Newly uploaded painted shots of my Tervigon Kits.




Available for purchase here for $22.50!

The kit is designed to fit with the Carnifex plastic kit with little to no modification.

Also being worked on is a rather ambitious Tyranid Spore Pod. I will admit to being a little afraid of what this beast of a model will cost to produce. It is undergoing some modifications (with a very handy dremel tool) to lose as much unnecessary material as possible.



Also up for release next week are some new Blood Raven Shoulder pads, this time around the blood drops are actually dropping



A generic pad that is a chained shoulder pad.


A couple of space marine heads that would fit well with either chaos armies or even Legion of the damned - sold as single bits.



A couple of Mantis Warrior heads, sure to be popular with the new Imperial Armor book showcasing the Badab War.



Finally some Thousand Sons pads for all you poor 1k sons players. These are mostly catering to Preheresy.



Our first awesome Preheresy Terminator Pads, this time around for Thousand Sons.


Vehicle Kits are pretty light this month, but we have 4 items for you guys.

Space Wolf Rhino Kit #2 (will include armored panels)


Dragon Rhino Kit (set of 2 side doors and 1 front)


Something that all Space Marine Players can use - Tactical Rhino Doors


For all you flame and fire nuts (and Sisters of Battle/Witch Hunters) some flaming Braziers that can be mounted on vehicles or any flat surface (door not included)


So its been a pretty good month here, I am real excited over the Tervigon kit and Hope to have 4 painted up for my army in a couple of weeks.

As always feel free to post or email me questions to nick@chapterhousestudios.com.

Sincerely,
Nick
nick@chapterhousestudios.com
www.chapterhousestudios.com

Your second head is cool, but the first just seems... idk odd. As per the thousand sons that stuff is great. The tervigon seems really rather plain with a lot of the conversions out there already.

Not sure I like the giant nipples that disgorge gaunts but anything that makes it easier for people to play Tervies is a good thing and will make you some money

I personally just built mine out of plain ol' carnies But if I hadn't I'd have considered it.

Well the good part vs all those "a lot of the conversions out there already" that are commercially made is ours uses the GW Carnifex kit so they should be totally Legal in GW tournaments.

I have no doubt a painted up kit will be awesome (dont make a judgement based off a pre-production Green).

Chapterhouse wrote:

I have no doubt a painted up kit will be awesome (dont make a judgement based off a pre-production Green).

hrm true, I will reserve judgement then until itis painted.

You managed to sculpt tits on a Carnifex...

Nurglitch wrote:You managed to sculpt tits on a Carnifex...

I prefer Termagant birthing canals.

Glad to see the 1kSons love. Those pre-Heresy Termie shoulder pads are nice. Probably have to put an order in.

But I have to admit I'm not a fan of your pre-H 1kSons Legion Symbol pads. I know you need to steer clear of GW's IP, but those look too different from the "official" pre-H 1kSons symbol to tempt me.

Still, 1kSons love is always good!

Valete,

JohnS

I like the 2nd chaos head. not the first beakie one

Very Very cool Terminator pads...any ideas as to what others of that type you plan to do in the not so distant future?

So, how top-heavy is this Tervigon going to be? I guess if it's resin it's not much of a problem?

I love the wings on the Blood Raven pad. Very nice.
Usually I find GW's motif of people wearing fire like a hat to be pretty silly... but it makes more sense for guys in ceramite power armour to do that than anyone else, I guess. I like that the bazier sort of looks like a crown, and I think there's some really cool potential in that extended nose design... something is just a tiny bit off and keeping it from truly popping. I hope you guys will continue to explore that.

I love the pre-Heresy terminator pads.
For the most part, I really like the SW doors. I think SWs end up looking a good deal less silly when their iconography is crude metal (as opposed to just piling pelts on everything. ) One thing though- do they come already attached to those panels? Because the rivets on the last one being in the exact place to put pupils in the eyes is making it read like a cartoon character for me. IMHO, it so defangs the icon that if I played spacewolves and couldn't easily file them off I'd never use that door.

I like the vehicle brazier, too. For some reason vehicles with fire don't bother me. Just flaming hats. I may want to get some for Fantasy terrain. Do you sell whole baziers? Would the half-brazier pictured work well if you stuck two together back-to-back?

Oh my god...I finally have a use for that old Carnifex kit lying in my closet.

I love the look of the Tervigon conversion kit. It's very close to the look in the codex.

Only thing I'm going to point out is the price. I know these are high quality kits, but $30? That's going to run you close $80 (with shipping of the kit) per Tervigon. If I were you, in the spectrum of $20-$30 per kit, I would lean more towards the $20-$25 range...$30 is just too much. I mean that's 2/3 the cost of a Carnifex and all you're getting is a torso (not that said torso is not awesome).

I am definitely ordering one, though. When can we expect this beauty to be released? And are there any thoughts on possibly making some larger talons to go with the kit?

I hope this is an omen that we might see a Tyrannofex kit as well.

Also, who's the sculptor if you don't mind me asking?

In all honesty, I don't like the Tervigon conversion that much due to the fatty chest, but I may end up buying one or two because it creates an excellent base for further detailing and conversions especially if it ends up costing $20.

