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Yep.

Not a nid player or painter, but it's very cool to see all the different varieties of ideas for paint schemes. I might be going too far here but it seems that Nid armies lend themselves the most towards individuality? Great looking armies everyone!

Mine are just undercoated black, too embarrassed to post :3

Loving this thread so far. So far I only have pictures of my paint test Termagant, and the paint on him isn't quite finished yet, but here he is.



The paint scheme is based on the Dyeing Dart Frog, or Dendrobates Tinctorius if you prefer the scientific name.


Anyways, my little test gant up there will soon (hopefully) be joined by the rest of the battleforce he came from, a box of Gargoyles, a Hive Tyrant (Finecast, some flaws and bubbles, but nothing too bad), a Zoanthrope (same as the Tyrant), a Carnifex, and a Tervigon that are all waiting for paint.

Fat Little Ripper wins the thread. Naturalistic color schemes for the win! I'm basing mine off of a couple of my favorite fish species.

Gah, this thread reminds me why I want a Tyranid army.

If I had one, it would look very similar to the Akrid from Lost Planet.

I don't have a full army picture, but you can view the units here (minus my Swarmlord, which is still under construction):
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Hive_Fleet_Maliades#Unit_Photos

Some choice pics:



Tyrannofex (with the new kit I'm gonna convert it back to a Carnifex):

^ No shortages of 'Fex's there.

Norn King wrote:How could you sell them? All that effort

unemployed, have a family, 1st of 3 armies that sold. Only have my IG left (Alpha legion and GK are gone too ). But I have a job now


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Nard wrote:here is some of my stuff. Check out my gallery for more.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?u=38024

Now this the Nid army I'd love to have. Great paint skeam and job. Can't wait to see your Tervigon and Trannafex.

Great stuff guys!

chaos0xomega wrote:Fat Little Ripper wins the thread. Naturalistic color schemes for the win! I'm basing mine off of a couple of my favorite fish species.

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I would hardly say that I "win the thread". I have so far only shown one unfinished example of my work, and the inspiration for it. To say that I "win the thread" is huge disservice to everyone else in this thread that has posted so much more than I have, such as full armies that they have been working on for years.

What if your army isnt painted fully yet? Can I post pictures?

^ Yes.

Fat_Little_Ripper wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:Fat Little Ripper wins the thread. Naturalistic color schemes for the win! I'm basing mine off of a couple of my favorite fish species.

I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I would hardly say that I "win the thread". I have so far only shown one unfinished example of my work, and the inspiration for it. To say that I "win the thread" is huge disservice to everyone else in this thread that has posted so much more than I have, such as full armies that they have been working on for years.

Nope, sorry, you win this thread by virtue of the fact that you've chosen to go for a realistic paintscheme. Nard may have an incredibly beautiful army that makes me cream my keyboard every time I see it, but its not an attempt to represent tyranids as natural/real world creatures.

@ Norn King

Ok, thanks so much!

Ok, so here it is!

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Nard wrote:here is some of my stuff. Check out my gallery for more.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?u=38024

Now this the Nid army I'd love to have. Great paint skeam and job. Can't wait to see your Tervigon and Trannafex.

Can anyone surpass Nard's army?

im goin for the FW biotitan colour sceme
yuno the dark green with a blotchy carapace, smuthered with a fair amount of varnish

Lets see some pics eh'?

Behemoth here.

I don't have a group shot, but here's a few individual shots I have. When I have my Carnifex and last Termagants and Gargoyles done, I'll have a worthy group shot.

Anyone know how to change the title of a thread? Need to make a few changes.

Edit the subject in the first post first, that should work.

Thanks, changes made.

They all look great. The problem i am having is the fact that its making me want to start a bug army. And with the codex being what it is i just couldn't bring my self to pay money for the models. But great job guys,

PapaPiggy wrote:They all look great. The problem i am having is the fact that its making me want to start a bug army. And with the codex being what it is i just couldn't bring my self to pay money for the models. But great job guys,

You think the codex is broken?

Just a few for your perusal. Great to see some inspiring nids on the forums. Marines are good n all but they're not slice your face off and eat it space alliens are they?

Nard wrote:here is some of my stuff. Check out my gallery for more.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?u=38024

Every time I see these I am envious.

Great idea executed to even greater effect.

Hive guard playing with Ghazgull Thraka

Who will win lol. I honestly really like the paint scheme you have going Jacko, i may have to borrow it without giving it back. =)

Terribad photos and I still need to do basing, but Hive Fleet Maelstrom also uses ye olde Bone n' Blue color scheme: