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holy crap this is awesome

love the weird bug excellent mix of ork and tyranid but for some reason it reminds me of the wood elf mages

It's cool in a wierd sort a way

It's cool in a wierd sort a way

Man I'm happy I stumbled upon this thread!! Just decided to start up a small 1k-1.2k Tyranids army and wanted to heavily convert them and is awesome to see how someone else has pput it all together. Great stuff all the way and I'm really looking forward to seeing the Ripper Grots.

Finished painting the 1st Ripppa Grot base. I've got enough converted for another 3 bases.

Second set of Rippa Grots finished.

Really nice, I think it's just how long I've been familiar with the look and feel of the ork army that makes this project somewhat unsettling, like you took strawberries and dipped them in BBQ sauce and it works. If someone told me they'd be merging the two forces like this I'd have a fit and more than likely it would look like gak. It's testament to your skill that not only does this army work aesthetically but it works well.

this is honestly the coolest conversion ever FACT

Am I the only person to notice the resemblence between the 1st Wierd Bug and some testicals?

General Stubbs wrote:Am I the only person to notice the resemblence between the 1st Wierd Bug and some testicals?

Actually, my wife did- she said, "This looks dirty..."

3rd set, just completed(you can see the glue's still wet on the static grass). As I was looking at the pics, I noticed I'd forgotten the eyes... I'll get those tomorrow, obviously I need some sleep

Forever and ever without an update...

I've been working here & there on the army and figured it was time for some progress shots. My baby & increased work responsibilities have taken their toll on my free time, so I don't know if I'll get 1750 by Origins (I've been touching up my Space Marines so I'll at least be able to enter a painted army). These guys are a blast to convert, so I'm keeping at it- just very slowly. And someday, I will have a mighty force.

With the new codex, alot of changes had to be made- not the least of which was Brood Boss got demoted and my Carnimek was elevated to "Green Tyrant". I tried out a small list at a local store and found that my tyrant really needed some protection. Thus were born the first of the figs below, my "Shield Boyz"(representing Tyrant Guard).

Also below, I finished my second Weird Bug. I changed the base I had him on above- it just wasn't working for me, so I went with a floating rock. I really like how he came out- and he won a small painting contest at my local store over the weekend.

Hurrah, the Greenstealas are back. Great work on everything, hope to see more soon.

Carnymek looks awesome!!!

Outstanding work! The ork/nid heads are fantastic! Excellent painting and color scheme, as well. I can't wait to see more.

Looking awesome! You've really made the hybrids work, in an entertaining and highly disturbing way.

I probably should have posted some WIP shots of this next piece, but I really wasn't sure how it would turn out... The build is done, and I think it looks good enough to share.

This is my scratch built Greensteela Trygon(not sold on a name yet, but I'm thinking something like "Digga Train" or some such). All the white parts are made from plasticard(and platicard tubing). It took almost 2 months to complete(mostly working after the baby'd gone to bed), but I'm very happy with the final result- I figure this will be the centerpiece of my army. Hopefully, my painting skills will be able to do it justice.

The beast stands just over 8" high (at the top of the higher digger claw). The wheels are there as placeholders- I've got some Ork Trukk wheels coming to replace them.

WOW! I can see why it took you a lot of time; I prefer this one over the 'real' Trygon.

CommissarKhaine wrote:WOW! I can see why it took you a lot of time; I prefer this one over the 'real' Trygon.

Thanks, I appreciate the compliment- this fig was influenced quite a bit by some of the work in your Grot army blog(especially your incredible battlewagon walker- this guy's nowhere near the level of that beast!)

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AMAZING!!!!!!!

I approve of this zaniness!

Love the grot in the Marine torso.

My favorite of all is the 2nd weirdboy bug. It really looks like the parts were made to go together, which, alas, some of the others do not. Great job thinking outside the box and bringing us a new army to admire. Really like the concept!

hmm nice work looking good... i am new here but i already found 3 things i love on here! (you started to of them) well they are awesome and i hope to see some more

Threadnomancy!!!

Yeah, but it's worth it if we can bring this one back to life. That thing is still awesome!

The Good Green wrote:Yeah, but it's worth it if we can bring this one back to life. That thing is still awesome!

Thank you again for all the compliments, and yes, the necromantic procedure was successful!

I've been working significantly slower than my typical snail's pace on the army(and missed my deadline of 1850pts worth by this past June), but I have managed a few new models.

Below, the third (and likely final) Weird Bug. Outside the arms & face, this fella's all greenstuff.
Then there's the Warria Prime (or maybe Warria Boss) with Deathspitter, Bone Sword, and Lash Whip. As always, I'm looking to stretch my Black Reach buck as far as I can.
Final new addition is a quick throw together of an idea that's been floating around for a while: Spore Mines(or Floata Mines). I'm hoping to do 6 in this style. I'll probably throw them together between other projects.

And finally, a few pics of the start of my paintjob on the massive Digga Train(or Digga Beast or Trygon Train-I'm open to suggestions). He's got a long way to go(sooo much surface area to paint...), but this is the basic color scheme for him. The reddish purple looks much more purple-ish in real life.

Nice bonesword!

Wow.... Thumbs up for originality! That is Crazy! Nothing beats the first brain bug IMO, I was blown away by it. As well as everything else
More!!

YYAAAAYYYAAYAYAYA!!! WOHOOO It worked!

Superb wierd grot hive mind thing. THe biomorph/GS work on the Warria Prime is awesome, and that floata mine is hilarious.

The paint scheme on the Digga Train looks very nice. I kinda want some night goblin/ripper highbrids crawling on it.

So COOOL!

Yay for greensteelas! That trygon (mawlorc?) is very cool, have to agree with Green, it needs ripper-grots swarming over it