The Quiet Limit of the World: Cygor Conversion

Cygor Conversion

From the moment I had my first read of the new Beasts book, I knew I'd be fielding a Cygor pretty regularly. While it isn't the close combat monster that the Ghorgon is, and doesn't have the movement of the Jabbersclythe, it can mess up a magic phase pretty well, and more importantly to me, it's a stone thrower.

The question became how to convert one. I had a Giant kit, and figured that was a good place to start, but wanted him to be more "Beastish". Green stuff seemed the only answer.

The first step to was to fix the legs. Beastmen have a hock; that is, the "backwards knee". You can see it in this awesome goat illustration:

So I wanted my Giant to have one as well. I build it up just below and behind the knee.

Next was the fur. I wrapped thin bands of green stuff in layers around the Giant's pants. As soon as I had everything covered, I took a hobby knife and just started slashing away, tearing at the green stuff to get little fur strips going. This took a little while, but I think the results were pretty good.

Finally, I needed to work on the head. I wanted my Cygor to be completely blind, like a monstrous seer completely dependent on the Warp for his vision (and reflected in his awesome Weapon Skill of 2). So I built him a blindfold using a small strip of green stuff, and then used another twisted strip in the back to show where it was tied together.