Project: Infestation - Infested Dark Eldar WIP

[ZergLord]

This will be a blog for my infested conversions, an idea I had about 3 years ago. Hopefully, this blog will also serve as an inspiration for you guys, in case you wanted to convert other races and field them in your army.

So, what's this "Infestation" all about?
Tyranids have produced a special, mutated Spore mine. It spreads a disease caused by tiny spores.
When the mine explodes, it leaves a cloud which contains spores, and if you inhale them, spores will enter your body and you'll be infected.
Spores will start playing with your body and mind, your skin is gonna get pale, your eyes will turn black, and with your increasing rage you will turn into a beast, who attacks everything that lives.
There are various kinds of mutation: I've explained the least complex one above, but there are cases when the spores in your body mutate. Some spores mutate so much that they grow out of your body into a plant thingy, and make you an even more powerfull mutant. That mutant is almost a half-plant.
Those beasts, the Infested, aren't controled by the Hive Mind, but have similar intelect and instincts like Nids, and they will gladely join the Tyranid swarm in search of prey.

You can use models from any army out there (except Necrons ).
I've planned to do several conversions. This is the list:

Infested Dark Eldar Warriors (Gargoyles)
Infested Space Marine Terminators (Warriors)
Infested Ork Boyz (Gaunts)
Infested Kroot (Hormagaunts)

I'll be doing Dark Eldar first, because I like them very much and I NEED GARGOYLES. ;D

Here are the WIP pics:




All I need to do now is to model Bioplasma, and start painting. I thought I could model a big pale chunk of flesh on their faces, from wich they spit Bioplasma. Something similar to Nurses in Silent Hill 2:



Or should I leave them like they are now, what do you think?

[shiro]

Interesting approach to the mutations, the feel is more towards fungal growths rather than chaos which is nicely fits with the disease spore idea.

If Infested Dark Eldar Warriors are going to represent Gargoyles, then wouldn't they require wings or a jump pack?

So what mutated form would a regular Eldar Guardian take?

[ZergLord]

Jul 5, 2008 13:45:05 GMT shiro said:

If Infested Dark Eldar Warriors are going to represent Gargoyles, then wouldn't they require wings or a jump pack?

They don't need it. The spores have mutated their leg muscles so their legs are stronger. Wich means they're fast.
Although, if someone has a better idea, I'm open to suggestions.

I didn't want to model wings on them. If I did that, they would start looking like chaos mutants. And I really, really don't want that. Also, if I paint them wrong, I believe they'll look like Nurgle daemons.

So what mutated form would a regular Eldar Guardian take?

Whatever form you like! There are no rules. I could've made Infested Guardians instead of I. Warriors and use them as Gargoyles. Or Gaunts. Or Hormagaunts. Anything. But I've chosen to make I. Warriors and use them as Gargoyles, because I like Dark Eldar and I need Gargoyles.

[hugor1]

mabie take them cool looking Deldar jump infantary(cannot remember thier name) they look cool, mutate the legs on them to be like claws, and then intergrate their gun in their mouths(make it small with bio-moss dripping out,kinda gives it a niddy feel;) the jump infantary legs could be warrior scything talons for example

[hugor1]

oh and they should have bits showing their bones are like.. evolving into carapace, that wud be cool too =D

just my opinion:P

[sonofmakuta]

Yeah. Why not just use Scourges?

Or make them jump packs?

[ZergLord]

Jul 5, 2008 16:32:43 GMT sonofmakuta said:

Why not just use Scourges?

Because using Warriors is cheaper.

Or make them jump packs?

Alright, I'll think about it...

[sonofmakuta]

Good man. (/Woman/hive mind/whatever. )

[ZergLord]

I've just glued Devourers as their Jump packs. Now I need to do some extra modelling.

I decided to give them Jump packs so I wouldn't have problems with WYSIWYG on tournaments, and I wouldn't have to explain to my opponents over and over again why I haven't modelled the wings.

Other than that, are they ok? Should I model them that Bioplasma thing that I've mentioned above, or should I leave them be?

[hugor1]

awsome dude, post some pics =)
do something like i said, model some moss around where their mouths would be on the mask and then put Deldar guns (clipped so only the end will be attatched to their head) or Fleshboroer ends.

Keep up the good work!

[ZergLord]

Jul 6, 2008 15:30:19 GMT hugor1 said:

awsome dude, post some pics =)

I'll do that as soon as I finish modelling.

[Name]

ahh... this is my Idea, just changed.

basically this is like the genestealer cult, just with a diffrent army.

my second army was/is going to be orcs that have the genestealer cult. I was going to use left over rendering claws and green stuff for carpaces.