I'm wondering if anyone has done undead demigryphs? Or if anyone has seen any appropriate substitutes/conversions knocking around the interwebs? Thanks JR
Undead Demigryph
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I really like the idea. Would make a cool counts-as something or other, maybe an Abyssal Terror (tell your friends it levitates all ghost-like). I was thinking the Island of Blood gryphon rider would be a cool conversion without the wings! Would definitely cost less!
It's a cool idea however you don't really have any suitable parts to use in converting them so you are pretty reliant on your ability to hack apart and greenstuff the demigryph models. I haven't seen it done but it doesn't sound too difficult if you are ok at making gore with greenstuff (plenty of tutorials for that) and they could easily be used for crypt horrors or the like in game terms
Thanks for the suggestions guys. That was more or less what I was thinking I might have to do... I'm ok with greenstuff and more than happy to learn, I just wondered if there were any cool ideas that people had seen already (and that I could rip off) but I guess not. I'm actually making an Undead Empire/Bret army and am in need of some Demi's!
If it were me I would probably just hollow out the eye sockets and focus on a sppoky paint job. You could do it all bloodstained if you want or give it a pallid spectral appearance.
The models really are terrific and your paint job could bring out all the best textures and details in a new, darker way.
You could make other slight changes to enhance the details that are already there, like scratching up or pitting the armor plates with an exacto knife.
I feel you have a lot more freedom with the riders. It's a lot easier to swap the head out on a rider and achieve an instant undead look vs. heavy conversion work making the mount's head skeletal or stripped of flesh.
The models really are terrific and your paint job could bring out all the best textures and details in a new, darker way.
You could make other slight changes to enhance the details that are already there, like scratching up or pitting the armor plates with an exacto knife.
I feel you have a lot more freedom with the riders. It's a lot easier to swap the head out on a rider and achieve an instant undead look vs. heavy conversion work making the mount's head skeletal or stripped of flesh.
Sorru for the threadnomancy (or am I).
But it popped into my head to chuck my blood dragon lord on a demigryph so I went searching and found this thread. Could you just use the demi as a barded nightmare and fluff wise some of the attacks from the vamp lord are the demigryph attacking?
But it popped into my head to chuck my blood dragon lord on a demigryph so I went searching and found this thread. Could you just use the demi as a barded nightmare and fluff wise some of the attacks from the vamp lord are the demigryph attacking?
@Trans Pretty big base size difference there. It'd probably feel klunky. But I like big hacked to Hell monsters, so I'd like to see the model you come up with.
Well,
Got the demigryph and am currently working on it, thus far I must say, size wise I'm not overly impressed. It is honestly maybe a tad broader, but shorter than the blood knights. Those GGs are hucking fuge, so I don't think basing or size will be an issue. to the point I'll need to have the demigrpyh on a little bit of a scenic base so it's at the same height!
Cheers,
TheTrans
Got the demigryph and am currently working on it, thus far I must say, size wise I'm not overly impressed. It is honestly maybe a tad broader, but shorter than the blood knights. Those GGs are hucking fuge, so I don't think basing or size will be an issue. to the point I'll need to have the demigrpyh on a little bit of a scenic base so it's at the same height!
Cheers,
TheTrans
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Hey Trans,
i know its been over a week since you got your demigryph however i plan to use the same model as a basis for a Hellsteed conversion. i plan to remove any flesh below what would be the rib cage and green stuff gore and rotting organs held together by strands of flesh, also taking a large drill bit to the rest of the model to make large holes to allow for input of green stuff to create the look of musculature under rotted skin (or green stuff muscle fiber directly onto the model however this may make it look odd with scaling). the head is one of the chaos knight heads (one with no marks of chaos preferably) and the wings from the vargheists. also green stuffing the flames and such that emanate from the creature.
hope yours comes out well
i know its been over a week since you got your demigryph however i plan to use the same model as a basis for a Hellsteed conversion. i plan to remove any flesh below what would be the rib cage and green stuff gore and rotting organs held together by strands of flesh, also taking a large drill bit to the rest of the model to make large holes to allow for input of green stuff to create the look of musculature under rotted skin (or green stuff muscle fiber directly onto the model however this may make it look odd with scaling). the head is one of the chaos knight heads (one with no marks of chaos preferably) and the wings from the vargheists. also green stuffing the flames and such that emanate from the creature.
hope yours comes out well
If anyone has made any progress here and wants to post some pics for inspiration for all us others please do!
Looking good! Thanks for posting.Apologies all must of popped the pic up in another one, here you go.
I ended up using him as a varghulf to better suit my Blood Dragon based army. Also FYI, Blood Knight horses are taller than Demigryphs haha...
Thats the best one I have seen done but its not really dead.
Only thing I can think of is a scratch bone build off a morghiest, some heavy rebuilding and reposing but I think doing it this where where it will be a tonne of work would look best.
Only thing I can think of is a scratch bone build off a morghiest, some heavy rebuilding and reposing but I think doing it this where where it will be a tonne of work would look best.
Agreed.
I also want one that is a bit more 'dead-y-fied' though. I'm thinking of getting some Demis and then chopping some bits out of them to add spilling guts and some skeletal features, etc. I'll let you know how I get on.
Pic doesn't show it off well, the other side has it's rib cage sticking out aswell as tendons on its back leg out in the wind. My reasoning behind it was it to be similar to the Nightmare the blood knights are on as opposed to a rotting zombie like carcass...
The problem is zombie demigryphs i find don't look that good.
Skeletal ones though look great but it is a huge amount of work, personally though I think its worth the effort.
Skeletal ones though look great but it is a huge amount of work, personally though I think its worth the effort.