I'm not a fan of the warts and nasties on the carapace; I prefer my non-Venomthrope Tyranids to be clean; even the Trygon and Harridan have cleaner carapaces. Additionally, I really do not like the gooey fatty chest that makes the entire body disproportionately top-heavy. However, with a file the top carapace, the top shield, and the head-hole are great pieces; I hope to be able to buy said pieces.

EDIT: Oh, the Tervigon comes with a base! The picture you show doesn't have the best casting of a base, but that saves me a significant amount of effort. I'm sure you can sell many $20 kits on the base and ease alone.

Seriously this time, those pictures are "in-progress" right? Because those central vents look like they could use some more work.

The "birthing canals" are pretty weird.

The first brazier head looks really weird.
The second one is really cool but suffers from "two top vents for no reason" syndrome. It's really too bad, those things are kinda odd.

The shoulder pads all look pretty good.

The rhino braziers look like they might be way too big to put on a vehicle, they'd stick out super far.
The tactical arrows are cool.

I'm in love with the 1k sons Terminator Pads, and will be ordering up a goodly amount for the Scarab Guard! Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't include some of the normal 1k sons pads as well. I also like the Rhino Doors.

I like both chaos heads and the brazier, gonna be great on word bearer tanks. I also think the Tervigon looks plain.
The Thousand sons Pre-Heresy termi shoulder pads are cool even if I don't really like pre-heresy termi pads.

Not a fan of the Tervigon, sorry. Way too top heavy, and the wais is too skinny and looks like it doesn't go togther quite right (exposed ball joint).

The arrow on the rhino top hatch is crooked, and it doesn't look like the hatch can actually open, which could cause some problems for the guys inside...

Other than that, some nice stuff. Love the heads, and the brazier is all sorts of cool.

Remember for the most part all of our larger kits are resin, so they are easily modified (exactos unsheath!).

The ball joint on the Tervigon should NOT be exposed, at this point I was dry fitting it, and it was held in place by friction, I did not want to push the joint all the way in to mess with the master.

The central vents should come out fine, Greenstuff has a way a magnifying everything especially with a flash on.

My goal was to stay true to the pictured tervigon in the codex. Personally I am not a big fan of all the wierd models, I dont like being asked what my mini is supposed to be, this way its obvious.

Of course there are other options out there, for a large amount of money. That and I also have the useless carnifexes in my closet, now I have something I can use them for.

I am iffy on the flaming head myself, but my sculptor wanted to do it.

The rivets on the space wolf face are easily removed, like I said its resin.

We will probably do a large number of pre heresy terminator pads. These are our first and we are working on some plain ones now with large surfaces to paint or sculpt on for you guys.

Sincerely,
Nick
Chapterhousestudios.com

Those look great Nick! Not a tryannid fan so I can't comment on the tervigon, but the pads, chaos heads (especially the bottom one) and the doors are very cool. They make me regret not choosing to use tracked vehicles in my army.

Don't think i like that Tervigon Either :/

Just seems to basic.

This rhino hatch looks amazing! Good job man!

To be honest i dont care for the 'nipple things'

Malika2 wrote:This rhino hatch looks amazing! Good job man!

I'm not sure if they are Grimdark enough...


How about some Ork love?

We need someone to sculpt some bad ass attack squigs for example...

Good stuff!,it's always great to see more stuff we can use to personalise our armies! i've never bought from chapterhouse so I can't comment on quality, but people i've spoken to say it's pretty good! i'll have to get some soon and spend more money! love the rhino doors btw

jamunition wrote:To be honest i dont care for the 'nipple things'

Not Nipples, they are Termagant Birth Holes.. or I could go into specifics and use the scientific literature.

I am going to have GW Termagants coming out of mine.

And yes those are termagant heads and arms trying to come out of the sides of the belly. She is swollen with them and they are pushing out of the skin..

Chapterhouse wrote:

We will probably do a large number of pre heresy terminator pads. These are our first and we are working on some plain ones now with large surfaces to paint or sculpt on for you guys.

Sincerely,
Nick
Chapterhousestudios.com

Plain would be awesome, can't wait to see them, even if it means my terminators go sans shoulder pads for a while longer.

I'm diggin the Nid, my friend has been looking for a conversion for that model

How does the Tervigon balance? It looks as if he might fall over. :(

1k Sons Terminator pads are awesome! I may have to tear the pads off my current terminators and replace them with the scarabs. So cool.

I really dig the Tervigon conversion kit. It stays true to the codex, and that's something I can appreciate. I like the idea of adding Termagant models to the birthing canals. Hopefully, for the sake of my wallet, the price ends up being closer to $20 than $30. If so, it will probably be my first Chapterhouse purchase.

Malika2 wrote:How does the Tervigon balance? It looks as if he might fall over. :(

I am planning on using the larger talons to balance it, regardless, the Carnifex model does not balance either, I would suggest gluing it to the base

The master was not that heavy, it actually stayed glued to the base until I was messing with it and it busted off, I was in a hurry to send it off for molding, so just used the glue cap to hold it up.

Resin will be 10x lighter then the greenstuff is. Worst case scenario, use superglue and maybe pins to the solid base.

