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Nope.

I think it's a great idea RiTides... can't wait to see what you do with the models.

Could you explain the Bastion thing RiTides? It seems to be appearing in every Nid list around at the moment. What does it do for you?

Ah. Does the venomthrope's stealth ability then extend out from the edges of the bastion?

So... if I'm understanding you correctly... you're suggesting that jy2 is "a complete tyranid noob" as HIS is the advice you will be following as opposed to your "experienced" tyranid team-mate??

I'll have to point that out to him.

You guys aren't in panic mode yet are you? You've got... two months left! I could paint a whole.... 3 or 4 figures in that time!

Lucky....

You should get a jewler's saw & cut them off. That's what I do for sensative resin gates.

Looking good! Gentlemen... start... your... paintguns!

Hey RiTides... I have two old, dilapidated rhino hulls that I could send you quick... PM me if interested.

I think those'll do fine Ri Tides. Get the tops camouflaged with snow and maybe some extra plasticard pieces to represent torn roof sections and you'll be fine.

My only qualm is about the black base. Looks very at-odds with the snow.

No, I just think there's too much contrast between the white snow and the black base. It looks unnatural to me. I think the slate is too dark. Try painting one with the slate painted a lighter grey, highlighted in a lighter grey yet, then washed in Badab Black. You can still ring the base in black, that's not what I'm getting at.

None of my bases are green... sorry Alph.

I remember those. Awesome.

Keep at it RiTides, you'll get there!

Don't worry my friend... you'll get there, no problem! It's not like if you blow it you'll completely ruin a once-a-year, very expensive event for 3 other guys or something....

Oh wait... let me re-phrase that...

Very cool mat!

I might have an opinion for you on the painting but it'll have to wait until I get home to a full sized screen. Might be too late by then.

 RiTides wrote:
The order I tried painting last night:

1. Highlight purple and orange
2. Highlight bone color
3. Drybrush head

I did the this order, because I thought it would help clean up any mess around the orange and purple... but it also gets drybrush on top of the purple and orange . So, I'm thinking to do it in this order instead...

1. Drybrush head
2. Highlight purple and orange
3. Highlight bone color (to cover up any mess around purple eyes in particular)

Does that last order make sense, or should I consider something else entirely?

As a reminder, this is what I'm aiming for:

Finally have a chance to look at this...

So, if I have this right... you're proposed order allows you to
A) drybrush/highlight the head/bone, then
B) highlight the purple & orange, (in essence, allowing you to clean-up spill-over from the drybrushing), then
C) re-highlight the the head/bone... allowing you to clean up after the orange/purple highlighting???

I'm not sure I have the details right... as such, it seems a bit of wasted effort as your constantly cleaning up after yourself. Can you skip the drybrush stage and just quickly highlight the head/bone area? That would save you a step and the need to clean up. You could do that last, after the orange and purple... that way you'd really only have ONE clean-up step (i.e. the head/bone highlight) rather than two.

How about a purple wash for the eyes after you do the head? it should pull away from the pupils leaving them a lighter color than the rest and the sockets would be dark (purple). And you're done... no muss, no fuss. Worth a shot anyway.

The learning curve sucks RiTides... and it gets us all in the end.

I think you did a great job with them. Chin up, ever forward!

That looks really good RiTides. I think you've got your methodology sorted properly now.

You'll make it just fine RiTides. Just keep plugging away and refining your process as you go. Each "round" will get easier than the last as you get more and more practiced.

Yes

Only I if you have time after the rest of the army is done.

I should've mentioned RiTides... I think your force looks spectacular thus far. Hope our teams meet AGAIN this year at Adepticon.

Very cool... looks massive!

Is there a secondary color on the Tyrant?

Pale purple.

Just an opinion here... I think that if you could make the deeper shades of the pink bits even darker, it would benefit the models as a whole.

They look great though RiTides... very well done.

They look fantastic RiTides. Congratulations!

Satin varnish should do the trick. The only satin I've used is the Vallejo satin that is in their airbrush line. Works fine. Though in my recent attempts at making gems, the GW varnish is a lot more like satin than gloss.

Do you mean this picture?


Assuming you're referring to the four pod-like things on the black bases, I have an idea. You should go with the whole Alien/Promethius thing and model a guardsman and marine leaning over one of the pods on the bases without the giant pod on it. Like they're looking into it trying to figure out what it is, right before the face-grabber thing leaps out to get them!