Malanthrope conversion

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

[irondreddknight]

So this is my latest work, its been a while since i did any conversions for my Nids. Happy with how this looks. Stuff of nightmares. The addition of the fire warrior was a happy accident, i found it mixed in with my nids bitz and i wanted to aggravate the tau player in my group. 

Hope you like my work, let me know what you think  

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Looks pretty good! I like the mix of bits. Did the torso come from a hive tyrant?

My one gripe would be the fire warriors feet look like he's just standing there. Maybe snip the legs to get the toes to point downwards a bit? I think that would give him a dangling look.

[Overread]

Nice work on the added carapace sections - milliput instead of greenstuff?

A few areas look a little rough with the greenstuff, have you tried using colour/clay shaper tools when working to help get a smoother finish?

Will look very intimidating when all painted up and yes do eat those pesky gun-line happy Tau - show them that they should fear the SWARM

[irondreddknight]

May 16, 2020 18:46:14 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Looks pretty good! I like the mix of bits. Did the torso come from a hive tyrant?

My one gripe would be the fire warriors feet look like he's just standing there. Maybe snip the legs to get the toes to point downwards a bit? I think that would give him a dangling look.

Yes thats the tyrants torso. I got a little lazy with the tau body. I was too eager to finish it. Maybe I'll return to it next time.

[irondreddknight]

May 16, 2020 23:34:05 GMT Overread said:

Nice work on the added carapace sections - milliput instead of greenstuff?

A few areas look a little rough with the greenstuff, have you tried using colour/clay shaper tools when working to help get a smoother finish?

Will look very intimidating when all painted up and yes do eat those pesky gun-line happy Tau - show them that they should fear the SWARM

I'd ran out of greeb stuff and i was experimenting with the capabilities of milliput. Lock down makes things difficult to get the things i need. I'll definitely take a look for the tools you mentioned.

[gigasnail]

Try mixing Apoxiesculpt and greenstuff. It's amazing.

And very definitely invest in a couple of sizes of clay shapers. Wonderful tool.

[Overread]

May 17, 2020 19:38:17 GMT gigasnail said:

Try mixing Apoxiesculpt and greenstuff. It's amazing.

And very definitely invest in a couple of sizes of clay shapers. Wonderful tool.

How does it change the properties of greenstuff and what ratio do you mix?



And I agree, I'm honestly surprised GW hasn't rebranded a generic brand and sold their own clayshapers- they are such great tools.

[gigasnail]

50/50 mix of apoxiesculpt and greenstuff. mix each separately, then combine equal amounts. you generally want a ball about the size of a large grape when you're done. it changes the working properties of apoxiesculpt and makes it behave more like greenstuff. the finished product is much harder and can hold better edge detail than greenstuff alone. i was really leery about mixing them but saw it on a couple of sculpting tutorials a few years ago. i almost never use them alone now.

[Overread]

Interesting and neat too as the apoxisculpt is quite expensive too in comparison to greenstuff so its improving the properties for general use and making it go twice as far!