Kit Bashed Tyranid Hive Crone

[dcrabb]

I recently got started in 'nids when I traded a guy and got his starter army. He had purchased two Hive Tyrant/Swarmlord kits and made a flygrant and a Swarmlord so a set of wings and 2 tails were included in the bits I got from him. I purchased the two 'fex kit so I had lots of heads left over. When I saw the Hive crone body bits and base on ebay I knew I had the pieces to make a relatively inexpensive Hive Crone. Here is what I came up with. It has a 'fex head with a stranglethorn cannon in place of the drool cannon, tyrant wings and tail, crone body and some 'fex tail morphs serving as tentaclids.

All I had to buy was the base and body so I think I have about $20 including shipping sunk into this guy.

Let me know what you think. If I were to do it again I might try shaving off the inside back edge of the wings to sweep them back a bit rather than being so far forward.

Nose on view:
P1020426 by Doug Crabb, on Flickr

side 1
P1020427 by Doug Crabb, on Flickr

side 2
P1020428 by Doug Crabb, on Flickr

I had to shave down the crone tail and hollow out the tyrant tail a bit to get a nice fit. The tail morphs look like they can fly so I used them as stand in tentaclids and to cover the leg slots on the tail.
P1020430 by Doug Crabb, on Flickr

I shaved down the cannon a bit too much so there is a gap. I'll fill that and the one round the neck with some green stuff after I make my kit bashed Tervigon (tervigon body, tyrant tail, 'fex head and scything talons, and trygon carapace).

P1020432 by Doug Crabb, on Flickr

[Jackal-0311]

Amazing work sir.

[Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four]

I LIKE IT!!!

That's a great kitbash. Reminds me a bit of how I threw together the Red Terror back in the spring using spare bits from a Carnifex, Mawloc, and a Hive Tyrant.

[dcrabb]

Thanks guys. This was a fairly easy, the tervigon kitbash I am working on is a bit harder.