Some of you may remember the Tarantula I painted recently, and that I said that I wanted to put a rider on it, well here is said rider attached (WARNING Arachnophobes scroll past these pictures ! See I listened Matt ! LOL)
For the rider, I used a metal terradon rider, and some plastic bits from the newer ranges to come up with this champion, plus a little bit of greenstuff to tie it all together. Below you can see him more clearly in his base materials.
For this next one we go back to more ideas for siege, in siege you can pay for things like battering rams, I thought it would be really cool to use Dinosaurs to fill the roles of the siege equipment, so got a plastic Pachycephalosaurus as these dino's had really thick skulls, and it is theorised that they would headbutt each other in mating courtships to prove suitability, and also in defence against predators. The rider is again a first edition terradon rider, with plastic bits from more up to date kits.
Sorry I forgot to take pictures of the conversion before painting, so you'll have to take my word for it ! That's all for this post, more Lizardmen inbound, so until next time stay safe and have fun !
Cheers Dave
Oh, dammit, I love this SO much! The tarantula rider looks awesome, but nothing beats lizards on dinos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber, lot's more lizard riding dino's to come, and looking out for a cool looking Sauropod to use as a siege tower ! LOL
DeleteGreat looking lizards and their converted steeds!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain, lot's more conversions on the horizon, and a few standard models as well ! LOL
DeleteGreat job finishing up the mounted units! Your terradon reminds me I have some similar stuff to paint up at some point.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brian, nice to actually get them fully completed rather than just half done, I'm intrigued to see what these models are when you get to them.
DeleteYou did a fantastic job converting various riders to fit these mounts! GW has done a great job taking the lizardmen from mostly infantry troops in Warhammer Fantasy and adding them on top of huge dinos. I think that really elevates them and makes them look intimidating on the battlefield. I hope we might see some of the Aztec inspired lizardmen make their way to your hobby table too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeff, it's been interesting watching the development of this army, although there have been some versions, I just hated ( second edition Kroxigor !) but overall I like the whole army, and certainly gives a lot of scope for trying out unusual colour schemes. Have some Saurus, Skinks and Kroxigor on the workbench, plus a few more dino riding ones as well ! LOL
DeleteNice work, Dave! :-) I think I could do with some alternative cavalry along these lines!
ReplyDeleteThank you John, is that for your alien invasion gaming ?
DeleteIt might be, it might be! :-) Part of me is not letting on what the other part of me has not made his mind up on yet!
DeleteLOL John, look forward to seeing what you do, when both parts of you are working on the same page ! LOL
DeleteHaha, you and me both, Dave! :-)
DeleteI have the same problem myself, the creative side goes I've got this great idea, and the realist side goes, here he goes again ! LOL
DeleteFantastic! The dinosaur toy is a fitting mount and would definitely be very useful during a siege.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough I utilised the same skink head that you used on the spider rider for a conversion recently to create a Dragonborn for my DnD group.
Thank you snapfit, it was a lucky find in my local model shop, as I've been looking for one of these since Siege came out, just need to find a suitable Brachiosaur now ! LOL The helmeted heads that GW have done adds a good bit of variation, hope you post it up on your blog so we can all see it.
DeleteVery cool, are you going to use the Brachiosaur to represent a Thunder Lizard?
DeleteYes, I'll definitely post the model in the near future.
My thoughts was t would make a great living siege tower, with it's long neck being able to lean over castle walls and towers.
DeleteShall look forward to seeing that then.
Both mounted models look great - and it's funny how different an actual anatomically correct dinosaur looks compared to the cartoonish GW sculpts, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThank you Azazael, I prefer the anatomically correct style, and have done the same with the few dinosaurs I've sculpted.
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