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I've created 3x6 Fiends, and I've posted pics on another forum and had a few PM requests on how to make Spiderfiends. So I figure I'll post it here.. where I got inspiration for the basing.





They're pretty simple to make, a little fiddly and time consuming but totally worth it. Also considering that it costs for 10 is about the same cost as 1-1.5 metal ones as well.

To construct each Fiend, you need:

1x Daemonette
1x BFSP or Forest Goblin Spider, no rider required
1x Plastic flying stand shaft
1x 40mm base
Green stuff
A sharp blade

Instructions:

Cut the Daemonette's legs off, cutting along the line of her metal corset, but try to leave a bit benath to mount to the body.

The trickiest part is cutting the Spider's legs off. You press the blade to where the legs meet the body. Keep the same angle as the upper leg as to preserve as much of the legs as you can. Repeat this for both sides. You'll end up with a mangled spider thorax, but that's fine.



Cut the mangled head peice off. Doesn't matter if you're not precise, as you'll fix it later.

Separate the forelegs from each other with the blade and clean it up so they're smooth. It should be an easy thing to do if you're careful.

Next, comes the assembly. Seeing as how I mounted mine on cork, I expected to have a wider base. These may not fit on a 40mm base, or may stand too high.

I placed the thorax on a D6 and glued on the two most forward legs in a forward-yet-to-the-side type angle. Let it set, then glue the rear-forward legs in position.

Once they've dried in position, glue the Daemonette torso to the thorax at an appropriate angle and let it set. Then add on the arms/head.

Cut the flying stand to size and glue it in the base. Slot the stand into the abdomen and glue the model to the base/stand. The reason I use a flying stand, is because the legs are actually a bit fragile... so this way it gets multiple points to stand connected.

Now, back to the thing about the bases. An alternate path you could take is instead of resting it on a D6, glue the abdomen to the flying stand BEFORE you add the legs. This will ensure the model will be at the correct height and won't have legs off at random angles.

The final step is green stuff. Basically just blob it on around the torso so the thorax and torso meet smoothly, be careful of the corsets. Then green stuff any mangled leg bits.

And that's pretty much it. I ended up wrecking about 2-3 before I got the legs off in one piece.

Enjoy your cheap Fiends. =D

This is really really great and is something i will be doing for sure

You say there cheap but you also need to mention that they look fantastic.

why did i give away those goblin spider riders!

I gotta admit, I saw the title and got my panties in a bunch thinking "Great, yet another douche trying to cheap out and make what amount to little more than butt ugly proxies"...

Hell, I even saw a former National Finalist at 'ard boys with some wanna-be blood crushers that were nothing more than bloodletters on fantasy horses...pathetic!!

(But I digress...)


I have found that I am the douche for thinking this way when it comes to your figs, sir!

These are masterful and the essence of what converting is really all about - instead of fielding a model that is both expensive and crappy looking, you bring something imaginative and damn sharp looking to the table.

BRAVO!

Hah. Thankyou.

It was convering these up that inspired me to create a 2000pt Daemeon army.

I just need to finish painting them. =p

Wow! Nice work. Also, does anyone here know how to do similar things with nurgle demons? I like nurgle, but it's all so expensive...

Dude. Plastic ghouls.

Cut them in half, angle the torso upwards.

Carve a gash accross the eyes and stick a horn on the forehead.

Greenstuff an eye and some random disease looking crap.

Done.

For plaguebearers, I used Ogre Kingdoms Bulls.

Assembled them with the ironfist and swords (no clubs/hammers), and then ground two sockets in the face using a ball cutter bit in a dremel. I grabbed some eyeballs and horns leftover from a Tide of Spawn and glued them into the sockets, then did a little bit of greenstuff around it to smooth the socket into the head.

They're nicely beefy, as befits a model with T5 and FNP. The only downside is that while they fit on a 25mm base, it looks like they're tiptoeing. I ended up getting some 30mm bases from Impact minis to give 'em a little more room, and they look much better and are more stable on the table.

Very cool spider-fiend conversion!

This is tight, and you could also make a KoS out of the spider rider boss.

Thanks

Or you could make a spider using Tyranid Scything Talons. Gigantic drider keeper.

At some point, I may end up making a Nurgle-themed army with Ghoul-Driders.

Am I the only one who took a look at this and saw "Friends: The Cheaper Option"?

Can you re-post the pictures please they arnt showing up...

Can't see the pictures, try uploading them to dakka?

you can't see the pics because the thread is 2 years old.

Yay, threadomancy!