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I can't wait for you to xenomorphify what I think are the best plastic sculpts gw ever made.

Darth Bob wrote:Nope, that's not too much to ask at all. In fact, I was actually thrinking about doing that in the first place. Great minds think alike I suppose .

Well, we all have Mr. Geiger to thank for that.

Darth Bob wrote:Anyways, small update. I am a very lucky man, I stumbled upon a lot of the Space Hulk Genestealers (all 22x + the Broodlord) on eBay for only $45. They're also still on sprue. I love the dynamic poses of those stealers, and I missed out on Space Hulk when it came out. I'm going to Xenomorphify (yes I made up a word) all of them. I'm especially excited for the floor bursting variant; very Alien-esque.

Oh, that will be very nice. Congrats on finding them cheap!

Looked at some pictures online, and the Space Hulk Genestealers look really, really good.

Oh dear...it's been quite a while. Well I'm back, guys, and I'm going to continue right where I left off. I went through a bit of a modelling slump coupled with Highschool finals, a fit of the flu, and summer school ( )...but now that that's all over, I think I'm about ready to get on track...so onto what I've been thinking about as of late.

I was watching Tremors yesterday while looking through the Tyranid codex. I had been wracking my brain trying to think of a good concept for a Tervigon, and as soon as I saw the graboid pop out of the ground it hit me.

We've all seen the Tervigon that births gants, and even the ones that poop gants. But what about one that literally throws up gants? My thought was to have a lumbering creature with a gigantic mouth that, when opened, would spit out gaunts. The mouth would be truly massive (not the silly Mawloc head on a fex body, this would be easily capable of ingesting a terminator whole) and disproporionate, but balanced by the stomach and held up by massive scything talons.


Similar to this but the lower jaw would be more like the two side-by-side upper jaws.

My idea for the mouth would be to put three carnifex carapace pieces into a kind of three-sided bowl to represent a head. Then, I would fill the inside of this "bowl" or mouth with green stuff and sculpt it to look gribly and nasty, like the inside of a tyranid's mouth should look. The back of the throat will have something that looks suspiciously like female genetalia to represent where the gaunts come out at the back of the throat. I would maybe even add a gaunt clawing its way out.

The body would be done suspiciously like the Tervigon that Hydra made (that is a Trygon torso with fex legs and an egg pouch towards the rear.) Along each side of the underbelly, I would have two tubes going leading to the mouth to represent the path between the egg pouch and the throat of the creature.

Does this idea sound good or should I just trash it? It looks good in my head, but I suppose it will be hard to tell until I actually pick up a Trygon and a Carnifex kit...which I will probably pick up at Games Day this saturday.

nah, man that sounds great! I suggest that you keep going forward with the plan. That tremor thing is cool. Do they have a website where you can buy that and more?

Munch Munch! wrote:nah, man that sounds great! I suggest that you keep going forward with the plan. That tremor thing is cool. Do they have a website where you can buy that and more?

I'm assuming you're talking about the Graboid Maquette...I'm pretty sure it's by Sideshow Collectibles, so I'm sure if you go to their website you'll find lots of cool busts and maquettes.

Very nice army! You made me want to watch Aliens again!
(Your avatar creeps me out..)

I really like this army , the genestealers are cool , but that carnafex dont look as good.

blood reaper wrote:I really like this army , the genestealers are cool , but that carnafex dont look as good.

Hmmm...why the hate towards Old No Eyes if you don't mind my inquiry?

love.
it.
lots.
and.
lots.

GOD BLESS YOU!

but i still am freaked out by your avatar

I think the head piece is a bit oversizded , but other than that it looks really good.

Ummm...it's actually not much different than a normal-sized Carnifex head. It's a little bigger because of the Alien dome, but I mean...it hasn't affected the head-to-body proportions...


But I respect your opinion, even if I can't say I quite understand it.

This is a spectacular idea that I wholly endorse.

Consider me subscribed.

So, in my free time, I came up with a timeline showing what Hive Fleet Fiorina has done in the Grimdark Galaxy of 40k. I also plan to feature continue said storyline by featuring specific games I have against local players as part of the storyline (for instance, if I play a guard player, it will be featured as a part of the timeline).



996.M41
Tyranid Hive Fleet enters Galaxy at Eastern Fringe. Begins to consume non-Imperial worlds. Presence remains unknown to the Inquisition.

998.M41
Imperial forces launch assault on established Tau world, Fiorina. Campaign to claim planet for the Imperium begins.

999.M41
Tyranid Hive Fleet invades Fiorina. Battle to devour planet proves long-winded, but successful. Due to planet's perpetual darkness, Tyranid Hive Fleet evolves to better suit environment. Carapace becomes glossy black. Eyesight replaced in favor of telepathy, echolocation, and pheromone-sensing capabilities.

000.M42
Only survivor of Fiorinian invasion, Inquisitor Gorman, reports new Hive Fleet to Ordo Xenos. Hive Fleet officially named and recognized as Hive Fleet Fiorina. Hive Fleet continues to ravage Eastern Fringe.

003.M42
Thousands of Vanguard Droneships are sent from main Hive Fleet to scout worlds in Eastern Fringe. Large portion enter Ultima Segmentum. Fiorinian Genestealer Cults develop on many Imperial worlds. Possibility of heavy Genestealer Infestation on Forge World Proximus. Presence of Cults remain unknown to the Inquisition.

006.M42
Hive Fleet Fiorina enters Ultima Segmentum. Invasion of worlds in Ultima Segmentum begins.


And thus...it begins...