That Tervigon looks a tad top heavy. If this is still "in progress" try leaning it over with one of the pairs of talons acting as supports. Everything else looks beautiful though

Some problems with the Tervigon model come from the awkward pose. A pregnant super-heavy monster shouldn't try to rear or jump like a gazelle. Most official and conversion pics show the Tervigon lumbering on all 6 limbs, closing the gap at the hip, balancing the model and not exposing the ... erm ... birthing canals, making the model look much better.

I like the 1K sons termi pads. Extremly so.

Also how far out the fire things (Can't remember the name right now.) stick out?

Kroothawk wrote:Some problems with the Tervigon model come from the awkward pose. A pregnant super-heavy monster shouldn't try to rear or jump like a gazelle. Most official and conversion pics show the Tervigon lumbering on all 6 limbs, closing the gap at the hip, balancing the model and not exposing the ... erm ... birthing canals, making the model look much better.

Good observation. I wonder how difficult it would be to simply re-position the legs to give it an appropriate stance...

Really like the tactical rhino doors. Take it the arrow will be centerd and a seem will be added before moulding? Be a shame if not, As it will let down a very cool product.

those thousand sons terminator pads look very very good on that model! I think it was matthew Cleaver? who had a thousand sons army in WD a couple of years back from tasmania, and they'd look nuts on his models they were pretty darn good!

Really like the second marine head and all the shoulder pads look really good.

Like it all but...

That last on the right Space Wolf body panel is staring at me! Someone needs to get rid of those rivets in the eye sockets!

I kinda like the tervigon kit, and if the price is right it might be my first Chapterhouse purchase, too. Or rather the first 2-3 purchases.

It does look top heavy, but so does damn near every other tervigon conversion, in my opinion. When you're working with the carnifex kit as a base there's no real way to fix that other than resculpting the legs, which would have made the kit even more expensive.

very cool shoulder pads!

A note to all the naysayers regarding the "tervitits", they aren't a decision that was made purely by the sculptor...look at the original art for the Tervigon:


Also, those complaining about top-heaviness...really? You're going to complain about top heaviness...



Not to mention 90% of every other Tervigon conversion out there...I honestly don't think it's possible to make a non-top heavy Tervigon if it includes the use of a Carnifex kit (that resembles the one in the codex, not some quadraped or snake thing). If you don't like the look of the disgorged stomach, it's a seperate piece, so you could always fill in where it's supposed to go with some epoxy sculpt and greenstuff and make your own alternative (that's what I plan to do if I order one and decide I don't like the look of it.)

Long story short, I guess I don't understand alot of the complaints with the Tervigon...perhaps the execution of the birth canals was a little "eh" but if it's resin, that will be easy to file down, cover up, and make your own alternative.

I think we should see what it looks like completed after molding before we automatically pass judgement on it. You never know, something as simple as lowering the torso so he's not so upright and maybe adding some Trygon talons might bring it together more.

Pyriel- wrote:

V...e...r...y nice! Definitely going on the "to be ordered" list.

Valete,

JohnS

Darth Bob wrote:A note to all the naysayers regarding the "tervitits", they aren't a decision that was made purely by the sculptor...look at the original art for the Tervigon:

Pyriel has already stated their not breasts but a birth canal analog. i believe the proper term would be a vaginigon.

warboss wrote:

Darth Bob wrote:A note to all the naysayers regarding the "tervitits", they aren't a decision that was made purely by the sculptor...look at the original art for the Tervigon:

Pyriel has already stated their not breasts but a birth canal analog. i believe the proper term would be a vaginigon.

Oh... This one's gonna go downhill fast...

I can see it now...

"Sgt. Hamblin!"

"Sir"

"I order your squad to fire on that approaching Tervigon!"

"Sir, yes, Sir!"

"Alright you maggots! You all heard the LT! On my mark, bedazzle that thing's va-jay-jay!!"

Or... We could go with the more fiscally prudent route...

"Men, ammunition's low, so we have to make every shot count! Don't fire until you see the... Ugh... Oh, never mind..."

Valete,

JohnS

I'm sorry but I am VERY disappointed with the tervigon. The kit' although great sculpting, is just boring and doesn't look good with parts from a fex. I'm sorry it is also very boring. I know you had to make it like the codex but regardless, it isn't very good and there are plenty of other ideas that could have been executed. In fact, most people don't even care for the codex art, so why make it like that? I'm sorry but it is ugly in a bad way.

Those Pre-Heresy Terminator Pads?

Awesome!

Remove the 1K Sons stuff, maybe add in some leather tassels/straps/etc, and I predict you will sell many!

(And not just to me!)

Mewiththeface wrote:I'm sorry but I am VERY disappointed with the tervigon. The kit' although great sculpting, is just boring and doesn't look good with parts from a fex. I'm sorry it is also very boring. I know you had to make it like the codex but regardless, it isn't very good and there are plenty of other ideas that could have been executed. In fact, most people don't even care for the codex art, so why make it like that? I'm sorry but it is ugly in a bad way.

Actually, you are VERY dissapointed by GW's Tervigon art. Yes, it is a boring variant of the Carnifex, but it is the official look. Chapterhouse's model wants to keep close to the official concept, make it a conversion kit (both essential for GW tournament participation!) and affordable. All this is achieved.

There are other kits on sale or in the works, that look VERY differently, maybe better, but also are much more expensive (and larger) and not usable on GW tournaments. You can always chose those if you don't like the official look.

warboss wrote:Pyriel has already stated their not breasts but a birth canal analog. i believe the proper term would be a vaginigon.

