD_6891%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiwXh7bSJI0sfW-X224QTr7QjTNDijheeV845fH8vF_vmlXRIWjxJmnGQluZD-W7IMVVd6IzuLzhyxppNvIiFJzOOJ9E2YQeOptKUhPcwe7QVFqinmcDcpRq89DLIAkoz6wHst_78DBI/s4188/NMD_6887%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="4188" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiwXh7bSJI0sfW-X224QTr7QjTNDijheeV845fH8vF_vmlXRIWjxJmnGQluZD-W7IMVVd6IzuLzhyxppNvIiFJzOOJ9E2YQeOptKUhPcwe7QVFqinmcDcpRq89DLIAkoz6wHst_78DBI/w640-h450/NMD_6887%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoK90zjfVSo1oXae7jyk81Aog2WfmEaiudbKma4tjEFTDQG2wpA5-XKoTIt-EO9jES1HzqpB67mAUclCM1u-_8Aa_g1lDPTtkTSnPAB9_4_ogMYpKHmW6IjiClP_ql_KL4KFIsotIwoeo/s3724/NMD_6888%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2716" data-original-width="3724" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoK90zjfVSo1oXae7jyk81Aog2WfmEaiudbKma4tjEFTDQG2wpA5-XKoTIt-EO9jES1HzqpB67mAUclCM1u-_8Aa_g1lDPTtkTSnPAB9_4_ogMYpKHmW6IjiClP_ql_KL4KFIsotIwoeo/w640-h466/NMD_6888%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">A Weighty Lass</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Zkw94f9p5DMKDuhDGC_W5Xv1q7ACiF45pp-h42VsQiFCP1IP_jevH2VO_INsTN5cuKxYonFdrwQ52WQNOlgpb9NkuZzxx_JgxRT_0R0nHg80sHR0MOp6nrhElyQbzzDnhqhh-A8VAQ/s710/PXL_20210722_145211152%257E3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="676" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Zkw94f9p5DMKDuhDGC_W5Xv1q7ACiF45pp-h42VsQiFCP1IP_jevH2VO_INsTN5cuKxYonFdrwQ52WQNOlgpb9NkuZzxx_JgxRT_0R0nHg80sHR0MOp6nrhElyQbzzDnhqhh-A8VAQ/w610-h640/PXL_20210722_145211152%257E3.jpg" width="610" /></a></div>Though she's got a little bit of insulation foam and aluminum foil at her core, this Tyranid dominatrix is, pretty much, pure putty as I had to scratch build her arms, legs, tail, and most of her back. That shit adds up, and in the end, when fully assembled, she clocks in at close to a kilogram!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgup1nMfdPAzvyw9I7v8jpOhBwI2VZDltb_-rg9DYmh-7TspeGOGC5lemJ_YnCd5PrABzGUP6MxArTyTsoAgqEzUy_wieSJ2vI_iCMQOWumiOLCubCe-p8c04EBedsnW3j8aLq1oIFdXBY/s4032/PXL_20210722_145211152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgup1nMfdPAzvyw9I7v8jpOhBwI2VZDltb_-rg9DYmh-7TspeGOGC5lemJ_YnCd5PrABzGUP6MxArTyTsoAgqEzUy_wieSJ2vI_iCMQOWumiOLCubCe-p8c04EBedsnW3j8aLq1oIFdXBY/w480-h640/PXL_20210722_145211152.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>In terms of length and height, the Tyranid Dominatrix is roughly 6.5 inches from hoof bottom to tip of its psychic crown...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUusDGnkxvEZTXl3JxS73whTAjH35V2laKuiZzwChtLUhyqDHM5PRIzwkTo8-fJWLeiQte2sC40f88T3F0iD6nZ3Ov41qEcwq4SCI3nL4Pj4N3oeIXxPDgLQUB5Ic4LC6mZpWTR8-Q7fY/s4032/PXL_20210723_155535010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUusDGnkxvEZTXl3JxS73whTAjH35V2laKuiZzwChtLUhyqDHM5PRIzwkTo8-fJWLeiQte2sC40f88T3F0iD6nZ3Ov41qEcwq4SCI3nL4Pj4N3oeIXxPDgLQUB5Ic4LC6mZpWTR8-Q7fY/w640-h480/PXL_20210723_155535010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>...and she's just over a foot long at 13 inches.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3VmJU8AIY1fjPKHoCdT34cQOQuG41Koazeew1W0cCwvQdr2IXxUlgdsgiU7h6FvK6X6MQw3-NlB5wWva_WqdR4wK2eTBzVaHEkW0cXjN8NFysBGgrVCVb0ZI2bnWupih14i6jUap91w/s4032/PXL_20210723_155501680.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3VmJU8AIY1fjPKHoCdT34cQOQuG41Koazeew1W0cCwvQdr2IXxUlgdsgiU7h6FvK6X6MQw3-NlB5wWva_WqdR4wK2eTBzVaHEkW0cXjN8NFysBGgrVCVb0ZI2bnWupih14i6jUap91w/w640-h480/PXL_20210723_155501680.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">The Psychic Crown</span></h2><div>Speaking of the tip of her psychic crown, that has to be one of my favourite parts of the model. Our dear friend and fluff librarian <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hivefleetbarghest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hive Fleet Barghest</a> would remind us that the actual Tyranid Dominatrix is the psychic rider of the back of the massive beast, and the beast below is just so much glorified biologic mobility device and ablative armour. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I wanted to make sure the rider looked both regal and formidable as it's meant to be orders of magnitude more psychically potent than your average Hive Tyrant, with a ultra destructive Warp Lance ability. I tried to represent this power on the model by aligning the spines on the rider's head and the top of the biocannon barrel to look like structures meant for focusing massive amounts of psychic energy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwihUwk1Xvy59TawB2k4x5T2Wyw16z7ov4F1F9TC1kFDxQH0LD2e3JKAwGD3qcceYsb3qV8VmtucuuetdH3LsHDAh0n2nfqSMfnzwF0KxOK8vvpAFPbPC8HqOS0Fol7SEnTT2XZHFokw/s1920/NMD_6897%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwihUwk1Xvy59TawB2k4x5T2Wyw16z7ov4F1F9TC1kFDxQH0LD2e3JKAwGD3qcceYsb3qV8VmtucuuetdH3LsHDAh0n2nfqSMfnzwF0KxOK8vvpAFPbPC8HqOS0Fol7SEnTT2XZHFokw/w640-h640/NMD_6897%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXcTwxtK9uGuypIYjYOi5gE_cnJ4B_0E6MI8ESGUsPsuIZt8RzUl0Ow_9as6N3tcTg20XoKL5XCBHYlwz-j5V-J1Xt7BE2of3DlN2bJnkKalrIhXafzaQxDam6z3bQVXyvKa1MYbfcUg/s1920/NMD_6899%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXcTwxtK9uGuypIYjYOi5gE_cnJ4B_0E6MI8ESGUsPsuIZt8RzUl0Ow_9as6N3tcTg20XoKL5XCBHYlwz-j5V-J1Xt7BE2of3DlN2bJnkKalrIhXafzaQxDam6z3bQVXyvKa1MYbfcUg/w640-h640/NMD_6899%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqUeoPF5dZfBTt6kdhQYnGYCpx9Xds2NP4E_hQSta9Sh2_pP_mvp5BtMDcBiFf78nXcBsYcwkUqKQWxTRTBvJu37sDMwuCXfFA36IzdYbHZ32JoxxXtKcksq17F4myiRBjN7BUJegbDc/s2400/NMD_6893%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqUeoPF5dZfBTt6kdhQYnGYCpx9Xds2NP4E_hQSta9Sh2_pP_mvp5BtMDcBiFf78nXcBsYcwkUqKQWxTRTBvJu37sDMwuCXfFA36IzdYbHZ32JoxxXtKcksq17F4myiRBjN7BUJegbDc/w640-h640/NMD_6893%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjVV8Oeoc9Qr0EsyRepSkQl4fHgioslF2Zb7ZO4wPdzYewTnpEqx0H4BE4x5OW9HpRWaxyDKYL7PxIcSnNhvVcO78Srmx1fdWghN7p9Yftv-Wzrb5z8cADqnGpdzwdqx-tNHIebQYq1w/s2400/NMD_6902%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjVV8Oeoc9Qr0EsyRepSkQl4fHgioslF2Zb7ZO4wPdzYewTnpEqx0H4BE4x5OW9HpRWaxyDKYL7PxIcSnNhvVcO78Srmx1fdWghN7p9Yftv-Wzrb5z8cADqnGpdzwdqx-tNHIebQYq1w/w640-h640/NMD_6902%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><h2><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">There's always a bigger Tyranid</span></h2></div><div>While building the Tyranid Dominatrix on one of my hobby streams, I joked about having messed up the positioning of the feet somewhat, and how the best way to correct it would have her perched on a piece of terrain. And someone commented that she should be smashing a space marine dreadnought, and then Charles, the client who I was building her for, agreed that would be great and that he'd cover the cost of the Dread. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I not only got to partially assemble another Redemptor Dreadnought (a true joy of a model if you've never assembled one!), I also got to absolutely slag it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA5yZVrCH9jRuI9koXm04w3kdTgsyMNs6uQzelB_gdBiHjwSBgg4Fg9c64LiFVVOeg6_JHiY-0nd9syYi2g8NXpl7YS365Y-rNJoePG0TG2OiKyQ8Dcxi5-8mNt5isdjEVoA6JyNsFOQ/s4032/PXL_20210803_200703004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA5yZVrCH9jRuI9koXm04w3kdTgsyMNs6uQzelB_gdBiHjwSBgg4Fg9c64LiFVVOeg6_JHiY-0nd9syYi2g8NXpl7YS365Y-rNJoePG0TG2OiKyQ8Dcxi5-8mNt5isdjEVoA6JyNsFOQ/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200703004.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>In terms of how to slag a Redemptor Dreadnought, the secret is blasting it with a melta--er--heat gun. I initially tried it from the front but wound up melting some of the detail. Then I got smart, cut off the back of the dread since it would be against the base anyway, then blasted it again from the back and from the inside. This made the plastic soft without marring the exterior detail. Then all that was left was to smush it down to size with the actual foot of the Tyranid Dominatrix. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwCiFIwxwkGzy6KQfdW5hGqnfOMcSfFwuz4JMS4_eHNwf5sBaApGd-NMiXNueZcusRzCaxHNOdULcyZvg1QUYUkhfPppgJkdxq0FdUlGyl2ehuNeTDnO8Am2SNDApsq-ODa83mjlnBuY/s4032/PXL_20210803_200800362.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwCiFIwxwkGzy6KQfdW5hGqnfOMcSfFwuz4JMS4_eHNwf5sBaApGd-NMiXNueZcusRzCaxHNOdULcyZvg1QUYUkhfPppgJkdxq0FdUlGyl2ehuNeTDnO8Am2SNDApsq-ODa83mjlnBuY/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200800362.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHbOmd-KFxzI2UEDIn2npDbATugz6LU8VopS3hCn8L2VNqIi-aSy4NKroUq9oTWnl2haAbdNldOJSP7gOLOGYG35Dhg10ZNs8kLB-KqVVWIzAfLDnuZDcpGYQjSlwKBQtq7EiWqODSoA/s4032/PXL_20210803_200812245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHbOmd-KFxzI2UEDIn2npDbATugz6LU8VopS3hCn8L2VNqIi-aSy4NKroUq9oTWnl2haAbdNldOJSP7gOLOGYG35Dhg10ZNs8kLB-KqVVWIzAfLDnuZDcpGYQjSlwKBQtq7EiWqODSoA/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200812245.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>I took the liberty of illustrating the true force of a Tyranid Dominatrix stomp by modeling the dread as it its internal seals had been ruptured, and the atrophied limbs of the mummified space marine piloting the thing were hanging out. The pilot bits were donated from <span style="color: red;"><strike>Cursed City</strike>[REDACTED]</span> zombies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpguq9OUUHwK4KngKrgbUlYPx_6oVKORG3z9KQMEcgHHmI-shnDIQ9PXMrVO39sra91sAKnpkJPHCqyrO-A6lAGoHR5M6zdyBPZ7B39VDFC1utnTH43IhHj5GsJ6ikhaVaErNXTUpt9o/s4032/PXL_20210803_200521336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpguq9OUUHwK4KngKrgbUlYPx_6oVKORG3z9KQMEcgHHmI-shnDIQ9PXMrVO39sra91sAKnpkJPHCqyrO-A6lAGoHR5M6zdyBPZ7B39VDFC1utnTH43IhHj5GsJ6ikhaVaErNXTUpt9o/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200521336.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbZdi_KXjlUEMYBsaezjBj6eNhRlrDmrxS1LtvAR510EznTx3GvNyOasuHJ1FLTtQ6pOJcRpXHNVoYhmf_kGhLmAmt-1zGSliDOMTTtMFj_LDqFg_FmPa_LkJlusw0EuVpo-22915yHA/s4032/PXL_20210803_200511965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbZdi_KXjlUEMYBsaezjBj6eNhRlrDmrxS1LtvAR510EznTx3GvNyOasuHJ1FLTtQ6pOJcRpXHNVoYhmf_kGhLmAmt-1zGSliDOMTTtMFj_LDqFg_FmPa_LkJlusw0EuVpo-22915yHA/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200511965.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>But I also used the victim model as an opportunity to tell a bit more of a story by having a helpless hormagaunt crushed in the Dreadnought's powerfist. The lesson here is simple: don't squash bugs because there's always a bigger bug around the corner!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLcQO_E-4srtgsjVGYZSx0sHGbVBhSbFBxKkXIC7o-I-9Siw4b7TuC4FBMth8lvqDAh0kF3CyKCy1dP_bYqCwn5FH9eY9e4cDrE_UDu_-PGMzFqMpw2UNDHT9tOmnZujAY-Jmymunm-Y/s4032/PXL_20210803_200544231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLcQO_E-4srtgsjVGYZSx0sHGbVBhSbFBxKkXIC7o-I-9Siw4b7TuC4FBMth8lvqDAh0kF3CyKCy1dP_bYqCwn5FH9eY9e4cDrE_UDu_-PGMzFqMpw2UNDHT9tOmnZujAY-Jmymunm-Y/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200544231.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMyqJsYRsA2H05g-TbDZ-YmWgaK9vNFUbh25x3b-SfFMxSxI5QlxOtA_8U1OCXltHi3EWOhZWZ1RsdKYLJgha0eZdP_fJailTQ9nbaDp_b7oLHDwK4w5LobAVDKa6e_wCqm1oMT1coy0/s4032/PXL_20210803_200426093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMyqJsYRsA2H05g-TbDZ-YmWgaK9vNFUbh25x3b-SfFMxSxI5QlxOtA_8U1OCXltHi3EWOhZWZ1RsdKYLJgha0eZdP_fJailTQ9nbaDp_b7oLHDwK4w5LobAVDKa6e_wCqm1oMT1coy0/w480-h640/PXL_20210803_200426093.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><div><h2><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">Getting her painted</span></h2></div></div><div>As I noted above, this critter was a commission piece for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ctarnor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@CTarnor over on Instagram</a>. I've already mailed her out to him, and she should be showing up any day now. Charles has mentioned he's real excited to get her painted up, so be sure to track his progress <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ctarnor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">over on Instagram</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some people have asked if it was hard to give up the girl after two years of work on her. The immediate answer is no as Charles paid me good money to take this project on for him, and he's been very patient with me as I worked on her around other projects.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>However, the reality is that I'm just thrilled to finally be finished this project after so long. It's also the case that I would NEVER want to paint her myself. Hefting 1kg of putty as you try to finish sculpting is work enough. I would hate to have to heft the same while trying to apply paint to it!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, though I'm eager to see what Charles manages with the girl, I surely don't envy him!</div><div><br /></div><div>As mentioned before, I'll share another post in the future with more WIP photos for the Tyranid Dominatrix, so if there's any particular part of the build that you'd like to see in more detail, please be sure to note it in the comments below.</div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-61538513492657563112021-09-11T10:12:00.003-04:002023-03-28T11:46:55.374-04:00Converting Upright Termagants for the Viridian Stalkers Tyranid Killteam - #StandaGaunts<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6xxIYxROcju8YeSOQcuUjoe94Nd8pyBwpuxp7hdr08dkrSqow8R6aSez57x4rtNPFFQJsb1HSBFZJIoN__5rohyQZlsccP-MwjHeGRSRupB0DjlNvcrJglzURvSMMyhy1HzfhBBs7tI/s3799/PXL_20210908_152031633.PORTRAIT%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="3799" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6xxIYxROcju8YeSOQcuUjoe94Nd8pyBwpuxp7hdr08dkrSqow8R6aSez57x4rtNPFFQJsb1HSBFZJIoN__5rohyQZlsccP-MwjHeGRSRupB0DjlNvcrJglzURvSMMyhy1HzfhBBs7tI/w640-h360/PXL_20210908_152031633.PORTRAIT%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>So just in time for the release of the new edition of Kill Team, I've become completely enamoured with a new take on the humble termagant. Namely: making them stand upright!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMdunGCXw8pQSUIpBxwMW5mPz9be31MSmqSVfMsgBxbjo9h_KF9KXBnLyy3cgnRqT99KHh69Z9dej5COOshnHxyKjPK22P0ITYCZh1-tB6tDMtMEyA4lFGORQtNsuqZLIE4XuLzCt5-4/s4032/PXL_20210819_211312181.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMdunGCXw8pQSUIpBxwMW5mPz9be31MSmqSVfMsgBxbjo9h_KF9KXBnLyy3cgnRqT99KHh69Z9dej5COOshnHxyKjPK22P0ITYCZh1-tB6tDMtMEyA4lFGORQtNsuqZLIE4XuLzCt5-4/w480-h640/PXL_20210819_211312181.