Seeder Fleet Penumbra - 5th May 24 - Tyrannofex

[tylertt]

Absolutely amazing looking Flyrant. I love the FW Tyrant, and hope to one day get my hands on a decently cast one (Bought one last winter off a guy who swore it was a legit FW...it was a superduperterrible recast sadly ).

Looking forward to more from you.

[Remalis]

Hey, thank you tylertt for the kind words. Very much appreciated.
I definitely felt pressure trying to get this one done right. Especially with it being hard to find in any form. Wish you best of luck with your search, it's a great model to have on the table

[Davor]

Great job on the Flyrant. I love the position of they head, looks great.

[monkeychuka]

I love the posing. Reminds me of the queen from Aliens. I'm a bit jelly because I always wanted a Forgeworld one but am too cheap to pay for it.

So, when are we going to see these gargoyles?

[Remalis]

Right! A big thanks to monkeychuka for the final prompting, both publicly and privately (read: donkey-kicking) I needed to "get it done" .

I finally sat down this eve and finished it.

I was originally happy..ish with my FW Flyrant. Standalone it looked ok, but when put on the shelf next to the rest of my swarm, it stood out in a way I was far less happy with.

The last "pinkish" tones stood out far to much and looked crudely done compared to other work. I re-did it and am much happier.

There was also too much dead space on the base. As you'll see from previous post I had plans to replace dead space with dead space marine! Corpsifying A Space Wolf hero to slump against the dreadnaught arm.
Bought all the bits. Spend a heap of time converting and painting the blasted thing (I loathe painting marines). Finally got it done and posed and.... Nope.   

It was just too busy and took focus away from the flyrant. My Wife suggested another idea...

Here's the results, I hope you like em..













I'm finally happy with it and can put it back on the shelf and get started on those damn gargoyles...

Thanks for reading folks.

[monkeychuka]

Dead dreadnought is a dead good dreadnought. What did you use for all the wiring coming out of the ripped off arm? And the banner, wow that looks professionally painted.

Its all brilliant. I'm a bit gutted because when I checked Forgeworld they don't stock the the Flyrant anymore (doh!). Bang goes my idea for a 3rd Flyrant conversion. Anyway, you've inspired me to try and get one off TradeMe because I like it so much. Must. Resist. urge. to buy. Forgeworld. Devourers.

[Remalis]

Cheers monkeychuka for the kind feedback. I'd love to be able to claim credit for the banner work but I blatantly stole it from the interwebz as a free download print and then weathered and destroyed it till it fit with what I had in mind. Alien queen was absolutely an inspiration for the pose and look I was aiming for :-)

Wiring was done with a roll of craft wire.
Don't know exact gauge sorry, all I can confirm is that it was a complete PITA till the top coat was applied because it wouldn't hold a coat of paint till then. Protip - ignore painting it till last

[tripwire]

Holy lord, that thing is cantilevered out from that base! How are you getting it to stand?!

[Remalis]

Hey there Hivers, so soapy water and scrubbing sprues means I've officially started my first 10 gargoyles right?... Right! Question to you about undercoating conventions for mass Gribblies... A friend of mine is painting up Necrons. He undercoats warriors while on the sprue. Then clips and cleans them up after. BUT they are Necrons... some extra mold lines are going to hide pretty well with some black paint and a quick metallic drybrush if you're lazy.
Nids though... any missed mold lines will stand out and spoil them
This lot of gargoyles I will clip everything from sprues. Clean each part of mold lines and partially assemble before the first undercoat goes near them...
What's the hive concensus here of approaching rank and file?
Edit: check that... I'll put that question out to an open forum.
thetyranidhive.proboards.com/thread/49252/sprue



tripwire, there is a seriously weighted metal plate epoxied to the underside of the base. The wings are magnetized so was able to 'keep it safe' till I found said plate. Without wings attached it could *just* balance without toppling over.... :-)

[Remalis]

No pic updates I'm afraid, my storage quota is too small for anything but finished stuff. However, after the Easter long weekend we have down here in Terra Australis, I have made a decent amount of progress with my first batch of gargoyles. Base coats are done. A lot of the details on bodies, heads and fleshborers is picked out. Wings I will tackle separately at the end, since I'll spend a fair bit of time blending out the colours on the underside of the wings.
Once done I want each gargoyle looking like a mini-flyrant. Hopefully a marked improvement over my ancient original metal gargoyles. I'm on a deadline to get them done before I have to drop off for a bit for some serious study for some new industry certs. All going well, pics in a fortnight or less... but don't hold your breath. Previous experience suggests RL will find a way to mess with the best laid plans. :-)

[beefythepug]

oh man, that flyrant is epic. The model alone is great, and the base just takes it to a whole other level.

[Remalis]

beefythepug, hey thanks man. Really grateful for the compliments. From you and the other talented folks here that have posted, that means a lot to me.
Like I said on an earlier post, felt pressure trying to do it justice.
I feel I got there in the end.
Cheers!

[Remalis]

Done at last! First 'new' batch of Gargoyles completed. Those wings are a royal pain in the donkey...

Cheers to monkeychuka for the encouragement and putting up with random ramblings trying to push through and get these guys finished.

Davor , for best advice ever... Folks,  small batches of Gribblies at a time help maintain sanity. Mostly.

Finally, a curse on Exocrine NzL . I would have finished a hell of a lot lot sooner if I didn't have a damn devil on my shoulder, with a kiwi accent whispering 'the little guys are just as important in any Tyranid army - no really, keep going, it'll be sweet as bro'...  Annnyway.  Pics.

New and Old for comparison.

When I first finished them I was a little underwhelmed by the results vs. effort.. but they're growing on me with time. All in all I'm happy. Now only 20 more to go... some other time...

One final shot of my gargs and gaunts thus far.

[Remalis]

So I need to go on a hiatus from painting for a few months. I have to do some serious study for an industry certification.

Meantime, I thought I'd share something I'm quite proud of. Back many years ago, for my 21st birthday, a friend of mine bought me a collectors miniature from a company called Ral Partha.

 Most of my collection of various non-nid miniatures was all practice for painting this one.

 The damn thing weighs in at almost a kilogram. Wings were pinned with coat-hanger wire and each and every scale was individually painted and edged in gold.

I even perfected highlighting and 'shading' black with black. (gloss, semi-gloss & matt)

It was the most patient and deliberate piece of work I have turned out so far. It was the best painting I could do then. I think it still holds up now. I don't think I could do any better these days.

One last story about it. Right near finishing it, I cut my finger badly cleaning mould lines off another miniature. I looked at the blood. Looked at the dragon... Shrugged.

The Tips of the front claws and stonework at the front have some reddish-brownish stains on them. Kids, protip! The trick to keeping blood red is a good clear coat varnish to slow the oxidizing....

Thanks for reading folks. I'll be back with something new in a few months. I'm thinking a Crone, but we'll see.

[monkeychuka]

Ah, Ral Partha miniatures. Lost in the mists of time. I've still got some D&D ones somewhere. Gargoyles are great but completely overshadowed by that dragon. Highlighting with black is a bizarre concept but it totally works. Excellent, I love it! Btw, I always leave blood from my injuries on models too. Its like voodoo.