Actually, the proper term would be something rhyming on Termagant

Yes, shame on you Chapterhouse Studios! How dare you make a model that actually looks like its codex entry rather than some stupid looking (no offense to anyone) fan interpretation that people have to inquire to find out what the feth it's supposed to be.

No I actually really like the tervigon art. I don't care for the this model. Maybe when I see a painted version.

I think it is a bit premature to concentrate on the stance of the Tervigon. Like I said before, I just dry fit it and really did not try much to situate the model.

Mine will be hunched over a bit more with a simple lowering of the angle of the back torso.

Chapterhouse wrote:I think it is a bit premature to concentrate on the stance of the Tervigon. Like I said before, I just dry fit it and really did not try much to situate the model.

Mine will be hunched over a bit more with a simple lowering of the angle of the back torso.

When can we expect them to be released? And have you given any thought on pricing (more towards $20 or $30)?

Darth Bob wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:I think it is a bit premature to concentrate on the stance of the Tervigon. Like I said before, I just dry fit it and really did not try much to situate the model.

Mine will be hunched over a bit more with a simple lowering of the angle of the back torso.

When can we expect them to be released? And have you given any thought on pricing (more towards $20 or $30)?

Release will be as soon as they hit production, they should start in a week. Pricing honestly depends most on cost to cast, which I wont know till the molds are made.

come on chapterhouse make a Dominatrix, Hydraphant , Vituperator, Viciator, Cerebore, Viragon, Nautiloid, Magma Corer, Laius Horror, Harpy, Tyrannofex, Parasite of Mortrex, Doom of Malan'tai, Cortex Leech, Catachan Devil, Norn-Queen, Cerethrope, and the Kraken. Please for the love of god make these

Not enough hurr skullz on dem rhino doors, also those shoulderpads look sweeeeeet

Oh god now I have to do a preheresy 1k sons extra blingy and egyptian termie squad .








(secret gleefull cackle.)

Wait until you see the Thousand Sons Helmets we are working on... take a look at the Horus Heresy Artwork and you will get an idea of what we are working towards...

I know this may be somewhat immature of me, but why does it look like the tervigon has boobs? Even in GW art...

I do like the Blood Raven shoulder pad however. It has a nice flair to it. If I were to start a C:SM chapter, I'd want to use that painted in my own style.

Chapterhouse wrote:Wait until you see the Thousand Sons Helmets we are working on... take a look at the Horus Heresy Artwork and you will get an idea of what we are working towards...

Better get those pix out soon... You have competition on the pre-H heads front and will lose some sales if they come come out soon!

Valete,

JohnS

Okay, been looking at the original art and I'm not seeing the "boobs" that everyone is attributing to the artist. It looks like the Termagants are coming out from in between the usual rib-like structures that make up the Tervigon's thorax.

Nurglitch wrote:Okay, been looking at the original art and I'm not seeing the "boobs" that everyone is attributing to the artist. It looks like the Termagants are coming out from in between the usual rib-like structures that make up the Tervigon's thorax.

Perhaps the oviducts are a little more enlongated on the model (which is easy to fix...just sand them down and touch up with greenstuff), but there are clearly two orifices from which the Termagants are birthed from...what "rib-like" structures are you talking about?

Trilobite wrote:Oh god now I have to do a preheresy 1k sons extra blingy and egyptian termie squad .








(secret gleefull cackle.)

My feelings exactly. I loved the novel and now I finally have an excuse to do Thousand Sons with actually having to deal with the silliness of Codex: CSM.

The Tervigon 'birthing canals' seem to be orifices in between the rib-like structure circled with an elipse.

I dunno about the Tervigon Jugs/Nipples/whatevers, but otherwise it looks pretty solid. Boobs.

Otherwise: the Blood Raven pads look great, but the breakout hit for this batch, in my opinion, are the terminator pads. Create another one without the scarab and it's likely the current best of the batch. Overall the sculpting level has been really improving, and it was pretty good to start out.

This debate just makes it obvious how stupid GW was not to release an official miniature with the Tyranid launch. If they had, they could have changed the art or whatever in order for the mini to look decent.

WOW! Some amazingly useful stuff. It looks like something FW would do.

I really like the back plate. Not so sure on the egg sac or the neck line.

I will wait to see an actual model before I make any buying decisions but this might be good for making my second Tervigon.

Love the 1k Sons termie pads. Might be enough to talk me into that pre-heresy army.

I think someone gonna get sued! And not without reason!

Mr Mystery wrote:I think someone gonna get sued! And not without reason!

Oh lord, not this again..

CH HAS done their work.. they ARE well aware of the GW line..

Mr Mystery wrote:I think someone gonna get sued! And not without reason!

Ugh...fail troll is fail.

Hey Chapterhouse your my heros

OK, NO MORE armchair legal 'advice' and/or 'opinions' please.

This comes up in EVERY Chapterhouse thread...and in every thread it is explained that they've had their lawyers OK it, they feel they are OK, etc. etc. etc.

FINAL WARNING on the subject in this thread.

If you REALLY want to learn more, search out one of the MANY previous threads on this subject.

Alpharius wrote:OK, NO MORE armchair legal 'advice' and/or 'opinions' please.