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>This dude was my proof of concept for the idea, and I honestly liked him so much that it wasn't long until he was joined by a friend...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqSq07bYN1eP8aHnRD_5kKydTpXjTiZ33t1gRKU-109un-DoGaONdBhBoXinOi5WXAkCQ0EW4TNZXZ62N8_a6lrZsyJaGKuLw3PxPolWduf5GqgxkVJhSK3nen6pnwLVhIe4jV-v1Ot0/s4032/PXL_20210823_195706064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqSq07bYN1eP8aHnRD_5kKydTpXjTiZ33t1gRKU-109un-DoGaONdBhBoXinOi5WXAkCQ0EW4TNZXZ62N8_a6lrZsyJaGKuLw3PxPolWduf5GqgxkVJhSK3nen6pnwLVhIe4jV-v1Ot0/w480-h640/PXL_20210823_195706064.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>...and then a whole bunch more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGntoKqH2dwanWEFCTcZORHlRT2j49i8gl_We9GsUYAygibYP6EluHArTyPlMOiUWTR7dg3Kp8jltStsIZvFpSMk91zjfe5gXz2bVPabDcXI2omJC1GOA0uTF9QNTomPovNnU3wrlqPxU/s2352/PXL_20210825_014243136%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="2352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGntoKqH2dwanWEFCTcZORHlRT2j49i8gl_We9GsUYAygibYP6EluHArTyPlMOiUWTR7dg3Kp8jltStsIZvFpSMk91zjfe5gXz2bVPabDcXI2omJC1GOA0uTF9QNTomPovNnU3wrlqPxU/w640-h640/PXL_20210825_014243136%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>I really liked how this new pose seemed to give your average gaunt more agency and individuality, but I didn't really understand it until a particularly brilliant person on Instagram pointed out the difference.<br /><br />"Gaunts were kind of white noise in an army before. Not anymore."<span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>And they were absolutely right. I don't know if it's because they're so close to the ground, or because their posing screens each other, but I honestly never looked too closely at anyone's gaunts. And it's not their fault since the awkward way they attach to the base and their lack of poseability made it really difficult to make gaunts stand out. </div><div><br /></div><div>No more!</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">The Viridian Stalkers of Casavant Prime</span></h2><div>So I never set out to create a Tyranid killteam when I converted that first upright gaunt, but it singlehandedly sold me on the idea of a killteam (maybe partially influenced by the recently released new edition of Killteam). I was also a bit jazzed by looking back at <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2012/03/hive-fleet-moloch-killer-team.html">Hive Fleet Moloch's classic Tyranid Killteam</a> and thinking about how I could do something similar with my own. In fact, the name I've chosen for them—The Viridian Stalkers of Casavant Prime—is also a nod to Marco's team, which were called the Crimson Stalkers of Tenebra Prime.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In addition to making them look more individual and sentient with their upright poses, I also made sure to give each gaunt different armour or subtle biomorphs to further differentiate them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwzkV3vTMR4IhjrfbliDp0VZr4CEVJhihKyNrsDQ2HMqGRwIctmUCmZogCYsplkS-Ko_BMVwSc8iZSg4eHb98kSZHk2u4jyAwABsmGUyiHqnclZlph49pOq8wTpqNjorzriWVktVpIJs/s2163/PXL_20210825_020040575%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2163" data-original-width="2163" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwzkV3vTMR4IhjrfbliDp0VZr4CEVJhihKyNrsDQ2HMqGRwIctmUCmZogCYsplkS-Ko_BMVwSc8iZSg4eHb98kSZHk2u4jyAwABsmGUyiHqnclZlph49pOq8wTpqNjorzriWVktVpIJs/w640-h640/PXL_20210825_020040575%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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My fire is burning so brightly for this idea that I figured I had to share it in the form of a new How To Sculpt video, focused on how to convert standard gaunts to stand more like warriors. Hope you find it helpful, and if you try your own StandaGaunts, be sure to share a link to them in the comments here or on YouTube!</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zn4QZP0erg0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">UPDATE: I finally got around to finishing the part 2 of this video, so here it is for posterity:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dVMVnGne9CU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></div></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-32671070269556896762021-08-21T10:57:00.002-04:002021-09-12T22:26:41.388-04:00Introducing Hive Fleet Angrboda<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs8ZiqsHv8t8sL96bunkop7SF2XXKCIia5HsSwqD3g7pp060xwpgfBX3Oo8oBNrd3PUP2YnIP6CWq8eYnuHhKm4fUy3GbdUWUiJhfQjzlm50fv-Q0BqcCM4EBXCnV2WqSXexE1bziVAs/s4512/NMD_7181%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="4512" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs8ZiqsHv8t8sL96bunkop7SF2XXKCIia5HsSwqD3g7pp060xwpgfBX3Oo8oBNrd3PUP2YnIP6CWq8eYnuHhKm4fUy3GbdUWUiJhfQjzlm50fv-Q0BqcCM4EBXCnV2WqSXexE1bziVAs/w640-h358/NMD_7181%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />If you've been following me for any time at all, you may know one key fact about me:<p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">I don't paint.</span></b></h2><p>I love building, converting, sculpting, but when it comes to painting, my hobby fire tends to dry up. I mean, I managed to grind through <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2017/05/the-omega-strain-is-top-5-in-north.html">painting an entire Genestealer Cult force </a>(helped mostly by an airbrush and a deadline), but, given the choice, I'd rather be sculting!</p><p>But then Contrast paints came along. And though they're not the be all and end all that the marketing campaign may have had us believe, they're a neat little hack for skipping a couple of boring steps in the painting process. And I firmly believe that they're the reason I've actually painted some Tyranids for the first time in a decade!</p><p>It all started with these two warriors, which I converted up to look a little smaller/slighter than your average warrior so that they could be used by my buddy Matt in our introductory game of Shadow War Armageddon (yes, I know that game is older than dust, but I had the rules and had an understanding of it, so we dusted it off when we played our first game in December of 2019):<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhith0PZhIMorXYL1NCawRKBzPWBNqFxTUdn2CJpJOUExUQazxien_nXcwbheu6chinwjr7zbPJ5ehtmMNzLozJc-hByjZ1ZCxUaDVX9rM7Maq0zFugjgG0DANKLaWBpPeOSjcUkaTVSrE/s1440/NMD_7211%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhith0PZhIMorXYL1NCawRKBzPWBNqFxTUdn2CJpJOUExUQazxien_nXcwbheu6chinwjr7zbPJ5ehtmMNzLozJc-hByjZ1ZCxUaDVX9rM7Maq0zFugjgG0DANKLaWBpPeOSjcUkaTVSrE/w640-h640/NMD_7211%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0Pr1TmpzuLX2oWGZSD0JR4CIZNtui56fomUnJj_yH0nKaLQQW5Urj_sP87T0xQBVxv3wcpTmRffUQhuwPqpq9rkrFfHEjD0j_MIxY9bs5z-eaImIGx0O9TK0PtI8VDODqkHLF9u5yrs/s1440/NMD_7216%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0Pr1TmpzuLX2oWGZSD0JR4CIZNtui56fomUnJj_yH0nKaLQQW5Urj_sP87T0xQBVxv3wcpTmRffUQhuwPqpq9rkrFfHEjD0j_MIxY9bs5z-eaImIGx0O9TK0PtI8VDODqkHLF9u5yrs/w640-h640/NMD_7216%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrMtYBffZOo-8d-8o_zPY3A5k5KeG43qEhyphenhyphen7JoJABeSH3EEWWsXwK0tHyUzNKfUV7197JFumM-zT88NF7ILwWDF8atvKL_kWsG3xMu4XsPAVm3BD3N8KLXC1kO_r9T75muNwhSRIUmhM/s1440/NMD_7212%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrMtYBffZOo-8d-8o_zPY3A5k5KeG43qEhyphenhyphen7JoJABeSH3EEWWsXwK0tHyUzNKfUV7197JFumM-zT88NF7ILwWDF8atvKL_kWsG3xMu4XsPAVm3BD3N8KLXC1kO_r9T75muNwhSRIUmhM/w640-h640/NMD_7212%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtEpOVLnlkBprUcXiBAfpsg3T3WxPocxEUGR56O8nDiMu7N8yo8PCaXUVHwFS8fC6F5wu94bJTv1K1Gso4Alm-mztHVSxoxslzFYCnEYteOQpgLxBj4j9eZPA2C7Ekd-DQsN61FxYE2Q/s1440/NMD_7215%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtEpOVLnlkBprUcXiBAfpsg3T3WxPocxEUGR56O8nDiMu7N8yo8PCaXUVHwFS8fC6F5wu94bJTv1K1Gso4Alm-mztHVSxoxslzFYCnEYteOQpgLxBj4j9eZPA2C7Ekd-DQsN61FxYE2Q/w640-h640/NMD_7215%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>...and Matt did so well in that first game that he was able to upgrade one of his operatives to be equipped with a venom cannon. Having had so much fun doing up the first two warriors for him, I set to work on making an original venom cannon warrior. Here's how he netted out.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibq1u0W1nzGIMMLh6Nc7QgWSt9WYQ2pXZOn7OFDKzlMPaj7HdXNAFpGFZVq8EhD5AUjas0wLu-heWME5VcwHpt2u-hscleLe0kXAiQP_9RPNN8VR4sUSACfWg5mEe8pQ3o4k_CJRpYdoQ/s1920/NMD_7046%257E3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibq1u0W1nzGIMMLh6Nc7QgWSt9WYQ2pXZOn7OFDKzlMPaj7HdXNAFpGFZVq8EhD5AUjas0wLu-heWME5VcwHpt2u-hscleLe0kXAiQP_9RPNN8VR4sUSACfWg5mEe8pQ3o4k_CJRpYdoQ/w640-h640/NMD_7046%257E3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaERppGbPS4-qCuKq0bwrPyzFEtb03e0_2LPktWadBTvWoepHr3hpKzIYqSMbbpuanbot8S3kbqrNlx4-91WvNyuMaO1GN0zT4zPMpan1lhUE0Uk8kyOgDz29-vutJ-glOdZGiLyKHRk/s2400/NMD_7045%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaERppGbPS4-qCuKq0bwrPyzFEtb03e0_2LPktWadBTvWoepHr3hpKzIYqSMbbpuanbot8S3kbqrNlx4-91WvNyuMaO1GN0zT4zPMpan1lhUE0Uk8kyOgDz29-vutJ-glOdZGiLyKHRk/w640-h640/NMD_7045%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkFGg-CVSzpFDFGcjZ2wal_0PCgU6tSy-xSqj45lCpNvSeuBeZl0XFmPs6PzxIGBQEc1eCe76v4cfbAG-xyjKdePcv0JdQdGGwqZ92sv7vrwQ59WVd2n7D1ZkU-qX0aSiXGn8TiJWQaY/s2400/NMD_7044%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkFGg-CVSzpFDFGcjZ2wal_0PCgU6tSy-xSqj45lCpNvSeuBeZl0XFmPs6PzxIGBQEc1eCe76v4cfbAG-xyjKdePcv0JdQdGGwqZ92sv7vrwQ59WVd2n7D1ZkU-qX0aSiXGn8TiJWQaY/w640-h640/NMD_7044%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9h7RynGQeXNWJCnIYjMsurnagY-UtqI0X6w4s5VN7wJ7hN-V0v1CUxdJSFRLMPQJ8o3xkHreT8jYOjIftTjyexpVi14_VrPSI0EgUj2A4QJdxzXpULV24oyzlEISE-RXycNHEeHMKWw/s2312/NMD_7043%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="2312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9h7RynGQeXNWJCnIYjMsurnagY-UtqI0X6w4s5VN7wJ7hN-V0v1CUxdJSFRLMPQJ8o3xkHreT8jYOjIftTjyexpVi14_VrPSI0EgUj2A4QJdxzXpULV24oyzlEISE-RXycNHEeHMKWw/w640-h640/NMD_7043%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yriG_FdAJWFNfGr75G5mfbXkCCeFc7t4cepQSZcmqP5SzqUvYmHjQH_f9pGsUqbYGmIz1R1sen_-Pfg67WKVctmlERqUtpd7l-_bEzysBthO0XLOu4tzpn4ynbrps2O_m1N6Rd2eCxw/s2400/NMD_7039%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yriG_FdAJWFNfGr75G5mfbXkCCeFc7t4cepQSZcmqP5SzqUvYmHjQH_f9pGsUqbYGmIz1R1sen_-Pfg67WKVctmlERqUtpd7l-_bEzysBthO0XLOu4tzpn4ynbrps2O_m1N6Rd2eCxw/w640-h640/NMD_7039%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>What I enjoyed most about this dude was using him as an excuse to play with my ideas about what a Tyranid warrior that had become specialized for ranged combat would look like. Notice how the combat limbs have atrophied, how the hooves and tail are modified to better secure him for firing, and how the gun itself is melding into his body/head for faster firing.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Here's the warriors all squadded up:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo41kn3Qx6FlqbcZxdqY8Sw5eD5j_8TX7F5CLj-sDoT7WSbHZ7HyPlygqx7i0e11PUD46zln-4hhBOsrHC_X0A8gNKBSykRiBEa__l7c_jy3HII9rY9qlJeqs0xXEFdQlSCyXPud5JuRI/s3376/NMD_7217%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3376" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo41kn3Qx6FlqbcZxdqY8Sw5eD5j_8TX7F5CLj-sDoT7WSbHZ7HyPlygqx7i0e11PUD46zln-4hhBOsrHC_X0A8gNKBSykRiBEa__l7c_jy3HII9rY9qlJeqs0xXEFdQlSCyXPud5JuRI/w640-h480/NMD_7217%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And, once again, I was so inspired by how much fun I was having painting up this new scheme that I decided I should paint my first carnifex ever. Yeah, sounds insane for a model that was released in...2004? But fact is I've converted nearly a dozen carnifexes, but I've never painted a single one of them.</div><div><br /></div><div>In honour of the wondrous kit Jes Goodwin created back then, and in honour of what good stead it's kept Tyranid modelers in over the intervening years, I assembled this one MOSTLY stock. Just doing a bit of work on the placement of the devourers, and on their size to look like something more befitting a Tyranid Monstrous Creature!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdgcxaXvh3fMtSNJ1VG4Q4JkGBtqnDmNb7jW6uUr1HSNqJEEN9mt08ptJ3dHNqvF2qUvTo1VLibUVjO_2a4DEedGd-szVJpAWLWRemndWJlUdYFjTXCEwStXv3r3ePWQae1rPNwtjnMI/s1979/NMD_7179%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1979" data-original-width="1979" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdgcxaXvh3fMtSNJ1VG4Q4JkGBtqnDmNb7jW6uUr1HSNqJEEN9mt08ptJ3dHNqvF2qUvTo1VLibUVjO_2a4DEedGd-szVJpAWLWRemndWJlUdYFjTXCEwStXv3r3ePWQae1rPNwtjnMI/w640-h640/NMD_7179%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NYD6q1t0c-Q68BcaZ5XS7RRdb-DG4oPiL2GxGHo00If85fKjskwvNX8d1hvbvQLiIcWvI8X15-Z00Oxfd9yFc09MmeSTm1sAjdpXYxftxfRKi8BV9ifgWzip1Z7ZvfFDqujg35AoRuw/s2002/NMD_7176%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="2002" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NYD6q1t0c-Q68BcaZ5XS7RRdb-DG4oPiL2GxGHo00If85fKjskwvNX8d1hvbvQLiIcWvI8X15-Z00Oxfd9yFc09MmeSTm1sAjdpXYxftxfRKi8BV9ifgWzip1Z7ZvfFDqujg35AoRuw/w640-h640/NMD_7176%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi66oNriG3Cj7_CedrXv7UPo17VeHWEPGxgWdhDWILtOm0Qqn1WRTO_wvG1yx0uIGfBD8u0aT9vDctyr9JhM1tS0mo7KGVMKeoBfIje1NDcBq88zYvZTEoQxto4ZbgDVQYNLQrKg3PtX0/s2139/NMD_7178%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2139" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi66oNriG3Cj7_CedrXv7UPo17VeHWEPGxgWdhDWILtOm0Qqn1WRTO_wvG1yx0uIGfBD8u0aT9vDctyr9JhM1tS0mo7KGVMKeoBfIje1NDcBq88zYvZTEoQxto4ZbgDVQYNLQrKg3PtX0/w640-h640/NMD_7178%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDRSHupWEuZst-8osXH8PVLkdEyOSiLX6_ZKc6rVXgFuCwK9rgKPsjSIILrHRt7cb7NkGq-JtKNTbgOs86Jm9X1ukUZoflz0O3KnQ-xjNto88k2WiTt1AGVuDIOFq7vrtnOxq_Mv7QVY/s2072/NMD_7177%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="2072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDRSHupWEuZst-8osXH8PVLkdEyOSiLX6_ZKc6rVXgFuCwK9rgKPsjSIILrHRt7cb7NkGq-JtKNTbgOs86Jm9X1ukUZoflz0O3KnQ-xjNto88k2WiTt1AGVuDIOFq7vrtnOxq_Mv7QVY/w640-h640/NMD_7177%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWxObqqui8jy9FoISNFZwCufZh4MUqtTwQ9AU3PNbSkd3UVMKxSK_MN0ggQIqkSDtWYKbv-H6gXMYDjJSnE1w0gibNTh5HSrsIsd8zg7-hv0grKctnXpAnoPMn4ypRurkM2LzoyHxLhA/s1517/NMD_7180%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWxObqqui8jy9FoISNFZwCufZh4MUqtTwQ9AU3PNbSkd3UVMKxSK_MN0ggQIqkSDtWYKbv-H6gXMYDjJSnE1w0gibNTh5HSrsIsd8zg7-hv0grKctnXpAnoPMn4ypRurkM2LzoyHxLhA/w640-h640/NMD_7180%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">What's the story with "Angrboda"?