I’ve quietly been doing lots of work on my tyranid army recently and have started working on some bio-titans. I’m using a 40k Maleceptor (a large psyker beast) as the base model for my Dominatrixes (I’m going to have 4 in my army):
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It’s a bit on the big size (it's on a 120 by 90mm base) but I’ll live with it. I think the model looks in the ballpark compared to my other titans yeah? The Hierophant there is DC4 5++ while the Dominatrix is 6DC 4++ so it seems reasonable for it to be bigger. I’ve also recently ordered a 40k
Tyrannofex model to make a Hydraphant and that’ll be a much easier conversion with just a different head and gun arms.
The below is a pretty rough mock-up of some ideas I have so far. It’s not to scale as I don’t have all the bits yet and some bits might not work and have to be altered.
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The visible brain matter in the side seems appropriate for the unit’s command/psyker role but I’m probably going to cut the 3 rows of spines off to make it thinner and more closely match the original.
I plan to cut up the body from a second Maleceptor and add it flipped around towards the back, so that the overall body shape is closer to the old model rather that it being so forward heavy. This is going to require a fair bit of cuting and green stuff and be challenging to get to look right!
I'm going to swap the large claws on the 40k Maleceptor with something smaller, more like the epic model. Probably claws from either a 40k Carnifex or Hive Guard would do the trick.
I’m thinking of using the Exocrine head, on a longer neck if I can find appropriate parts, with side prongs like the old model.
Anyone got any good ideas for the gun? I’ve ordered a selection of tyranid guns to try on the model but I’m really unsure about the back area where the gun sits on top of the Dominatrix’s back and joins to it. I’ve toyed with using the
gun and mounting plate from a Pyrovore but I don’t think it’s that great an idea?
Ideas for the cot thing on the back and its occupant?
Someone else converted one from cut up tyranid claws and I don't think that’s such a great option but it's the best I have for the moment. I considered just cutting off the part from the old epic model and sticking that on top, but it’s too small. I’ve toyed with using a hive tyrant body and head with green stuff wires/tentacles around it, or maybe an old metal epic zoanthrope head?
What’s going on with the odd fleshy banner type things on the old Dominatrix? Are they meant to be decorative or some kind of psychic communication array? I might stick a pair of the head sword things from Swarmlord heads in place of these unless anyone has any better ideas. Or maybe a pair of
back spines from a Neurothrope instead? Those are rather creepy looking.
Suggestions / ideas / feedback welcome!