Screamer-Killer-->Devifex

[thepuritan]

ok...
i've been using the old school, metal Screamer-Killer Carnifexes for the Carnifexes i take as Elite.
(i like the smaller model size associating the smaller point cost)

anyway... i wanted to try out a Devifex instead of the x2 STs that i've been playing.

so, my plan was to take the Devourers i've already got from the boxes of new-style Carnifexes and greenstuff 'em on in place of the STs.

i am NOT[/b][/u] a greenstuff expert by any means... but it looks like i'm going to have to construct "shoulders" for each of the arms.

has anyone tried doing this? if so, any tips?

[thepuritan]

[crickets softly chirp]
...
no?
nobody's tried this before?

ok... well, anyway, i tried the best i could.
it came out a bit lumpy... but, i'm thinking i can file down the hardened greenstuff to smooth out the shoulders.

[Titan Zero]

I have no clue what you mean by "Construct "shoulders" for each of the arms."

[thepuritan]

the old metal Screamer Killer (pic here) just has a smooth area with a small hole where the Scything Talon arms that came with it go.

the Devourer arms that come in the new Carnifex box have rounded upper arms.
if i just glued the arms to the body, there would be a giant gaps around the upper arms... in other words, it would look like i just glued arms onto the body (instead of looking like the creature's "natural" arms)

so, i was trying to fill the gaps in around the upper arms to construct a believable-looking shoulder.

see what i'm saying?

[thepuritan]

ok... so, here are the pics.
(ignore the paintjob... he's not quite done yet)

you can see what i mean about them being quite lumpy...

and here's a comparison to the original:

the Devifex looks a lot more.... ummmm.... "frumpy"? "compact"? "creepy"?

[sonofmakuta]

Well, I'd say that's not half bad! Especially for a first attempt. I would recommend a once-over with a file or sandpaper to smooth them out, but they do the job fine.

Frumpy?! That's a new one... Compact, yeah. Mind, you should see what putting two twin-linked devourers on the 4th ed Carnifex does... it looks like it hasn't got arms at all... So I'd applaud your efforts in using the Screamer-Killer. Babyfexes and old models FTW!

PS. Damn cool colour scheme, too.

[nomoreroominhell]

To me, he looks like an old west gunslinger. Right after someone's yelled "DRAW!"

[thepuritan]

nomoreroominhell said:

To me, he looks like an old west gunslinger.

[coredump]

I had the same idea about using the smaller fex for the elite versions.

But I used a different tactic. I removed the bottom ST, and left the top ones. I then took 6 gaunt devourers, and glued them onto the top ST, 3 on each side. Used greenstuff to smooth them out, and to add 'cables' from the body to the guns.

I tried to make the tip of the talons still look like a talon.

I have only started, but I think I like the effect.

[alucardhellsing661]

hehe that was funny

[Devil's Advocate]

And that, kids, would be a bit of threadomancy.



please, for the Lords of Kobol, let the dead remain dead.

[thepuritan]

it's even a Necro of the Urza's cardframe!