ghoulio wrote:

 Sillycybin wrote:
i understand this is an old thread, but I would really like to know the paint recipe for the purple and flesh. Or if anyone can take a shot at figuring it out. The best I can think of is to use Xerxes purple and layer it up to a bone white before washing it with the new leviathan ink, as for the flesh it looks like a brown base layered up with a mix of bleached bone, a red and a grey.

Crazy, I almost never check Dakka Dakka anymore and the one time in the last month I do someone Necros one of my old Tyranid Threads lol.

Anyways, the painting of the flesh and carapace is much easier then you are making it out to be (sort of). My style of painting for this army is all about starting with very dark colours and working your way up to the highest high light. I didnt use any inks at all for this army other then a small amount of green wash in the neon green sections just to help add a bit of depth and to smooth out the green high lighting on the birth sack. Anyways, these are the colours I used to paint this army (everything done in a "streaking" or "feathering" technique):

Purple
- Black undercoat
- Streak on leviathan purple painting about 90% coverage starting at where the chintin meets and working your way outwards (use Naggaroth Night if you go from the current range)
- Streak on leviathan purple/pure white in an 70/30 ratio painting about 75% coverage
- Streak on leviathan purple/pure white in an 50/50 ratio painting about a 50% coverage
- Streak on leviathan purple/pure white in a 30/70 ratio painting about a 25% coverage

Flesh
- Black undercoat
- Full dry brush of scorched brown (Rhinox Hide for current range)
- Full dry brush of beastial brown (Skrag Brown for current range)
- Streak on tallarn flesh (maybe Deathclaw Brown? or Ratskin Flesh)

You can check out more of my army here:

http://legiominimus.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tyranids

Here is a painting guide on how to paint my army (stealers):

http://legiominimus.blogspot.ca/2009/06/genestealer-painting-tutorial.html

Hope that helps!