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Ok, so i'm Entering in a Trygon Painting contest. Your thoughts?

Very nice, but his teeth look far too white for my tastes. The armour is gorgeous

I agree about the teeth. Also the base seems a little bright, maybe if you made the grass look dead that would help. Other than that, very nice.

Looks grand, especially the carapace

Did you use gloss varnish?

The teeth - they don't bother me at all...

Fantastic job!

Let us know how you end up placing!

OMG thats an awesome job dude, pretty much exactly the colour scheme i'm going to paint mine.

Any chance you can provide a list of colours and some brief words on techniques used to paint the carapace please?

Thanks you thank you.

J.Black wrote:Looks grand, especially the carapace

Did you use gloss varnish?

Yep It's the GW 'Ardcoat


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L0rdF1end wrote:OMG thats an awesome job dude, pretty much exactly the colour scheme i'm going to paint mine.

Any chance you can provide a list of colours and some brief words on techniques used to paint the carapace please?

Thanks you thank you.

Sure! For the base coat i used "The Army painter" Spray paint. That have a color called Human Flesh. It coats wonderfuly. Followed up with a wash of GW Flesh wash. (What's that you say? they don't make it any more? Sadly i know... I have yet to find a replacement for it that matches color. Anyhelp from anyone here would be greatly helpful as i used most of my last bottle to paint this.) After the wash sets, tou hit the raised arieas with Elf Flesh. then you highlight all the elf flesh with Bleached Bone. :-)

The Armor is Much easier. Caos Black for Base, Scab Red on bottom, Blood red on top, and Edges highlighted with Blazing Orange. :-) Hope it goes well for you! Don't forget to use 'Ardcoat on the armor to really make those colors POP! :-D


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Alpharius wrote:The teeth - they don't bother me at all...

Fantastic job!

Let us know how you end up placing!

Hells No! How can you expect to devour the galaxy with Cavities! Brush your Nid's twice a day and Floss once a week ( Or after every battle) LOL!

One of the, if not THE nicest Trygon I have seen!

Come to think of it, the base isn't very grimdark - more like someone's taken trygon-rex for a walk in the park. Again, just a matter of taste though

That is the most awesome trygon I have ever seen!

Awesome job- I see what some people are saying about the teeth, but I think it works to make a little contrast you know?

Rutteger1 wrote:Awesome job- I see what some people are saying about the teeth, but I think it works to make a little contrast you know?

Exactly, if they were dirtier it would just blend in with the skin.
Why are people tripping about the base? When tyranids arrive the vegetation on the planet grows out of control. The base SHOULD look lush and vibrant.

-CC

Amazing Job with the painting...

But...

As mentioned by others, the base does look kind of out of place. Like I walk out to my White Picket Fence yard and there's just this Trygon standing there giving me the old Salesman smile lol.

Try doing something a bit more... ravaged?

Like, even IF a Trygon managed to find it's way on to my front yard I think the ground and dirt would be tossed around and bushes pushed over, probably some slime involved. It definitely wouldn't look the same as if it was a regular Sunday afternoon

Other than that though, awesome paint job!

Looks really nice but the base looks to nice and perfect for 40k

ooo me likey . The base hmm its good and all but I dunno if it really suites the whole big scary nid thing. Its a painting competition so the minitures the most important so it is fine .

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Doesn't look like much of a fist to me.

But it DOES look like an excellent Trygon! Well done!

Stunning!

I'd wedge a Space marine into his mouth, but that's probably overkill.

VERY well done, looks natural. Looks real.

Love the figure, dislike the base, it definitely needs some more rubble, scorch marks, dismembered corpses or something

Clang wrote:Love the figure, dislike the base, it definitely needs some more rubble, scorch marks, dismembered corpses or something

I agree, the base needs some changing. However, you could go the other way keeping it clean and fresh and put a bicycle on it and some eviscerated kids or something.

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Clang wrote:Love the figure, dislike the base, it definitely needs some more rubble, scorch marks, dismembered corpses or something

I agree, the base needs some changing. However, you could go the other way keeping it clean and fresh and put a bicycle on it and some eviscerated kids or something.

Ha ha ha Your Twisted! I love it!.

Well the results are in! WINNER! Yes sir. I've won my first painting contest. Thank you all for your Oppinions! I'll defanately consider them when building my next Painting Contest contestant!

Congrats!

Congratulations! You definitely deserved it.

Yea I was going to say good luck, but obviously you got the good luck lol. Nicely painted. Hive Fleet Colgate

Everybody else in the contest just realized they are going to lose...

Paintjob is amazing. The base is good but seems a little out of context with the miniature. It seems like the Trygon has just wondered into an episode of Postman Pat

In regards to Flesh Wash, this is the original Company that made GW paints before they outsourced to China. Enjoy they are the exact same thing with a different label.

http://www.scalecreep.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1436_1437_1439

sworth9411 wrote:In regards to Flesh Wash, this is the original Company that made GW paints before they outsourced to China. Enjoy they are the exact same thing with a different label.

http://www.scalecreep.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1436_1437_1439

WOOOOO! You have no idea how happy you've just made me! My whole army can now be realized in the same glorious colors as it was originally intended!

That, sir, is the stuff of nightmares. Needless to say, bloody well done! It looks great!