Valkyrion Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Official Ctan options are £95 for a Transcendent, £68 for a Void Dragon or two pretty naff resin models so I've been looking at the WFB undead range and quite like this guy; I don't know how big he is though, but for use as a transcendent what do you think? Sandlemad, N1SB, Karhedron and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The Lady Olynder model looks pretty decent as well with the right "floaty" feel. Maybe replace the little ghosts with scarabs or something. James Grover over at Goonhammer has made good use of the Morghast Archai as well. Xenith, walter h, Miek and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5618862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miek Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Official Ctan options are £95 for a Transcendent, £68 for a Void Dragon or two pretty naff resin models so I've been looking at the WFB undead range and quite like this guy; I don't know how big he is though, but for use as a transcendent what do you think? This one with a robotic head could be nice, perhaps you could get your hands on one of the void dragon's spare heads? But I feel like there's something wrong with his ribs, it's bothering me. It's not like it's supposed to represent a human (as a shard), but still.. Edited October 17, 2020 by Miek walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5618872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irate Khornate Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I used Lady Olynder for mine, just assembled her without the banshees, vine, and crown. Used a few of the tiny decorative scarabs to cover up the gaps and a couple more for consistency. Karhedron, Tyriks and Valkyrion 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5618911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I used Lady Olynder for mine, just assembled her without the banshees, vine, and crown. Used a few of the tiny decorative scarabs to cover up the gaps and a couple more for consistency. I would like to see that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5618997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 I used Lady Olynder for mine, just assembled her without the banshees, vine, and crown. Used a few of the tiny decorative scarabs to cover up the gaps and a couple more for consistency. I would like to see that. I second this motion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5619045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterPounder Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I'm curious how big the guy in the OP is relative to the Void Dragon and Nightbringer, respectively? He is very cool... I could see conversion potential swapping or reworking his left hand to hold a scythe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5619277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irate Khornate Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Ill post a picture when I finish painting the model. Wound up discovering how they did the body for the Void dragon by sheer accident to while painting the silent kings cape. Leadbelcher base, used aethermatic blue as a wash, then a drybrush of runefang steel/stormhost silver. Mr4Minutes 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5619320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dice4thedicegod Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I stuck a reaper bones skeletal champion on top of a reaper bones medium air elemental (Added a scythe using drukhari rifles) . Total cost about $8. walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5620315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeri Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I had the old nightbringer metal model and it was just a pain to paint and assemble. Almost bought the resin one yesterday thinking "how bad could it be?". I'd rather find a decent proxy to be honest. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) What about Syll'eske without the silly Daemonette? He'd probably look great in a living metal skin tone, potentially with a head swap. Edited January 12, 2021 by Xenith Sandlemad, Arbiter7 and Miek 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeri Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Oh that's a nice idea. How does the size compare? Edit: just stumbled upon this beautiful model. https://www.ragecraftstudio.com/products/banshee What do you think? Would the size fit? Appears to be on the smaller side. Edited January 12, 2021 by Aeri Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) I think a lot of the AoS Endless Spells would work. They give the C'tan a cool not-quite-anthropomorphic look, makes them more alien and abstract than e.g. a greater daemon. Rhuriadh, formerly of WHC, did a fantastic C'tan based off of the purple sun. Seems he achieved a nanobot/grey goo look using texture paint and it's striking for "a C’tan who never truly made the transfer from ‘terrifying paradimensional star vampire’ to ‘even more terrifying necrodermis god-surrogate’" There's a decent and simpler version here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Necrontyr/comments/j9ig48/my_take_on_a_transcendent_ctan/ It would need a solid paintjob but I could see it working, has a sort of weird sci-fi look with those radiations more than an AoS one to my mind anyway. Edited January 12, 2021 by Sandlemad Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The silent but deadly king Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) How about this guy as a nightbinger? I put him on a bigger base.https://th.bing.com/th/id/R6b58eb4722bf6692601e64588e9b6449?rik=EP43d5%2fW7%2b5F9w&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gardenninja.com%2fwp-content%2fblogs.dir%2f1%2ffiles%2fcryx%2feasphixious.jpg&ehk=Dn5v2BmrXJ%2fDq%2fqPD82Ylh3hox5xnw5fLcZ1Uph2Rw0%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRawHe literally has the souls of his victims around him. Sure, fragile as hell and you could pin those souls with miniature admamantium rods and they'd still beak off but he