So, in addition to my space marine armies, I'm also working on some Tyranids. I've worked out a big whole list of all the 40k tyranids I have and how I can use them. For example, I can make Hierodule's out of gaunt bodies and heads with whatever weapon arms, or make a harridan out of gargoyles, or make a hierophant out of warrior bits.
My first model is a Barbed Hierodule with scything talons and bile launchers. I used a Termagant body with the legs cut and glued at an angle so the body is leaning forward like the 40k Hierodule model. The head was cut off, the neck shaved down, and the back of the head cut so it's a smooth transition from torso to head (again like the 40k model). It was tricky, but I managed to squeeze in 4 arms, 2 with the tips of devourers glued to spinefist hands for the bile launchers, and two hormagaunt scything talons. Only thing not represented are the Cluster Spines. For the scythed Hierodule I'll make next, I'll just use 4 scything talon arms, maybe use one pair of bigger ones to represent the Razorclaw attacks.
I'm gonna take a similar approach with a Hierophant, just using bigger scything talons for the front legs, and using a warrior body arched up. Gotta figure out how to make the tentacles though. I considered using the Lictor or Genestealer head with tentacles, but I don't have any and they're tricky to find on eBay. the large biocannons will be whatever larger bioweapons I have, maybe barbed stranglers. Or maybe devourer or spinefist arms with fleshborer barrels.
Other projects will be using Rippers as Raveners, and somehow converting Malefactors, Exocrines, Haruspex's, and Dactylis from various Gaunt bits. Tricky part with those is how to use the gaunt/gant stuff i have now, but make them smaller than the Hierodules and closer in size to a tank.
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