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Hello fellow Dakkaites!

For the last years I have been sculpting other projects for clients resulting in a forced pause on my own bugs at biodiversity project.
After reading the new bug dex I think its about time to get back on what I love the most and end the hibernation.

Im a bug on a mission and my mission is to flesh out this list of bugs in this year :

- 1 Hive Tyrant
- 3 Zoanthropes in a Mycetic Spore
- 30 Genestealers (already sculpted)
- 16 Hormagaunts (already sculpted)
- 16 Hormagaunts
- 24 Termagants
- 18 Gargoyles
- Trygon prime
- Tervigon
- 2 Hiveguards ( will convert my already sculpted 2 tyrant guards)
- Tyrannofex

This list will be called Hive Fleet Pupa

And since no blog is a blog without pictures here is a prototype for my 24 Termagants.
Keept it a very simple/fast convo because all my termas will be like this and their numbers never comes small.



Also for the first time I'm actually painting my bugs

Since Im always a busy fella I will only create 1 blog with wips and update it... at dakkas and another at warpshadow.

MOAR Please I have read your website several times now whats happening with the Death Guard as well.??

Well, I'm a huge fan of your work, so you know I'll be following this project avidly.

It looks as though (along with other conversions) you've bent the gaunt's tail? If so, I definitely approve -- those straight tails are one of the things I like least about GW's gaunt figures. In a horde, they look kind of silly, IMO. And 'Nids should never look silly.

Great start, Nav.

Yay! your biodiversity stuff inspired me to make my krootstealers!

and in general, my tyranid army!

w00t!

OH MY SWEET JESUS CHRIST!

I love you NAVARRO!

Ive been waiting so so long for you to bring these guys back

I actually squeeled like a dying tyra-pig (a model must be made of that) when I saw this

Looks really good

Awesome!Is that a ripper head? I like it!

Nice termagant, it's got an equine quality I like.

You do need to tidy up the neck area on it though.

There seems to be some acclaim behind your work Navarro so I'm interested in what comes about in your Tyranid army.

I like the changes you made to the termagaunt. The head looks good and I really like the gun on the back, it reminds of something from Alien for some reason. Also, the base is nice, very Tyranid-esque.

Looking forward to what you end up doing with the army!

Navarro, you are mad skilled.

That being said, the only thing I don't like on your mockup is the ripper as a head. I think you'd be better off with the standard termigaunt head. Though, as you said, it is an early concept model, so maybe you have plans to blendthe ripper into the neck/shoulders better.

Cool! Love the bases!
The Biovore look on your gaunts (that is, the back mounted weapons) looks good as well.

Accolade wrote:There seems to be some acclaim behind your work Navarro so I'm interested in what comes about in your Tyranid army.

Do a search and check out what he did with an old armourcast eldar titan... Work of Art.

Very nice, it has a, ah, umm.... Ah yes, rat-like appearance, which is only fitting for one of the lowest forms of Nid life.

Demonslayer82 wrote:MOAR Please I have read your website several times now whats happening with the Death Guard as well.??

Deathguard is on hold for a bit now its bug time.

tinfoil wrote:Well, I'm a huge fan of your work, so you know I'll be following this project avidly.

It looks as though (along with other conversions) you've bent the gaunt's tail? If so, I definitely approve -- those straight tails are one of the things I like least about GW's gaunt figures. In a horde, they look kind of silly, IMO. And 'Nids should never look silly.

Great start, Nav.

I also dont like the straight tails on all of them, its kind of unrealistic so I bended this one and will bend most of them also with my trusty lighter.

ghosty wrote:Yay! your biodiversity stuff inspired me to make my krootstealers!

and in general, my tyranid army!

w00t!

You dont know how much this means to me, at the end of the day its all worth to me if someone starts sculpting and making their own bugs.

corpsesarefun wrote:OH MY SWEET JESUS CHRIST!

I love you NAVARRO!

Ive been waiting so so long for you to bring these guys back

I actually squeeled like a dying tyra-pig (a model must be made of that) when I saw this

Hehe yeah it was a long time with biodiversity project paused.

