Post by xtztxtxz on Nov 29, 2014 11:43:10 GMT
Like many people I wanted to build both the Tyrannocyte and Mucolid options from the boxes I bought. Standing at 9" tall it's a PITA to transport multiple Tyrannocytes all built at full size; and Tyranids aren't the most efficient army for packing safely to begin with. With that in mind I wanted to put a bit more thought into these builds so they didn't all look identical (and I didn't need to spend hours making lots of tentacles from greenstuff).
Here are two of my WIP pods. The upright one is glued directly on the base with the tiny little tentacles in place of the normal ones, plus the longer side tentacles pointing straight down in contact with the base for extra support. It's still plenty big enough to see (standing at over 6 inches) and is a fair bit more durable for transporting too.
For the next one, I figured the sarlacc pit on the top has to be used for eating something other than dumb stormboyz that land on it, so it's posed as it's slowly floating around reaching for nearby infantry to grab and swallow whole. I found the funnels on the side fit a flying base perfectly, so I only need to make one more hole for another one and it becomes stable. I still need to dig out a spare marine and model the arms around the unfortunate morsel...
The final Tyrannocyte will be done when I can get a spare crater, and will be positioned at a 45-degree angle unloading a bunch of spare gaunts / stealers. I'm tempted to use one of my spare Tervigon sacs for this, molding it into the bottom of the pod.
Here are two of my WIP pods. The upright one is glued directly on the base with the tiny little tentacles in place of the normal ones, plus the longer side tentacles pointing straight down in contact with the base for extra support. It's still plenty big enough to see (standing at over 6 inches) and is a fair bit more durable for transporting too.
For the next one, I figured the sarlacc pit on the top has to be used for eating something other than dumb stormboyz that land on it, so it's posed as it's slowly floating around reaching for nearby infantry to grab and swallow whole. I found the funnels on the side fit a flying base perfectly, so I only need to make one more hole for another one and it becomes stable. I still need to dig out a spare marine and model the arms around the unfortunate morsel...
The final Tyrannocyte will be done when I can get a spare crater, and will be positioned at a 45-degree angle unloading a bunch of spare gaunts / stealers. I'm tempted to use one of my spare Tervigon sacs for this, molding it into the bottom of the pod.
