Concept models

 Yesterday I had the chance to make a start on a few ideas I've got from my Lovecraftian themed 40K army for our 2013 army challenge over at Dan's house. The goal, which I suspect I won't fully meet is to have an HQ and troops unit finished by the end of January. As my list is Tyranid based that means lots of troop models. My idea at the moment is to build a Tervigon Shub Niggurath who births Dark Young Termagants. The central figure in these photos is a concept for one. It's based on plastic Gor beastmen, and this one has three cloven hoofed legs and some tentacles. The bulbous mouth part is to represent the Fleshborer 'gun'. Tentacles are damn hard to make and I need more flexible wire than the stuff I used, however I like the thin, non-octopoid look of them. I need to make them separately and let the green stuff set before molding them onto the amorphous and many mouth-eyed bodies. They are going to take a long time to make, perhaps even an hour each, but they'll be worth it.

The other models are two degenerate cultists. I used Hobbit goblins for this as they look very hunched, deformed and not a little fishy. Adding hoods to them is difficult because of their hunched shoulders, so I may have to rethink that a little. The model on the left has the face of tentacled Genestealer.

In the picture below are a number of brain-like Tyranid bits that I'm planning to use as heads for my Mi-Go fungi Gargoyles. Amazing what you find rummaging around in a Tyranid bitz box courtesy of Dan.   

The stars are right!

Before the sane and sentient beings of the universe formed the chaos gods out of their raw emotions and fears there were things that slid in and out of reality, things that ruled the stars before even the Necrons. And like the Necrons they slept, in the dark spaces between the stars and the gaps in reality. Now, with the final accent of the end the very stars are aligning to awaken the Elder and Outer gods for the last confrontation when all will battle against great Cthulhu and his allies.

So for a long time I've wanted to make a Cthulhu themed army, and have deliberated between army books, and have considered Chaos Daemons with Chaos Space Marine allies or Tyranids. With this challenge on I think I've finally settled on Tyranids, because they're an army I haven't tried before. With the codex having so many monstrous creatures it gives me the opportunity to model all sorts of tentacled nightmares and strange things,

My troops choices will be made up of Mi-Go Gargolyes, Cultist Termagent, Ghoul Hormagents, with Colour Out Of Space ripper swarms and Night Gaunt or Byakee Winged Warriors. Perhaps Hounds Of Tindalos might be Genestealers. Lot's of deep striking Cthonians and winged creatures lesser gods, with lasher tendrils and few shooting attacks will be the order of the day. Shoggoths, Black Goats of Shub Niggurath  can make the Carnifexs and the like. 

I intend to make a lot myself but will try and use some GW bits to vaguely keep it GW legal as well as making sure my models are at least as high as their Tyranid counterparts.

And of course there will be a flying Hive Tyrant from R'lyeh.