This comes up in EVERY Chapterhouse thread...and in every thread it is explained that they've had their lawyers OK it, they feel they are OK, etc. etc. etc.

FINAL WARNING on the subject in this thread.

If you REALLY want to learn more, search out one of the MANY previous threads on this subject.

i agree with you, sides CH products are nice

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:

Alpharius wrote:OK, NO MORE armchair legal 'advice' and/or 'opinions' please.

This comes up in EVERY Chapterhouse thread...and in every thread it is explained that they've had their lawyers OK it, they feel they are OK, etc. etc. etc.

FINAL WARNING on the subject in this thread.

If you REALLY want to learn more, search out one of the MANY previous threads on this subject.

i agree with you, sides CH products are nice

QFT

For what it's worth, also not a fan of that Tervigon kit. Just doesn't look much different than a Carnifex. Birthing thing-things should be a lot bigger and noticable IMO. That said, a good starting point for some simple conversions. Keep it as cheap as possible and they should fly.

Brazier door decoration is pretty darn cool looking. Also like the creepy tactical skull door.

- Blackbone

I like the tervigon model.

I also do not have enough time to convert mine, and will definetly be picking up two!

I think the tervigon would look better if the kit came with custom legs and a tail extension. It looks way too top heavy.

I think the Tervigon is pretty damned good, imo... The birthing vents could use some work, but nothing a little greenstuff can't fix...

Might I make a suggestion though? Maybe you could provide both the Tervigon Birthing Sacs as well as Tyrannofex weapon choices for the body extension? From what I can gather, both the Tervigon and Tyrannofex have similar body structures. Maybe you could provide a choice of Birthing Sac, Acid Spit, Fleshborer Hive and Rupture Cannon, and allow us to swap them around using magnets?

I'd probably do this myself, but your sculpts would probably be waaayyy better than mine! Also, I can imagine you'd really draw a whole bunch of purchases if you went with my suggestion... I could be wrong though...

My honest opinion?
The Tevrigon...I dislike. I don't know why, maybe it's just the pose of the model you've used but something about it is puttng me off. The Marine stuff is on par with most of your other stuff (that is to say, very good, especially the Mantis warriors upgrades. ) Now those Rhino doors I like a LOT, and will be ordering for my homebrew chapter as it fits their fluff quite well. I would definatly be interested in seeng more vehicle upgrade kits with that 'style'.

Although...with the new Badab war stuff FW will be releasing soon, maybe it's bad timing for the Mantis warrior packs?

Wow. These are amazing. Your detail, precision and proportion have all gotten really, really good.

Looking forward to ordering a ton of those pre-H T-sons pads when I finally get around to Marines next year or so.

If i might make a suggestion, maybe it would be cool if you could make a conversion kit that lets you change an eldar falcon into a fire prism ish tank .

Any update on release time for the tervigon??

do you guys plan on doing any kits for dreadnoughts any time in the future? Chapter specific upgrades for venerables maybe? that would be sweet

as well as Preheresy Imperial Fists termie pads


loving the preheresy stuff, and the rhino kit (even if it IS space wolves! )

Same here! I went to your site last night to order my Tsons stuff! I've been waiting on their release before I get them all finished up

Will there be an option to purchase just the back armor plate for the tervigon kit, or would it not fit right?

Any ETA on this batch of stuff? I'm dying to get my hands on the Tervigon kit. I've been checking your website daily.

maybe you guys could make right handed terminator chain fists? they'd help alot

Very nice Tsons termie pads Pyri looks great!

OK,

Got the resins in yesterday, the pewter molds are still in the works (so no heads or shoulder pads until late next week).

That being said, here is the good news.

I have been able to price the Tervigon conversion kit to $22.50. I hope I am not shooting my foot off, but I believe that the lower price will drive higher sales (I can more then emphasize with you guys on price, I do NOT want to GW myself out of business).

I intend on putting the Tervigon on the site tommorow. Anyone who wants to beat the rush, you can email me an order (I do only have 10 of these in stock at the moment, with a ton more coming in next week).

I have 2 molds running of the Tervigon kits.

The same is true for the Space Wolf Door set, the Tactical Door set and the Dragon Door set.

Wow just looked on ebay, the average price for the oval bases is around $6.00. I guess I have a decent deal.

Nick
www.chapterhousestudios.com
nick@chapterhousestudios.com

Awesome. It is likely I will buy one of these sometime in the next two weeks, balance permitting.

Now available on the site for purchase!

I received the first runs of the Chapterhouse Studios Tervigon Conversion kit this week!



I am so happy to say that I will be able to price them VERY competitively. These kits will run $22.50 and will include a very necessary (in my opinion) oval base to mount your monster on.

Available for purchase here!

The kit is designed to fit with the Carnifex plastic kit with little to no modification.

Also being worked on is a rather ambitious Tyranid Spore Pod. I will admit to being a little afraid of what this beast of a model will cost to produce. It is undergoing some modifications (with a very handy dremel tool) to lose as much unnecessary material as possible.



Nick - www.chapterhousestudios.com

I just ordered one of the Tervigon kits. Can't wait for it to get here, I'll finally have a use for that carnifex kit sitting in my closet.

I hope the Spore Pod doesn't look too much different! I love the way it looks!

