Post by swarmy on Apr 25, 2016 5:20:58 GMT
Hello hive, it's been a while.
I wanted a barbed hierodule recently. I'm tired of being the person left behind on this lord of war bandwagon and I need some respectable firepower to deal with T5 multi-wound and knights. Unfortunately, I can't stand the derpy face and strange overwrought wood grain looking detail work on the forgeworld model (or the price tag). So I set off to see what I could scrounge together with the un-assembled kits and bits I had lying around. I wanted to get as close as possible to the epic hierodule mixed with the current tyranid MC design style. Because I find it far more appealing to have 4 legs on the ground for a sturdy firing base
Thanks to arsonfire on this forum I knew my dusty un-used exocrine kit and bits were going to get me most of the way there
:
Reference:
Some early shots stuck together with poster tack (very early, subject to change, many of hours of greenstuffing to go
):
I plan on beefing up the armor plates by about 1/8" - 1/4" on the exocrine torso and tail and have already started that sculpting work. I'm going to try to meet the forgeworld model halfway and give it the pointed armor plate look in places like the center of the plates and the head. I'll post some progress shots once I get some of the rougher spots smoothed down. Guns will obviously be beefed up as well to make it less recognizable as venom cannons.
My question for you guys is does anyone have the exact measurements on hand for a barbed heirodule? From what I've gathered around the internet and inferred from arsonfire's comparison pictures is it is about 10" long and in the ballpark of the same height as a tervigon minus the middle chimney.
I wanted a barbed hierodule recently. I'm tired of being the person left behind on this lord of war bandwagon and I need some respectable firepower to deal with T5 multi-wound and knights. Unfortunately, I can't stand the derpy face and strange overwrought wood grain looking detail work on the forgeworld model (or the price tag). So I set off to see what I could scrounge together with the un-assembled kits and bits I had lying around. I wanted to get as close as possible to the epic hierodule mixed with the current tyranid MC design style. Because I find it far more appealing to have 4 legs on the ground for a sturdy firing base
Thanks to arsonfire on this forum I knew my dusty un-used exocrine kit and bits were going to get me most of the way there
:
Reference:
Some early shots stuck together with poster tack (very early, subject to change, many of hours of greenstuffing to go
):
I plan on beefing up the armor plates by about 1/8" - 1/4" on the exocrine torso and tail and have already started that sculpting work. I'm going to try to meet the forgeworld model halfway and give it the pointed armor plate look in places like the center of the plates and the head. I'll post some progress shots once I get some of the rougher spots smoothed down. Guns will obviously be beefed up as well to make it less recognizable as venom cannons.
My question for you guys is does anyone have the exact measurements on hand for a barbed heirodule? From what I've gathered around the internet and inferred from arsonfire's comparison pictures is it is about 10" long and in the ballpark of the same height as a tervigon minus the middle chimney.
