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what colours should i paint my nids? it'll be mostly hormagaunts and genestealers, with a hive tyrant and stuff, but mostly troops.
shuld i have them:
black skin with scab red carapace,
scab red skin with black carapace,
bleached bone skin with scab red carapace,
black skin and bleached bone carapace,
or something completely different?

Paint 1 nid with each color scheme and see what you like.

I designed an online tyranid painter for this reason, there are quite a few different color schemes programmed in to see what you like. Also you can see what your scheme might look like across the range of minis. Might save some time and some paint.

Also when you are done you can submit your scheme for inclusion to help the next nid player with there own colors choices.

http://www.fallensunasylum.org/nids/onlinepainter.html

Very impressive program you've made. My mind is boggled.