BLACKHAND's scratchbuild tervigon - DONE!!!

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**IronfrontAlex**

Thats amazing~!

**Alpharius**

IronfrontAlex wrote:Thats amazing~!

It certainly is, isn't it?

A really original take on the idea - bravo!

**IronfrontAlex**

it almost totally looks like the on on the illistration on the codex

**burb1996**

Man that's cool. I want to think of something witty and thought provoking....but all I got is "daaaaang that's cool!"

**Munch Munch!**

That looks unbelievably cool! I can't wait for it to be painted!

**Munch Munch!**

That looks unbelievably cool! I can't wait for it to be painted!

**Tim the Biovore**

My only criticism is it looks to low down. If you make the tervie's legs longer, it might look better.

**Boss 'eadbreaka**

Tim the Biovore wrote:My only criticism is it looks to low down. If you make the tervie's legs longer, it might look better.

That above is about the only criticism I can think of for this otherwise 'fully sick' model!

**Drake_Marcus**

Those egg sacks are just screaming for a bigger model... I'd love to see a few dozen hanging from a giant beasty.

**BLACKHAND**

@ironfrontalex - Cheers man

@alpharius - Thanks a lot

@burb1996 - "daaang thats coool" is good enough for me!

@Munch munch - Thanks

@Munch munch - Thanks again

@tim the biovore & boss 'eadbreaker - I'm with you on this one, my initial idea had them dangling between 1-2 cm off the ground under the belly but the sacs ended up being far larger than I thought they would be. Looking back I should have made a master for the eggsacs before I moulded the carapce so that I had the scale right but hey thats the fun of scratchbuilds!

@ Drake_marcus - Happily I will have all the moulds for the eggsacs left over after this project and if I ever have the urge to build a Bio-Titan than a few will definitely be added to it.

Cheers

BLACKHAND

**Tim the Biovore**

Yeah, all you have to do is cut the legs off at the 'elbow', and GS it bigger.

**ricekake87**

Yo man that looks great!! Reminds me of the video we had to watch during developmental psychology.... except at least the nids dont make me turn to my dad and ask him how he could of done that to my mother twice!!! Oh because the video was about birth...so ya.....GREAT WORK!!!!

**Anung Un Rama**

Wow! That looks really (2x) cool. I still don't like the legs but apart from that that's a very impressive conversion and I'm already looking forward to your Biotitan.

**FerrumIgnatus**

For starters; Eggsacks: GREAT! it's all insectoid and tyranid-like, so both thumbs up for that..

Second: Spider-fex body.. I mean, c'mon! here you have an awesome model, and you stick to -pardon me- lame conversion as a trice-damned spider-fex body? No offence, but I had expected something better then the usual "everybody's doing the spider-fex" approach..

All in all, it's a great conversion, but just the fact that you used a spider-fex body is akin to a thorn in my eye.. I'm sorry, but that's just my honest oppinion..

**Scarper**

The egg sacs look incredible - without a doubt, the best tyranid conversion of any kind that I've seen to date. Such an original approach too!

Thanks so much for the resin mould tutorial - I've been looking for one for ages, and yours is clear and simple. Can't wait to see the finished product!

**Zhetsuken**

That is quite possibly the best tyranid conversion I have ever seen, congrats sir on a fantastic piece.

**BLACKHAND**

@tim the bivore - I'll think about extending the legs but to be honest I'm rapidly reaching my the end of my interest with this project, I have 20 or so grey knight marines to get painted up!

@ricekake67 - I really don't know what to say...thank you ... I think? I would explain that human babies don't come in eggsacs but I don't think this is really the right place to discuss things like that

@Anung - Damn one miniscule mention of a Bio-titan and I'm locked in to another months long 'nid project!! thanks man (2x)

@FerrumIgnatus - First off thanks for commenting glad you like the eggs they were a lot of work. Second , the legs have been a real bone of contention among the readers of this blog. To be honest I didn't realise that a lot of other people had done the spider-tervi and even if I had I would still have had to go this route as they were the only spare parts I had. Couldn't really afford a new fex kit on top of the cost of the resins.

