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The mechanic is brutal, looking forward to see it painted up.

That Shock Attack Gun is mega! As ever you’ve made an individual mini look like a diorama!

Long time without posting!
I've been busy with stuff, and although I have been working on a few projects , I lost momentum on documenting the work.

Last model I showed was a custom shokk attack gun, which I actually painted in a weekend in need for a game that same week.
Really fun and quick to paint, added some glow and electric effects, great addition to my meks!






I'll be posting what I've been working on (both big and small), so stay tunned for more!

As mentioned above, the same week I finished the Shokk attack gun I had a game, fully mechanicez list vs imperial fist!



The game was an intence back and forth in each turn, getting shot to bits in my opponent's turn, but a few good charges gave me the center, winning by points at the end.







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NEW ARMY

So far I've amassed a decent army or ultramarines and orks. I've been wanting to do something new, and I had my eyes on a few different armies.
Deathguard ended up second on my list, since the potential for the conversions was really attractive, but the painting would be more marines and green, things I have done enough.
Tyranids is an army I have been interested on for a while, since in gameplay it does allow for different builds, the conversions can be really interesting, and the painting could suit my style. The new models for 10th also where a big call, so I got some models and started testing a few ideas.

Although my painting style is quite cartoony, I wanted my tyranids to look a bit more scary, and the art from the 3rd edition codex looked perfect. Luckly for me, Trovarion miniatures released a video with this exact paint scheme, and has been a huge influence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UFIH6BKejg

Following the video loosely, I ended up with something Im happy with. The idea for this army is not necessarily win any painting competition, but to have something visually interesting and effective to the tabletop, with a mid level of conversions and some fun proxies here and there.



When it came to the basing, I wanted to look as an already conquered planet, with a fleshy rocky ground. I achieved this by mixing superglue and white glue, giving a mix that has a few minutes of working time and can be modeled with organic results.
It is also possible to make bubbles and other effects, making the bases much different from what I've done before.

But to be able to play with tyranids, first I need to have enough painted to do so!
I started as everyone did it in 10th, with ebay half tyranids lots for cheap, and got a few more awaiting paint, which would come later.
Not before long, I built and painted my first batch.



Tyranid Prime:
Although I really dislike the vanilla model, I see the potential of the miniature. I have done 2 conversions making it miles better than its original pose. Overall the painted version has everything I envisioned for this army: A simple yet effective conversion that accentuates the character of the model, an effective and eye catching paintjob, and an interesting base.





Psychophage

Probably one of the best models of the started box is this one. Without conversions it already looks great, meaning that any duplicates of this model will be hard to match the great original pose.
One thing I've sometimes disliked about tyranid armies is that they can be a bit hard to read, looking like a mesh of 2 colors, rather than separating elements visually. The chosen color scheme for the army helps read the models, visually distinguishin weapons, flesh, armour and effects. This way, just by looking at the model, I can tell if it is more melee (firy red), ranged (plasma green), armoured (turquoise) or squishy (flesh).
For my first one I did some slight modifications, mostly giving it a big rock on the back to exaggerate the angle of the monster even more, or perhaps showing that its climbing down from it.
The big base also allowed me to play more with the fleshy textures, alien eggs and victims of the tyranid swarm. As I get more practice, I'll try more ambitious ideas.





Von Ryan’s Leapers

Although the previous is probably the best model of the box, my favorite are the leapers. Really easy to make small bit swaps, dynamic poses and much stronger than expected considering how thin the plastic is at places.
Cant wait to paint a next batch to have at least 6 in my starting army.






Termagants

Nothing spectacular about this guys. A bit of a pain to build 80 of them in a row, fairly relaxing to paint as long as you dont try to get them perfect. Great opportunities to experiment with the bases, sometimes getting gems like bubbles inside bubbles.
For the ripper swarms I went for some 3d printed versions with small conversions. I do not have pictures of the final ones for some reason, but you get the idea.




And those are my painted Tyranids so far, let me know your thoughs! Any feedback is greally appreciated, starting an army is always a mush of desicion making and experimenting.

Terminators!
I got the my first tyranid models from a 10th edition starter box, and I had my eye on the terminators.
I do have 20 of them, plus characters, but all of them are the old models. The new ones look much bigger and imposing, and I just need to update my collection with them.



Terminator captain with thunder hammer
The first model of the group is a Grabriel 3d print, from Dawn of war 3. Great model ,did some minor modifications, and the painting was fun with the golds and a freehand on the back.
I do hate my camera, it gives a harsh posterize effect to all photos, specially when zoomed in, and ruins the look of the model in the pictures. I am not the smoothest painter, but it really annoys me how bad it looks upclose with this camera.








Captain
Probably the best model of the box is the terminator captain. I did no conversion on it since I really like the vanilla one, but if I end up with another one I'll modify it properly.
I did removed the tyranid head since it didn't quite match the rest of my army bases, and wanted to keep it a bit cleaner.
Something I learned with this model is how much more black can I keep in certain areas, specially with the cape, which in person looks quite striking.





Terminators
Some conversions and minor adjustments, trying to hit poses I was vibing with, as well as that banner.
Im really happy to see how much better my work is compared to the first terminators I painted. Both the model and the paintjob look so much better, as a combination of better tech (airbrush, decals, detail brush) and skills. This group of terminators was also much faster to do compared to the old ones, so is great to have a side by side comparison to appreciate your hobby progress.

More green!
Just this last weekend I managed to finish another batch of orks, adding a ton of much needed nobz, and a few fun custom characters to my army.




Nobz
I've been wokring on these guys on and off for a long time, and Im glad to see them finished.
Most of them are a conversion from Bloodbowl black orks, which body I really like, with AoS orruks thrown in the mix as well. Comming up with the poses and a personalized look for each one was a fun modeling challenge, and the painting hopefully makes them justice.
When it comes to the tabletop this is a huge help to be able to run plenty of nobz, and even wreckaz (melee tank bustas) if needed.







Acompaning them I have a nob with Waargh banner, who I might just run as a regular nob in the squad. I believe it must be a really old conversion from when I was a kid, I have had this guy for ages.




Weirdboys!
These are another 2 old conversions, and although probably I'll do better versions in the future, I though they where going to be a nice addition. I made them as a kid, when I couldnt get any models or bits, so I made them with whatever I had laying around. The body of the orks comes from bikers, and the arms from chaos mutants I believe. The standing ork didnt had any legs, I smashed some WC paper in superglue with a torso on top.
Overall not the best models of the army, but somehow effective.




Warboss!
And from old conversions we move to new ones.
Overall, my army only has 1 regular warboss. This made sense a few editions ago, but nowadays you want to have multiples. In any case, you dont need much to convince me to make another warboss, is always a good opportunity to come up with something cool.
I saw a second hand AoS khorgorath model for sale I and I just felt in love with the overall body of this thing as a base for a warboss. It did require quite a lot of conversion and modeling work, but the finished paintjob works great. Might be one of my favorites so far.





Warboss in mega armour
Another nice one, quite a conversion on the combat patrol warboss in mega armour, with added squig, zapp-like kannon and mechanical arm.





And finishing the bach up with a 3D printed model.
I really like the pose, although the density of detail in the model is a bit low. Its supposed to be an alternative Ghaz model, but I'll run it as a regular warboss in mega armour or a deff dread.

Wow! You’ve been busy killatores! Fantastic updates of some brilliant models. The Tyranid scheme is really great and the look glorious all together. The lightning/fire glow on the Shock Attack Gun and wierdboy is a real highlight for me.