Hierodule Epic style conversion

[riverzora]

Didn't like the fat gaunt look, so figured I'd fix it. Tervigon bits make for a more imposing hierodule.

[Jabberwocky]

I love the paint job, but those guns look very top heavy for the way they are held up. Overall though still looks great.

[gman25639]

Nice! Except now it's gonna be harder to find cover for it...

[tarrasque]

For some reason, the way he's holding those guns makes me think he's robbing a convenience store...
Still, excellent work! Love the legs.

[Threeshades]

Great paint job, but the conversion I don't like. I can certainly appreciate the idea, but i don't think its well executed and honestly i think it doesnt work with the hiero's body.

It would look better if the stilty legs were a little straighter. Like on the hind legs, it should just go straight down from where the model's normal legs end, and for the front legs it should just go smooth from the tyrannoleg into the scytal.
In short: I think you should remove the fleshy parts on the legs

Also the guns just look weird.

[riverzora]

Everything you've said describes my inspiration



The back legs are straight, the front curve out. And guns are weird. The problem is that the hierodule doesn't have 'front legs'. It's bipedal according to forgeworld. I had to quadripedalise it! We'll just have to disagree

[monkeychuka]

It reminds me of a giant, murderous locust. No bad thing in a swarm-like species which is a plague on the galaxy. Your colour scheme and painting are excellent. I like the idea of the guns raised above the body. I might have to pinch that idea if I do a Hierodule.

[GestationPool]

First: very nice paint job on this conversion, I especially like the blue mouth with black/green carapace. As to the conversion itself, I like the overall posture, and find it awesome that this brings the style of the epic mini to the normal 40k scale. The position of those guns is neat, even if they do look a little too heavy for the arms. My biggest critique would be those legs. On your reference model, the back legs have musculature a good way past the second joint. The claws here look more like afterthought stilts than a true extension of the leg. The fact that this beast is walking on the very tips of those talons also seems a bit off, it feels like they should be planted firmly in the ground. Some of that might just fall down to personal preference, and I can see where recreating all that musculature from scratch would be a huge undertaking. Overall, I have to say this is perhaps my favorite Hierodule conversion thus far.

-GP