Cold Ones to Warriors

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

I am planning on bits ordering about 10 Lizardmen Cold Ones and converting them to be Warriors. I would epuip them with rending claws and Devourers. I have more that enough Devourers and I think that the claws of the Cold Ones would make acceptable RC's.

I would of course cut the collar and greenstuff over the saddle. I would also cut the Devourer arms and the Cold Ones' arms off at the elbows and switch them so that the Devourers would be on the front, and the RC's could be adjusted into a more dynamic pose.

The great thing about this is that Cold Ones are $4 a piece, so 10 would be $40. That's only a little more than just a set of 3 Warriors!

Does anyone think this would be a good idea (like would they look o.k.) or have any suggestions?

[koran]

Well I dont know about where ever you are but over here its actually cheaper to buy the cold one rider box set than it is to buy 8 cold ones seperatly..... So you might wanna check that to save you a little money.

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

I live in Tennessee. A set of riders is $35 and for me to buy 8 seperately would only be $32. So since I don't need the riders from the set & I need 10 Cold Ones, not 8, it is better to bits order them.

[MoZeloR]

All I recommend is posting pictures if you do create these Warriors! Otherwise, since I'm not fully familiar with these units you are looking at converting, I can't add much. Cheers.

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

I will. It just might be a month or two before I get them and finish them. In the mean time, here is what cold ones look like:

Sprue:
store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=Individual&code=99380208004&orignav=9

Painted with riders:
store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=List_Models&code=301569&orignav=301051&ParentID=255012&GameNav=13

[ohkay]

Wow... they look tough to convert... whats you plan?

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

I am going to cut off the collar and green stuff over the saddle. Then I am going to cut the arms off at the elbows and replace them with a devourer. Using the shoulders from the Devourer arms and the claws from the Cold Ones, I will make a second set of arms as Rending Claws. Not really that tough at all, just a lot of cutting and glueing. The paint job will do about 50% of the work.

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

Well, I got them finished. Here's a pic:

[zark]

They look good mate, they do look very warrioresque.

[Krueger]

Good job on the converting. They look a bit too dinasoury to me, like a warrior had sex with a baby with a lizardmen or something, but then again, I'm a big fan of the bug look so it's probably just me.

[Hive Fleet Green Locust]

If you like the bug look, you should click on my sig and see my other 'Nids. But I also think the dino look is cool too, and Cold ones are much cheaper

[shiro]

Certainly do look unique, well done

Thought I'd include a picture of the proposed new cold one from Gamesday UK. Alternative view here

[optimuspyro]

Those are nice, I like the ripper buddies, it really captures the affect of the ripper swarm.

[J.Dogg]

;)I love the conversion, and i definetly LOVE the new cold ones, maybe good for my Tzeentch highland army?

[n00b1n8R]

nugget89 said:

Good job on the converting. They look a bit too dinasoury to me, like a warrior had sex with a baby with a lizardmen or something, but then again, I'm a big fan of the bug look so it's probably just me.

the origional nid brief was actualy "dinosaurs in space"

that's really cool