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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Dec 21, 2009 4:12:58 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Dec 21, 2009 4:12:58 GMT

It's me again, so that means an update

What I got is that I finished the arms for the Carnifex, I think they could use a bit more highlighting but maybe I'll do that when I decide to pretty much re-paint all my old nids, don't know when that'll be.

Not really much but here it is
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I also started the base for this diorama, I mentioned earlier that I'll try out miniwargamming's crashed meteor technique to get some skid marks and an uneven ground kind of base.

I used a bunch of old CD's stacked to make this base and used tape to smooth the edge.

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As you can see I've put some debris where the ripped area is, I plan to have some black fuel flowing onto the ground where the pipes are.

And something I did today, I started work on my second winged warrior and battle suit scene, this one has the battle suit's chest ripped open.

Cut open the chest

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And I hit my first problem with this scene. I initially wanted to have an interior made with a pilot sitting in it, but the cavity is just too small. I was thinking about making a GS pilot sitting in there but I realized it would be a midget tau pilot so I was like "(please do not swear) what should I do". I was about to make a thread about what I should do and took pictures of the size of the hole with a fire warrior head and torso in it, then I realized what if I just made the head poke out of the hole, and then bam, I solved the problem. Not only did it solve the problem of having to make a pilot, now I don't need to make an interior since it takes up the entire space, and then I found out the pilots probably pilot the suit laying down since there is a hatch on the back of the suit which they crawl in.

WIP pictures - It's pretty much half done

Blue tac concept

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Suit painted

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I used a SM scout bike control screen as the suit's screen

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What I have so far

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The warrior should be easy to do, I don't think I'll need to do any arm or leg cuts since it looks pretty good already, I could paint him up tomorrow or I could paint up the carnifex base since it should be dry by tomorrow since I put it in front of the heater

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Screaming_Agony Genestealer Posts: 84	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Dec 21, 2009 6:34:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Screaming_Agony on Dec 21, 2009 6:34:55 GMT Once again, absolutely stunning work on the fex, Blood.

Joe Hive Tyrant Hey thar. Want some biomass ? Posts: 1,581	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Dec 21, 2009 9:38:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Joe on Dec 21, 2009 9:38:28 GMT I'm really suprised that you can get a really good paintjob withought priming ! Nice job on everything
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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Dec 22, 2009 6:08:21 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Dec 22, 2009 6:08:21 GMT

Dec 21, 2009 9:38:28 GMT Joe said:

I'm really suprised that you can get a really good paintjob withought priming !
Nice job on everything

I do "prime" if by prime you mean just having a black undercoat, unless you mean spray prime then no I don't do that, I hand chaos black all my models.

UPDATE

I finally finished my Carnifex vs Tau Piranha scene

, took a while since I started while the semester was still on and then exams rolled in, but it's done now.

After waiting for the base to dry I started with a cheap brown paint as base coat then dry bushed several layers brown with greens, whites, black just to try and get the right colour.

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You can see the final results here
thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=converting&thread=22853

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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 11, 2010 3:07:35 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Jan 11, 2010 3:07:35 GMT

Yeah, haven't posted in a while after I finished the Carnifex and Piranha diorama I kinda burnt out from painting during the Christmas break. I didn't really do much during the break except finished up the Warrior vs Battle suit diorama near the end of the break and even then it's still not 100% finished, so here it is.

Warrior vs Battlesuit - Chest Rip

Close ups
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And a comparison of the new wings to the old wings
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I have definitely gotten better in doing the muscle streaking technique I had to just do it a few times to get a feel of where the streaks should be and what natural curves to follow so that was a nice learning experience.

Lastly just something random, a figure I got from GW in a raffle thing about a year ago. If I remeber it was called Kings of Men from LotR. It was a nice change from painting nids all the time, I got to test out how well I can do human flesh, robes and painting eyes.

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Yep that's all, can't wait to get my hands on the new nids ;D

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logolas Guest	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 11, 2010 18:27:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by logolas on Jan 11, 2010 18:27:14 GMT Looks real cool

VoragoTitan Hive Tyrant Deathleaper Dashing through the snow on a pile of dead marines All through space we go munching the Tau's things Posts: 2,727	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 11, 2010 22:52:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by VoragoTitan on Jan 11, 2010 22:52:43 GMT very nice wings. I like them VoragoTitan
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CephaSquiddy Hive Tyrant Das squiddy! Posts: 792	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 11, 2010 23:42:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by CephaSquiddy on Jan 11, 2010 23:42:52 GMT You're are truly an excellent painter. Nice work.

totalanorky Ripper Posts: 9	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 13, 2010 18:17:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by totalanorky on Jan 13, 2010 18:17:58 GMT I am really impressed with the Tyragon and the action posed nidz. This is really inspiring stuff.