Also, yes, I am heavily considering an Alienid Genestealer Cult sometime in the near future.



*I do not claim any rights to the picture. I only found it on deviantART.*

Darth Bob wrote:

Also, yes, I am heavily considering an Alienid Genestealer Cult sometime in the near future.

Come on over to the cult side! I'm sure you would do awesome things...

P.s- why do they tell kids that?
because most of the time... it's true.

MajorTom11 wrote:

Darth Bob wrote:

Also, yes, I am heavily considering an Alienid Genestealer Cult sometime in the near future.

Come on over to the cult side! I'm sure you would do awesome things...

P.s- why do they tell kids that?
because most of the time... it's true.

Oh, it's been in my head for a while now. Don't know I'll be able to do the awesome GS work you do though!

Anyways, I was taking a shower the other day and I had this amazing idea for a Tyrant Guard. After aquiring a Lictor, I put my plan into action. I'm quite pleased with how the idea turned out.





Obviously it's just held together with bluetac, but I think you get the idea of what I'm going for. I always hated the Tyrant Guard models; mostly since they don't look like they can walk properly, much less protect something. I wanted something that looked big, imposing, and tough. The lower arm sockets are going to be filled with Venomthrope lashwhip arms (since that's the only real use I see for the Venomthropes...cool model though), but if you have any interest in using this idea for your Tyrant Guard, you could surely put boneswords or scything talons in the lower sockets. I figure it's completely WYSIWYG, because it's on the proper base size, has all options on it (the blades on the shields represent the rending claws), and actually looks like it can guard something.

The shields are simply cut-down carnifex carapaces attached to the Lictor's rending claws. When I actually put the model together, I plan to cut off the fingers on the claws so the hand meshes in the carapace perfectly, and then greenstuffing the inside of the carapace to make it look like it's part of the arm and not just glued on. For the head, I'm thinking either a Gaunt or Genestealer head, as the lictor head would make it too Lictor-ish.

Thoughts?

To awesome for my brain to handle *splatter*

But you'r avatar still makes me have mini seizure attacks...

Really clever idea! But Darth Bob, your avatar has scarred me for life. Even more than that guy who had a tooth for an eye....

I still have to disagree that they dont look like aliens at all but whatever. I like the fexes pose.

Mewiththeface wrote:I still have to disagree that they dont look like aliens at all but whatever. I like the fexes pose.

You can have your opinion, but I'm not trying to make my army to your standards of what an Alienid should look like. If you think you can do it better, by all means have at it, and I'll totally support your approach 100% (assuming I like it). But quite frankly, I don't care if you think they looks like Aliens or not. I do, and that's all that really matters in the end. I'm sorry you don't think they look like Aliens, but I like them the way they are.

Maybe I don't like the color scheme that you're doing your entire army in. Perhaps you worked hard on that color scheme but I still don't like how it looks. I'm not going to shove it down your throat at every opportunity. I'd appreciate if you did me the same courtesy. There's a fine line between constructive criticism, and unconstructive criticism.

Cheers

Um, think you might be over-reacting to his statement a wee bit there.

On topic, I think a gaunt head could work. Mount it down low for a hunched look, maybe not quite directly in the socket but a touch out on some wire, fill in the gap, then add some armour plating from... er, something. I'm not sure what 'nid kits have what.

Your aliens can come eviscerate my army anytime. It would be a pleasure. I say that knowing full well that I am safe, aliens cannot cross the Atlantic - they would be held in quarantine as a possible rabies risk...

Very cool army theme! I want to see more pics!

Wow, this is a really nice army. Kudos to you, good sir.
I really like the tyrant guard concept model, it looks great.

Nice conversions you got there, really cool.
Looking forward to updates, as I'm also very curious on how the tyrant will look.

Amazing, simply amazing. Darth bob you are a legend my friend. oh YOU AVA ROCKS!!!! i dont know why others are scared ey?

I have returned. I'd like to say I've been busy, and I have, but unfortunately not with this project, I'm afraid. However, I do have something to sate your appetites. Going off my old idea for the Tervigon...I came up with this mock-up I put together with blue tac.





He's going to have a gross and appropriately distended stomach. The gap between the upper and lower jaws will be filled to look like muscle tissue is being stretched between them. The inside of the mouth will be made to look fleshy and organic. I really like the Chapterhouse Tervigon kit. The only part I'm really not using is the stomach, as it's a bit too big.

I might have to pick a kit or two more...in case they end up going out of business.

Er... I can't quite see the pics (403 on the album place, maybe post them in some other way?)

Were they originally monks from a wooden planet? Did you then decide and then quickly reject the idea of having them from a giant shopping mall space station? And finally did you decide to give the project to a young music video director? Level 4 nerd references aside i like the idea and the 'Phallusizing' (You don't know giger if you think think that wasn't what he was going for with the alien head!) is well executed.

Perkustin wrote:Were they originally monks from a wooden planet? Did you then decide and then quickly reject the idea of having them from a giant shopping mall space station? And finally did you decide to give the project to a young music video director? Level 4 nerd references aside i like the idea and the 'Phallusizing' (You don't know giger if you think think that wasn't what he was going for with the alien head!) is well executed.

Someone knows their stuff. Also, Giger sexualized everything, not just the Aliens head. His art is very sexualized.

Also, the picture has been fixed, so please enjoy and comment.


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Worked on the first Tyrant Guard! I still gotta figure out what to do with the guardsman's right arm.

If you can convert it to be gripping the tentacle, that would be an awesome natural way to increase the dynamic between the two...