Doom of malan'tai idea...

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**fupersudge**

Basicly thinking of using this, but green stuffing some brain matter into where all that bubble goodness is.
As for the head, going to acquire a head from a fex that looks like the one in the photo in the codex. Only
thing im really worried about is if it will be able to stand in as my doom of malan'tai in games because
of size of it.

discuss?

**a94marbo**

Since this model have 2 more in toughness, I guess that this one is bigger then Doom of malan'tai. reworking resin is a real pain, soo I would beef up a Zoanthrope instead, maybe add an extra scale layer from a Carnifex and the brain texture on the metal, then it would be bigger then a normal Zoanthrope. Perhaps also cut and pin the tail to increase the lenght of it a bit.
Then just model tube on it.

The Malanthrope is a nice model but I think it would be too big as a Doom of malan´tai.

**fupersudge**

Its only 5inchs, around the same height as a mawloc. Plus i just despise pewter all together. Iuno, Im still digging about trying to plan this out.

Ill keep your suggestion in mind though

**Blasphemy of Nature**

I agree with marbo, not only would it represent the model

better ( only an opinion ) its also a lot less expensive, and

a much smaller target. However the malanthrope is a

flippin' sweet model it would be a gnar project!

good luck with your conversion!

**MasterDRD**

Simple solution... Reposition and/or shorten the tail/spine thingy to make it shorter. Use greenstuff for this purpose and also (as you already said) to add brain matter. As for the size difference, you're showing it bulked up from absorbing wounds. It's just like someone said in one of the tervigon threads... Just about any oversight in 40k modeling can be justified with fluff-lawyering.

**sonofruss**

The easy way around this if you don't want the metal zoe is to get a ravenor a hormaguant and a warrior head jobs mostly done

**SlaveToDorkness**

I was actually thinking that model would make a good Tervigon, due to the sackage.

**fupersudge**

MasterDRD wrote:Simple solution... Reposition and/or shorten the tail/spine thingy to make it shorter. Use greenstuff for this purpose and also (as you already said) to add brain matter. As for the size difference, you're showing it bulked up from absorbing wounds. It's just like someone said in one of the tervigon threads... Just about any oversight in 40k modeling can be justified with fluff-lawyering.

This alone made me order it

Even if it shows up and I am like " thats to big " or " thats to sexy, dont want to ruin it "
Ill still have something new to paint

( I am a impulse buyer, Could be why Im broke alot. )

As for the sacks, those will be used for my tervigon conversion.

**MasterDRD**

Cool, I made a sale! Now maybe GW will hire me? (Not likely... no GW stores in Minnesota)
And hey like you said, if you don't end up cutting it up, you still own a fething Malanthrope.

**Brother SRM**

If you go through with the Malanthrope idea for your Doom of Malan'tai, please, don't green stuff anything on it. That model is amazing, and I'd hate to see it defiled in any way. I'm not doubting anyone's talent with green stuff, just a word of warning.

**fupersudge**

i photochopped it ( i have a broke right wrist at the moment, so photoshop skills went to hell )

its what it should look like if i tear into it. as brotherSRM said its a great model, so im iffy on tearing it apart.

if it comes to it ill just ebay a zoanphrope for legal use

**Orkeosaurus**

While you may regret having made your model so big once and a while, I don't think your opponents should ever run into problems with its size.

I like the idea, personally, it's a good way to get this nasty SOB into a regular game and it will make you remember how dangerous the DoM can be.

I don't know if I'd even convert it myself, as everyone familiar with the Malanthrope will remember it's a a psyker, and everyone who's not familiar with it will think it looks like Cthulhu and know it's going to be doing something like that anyways.

**MasterDRD**

I would do at least minimal conversion (replacing sacs with brain matter, repositioning the tail to make the model lower to the ground/more stable, using greenstuff to make the 'head' blend into the 'body' [since it's all supposed to be one big head, innit?)
I also just noticed some justification for using a Malanthrope... Doom of MALAN'Tai. MALANthrope.
Eh?

**fupersudge**

looop holeeee!