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hi all, just puttin my first nids ever out for some constructive critsism on paint work and colour sceme
cheers

the skin could use a highlight, it looks very flat. nice scheme though

thats what i was thinking, i put a green wash over it and it looks better in real life than in the pics...... im realy just making excuses just in case i wreck it lol, im not shure what to highlight with ive got goblin green but its a bit bright to go over the darkangles green?

now ive gone and done it lol, ive done two test scemes and cant decide wich one to go, im thinking i could use both since there similar but i duno, i need some imput lol

oh and excuse the dodgy pic taking

The dark scheme looks better, there's more contrast with the skin.

First, his some suggestions with the pictures so we can give better C&C.
Keep the camera far away and use its own zoom. Hold the picture button down halfway until it focuses. If you need highly details photos, use your camera macro mode and do the opposite. Move the camera close and don't use the zoom. However, you still may need to focus it. Never use flash and try to take pictures either outside and near a window. Okay, with that out of the way, I have a few strong suggestions about the mini.
-I can't say the color scheme is my favorite as the colors clash to much. I suggest more natural colors they are less bold. Try a more 'pukey/catachan' green. Those are less saturated and don't hurt the eye. For reds, mechrite rid as a great mid tone and isn't harsh. For the carapace, I suggest a technique called feathering. Paint the carapace color a base of black. From there, grab a good mid tone blue like ultramarines blue on a detail brush, and feathering it at the ends of the carapace where one ends and the next begins under it. Try to make small triangles that blend together but are 'spikey' at the top. Make sure they are similar in length at the top. Next, take a second color, maybe a hawk turquoise or enchanted blue and do the same, but feather it shorter so some darker blue shows through at the top. Continue with lighter colors as far as you want to go which might include white. It is a very simple painting technique that is great for nids and very common.
No TL;DR, read it anyways.

i like the bolder style nids, i was going for a hive fleet beheamoth look, there only test modles tho, mewiththeface do you have any pics or links to tutes, ive only just started with wh again after like 10 yrs and i had blood angles before the nids so its a big leap lol

Yes! Nice colors. I actually hate the standard white and red color scheme. It doesn't look alien enough.Now this looks distinctly like something that I would see devouring all life on the surface of a planet.

I play a behemoth force as my self and I believe I can paint some good nids. Here is an amazing tut which I plan on using the skin tut for my Fw tyrant as well. http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/282
He goes into feathering too. No need to use those colors though, just swap them out for similar tones in dif. colors. The reason I suggested less saturated colors as they tend to look better together on a model with harsh variations then saturated. With saturated colors, I find them to be completely separate and don't blend together in unison on the model. To get bold colors, you can use less saturated and highlight plenty. Also, for good color shading, use a wash of the colors opposite on the color wheel. I.E. wash red with green and yellow with purple. But red does wash with purple very nicely.

ah yea i see where your coming from, il check the tut, and il post a new pic in a lil while , cheers for the coments guys

looks better in person