Tyranid Shrike Wings

[talonkaine]

Hello everyone,

I magentize everything from the size of Warriors or bigger, and was about to work on trying to find a way to convert my warriors so they can become winged when I want to use them as Shrikes.

I plan on drilling two tiny holes into a Warriors back, and then use 1/16" magnets in those holes. Then lightly cover up the magnet with Green stuff and then paint over the Carapace, thereby hiding the magnet underneath.

I would then plan on putting 1/16" magnets onto a set of Gargoyle wings and attach those to the warrior when needed.

So I was wondering has anyone out there done anything like this? Or does anyone see any problems that could arrise from my plans?

I've never actually seen the size of gargoyle wings but i'm assuming I should be able to stick a small 1/16" magnet on there somewhere eh?

Thanks for any support anyone can provide.

[Bloodthirster]

i am gonna do it but the gargoyle wings would hold it since i got 19 gargoyles and a converted gargoyle

[Voice of Reason]

I should imagine you can fit that tiny magnet. what I can't imagine is that it would hold the wing up.

you might ask someone to take a photo of a gargoyle wing with a ruler next to it...

[Leviathan Are Back...]

I think it would be easier to buy the forgeworld wings, as they fit in the arm sockets...

[ellahrairah]

are the gargoyle wings the correct size for the model? Send a pic, cause I would love to see them...

[Sledge Painter]

Here are my shrikes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxLIX3RD58
You can get a good idea of wing size to warrior. Your plan is pretty ambitious! I don't know if it would work but the wings are fairly light, so if you used a larger magnet inside the warrior carapace and a smaller one for the wing, it might work. But the arms of the wings are fairly thin and may need bulking with a touch of green stuff around the magnet.

[bloodtyrant]

Well I made a bunch of scratch built wings following this tutoiral
www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_wings01.php
I made 3 pairs during the summer and 3 more last month you can see how I did it somewhere in my project log.
Since the arm is from the warrior's big talon you can magnetize them if you don't make them too big. The only problem I can see is of they are too big and spread too wide that they will swing down due to the weight, but I suppose you can do a magnet and pin combo.

[azgodeth]

here ya go

warriors are a bit big for garg wings in my opinion. i was using chaos furies wings for mine originally, but the metal didnt stay on the plastic well without pinning, and i doubt magnets would have held them ether. the plastic garg wings may be light enough, but they are pretty wide. they technically strech all along the gargoles side from the shoulder to the butt. the legs are the tiny claws at the end.

[ellahrairah]

love the wings and poses sledge... I was a bit skeptical at first about gargoyle wings on warriors... but now I think its a good idea

[Swarm God]

I used them in the previous dex with the metal wings, worked just fine. Not sure about the proportions comparatively, but hey, you can always do two pairs of wings per warrior.

As for the forgeworld suggestion. yes. That is a great idea. Provided you want to blow that much money on PART of a model, and only be able to kit out 3 shrikes per purchase. That is significantly increasing the price of each shrike. Whereas you can totally use the gargoyles as some sort of gaunt provided you get a little creative (snake-gaunts?).

Winged warrior wings from forgeworld: Price: £14.00 (plus shipping) for 3 pair

Plastic Gargoyle wings from thewarstore: Price: 24$ (plus shipping) for 10 pair (assuming 1 pair per warrior. even at 2 pair per warrior you're still getting 5 instead of 3)

Bottom line. Unless you have lots of money to blow, convert convert convert.

Plus you can use the rest of the gargoyle bodies for tons of things (tervigons, terrain, gaunt conversions) etc.

[welshpaul]

Personally, I'd go for the Forgeworld wings but that's because I'm more of a painter/modeller than a player and would prefer to spend the extra money if it means getting more impressive results from the models.

[Exodite]

The Gargoyle wings are a bit small compared to the warriors so finding a different set would be preferable. But if you did get non gargoyle wings you'd likely want to do a bit of greenstuff modification to add the 'nid signature to the new ones.

Also I was looking at magnetizing the wings myself, but the gargoyle wings are very small and don't provide any area to drill. I would recommend attaching the Gargoyle Wings to a set of magnetized arms for the warrior... Doing it this way you might need to make 2-3 sets of winged arms for each shrike (Wings + Bonesword, Scything Talons, Rending Claws, Lashwhip, etc...), but at least it won't use an arm-slot (like the FW) and you will be able to run them as regular warriors as well just by switching arm pieces.

Also Sledge: Those Shrikes look amazing! your posing of them really adds a dynamic effect to each model!

[wormwood]

Privateer Press sells bits directly online, and their Legion of Everblight minis are very compatible with Tyranids. I suspect Seraph or the large Angelius wings would work well on Tyranid Warriors.
These are the Seraph wings.


Here are the large Angelius wings.

Here's a link to their store.
store.privateerpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=67
Look in the Warbeasts section.

[xanosaucy]

They are a little small but not by much. I'm not a very good modeler but they look good after you paint it up!





That's my first attempt also with Bonesword & Lash Whip. A little Green Stuff goes a long way.

[tauran1d]

For my personal tastes gargoyle wings are too little for Shrikes, I prefer to use forgeworld's (even if very expensive)



Sorry, it's fuzzy, hope size comparison is good enough; I didn't magnetize mine, but I put the wings on the backs even if they fit the arm sockets, because I wanted the shrikes to have two sets of arms AND one of wings I am sure that with some GS you can put the magnets anywhere you want.