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This was just a test model for the paint job of my up-and-coming Xenomorph-Themed Tyranid Army, Hive Fleet Fiornia (cookie for you if you know where the name comes from). I also domed over the head, which I am very happy with. It's so shiny you can see yourself in it.

For the record, the pics don't exactly do it justice, it actually looks much better in person.

Its like a shooting gallery down there!
btw i think they'll look 100% better if you elongate the head by 30% ish

Penal colony in Alien 3.

Interesting. Head seems like it should be a little bit longer though.

I think that will be a great army. Can't wait to see more

Lovely. I've seen a few Alienids armies over the years... they tend to be just painted gloss black all over. The speckled effect you've got gives it a little more detail.

Some of the good one I have seen that are not too far from alien are this one

http://coolminiornot.com/146566
http://coolminiornot.com/146555

and a littlte tutorial for the head

http://www.timkline.net/alienids/sculpting.html

I like the 'short' heads just fine - how did you make them?

Clang wrote:I like the 'short' heads just fine - how did you make them?

After sanding down any ridges on the head, I simply dome it over with greenstuff.

Im with clang, i like the sort heads just fine.

GAME OVER MAN.......GAME OVER!!

Shorter heads for the gaunts and longer ones for more important bugs may work well, add a bit of definition since you'll be going a very similar colour scheme throughout the army.

I agree with Morgrim. Looks awesome dude, when they're painted are you gonna keep the head looking sorta slimy/shiny?

GET AWAY FROM HER YOU %$@#... lol love the paint job and i agree with morgrim as well.

Wow... so shiny! I approve! Xenomorph-based 'nids are always killer-looking.

We're all gonna die man! -Bill Paxton, Alien 2

Lmao

Great work, cool looking model

Thanks for all the praise, fellow Dakkaites. And primministersinister, you're close, but not quite. Fiornia was the planet that the penal colony was stationed on, but you were close enough that you still get a cookie, cheers.

Looking at the model, I realized he was lacking alot of detail, and the blackness was kind of overwhelming. So...I played around and found that a light drybrush of the very same gray after the gloss not only toned down the glossiness a bit, but also revealed more detail. I like it alot more, but I am finding that with the dark colors of these models (dark as you can get) plus the gloss, they're pretty hard to photograph and do them justice. Looking at these pictures, I'm still not happy with how he looks to the good people of the forums, as he looks way better in person (I'm not just saying that, it really does), but these were the best photos I could take. The first one should give you a relatively good idea of the affect I was trying to achieve.





Cheers, and yes I know he has some gray on his dome, I got a little messy with the drybrushing.

That drybrush improves the model 100% in the first pics, because of the forum resolution, it basically looked undercoated and unfinished, the latter one loks so much better it's truly scary.

Nice paint scheme. I've been thinking about doing something similar. (Hive fleet Geiger.)

warpcrafter wrote:Nice paint scheme. I've been thinking about doing something similar. (Hive fleet Geiger.)

Cool, good to see another Xenomorph fan . Not to be nitpicky, though, but it's Giger .