First things first, the tyrannofex is built. I did pretty much everything I said I would in the last blog so I’ve got the 6 legged, hunched over heavily armoured form that the fluff talks about. For the thorax swarm I went for devourers mounted on the front of the thorax near the head, with toxin sacs as ammo feeds. I had to mould some extra ribs onto the front of the thorax both to give extra size and accommodate the thorax swarm. Over all I’m pleased with how he’s turned out, it looks like it should do from the fluff and although it does look a bit carnifexy at first, a second glance will make it clear it is a tyrannofex. I’ve got some WIP shots bellow and will get some painted ones up when it’s done.
As for painting, well the Ymgarl genestealers are pretty much done just need some final work doing on the bases of some of them but I’ve also stuck up some pictures of the finished one. As you see I’ve gone for the more dramatically posed space hulk stealers as the base model to show them emerging from terrain as per there special rule and then given then tentacles in place of mouths. The fluffs shows then morphing different upgrades mid battle so I’ve modelled them with different options such as extended carapace, slashing claws (multiple scything talons on each arm!!!) and tentacle limbs (loads of green stuff) to show this. To further set these blood drinking, genetically unstable killing machines apart I’ve given them blue carapaces as they are not actually part of any known fleet and can also colour shift (if you confused read the fluff). I did the blue with an astronomican gray base coat and then an asurmen blue wash, Simples! They’ve done me proud in recent games emerging from nowhere to kill such things as chaos marines on an objective or inquisitor lord’s retinue with ease.
I’ll talk more about games at the end of the month but for now I’ll leave it as since my last blog I’ve played 4, won 3 (Vs Orks, Chaos and witch hunters) and drawn one (Imperial fist with Kantor, technically drew on objectives, but I was soooooo getting whopped on damage). Can’t really complain out that sort of results.
Got some more games later today hopefully and need to finish that tyrannofex.
Fair ye well.
