So here's the Tyranid warrior sprue. I decided on trying to extend the legs. Here they are:
So I cut it in half, carefully, using a (slightly naff) hacksaw. Like so:
Using the drill, I drilled and pinned each of them so give the legs a bit of height.
I then used the epoxy to fill the legs. This repositioned them and gave them slightly more height. I won't lie, though, the repositioning was poor, and the height barely noticeable. I should've stuck with just doing the rest of the conversion, and shouldn't have bothered with this part.
To the tip of the tail I added a piece of what should go on the Carinfex:
Similarly, I used a Carnifexes head. I snipped it down to size, and then removed the little nub on the Tyranid warrior model. For the lash whip I began by drilling the arm and sticking a curved paper clip portion into the whole. I epoxied that in place.
I then drilled and pinned the abdomen to the chest. Again I ensured that about 1.5cm of paper clip remained out of the wholes, to give it some extra height. I then epoxied around the gap to try and remake a waist. The downside is that this meant the model looked a bit emaciated. This was compounded by the large head - it doesn't look entirely comical, but it doesn't look entirely in scale with everything else.
For the bonesword I snipped the hand off of a scything talon, then snipped off the talon. I turned the hand back around the other way and glued it back onto the stump. I then cut out a piece of plasticard, and epoxied the plasticard onto the hand to get a bonesword.
Overall the project was a success and a failure. The model ended up looking a bit like an anorexic manga style Tyranid, with a thin waist and a really, really big head, rather than a ferocious monster. But it doesn't look terrible. But the big upside is that it is OBVIOUS which model is my Tyranid Prime, and as it doesn't look too bad it fits well with the other Tyranid models. As soon as I've finished painting it, I'll post pictures of that too.
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