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I hard once about how to get those weird flame looking line things on tyranid armor. People keep saying directional dry brush but I dont get it?

That does not work because it does this weird powder effect and looks nothing like it. I would really like to know how those are made! Like if there is a video or something that can really help me learn how to do that so I can use the same technique on non tyranid models because I do not have nids lol.

bumpity bump pump.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Maybe show us an example of what you are after?

i would imagine this is what OP is talking about.

what you would do is use a very fine brush (or a brush that when SEMI dry has a splayed appearance) and start at the edges of the plates, and work your way toward the plate that overlaps it. i have been doing that on a tyrant guard, and i am very happy with the outcome.

please note-


this image is taken directly from GW's site, and used without permission, and all rights to the depicted image, the Citadel Finecast logo, etc, belong to Games workshop Ltd



i posted that note, because i know how the IP lawyers are, and i dont want them coming after my arse...


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i just noticed.... the Zoanthrope is Hive fleet behemoth colors, but the warriors in the background are not, lol....

http://kofler.dot.at/40k/tyranid.html

The nids in this photo. Look at the armor. Its lines in their armor.

WTF? I cannot figure out how its done!

This is probably what you are after? Layers... sooo many layers.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1066

Mine don't look that great, but I just basically did long lines, then shorter ones in a lighter color, then really short ones in an even lighter color. Only I did mine from the inside of the shell towards the edge rather than the other way around.

The technique is called feathering. Thin paint, applied in 'sketchy' strokes back toward the edge to be highlighted. Thinner paints and more layers gives a smoother, finer texture to the result.

I"m guessing what you\re talkng about is feathering. Easy to do, harder to explain.

Try this vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX-931Otd-E