Malenthrope Conversion

[cheesytom1]

Hey, so i made these models using:
.Spares from the box after I made zoanthropes
.Ravener thorax
.Genestealer body. This goes on the rear of the model and feeds into the largest of its tentacles acting as a tail. The typical Venomthrope lashwips also attach to the Genestealer body's arm slots.
.Lots and lots of greenstuff to make the toxic mounds and the tails themselves. 

The model stands on a wooden stick painted black in the centre. This isn't great aesthetically, but works; I couldn't find  clear stand of this size. In all, the model is the same height as the FW Malenthrope. The model is glued to a 28mm base and magnetised to a 50mm one.

EDIT Sept 2017: The Malenthropes as they are after three stages of conversion.

[Zod42]

Very nice conversion.

I've seen clear, plastic rods at the local home improvement store before, but I am not really sure hot to securely mount that to the base. Maybe using a small wood screw from underneath to go into the rod?

Maybe just have them be lower to the ground and mount the normal flying base into the very bottom of the body (like the FW Malenthrope?

I dunno.

[gigasnail]

clear acrylic rod. it's cheap. drill it out and pin it through the base + gorilla glue, superglue, or epoxy.

[Xenothios]

A little late now, but when I greenstuff cast the bodies for my venomthropes from the zoanthrope kit (so I could build both kits) I put a paper clip inside the body so that once the greenstuff hardened, I'd have a paper clip I could stick into a base. Alternatively, I also have my semi-converted mucolids floating on thick straightened paper clips that are painted black. Might work for you? The idea is to poke the paperclip down through the base and then bend it and curve it into a circle so that it's not just glued to the base and gives it more surface area on the underside of the base to stay put.

[mattblowers]

They are looking good. Can you give us a pic beside some other nids for size comparison?

[blackrainbow]

Those are pretty nice, so if you're unhappy with the clear rods, maybe add some more tentacles to hide them. If they are not going into a base well, then you're pretty much not using the model. Might have to suck it up, but really, those are nice so no one should say anything.

[cheesytom1]

EDIT: Old conversion stage. 

[blackrainbow]

Hey, it works and thats what matters b/c the original job is damn nice. Now *ahem* for the stripper malanthrope in the room... perhaps make the pole a bit more scenery'ish, like a tree or something sticking out. Doesn't have to be the whole pole, but a bit of blending would go a long way IMO. Still great work.

[cheesytom1]

May 6, 2017 6:36:53 GMT blackrainbow said:

Hey, it works and thats what matters b/c the original job is damn nice. Now *ahem* for the stripper malanthrope in the room... perhaps make the pole a bit more scenery'ish, like a tree or something sticking out. Doesn't have to be the whole pole, but a bit of blending would go a long way IMO. Still great work.

Yeah true, haha... Now I can't unsee the sex-worker motif. Damn.

My issue with scenery on bases is that, if I use a tree and play a desert or urban board, it stands out. There's no winning really. A strengthened tentacle (built around the stick) would have been perfect though. in hindsight. 

[blackrainbow]

Dead trees fit any season.