Gaunts to Gargoyles?

[Utah Jak]

For Christmas, I'm getting a Tyranid Battle Force. I'm not planning on using the Gaunts, but I want to use Gargoyles. I'm not thrilled with the amount of money I'd have to spend to by enough Gargoyles to make a minimum brood. So, I'm planning on converting the Battle Force Gaunts.

Which would be a better starting point for conversion: Hormagaunts or Termagaunts?

[Ordo Ouroboros]

Both really. I used the Hormagaunts for some Terma convceriosn and they worked pretty well.

[hivefleetsiafu]

if you have enough fleshborers to convert the hormagaunts use both but termagaunts are a little easier and look a little better in my opinion

[Utah Jak]

Thanks. Gargoyles always struck me as a useful unit. Too bad they only have 6+ saves.

[thepuritan]

utahjak said:

Too bad they only have 6+ saves.

well, they do move faster than pretty much any other non-vehicle unit in the game... and they strike before nearly everything in HtH.
...so, i try not to let people hear me complain about their saves.

[Utah Jak]

thepuritan said:

utahjak said:

Too bad they only have 6+ saves.

well, they do move faster than pretty much any other non-vehicle unit in the game... and they strike before nearly everything in HtH.
...so, i try not to let people hear me complain about their saves.

I know, they have great stats and they'd be damn near perfect if they had a 5+ save. I still love the concept behind them and am looking forward to using them.

[zzapper]

There were some nice conversions (I plan to do the same), of using wings made out of plastic with veins painted on.

[Master Blaster]

I also have a gaggle of gaunts and would like to know if they should be converted into a gaggle of gargs.

[Sledgehammer]

I use Hormagaunt bodies for my conversions since they do have a more dynamic pose that suits a flying model better in my opinion.

[MrPrInGlEs]

well you get 16 guants in box and you would need 16 pairs of wings to covert them all,2.50 a peice x 16 = 40.00 add tax and ship you get about 50 bucks, so id check ebay before you waste the guants.

i hope you dont live in uk because then i will feel dumb ;D

(\ /) Mr bunny
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[Utah Jak]

mrpringles said:

well you get 16 guants in box and you would need 16 pairs of wings to covert them all,2.50 a peice x 16 = 40.00 add tax and ship you get about 50 bucks, so id check ebay before you waste the guants.

i hope you dont live in uk because then i will feel dumb ;D

(\ /) Mr bunny
(*.*) Copy and paste him if
(> <) you want him to
(_I_) dominate the world

I was hoping to convert them without dropping 50 bucks on gargoyle wings. I've got a bit of the Greenstuff and I'll be getting some more, so I was hoping to use something along those lines.

Any suggestions on how to make wings?

[WestRider]

There's a tutorial over at Necrotales with a technique that I was going to use before I decided to go with DragonFly wings instead. I didn't get around to trying it, but it doesn't look too difficult, and it could be simplified even further if you wanted to.

[MrPrInGlEs]

well i personally dont like bug wings but i guess it could work.

[tail3736]

can you give gargs devs?

[Utah Jak]

tail3736 said:

can you give gargs devs?

That would be great but Gargs can only have Fleshborers and bio-plasma.