New Venomthrope Heads on Warrior Body?

[tylertt]

Hey everyone, I was thinking about making some custom Lictors as the finecast Lictors are just way to ridiculous to buy. So my question to you all is if the Venomthrope heads fit onto the Warrior body?

Thanks,

[mattblowers]

I don't see why not. The old Ymargl heads from the genestealer kits work fine too. I found some Chtulu heads on ebay, they are freaking awesome! I have no idea who makes them or where they come from.

[tylertt]

I didn't even think of the Ymgarl heads. How do they compare to the actual Lictor model? I honestly have not held one in person yet, so I don't know how they look compared to Warriors or the other heads.

[tripwire]

Just got the new venom kit. Will compare and upload later today.

-trip

[gigasnail]

I picked up the kit Friday to do exactly this.

[darthplagis]

messed up a quote LOL

see ginger werewolf

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/48617/lictor-redesign?page=2

[tylertt]

Thanks tripwire

Giga, did you have a chance to bash the kit??

[tylertt]

darthplagis thanks for the find! I may just end up getting a broodlord and some cheap Warriors from the Deathstorm kit if they are still floating around.

[gigasnail]

Mar 18, 2015 0:09:20 GMT tylertt said:

Thanks tripwire

Giga, did you have a chance to bash the kit??

i havent' built anything yet. i am doing a shrike/lictor/asssassinbug kitbash, so multi-uses out of them hopefully. i love the lictor fluff, but i'm not really crazy about the actual models. if they turn out like i want i'll do enough for a unit of shrikes too. will probably be too busy to do much this week, and next week i'm taking 2 weeks off to go back to texas to see some family, but i'll try to get some time in on them this weekend and at least have a mock up if not a real build done.

edit: come to think of it, i still have the new warrior kit from the deathstrike box, on the sprue. think i'll go work on this some tonight actually...

[gigasnail]

my idea's not really panning out, but that's ok. i have a few more.

test shots on my project log.

[tylertt]

Awesome, that is exactly what I wanted to take a look at. Thanks man.

[locust]

If you are set on making a custom Lictor I think the best options is to thank the Venomthropes head, Zoanthropes torso, and the rest use warriors scything talons rending claws and legs and tail. If you had not seen my other post on "Great Cthulhu" thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/48101/great-cthulhu?page=2 here is some ideas.

[Freeman]

The venomthrope head is the perfect size. They don't actually fit as the venomthrope head is on a neck and the warrior body has the neck attached. If you clip the neck off the Warriors body and shorten the neck on the venomthrope head it fits nice enough. I use an additional shoulder pad carapace piece fastened onto the back of the torso to add an additional layer of carapace.but you could miss this step or shorten the neck even further so you don't need it as obviously.