</span></h2><div>Once upon a time, when the 3rd edition Tyranid codex came out, and I realized I needed a name for my hive fleet, my dear cousin linked me to a listing of monster names, and I picked the name Fenrir. I thought the whole prophecy about Fenrir being chained but that one day he'd escape and devour Odin felt a bit like something a hive fleet could do, except gobbling the Emperor instead. </div><div><br /></div><div>However, I didn't know much about Space Wolves at the time, and I have since learned that they've kind of cornered the market on Fenrir. </div><div><br /></div><div>However, I'd still dreamed up this crazy fluff about how my hive fleet had been "chained" by having its Norn Queen crash onto a planet. The core of the Norn Queen, which was the bit responsible for the genetic synthesis of new Tyranid strains, was extracted and preserved by the Tyranids that survived the crash, and it became their mission to bring the Queen Core new biomass so it could flesh out its genetic library and complete the process of freeing itself from the planet. </div><div><br /></div><div>Leading them in this effort would be a sort of Lictor Prime: a Lictor that had grown as large as a Tyrant, with all of the individual abilities and synapse nexus you'd normally expect of a Tyrant. The human inhabitants of the jungle world where the fleet crashed would worship this Lictor, naming it Loki for its clever nature.</div><div><br /></div><div>And when they witnessed how the Lictor would "commune" with the core of the Norn Queen, implanting her with the genetic matter collected, and witness the new Tyranid Terrors she would birth, they named the Norn Queen the Mother of Monsters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Or, according to their myths: Angrboda!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway. Just a bunch of fluff for now, but my long game is to convert not only Loki but also the Norn Queen core itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>But that's a story for another day. </div><div><p>For now, I'm just thrilled to be painting Tyranids again, and am really inspired by my scheme. And coolest of all is that the Games Workshop Community team decided to feature my fleet on their hobby roundup!</p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pWLiJd0NXuA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>You can look forward to seeing more of my nids painted in the Angrboda scheme soon—likely my <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2021/09/converting-upright-termagants-for.html">Tyranid Killteam, the Viridian Stalkers of Casavant Prime</a>.</p><p>Let me know what you think of the new scheme?</p></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-88011780932566772162021-05-11T11:57:00.001-04:002021-09-13T00:04:35.419-04:00Xenos Alchemist: Talking Orks with GrimNGribbly<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c5wcVy5N0Bk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p>In the most recent episode of our Xenos Alchemist podcast, I chatted with one of my hobby idols from Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grimngribbly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GrimNGribbly</a>.</p><p>If you're not familiar with Grim's work, we get into his work on his Cordyceps shroom cult and his orks, while also talking about Orks in general and how the new line for 40k unveiled so far stacks up against the classics. </p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-51093138742829144122021-04-06T11:00:00.002-04:002021-09-12T23:55:43.733-04:00Haemoxyte Conversion: A new unit for Haemonculus Covens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsbgtDvvjeFAT6QNEmBlZohlRhEZmRp2kLeIoZofW1Zh0Rwi6jxdMsBGNhQ203pVoxZJF2aXnprTyXl0tEz2jCMuSRqZmGfNDK-kzLCtZEMgbW8TRqvi0-La2WGiK81eX5JDQ6jrrF90/s1270/SI_20210406_133015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1270" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsbgtDvvjeFAT6QNEmBlZohlRhEZmRp2kLeIoZofW1Zh0Rwi6jxdMsBGNhQ203pVoxZJF2aXnprTyXl0tEz2jCMuSRqZmGfNDK-kzLCtZEMgbW8TRqvi0-La2WGiK81eX5JDQ6jrrF90/w640-h640/SI_20210406_133015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Welp. The new Dark Eldar/Drukhari codex finally dropped. I picked it up at release, and didn't expect too much new, assuming it would be a simple update for 9th edition. <div><br /></div><div>But then it hit me with a surprise! A new unit type for my other hobby love, Haemonculus Covens. </div><div><br /></div><div>This new unit, the Haemoxytes, are meant to represent elite Wracks, and they were the perfect excuse to dust off my drukhari and convert up a model to represent it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enter the dream combination of Delaque gangers from Necromunda, with Kaoric Acolytes from AoS, with a little Idoneth Namarti Reavers/Thralls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHpzY5DRFaJB3l_naYPAe3vFYGzDLrJzzcd-zKq4qFhkgqveQhS6X_u5_VC5dMrcL_xOvndjMsc5ROydU3Rz9qBfLt1I3UHsvL57fqFdekgS3rEBuCJTFAJUTLI18b-bxizKpYHIL2II/s1597/NMD_6086%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHpzY5DRFaJB3l_naYPAe3vFYGzDLrJzzcd-zKq4qFhkgqveQhS6X_u5_VC5dMrcL_xOvndjMsc5ROydU3Rz9qBfLt1I3UHsvL57fqFdekgS3rEBuCJTFAJUTLI18b-bxizKpYHIL2II/w640-h640/NMD_6086%257E2.JPG" width="640" /></a><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've already started noodling on my next member of the squad, inspired by this horrific sketch from our lord and saviour, Jestopher of Goodwin:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hyphenhyphenzBpMIpLrGKoCawWk1yE0vUvr_B4DlKZFWg2Yx2BYMSTqoCJLcT6muFTM8iU8ynjAZyM06jY15KyucbbBgDy3_e1323mWYJzAlTmwV4WP1eaqvkGClR1ByUiuPzcqy8OuPPiDFRtk4/s1266/Screenshot_20210408-111306%257E2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1266" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hyphenhyphenzBpMIpLrGKoCawWk1yE0vUvr_B4DlKZFWg2Yx2BYMSTqoCJLcT6muFTM8iU8ynjAZyM06jY15KyucbbBgDy3_e1323mWYJzAlTmwV4WP1eaqvkGClR1ByUiuPzcqy8OuPPiDFRtk4/w640-h472/Screenshot_20210408-111306%257E2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN23guEkkJ02TiQCGU3KsJ7QKCDRXUwCHOYSLEZFTz8IIugfDNnJeKGG6tivNtFrwVXflyGt7jwRiNPJr2QBync5fMrnQL7HS8j8_eUxaxdwLeM5j2dQuXx5iSihJlgexsaQ5uuNR8FQ/s4032/PXL_20210413_004413720.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3fNzJyQxyFlbJ9tbi9_q69c1mxdnTafHdSzvURJ9yqhiNZB0RMcMxsnAls3YYAvqMPFfsvGpRJ_2lTqz3ei3dV3BpHLfPK_CrjHwuQrZzXJsc5lANPab6RX6ADmYq30BZA2AAqWoyLc/s4032/PXL_20210413_004405311.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3fNzJyQxyFlbJ9tbi9_q69c1mxdnTafHdSzvURJ9yqhiNZB0RMcMxsnAls3YYAvqMPFfsvGpRJ_2lTqz3ei3dV3BpHLfPK_CrjHwuQrZzXJsc5lANPab6RX6ADmYq30BZA2AAqWoyLc/w480-h640/PXL_20210413_004405311.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div>Should be gross/fun :)</div><br /><div>And if you wanted to hear my initial thoughts on the new codex, here's my quick review of it alongside the Liber Xenologis book from Black Library:</div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e6m_yjWF7zg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-85004116467644814262021-03-01T11:00:00.001-05:002021-09-12T23:37:24.920-04:00Project #SwarmSentinel: Building Better Tyrant Guards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFpTTu2z7Sft4gZ534o3_B6hIpXK-vDQ9geu7u2qxKQtvnNMHVG4Si8ayBKdH3EN9bu8zjacd3gFxaszvub3zsP7N7A0Urg4jso1R7MAxABSlxmHTdLRuknDNQfrpO7i0NFB4vyPc-9M/s1920/NMD_5784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFpTTu2z7Sft4gZ534o3_B6hIpXK-vDQ9geu7u2qxKQtvnNMHVG4Si8ayBKdH3EN9bu8zjacd3gFxaszvub3zsP7N7A0Urg4jso1R7MAxABSlxmHTdLRuknDNQfrpO7i0NFB4vyPc-9M/w640-h640/NMD_5784.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Ever since Games Workshop delivered us second edition ant-style Tyranid Warriors carrying picnic tables as our Tyrant Guard models, Tyranid hobbyists have been on a quest for better Guards. <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/05/art-of-warren-beattie.html" target="_blank">Warren Beattie</a> and <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/05/art-of-robert-cirillo.html" target="_blank">Roberto Cirillo</a> got us close with each of their concepts for Guards, but it wasn't until the current plastic kit that we got a decent model.<div><br /></div><div>Decent, I say, but not perfect. <br /><p>Because, let's face it: when it comes to acting as a shield wall for a Hive Tyrant, the current plastic guard models look more like something that would be the Tyrant's dog.</p><p>If we want to keep our Tyrants safe, we have to think BIGGER:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZfs6IKSR36xJ5oJ52C0OJWvFVBBEPIKy5ExubzaT9TV7EZR2mKRqJ8NVZyXnjiCt8bCXlIHmLTITk91tkUhfI63vAfW4brP2XaA8bsObsleVOGkdlkZEW_di0699Mr6lZG7SZOUqhV4/s2880/NMD_5785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZfs6IKSR36xJ5oJ52C0OJWvFVBBEPIKy5ExubzaT9TV7EZR2mKRqJ8NVZyXnjiCt8bCXlIHmLTITk91tkUhfI63vAfW4brP2XaA8bsObsleVOGkdlkZEW_di0699Mr6lZG7SZOUqhV4/w640-h640/NMD_5785.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span>So, with a decent kick in the ass from HydraCast's third party Guard model, I've started chasing down an idea I've had for a while of creating Tyrant Guard based on Carnifex or Hive Tyrant legs/pelvis parts. And I'm calling them Swarm Sentinels!</div><div><br /></div><div>This is still a pretty rough sketch as a proof of concept, but I'm already excited about where it's heading! And despite there being a decent amount of HydraCast in this one, I'd say there's still at least as much GW plastic in there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj62njeJy9rTieZPHaa8GfoE1lXeRUWSIVJPMi6RcB8B8DPAySpCfBQwVsB12HVspj088B3r8YViPxHPqUxUo0i8vTHM9VYHIY0ODTYQpGPXV4UTuSiJADL-p0ddNHYHVgejWsd4h7fy8/s1920/NMD_5786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj62njeJy9rTieZPHaa8GfoE1lXeRUWSIVJPMi6RcB8B8DPAySpCfBQwVsB12HVspj088B3r8YViPxHPqUxUo0i8vTHM9VYHIY0ODTYQpGPXV4UTuSiJADL-p0ddNHYHVgejWsd4h7fy8/w640-h640/NMD_5786.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouC-mWMnAki4IfXGJ6HOUYifTtUNBSBcvmf-_tg50muHaJMXKQx43yYaGsjmcmQaJzWIkCCB3eeI_GsPhu02rvpCRGTgZDRZe88cnxU3w0brx9QJwuFy3RG-3nzqMqfo7o988y454Xvg/s1920/NMD_5792.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwywVacyt26NGwAOMC132xSxAhx0zY-kS58_J7y56Swrxh00h10Q31zIMM26ZtxsHapxx4vx42rtQS3jo8e73mjWG_dm2pCMJBrJtORpYO0EQn0qN0VJ_-2X99RwlUPF_VczldFJ6jItg/s2400/NMD_5783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwywVacyt26NGwAOMC132xSxAhx0zY-kS58_J7y56Swrxh00h10Q31zIMM26ZtxsHapxx4vx42rtQS3jo8e73mjWG_dm2pCMJBrJtORpYO0EQn0qN0VJ_-2X99RwlUPF_VczldFJ6jItg/w640-h640/NMD_5783.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Here's hoping I can get back to this one soon!</div><div><br /></div><div>If you'd like to see more about the HydraCast model, I reviewed it on this Hobby Stream:<br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROxDnHRppxo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p>What do you think of the Swarm Sentinel concept?</p></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-46162259898193944182021-02-06T12:07:00.001-05:002021-09-13T00:15:41.926-04:00Xenos Alchemist: A Review of Tyranid Design with Moloch & Hydra - #CreatureConference<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r5dLq5Le3ys" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p>This one has been a long time in the making. Back in the beginning of the pandemic, Moloch, Hydra, and I sat down to conduct a review of the newer parts of the Tyranid line. It wound up being a bit of a survey of our collective thoughts on Tyranid design, where the newer kits have hit the mark, and where they might have missed. </p><p>And, to save it from just being three grey beards bitching about other people's designs, I kept a little surprise up my sleeve for the end of the video: a challenge that would make the three of us put our money where our collective mouths were. </p><p>I'll save the surprise for your viewing, but the reactions I got from the Germans were pretty fantastic!</p><p>Anyway, if you love Tyranids and converting them, this is the video for you!</p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-23171422984967766992021-01-24T18:17:00.001-05:002021-01-24T18:20:24.643-05:00Converted Tyranid Tyrannofex - #Gunbeast4<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x3Ik_EzFyJrtGHZJsCL10JGD4pFGZRL642ujetXh7cRKQYaficW_XxPoW5FZPs6AKrhC73plI6xUZh3LQnqDULgKeUKzv1NWNjpkfLB6Jgug3fD59Z7zi-Xekb_WgPxOpEfIQ4CCkwc/s3600/NMD_5707.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3600" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x3Ik_EzFyJrtGHZJsCL10JGD4pFGZRL642ujetXh7cRKQYaficW_XxPoW5FZPs6AKrhC73plI6xUZh3LQnqDULgKeUKzv1NWNjpkfLB6Jgug3fD59Z7zi-Xekb_WgPxOpEfIQ4CCkwc/w640-h512/NMD_5707.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>In case you're not familiar with my past work on Tyranids, it could be said that I've got a THING for big, beefy Tyranids, and for Tyranid gunbeasts. So it should come as no surprise that my most recent Tyranid project consisted of marrying those two interest into a BIG BEEFY GUNBEAST!<p>As this is the fourth gunbeast I've made after my <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/04/old-strains-exocrine-project-de.html" target="_blank">Exocrine</a>, <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/04/dactylis-project-de-sluggify-20.html" target="_blank">Dactylis</a>, and <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2017/11/tyranid-dactylis-from-exocrine.html" target="_blank">upscaled Dactylis</a>, I decided to organize my posts about the project under #Gunbeast4. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When Life Hands You Lemons</span></b></span><br /></h2><p>It all started with me learning the hard way that, if a deal on the internet for a model kit seems too good to be true, IT LIKELY IS. </p><p>I got what I thought were two Tervigon kits for a STEAL of a price...only to find out it was the seller who'd stolen from me when what I received in the mail were two shitty, chinacast recast of a Games Workshop Tervigon kit. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4xBLuudOrYYby6fieYmcCZij5P0zo0k7IjSnSw3muuzGvL0fFwftkFFog6ZZOwB0Wb-Ix4SRLE8ATjN-5zCex1IVIxowGkd5QRVS7X6hzHkO6WeltIsuknc6mdYjupgHWZS7qWV3xvM/s4032/IMG_20200624_202816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4xBLuudOrYYby6fieYmcCZij5P0zo0k7IjSnSw3muuzGvL0fFwftkFFog6ZZOwB0Wb-Ix4SRLE8ATjN-5zCex1IVIxowGkd5QRVS7X6hzHkO6WeltIsuknc6mdYjupgHWZS7qWV3xvM/w480-h640/IMG_20200624_202816.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>The resin was horrible, brittle stuff that'd crack if you even <i>looked</i> at it funny. And when it did crack, it let out a powerful chemical stench that made it clear that the core of the model hadn't fully set. <br /><p></p><p>So I did what any sensible person would do and cast the vile creations into the deepest reaches of my Tyranid model box and forgot about them.</p><p></p><p>...only to come across them in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic inspired me to take a full inventory of my models to see what quarantine projects I could start based on models I already had. When I came across the shitty recasts again, the old anger rose in me, but I felt differently about it now. Better to light a candle than to curse the dark, so I used that anger as a spark to ignite a hobby blaze! </p><p>The shitty recaster would not win. I would have my revenge, and I would have it in the form of an awesome conversion, created out of this waste product of a kit!<br /> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Making Lemonade </span></span><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">- Saving a hobby disaster</span></b></span></h2><p>So I got to cutting. I knew that I wanted to create Tyrannofex out of the kit, and I also knew that I'd never been thrilled with the Tyrannofex's guns, or the way it wielded them so close to the ground. So, taking some direction from my other Tyranid gunbeasts (and the Biovore / Pyrovore kits, I guess!), I elected to mount the Tyrannofex's cannons on its back, and to make original ones out of sheet styrene / plasticard. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrM5bFjUUIeDiVAVp6SNSgjIjsHLo34zlHuJGAF5W6MLgxMIyQBsoyO54YXfGjT38V-y4gX56E1ONrlgzMdnducJSBz2-Dbhm4VWzFcKVD-Yr-TnVSnqtayfwxE5XWPxm8p5tUZCtVsg/s2354/IMG_20200625_182209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="1870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrM5bFjUUIeDiVAVp6SNSgjIjsHLo34zlHuJGAF5W6MLgxMIyQBsoyO54YXfGjT38V-y4gX56E1ONrlgzMdnducJSBz2-Dbhm4VWzFcKVD-Yr-TnVSnqtayfwxE5XWPxm8p5tUZCtVsg/w510-h640/IMG_20200625_182209.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is one large, circular tube that I pinched at the top and bottom to