Munch Munch! wrote:Awesome!Is that a ripper head? I like it!

aye

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Nice termagant, it's got an equine quality I like.

You do need to tidy up the neck area on it though.

yes and will smooth it a bit.

Accolade wrote:There seems to be some acclaim behind your work Navarro so I'm interested in what comes about in your Tyranid army.

I like the changes you made to the termagaunt. The head looks good and I really like the gun on the back, it reminds of something from Alien for some reason. Also, the base is nice, very Tyranid-esque.

Looking forward to what you end up doing with the army!

I think the acclaim you mention is not about my work but about all cool bug things in space... and I have builted some buggers in the past Check Buglands site on my signature for some of them.

DeathGod wrote:Navarro, you are mad skilled.

That being said, the only thing I don't like on your mockup is the ripper as a head. I think you'd be better off with the standard termigaunt head. Though, as you said, it is an early concept model, so maybe you have plans to blendthe ripper into the neck/shoulders better.

Will try to smooth neck but head will remain ripper, since it makes this critter look like less cerebral and more animal... besides i already have spidergaunts with gaunt normal heads ( except the extra pair of eyes)

Boss 'eadbreaka wrote:Cool! Love the bases!
The Biovore look on your gaunts (that is, the back mounted weapons) looks good as well.

Never liked the gun on hand look of termas I think this mini biovore is more fitting with the rest of the range.

Tim the Biovore wrote:Very nice, it has a, ah, umm.... Ah yes, rat-like appearance, which is only fitting for one of the lowest forms of Nid life.

Exactly!



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Little Update:

Does anyone remember my old spidergaunts?

you can check pictures of them here
http://buglands.moonfruit.com/#/spidergaunt-gallery/4521715405

Now they are finally primed and ready on corks for a green paintjob



Hope to paint some on the weekend and assemble some more termas.

spiderguants?

idk if the WHFB spiders mesh well with the gaunt bitz

IronfrontAlex wrote:spiderguants?

idk if the WHFB spiders mesh well with the gaunt bitz

Really? I find them to be both elegantly terrifying and repulsively beautiful...

Hope the paintjob does them justice

Navarro, I've always been a fan of your work and now you've further inspired me!!

Might make a crazy bug nid army myself sometime!

Cheers,

Jack.

EDIT: How much do you buy your green stuff for btw? Standard GW price?

I would hope not; you can get it for about 1/3 the price from other places.

Yes! Paint the bugs! No more mono-chromatic biodiversity (it just feels wrong)

I'd love to see them as an array of colors (or at least shades, too) to reflect the diversity.

I'll be watching this one!

The spiderguants are beautiful in a strange sort of way. They have a quiet elegance to them.

Cool - great to see you back at it, your first love project! (not that I didn't absolutely love the Eldar Titan etc. )

This is something said by Clthomps, and I think it applies here.

Spidernid, Spidernid,
Does whatever a spidernid can.
Eats a man, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies.
Look out! Here comes the Spidernid.
Is he strong? Listen bud—
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there! There goes the Spidernid.
In the chill of the night,
At the scene of the crime,
Like a streak of light,
We escape just in time!
Spidernid, Spidernid,
Friendly neighborhood Spidernid.
Wealth and fame, he's ignored—
Bio-mass is his reward.
To him,
Life is a great big NOM-NOM—
Wherever there's a NOM-NOM,
You'll find the Spidernid!

IronfrontAlex wrote:spiderguants?

idk if the WHFB spiders mesh well with the gaunt bitz

I think plastics mesh quite well since the convos were very simple and fast to do... as for concept wise, well I always had a soft spot for insects/ aliens/ tyranids/ crustaceans and reptiles, so I mesh them when I have the chance.

corpsesarefun wrote:

IronfrontAlex wrote:spiderguants?

idk if the WHFB spiders mesh well with the gaunt bitz

Really? I find them to be both elegantly terrifying and repulsively beautiful...

Hope the paintjob does them justice

I hope I dont mess the painting, I'm going for green blends.

Blightdrone wrote:Navarro, I've always been a fan of your work and now you've further inspired me!!

