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a while ago i posted a thread for my volcanic island izardmen about making lavamen for my kroxigors. well now i've changed my list and am putting my BSB and general on cold ones. however i hate the cold one models for mounting characters. so i am wondering if you guys had any good ideas to convert cold ones that could be cool.

the idea that first came to mind for me is since i am using lavamen kroxigors, i could have the saurus BSB and general riding lava flows, like on top of a wave of lava. each would sit in the middle of one of my saurus warrior blocks, so it could help tie in the whole volcanic theme by having kroxigors, and two cold ones as lava creatures. this may be a bit too far fetched though, so i wanted to ask what you all thought. I just think it might look nifty to have my saurus heroes riding above their block units on a flow of lava, about to rain down some hurt on the opposing forces.

so anyway lemme know what ya'll think

see http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/ and corresponding thread from TMP on ordering from your neck of the woods - http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=62032

those are really nice, but see that's not what i'm looking for. i don't want my guys mounted on anything because i want them to look strong and large upright kinda guys, not hunched over on a mount (which is what they end up looking like) that's why i want them to be on something that could feasibly count as a cold one.

the reason i said a lava flow for cold ones was i am already having my fallen lizardmen heroes soul bound to a body made of lava, (count as kroxigors) and come back to do war with all whom threaten my hosts island home. now i also have rationale for all the cold one rules. my heroes are riding atop a wave of lava like a surfer. when they go stupid they wiped out, and have to recover from the crash. lava could be strength 4 to me, and would make it harder to hit the surfer which could be like the extra armor, as your weapon melts as it reaches the target.

here are my lavamen kroxigors http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/207678.page#243786

my question is do you guys think that idea is ok, or way to outlandish?

I'm trying to keep a positive attitude here, but...I look at those and think, "that a lot of GS painted red".

the idea itself is good, but those guys just don't look very lave-monster-ish to me. if you paint them more fluid like, with some black crust or something on top, it might look better. maybe should also try to make the lizard heroes, stick out of the lave. kinda like the faces which come out of the chaos tanks, like there really is something inside the lava.
I would also sugegst that lava should be a big part of you bases, so that you can keep the theme in the whole army.

but what to do for giant riding lizards. seems to me, like lizards surfing on lava sounds more like a bad videogame.
maybe they could use some sort of dragon who lives in the volcano.


I dunno, like this guy here
http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/Zelda64/tempfuego/volvagia_1.jpg

but, you're ideas definetly have potential, keep working on it.

well if you read the other topic then you'll know that was a test model and i am way ahead of you on adding cold one heads to the lava monsters, and some lizardman trinkets, and scales to make them look more like lizards forming out of lava, and that i am going to paint them to look more like real lava from pictures of it online.

so any modeling ideas? yes i know it may be far fetched, but this is a game where there are giant lizards who can think in military terms, and magic all over the place, have some scope and imagination people. so if you want to say you think it's too fantastical give me a good idea as an alternative that can be done, easily/cheaply with real models.

well, at least your kroxigors are a good idea, it just needs more work. but I don't like the idea of lava-surfing lizards. just my humble opinion.

Hey Bastirous666,

I was dredging through GW's website looking for some conversion ideas and I ran across this entry for Magmakin: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/catachans/gaming/creatures/magmakin.htm

I thought it might be something you could use for your lavagor.

Death By Monkeys thanks a lot, that's probably the best idea I've gotten yet. Not sure how I'm gonna do it, as money is still tight, and i don't know where to get the parts for cheap, but i'll figure it out. I'm super stoked now, no one will say "i don't see how that counts as a kroxigor," and "that doesn't seem like it would fit as a cold one." Ha I win!

thanks everybody for the collaborative effort. now i've got lots of work to do.