Making a Tyranid BARBED HIERODULE

[shadowfinder]

I am Making a Barbed Hierodule Out of a new Toxicrene and Maleceptor Kit.
This my first attempt at modeling so any pointers would always be welcomed.
I am not a fan of the Forge world model it is so dated compared to the new models. That's the reason for this project. I am hoping to get this approved for a ITC TSHFT Tournament in Washington State in January.

Here is some Picture of the project so far.

I am using some extra parts of a storm Wolf as part of the base.

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[shadowfinder]

I have the height and with the tail added I have the length right. It doesn't look like it is as heavily armored as the forge world model which for me is a good thing. but do I need to add some more armor to it. And if so where?? The tail stills needs to be green stuffed but I was thinking about a option to give it a split or two tail look. Kind of looking for some options to make it unique.

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[jinx]

Looks great,could you take a pic from the Hierodules left side,i'd like to see how you attached the cannon to that side

[vonklawzwitz]

how did you go about attaching the cannon to the other side? most tyranid models all hold their guns/cannons with their right arm

[shadowfinder]

Sorry about the long time in showing the finished product. Still some painting to do but it is mostly done.





I really like how it turned out.

[wolfzoid]

Looks good

[lordsia]

Seems I've found a reason to get the new Maleceptor/Toxicrene kit.

[biomega]

Why not just go ahead and order the Harpy Barbed Stranglers? Then at least you have the arms facing the right way. Not trying to dig on your conversion, the big guns look cool, but I think it might be a little clearer if you actually used two barbed stranglers (and if the arms looked correct). Just some friendly crits from a longtime converter.

Wow, you know what, forget what I just said, I just took a closer look and you did a really good job on that Left arm. Excellent paint job, too. Damn.

[shiwan8]

I think your model looks nice....but....isn't this just a maleceptor with huge guns. I might be wrong but I think it's way too small for a hierodule. The actual model is bigger than a leman russ and maleceptor is not. While I'd allow it, I do not think that TO's will.

[gunnersabottank]

Jan 21, 2015 17:31:00 GMT shiwan8 said:

I think your model looks nice....but....isn't this just a maleceptor with huge guns. I might be wrong but I think it's way too small for a hierodule. The actual model is bigger than a leman russ and maleceptor is not. While I'd allow it, I do not think that TO's will.

I don't know about WAY too small but it definitely doesn't have the length of the FW model. It looks (to me) to be around the same height though.

[shiwan8]

Actually yeah, you are right. About the right size.

[sneggy]

Sorry to necro but has anyone tried the harpy barbed stranglers on the malleceptor/toxocrene?
If not then anyone who owns the parts and the model able to post a size comparison picture. I quite fancy it as my next conversion.