Balrog wings for flyrant?

[babyripper]

Picked up one of the recently OOP starter kits (the tyrant, warrior and gargoyle one) off ebay, but one of the wings is broken (did know about it previously). I was planning on making a swarmlord instead of a flyrant anyway, but just in case I want to magnetise it for future use, what do the LOTR balrog wings look like on a flyrant? I love the model and I’d rather go for something spectacular than samey.

Has anyone tried this? Know the rough scale? Have photos? Thanks!

BabyRipper

[autoxidation]

Way back before GW made a plastic Tyrant kit, Balrog wings or fantasy dragon wings were both popular choices for winged tyrant conversions. Googling around gives some results.

www.google.com/search?q=balrog+wings+hive+tyrant&tbm=isch

[Overread]

Balrog wings were a staple for people making their own - as were the ringwraith wings and others. If you google you should find loads of references as it was very widespread for a long while; the winged kit we have now is comparatively new.

Another option is to consider modelling your winged tyrant on the ground with one damaged wing - a wound mid battle and showing how brutally hard they are to kill even when one wing is broken.

[gigasnail]

Yeah back before that kit it was balrog wings as a standard, sometimes with cut up wings from mcfarlane's dragon figures instead. There are several plastic kits that would work. The big bat monster from AoS and the manticore come to mind. Bloodthirster wings would be cool, but you'd want to put some work in to file off and re-smooth the huge khorne symbol off the wings. Scarbrand has great, beat up/shredded wings too.

[nikh]

I think there was also a Vampire Counts dragon winds that people use. I bought a Balrog Flyrant at back in 5th, just stripped him recently so building back with an extra pair of newer Flyrant legs.

[Overread]

Also note that I think several fantasy creatures shared the same wings in plastic; so you might see some conversions with different wing sources but with the same appearance.

[babyripper]

A slightly different question but along the same lines; if I was going to attempt a Parasite of Mortrex kitbash like the one below (ravener body, metal bit of coat hanger for the tail, carnifex head (correct me if not), and some unidentifiable wings), what kit would be best for the wings? Scale wise and aesthetic. Thought hive tyrant but probably too big? Let me know your thoughts.



Thanks!

[Moontyranid]

deamon prince wings might be your best bet

[babyripper]

I was thinking maybe vargheist wings? Can anyone who has used those before give me the dimensions? Thanks

BabyRipper

[babyripper]

Nov 23, 2017 21:10:11 GMT Overread said:

Also note that I think several fantasy creatures shared the same wings in plastic; so you might see some conversions with different wing sources but with the same appearance.

Could you give me an example of one of these kits? The one that nikh is thinking of is the “abyssal horror” kit I think (formerly winged nightmare), but it was a metal kit and is now OOP. Any others you know of? Thanks!

BabyRipper

[Overread]

I can't 100% recall but I think the nazghoul and balrog might have shared the same plastic wings.