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This is one of the most amazing converted armies I've seen. I would be terrified to come up against it.

ReaperRob wrote:This is one of the most amazing converted armies I've seen. I would be terrified to come up against it.

Fortunately for my opponents, my conversion skills far outshine my playing skills

I've got a game next week to play test my Greensteelas, so I'm working on getting up to 750 points. I'm currently converting a squad of Spine Grunts (for a nice WoN troop selection) in between painting the already assembled figs. Once I've got 8 of them, I plan to get back to my Rippa Grots to finish out the force.

The mouldlines... they burrrrn

Seriously man if your going to be an amazing converter do the little things

very nice when i read the thread title i thought...oh he's just stuck orks and nids together, but there superbly done and more than a table stardand paintjob painting 7/10 conversion 9/10
look forward to up dates and the wartyrant / hiveboss and gargoyles?? > stormboys?? ooh and "wierdboys?" with big zoanthorpe brains?? the posabilities are endless

Never ceases to amaze me. Go Carnimek Go!

Go with brown.

After much delay, I finished another model. This one was a bear- a heavily greenstuffed Zoanthrope/Weirdboy hybrid (thinking of calling it my "Weird Bug" or "Brain Bug", maybe even "Zooey Troop"). I slowly worked it out over the last couple weeks. The head I used is the 4th I started on- I tried with much bigger heads, but I couldn't get them just right. I even built one up with a Tyranid Warrior head as the base, only to decide it wasn't orky enough(though if I make more, I might try making one from a metal zoanthrope head). Ultimately, though, I am very happy with the results. I might still make a few touch ups before I paint, but I was eager to share.

I am also nearly done with my 8-man Spine Grunt squad- I'll post pics once they're all assembled.

This army seriously deserves its own rules. Counts-as doesn't do justice to its awesomeness.

LOL! This is an incredible army! keep it up!

I like them, especially the Zoanthrork. This army reminds me of my broodlord who also has ork DNA. I'm planning on doing a whole squad of them when I get into nids again. Here are some pics, maybe they'll inspire you!







Cheers.

That zoanthrope is, hands-down, my favorite thing in the army. Great blend, that.

The rippergrots take a close second and win the LOL prize. Great work!

Wow, great army. I like the brood boss (and starwoof's too) especially. Maybe it's just the cool pose.

In any case, I'd go with black rimmed bases. They're more... uh... classy.

I vote for brown Although I'm imagining the main person you're going to have to convince is your wife!

I love all the conversions! This is the coolest army I've ever seen for 40k, with the possible exception of the eldar army converted from wood elves models. Awesome!

I'm also really impressed by how consistently you're working at it, slowly but surely. That is the way to go if you're disciplined enough, and you are chipping away at a really great army!!

So are the "Spine Grunts" pics coming?

i love that zoanthrope.

Nice concept and a worthy execution sir! Well done

really good

tyranid Deff dread/killa kan hybrid?

Been a while since any updates, but unfortunately nothing new completed on this army. I've been taking care of the new baby & building 500 pts of IG for a campaign at my FLGS, but I did manage to slip in a game against my friend's Black Templars (on my no frills city terrain board). The force I used was:
HQ: Da BroodBoss w/ 5 Greensteelas
HQ: 3 Nob Warriors (Scything Talons,Toxins Sacs,Enh. Senses,2x DeathSp., 1x VC)
Tr: 7 Greensteelas
Tr: 9 Ornery Grunts
Tr: 8 Spine Grunts (Toxin Sacs,WoN)
HS: Weird Bug (Synapse, Warp Blast)
HS: Carnimek (Scything Talons, Enh Senses, VC)

Not exactly an optimized list, but it was built around models. In fact, it served me quite well. They won fairly handily, in no small part due to very lucky rolls on my part and a drop pod full of Templars that didn't show until the rest of the army had been wiped.
I went to Origins 2 weeks ago and have set next year's tournament as my goal for finishing 1750 pts, so I've got to get moving!

PS: Starwoof, love your Broodboss! It's actually given me some ideas for some techniques to use on my next Carnimek- if I get around to another anytime soon

COOL!

Wow. I think my favourite model is the Nob with the Tyranid Warrior head crest, closely followed by the Zoanthrork.

Genius concept and modelling, I'll be following this one.

Dragonlover

best minis ever

Just MADE of orky goodness and tyranidic joy. Beautiful.

Good conversions, but i still don't like orcs...

HOLY CRAP!!!!
Thats an amazing army.

This has to be one of the greatest things I have ever seen.....EVA!!!!!

After waaay too long away from the painting table (due to a new baby, increased load at work, etc...), I finally have gotten back to work on my Greensteela Kult. I'm almost finished assembling a squad of 8 souped-up genestealers (to become the new retinue for Da Broodboss- the old ones will shift to troops), I've built enough Rippa Grots together for 4 bases (those'll get painted here soon-though I'm tempted to wait until I finish off 3 more so I can paint 5 bases worth at once...), and I finished painting 5 more Ornery Grunts (the squad now totals 11 painted). Hopefully this ushers in a new era of productivity for me, leading up to my new goal of 1750 in time for next year's Origins (though the rumored new codex in the spring may gum that up...).

Looking awesome! Love the wierd bug, very nice conversion.

Nice conversions.I like paint jobs to,good work thus far.

Congrats on the new baby, your conversion work on him is amazing. On a more serious note I LOVE the army as a whole. Ripper Grots are the best IMHO (but then that may just be because I'm a fan of rippers) but other notable parts include the Weird Bug (again, perhaps a product of my love for the unit more than anything else) and the Nob Warriors (absolutely love them, and this has nothing to do with liking the unit). I do think that the Grunts should have WoN (or do you already have that, haven't checked) - after all, it is a fusion of two horde armies!

P.S. Black bases FTW.

Love the little grotsies

Painted up the 1st Weird Bug today. Not sure I'm happy with the color of the cloak- I tried to use different styles for the cloak & clothes, but the purples just blend together. In the pictures, the lighting is pretty poor- if I get a chance tonight or tomorrow, I'll do some photoshop processing to make it a bit more viewable.