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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 15, 2010 4:59:33 GMT desmo likes this

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Post by bloodtyrant on Jan 15, 2010 4:59:33 GMT

Another week another small project, this time I decided to try and make an alpha warrior out of the ton of nid bits and a regular normal warrior. I figured my version of an alpha warrior was to deck out a normal warrior with the most badass looking stuff I can think of so here he is

Still a WIP of course

Here are the features

Mouth guard, cuz nothing says badass as a mouth guard

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Was easy to make just GS on 3 curved up gaunt extended carapace. The great thing about this pattern is that you can still see the eyes.

I herad the new dex we get some injector things that can wipe out all wounds so I equiped him with a set on each arm

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I made them with the warrior's barbed strangler arms and cut off the gun/ammo sac and stuck a flesh borer with a flesh hook in the barrel so it is like a needle. I also used two flesh borer's tubes to connect the needle to the upper arm. And I used genestealer's tri finger hands.

I made a kind of stinger tail

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I used a carnifex thorn back spike and the carapace was from a ripper carapace. Along the underside of the tail is a small toxin sac of each side.

A small thing I did at the feet was that I snipped out a small spike from the warrior's large scything talon and just stuck it at the heel to add some more "alpha ness"

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Then there is a double sided scything talons which I'll try to paint up with some lighting effect.
The shoulder fins were made with warrior's large scything talons and GS over the collar bone and rests on the shoulders.

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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 18, 2010 1:23:19 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Jan 18, 2010 1:23:19 GMT

Alright, I already made a thread of my finished alpha warrior here

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=converting&action=display&thread=23307

So now the next guy to make is the Parasite of Mortrex. The codex says its the size of a warrior so this should be easy. I just have a few pictures of just the beginning.

Head - Put some mandibles on him made of a spike and the back tube of a flesh borer.
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Back - Extended the carapace of the back
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Tail - Just like my alpha warrior I made a stinger out of a thorn back spike and the carapace of a ripper.
i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac106/k-on40k/Parasite%20of%20Mortrex/DSC01575.jpg

I'll also be using a pair of wings I made recently for the wings.

The middle limb will be the normal warrior's scything talon and the legs will be genestealer scything talon.

For the base I'll have a dead fire warrior with a ripper bursting out his chest, one that is just terrified at the whole scene and maybe one last one that just got stung so he has a bloody puncture wound somewhere. I'll have the parasite flying away and slightly looking back at his deed.

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Lewis C. Hive Tyrant Pay attention to the baby ^^ Posts: 881	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 18, 2010 10:52:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lewis C. on Jan 18, 2010 10:52:11 GMT i love the look of that stinger! its awesomely converted.
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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 24, 2010 5:36:38 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Jan 24, 2010 5:36:38 GMT

Weekly update

On Monday I went to GW and bought my codex, a box of gargs and a venomthrope, cost about $100 Canadian. So what I did during the week as I finished painting the venomthrope and my Parasite of Mortrex.

My opinion of the venomthrope in terms of assembly was that it was a pain to do. The main body and the chimneys left pretty big gaps that had to be filled in and there wasn't much contact between them so I had to put some GS between. Then there was the part where you had to put the whole thing on the base which had to be a joke, all you have was that little curve on the tail as a gluing point, good luck gluing that in place, I ended up pinning it and using the lower arms as supports.

Close ups
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I tried to do little stripes on the tentacles bits don't really know if I like it buts always nice to try new things. I didn't really like how the poison sacs turned out I tried experimenting with a pink then a thraka green wash and it kinda turned out pretty dull and doesn't really pop out, but oh well I plan to have 2 more venomthropes and I'll give them each a different colour poison sac

Parasite of Mortrex

This was a simple conversion of the warrior just added mandibles, a stinger tail and some spiky back carapace.

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Swarm God Hive Tyrant The Swarm Lord Swarms for the Swarm God! Posts: 3,826	Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 24, 2010 16:53:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Swarm God on Jan 24, 2010 16:53:38 GMT I love the banding work on the venomthropes tendrils
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Hive Fleet Black Mercury Project Log Jan 25, 2010 0:49:50 GMT

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Post by bloodtyrant on Jan 25, 2010 0:49:50 GMT

So this guy has all the different main guns, rupture cannon coming out of the mouth, the acid spray under the chest and the flesh borer hives as the flesh borer barrels on its back. It's not as big as other Tyrannofexes other people have made but that fine, I added a lot of feeder tubes connecting to the guns which was pretty fun to make. This guy can actually still be fielded as a fex with scything talons and either twin linked devourer or a stranglethorn cannon.

All I need to do is to close up the mouth cannon and to smooth out all the other GS areas.

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Post by bloodtyrant on Dec 21, 2009 4:12:58 GMT

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