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Hey guys,

This is my first post on dakka and I'm pretty new to wargaming and I dont know if my nids are very good. I know there not perfect, and I am getting better, I just want to know if they are good for a first try.

Not bad for a first try. Some practice on brush control will help a lot. You should thin your paints dow a bit I think and don't be afraid to go back over a colour if you're not getting good colour coverage. Apart from that, practice, practice, practice (and with Tyranids I thnk you'll get a lot of practice )

Yep, Flinty is bang on

Prime white with these if you are not, and make sure to water down your paints a little so they are liquidy enough to cover your model smoothly. Doing a second layer is not a bad thing either if you want a colour to be stronger. You can get thinning agent for acrylic paints in most art supply stores, and that would really help rather then just using water!

Dakka has a lot of great articles for learning new painting techniques too. At this level you should be looking for basics on how to highlight and shade, and using washes

Thinner paint would be beneficial really, but these look cool for a first attempt. Good to see details like teeth and spines picked out, great first try - you can only get better!

Not bad for a first attempt.

In future try dry brushing the carapaces from head to tail to get that feathered look.

Try dry-brushing the shell color, makes look more organic.

I would prime those bugs white, hit them up with a purple wash, then paint the chitin areas bone over that, leaving purple in the recesses. It'll look rad.

their better than my first Nids

Pretty good! But you might want to paint the sand on the base to really make them shine. Even just a dark brown then a tan or light brown drybrush really completes the picture.