Might make a crazy bug nid army myself sometime!

Cheers,

Jack.

EDIT: How much do you buy your green stuff for btw? Standard GW price?

Once you start the crazy bug way theres no turning back, its really addictive.
I get my greenstuff on the original large tubes they are so much cheaper than GW blisters.
I have been spending a lot of tubes lately, with the mycetic spore for chapterhouse.

The Dreadnote wrote:I would hope not; you can get it for about 1/3 the price from other places.

Indeed and GW doesnt sell tubes just strips ( the middle of the strip is waste)

RiTides wrote:Yes! Paint the bugs! No more mono-chromatic biodiversity (it just feels wrong)

I'd love to see them as an array of colors (or at least shades, too) to reflect the diversity.

I'll be watching this one!

Indeed, mono chromatic and biodiverstity are not compatible
If you like greens ( from your avatar I think so ehehe) and bone blends you will like it.

Munch Munch! wrote:The spiderguants are beautiful in a strange sort of way. They have a quiet elegance to them.

Deadly silent and quiet like a good spider.

migsula wrote:Cool - great to see you back at it, your first love project! (not that I didn't absolutely love the Eldar Titan etc. )

You know how people say that - the first love is the strongest? They are right.
The titan was way to much for me, Im still surprised how I managed to have the discipline to finish that thing. Just nuts.

Tim the Biovore wrote:This is something said by Clthomps, and I think it applies here.

Spidernid, Spidernid,
Does whatever a spidernid can.
Eats a man, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies.
Look out! Here comes the Spidernid.
Is he strong? Listen bud—
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there! There goes the Spidernid.
In the chill of the night,
At the scene of the crime,
Like a streak of light,
We escape just in time!
Spidernid, Spidernid,
Friendly neighborhood Spidernid.
Wealth and fame, he's ignored—
Bio-mass is his reward.
To him,
Life is a great big NOM-NOM—
Wherever there's a NOM-NOM,
You'll find the Spidernid!

BRILLIANT! I need to host that on Buglands! Going to bug Clthomps with PM.

Ha, you're welcome.

So are you going to PAINT(!!!) something or just do awesome sculpts and then go back to pretending you have a life and work... and a family?

Looks good so far!

hey again ^^ i just looked at your buglands website again, and i was gonna ask, how did you make the tau stealer? it just looks too cool ! it looks mostly GS, which is a problem, but can you think of any ways i could replicate it?

Symbio Joe wrote:So are you going to PAINT(!!!) something or just do awesome sculpts and then go back to pretending you have a life and work... and a family?

I will actually paint someting this time.

ghosty wrote:hey again ^^ i just looked at your buglands website again, and i was gonna ask, how did you make the tau stealer? it just looks too cool ! it looks mostly GS, which is a problem, but can you think of any ways i could replicate it?

Tau stealer is 100% greenstuff and will not be casted since its on my private collection mate, since its a full sculpture I dont think it will be easy for you to replicate it without sculpting.

Little update, I took a pic of whats going on on my working table at this moment...
You can see I worked this weekend on:
- 3 more termas
- Did a huge blob of GS for a rough mockup of the mycetic spore Im sculting ( I think this is about the right size for a pod... not to big and not to small.
- Tested more colors on a gaunt and this is about it... just needs a little blend from bone to darkbone/black on extremities of limbs.( oh and head is not painted neither is weapon)
Its going to be carapace dark green going to body chitin to clearer greens and going bone, ending on blackbrown on the tips...
- Sculpted part of a octopoid head for a side project but since its going to be casted I'm going to use it to maybe decorate some objective markers on my Pupa Fleet.



Thats about it for this weekend, didnt do much because I only had saturday free off work.

Pupa time again... little update.

1/3 of the termas are done... I builted 6 normal "runners" then 2 "peepers" and I'm working on some "shooters"... I like the broods to be dynamic and that creatures poses are diverse and a bit more interesting for the eyes.

I have to say these are excellent and really make the Termagants and the Fleshborers look more like symbiote/parasites than soldiers with guns. How difficult and what was involved in the conversion? I'd like to try it on my own Nids in the fullness of time.