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So at my first tournament I 'won' best painted but couldnt claim it due to not having my bases done. This kinda spurred an interest in going back and making my army look even better, and after a few weeks (and painting 40 gargoyle wing pairs on Saturday) I finally finished.

My renovations were 'ardcoating my carapaces (Which looks great in person, not so great on this crappy camera), doing a 4 desert color blend on all claws and hooves for the big dudes, and doing the most basic of black bases on all of my guys out of spite. Im sure eventually I'll do a better basing job but I honestly just want the bases black and plain for gaming purposes.

I'm considering (but putting off) developing a nice black tiger stripe technique to put on ALL of my bugs, but that will come much later.

Anyway, feedback is welcome!


Swarmlord and guard


Tervigon and some of the 50'ish Termagants

My favorite player


Flyrant and 40 Gargoyles




Not a great photo of my six tank killers

'Fex and Guard

Very nice indeed.

Thats hands down the best Nid army I have seen so far, I really really liked the contrast between the orange and the very ligth shade of purple. Also is it just me or dose those Zoantropes glow?

I like them. Orange is a great choice, and the purple is pretty good! I like the glowing effect they seem to have.

No glow, just the shiny 'ardcoat responding to two light sources. I think its a lot more tame looking in real life.

Thanks dudes

These look mint mate.

I love it! I've been wanting to do something similar, in terms of achieving a more "natural" looking color scheme.

They look very nice, some of the best Nids I've seen.

Thanks all, good to hear

These look really nice the contrast is prime.
Using any airbrush on those carapaces?

Absolutely stunning! I taken back by these nids!

Really nice work! I love this. Very bold scheme, and it works.

Thanks everyone, I've been surprised at the response to these on here and at the local GW store, I think people like these colors.

chiefbigredman wrote:
These look really nice the contrast is prime.
Using any airbrush on those carapaces?

No, its Evil Suns scarlet/Troll Slayer Orange/Fire Dragon Bright and edged with Flash Gitz Yellow for the carapace.

Very nice mate.

Maybe I won't start nids in Jan lol

Cracking bugs there,very,very lovely paint scheme.

Oh fantastic, a really great army there. The colour scheme works perfectly (Good old orange and teal).

Thanks!

I flew my parents up to visit their granddaughter as an early christmas present, and my wife and I took them to our Games Workshop where my mother proceeded to buy me two Carnifexes. So I think I'll field the 'tiger stripe' design on one of them after some practice and Ill post them up here by Saturday.

Sweet Nids man. Look great!

Carapace is outstanding! Neat colour scheme!

 Iechine wrote:
Thanks everyone, I've been surprised at the response to these on here and at the local GW store, I think people like these colors.

chiefbigredman wrote:
These look really nice the contrast is prime.
Using any airbrush on those carapaces?

No, its Evil Suns scarlet/Troll Slayer Orange/Fire Dragon Bright and edged with Flash Gitz Yellow for the carapace.

Excellent use of blending and highlighting and stuff you've got your technique down pat I think great work!

The orange is so smooth, it looks great. It really makes out. 10 for the rare colour choice! Keep up the good work! If I were you I would paint the gargoyle bases too.

it's beautiful. The whole army really pops, especially in the forest themed board.

It's great, but I'm looking forward to the actual tiger them i.e. stripes Nice looking, different Tyranid army though

Just joined and my first post is to say how incredible these look! Never been a Tyranid fan but these have actually got me inspired to try paint some. Well done!

Very nice work, great looking army.

Nicely done!!

Nice looking. I would love to see the teeth painted a different color though. They look unfinished

Very nice. Well done!

These look beuatiful as they are, please dont change them!

I love your orange; there's something about hand painting that airbrushes can't quite capture