looks cool. His crude mechanical look might reflec6t necrons adding to his punishment by trapping him in a mechanical form var cruder in form than their own.Also at least 2 c'tan have been described as fiery or flaming, like N'phoran the spiral flame, so a big fire elemental might be ok. Edited January 12, 2021 by The silent but deadly king Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Chaplain Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Kingdom Death's watcher comes on a 50mm base: Arbiter7 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoceNoctum Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I had the old nightbringer metal model and it was just a pain to paint and assemble. Almost bought the resin one yesterday thinking "how bad could it be?". I'd rather find a decent proxy to be honest. Any other ideas would be appreciated. I was lucky recently and snagged a Nightbringer from the GW webstore start of December. It took weeks to ship, and I figured it'd be canceled as an error or something so was looking on ebay. They had a Nightbringer that closed at $230! So GW shipped mine, I looked at the model and it's just such a bad model. So I sold it on ebay for $100ish. Pictures of just the box seem to sell for higher than pictures of the bad resin model... Anyway, my Nightbringer will be a modified Umbra Samaritan from Infinity. It's metal, but I'm okay with that. Based it on a 40mm and cut a Scythe from some other model, now deciding how to Necron-ize it. Likewise, the GW Deceiver model sucks, so I'm using the Cthulhu Wars King in Yellow, also Necron-ized: Haven't actually finished either one though, too many other things on the plate. Azekai 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5653288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ion Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) I've always wanted to turn the Sauron the Necromancer model into a C'tan tbh Just remove the eye there, maybe replace it with the Ankh. If you wanted you could probably remodel the whole breastplate to be more Necron-esque. I think he could be used as Transcendant, Nightbringer, or Deceiver pretty easily Edited January 25, 2021 by Ion Karhedron, Bjorn Firewalker and walter h 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5658837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The silent but deadly king Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 There are at least 2 c'tan with fire themes, so a fire elemental might be good.I use a fire and earth elemental as generic c'tan, a largfe earth elemental represents one i call "Krag'Gorath, the mountain walked" and the other one is a fire elemental i call N'Phoran the spiral flame". Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5659261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristoff Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 The new Void Dragon comes on an 80mm base, while the Deceiver and Nightbringer come with a 40mm base. Originally, I think they came with a 30mm base, though (if I remember my old metal one correctly). Olynder comes with a 60mm base. The Nightmare Predator (picture in the OP) looks like its on a 60mm base (kit has 3 models, and they picture with 90mm base as the 4-faced one). The Morghast come with 60mm bases. Odds are that the Predator might work okay. If you can, talk to your local Tournament Organizers, I'd ask them how they feel about it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5669853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOGGED Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 You may also consider this newest guy from the AoS Nighthaunt range (a Krulghast Cruciator; get the chains and cross out, it has great conversion potential): Dread 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5669983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kraskor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sigvald as the base for a vainglorious Transcendant C'tan? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5673489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristoff Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Sigvald as the base for a vainglorious Transcendant C'tan? Especially if you have some Slaanesh players in your meta, hehe, but then one could use any other big Character at that point, too. walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5674031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Ikka Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Anyone else thought that the twinstone thing from the Lumineth Endless Spells would be decent as a transcendent C'Tan? I got one off eBay for twelve bucks, so I think I'll model it up as a shard that hasn't been breached/is in the process of re-awakening with some necrony bits placed around it... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5686907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 But I feel like there's something wrong with his ribs, it's bothering me. It's not like it's supposed to represent a human (as a shard), but still.. As I recall, even the Nightbringer took on a humanoid form in order to physically represent the fears of mortals in order to elicit a greater response from them. Though I can't remember whether the Nihtbringer took on the aspect of the Grim Reaper, or whether the idea of the Grim Reaper is a race memory in humans planted by the C'Tan to make us fear them. Miek 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5686910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dice4thedicegod Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Anyone else thought that the twinstone thing from the Lumineth Endless Spells would be decent as a transcendent C'Tan? I got one off eBay for twelve bucks, so I think I'll model it up as a shard that hasn't been breached/is in the process of re-awakening with some necrony bits placed around it... I used it as part of one: Lord_Ikka 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/367090-alternative-ctan/#findComment-5686913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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