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Or just those nifty highlights that people do...this is my first attempt at it and I was looking for some feedback. Basically I just did it in three layers after the base coat of brown (using minitaire ghost tint brown over mechanics grey and codex grey.). After the base I just lightly brushed codex grey in short fast strokes, followed by fortress grey and then finally white, progressively using less and less paint.

Anyway, comments and criticisms welcome on the feathering specifically, the rest of the model is incomplete so I know it needs work


Buh, just noticed they're on their sides, they should work if you click them, but I can't fx them right now because the mobo on my desktop is fried.

That looks really nice, would like to see how this turns out.

Thanks. I started the Army as something to play games with against friends so that we were just using My Space Marines against other space Marines, but I ended up really liking the army and now I want to make my models look better, the other nids that I have are all just painted in the same scheme but without the feathering and I decided to take them to the next level...this trygon prime is the first to get the treatment

Very nice so far. Distinct shapes and nice color choices. My only suggestion would be to come in with a very bright almost white color and just rim the big panels so they really pop off of each other. Can't wait to see the final product.

 MikeFox wrote:
Very nice so far. Distinct shapes and nice color choices. My only suggestion would be to come in with a very bright almost white color and just rim the big panels so they really pop off of each other. Can't wait to see the final product.

Thanks for the tip, just trying to understand you more clearly...you think I should rim the larger panels with the white all the way around? I suppose I could, hey already have some white on the bottom though, could you show me a picture of what you mean?

really nice job on the feathering

Looks pretty good so far to me. Perhaps go with a bit more translucency to get the transitions a bit smoother, or maybe another dark stage. An edge highlight (not too extreme) on the outer edges might help pick it out a bit too. I'd say you've got the technique now, it's just about figuring out the right mixes from there on.

Thank you...do you think there would be any benefit to have the lines coming from top and bottom from the carapace pieces? Ni only did it for the end pieces but I'm wondering how it would look and I don't have photo shop...I've noticed that some of the better nid painters like to do the textured shells from top to bottom, wondering if that's the rout I should go.

Yes, the point of that is to carry the 'ridged' texture right across the plate. Once you're away from the lower (raised) side, it can be a bit more subtle. I tend to do that by feathering in the shade. On the nids I did for GDUK2012's diorama, it was a very very thin black just to add a bit more depth.

He about 90% finished, here's a front shot with the trygon on the base...any tips on things to do to finish him off?

Nice! I've been working at the same thing. What type of brush were you using? Wide/thin? I'm thinking of moving from a thin brush to a flat brush. Also did you water down your paints? It looks good. The hardest part i have is breaking up the length of the strokes so they look nice and random instead of a flat line across.

I've actually been using an army painter brush, it was a quick fix and I've ended up using it for all of my general painting. The base coats are all airbrushed though and then hit with washes

Finished one of my hive tyrants today with the feathering. Figured I'd share some pics

Would love to do multiple pics per post but the iPad isn't letting me