Moonreaper's House of Alien Horror blog

[moonreaper]

Hi, since the latest codex came out, I took it to myself to become a proud owner of a tyranid expeditionary force.
There was a serious issue with the codex, the insane amount of lack of models which in my opinion it was utterly .... AWESOME!

Yup, I went into conversion overdrive and within a few months I had most of the stuff I wanted to use. Better late than never, ill start posting stuff here to give people ideas, get more inspiration and get more motivation to finish things before the next codex arrives >.<

Hive Fleet Gutspit

My WIP is:
Tervigon Mark II (conversion of a conversion to make them "legal")
Tyranid Aegis defence line conversion
Finish my (Close to codex) Doom of Malantai conversion
Finish my (Close to codex) Parasite conversion
Tyranid terrain (various)
and of course
Painting some more models...

Mycetic Spores

All scratch build (Including the base, excluding a plastic tyranid tube on top) . Inside theres sealing foam (not sure its called like that in english) Papier masse and Clay/Green stuff sculpting on the outside. Gore was made with Tamiya clear red and Humbrol clear red (amazing stuff) and glue. Hope you like it

P.s. Inside the large tubes theres magnets to hold weapons/tentacles (one of the pods has tentacles hardwired with wires and gs)

[moonreaper]

Tyranid Prime

I didnt want to move too far away from the warrior model, so I kept the general look but tried to make him look a bit more ehmm thorny O.o

All Boneswords and Lashwhips are made from plasticard, green stuff and various pieces from weapons and arms.
Fully magnetised arms






Shrike Warriors

Fully magnetised arms for various options. Pictured with my favorite setup.
Wings are from Gargoyles (my gargoyles got harpy wings from wfb) and Lashwhips and boneswords as mentioned before are scratch build.

[rpricew]

Nice, thanks for sharing. Love the spores

Sent from my ADR6350 using proboards

[moonreaper]

Some of the models (no conversions). Hive guard, Tyrant, Tguards

[moonreaper]

Tervigon Conversion

This is one of the models, Im working on the other 2 to elongate their legs and change their base so as to make them appear taller and larger (for tournament purposes because the new Terv models are massive!)
3rd Rack on top made of GS, gore made with papier masse (toilet paper mixed with watered pva to create pulp). Magnetised of course.






Doom of Malantai (as close to codex as possible) WIP

[Talonis]

I really like those spores! Your tyrant looks cool to. Keep up the great work!

[Lanesend]

Nice work!
I really like the boneswords on the primes.

But they all look great.

[moonreaper]

Aug 31, 2012 7:53:02 GMT Lanesend said:

Nice work!
I really like the boneswords on the primes.

But they all look great.

Thanks

I tried to make every single bonesword as unique from each other as possible. AFter the 10th boneswords I was really out of design ideas lol

AEGIS DEFENSE LINE

Aegis defence line is important for the tyranids, because without it, we have no AA. I would never use a plain imperial one however because it would look completely out of place with the rest of the force. So a tyranid defence line was in the order I want to create an infested look so I went for a conversion instead of a scratch build model.

The "infestation" is made with papier masse because I like its textured surface and I believe it will look good for gory flesh.
The gun is in its beginnings. I want to create a biotic organism rather than an immobile flesh peashooter. Im still not sure with its composition, im working blind and hope its ends looking appropriately tough and alien.





Just a terrain piece im building for a biomass reclamation pool

[captainbirdbum]

dude looking good. love the lash whips especially. please post pics of painted defense line when done

[cowbell]

Wow, I like that bloody mess.

[Deadlink]

I actually really like your colour scheme. Your a great painting. I can't wait to see the Doom and Aegis line finnished. I love the Idea of the gun turrent gotta see that when its done.

Good Lucka nd keep up the good work!!

Deadlink~

[fleetofclaw]

Love the shrikes and the alien tongue lashwhips! Well done! All your stuff looks great. I can't wait to see the ADL + gun completed. Keep it up!

[zeron]

I love this scheme!

[commandersasha]

Why has no-one thought of lash whips with mouths before?!!! Brilliant, and very well executed. Disgustingly talented. Go away I hate you!

[sunshine]

your stuff is seriously awesome, kind sir. Feel free to grace us with more of your work!