Ammo/Birthing Sacs?

[mule]

Heyo grubbies, i've had this idea for a while and I've put it off, and with 8th i'm actually going to pull the trigger, but i need a bit of help making them look proper.

Basically I've always hated the flesh borers; they just never made sense to me. Whats with the banana clip at the bottom of the gun? Why does the gun have eyes, since each species of tyranid is created for a purpose wouldn't they just have a gun for their arm instead?

So I've basically done away with all that and want to convert them all to have small birthing sac's similar to how the other bigger biocannons have just smaller scale.

My plan is to cut off the banana clip and run a sack down from where the eye is below the hand so it's all filled in. I've picked up a bunch of BB's (I wish i had found a place that sells plastic ones instead of metal ones. Going to roll 3-5 of them in a ball of greenstuff/plumber putty and then stick them on and call it a day. 

Some concerns I have though is that i'm not entirely sure how to texture them so they look good. I mean i want the depth to be there so that a wash can make them look proper. 

Anyone have any tips? or any ideas before I start on them? 

[jaigo]

Hard to envision.
Try one and post it up!

[irondreddknight]

It's a big commitment to convert so many gribblies. But that will make it all the more satisfying when you finish

My advice would try and replicate the bio cannons as closely as you can. Look at the ammo feeds for the rupture cannon, venom cannon, acid spray and the like.

Best part of converting gribblies, is that once they're altogether in a swarm, any imperfections are lost in the crowd. A half decent paint job will also go far in hiding anything.

Good luck sir, hope to see your work

[cypheon]

Most toy stores / toy departments that have nerf guns will also have airsoft pellets. They're just with the nerf stuff, instead of the sporting goods/hunting supplies.

As for the texturing, too exhausted tonight to think of any good suggestions for ya...

[mule]

Jun 24, 2017 0:51:39 GMT cypheon said:

Most toy stores / toy departments that have nerf guns will also have airsoft pellets. They're just with the nerf stuff, instead of the sporting goods/hunting supplies.

As for the texturing, too exhausted tonight to think of any good suggestions for ya...

Was just thinking about just getting it wet and then using some sort of small sponge to just give it some more texture.

[blackrainbow]

I like your ideas and agree with them mostly, except the eyes part. I like the eyes on guns, makes it creepy and reminds me that they are separate entities. Plus, no one ever paints them so their easy to overlook.

So, ammo sacks; perhaps instead of clipping them off you just glue all the extra toxin sacs on them. With a couple of those on there I think you could do a cool little bit to them. Alternatively, it you have a hot glue gun you could just put dabs on them and let it drip down. This might get too messy as I think about it, but an idea.

When I think of airsoft pellets I recall them being ~5-7mm, which seems a bit big for this scale.

[mule]

Jun 30, 2017 15:29:20 GMT blackrainbow said:

I like your ideas and agree with them mostly, except the eyes part. I like the eyes on guns, makes it creepy and reminds me that they are separate entities. Plus, no one ever paints them so their easy to overlook.

So, ammo sacks; perhaps instead of clipping them off you just glue all the extra toxin sacs on them. With a couple of those on there I think you could do a cool little bit to them. Alternatively, it you have a hot glue gun you could just put dabs on them and let it drip down. This might get too messy as I think about it, but an idea.

When I think of airsoft pellets I recall them being ~5-7mm, which seems a bit big for this scale.

Idk if something is being birthed for a purpose theyre equipped with what they need. Hormagaunts are birthed with claws, its not a living sword that they then grab and use. The idea of these creatures having hands to hold guns when their only purpose in life is to shoot seems weird to me. Each creature is supposed to have a specialized role in the hive mind and work together to achive things. If a termagaunt needs to open a door i feel like a special door opening creature would be created specifically to do that job effectively. Whether it be poseable hands and some sort of acidic bile to destroy the locking mechanism.

Ive never liked aliens that are humanoids so the idea of hands bothers me, not many creaturses in our world have hands with poseable thumbs. Seems weird that these aliens would. Thats just my perspective.

I tried bbs and youre right they were too big. I really like the sac on barbed strangler ive thought about making a greensfuff pressmold for that.

Unsure at this point.

[blackrainbow]

I feel you on the hands/biomorphs thing, I guess I just selectively acknowledge it. For example gargoyles make zero sense to me to have to have hands holding guns when the harpy has a gun-mouth. Why not gargoyles too? More aerodynamic and could still secrete blinding venom (or maybe the venom is in their pointy tail). My gargs are all pretty bare because of this idea.

So for the sacs, if not the toxin sacs put on them, green stuff rolled into tiny balls should allow for the exact scale you want.

[mule]

Yeah its just about texturing the greenstuff in a way that looks good i suppose.

[Xenothios]

I had very similar feelings as you about the whole holding guns thing. Instead, I mounted them onto their backs, exocrine style

[mule]

Jul 5, 2017 10:02:53 GMT Xenothios said:

I had very similar feelings as you about the whole holding guns thing. Instead, I mounted them onto their backs, exocrine style

Ah thats pretty cool. Im already doing that with my biovore. I seen a post on dakka for converting the plastic hiveguard into biovores so bought 3 boxes of them.

[anarchistscourge]

Any Chance you could share the link?

[mule]

Jul 7, 2017 9:03:05 GMT anarchistscourge said:

Any Chance you could share the link?

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www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2014/2/15/85a98b1ab4ec0d91c3df4eff8594a99b_75467.jpg__thumb

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/575587.page