make it more oval-shaped, and two lengths of rectangular channel for
the lower barrels. When making your own Tyranid bioweapons or biocannons from materials like these, it's important to pay attention to how you cut the ends of the barrels. I knew I'd be sculpting a lot of the shape in with greenstuff, but I still wanted to have an interesting shape to start with on this armature for the biocannon. I further refined the shape of them later by carving them down more, but here's what I started with:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93r1BdApn4sFRXT2Xs0QElDtJ8Xcs2Uky0-LKO07Rltn-HoFTtJnWGRFjo3GTKWyll7pugI0ybW97rV7W2aSbniyQMdMTzFCbxw1O5v020lZDtsrXMfkaOtO0LxEtNriQoTdKHwi9sGc/s1998/IMG_20200625_182213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1998" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93r1BdApn4sFRXT2Xs0QElDtJ8Xcs2Uky0-LKO07Rltn-HoFTtJnWGRFjo3GTKWyll7pugI0ybW97rV7W2aSbniyQMdMTzFCbxw1O5v020lZDtsrXMfkaOtO0LxEtNriQoTdKHwi9sGc/w640-h552/IMG_20200625_182213.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>And in this photo, you can not only see the barrels but also a better view of the first main changes I made to the Tyrannofex's body. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhUMBC_QrlH3Aa8FOof9SVlfxXGrEOBL7wubMoOx_9EJ2cyzt4YjWQYGLcq9H3KfNQrbxSz6J9lLXm4AOZHCUjiI8U3Qr-8rDhc4jJxqlizDIk154nu8eSOz-gFEtKlNb6qPC5GH33KU/s2323/IMG_20200625_182202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="2323" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhUMBC_QrlH3Aa8FOof9SVlfxXGrEOBL7wubMoOx_9EJ2cyzt4YjWQYGLcq9H3KfNQrbxSz6J9lLXm4AOZHCUjiI8U3Qr-8rDhc4jJxqlizDIk154nu8eSOz-gFEtKlNb6qPC5GH33KU/w640-h536/IMG_20200625_182202.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p>I took the...dorsal (?) piece of the kit, which is meant to be where I'd
positioned the guns, and shifted it back and down, so that the spore
chimneys along it were pointing backwards. I liked this positioning for
the largest chimneys as it looked more like they were functioning as
exhausts for the large cannon, or bio jets that could be fired at the
same time as the cannon to offset the weapon's recoil. </p><p>Once I was happy with the position of the bio cannon, I used some more plasticard and some Apoxie Clay (like Apoxie Sculpt, but sets harder and is more carveable/sandable) to secure the barrels and blend them into the torso.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhjdN5iAsYV2qUXVpMx64cOp0hiHifNnXibHBOEq3il3AE56U5s0j9TweL7AXh05kTPc-gfsz4LVv_JyM2LVvJn6Cn7QSbaT0-gkDKxuNDCrrkVESKryKc0XU5RLg9rn2WHPfCT3Epo8/s4032/IMG_20200626_145149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhjdN5iAsYV2qUXVpMx64cOp0hiHifNnXibHBOEq3il3AE56U5s0j9TweL7AXh05kTPc-gfsz4LVv_JyM2LVvJn6Cn7QSbaT0-gkDKxuNDCrrkVESKryKc0XU5RLg9rn2WHPfCT3Epo8/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_145149.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iABThDdFn91eIDslRKJ773EFgOBTlWhTIZqm0mf5HgK8kJ1AV7JoAsM4vHccIzmSaG6eoLHdvONgb3KeuZTlt_x1jm5Ts3mMoT9Fh74dTGHI901k0piKN4GoEjEPKGO0WPeoHKdwDus/s4032/IMG_20200626_145144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iABThDdFn91eIDslRKJ773EFgOBTlWhTIZqm0mf5HgK8kJ1AV7JoAsM4vHccIzmSaG6eoLHdvONgb3KeuZTlt_x1jm5Ts3mMoT9Fh74dTGHI901k0piKN4GoEjEPKGO0WPeoHKdwDus/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_145144.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aWNFUhzoT8NvjnThWJvcCNG0p3JLf8xY3w3uDX22NLUnX7UmPg3uatTNbmenE2x84Ev7aZ4M01RUCaeb8KsZpDIuFeAjQeQgynasZh5_2rCM1QghPazptO3m7eyM5WOiPi935wQn3fc/s4032/IMG_20200626_145141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aWNFUhzoT8NvjnThWJvcCNG0p3JLf8xY3w3uDX22NLUnX7UmPg3uatTNbmenE2x84Ev7aZ4M01RUCaeb8KsZpDIuFeAjQeQgynasZh5_2rCM1QghPazptO3m7eyM5WOiPi935wQn3fc/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_145141.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Then I roughed in the general shape I was hoping for on the cannons using more Apoxie Clay. This also served to reinforce the plasticard substructure/armature.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurvXdjVTDML4EZienVzerTys_n3bjchOyABue7CLlTQqecW4VfBgtOb4R-JrsM8iUEx1dexyyvcC8JoRkfyHKbOMhKksaCUd9mgFnjhl0nzpNXiNR-RdKzDux_3yM8Fk1l3vnTQ10wS0/s4032/IMG_20200626_214736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurvXdjVTDML4EZienVzerTys_n3bjchOyABue7CLlTQqecW4VfBgtOb4R-JrsM8iUEx1dexyyvcC8JoRkfyHKbOMhKksaCUd9mgFnjhl0nzpNXiNR-RdKzDux_3yM8Fk1l3vnTQ10wS0/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_214736.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLpwx5AVLsQmqduHUO1culvsVvdRCCxx8D9tLRAo5cM1JaXHDNo6yOGWSUIrGo47aElcGpXdPmTHP3Ci1WeRucfIYIuHO894pJ_ffb9sYukmUvp54NPnGOmjzdeLXzGAJvKZJ7C2-sz0/s4032/IMG_20200626_214730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLpwx5AVLsQmqduHUO1culvsVvdRCCxx8D9tLRAo5cM1JaXHDNo6yOGWSUIrGo47aElcGpXdPmTHP3Ci1WeRucfIYIuHO894pJ_ffb9sYukmUvp54NPnGOmjzdeLXzGAJvKZJ7C2-sz0/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_214730.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1vvYTUCO2TsU0kKHMbSAaxu9WEu3gZ16dEoE4pLbsgcp8oS3ldUnM7kcm_f5hawdSSPclDAU0ysGK_3zrhI3bLJF_OYDquJ-oKiQkBxrQd-_bfXSA5M8WW25RrU3RSAesXDrzZhTV50/s4032/IMG_20200626_214740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1vvYTUCO2TsU0kKHMbSAaxu9WEu3gZ16dEoE4pLbsgcp8oS3ldUnM7kcm_f5hawdSSPclDAU0ysGK_3zrhI3bLJF_OYDquJ-oKiQkBxrQd-_bfXSA5M8WW25RrU3RSAesXDrzZhTV50/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_214740.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmM81OtCtE04lWC36CMccAui7p0Ie8yjcajMO-fu_U0vmKdNnLk6SictBnMlI21hLKsB_2Pc69oxWaxi8-yUVffk9254guHJtkVBHoUO9I0v-TZQoreQxo4cv1Jn5AcAtReoKxHvhSCw/s4032/IMG_20200626_214743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmM81OtCtE04lWC36CMccAui7p0Ie8yjcajMO-fu_U0vmKdNnLk6SictBnMlI21hLKsB_2Pc69oxWaxi8-yUVffk9254guHJtkVBHoUO9I0v-TZQoreQxo4cv1Jn5AcAtReoKxHvhSCw/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_214743.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></div><p>As noted above, this resin was utter crap, which I quickly discovered
as the toxic miasma spore chimneys quickly started snapping off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiYOHwjnRcKxQlrxu4cDzCjHlWudaxqJV7wIvfHqFChf7e_SfZEKsbOx7H-cD4jaHu12LIkKvOnMmujxPLKiOiPOvd6VL7JRo5IE6h1h_fsNV3-HVpqlgz1CmMHNOhsV5A9_4wWOGZXY/s4032/IMG_20200626_124938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiYOHwjnRcKxQlrxu4cDzCjHlWudaxqJV7wIvfHqFChf7e_SfZEKsbOx7H-cD4jaHu12LIkKvOnMmujxPLKiOiPOvd6VL7JRo5IE6h1h_fsNV3-HVpqlgz1CmMHNOhsV5A9_4wWOGZXY/w480-h640/IMG_20200626_124938.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I
tried gluing a couple of them back on, only to have them snap off
again, so I decided to drill and pin each and every chimney to save my
own sanity!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dwYDqJ6ghALu9iVliPokZGXM5MQ-Nc3p24LfOkK8M5UxEiGMjDjt8hpG5VfGoyAplMSdXCx9azCylJS4dNa0xbU3Nj6N5DXwLVepicFZt5s0h0TwKEDY9G-2FrV4AmihYpNhmIa6L1Y/s2177/IMG_20200626_215741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="2177" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dwYDqJ6ghALu9iVliPokZGXM5MQ-Nc3p24LfOkK8M5UxEiGMjDjt8hpG5VfGoyAplMSdXCx9azCylJS4dNa0xbU3Nj6N5DXwLVepicFZt5s0h0TwKEDY9G-2FrV4AmihYpNhmIa6L1Y/w640-h472/IMG_20200626_215741.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDlZyesHGvlEoHi2xBYgaerp6dsc80G4KcbKkJvDkD6k4xeNVLH5vvieJrT4RULIq0aAt1bjJtVnNHublRlA2f4dUnhyphenhyphen720phyphenhyphenl44tDJn-ZxDlSauRAzmjo0yOUnUX5xJe1637thzP_k/s2087/IMG_20200626_215749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2087" data-original-width="1829" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDlZyesHGvlEoHi2xBYgaerp6dsc80G4KcbKkJvDkD6k4xeNVLH5vvieJrT4RULIq0aAt1bjJtVnNHublRlA2f4dUnhyphenhyphen720phyphenhyphenl44tDJn-ZxDlSauRAzmjo0yOUnUX5xJe1637thzP_k/w562-h640/IMG_20200626_215749.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3A1uchoPo0oQl9cHQ49xMGCpTTR77qBIW8MAsI_jitNtG0XA3viIw-C3CfVLk1a_NxA24_XvUCNOEMRTQn0hga9zm0T1OLNwXjBrO66W1Au_HVPHVSOEHe1OAUWpaUJSsyY4ckG2fO0/s2323/IMG_20200626_215735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="2323" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3A1uchoPo0oQl9cHQ49xMGCpTTR77qBIW8MAsI_jitNtG0XA3viIw-C3CfVLk1a_NxA24_XvUCNOEMRTQn0hga9zm0T1OLNwXjBrO66W1Au_HVPHVSOEHe1OAUWpaUJSsyY4ckG2fO0/w640-h538/IMG_20200626_215735.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>When it comes to the main body of the beast, another big change to highlight is the to the angle of the whole chest and tail assembly. On a
traditional Tervigon / Tyrannofex, the body forms a "C" shape, with the opening of
the C pointed more or less into the ground:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1m_kMrZYa0rsQqWuxg4pqH7kAknbCY27VlE5URbMZ1LN3JZ8QlMXXAC9Jt9JKBx-bwsEhkC43JKyNQFIawAUxpx9Kf4p_8PhoMeN0WXKc2C1VFsXFmw1pPhRt5dAghntljUCp8_IoRI/s800/Tyranid+plastic+tervigon+Behemoth.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="800" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1m_kMrZYa0rsQqWuxg4pqH7kAknbCY27VlE5URbMZ1LN3JZ8QlMXXAC9Jt9JKBx-bwsEhkC43JKyNQFIawAUxpx9Kf4p_8PhoMeN0WXKc2C1VFsXFmw1pPhRt5dAghntljUCp8_IoRI/w640-h534/Tyranid+plastic+tervigon+Behemoth.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>If I were to preserve this setup, my Tyrannofex's biocannons would be pointing into the ground. Can't have that. So I elected to pivot the whole body at the hips, also squeezing that C-shape that the tail and torso make a little tighter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PxDxCw3Um0UtqqMCOpWmNDbGsFCT4S8mjqd_Tull4c4sAuCHJY0yfmbExSzOk9onmxUyRRFKlqGUKXhRLqPGvRKdLUg13iVLPwrz2DT0cmS8OPBYuWqAZzvcIAY6cifdC4RrexBOYkU/s3102/IMG_20200625_154233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="2994" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PxDxCw3Um0UtqqMCOpWmNDbGsFCT4S8mjqd_Tull4c4sAuCHJY0yfmbExSzOk9onmxUyRRFKlqGUKXhRLqPGvRKdLUg13iVLPwrz2DT0cmS8OPBYuWqAZzvcIAY6cifdC4RrexBOYkU/w618-h640/IMG_20200625_154233.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><p>In that pic, you can also see my next inspiration for the Tyrannofex: the start of its Stockade-pattern bioshields.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Mobile Fortress - Stockade bioshields</span></span> <br /></h2><p>When it comes to massive Tyranid artillery beasts, I've always thought of them as slow-moving siege engines that are not only a mobile weapons platform, but also a living bunker or fortification in their own right. I always loved the idea of them adapting their forward limbs to support massive armour plates that could be arranged into a kind of forward shield wall as they hunker down to fire their main cannon. </p><p>I thought that this was a concept I stole from a Games Workshop concept sketch, but Hydra and Moloch have since disabused me of that notion as the closest GW has ever come to doing this was the old old Exocrine model for Epic, which was rendered in 40k scale by Armorcast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjlJkP0Vycz6pTkj6E4pvvnRRuTMlVr9pyNhPGUwOMhsRCxcBWxoFiI_tx6fMicvULr4bfLYsiu8uQRu4CXW55AGJs1SF0MepkOtvYPKbGvPuyPVkZHAOCHH4E-mKpNy7ZGju8ucM7T8/s600/Armorcast_Exocrine2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjlJkP0Vycz6pTkj6E4pvvnRRuTMlVr9pyNhPGUwOMhsRCxcBWxoFiI_tx6fMicvULr4bfLYsiu8uQRu4CXW55AGJs1SF0MepkOtvYPKbGvPuyPVkZHAOCHH4E-mKpNy7ZGju8ucM7T8/s16000/Armorcast_Exocrine2.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY_U4dRD3ux-UmSjQ5JM5_I4_j1TzQj0UfhJLPQPa9yj1bIr0Ud_jW7DAk8R1U-cesjDsCFCf6HN5c1iodB4V5c0JJ2UjlyTWiGsJyTUBRW64cxjYejowFK9EeXEaR2Fz75DnMF0Cvag/s500/Armorcast_Exocrine_Tyson_koch.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY_U4dRD3ux-UmSjQ5JM5_I4_j1TzQj0UfhJLPQPa9yj1bIr0Ud_jW7DAk8R1U-cesjDsCFCf6HN5c1iodB4V5c0JJ2UjlyTWiGsJyTUBRW64cxjYejowFK9EeXEaR2Fz75DnMF0Cvag/s16000/Armorcast_Exocrine_Tyson_koch.jpeg" /></a></div><p>My earliest proof of concept for this was the <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/04/dactylis-project-de-sluggify-20.html" target="_blank">Tyranid Dactylis</a> I created for Moloch:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaOvtsdcexC8Qvj2Vfj0lLokToGyYvYzGCa0XWRiDVU2Yua1tu-Fm-sS6l0siHM80cUu47hGcUi3Qz41bT9LrKygZHBMQISfTCAG8JSsZXz3HjnCTQwrteBFwTsHuZ3OMnNQK6qA7emU/s600/Dactylis+_2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaOvtsdcexC8Qvj2Vfj0lLokToGyYvYzGCa0XWRiDVU2Yua1tu-Fm-sS6l0siHM80cUu47hGcUi3Qz41bT9LrKygZHBMQISfTCAG8JSsZXz3HjnCTQwrteBFwTsHuZ3OMnNQK6qA7emU/s16000/Dactylis+_2.jpeg" /></a></div><p><br />You can see how the creature's back carapace and carapace plates on its forearms can pretty much link up to protect it from the front. And I felt that made sense since if you're a Tyranid biotank that is rolling around with a massive clutch of highly volatile spore mines, you should probably protect them from incoming fire!