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Here he mates custom made bone sabers and all.





CC welcome

I love the colors and the swords, my only two minor criticisms are base choice and how shiny he is. I'd love it a teeny bit more of it weren't quite so shiny and if the base was more "Tyranidy"

I personally like how shiny it is. It makes it look organic and bug-like to me in a way. Very cool, what are the boneswords made from?

I like the clear coat on it. Makes him look "wet"....which is good for giant bugs.

I am doing like a poison frog theme for the army that is why he is glossy. As for the bone sabers I used I think it's the deathspitter my bugs don't shoot so I don't know if that was the right name some spikes from a fex kit and shoulder pads from gene stealer kit as for the sabers themselves I used plastic card and a small hole punch that you find at a fabric store.

I like the swords alot man. Next time you should try a little smoothing action with greenstuff to cover the joins. Super easy and makes stuff look even more impressive.

A Black Ram wrote:I personally like how shiny it is. It makes it look organic and bug-like to me in a way. Very cool, what are the boneswords made from?

I thought that it was really shiny at first too, but then I read your post and took a second look at it. I agree that it does look great on the organic parts. But if he could dull it down on the bone parts, it would really make the two different parts contrast and, I think, make it look greater.

Fosner1703 wrote:

A Black Ram wrote:I personally like how shiny it is. It makes it look organic and bug-like to me in a way. Very cool, what are the boneswords made from?

I thought that it was really shiny at first too, but then I read your post and took a second look at it. I agree that it does look great on the organic parts. But if he could dull it down on the bone parts, it would really make the two different parts contrast and, I think, make it look greater.

^ This is exactly my feelings.

omnipotentclown wrote:

Fosner1703 wrote:

A Black Ram wrote:I personally like how shiny it is. It makes it look organic and bug-like to me in a way. Very cool, what are the boneswords made from?

I thought that it was really shiny at first too, but then I read your post and took a second look at it. I agree that it does look great on the organic parts. But if he could dull it down on the bone parts, it would really make the two different parts contrast and, I think, make it look greater.

^ This is exactly my feelings.

I agree completely! Looking at it, I felt like if the green parts were less shiny, it would make the shiny red parts look more...planned. THe shine does give those parts a more organic look, but if it was only on the red bits, it would look more deliberate and less like it just got sprayed with gloss varnish.

Oh, and the boneswords are absolutely great. Excellent work.