Have you considered selling "bitz" from your kits?

For example, I would love to order the top two Tervigon pieces and maybe half of a Spore Pod. Perhaps even, I'd like to order a full set of Eldar Jetbike "shield generator" things.

Absolutionis wrote:Have you considered selling "bitz" from your kits?

For example, I would love to order the top two Tervigon pieces and maybe half of a Spore Pod. Perhaps even, I'd like to order a full set of Eldar Jetbike "shield generator" things.

The main problem with that is we would be left with a large amount of less-desirable bits..

I just bought one thanks man.

I am going to try to have one painted up this week, it should give me a welcome break from the masses of termagaunts I have been painting..

1K Sons... I peed a little bit...

Sweet stuff keep it coming.

question Nick, if provided, could you post to a Chinese address?

And on the side, you guys at Chapterhouse do some sweet work, I noticed (maybe incorrectly) that FW seems to be putting out some stuff recently that looks to combat the 3rd party bits coming out. But the bits and bobs on your site are better than FW. Just great work.

Chapterhouse wrote:I am going to try to have one painted up this week, it should give me a welcome break from the masses of termagaunts I have been painting..

My suggestion: Change the pose to something more realistic. If you want to sell an elephant kit, don't glue it together sommersaulting
Would also close the gap at the hip, assuring people that the kit really fits without modifications.

Wow, that Tevrigon looks MUCH better now it's finished!

Good job Nick.

kanelom wrote:question Nick, if provided, could you post to a Chinese address?

And on the side, you guys at Chapterhouse do some sweet work, I noticed (maybe incorrectly) that FW seems to be putting out some stuff recently that looks to combat the 3rd party bits coming out. But the bits and bobs on your site are better than FW. Just great work.

Yep, we ship worldwide, the only caveat is that I cant track to international addresses, to do so would make the shipping no less then $30. I have not had many issues with lost packaging though, I think I have had 1 out of 3500 international packages go missing.

I have also noticed that FW seems to be waking up and trying to battle us 3rd party businesses that actually listened to customers wants. All I can do is beat their huge prices and try to keep up on what you guys want.

Kroothawk wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:I am going to try to have one painted up this week, it should give me a welcome break from the masses of termagaunts I have been painting..

My suggestion: Change the pose to something more realistic. If you want to sell an elephant kit, don't glue it together sommersaulting
Would also close the gap at the hip, assuring people that the kit really fits without modifications.

Planning on doing so, I will be doing a small modification to the legs to make sure the torso is more hunched over. There is no issue with the ball joint when the model is completely assembled.

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:Wow, that Tevrigon looks MUCH better now it's finished!

Good job Nick.

I cant wait to see it painted..

The tervigon looks really good, and I love the fact that you knew people would be using the carnifex model. Might have to pick a few up.

Just ordered one of the tervigon conversion kits.

Look forward to getting my nids back on the table.

Tervigon kit ordered.....can't wait!

If this turns out well I'll be sure to pass your name around the community.

Wait...the Tervigon kit's coming to the Shwa? We just may need to meet up!

Hehe, it's a bowling ball with teeny widdle, widdle legs.

The only problem with that picture of the Tervigon kit is that the Tervigon is only allowed one pair of Scything Talons. But that's not really a problem for the kit.

The Tervigon is depicted with two pairs of very scything talon-like legs in the book, though. I assume they have one pair of talons and (optionally) one of scything talons.

Yeah, according to the only GW illustration we have ever seen, it has scything talon like legs, just like the larger Hieruphant.

I agree on the legs, but overall I am a bit underwhelmed on the model.

FacelessMage wrote:I agree on the legs, but overall I am a bit underwhelmed on the model.

The mismatched plates that don't align with the vents and grooves? Perhaps the teensy-weensy waist with a torso that doesn't even cover the ugly round joint?

It's a terribly disappointing model.

Vhalyar wrote:The mismatched plates that don't align with the vents and grooves? Perhaps the teensy-weensy waist with a torso that doesn't even cover the ugly round joint?

Are you just trolling or are you really not aware that the model is only temporarily put together with bluetack? It has been stated several times in this thread that there are no allignment issues if the model is glued together (esp. when glued into a more lumbering pose).

It's seems not quite right from what I see so far, I'd very much like to see a "final" build of this kit.

Okay, to hush or or confirm the gripes of the people in this thread about the Tervigon, I am going to do a review of this kit when mine arrives in the mail. We shouldn't be bashing the item until at least one person has it in their hands to properly judge it. I've found that alot of models look much better in person than they do in a 2D picture...

After all, I thought the Genestealer Heads from CHS looked great...and they do...but then I got them and realized they were quite oversized. No offense to the sculptor or seller; I'm actually trying to find a way to modify them into Spore Mines.

Awwww... spore mines? Guess I dont mind the size of the heads on my babies..

Darth Bob wrote:Okay, to hush or or confirm the gripes of the people in this thread about the Tervigon, I am going to do a review of this kit when mine arrives in the mail. We shouldn't be bashing the item until at least one person has it in their hands to properly judge it. I've found that alot of models look much better in person than they do in a 2D picture...

After all, I thought the Genestealer Heads from CHS looked great...and they do...but then I got them and realized they were quite oversized. No offense to the sculptor or seller; I'm actually trying to find a way to modify them into Spore Mines.