</p><p>I replicated this design on my current <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2017/11/tyranid-dactylis-from-exocrine.html" target="_blank">Exocrine-scaled recreation of the classic Dactylis</a>, though I went with a plate design chosen by my client, which I wasn't nearly as thrilled with as what I'd initially proposed:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1jM4rsexA6gtUnYFkERKNqLNU2c0W61z1k0zWn7A_GZxe3Yy8EEIQMG5z8-CK7vE_CuJOdq5mxjSlSgYes1FJYGsXPuYswTHnV4u95p4hpOWxCAuYFaKxXYi3Uj-GaKT7gGUbJYbA04/s1776/2017_0927_22585600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="1184" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1jM4rsexA6gtUnYFkERKNqLNU2c0W61z1k0zWn7A_GZxe3Yy8EEIQMG5z8-CK7vE_CuJOdq5mxjSlSgYes1FJYGsXPuYswTHnV4u95p4hpOWxCAuYFaKxXYi3Uj-GaKT7gGUbJYbA04/w426-h640/2017_0927_22585600.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p>When designing the Stockade-pattern bioshields for my Tyrannofex, I looked to the other bits of the Tyrannofex kit for inspiration, and it didn't disappoint!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUhX0rjUe5kb1bWTgJXIlzVGHBuYF4bXomJXMFFPmIwF7ne8whwx7Nk4R2SSKncbDynnc9PUdnviNokynUp8QKbJgyU8acPmY9p5pYwq5Sy6aYlNgGZaOmvokbYr_SU6c4a5vVOh8jBA/s4032/IMG_20200623_185113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUhX0rjUe5kb1bWTgJXIlzVGHBuYF4bXomJXMFFPmIwF7ne8whwx7Nk4R2SSKncbDynnc9PUdnviNokynUp8QKbJgyU8acPmY9p5pYwq5Sy6aYlNgGZaOmvokbYr_SU6c4a5vVOh8jBA/w480-h640/IMG_20200623_185113.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>The central piece there is one side of the Tyrannofex's Fleshborer Hive weapon, flanked on either side by a Carnifex Spinebank armour plate, cut down the middle. Here are some more angles on it:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6NShyphenhyphenmo-zkj6ZYxoI58UvRrecGGWdNkQibvdW_7gd4uAj5-VZlwNCurxE7utGOd2q1jGnAsVOHNmTNqCTzyvk795hfYPPIL1qY1hCafvemMXc-iRjePbSTVGDW9mDA9zRj0GLoUqLII/s4032/IMG_20200623_185118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6NShyphenhyphenmo-zkj6ZYxoI58UvRrecGGWdNkQibvdW_7gd4uAj5-VZlwNCurxE7utGOd2q1jGnAsVOHNmTNqCTzyvk795hfYPPIL1qY1hCafvemMXc-iRjePbSTVGDW9mDA9zRj0GLoUqLII/w480-h640/IMG_20200623_185118.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKulrnO41T1c8cNB9EdU8T1rdPHL-SMG9Z0V6aDsgsRDbcVYBAkhPC8Mp5v8XpqBS_zf6n1MR__1hDZB4M_m_KhlasMSH3ic7fSLpu7ppbghBmotnz5V1okK_6p44ws7nMHCaUIMnqo8/s4032/IMG_20200623_185115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKulrnO41T1c8cNB9EdU8T1rdPHL-SMG9Z0V6aDsgsRDbcVYBAkhPC8Mp5v8XpqBS_zf6n1MR__1hDZB4M_m_KhlasMSH3ic7fSLpu7ppbghBmotnz5V1okK_6p44ws7nMHCaUIMnqo8/w480-h640/IMG_20200623_185115.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>I opted for the Spine Banks Carnifex plates driven by the idea that, should an enemy get too close to the Tyrannofex, it needed a last line of defence. In such a situation, the beast could fire off its spine banks, or—in particularly hairy situations—detonate the central, spore mine-looking structure in the centre of each plate. <br /></p><p>I was ridiculously pleased with the look of them, particularly with two of them lined up alongside each other:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD0k6G5P2A6kkfh0eQzOlfTE7B6WKYCr4CUiaZO0hJ8YRd6AW0Q9b97zHUKv-cA1yjxxgRxo9-Zg9QfzX7zRjAtkYRDKkEFjcLcQdntqDQh6K0V9YZrNP6msky90jXXAGFBvf-uo4rLM/s2198/IMG_20200623_221727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2198" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD0k6G5P2A6kkfh0eQzOlfTE7B6WKYCr4CUiaZO0hJ8YRd6AW0Q9b97zHUKv-cA1yjxxgRxo9-Zg9QfzX7zRjAtkYRDKkEFjcLcQdntqDQh6K0V9YZrNP6msky90jXXAGFBvf-uo4rLM/w640-h392/IMG_20200623_221727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg5ByCsLnSZr7CjeYhQGbbdQS2WsPIOoVgMJ3oCyireLZuqLY014_F4GoBLvzMex9Kpl8613wRS42GPo3AiMDTVrxmm-KbzhVaxGPnJvTO8oOZqaYz_NAmU26UfiXd5zezOQ-Z3fsBUY/s3004/IMG_20200625_161443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="3004" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg5ByCsLnSZr7CjeYhQGbbdQS2WsPIOoVgMJ3oCyireLZuqLY014_F4GoBLvzMex9Kpl8613wRS42GPo3AiMDTVrxmm-KbzhVaxGPnJvTO8oOZqaYz_NAmU26UfiXd5zezOQ-Z3fsBUY/w640-h464/IMG_20200625_161443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Next, I reinforced the back side of the bioshields using Apoxie Clay, which is very similar to Apoxie Putty, except it cures harder.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1PBFR_DufpSngJG9xrtGEIKiYDJ1yN-VmLOjF3w9BNp5gfFMP4ErQkZI0yGHRyRRoYj8Lnm3_Sz-TGDpQkNsXWjrAgLem2OO_ZX4lY4INKsjvyUFQUWzUVvwdckIrnsCXjZCxguFRoE/s3354/IMG_20200624_133940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1PBFR_DufpSngJG9xrtGEIKiYDJ1yN-VmLOjF3w9BNp5gfFMP4ErQkZI0yGHRyRRoYj8Lnm3_Sz-TGDpQkNsXWjrAgLem2OO_ZX4lY4INKsjvyUFQUWzUVvwdckIrnsCXjZCxguFRoE/w578-h640/IMG_20200624_133940.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br />...and then made sure to add some detailing that no one would ever see to the inside of the shields, once again using Apoxie Clay.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBovwhDfj-Jsdb4vriZcqL8QckOXz-PYTtbdVCuyooomk8AggGaRq1G2n_QOoKnEH2UVrlD6v70y0rrwKdKGPkmPskUr7bVbNoktH6tBWsM4d4lHle0lTsFxZ_mvxv74tcLtN2c8KsTmU/s4032/IMG_20200624_203029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBovwhDfj-Jsdb4vriZcqL8QckOXz-PYTtbdVCuyooomk8AggGaRq1G2n_QOoKnEH2UVrlD6v70y0rrwKdKGPkmPskUr7bVbNoktH6tBWsM4d4lHle0lTsFxZ_mvxv74tcLtN2c8KsTmU/w480-h640/IMG_20200624_203029.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoPk8J2MnDgW5pDyYKw0VjmOF9pijq7dXIJxuccDU_DmaofeoH1xqdXMWUxvVhOVwffC10CIw1JDRirnlFcDoaKfEoY2hRK-N50ObB-0uMM3Q36cHt4949Ud33-fKDzIJhNyyB7DcKKs/s4032/IMG_20200624_203026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoPk8J2MnDgW5pDyYKw0VjmOF9pijq7dXIJxuccDU_DmaofeoH1xqdXMWUxvVhOVwffC10CIw1JDRirnlFcDoaKfEoY2hRK-N50ObB-0uMM3Q36cHt4949Ud33-fKDzIJhNyyB7DcKKs/w480-h640/IMG_20200624_203026.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Though the Stockade shields were pretty big, the Tyrannofex itself would be even bigger, so I needed to extend them by adding an armour plate to the top of each shield. Fortunately, as I've pretty much made a hobby of cutting up <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2020/05/project-domnianid3-tyranid-dominatrix.html" target="_blank">Forgeworld Heirodules to make Tyranid Dominatrix models</a> at this point, I've got plenty of spare Heirodule armour plates kicking around :P<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreH1i59jBQbWMrDCzJ5dKI5KvM2ZPkz83gmUSZJkI3IXBZAQ3b8Hsb5-m32YTh0emKdT0UBcMvEH3DAmprQXMlmiusRkllAKeYlEoBmXD1az5oN7eDT7d6SMlXWlmMjcv7dfgQ_zXngQ/s3024/IMG_20200628_190447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="3024" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreH1i59jBQbWMrDCzJ5dKI5KvM2ZPkz83gmUSZJkI3IXBZAQ3b8Hsb5-m32YTh0emKdT0UBcMvEH3DAmprQXMlmiusRkllAKeYlEoBmXD1az5oN7eDT7d6SMlXWlmMjcv7dfgQ_zXngQ/w640-h504/IMG_20200628_190447.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqBn43s3253BcQPT2C5zfGWwIhbnzvE6xGQHHia7fBzxpJmMF3atT-2087b2vIPd1qy_c7yR_8ibT3FQc1SLqemjJAR2u-9Vn3m_C2cq5MYPuWPIYm02XDmRDMguO1HO5GjlPkSx9t2c/s2648/IMG_20200628_190458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="2648" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqBn43s3253BcQPT2C5zfGWwIhbnzvE6xGQHHia7fBzxpJmMF3atT-2087b2vIPd1qy_c7yR_8ibT3FQc1SLqemjJAR2u-9Vn3m_C2cq5MYPuWPIYm02XDmRDMguO1HO5GjlPkSx9t2c/w640-h482/IMG_20200628_190458.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p>Then all that was needed was to fill in that gap with some putty and generally blend the upper plate into the rest of the shield.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL_AKPGS9q_0OuP9OZo2rYQtwbz1JEV2vVbBXwjRlZok20A2tilnIuLLCuqj3Fk_OHOoFuzMyfQbI3LEBVR8U63wWxp2X9bVpAPEOBPosXsM2J6DUX4fwx7xGz5NyNQ1QnxsZ0nudw1o/s2680/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200903225829063_COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="2680" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL_AKPGS9q_0OuP9OZo2rYQtwbz1JEV2vVbBXwjRlZok20A2tilnIuLLCuqj3Fk_OHOoFuzMyfQbI3LEBVR8U63wWxp2X9bVpAPEOBPosXsM2J6DUX4fwx7xGz5NyNQ1QnxsZ0nudw1o/w640-h582/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200903225829063_COVER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nM8JfY8QgsUbo-J2LWJvrKEzwIHe-OlRitQjcHxES0xKQKfM-7NY4KHgsBxtYDiF2wZU8m4hgYKSCYgN9w6NFmQ4aeBI4S06CKW2HG-qkz4fEM7rnV-4e5ylM8eFiVd_XKnQlcoyWhs/s3024/IMG_20200903_225753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="3024" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nM8JfY8QgsUbo-J2LWJvrKEzwIHe-OlRitQjcHxES0xKQKfM-7NY4KHgsBxtYDiF2wZU8m4hgYKSCYgN9w6NFmQ4aeBI4S06CKW2HG-qkz4fEM7rnV-4e5ylM8eFiVd_XKnQlcoyWhs/w640-h538/IMG_20200903_225753.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>Mid-Project Check-in</b></span></span> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Once I had roughed in the mail shapes of the Tyrannofex, I wanted to make sure it was still heading in the direction I was hoping by doing a blutack mock up of the full beast. This was also the first full photo I shared with the community <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHVyCoHM1V/">on my Instagram</a>, and it got a HUGE response! I was a bit blown away as my excitement over a WIP always seems to be far greater than that of others until the final greenstuff layers go in. Not for this beastie, however, as people really loved it, even in this rough state.</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3ZuKA8d6Cfxmx4r0GIbskCOyPWFZqjCZhPpkM37P89KMnZg2GG34ybjD9bRpo5XsnfguvIpUjnwj2xhMz-AfnYQlKg0FmUk0g2C4tr0XFnaqa8P2sN8Tfz3fqx661qyzmpv24pYxpBk/s3496/NMD_1557%25E6%259A%2588.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2331" data-original-width="3496" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3ZuKA8d6Cfxmx4r0GIbskCOyPWFZqjCZhPpkM37P89KMnZg2GG34ybjD9bRpo5XsnfguvIpUjnwj2xhMz-AfnYQlKg0FmUk0g2C4tr0XFnaqa8P2sN8Tfz3fqx661qyzmpv24pYxpBk/w640-h427/NMD_1557%25E6%259A%2588.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrtnRiUz8vdF_qte5StWm1doEtM7z1K1uOyjiwFlK7H2I-26NfcdGRv8Qyh09wLOEGbUUchalZxyV9OJW5cutTXYIHdkNJG_DKym01hbY8mZL3osz-cBhORCPEy7G_WsOeKqNXgDD868/s3496/NMD_1562%25E6%259A%2588.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I really liked this particular pose, but the reality was that when I finally figured out all the different limbs on the beast, I simply couldn't make it work hunkered down this close to the ground :(<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>Artillery You Can Respect - The rupture cannon</b></span></span><br /></h2><p>To make this Tyrannofex really fit its role as a walking artillery battery, I definitely wanted to make its ranged weapon one of the main focuses of the model, and make it look like something that could really lay down a withering hail of fire.<br /></p><p>With the rough substructure laid in for the cannons using plasticard and apoxie clay, I set to work adding detail using my standard blend of Apoxie Putty and greenstuff.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVn8hXnV45s82Zc4glavH0-clmpgmNlS-swiskhQx3qNsWKWrRBm3jd30xiKaLIBMMvYfswtKrqyKQ_aDp4VJNTP4jeHuj3x_Vwcbdcbhm_ZxEZCaG2ElWlU1eiivl_SdhAp1AWSNJLk/s2696/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200821115027340_COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUVldQ9uGq4TC_Nf8cFj3XAh8NRaiwMInl1DdnQV6eGOArQ-VznIJveWj8mOM-yAzYiJ9EvEx_ltoSxyB2OhhWo6wjYjJSnXNckr_Y8w9xSpWrrr9QC_q0s7nleLojIi9ko1Tvl2qmLo/s4032/IMG_20200823_001618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUVldQ9uGq4TC_Nf8cFj3XAh8NRaiwMInl1DdnQV6eGOArQ-VznIJveWj8mOM-yAzYiJ9EvEx_ltoSxyB2OhhWo6wjYjJSnXNckr_Y8w9xSpWrrr9QC_q0s7nleLojIi9ko1Tvl2qmLo/w480-h640/IMG_20200823_001618.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>When it came to the ends of the barrels, I was playing with the idea of leaving them open, but after checking in with a few folks, there seemed to be a consensus that I should sculpt some kind of sphincter into the barrels to make it look like they'd open when the beast was ready to fire. I wasn't exactly sure how to accomplish this, but I gave it a go and wound up being really pleased with what I managed!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrZAGIFU0onKswZBT9LunYmD2u6KHhqgZpT_S4zDUBcE4S3B0oDeIePRP-xszZlH3g2r02KPWKnabamiwrGXrDWxyj53O98lgKXmV4HRQ4PQyhrtjhLb554s7DpIXlRhvF2G0LyOJtr4/s4032/PXL_20201203_021152216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrZAGIFU0onKswZBT9LunYmD2u6KHhqgZpT_S4zDUBcE4S3B0oDeIePRP-xszZlH3g2r02KPWKnabamiwrGXrDWxyj53O98lgKXmV4HRQ4PQyhrtjhLb554s7DpIXlRhvF2G0LyOJtr4/w480-h640/PXL_20201203_021152216.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>A Face Only a Mother Could Love - Enhanced Senses</b></span></span><br /></h2><p>The other detail you can see in the photo above is the custom Enhanced Senses head I sculpted for the Tyrannofex. Though the Enhanced Senses heads on the Carnifex sprue are pretty great, I feel like a weird alien creature like a Tyranid could take this idea still further than a bunch of eyes and some antennae. <br /></p><p>Moloch was one of the Tyranid modellers who pioneered the idea of having additional eyes and secondary heads to act as "spotters" for his gunbeasts, and I always liked that idea of having MORE sensory organs to give the creature a full package for targeting its prey. <br /></p><p>So I made this, starting from the Enhanced Senses head with its multiple eyes, and adding exposed brain matter, as well as a forest of eyes and scent pits on the inside of its fold-open cranium, and even a big, lolling tongue for tasting signals on the air. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbwxuTKfK1o7BkytZFTJ1xrCzikl7Q9nFP48nx3arz9X74i7HXgJAt4X8tZmWjDauMmJ5DwDETvJgj2QhMaWLmirT9CNrCJTcFEGPHwbhIZf1lcqSuQ722Gug6X_MVdIJ5tfVIE1TC70/s4032/PXL_20201203_021200532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbwxuTKfK1o7BkytZFTJ1xrCzikl7Q9nFP48nx3arz9X74i7HXgJAt4X8tZmWjDauMmJ5DwDETvJgj2QhMaWLmirT9CNrCJTcFEGPHwbhIZf1lcqSuQ722Gug6X_MVdIJ5tfVIE1TC70/w640-h480/PXL_20201203_021200532.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This was another part of the model that really spoke to people, and it's the confluence of a lot of creepy inspirations like the Clickers, the aliens from Quiet Place, and even a bit of the Demigorgon from Stranger Things. The concept here is that this bio satellite dish of fragile sensory organs is normally closed up inside a tough armoured outer shell...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFueON7M8hR5soKlwpCQHh_wcdYAgp1rFOHHPCMU3geSxlGIXLPbhRdhb6iDDxPBcpy-otVhLsmWr5JKXQH6VS95q8pah6wBusD8MFKe2Uwhpbl5YSMjKA1tqrUxQGfIBaO_tYQjNFgw/s2376/PXL_20201201_014516859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="2376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFueON7M8hR5soKlwpCQHh_wcdYAgp1rFOHHPCMU3geSxlGIXLPbhRdhb6iDDxPBcpy-otVhLsmWr5JKXQH6VS95q8pah6wBusD8MFKe2Uwhpbl5YSMjKA1tqrUxQGfIBaO_tYQjNFgw/s320/PXL_20201201_014516859.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>...and it is able to fold open when the creature needs to deploy its spotter array.