One of the noticeable differences between a Carnifex and Tyrant torso is the spines/stacks/breathing tubes/whatever the heck they’re supposed to be on the back carapace. The Carnifex has three pairs, the Tyrant has four, with the front set armoured.
So, I hacked the front set off a Tyrant, and pinned them in place on the Carnifex’s front carapace section. They’ll have some GS added around the bottom to blend them into the existing carapace.
Also added the flesh hooks on the chest, which are again just waiting for some detail and filling around their stems.
So, as of this point, our little Tyrant looks like this.
Obviously, a Winged Tyrant isn’t much good without wings… and now seems like a good time to make a start on them.
One of the problems with using Dragon wings for a Tyrant is that they don’t look like Tyranid wings…
With that in mind, I started making a few changes. I reshaped the shoulder, so that it will fit into the Tyrant’s arm socker, and shaved off all the little patches of scales.
Also removed the large claw at the ‘wrist’ joint, to be replaced with a Scytal hand. The outer edge of the wing can then be sculpted over with GS to look like a modified Scytal blade, with the wing membrane connected to it.
I’ll also be adding GS over the forearm, to give it the standard Tyranid carapace look, and adding a couple other little details to mesh it in.
Coming up: lots of filling, getting some leg, and Melinda is confronted by an angry, scary ghost that appears to be trying to kill every living creature in the town, but is actually just looking for its long lost spoon.