How long till you get one painted from when it arrives, I am looking for a high level painted model so I can use it on our site, if you do a good job, ill send you some stuff as a thank you.

Sorry about the Ymgrl heads, though spore mines sound interesting.

Chapterhouse wrote:

Darth Bob wrote:Okay, to hush or or confirm the gripes of the people in this thread about the Tervigon, I am going to do a review of this kit when mine arrives in the mail. We shouldn't be bashing the item until at least one person has it in their hands to properly judge it. I've found that alot of models look much better in person than they do in a 2D picture...

After all, I thought the Genestealer Heads from CHS looked great...and they do...but then I got them and realized they were quite oversized. No offense to the sculptor or seller; I'm actually trying to find a way to modify them into Spore Mines.

How long till you get one painted from when it arrives, I am looking for a high level painted model so I can use it on our site, if you do a good job, ill send you some stuff as a thank you.

Sorry about the Ymgrl heads, though spore mines sound interesting.

Well, to be quite honest, I'm not quite sure you'd want my interpretation of your model, since my Tyranids are painted/converted to look like the Aliens from the Alien series; they're almost entirely black with a few silver/gray highlights. That, coupled with the fact that there will be a good amount of Greenstuff/conversions, would make for a very bastardized display model for your site. I think all the conversions I plan to do would detract from the kit in the sense that their attention would be focused more on the particular model rather than the conversion kit used to make it.

I'm also not that good of a painter. I mean, I'm alright. But "High Level"...not so much. I appreciate the offer, however, and could possibly point you in the direction of someone who might be able to do it.

Its no biggie,

I have a guy that is looking to paint one, but I figured I would extend the offer if you felt up to it

BTW, Navarro has thought about doing some smaller Xenomorph heads that may be better suited to the smaller bugs, he thinks the current ones are better for Warriors.

I will eventually order your Tervigon and paint it to my standards (see sig), but I am waiting for the ... erm ... Alien drop pod to be released

I know it's been said, but those scarab terminator shoulder pads are incredible. I hope you will continue with that theme, with different iconography. I'd love some blood raven pads like that, maybe with a generic eagle/bird thing that a blood drop could be added to.

Thankyou
I´m on it!

Check out my newly painted Tervigon. I plan on having 4 more!

I think it looks much different from the greys I showed previously. Maybe this will win some of you over


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So what do you guys think now?

To be honest I've never bought anything from you and don't plan to in the foreseeable future, so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't like the way you can see the dome connection the Carnifex trunk to the Chapterhouse body. This is completely concealed in the Carnifex kit.

Nurglitch wrote:To be honest I've never bought anything from you and don't plan to in the foreseeable future, so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't like the way you can see the dome connection the Carnifex trunk to the Chapterhouse body. This is completely concealed in the Carnifex kit.

And to second this, I thought it was said that it would be concealed on the final figure...

Overall, I think it looks better painted than the greens you had up before, but I agree, visible connection dome is bad. I also dislike the area around the head. About as good as you'd get for a commercially available conversion kit I'd think though.

Looks good. I still think those feet look too small for the new bigger body - hmm, would 'over-hooves' be too silly, i.e. fitting over the standard hooves but bulking them up, perhaps even splitting them into multiiple toes?

Nurglitch wrote:To be honest I've never bought anything from you and don't plan to in the foreseeable future, so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't like the way you can see the dome connection the Carnifex trunk to the Chapterhouse body. This is completely concealed in the Carnifex kit.

It is a compromise you have to accept when you absolutely want the "somersaulting pregnant elephant" pose

If it bothers people that much, they can stick a wad of textured greenstuff around the visible dome to conceal it. That part doesn't seem like it should be the deal-breaker that some people are making it out to be.

It looks sweet, Nick

Wow! I have to say that the paint job really makes it look nice! Still wonder why GW didn't think of this...

looks good! But please tell me you guys are going to be working on filling the gaps in the DE range. Maybe get a bit creative and do some originals? Or even look at the other ranges for conversions packs that will fit with DE.
I guess it's still early days, but you know what they say about that bird who's early with the unfortunate worm?

I quite like it personally.

I have one and I like it.

Yeah, don't get the poo pooing of some very good kits. The Tervigon looks like the book shows. It may have some quirks, or not meet a personal preference, but it's a great kit and reasonably priced. And I don't even play Nids!

The 1K Sons stuff seems to be the best of a good release set, though. Those scarab pads are quite nifty!

Scottywan82 wrote:

Nurglitch wrote:To be honest I've never bought anything from you and don't plan to in the foreseeable future, so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't like the way you can see the dome connection the Carnifex trunk to the Chapterhouse body. This is completely concealed in the Carnifex kit.

And to second this, I thought it was said that it would be concealed on the final figure...

Nurglitch wrote:To be honest I've never bought anything from you and don't plan to in the foreseeable future, so take this with a grain of salt, but I don't like the way you can see the dome connection the Carnifex trunk to the Chapterhouse body. This is completely concealed in the Carnifex kit.

You know, I am all about customer service, but why do some people insist on fixating on such a minor detail that you wont even see on the table and can EASILY change with your personal model?

It is up to the end user to assemble the model how they like, you dont even need the dome if you dont want it, and the tail end will push further in as well.