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrZAGIFU0onKswZBT9LunYmD2u6KHhqgZpT_S4zDUBcE4S3B0oDeIePRP-xszZlH3g2r02KPWKnabamiwrGXrDWxyj53O98lgKXmV4HRQ4PQyhrtjhLb554s7DpIXlRhvF2G0LyOJtr4/s4032/PXL_20201203_021152216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrZAGIFU0onKswZBT9LunYmD2u6KHhqgZpT_S4zDUBcE4S3B0oDeIePRP-xszZlH3g2r02KPWKnabamiwrGXrDWxyj53O98lgKXmV4HRQ4PQyhrtjhLb554s7DpIXlRhvF2G0LyOJtr4/w480-h640/PXL_20201203_021152216.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p>I played with the idea of making two heads for the beast, one open and one closed, but I wound up settling on just the open one. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>Steady As She Goes - Recoil absorption</b></span></span><br /></h2><p>The other thing that I'm into when it comes to designing Tyranid gunbeasts is the idea of them repurposing their tails and fleshhooks to act as anchors to hold the beast in place while its massive cannons are firing. I did this for the first time on <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/04/old-strains-exocrine-project-de.html" target="_blank">my Tyranid Exocrine conversion back in 200</a>6...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0L6QTFSMPDzwhPMn5mLUmw88UOi367hzofJs9_zpD1zHaA5D-R_TySdEablybMfFTAdIqwD9g9YTad7rIkf7q6tOdJXTVTIjxfoTudrHVxVyzgON1640YDUBE__d8jHaHpszQBd-Ucc/s724/exocrine_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0L6QTFSMPDzwhPMn5mLUmw88UOi367hzofJs9_zpD1zHaA5D-R_TySdEablybMfFTAdIqwD9g9YTad7rIkf7q6tOdJXTVTIjxfoTudrHVxVyzgON1640YDUBE__d8jHaHpszQBd-Ucc/w576-h640/exocrine_01.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTuitr49lupZ20nOKZyTUStteiav__DRAn73pUhkjOwfXDrOxJxIdgGLGgXUaSV7OY-r1MCe9uUFyxzWffkyYWe6FylXE9tKb9QxuJTMUPeg-YldWSNCSBONRsxVzWj4JzVM086vU5fE/s850/exocrine_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="850" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTuitr49lupZ20nOKZyTUStteiav__DRAn73pUhkjOwfXDrOxJxIdgGLGgXUaSV7OY-r1MCe9uUFyxzWffkyYWe6FylXE9tKb9QxuJTMUPeg-YldWSNCSBONRsxVzWj4JzVM086vU5fE/w640-h520/exocrine_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9cwrxOWhhnkW43w1YFsc48SBqNxFLZKaArTf5PRwNBUEFL2HQ3Wu1tV5pE9SXO6MOnF33FRuakZ4nqP27MjI-ff9lVkCPaljAJEjI36SfnURz-FkY1RNiXhhlipdmS83BrX3sys8nfY/s700/exocrine_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="700" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9cwrxOWhhnkW43w1YFsc48SBqNxFLZKaArTf5PRwNBUEFL2HQ3Wu1tV5pE9SXO6MOnF33FRuakZ4nqP27MjI-ff9lVkCPaljAJEjI36SfnURz-FkY1RNiXhhlipdmS83BrX3sys8nfY/w640-h636/exocrine_03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Repeated it on the <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/04/dactylis-project-de-sluggify-20.html" target="_blank">Dactylis' tail in 2009</a>:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjM0j_KU_v9dHN46zXGCqrNFnzLrtjkktu1Buy1T8jNyRYwhROUEFiybfvJr6ksiDK2SjSPuMy_LL21Gnc5yXuY9GgnShatU_mE-TFVx-XKHa_ibASUSwWLsn2gijf_JsrulqzLhi7bM/s600/Dactylis+_1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjM0j_KU_v9dHN46zXGCqrNFnzLrtjkktu1Buy1T8jNyRYwhROUEFiybfvJr6ksiDK2SjSPuMy_LL21Gnc5yXuY9GgnShatU_mE-TFVx-XKHa_ibASUSwWLsn2gijf_JsrulqzLhi7bM/s16000/Dactylis+_1.jpeg" /></a></div><p>...and even trotted it out as recently as for <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2017/11/tyranid-dactylis-from-exocrine.html" target="_blank">my enlarged Dactylis in 2017</a>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiuChdrYkhBW4qE084jN3tlymvvI5OQICkCHUhz4M07qUaQ0d2bn6cm0qSpNbRYEO6KYSUWLM6dQfLiLDgarSpIhNUt2208sXxn257xlVhrRD_4KOLa_XLfvqKVs8eKrPzucE1NiofsM/s1776/2017_0927_22583100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1776" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiuChdrYkhBW4qE084jN3tlymvvI5OQICkCHUhz4M07qUaQ0d2bn6cm0qSpNbRYEO6KYSUWLM6dQfLiLDgarSpIhNUt2208sXxn257xlVhrRD_4KOLa_XLfvqKVs8eKrPzucE1NiofsM/w640-h426/2017_0927_22583100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>So I definitely wanted to equip this Tyrannofex similarly. I already mentioned the repositioning of the dorsal spore chimneys to offset the recoil of the cannons, and I was putting some big honking claws on its forelimbs that could be used to grab onto the ground when bracing to fire. But I also wanted to use the openings in the Stockade bioshields to fire out thick, ropey flesh harpoons:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsisXi8tgyW7zyMZmtMOsgJITmzrNhmRJvaKZk_VD16B84cnAdufwXV1V5RB1YSqIEhdixtsYy_z3FoO-uAoueIZtA2imHzz0NVUTXAFDahPUgFSQR1_am5_AoSwptIxpNazOlI10iumI/s4032/PXL_20201228_014228456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsisXi8tgyW7zyMZmtMOsgJITmzrNhmRJvaKZk_VD16B84cnAdufwXV1V5RB1YSqIEhdixtsYy_z3FoO-uAoueIZtA2imHzz0NVUTXAFDahPUgFSQR1_am5_AoSwptIxpNazOlI10iumI/w480-h640/PXL_20201228_014228456.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoNidQWmJJrN0HdT6pyatqxfEgUjJWMP5IhhLNCQeM85zh0QU6Ou34r9RCY31TtF1Bms68EbBJhGbFaH3FcJZ95ZvJ27-9QXR4cLPPbVK4ESSc8TeKI_cfkfCLLyRiXnl9UxjRobhE4E/s4032/PXL_20201228_014235579.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoNidQWmJJrN0HdT6pyatqxfEgUjJWMP5IhhLNCQeM85zh0QU6Ou34r9RCY31TtF1Bms68EbBJhGbFaH3FcJZ95ZvJ27-9QXR4cLPPbVK4ESSc8TeKI_cfkfCLLyRiXnl9UxjRobhE4E/w480-h640/PXL_20201228_014235579.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></div><p>This were made simply with brass rod and some spikes from the Tyrannofex kit, which I then covered with a layer of greenstuff muscle. I wanted the muscle to have a wavy pattern to it, as if the flesh was folded and not yet taut. I hoped this would communicate that the harpoons were in the process of firing into the ground.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8upQabfeKEvHIz-qO-tB0X6lmf41ODId22DdzhWyQpEMYDOd4a7tIapgpZbsPp657nnAuXYKo-fOSnbAXOAz7ndtvuhE9zQcbbWInRUFBmWhPULxkYn_KYZVJh1TSA9CyV8LTVc2qcbU/s4032/PXL_20201230_034937335.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8upQabfeKEvHIz-qO-tB0X6lmf41ODId22DdzhWyQpEMYDOd4a7tIapgpZbsPp657nnAuXYKo-fOSnbAXOAz7ndtvuhE9zQcbbWInRUFBmWhPULxkYn_KYZVJh1TSA9CyV8LTVc2qcbU/w640-h480/PXL_20201230_034937335.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwox98lZsHOVekLpis6q9CqlzwSntQb5b_-ZzNlgBn3bhMcEmOVRpaBy53IwOk2ALUVIJ8jOhiguHEuHaXogmMTfAKnOamN1_ANobk9cI7FD52kjokTA01Or42Ym8xGZe_QWfz7IiBlw/s4032/PXL_20201230_034940354.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwox98lZsHOVekLpis6q9CqlzwSntQb5b_-ZzNlgBn3bhMcEmOVRpaBy53IwOk2ALUVIJ8jOhiguHEuHaXogmMTfAKnOamN1_ANobk9cI7FD52kjokTA01Or42Ym8xGZe_QWfz7IiBlw/w640-h480/PXL_20201230_034940354.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The other anchor I added to the beast was to the end of its tail, which was curving under its torso. This was one more grasping claw that it could drive down into the ground beneath it to anchor itself as it set up to fire. You can see it in the middle of the following photo. It was pretty easy to whip up using the end of a venom cannon and some Genestealer scything talons.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-lkchbuKPtoTsfupAwaIbI9BeeF5I5cmu6_UXmDcfkoU7KJYyHrrvNp0CL52DIL-grc0Hg5Ft7hxqJ5ERlWpjPRpFS5_QDJEkyrxagH7jaPpxdgNHy4c6PF42x_eH3LjTVUxhRw2Chs/s4032/PXL_20201230_034933793.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-lkchbuKPtoTsfupAwaIbI9BeeF5I5cmu6_UXmDcfkoU7KJYyHrrvNp0CL52DIL-grc0Hg5Ft7hxqJ5ERlWpjPRpFS5_QDJEkyrxagH7jaPpxdgNHy4c6PF42x_eH3LjTVUxhRw2Chs/w640-h480/PXL_20201230_034933793.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>Dancing Shoes - Building big, stompy feet</b></span></span><br /></h2><p>When Tyranids get bigger than about Carnifex size, for me it's a bit hard to believe that they're able to stomp around on just a single pair of rear hooves. The solution for the larger constructs has seemed to be to just give them larger hooves, but I much prefer the idea of a multi-hoof to better distribute their considerable weight. This is partially inspired by the design of an elephant's foot, as well as buy the awesome fore and rear hooves that the classic Screamer Killer Carnifexes used to have. </p><p>Here's what I started with on the rear legs, and you can see that I was really determined to repurpose as much of the shitty recast kit as possible as I elected to sculpt my own thighs from the original kit's scything talons (a hack I will DEFINITELY be reusing on other Tyranids!). Oh, and pardon the finger print! Went in a fixed that after!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOYjk1Hpq7hrh9zVtF8wqkOPoO2-CK4MgOnUcX6bCkr8BLz4A68G974bdZW82dR1hnJEVq4-J6Z3U91pt-UirwYcTkR8DAGNC5FqvbolNSQuGaN-WOZPdjdH5TmijUv1etZBORhAdrQY/s4032/IMG_20200914_164915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOYjk1Hpq7hrh9zVtF8wqkOPoO2-CK4MgOnUcX6bCkr8BLz4A68G974bdZW82dR1hnJEVq4-J6Z3U91pt-UirwYcTkR8DAGNC5FqvbolNSQuGaN-WOZPdjdH5TmijUv1etZBORhAdrQY/w480-h640/IMG_20200914_164915.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6S7Ao_G6mwdcfuRxJkD7dcbvkQXhXjEl8faWKbzIBNdq8un49Jn4AwTrBlCqlwX01jwbfr305BdL1DNex5ubIu-54vxC9z2ainhBA2cnQzafdjHIHlWmpFZbNqMTK6KbnQY16MOlALM/s4032/IMG_20200914_160724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6S7Ao_G6mwdcfuRxJkD7dcbvkQXhXjEl8faWKbzIBNdq8un49Jn4AwTrBlCqlwX01jwbfr305BdL1DNex5ubIu-54vxC9z2ainhBA2cnQzafdjHIHlWmpFZbNqMTK6KbnQY16MOlALM/w480-h640/IMG_20200914_160724.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>For identification purposes, the lower leg is from the Fleshborer Hive gun arm. You only get one in the Tyrannofex kit, but I've gathered a few extras over the years.<p></p><p>I wasn't crazy about my initial multi hoof sculpt, so I covered the hooves in connective tissue, then added larger, separate hooves. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl7374fcqKp4pMryaZkw9gERVWgr-8jgvyGAvx-cPf_F-2FFWPonG5MF25_OczaeyptXC5uj6NLZfpatsPkfoPMcIGZ7TPUrVEOfImE_WTUHzvYXmp133XhV5TIdme6jzsvqVe9hmErs/s3024/00000IMG_00000_BURST20200930134953357_COVER%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="3024" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl7374fcqKp4pMryaZkw9gERVWgr-8jgvyGAvx-cPf_F-2FFWPonG5MF25_OczaeyptXC5uj6NLZfpatsPkfoPMcIGZ7TPUrVEOfImE_WTUHzvYXmp133XhV5TIdme6jzsvqVe9hmErs/w640-h628/00000IMG_00000_BURST20200930134953357_COVER%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/STGiuEYz7x0" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;">I realize this isn't an
exhaustive account of all the changes I made to the Tyrannofex and how I
accomplished them, so if you're the kind of person who would LIKE TO
KNOW MORE, I've also pulled together a playlist of all my livestreams
where I was working on various parts of the best. Again, not exhaustive,
but there are some good ones in there where I show how to sculpt the
biocannons or the enhanced senses head...around a bunch of other
blathering, of course! Also, a warning that I really had very little
idea what I was doing for the earlier streams, so they might be a
little...rough.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyjaTOn1cvVLTQFdE_1Im869HGbrUEpx7" target="_blank">Link to Tyrannofex WIP playlist on YouTube</a><br /></p><p>Otherwise,
if there's something I didn't exactly cover here about which you'd like
more info, you can always comment below or reach out to me by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/modernsynthesist/" target="_blank">PM on Instagram</a>.<br /></p></div>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-39372110113042235172021-01-09T11:39:00.000-05:002021-01-09T11:39:05.184-05:00Tyranid Prime Ordo Xenos Crucifix - #KryptmansGambit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4rPMcveSmx8p5Aay6asFlj9kDsUcBZw1R9kzW25J5eHrnfF1VD-YX3AhvSE_EyqI5z8lCX_mdTWDcP0M0VoADrtjWZ2Tf2mwKIwZxT7dPXN2d76CtXl6r52SzU4S-27Gf_MUXyrjRIg/s2400/NMD_5631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4rPMcveSmx8p5Aay6asFlj9kDsUcBZw1R9kzW25J5eHrnfF1VD-YX3AhvSE_EyqI5z8lCX_mdTWDcP0M0VoADrtjWZ2Tf2mwKIwZxT7dPXN2d76CtXl6r52SzU4S-27Gf_MUXyrjRIg/w640-h640/NMD_5631.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Behold! The most foolhardy machination the Ordo Xenos could devise: Kryptman's Gambit.</div><div><br /></div><div>This project has been a long time coming. </div><div>Some time back in 2011-2012, Hive Fleet Moloch, Hydra and me synergized a mad concept: what if the Ordo Xenos, in their unmatched hubris, sought to capture a live Tyranid synapse creature with the goal of using it as some kind of synaptic terminal through which they could force access to the Hive Mind. What you see above is that very creature, and what follows is some of the history for how we came up with it, more photos of my work on it, and an idea of what's next for this hideous creation.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">Kryptman's Gambit</span></h2><div>If there was one Inquisitor who could have the level of gall needed to try to use a live Tyranid as a tool for hacking the Hive Mind, it had to be Inquisitor Kryptman. And, rather conveniently, Moloch was already working on a force of Kryptman's personal titans, with his first <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_HosOvILv7/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">proof-of-concept Warhound</a> having <a href="http://demonwinner.free.fr/canada/2009/golden_demon_winner.php?categorie=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">already captured a Gold in the 2009 Golden Demon competition at Games Day Toronto</a>:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDJPfEXXL-S_EluqaPTrUTOe6hxMYUPyfo-DYJ8-GTkhsji_h0vd8wP74O1wtM23Yao21Ay-HKl06-WgSd8L-EojapBKCGLeCvcefAIPWDQKmeJqoF14-ZrkfUq12MHOsdrEZF2FSFUc/s873/Hive+Fleet+Moloch+Ordo+Xenos+Warhound+Deathwatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="873" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDJPfEXXL-S_EluqaPTrUTOe6hxMYUPyfo-DYJ8-GTkhsji_h0vd8wP74O1wtM23Yao21Ay-HKl06-WgSd8L-EojapBKCGLeCvcefAIPWDQKmeJqoF14-ZrkfUq12MHOsdrEZF2FSFUc/w640-h460/Hive+Fleet+Moloch+Ordo+Xenos+Warhound+Deathwatch.