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*pets you on the head*

good boy

Check the PM blogs section it should be like 3rd down

done, and done

Awesome.

Hehehe

oh man... cap... you wasted that fine thread... gone in a summer breeze... now for some real thread! best flat foot forward!!!

I know... Its too bad

Reeet, so I found me some GS at 5am lols... and decided to knuckle down to finish off the mild conversions I did, so here's some piccys for you to peruse

Hang on, if you don't like tyranids with eyes does that mean your going to redo all of the 138 models in your list with no eyes.... because that would be epic really looking foward to seeing your scheme for these, really hope its super sinister.

bigfish wrote:Hang on, if you don't like tyranids with eyes does that mean your going to redo all of the 138 models in your list with no eyes.... because that would be epic really looking foward to seeing your scheme for these, really hope its super sinister.

Yup, no eyes what so ever on any of the models lols.


tis a task and a half... but one I will but up for. Also don't forget all the extra Termagants I need to get for spawning too lols


what have I let myself in for...





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Oh as an additional note I'm going to start sketching ideas for terrain shortly to fill the time between Nid orders... as Wayland takes forever to get its stock in, I may as well busy myself with other hobby related stuff...




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Here's some of the things from Fallout: 3 that I'm considering for terrain pieces... not sure exactly which one's I'll settle on but still. early days ^_^

I thought it'd be cool to have a destroyed overpass running through a board...



This one's a definite, except the top is going to be blown open and willed with toxic looking water effect...



This one I'm tempted with, but crossed with architecture from Bioshock to create a joined twin towered building. very similar to the old "Space Marine" (1st ed epic) buildings.



Thems be my thoughts for now...

Wow, you have a good video card!

haha thanks, but these are one's I've googled

I wish I had one this good though...

Yeah, if you can cast up those concrete supports, that would be your best bet. I'll buy a mold of it from you!

Done and done


Will work on some sizes/scales later, as I'm not sure how big I want them to be yet.

I want them to be big enough to move freely through and about but not too big that they will get in the way of game play... I might also do a series of planks like you find in mutant infested buildings to make the overpass playable on for its entire length.

hey mate...good GS work all over!!! and that wasn´t a half arsed compliment... i mean it! looks very good...and the little structures you even copied!

also i like how daring you are to tackle the non-eyed look for your nids... have you thought about making yourself some aliens shaped heads? i know maybe a little overdone for nids... so better just keep the non eyed look... that alone will make them look very cool... and sometimes you just need the big stuff to get the thing you want!!! so i cross my fingers for your to see this through!


and... well those terrain ideas... yes!!! will look very cool on any table! also the blown off and filled with goo tower! yes! could cont as one of those devouring pools nids use...^^

Thanks for the compliments Vik, I was considering using the chapterhouse alien heads... but as I'm buying the static pose Termagants, it's too much fart-arsing about to get the heads attached. But yeah, I'd been there already lols...

Yeah I love no eyed nids, I just didnt find the very human-esque eyes particularly niddy

I'm going to focus on doing the first 500pts of my army, then move onto some terrain I think... It'll make a nice break between pts increments I think. plus it's going to take me a while to finish 500 pts as I need to buy a bucketload of resin bases for all the extra damned termagants that will get spawned ¬_¬

Already started mulling over ideas to make the support pillars for the overpass. then I'll cast them and sell them to DS lols

have you considered making your own bases with air- dry clay and PVA? also there is this thread... (forget where...) where someone made a puddle of PVA and then sprinkled super glue on... the effect is mindblowing to say the least... maybe i can find it...

and...

will the non eyed heads then be all bony? you could add some small bumpy texture to the heads thus...

Nah, I've my heart set on the blasted wasteland bases I linked on here. plus it saves me a lot of effort, as I fear I'll be putting a lot of effort into GS on the army.

Yeah funny you should say that... I was considering brow ridges on them all, a bit like the tervigon, but just one central one... kinda like a streamlining paddle sort of thing... if that makes sense?

i understand you quite right... was sadly unable to find a good descriptive pic ...

I'm making my Termagant order at midnight tonight (tis when I get paid), so as soon as I get some through I'll knock a few together and see If I can't get something working for them...


having said that, I just realised I'm buying between 60-80 Gaunts, and I'd have to replicate the ridges on all of them lols.

plus I'd have to do a variant of it on all the other miniatures as well... Although I want a gargoyle similar crest for the Flyrant.

So much work to do lols!

firstly...make a pressmould... that might save you some valuable time!!!

secondly...:



just found that on the main page... thought you might like it...

Yeah I found those Chibi Nids by accident when trawling through the galleries lols... thems cute!!!

didn't think about a press mould... although I'd never done one before lols so have no idea how :/

well... you make your first termagant... like you want it to be...

then you lube it all up...the part you want to copy... then you get a bigger blob of GS around the lubed head and let it cure there... after that...peel off... lube again... put the right amount of GS inside and aply said moulded GS to the next head of a termagant... done!

heh... yeah I will definitely try that out!!!

Cheers Vik :Thumbsup:

well...to be honest i am a smart mouth ...here...^^ never tried it for my own needs... but that might change soon... tho i am at a loss on what^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...to be honest i am a smart mouth ...here...^^ never tried it for my own needs... but that might change soon... tho i am at a loss on what^^

I'm considering something akin to the aliens in Pitch Black for the termagants... just without the hammerhead bit... I want vertical rather than horizontal blades on the head. if you understand me?




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This is what I'm meaning ^_^

yep... i copy you al right here... hmmm... will you make them all by yourself? sculpt them all alone or will you get some help by means of bitz? i think this idea could be done without any bitz...





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AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...to be honest i am a smart mouth ...here...^^ never tried it for my own needs... but that might change soon... tho i am at a loss on what^^

I'm considering something akin to the aliens in Pitch Black for the termagants... just without the hammerhead bit... I want vertical rather than horizontal blades on the head. if you understand me?




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This is what I'm meaning ^_^

lol... i searched for the similar pic...lol

oddly, thats how I'm doing the tails on the Flyrant and Shrikes too ^_^

by the way... just noticed that was how i pictured the eyelessness of your nids...and the more browny looking shull of them...