Kitbashing devourers for the Hive Tyrant (pics)
Dec 1, 2017 19:48:17 GMT
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Post by Iryan on Dec 1, 2017 19:48:17 GMT
Hello again. This time I took pictures all the way, so it should be reproduceable if you like the result.
So, I know that there are official devourer arms from Forgeworld. Which cost about half as much as a whole new tyrant. Yeah, I'd rather make such an arm myself!
The bonesword + lashwhip combo for the tyrant seems very lackluster right now, and even if it got buffed I don'T think I would use more than one, so I figured using those arms as my base would be a good start. Combining that with two Termagant devourers should yield a good result. Let's see!
I cut the main part of the whip off the lashwhip arm, and the termagant arms off the devourers. Lets see how this might fit together!
I trimmed away parts of the whip so that it would be easier to graft on top of the gun parts, the naughty pointing finger, and the termagant-fingers on the devourer parts. I also cut off the "tubes" underneath the devourer, then sliced away at their underside until it seemed smooth and large enough to be glued together... and then I did!
You might notice that there is a sort of hole in the middle of this double-devourer. Since I wanted to have the whole arm nicely fused by plastic glue rather than using putty, I took part of a termagant arm that I had separated from the gun earlier. I trimmed that arm up until it roughly fit into the hole. And glued it in there. Then I trimmed the upper surface reasonably smooth, applied glue liberally, and joined it with the arm that a long time ago might have been holding a lashwhip (we may never know the truth).
Starting to look decent! I trimmed away some more plastic from the base of the gun to make it less bulky and less "disc-shaped". As there were still some gaps where the base of the gun and the ex-whip joined, I stuffed in some plastic slices I had lying around from all the trimming, and fused it in there with more glue. (note: I don't know if my excessive use of glue might compromise the integrity of the material somewhat. Using greenstuff and liquid greenstuff would probably be safer).
...now what am I gonna do with the underside...
Oh, I know!
Termagant kits have even more arms left for exploitation. The ammunition connectors from the spinefists should fit nicely on the underside, come in pairs, and are solid enough to work with. Let's do this!
Alright, the ammunition connectors have been prepped. Now I smoothed up the underside a bit, by trimming the rod I had stuck inside flat off, and by adding a bit more plastic slices and glue. Then I glued the spinefist parts to the underside.
And here is the (mostly) finished product:
I am still going to scrape some of the surfaces a bit smoother, and of course magnetize the arm, but aside from that, looks pretty decent.
It does look a bit small when compared to the biocannons, but, well, those are cannons. This is a one-handed SMG. An SMG scaled up to be carried by a 20 foot behemoth, firing brain-devouring worms at the opposition.
So, I know that there are official devourer arms from Forgeworld. Which cost about half as much as a whole new tyrant. Yeah, I'd rather make such an arm myself!
The bonesword + lashwhip combo for the tyrant seems very lackluster right now, and even if it got buffed I don'T think I would use more than one, so I figured using those arms as my base would be a good start. Combining that with two Termagant devourers should yield a good result. Let's see!
I cut the main part of the whip off the lashwhip arm, and the termagant arms off the devourers. Lets see how this might fit together!
I trimmed away parts of the whip so that it would be easier to graft on top of the gun parts, the naughty pointing finger, and the termagant-fingers on the devourer parts. I also cut off the "tubes" underneath the devourer, then sliced away at their underside until it seemed smooth and large enough to be glued together... and then I did!
You might notice that there is a sort of hole in the middle of this double-devourer. Since I wanted to have the whole arm nicely fused by plastic glue rather than using putty, I took part of a termagant arm that I had separated from the gun earlier. I trimmed that arm up until it roughly fit into the hole. And glued it in there. Then I trimmed the upper surface reasonably smooth, applied glue liberally, and joined it with the arm that a long time ago might have been holding a lashwhip (we may never know the truth).
Starting to look decent! I trimmed away some more plastic from the base of the gun to make it less bulky and less "disc-shaped". As there were still some gaps where the base of the gun and the ex-whip joined, I stuffed in some plastic slices I had lying around from all the trimming, and fused it in there with more glue. (note: I don't know if my excessive use of glue might compromise the integrity of the material somewhat. Using greenstuff and liquid greenstuff would probably be safer).
...now what am I gonna do with the underside...
Oh, I know!
Termagant kits have even more arms left for exploitation. The ammunition connectors from the spinefists should fit nicely on the underside, come in pairs, and are solid enough to work with. Let's do this!
Alright, the ammunition connectors have been prepped. Now I smoothed up the underside a bit, by trimming the rod I had stuck inside flat off, and by adding a bit more plastic slices and glue. Then I glued the spinefist parts to the underside.
And here is the (mostly) finished product:
I am still going to scrape some of the surfaces a bit smoother, and of course magnetize the arm, but aside from that, looks pretty decent.
It does look a bit small when compared to the biocannons, but, well, those are cannons. This is a one-handed SMG. An SMG scaled up to be carried by a 20 foot behemoth, firing brain-devouring worms at the opposition.