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marco Schulze / Hive Fleet Moloch's Tyranid Hunter Warhound for the Ordo Xenos / Deathwatch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>With this project under his belt, Moloch was already dreaming bigger: planning for a Reaver titan in the same vein. For the Warhound Moloch had commissioned Hydra to sculpt the Tyranid-slaying relief design on the carapace and on other parts of the titan (<a href="https://youtu.be/PPMYy4ZJfro?t=443" target="_blank">here's a link to the point where Hydra discusses this work in our Xenos Alchemist interview with him</a>). For the Reaver, he asked Hydra to do the same on a much larger scale (<a href="https://youtu.be/PPMYy4ZJfro?t=685">here's the bit in the video where Hydra discusses the inspiration for that project</a>), and Moloch has already posted painted photos of Hydra's work on the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hivefleetmoloch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hive Fleet Moloch Instagram account</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcGq8KM_MeT4Dvxuh7QSN8PvjGeGJSJ6Qc-TviWP0wSwwn_jDFUTQQxd62RagIaI-MhFP25VGDfV9S4TxUyOOLohZEFpalRx8OphFck_rOnGyoEGtRcpaWW1UI5aZkNkNzHA1Cckh7l0/s936/Screen+Shot+2021-01-09+at+8.30.16+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="936" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcGq8KM_MeT4Dvxuh7QSN8PvjGeGJSJ6Qc-TviWP0wSwwn_jDFUTQQxd62RagIaI-MhFP25VGDfV9S4TxUyOOLohZEFpalRx8OphFck_rOnGyoEGtRcpaWW1UI5aZkNkNzHA1Cckh7l0/w640-h382/Screen+Shot+2021-01-09+at+8.30.16+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>But this time Moloch wanted to make it a full team project, with both Hydra and I contributing parts to the build. As we came up with this idea back in 2012, I can no longer if it was my idea or Moloch's (he swears it was mine), but we thought up the concept of Kryptman's captive synapse creature being a Tyranid Prime. And wouldn't it be gruesome if this STILL LIVING captive was somehow strapped to the structure of the Reaver, acting at once as weapon and trophy!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the flavour text I came up with for the device, alongside it's official title: #KryptmansGambit<br /><br />+++++<br /><br /></div><div><div><i>The device known as </i>Kryptman's Gambit<i> is one of the most foolhardy creations to have ever emerged from the secret and, some say heretical, manufactorums of the secretive Ordo Xenos. From his extensive work studying and purging the Tyranid menace from Imperial Space, Inquisitor Kryptman hypothesized that the ultimate weapon he could deploy against the Great Devourer would be one that could turn the Hive Mind—the unifying, gestalt consciousness of the Tyranids—back against itself. <br /><br />For decades the Inquisitor had utterly exhausted scores of gifted psykers attempting to force his way through the Hive Mind's defences, each time failing. From this fruitless effort, he deigned that no human mind could ever infiltrate something so alien, and were he to ever manage it, he would need to countermand the mind of one of the aliens for his purposes. <br /><br />Kryptman hypothesized that, with a psychically resonant device tuned to the correct ephemeral wavelengths, and a willing captive to act as a psychic key, he could create an antenna that would finally allow him to broadcast into the Hive Mind.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Once correctly calibrated and affixed to his personal Reaver Titan, such a device could useful in a number of different strategies: from locating elusive vanguard strains of Tyranids on a planet by sending out a synaptic call, to rendering his formidable war machines completely invisible to the Tyranid swarm by broadcasting a repeating "all clear" message, allowing him to slip, undetected, into the heart of the swarm to purge key synaptic nodes.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Though the Adepts and Servitors of the Ordo built the device to Lord Kryptman's exact specifications, none were keen to join him for the Gambit's first field test.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>+++++</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">Crucifying a Tyranid Prime</span></h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTzhRUo6V8Q_cwYhw_75cFlzZ8k_RFB2sCc_ux5CL11tQAUsCzMEGLI28saQvm6yedUe_f3iQ0Cs6I2B_JMDI8_Z5NkHq3xsVtuao8gh697hBtGSsEKOwk3zIWnBOoq4bbo9iWvpFlc8/s4048/IMG_20200413_123111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTzhRUo6V8Q_cwYhw_75cFlzZ8k_RFB2sCc_ux5CL11tQAUsCzMEGLI28saQvm6yedUe_f3iQ0Cs6I2B_JMDI8_Z5NkHq3xsVtuao8gh697hBtGSsEKOwk3zIWnBOoq4bbo9iWvpFlc8/w480-h640/IMG_20200413_123111.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He lives for Kryptman's sins</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Very early in the process, we settled on the idea that the Tyranid Prime powering Kryptman's Gambit would need to be alive but wholly subjugated to the will of the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor. And when it comes to symbolic signifiers for such a relationship, I had trouble thinking of one more potent than the idea of crucifixion, so that was the pose we settled on for the captive creature. <div><br /></div><div>When it comes to the Tyranid Prime itself, I built the majority of it back in the 2012-2013 period. It was my first Tyranid Prime conversion, and it laid the groundwork for a lot of the ideas I've reused since then in <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2019/11/tyranid-prime-conversion.html" target="_blank">my other Tyranid Prime conversions</a>. For example, this was the first time I elected to use the tail from a Tyranid Ravener as a more imposing lower torso/tail for a Tyranid Prime, and it worked so well that I've settled on this as my standard choice for primes now.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ-lv0FnQqUi2QY4emBwFAJxLG4KZPbdOa8MHaWDfzCSR_y9qhyhopUc0EKPJCoAVa86czJuWC1fzt1yYDPGZiFuUdr8dc5EAqojfDRUzG2dzklVntr1VSLhMdPhcWhbLetL3kiEA-O0/s4048/IMG_20200413_123403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ-lv0FnQqUi2QY4emBwFAJxLG4KZPbdOa8MHaWDfzCSR_y9qhyhopUc0EKPJCoAVa86czJuWC1fzt1yYDPGZiFuUdr8dc5EAqojfDRUzG2dzklVntr1VSLhMdPhcWhbLetL3kiEA-O0/w480-h640/IMG_20200413_123403.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>For the torso, I took a page out of the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bitsofbocks/">Book of BitsofBocks</a>, repurposing the tail section from a Carnifex to act as a ribcage.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP6LdGE7faYEm3VdtS2hSmTCAZJs4UsqHew-Q0VQ-V5pwIwKDzep5GMdV2K-wH0uM_HifpRSdJH8LBRC-mG8kltlq2GYpg__fVgw_a7ccLvv3w8hIV21WyzIDrho9JdOqelPbf_w2ah8/s4048/IMG_20200413_123318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP6LdGE7faYEm3VdtS2hSmTCAZJs4UsqHew-Q0VQ-V5pwIwKDzep5GMdV2K-wH0uM_HifpRSdJH8LBRC-mG8kltlq2GYpg__fVgw_a7ccLvv3w8hIV21WyzIDrho9JdOqelPbf_w2ah8/w480-h640/IMG_20200413_123318.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And as is well documented on my <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2019/11/tyranid-prime-conversion.html" target="_blank">other Tyranid Prime commission</a>, I used Gargoyle torsos (one of my favourite Tyranid bits ever) for some stompy lower legs, electing to remove the standard hooves we see on most Tyranids for more of a foot/paw option with actual digits. <br /><br />The rest of the Tyranid Prime is pretty standard, with stock rending claw arms, and some stock scything talon arms with the talons replaced with plasticard to get a more hooked shape.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The main place where this Tyranid Prime differs from what you can pull out of the Tyranid Warrior kit is the head. Though my other choices for the conversion make the creature more imposing or unique from your rank-and-file Tyranid Prime model, I knew that they head had to be a significant departure as it would be where you could really see the character of the model. I fancied it up with a larger, ridged carapace, some mandibles from a Ravener head, and some large carapace spikes at the back.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUYNA0zqIpokVpr7VjCkyH6aPSWi6WCm4dY-4lqWdJu6OuQBSw7AJsK0i9mdlTPkOPkKox4-2yHFA758bB8U860kf7X5x0FlqQKlHZGi6kShyphenhyphenilxOeRO1W9LKGM42tnNhEqtfrFByizo/s4032/IMG_20200414_235535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUYNA0zqIpokVpr7VjCkyH6aPSWi6WCm4dY-4lqWdJu6OuQBSw7AJsK0i9mdlTPkOPkKox4-2yHFA758bB8U860kf7X5x0FlqQKlHZGi6kShyphenhyphenilxOeRO1W9LKGM42tnNhEqtfrFByizo/w480-h640/IMG_20200414_235535.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>It was also the main place where I would try to communicate one of the more grotesque elements of this concept: that the crucified Tyranid Prime is <i>STILL ALIVE</i>!</div><div><br /></div><div>As the piece would be mounted on a titan, it would look very much like a trophy: a dead Tyranid, strung up on a Titan. But the whole point of Kryptman's Gambit is that the creature needs to be alive for the weapon to work. I thought a good way to do this was to have the head looking to one side, and to give it feeder tendrils that looked to be in motion, rather than hanging down limply.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP8ViKGNcGSM2fzLPEKd_dmIAaJ4TiFACzJXR2B4C40sfPawegl1djVsBcTEjEIPkSGoaJ5_cO7mEpCAVHiPTgG6RWq6xsPFiyMUFToQufkpWkbQIw0NpPvuJ_PZwcOhLdCNU2PFXa4E/s1326/Screenshot_20210109-100432%257E2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP8ViKGNcGSM2fzLPEKd_dmIAaJ4TiFACzJXR2B4C40sfPawegl1djVsBcTEjEIPkSGoaJ5_cO7mEpCAVHiPTgG6RWq6xsPFiyMUFToQufkpWkbQIw0NpPvuJ_PZwcOhLdCNU2PFXa4E/w522-h640/Screenshot_20210109-100432%257E2.png" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBHkyTywk_NF3A36N6uq1cgyhNPe2c51iOiFHPQS2xqho-0vWfcbzwJr-fcpwYE2w5u91Wf3ZAxfmheWYaXtSEO-rJOESzGJPAzC43UzAbLPV9ax9y_aVu7QvLgZjlCEHbe9Q6DjP8co/s1436/Screenshot_20210109-100424%257E2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBHkyTywk_NF3A36N6uq1cgyhNPe2c51iOiFHPQS2xqho-0vWfcbzwJr-fcpwYE2w5u91Wf3ZAxfmheWYaXtSEO-rJOESzGJPAzC43UzAbLPV9ax9y_aVu7QvLgZjlCEHbe9Q6DjP8co/w482-h640/Screenshot_20210109-100424%257E2.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRua7nW58BKK8ODfpLCWD51cucvxsdXl1HRMBqibqkz4kH5i3RT1WPG0W8DTmChOGi03BbQISMUqmydvQaUtzQgkaCTlzgMVFhkmtt0SyxoIjRqK6O6nqeLTDJ0n_SsAatz8zWColdGw/s1080/Screenshot_20210109-100413%257E2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1080" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRua7nW58BKK8ODfpLCWD51cucvxsdXl1HRMBqibqkz4kH5i3RT1WPG0W8DTmChOGi03BbQISMUqmydvQaUtzQgkaCTlzgMVFhkmtt0SyxoIjRqK6O6nqeLTDJ0n_SsAatz8zWColdGw/w640-h598/Screenshot_20210109-100413%257E2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">The Crucifix =][=</span></h2><div>With the Kryptman's Gambit project, the Tyranid Prime component was never in question. From the get-go, I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to create the Prime, and which Tyranid bits I'd use to do it. </div><div><br /></div><div>What stalled me from the off was what the Prime would be mounted to. I came up with the idea of a giant Inquisitorial =][= pretty early on. However, being someone who is far more comfortable creating organics from scratch than with mechanics, thinking of having to build a giant I out of plasticard was pretty much giving me hives. I tried to pass off this part of the project multiple times, suggesting that SURELY it made more sense for Moloch to do this part himself, but he was having none of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I honestly think that, were it not for the need to build an Inquisitorial crucifix, this project would have been completed YEARS ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fortunately, there was an unforeseen benefit to all of my sandbagging. In the intervening years, CAD sculpting and 3D printing had come a LONG way, and in early 2020 I had a brain fart, realizing I could pass off the part of the project I was least looking forward to on someone who actually had experience creating mechanical stuff and could output the finished product perfectly!</div><div><br /></div><div>So I set to work with a 3D modeller from the interwebs to create a cross suitable for the Tyranid Prime.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MDMmWH4WwZpN0mstapOD6y0IsWPRZK23TY9MeHk8PRDqblYwEdT_x9Oz10e24OdNOILtidxheVgxt6qw6tLM4S-VG0ERHteVd1bZnrGECoxqiik4CdTcu6ZF94lzGdexfsISs2CVl48/s1080/Screenshot_20210109-100437%257E2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1080" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MDMmWH4WwZpN0mstapOD6y0IsWPRZK23TY9MeHk8PRDqblYwEdT_x9Oz10e24OdNOILtidxheVgxt6qw6tLM4S-VG0ERHteVd1bZnrGECoxqiik4CdTcu6ZF94lzGdexfsISs2CVl48/w400-h396/Screenshot_20210109-100437%257E2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early digital mockup for the =][=</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After a lot of back and forth, he sent me a preliminary filament print of the design to check the scale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMnITixuzVuipV3amic8a2RW1QLRrICg9vRkoVyeN8YHHcJ60bgipyoEoIJ-EbU7owpBSTpoQOFceG9bK1Jxi_CMzGDBmO8LWkYVURbn8S7G9MA5yB8ggdBhCqZWlzvremPmHUfPvFd4/w480-h640/IMG_20200615_102928%257E3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>After some more messing around, he sent through the final print in resin, and though it didn't seem to be that very different from the original, it was much better suited for showcasing the Tyranid Prime.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFZ5fdSbAunjkqSHh3t7nUc-9OqMxgVB1s22vyM9au7XGTvYLrLJ3oqB0lvqBPL7QN9wgMWCue_bzrr0OizCIOtjhbDFCS8H1IOzHOrHNVgqb4dti2knU9KKvNekCzsH6shDod4RGX2k/s4032/IMG_20200825_090110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFZ5fdSbAunjkqSHh3t7nUc-9OqMxgVB1s22vyM9au7XGTvYLrLJ3oqB0lvqBPL7QN9wgMWCue_bzrr0OizCIOtjhbDFCS8H1IOzHOrHNVgqb4dti2knU9KKvNekCzsH6shDod4RGX2k/w480-h640/IMG_20200825_090110.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Next up I needed to build in the grubbins that were keeping the Tryanid Prime restrained but alive. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the front of the crucifix, I worked up some physical shackles for the creature's arms.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMFAM7gg7nYTBrWckCOzVpVgyLpX__PTcCGR33KORLUyWsSIfrdTNli_yo3S-m20O2SsAGQO7S23dXQFYeC-dZIj6GlrzSjTYwjfqV9JGThWJn2_9PCO-Dn1UHo7BETOuTGwBQrMQpmI/w480-h640/IMG_20200901_121525.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>I built it from two Adeptus Titanicus Knight powerfists (and if you have yet to truly embrace Adeptus Titanicus bits for use at 28mm scale, you're really missing out!), and the purpose of this device was clearly command and control.</div><div><br /></div><div>Further, ever since my earliest imaginings of the captive Tyranid Prime, I always had wanted it to have a big Inquisitorial =][= sigil branded across its head carapace. I pictured it serving a purpose like the crimson letters of old: advertising that this Xenos monstrosity has been branded by the holy Inquisition! In fact, I was so sold on the idea that I bought a whole frame of Forgeworld brass etched sigils just to be able to steal one for this purpose!</div><div><br /></div><div>However, I didn't want to just glue the sigil to the carapace, so I decided to mount it on the Mind Mite.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiEbQSTyNwxOSuwzr9DhWVaa6Ic4x0WkVI9RTqpgTa-3A-qBHfhXL17M9QeD5r26ZsU4ejFkbaijG2yFMbr_hyphenhyphenUxpNL3AorS2fVsSyfWCyOaSmw9wApYzx48iYazfCi4YaIMVjYLa3yc/s4032/IMG_20200901_140949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiEbQSTyNwxOSuwzr9DhWVaa6Ic4x0WkVI9RTqpgTa-3A-qBHfhXL17M9QeD5r26ZsU4ejFkbaijG2yFMbr_hyphenhyphenUxpNL3AorS2fVsSyfWCyOaSmw9wApYzx48iYazfCi4YaIMVjYLa3yc/w480-h640/IMG_20200901_140949.