1K son pads are casting up this week, as well as the mantis pads.


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kanelom wrote:looks good! But please tell me you guys are going to be working on filling the gaps in the DE range. Maybe get a bit creative and do some originals? Or even look at the other ranges for conversions packs that will fit with DE.
I guess it's still early days, but you know what they say about that bird who's early with the unfortunate worm?

As soon as we see the codex as well as the range, I am sure there will be items that will need to be done.

Hi Nick! I really like the tervigon kit.

I was a little concerned that the beast looked so front-heavy. I appreciate that it would support itself with it's talons, but stick it on some earthy ground and it would be up to it's armpit-tits. Any thoughts?

Anyway, by far the best commercially available kit I've seen. I will probably buy one.

I guess you could use some different arms from the Tyranid line. I have always been a purist and try to use the model as I imagine it is in the codex.

Maybe some some warrior talon hands?

Chapterhouse wrote:

kanelom wrote:looks good! But please tell me you guys are going to be working on filling the gaps in the DE range. Maybe get a bit creative and do some originals? Or even look at the other ranges for conversions packs that will fit with DE.
I guess it's still early days, but you know what they say about that bird who's early with the unfortunate worm?

As soon as we see the codex as well as the range, I am sure there will be items that will need to be done.

My suggestion: Wait until the 1.5 and 2nd wave are released, there will not be many gaps in this complete overhaul of the DE miniature range, even when the Codex only has pics of the first wave models (plus art).

BTW one day, I will buy the conversion kit and show, how much better a lumbering Tervigon made from that kit will look. Just now I have to save money for the German GenCon-equivalent next week.

I will be waiting to see your tervigon

Hi Nick,

Any news on the release of the SM:

Tactical Rhino Doors and Spartan heads

Cheers,

I sent the spartan heads in last week for molding, so hopefully this week or next week.

The tactical Rhino doors should be in this week. I have some, but they came in thinner then I wanted (holes etc in the cast).

I think this is because the base is a resin door you need to make a master door and only mold that not the copies forge world has this problem with there doors as well they shrink my fw land raider doors are almost small enough for a rhino so i had to add thin plastic to widen it up

Honestly, and Nick you know me to be a huge critique of your work, but I think this isn't that bad. I mean you crated something that GW wasn't and you stayed farely true to the description, my only gripe would be your products would sell better if you hired demon painters or well known painters. It generally costs more money but makes you more in the long run, and when you go to trade shows and conventions you have some nice stuff to show off to people.

sonofruss wrote:I think this is because the base is a resin door you need to make a master door and only mold that not the copies forge world has this problem with there doors as well they shrink my fw land raider doors are almost small enough for a rhino so i had to add thin plastic to widen it up

Yeah, I could sell them, but then I would have some rotten quality issues.. I have ran into that in the past, but that is more due to error, not me doing it on purpose once I see the problem.

Personally, I could use the pieces, as I know how to fix the issue, but I cant expect paying customers to do the same.

Empchild wrote:Honestly, and Nick you know me to be a huge critique of your work, but I think this isn't that bad. I mean you crated something that GW wasn't and you stayed farely true to the description, my only gripe would be your products would sell better if you hired demon painters or well known painters. It generally costs more money but makes you more in the long run, and when you go to trade shows and conventions you have some nice stuff to show off to people.

True, and we are not there yet... but I may have found an avenue to decrease our production cost and this may mean we have money to spend on other areas like website design and painting crews.

Looks just like the pic to me! A good kit for people wanting to make a recognizable tervigon . I've seen some... err... "creative" ones in person, but I like this one a lot.

Pretty much done painting mine, just some final detail touches and the base to go. Quite happy with how it turned out actually, I'm glad i didn't have to scratch build it, I'm awful with green stuff. I'm not exactly a Golden Demon quality painter, so excuse the newbish-ness of it.




You can see em in my gallery if you wanna look at them there as well.

Thats nice, mind if I steal your photos for our gallery? I think I will have a gallery in the new website for each piece, showing different players painted nids.

I see you were able to fill the gaps on the side spines as well, that is really the only area I had to greenstuff due to differences in GW models over time and ours.

That's a lovely photo. It sells the model far better than the ones further up. I see it and want to buy one.

After seeing some painted tervigons, I will most likely buy a couple kits next month. The first pictures didn't give me a good idea of what they look like

Seems like people like the "somersaulting pregnant elephant pose", don't know why though.

Chapterhouse wrote:Thats nice, mind if I steal your photos for our gallery? I think I will have a gallery in the new website for each piece, showing different players painted nids.

I see you were able to fill the gaps on the side spines as well, that is really the only area I had to greenstuff due to differences in GW models over time and ours.

Sure man, feel free. They only tricky bit was those spines, yeah, took a bit of greenstuffing and trimming to make it fit properly.

Here is mine painted up. Dakkites I know I am no great painter I do not claim to be one I am just showing what Mine looks like.

That is one big ugly beastie

wolfshadow wrote:That is one big ugly beastie

I think it's supposed to be ~

If the Termagaunt producing flaps aren't painted in pink booby colors they don't look like boobies...

Just like Termagaunt producing flaps..

Which is what a Tervigon is supposed to have.

If i collected Nids i'd get this