3 Tyranid Hive Guards.

[gareth]

I recently bought some Tyrant Guard from a friend and sadly they didn't include legs, so when I saw GWs new hive guard model I thought I would convert my spare tyrant guard bodies into hiveguard. I used Tyranid warrior legs, warrior venom cannon feeder arm, fex stranglethorn cannon and warrior deathspitter arm.

I experimented with the creature on all fours as per the GW one, but it just didn't seem right. Instead I opted for it reared up on it's hind legs.

[donpino]

God.... those look good! Your paint job, is excellent as always... The conversion however... is stunning!!

-Pino

[caution]

gotta agree the conversion is MUCH MUCH better then i expected when i saw the thread title. then i saw the pics. looks awsome

[VoragoTitan]

Very nice gareth. stunning as always.
*goes over to mommy* "when I grow up, I wanna be just like him!" *points to Gareth's tyranids*
XD

VoragoTitan

[cervantes]

now they look good, almost tempted to have a go myself after seeing these

[Reaper]

cool! Way to not let packaging failures get you down!!

[darthbob]

Pretty cool, but I don't like that you gave them shorter tails. They look terribly top-heavy to begin with, and without the tail to counter-balance that massive upper body, they don't look like they'd be able to realistically stand without toppling over.

Love your paintscheme though!

Cheers.

[Tyradra]

i like it alot great paint juob and conversion but i like having the model itself.

[salamut2202]

nice paint job as always but the conversion looks not right. i mean i have no idea of balance or coordination but unless those guys get a longer tail they won't need line of sight because their face is lways in the dirt. there is not way something sould stand like that mate. it's a nice idea though.

[Scab]

Oh I'm sorry you must excuse me, what a mess I made. Couldn't control my saliva glands for a while there mate.

Stunning work. I've always wanted to pull off a conversion of an upright Tyrant Guard with the current miniatures and I'm very impressed with your work. What can I say? I'm motivated already.

[Sledge Painter]

I have to agree that they look top-heavy...because they are. I don't know how you managed to get the metal guard body to attach so well to the plastic warrior legs. But shoot, they are all awesome and who needs complete functional realism anyway, especially considering the Tervigon ability...anyway I love the guns. I am sure anyone could pull this off with the standard 4 guard legs grounded and just do the gun conversion easy as pie. I don't care if these do look unbalanced...they still look awesome and that takes away the issue for me.

[leemagaunt]

WOW, love them...top conversions and paint job. wouldnt mind having a go too

[logolas]

They look freaking awesome dude!!!

[gareth]

To all the comments about the top heavy nature, to an extent I agree with all of you, but then I look at the carnifex model and I think it's not bad at all really.

If I could go back in time, or could be bothered I would add tails in hindsight. As they stand, they're heavily pinned and mounted on the rear of the bases and don't topple at all. Very stable and solid.

[darthsphincter]

Consider that they are all rearing up. For their normal range of movement, their middle set of limbs is on the ground. Here, they are just rearing up to get a better shot. Perfection of the highest order, as always Gareth.