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mathieu the Mirthy Mind Mite</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Moloch was not sold on the design, but I won him over by adding a little skull to it and lecturing him at length about how this =][= had been INTEGRAL to my concept from the very beginning!</div><div><br /></div><div>And I'm glad he agreed for I now feel this is likely the single most Inq28 bit of the whole model!</div><div><br /></div><div>For the detail on the shackles, I turned again to the Negavolt Cultists and some extra fine brass wire.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKTkIm8BnN_VotdKQhwuq9yFWULwyl-zXrbki9TRavhXYZnThZlX5wama11Aa0hdgp7r74ZXZGTjzszFec0868B4poSqXdEiVQzzJvIxxYWIKLWwOfy7dEVGHiStMO9pyppyQr_iJU5U/s4032/PXL_20201220_194959843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKTkIm8BnN_VotdKQhwuq9yFWULwyl-zXrbki9TRavhXYZnThZlX5wama11Aa0hdgp7r74ZXZGTjzszFec0868B4poSqXdEiVQzzJvIxxYWIKLWwOfy7dEVGHiStMO9pyppyQr_iJU5U/w480-h640/PXL_20201220_194959843.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>For filling in the machinery on the back of the crucifix that would power the whole Gambit, I took another page out of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bitsofbocks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BitsofBocks playbook</a>. I've featured <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2011/06/art-of-tom-box.html" target="_blank">the art of Tom Box here on the blog in the past</a>, and the man himself is AS talented when it comes to repurposing bits as he is when it comes to drawing. If you are not yet following <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bitsofbocks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom on Instagram</a>, you really need to.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFxQN9I3Sh5Z0aXHXB47SF96qzSAnnYm98Ic4fywI8bUQN0LWKFQz7hMj8jRF9XsWlNl4abVIkZbxZC5Jr72jdjfmF3gddtfYkK6DJ_sE-Sv-_f4USzoECIZkethjaMTtfuiAStR8wns/s912/Screen+Shot+2021-01-09+at+10.57.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="912" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFxQN9I3Sh5Z0aXHXB47SF96qzSAnnYm98Ic4fywI8bUQN0LWKFQz7hMj8jRF9XsWlNl4abVIkZbxZC5Jr72jdjfmF3gddtfYkK6DJ_sE-Sv-_f4USzoECIZkethjaMTtfuiAStR8wns/w640-h426/Screen+Shot+2021-01-09+at+10.57.38+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Anyway. When Tom was working up some awesome boat-y stand-ins for a nautical-themed Genestealer Cult commission, and all of his piping was based on Adeptus Titanicus scenery. I was really impressed with how well they still fit at 28mm scale, so I fully ripped off that idea for the back of the crucifix, leaning heavily on the AT scenery box.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvVjBwdP-JJ2IgEkloOrbSMQaVa33IomIPp6st5Q5gd447bws-D378HI4UkTvx5SxbPRD-WUabJ9GlFwPNCDpa0EVx_p6InajKf8WjUrmjo1Lz32tNz-jCATOPSOK3uouR0JLcyqMCSk/s4032/IMG_20200901_121622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvVjBwdP-JJ2IgEkloOrbSMQaVa33IomIPp6st5Q5gd447bws-D378HI4UkTvx5SxbPRD-WUabJ9GlFwPNCDpa0EVx_p6InajKf8WjUrmjo1Lz32tNz-jCATOPSOK3uouR0JLcyqMCSk/w480-h640/IMG_20200901_121622.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Then I just had to add in some controllers, and fill in some gaps with some greenstuff wires and tubing, created using the <a href="https://www.greenstuffindustries.com/store/p1/Tentacle_Maker_Tool_Box%2C_Wave_1.html" target="_blank">Greenstuff Industries Tentacle Maker Toolbox</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUAeY-D_XgAM5sBNXrGUz9-u6QSVKIPLJV6UQ_lR50YsFSIH0BEAr2dnvw-Uc44J6FnHtNOiLmRACIkMfxEYMNgPIphL7JnBMjnGhmFmz-LXICZg9OfKlPMoDke-EwzyS228ciwVjo6Q/s4032/PXL_20201225_062125123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUAeY-D_XgAM5sBNXrGUz9-u6QSVKIPLJV6UQ_lR50YsFSIH0BEAr2dnvw-Uc44J6FnHtNOiLmRACIkMfxEYMNgPIphL7JnBMjnGhmFmz-LXICZg9OfKlPMoDke-EwzyS228ciwVjo6Q/w640-h480/PXL_20201225_062125123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>However, being primarily a Tyranid player, and thus being generally opposed to this whole business of enslaved Tyranid constructs, I made sure to include an extra little narrative easter egg on the back of the crucifix, suggesting that, perhaps, not everything is going to go exactly according to plan for Inquisitor Kryptman... >:)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQTRBNRXiZinsX9TyZ04wBUTe2onkkIwT_z7De6QLxO2BJAfXS3f71kggOZS0_MlqwAI2QNL8uaniNaOEuln12kLG31DXXmN9admtG83oAUfuQDyGqzs4c3E2B8owAsVdFiqDqGfaOpA/s4032/PXL_20201222_025019492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQTRBNRXiZinsX9TyZ04wBUTe2onkkIwT_z7De6QLxO2BJAfXS3f71kggOZS0_MlqwAI2QNL8uaniNaOEuln12kLG31DXXmN9admtG83oAUfuQDyGqzs4c3E2B8owAsVdFiqDqGfaOpA/w640-h480/PXL_20201222_025019492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Gee. I SURE HOPE that wasn't anything ESSENTIAL :D</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;">The Final Gambit</span></h2><div>
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I'm really looking forward to seeing how he paints it, and finally seeing it mounted on the finished Reaver Titan!<br /><br />Here are some final photos of the build. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDdnwo52kLRmeQNxhMugmrLrb6-7j8GnXfCzN4wnZY5z6xvJGnPvA9ARtfO6bE795fBDb3NW8ts-HdaxgxxXZQr4HtW8jO2oIycvjHyavSHAu5LwDCZqTBgrkNQQeAYFZXZ9tjUHN2ro/s2880/NMD_5646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDdnwo52kLRmeQNxhMugmrLrb6-7j8GnXfCzN4wnZY5z6xvJGnPvA9ARtfO6bE795fBDb3NW8ts-HdaxgxxXZQr4HtW8jO2oIycvjHyavSHAu5LwDCZqTBgrkNQQeAYFZXZ9tjUHN2ro/w640-h640/NMD_5646.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUKsm6yP4L00qLlXH5QVo-FLgShY7Fr-RHV0n3O2paQIFIYXETue3gBCzqbr-hE-78NdjGypEv92_o38vlCgEi4PZ8kjLpGCwNEpmT2DO_amj5cEqTKvXZ_EmsbB4CKzRm4V4Vtz9oEk/s2400/NMD_5643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1307" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sdc4nfJamY7698ykmocsGjYals_FLoUx5arg4cNe2qUSzhitWKbYU_5mw72xFMtAFYoZ4kEb7jmbFXvdzs6Stri6ev5QSir9_t4yclhBUCzS8eIRGp2Ormd3kQdL8FISgSuEwTVnIos/w640-h360/XA+Ladies+FULL.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>Coming hot on the heels of our special #Krootoberfest episode of the podcast is this more serious episode, which I recorded back in September with hobbyists <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ladydothpaints/" rel="nofollow">LadyDothPaints</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/norn.queen/" rel="nofollow">Norn.Queen</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hivefleet_horror/" rel="nofollow">Hivfleet_Horror</a>. </p><p>When we recorded the episode it'd been three months since Games Workshop posted its Warhammer For Everyone message on its Twitter and Facebook accounts, unleashing a deluge of gatekeeping, hating, and other bullshit. We look back on all of that and ask the question "what can male hobbyists do to help female hobbyists feel more welcome and secure in the #WarhammerCommunity?"</p><p>Turns out it's not that complicated. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>If you listen to only one episode of the Xenos Alchemist podcast, it should be this one. </b></h2><p>No, we're not perfect, and yes, we've all made mistakes. But it's our job to learn from those mistakes and do better. Here's hoping that this episode is a good place to start!</p><p>Here's the YouTube version of the episode, complete with links in the description to all the accounts we reference in the actual episode. </p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VMaLMo3Dxe8" width="560"></iframe><p>And here's the audio version of the episode:</p><div id="buzzsprout-player-5873167"></div>
<script src="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1009633/5873167-ep-9-sexy-warhammer-ladies.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-5873167&player=small" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Also, let us know what you think of the episode in the comments below. Or if you want to confess a time when you might have been a less-than-stellar hobbyist to someone from a different group, you can do that too! Whatever you do, just don't be a jerk ;)</p><p>I'll start by admitting what I admitted in the episode: That I, too, was once judgmental of sexy warhammer ladies. But then <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCl2xbenWDO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Charlie set me straight</a>.</p><p>What's your hobby confession?<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-84257830095407467232020-10-07T23:00:00.001-04:002020-10-12T20:27:19.466-04:00Sculpting a Krootox (hobby stream)<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n7C6W4m6EeE" width="560"></iframe> </p><p>This week on the #WIPWednesday sculpting stream, I finally got back to work on the Krootox I started back in Kitbashember of 2018. There's a lot of blathering in here, but, eventually, I get to some actual sculpting on the big boy for #Krootoberfest. <br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-24935419342800171572020-10-02T08:00:00.013-04:002020-10-12T20:54:33.849-04:00#Krootoberfest! The celebration of all things Kroot (Xenos Alchemist podcast)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFidWEeJEPOIwYJlIELy0WhNN4YtfndwBpY9QB8b_rn1lA0SZxdXspNZeAz8QVvq6xp-HId1PDIr_cbNi_dSksa8GfjoeU9Oyxpqig9VgLsUQ6ImVAlm4lqvM9qQbOg1alF4wM9BMPSp0/s1307/Krootober+Full.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1307" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFidWEeJEPOIwYJlIELy0WhNN4YtfndwBpY9QB8b_rn1lA0SZxdXspNZeAz8QVvq6xp-HId1PDIr_cbNi_dSksa8GfjoeU9Oyxpqig9VgLsUQ6ImVAlm4lqvM9qQbOg1alF4wM9BMPSp0/w640-h360/Krootober+Full.png" width="640" /></a></div>If you've been following me, you know I've got a soft spot for Xenos races in general, but Kroot in particular. I've previously converted a <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2012/02/kroot-tyranid-hunter.html">Kroot Tyranid Hunter</a>, then expanded that concept to a <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2019/02/kroot-tyranid-hunter-killteam.html">Kroot Tyranid Hunter killteam</a> for Kitbashember 2018. Last year I took this love affair to the next level and agreed to make <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2020/03/the-siege-of-pech-krootvasion-of.html">a full Kroot Tyranid Hunter army for Siege of Pech</a>, the <a href="http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2020/04/weve-got-brand-new-episode-of-mine-and.html">Krootvasion of Adepticon 2020</a>. <p></p><p>Though Adepticon 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19, the Siege of Pech group project has continued, and it has been gathering a lot more steam! </p><p>To catalogue the rollercoaster ride of this project, and to look forward to our next opportunity to celebrate all things Kroot this October as part of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/krootoberfest/" rel="nofollow">#Krootoberfest</a>, I had a chat with <a href="http://@That.Kroot.Guy">@That.Kroot.Guy</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ironbeak_mercenaries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Ironbeak_Mercenaries</a>, the two Kroot die hards who created <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/siegeofpech/" rel="nofollow">Siege of Pech on Instagram</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/koszkamade/" rel="nofollow">@Koszkamade</a>, who was one of the first artists to join the Siege. </p><p>If you're the kind of person who loves Kroot, this is the podcast episode for you!</p><p>Here's the episode in video and audio formats:</p>
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<p> For this week's WIP Wednesday hobby stream, I start off with a review of the Dr. Tabletop Drop Top, which was created as part of a kickstarter to convert citadel paint pots into dropper bottles. As a long-time proponent of transferring my citadel paint to dropper bottles, I was interested to see how these new Drop Tops would measure up to the old standard of just transferring paint, both in terms of ease of use and cost.</p><p>Once I get through messing around with that on the video, I get to more sculpting on my #DominaNid3 Tyranid Dominatrix project, doing some more work on one of its arms.<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300995389438911591.post-13707570026483733062020-09-22T10:04:00.004-04:002020-10-12T20:54:57.166-04:00Hive Fleet Moloch: The exclusive interview (Xenos Alchemist podcast)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYH4JGAT6u4adyLfi5p07BUoRplrRzarTLOgHHW8EkMzwMONg250kkklG4a7J6Hr9_swcFHbPpAvrlKgnrob119gbA4jQGOUxcb832jVr4oLYkcQqlxpzBTJzkOWYycnHMbbUVCEGBpo/s1307/Marco+Title_FULL.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1307" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYH4JGAT6u4adyLfi5p07BUoRplrRzarTLOgHHW8EkMzwMONg250kkklG4a7J6Hr9_swcFHbPpAvrlKgnrob119gbA4jQGOUxcb832jVr4oLYkcQqlxpzBTJzkOWYycnHMbbUVCEGBpo/w640-h360/Marco+Title_FULL.png" width="640" /></a></div>Our podcast returns this week with an exclusive interview with one of the most well-known Tyranid artists out there: Hive Fleet Moloch / Marco Schulze!<p></p><p>After years of influencing the Tyranid community with his converted Tyranids, with them having appeared in the official codex and in White Dwarf multiple times, the Mighty Moloch disappeared into the void for a time. However, with his recent resurgence, this felt like the perfect time to share more of his synapse signal with the rest of the hive mind!</p><p>In this interview, we take a wide ranging survey of his hobby experience, from his beginnings with Warhammer 40k, to his collaboration with the Games Workshop Studio and other artist, to what has brought him back to the hobby. </p><p>Along the way, we also dip into his other dorky passions, such as collecting Alien memorabilia and scifi cosplaying for Star Wars and Alien. </p><p>Choose your preferred format below, and start listening!</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VjqmCyj6M9U" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p> or </p><div id="buzzsprout-player-5515255"></div>
<script src="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1009633/5515255-hive-fleet-moloch-an-exclusive-interview.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-5515255&player=small" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Also, if you've got any messages you'd like to share with Hive Fleet Moloch, please leave them in the comments below.<br /></p>Mr_Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057075789177712997noreply@blogger.com0