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Looking better and better Connan! Can't wait to see what you do with the figures!

This really is excellent. Very realistic looking and yet still in keeping with the 40k universe. The way you have painted the rhino is awesome, I like the way it is subtle and understated. Much better than the bright, vivid blues you usually see.

I can't find words to properly describe this. your attention to detail is bordering on insane. cannot wait to see this piece finished.

This is a museum quality recreation of Uriel Ventris's last stand? I cannot remember if he lived or died, its been a while since i read the book. I will assume though with the number of nids there is a no.

This is fantastic, the little details you've put in the buildings bring it to life. I am looking forward to see your take on Ventris

Thanks!!

Uriel Ventris is still alive... that's what Graham McNeill (the "ultramarine writer") says, jeje!

Your C&C are very useful and polite. Thanks again for your attention!

Here you are a concept picture about the tyranid attack. I'm going to put 65 tyranids (carnifex, genestealers, tyranid warriors...) but in this image you can see only 30...

Regards!

Oh me oh my.

That will be immense.

I look forward to the completion of this. It will be awesome to a very high degree.

This is absoultly fantastic! The amount of detail in this is amazing.
There is only one thing that I would suggest, and that's to make the Imperial Eagle stand out a little more on the building. I realise you can't higlight it too much because of the effect it has, but pick it out just a little. But that is a small thing in comparison to your work! I can't wait to see this finished, I love the book.

Thanks a lot, my friends!

Sicarius, thanks for your advice.

After the terrain work, I clean all the plastic miniatures. You are going to see just a "trial version" because I need to fix the composition mistakes.
THAT'S NOT THE FINAL SCENE.

Next step... the paint work, I hope!

Regards...

That is really quite amazing. How did you originally plan out the diorama? I'm interested in maybe making one.

Are you going to make Uriel Ventris truescale? I think you should give him a cape thats been torn up and ripped!

Thanks to all!

Unclehomefries... in this thread I tell my own way to make a diorama. There are a lot of ways, but that's just mine! I'll explain you better if you want.

S.j.mccartney, I'll use the original GW ultramarine... but I'll paint a weathering ultramarine, not a new one! jajaja!

Now I'm working on the tyranid color scheme... and I need a real one!
The terrain has a lot of natural colors, like the red (bricks) or grey (concrete); that's why I use these colors in my tyranids. I think it's a very good urban camouflage for these aliens.

I hope you like it!

That gaunt is beautiful, i love the colour scheme.


any chance of a tutorial for that colour scheme?

Thanks WSL!!
To get that colour scheme I used these paints:

base: Black Chaos (GW) + Burnt Umber (Model Air, Vallejo),
tyranid armour: Terracota (GW) + Sand (ref. 075, Model Air, Vallejo),
shadows: Charadon Granite (GW, Foundation),
tyranid skin: Sand + Light Sand (Tamiya),
details (eyes, tongue...): Iyanden Darksun (GW Foundation), Warlord Purple (ref. 14, Game Color, Vallejo)

A new tyranid image... yeah! I painted 5 of them!

Regards...

good sir...

your work is... AMAZING...

all I can say is that if this diorama didnt have so much ass kickery packed into one small space...

that I wouldnt be gushing like this...

So I say continue on with your amazing ability sir... I only strive in the thought that some day I may have a fraction of your talent...

Bravo... Five stars... the whole lot...

you get the picture...

keep up the amazing work...

-SINISM

Well i hope this is going to a Golden deamon competition because it should win hands down ! So please, enter it !

looking really good mate, it looks exactly like i pictured an SM standing ontop of a rhino with a load of nids about to swarm him like

Thanks a lot!

Sinism, your C&C are very polite! Thank you very much!

Wolf, thanks again. I'll enter with it in some contests... GD?... Who knows?

I continue painting tyranids,,,

Regards!

As always, your painting skills are breath taking, My only gripe is that you seem to be using a standard marine and not a truescale. He's the center of the diorama after all so he should recieve extra attention and modelling work.

Thanks, thekingofdinner! I'll use the original marine scale, not a converted miniature, because the rhino's scale is according with the original miniature. If I change the scale, I'll have problems with the rhino and the buildings, made with the 28 mm. scale. But your idea is very good!

I'm working very hard at this moment, because the end is close... but I'm very tired, that's true.
I post you my latest update, the paint of 12 tyranids. The color scheme and the style are very personal, I know it, but I tried to adecuate it with the terrain, like a real environment camouflage.

These pictures shows you the update, but there aren't the final pose of the minis. It just an example.

Regards!

wow...

I played nids yesterday...

and all I could think was this diorama...

I love the urban wreckage bio-flage you gave to the nids... shows their adaptation to an invasion environment...

I commend your efforts sir and also wanted to know what you're going to do to make your marine distinguishable as a certain character?

keep up the awesome work sir!

SINISM

Yes, it looks great. Keep going and reward yourself with chocolate!! That's what gives me motivation!!

Really great thread this, thank you for sharing the entire process from start to finish with this, it's really good to see how such great works of art take shape.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Dante

Whoa whoa whoa, it's magic!! I'll never believe it's not so!!

I'm sorry but you have to make the ultramarine true-scale, at the moment the stand in looks like he'll just be squished instantly.

Superb work, absolutely superb.

I must agree with Goliath, a true scale marine is a really neededfor this, thatwill really show how he could stand up to so much. At the moment he looks puny and pathetic

get the true scale , marine in there and you have yourself an amazing diorama worthy of Golden deamon i think !

Oh my... this is wonderful!

I'm not sure you need a bigger marine. The smaller he is the scarier the tyranids will look.

That is absolutely spectacular!

Thanks for all, guys!

Sinism, thank you very much, your words are a real prize for me! I'll model the hair and maybe the face of one space wolf marine to get my own Uriel Ventris character,

Sjmccartney, jajajaja! Your advice is very good! Thanx!

CMDante, it's a pleasure for me! Thank you!

Captain Gordino, Dodgex1, thanx!

Goliath, Wolf, thanks for your C&C! I'm agree with you, but I must say that the scale of the diorama (all of its elements) is according with the 28mm. GW scale. I can't modify it, because the rhino, and the tyranids will be out of scale. I believe the same thing that Mellon (thanx again!), "The smaller is the ultramarine, the scarier the tyranids will look",

Sicarious85, you are welcome!

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Today I finished another 4 miniatures... and the big carnifex continues waiting me...

Regards...

I know how tough it is keeping your nid paint scheme consistent for the over all aesthetic that you're going for...

and I have to say sir that you're doing a damn good job of it...

bravo!

any sketches or anything of your uriel that we the peanut gallery can see? or is it a sculpt as you feel on the fly sort of thing?

Keep it up!

-SINISM