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[Nezalhualixtlan]

The pride of Hive Fleet Hekatonkheires' current forces: (Carnifex Conversion)






You can see my inspiration and color scheme details here:
http://forums.tauonline.org/index.php?topic=57428.0

And finished painted models here:
http://forums.tauonline.org/index.php?topic=57434.0

[Nezalhualixtlan]

I recently acquired more Synapse for Hive Fleet: Hekatonkheires.  Part in a Apoc Hive Mind Brood, and an addition Broodlord.

Here are some of the pics of the conversions, pre-paint...

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[Simon]

Wow great work! That carnifex is sick! 

[O Korvesa]

Although I no longer have the model one thing I did with my carnifex was to mount one of the extra main carapace shells on the ribcage of the model.  Since I preferred the smooth carapace for the upper shell I used the spiked carapace for the bottom and in a pinch could use it for WYSIWYG representation of a number of different biomorphs.
I also turned the horn you have around so that rather than looking like a rhinocerous horn it looks more like a triceratops horn.  I find it looks a little more vicious.
But I love the conversions over all.  Especially the hive tyrant.  Great work.

[Lord Solar]

I like the Hive Tyrant the best, it is SWEET!!! And the others are subtle, not going crazy, so they really make the models look great!

Keep up the work!

[Artiglio]

The Tyrant looks cool, but wont it be hard to move it around the table? Those wings look like the take up 3-4 times more space T.T

[Nezalhualixtlan]

The Tyrant looks cool, but wont it be hard to move it around the table? Those wings look like the take up 3-4 times more space T.T

Yeah, I'll have to see how it works out, but in the end, I just liked the pose too much to give up.  Also, it was much easier to fuse the wings & upper pair of scything talons in this position so that the model would have the proper six limbs a tyranid should have.  It may make it a little difficult to place on the table in some games, but I think overall it shouldn't be a huge problem.  Plus, I eventually plan on doing another couple Winged HT conversions, possibly with Venom Cannon & Barbed Strangler, and a pair of Scything Talons + Bonesword / Lashwhip down the line, and if these wings are really problematic, I'll model them differently on the future models.

[Methelas]

*sniff sniff*

Beautiful, simply beatific!

[Tak'Ukos]

That is great! What does the name mean though? And what wings did you use?

[waargh]

That is great! What does the name mean though? And what wings did you use?

They look like Balrog wings.


Nice work on the nids Nezalhualixtlan, the posing particularly. I think they need some fancier bases though, nids always look great when theyre leaping off big built up bases. Consider stores on ebay like back-to-basix for pre-cast resin bases.

[Nezalhualixtlan]

That is great! What does the name mean though? And what wings did you use?

They are Balrog Wings.

Hekatonkheires: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekatonkheires (easier if I just link to the wikipedia page, it has a fairly decent description of the Greek monstrous giants.)

[Wissam]

I'm not familiar with Nid models, but they look really good and the GSing is really good.

The Hekatonchires (I think he spelt it wrong) were Greek monsters with a hundred hands (the name literally means hundred-handed)

Oh, never mind, he gave a link to the Wiki page.