Im thinking about to use Hormagaunts as Raveners. I simply have to cut them from their disk, cut off the legs put a tail on them with Green Stuff or similar and voilá! Raveners at a more reasonable scale than using Wh40k Rippers. I could base them 3 to a stand.
What do you guys think?

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I think it's a great idea, but I'm biased.

http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod...._trygon
http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod....pg.html
(Wow, there's another thing I have to finish.)

Remember to let the putty cure a little, before rolling and before shaping the tail.

It is a great idea but horribly expensive

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@Vermis: Actually this scratchbuild Trygon gave me the idea

@Warmaster Nice. Why expensive? Because i have to sacrifice Hormagaunts? Well i got hold of about 20 sprues of Tyranids for around 85€ Thats 20 units of Hormagaunts...so i will have a few to spare  

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No. You WILL use Rippers and give me any spare Hormogaunts...

*does Jedi Mind Trick wave with his hand



Seriously: That's a good deal, so yeah; I guess a few could be mutated into Raveners  

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you got how many???
OMG i would kill for 4 sprues i just cant get em for a reasonable price.

Who would you have me kill master...
LOL!

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Well perhabs i have one or two sprues left  

BTW they turn up sometimes on eBay.de and get out for around 10€ per sprue.

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I'm watching a couple of sprues ATM
but if its a bust i might PM ya if i may  
I have a Mate in Belgium who pointed me here in the fist place so post to the UK wont be a prob.

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In the first link of that post, isnt that ravenor based on the 40k unit a bit big for Epic? When I look at the 40k units they seem just a bit bigger than the normal lesser creatures.

But I have to admit, it looks good!

The Wh40k Gaunt to Epic model conversion isn't a Ravener it's a Trygon.

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Ah okay. Didnt exactly know such a thing existed.

But I think this picture describes it very well.

Yep. Thats a Wh40k Trygon Need some for Epic as well. I have only one of the old worm-like ones.
Actually i plan to use lots of Trygons and Raveners. Snakes are the theme of my Hivefleet Ereshkigal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal

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I have to say, that I kinda like Tyranids, even considering I generally do not like this kind of stuff. I am more the lean technology kinda guy or considering fantasy most of the time some elvish stuff strikes me.

But the snakethingy tyras are especially nice. I think a ravener is by far my favorite tyranid model. Its the coolest in Dawn of War 2 as well.

And thats quite an idea you have there using greek/mesopotamian mythology as your inspiration for a hivefleet. I like it very much.

Actually it's Babylonian mythology  

I thought about Greek mythology but noone seems to be able to pronounce or even write Hivefleet Hekatoncheiros correctly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatonchires

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