@scarper - Thanks man, glad you like the tutorial on the resin it's really fun to work with and it's quite amazing how much your imagination goes into high gear when you are no longer constricted to what the GW produces.

@zhetssuken - Hey thanks a lot , just wait till it's painted up!

Cheers

BLACKHAND

**CadianXV**

Loving those egg sacks! Brilliantly executed idea!

You could make a nest type thing filled with eggs and baby 'nids as an objective too!

**Zhetsuken**

BLACKHAND wrote:
@zhetssuken - Hey thanks a lot , just wait till it's painted up!

Cheers

BLACKHAND

Oh I await that eagerly, once it is finished you best post several good pics or better yet a video with a full 360 view of it.

**econtutor**

This is the coolest project I have ever seen!

**Ultra mortalitas**

*pops head out of no where* What did i miss?

Nice work Black hand, and agree about making the legs longer. Good luck

A quick suggestion: I know this would be difficult but, why don't you try and make it look like one of the eggsacks have dropped of the fex and have the tyranid inside set in a pose of ripping himself out of it? (now if you excuse me im going to take my pills before i bite someone's finger off

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**BLACKHAND**

Ok so it may look like I have been slacking off...if by slacking off you mean stocktaking while looking for a new house to live in while helping your fiance find a job while getting sidetracked with stormtrooper conversions..then yes I have been slacking off

In between the distractions I glued on the last two eggsacs, added a gaunt to the tervi base and filled in the spaces between the sacs with a mix of clear resin and dark angels green and goblin green to represent tyranid amniotic fluid. I had some left over so I poured it onto the base to fill the hollow I built into it, want it to look like a a gross pool of goo that the gaunt is rising out of. I was pretty worried immediately after mixing the paint into the resin as I had no idea if the acrylic paint would stop the resin curing or not, happily ift had no effect and it all dried perfectly. No for the part you are all waiting for, the pics!

And a couple of pics with the Tervi over it, not yet attached.

So to finish up I need to finish is scratchbuild some more vents and paint him up and he's done.

C&C welcome as always

Cheers

BLACKHAND

**Ultra mortalitas**

Brilliant work on the base.

Ovaj Google Prevođenje je sranje.

**BLACKHAND**

LOL, yeah it is

**Platuan4th**

burb1996 wrote:Man that's cool. I want to think of something witty and thought provoking....but all I got is "daaaaang that's cool!"

You could've said that it was "Eggs-ellent" or "Well Eggs-ecuted" or...

Actually, that's all I've got.

Oh wait! "You certainly don't Yolk around when it come to creating awesome models!"

*runs from the inevitable groaner retaliation*

**Munch Munch!**

Ah, bad puns...
But as always, it's looking excellent! Maybe you should make another egg sack, rip it up and set it on the ground so people aren't questioning why a termagant magically appeared with no evidence of it's birth.

**Empchild**

your sick in the head blackhand...and I love it cheers great stuff

**Karl Deathwolf**

Wow, thats a really cool take on it, I love the egg sacs andd the base.

**MajorTom11**

BLACKHAND wrote:
@Ultra Mortalitas - Thanks now all I can imagine majortom as is a poor dude with translucent testicals with gaunts writhing around inside...the horror.

WHO TOLD Y/*

cough

I mean I don't know what you are talking about

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Oh and p.s....That turned out wickedly amazing, the way you clustered the eggs is unique and I retract my comment about the legs, normally people just dont seem to pull off the look of a birthing beast without the vestigial birthing arms to kind of reinforce the look of the role, but you have done so without need of them.

Hats off sir! from me and my termagant filled scrotum LOL

**Anung Un Rama**

The puddle looks nice, though mixing resin with color would probably be too much work for me when doing bases.

That's a great model you build there. I'm looking forward to your next project.