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I always wondered why FW stopped making those towers. Nice to see you managed to get a hold of some. Looking forward to seeing some paint on them

 Reeno wrote:

AMAZING!

As today is mother's day and my Tervigon still stands incomplete I thought I would unite here with her brood and shower her in gifts.
*40 x New Termagants.
*3 x Capillary Towers.
*70 x New Dice (not sure if she'll appreciate that one).
*A set of Vallejo Model Air Paints (still in the post) so Painting can begin.

Just to explain the latter...
I have always found it very frustrating when using my airbrush to apply my base coat as is does not take long until it blocks up and has to be cleaned to be able to continue.
I thought that this was just the nature of airbrushing or something to do with the temperature of my loft where I use it.
I spoke the helpful chap at my local art supplies shop and he explained that it could have something to do with the paint I'm using.
He explained that the pigment in airbrush paint is smaller than that of normal acrylic paint as it has a tendency to clog up. So I turned to the internet and found a set of WW2 Vallejo Air Paints that contained a colour very close to my custom basecoat.
Thats about it for today. I was going to begin construction of my spore pods but as I haven't really got the time I could just continue with my Tervigon pampering and get some Green Stuff on her, there are parts on the model that really do need some filling before painting can start.

Wow Im new to this thread and im starting tyranids too and I must say this is really nice!!!

I am in love with this army! And geeze I be jealous of who ever's mom gets that card ;D Good job mate!

Thanks guys.

I'm still working on my batch of 40 Termagants although progress has been slow due to work, a bad back and my computer's PSU blowing up.
I'm trying to take photos of each step so I can produce one big painting guide for them instead of dripping the odd photo on here.

Someone asked me "why no Genestealers?", trust me I have plenty set aside for when the timing is right including those limited to the last Space Hulk.

I did give myself a break from the Termagants a few weeks back and started work on an 'Old One Eye'. He's not really for use in my army especially at this stage, but it gave me an excuse to play with a Carnifex kit and experiment with slate on a my interactive basing level.
Spent a bit too much time on this kit really considering I still have so much to do for my 'gants. As 'Old One Eye' is a bit of a battle scarred legend I thought I'd put some effort into weathering his armour much like Forge World's Hierodule
...I may have gone a little over the top!

Ok, just a quick update.
Have most of the long, slow and painful parts done for my 40 Termagants.
Just some detail work and bases to paint so another couple of days and I should have them all pretty much done.
At that point I'll cobble together a painting guide for them and post it up here.
The next project I was going to start was the painting of my Tervigon, but as I have gotten hold of some Kwik weld to try out I'm going to assemble one of my mycetic spores I purchased from puppets of war.
To those that are interested, I will keep you all posted.
Wish me luck!

keep it up!

Haha Good Luck

The 40 Termagants are complete! Which now gives me a grand total of 56 to field if I wanted to.
I hope to post some pics later today and put together a quick step by step on how I painted them.


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...and here's a couple of quick snaps I've just taken as proof...



oow, look at them all!

I dont want to see another Termagant sprue for as long as I live.

First go with JB Kwik weld last night.
Very impressed with results so far.
Touch dry in 15 mins!
Let me know if anyone else out there is considering using jb weld.

Here's my Gant guide as promised...

01 - Stick the thing together and trim any mould lines.
02 - Decorate base with Green Stuff, sand, bit and bobs etc.
03 - Undercoat black (not shown) and base coat with Vallejo Air Cam. Grey Brown 71.042.
04 - Dry brush everything with Graveyard Earth.
05 - Roughly paint all fleshy bits with Tallarn Flesh.
06 - Highlight fleshy bits with Elf Flesh.
07 - Start to apply texture to the Chitin with a mixture of Graveyard Earth and Kommando Khaki.
08 - Highlight Chitin with Bleached Bone.
09 - Paint Teeth Skull White and the tongue/eyes Mechrite Red.
10 - Wash everything Black.
11 - Drybrush Base Fortress Grey.
12 - Paint the ammo/energy sections of the Fleshborer with Emerald Green.
13 - Drybrush on Scorpion Green to roughly simulate organic light from the Fleshborer.
oh, and paint the sides of the base black again.

Nice work, could be helpfull to me but I dont recognise some of the paints you are using.

TermaGrant wrote:
Nice work, could be helpfull to me but I dont recognise some of the paints you are using.

They're all GW paints, some are just the old batch, check out the paint conversion chart and you should be all good

Eldercaveman wrote:

TermaGrant wrote:
Nice work, could be helpfull to me but I dont recognise some of the paints you are using.

They're all GW paints, some are just the old batch, check out the paint conversion chart and you should be all good

Thanks caveman you beat me to it. Yeah they are all GW paints apart from the one Vallejo, my collection of paints goes back to the very early 90's, amazed some of them are still going.
I'm afraid I cant afford to keep myself up to date with GW's paint range, the only one have bought since the new range came out is Steel Legion Drab that is the latest equivalent to Graveyard earth.

Oh ok thanks guys, i managed to find out most of them. I'm sure i can improvise if i come to use your colours. Hope you dont mind

Course I don't mind, that's why I put the guide up on here. If you do use it please post some pics so I can have a peek.
Well whatever you end up doing make sure you share, I for one would like to see what you get up to.

I'm really looking forward to starting my Tervigon next weekend, I think I've earnt the right to paint a nice big model after wading through so many little'uns.

 Reeno wrote:
Course I don't mind, that's why I put the guide up on here. If you do use it please post some pics so I can have a peek.
Well whatever you end up doing make sure you share, I for one would like to see what you get up to.

I'm really looking forward to starting my Tervigon next weekend, I think I've earnt the right to paint a nice big model after wading through so many little'uns.

You have most certainly paid your dividends

Love the paint scheme, it's very earthy. The red accents on the Warriors look awesome! Really makes them stand out.

Cheers guys. I'd like to knock up a few more warriors at least, but before that I must get myself a finished tervigon and then my three zoanthropes I think. I've seen some pics of a shootyfex that got me inspired but I really must stay focused on what I already have. It's always been my downfall in the past, to drop a model before completion because of something shiny and new.

Do you base coat with a brush or a spray paint?

Man, I really like the green glow effect you gave to the termigaunts! makes them look even more alien.

@Termagrant. I used the GW black primer spay can and then applied a Vallejo Air paint with my airbrush as the base coat.
Does this mean your ready to start painting then?

@Brakkos. Cheers, I was quite chuffed with how it turned out, so simple to achieve too. All I did was dry brush it on, well more kind of scrubbed it on. The technique is a brush breaker for sure, but worth it in my opinion.

Not quite ready to paint, well haven't even got many tyranids yet, but I'm on the look out for some cheap Termagants or some hormagaunts.

@Termagrant. Keep hunting, I found some great deals on ebay you just need to be patient.

Here is the progress I have made with my mycetic spore so far...

JB Kwik weld doing a brilliant job of holding those spines in place.

I also gave a quick tickle to my Tervigon yesterday, but to be honest it's a little overwelming having such a big model to paint. I really want to do her justice and have a finished model that I can be proud of.
I guess it's just pre-project nerves, spose i should just push myself to get into the swing of things.

Wow, nice organic looking scheme. Very dark and alien!

I also gave a quick tickle to my Tervigon yesterday, but to be honest it's a little overwelming having such a big model to paint. I really want to do her justice and have a finished model that I can be proud of.
I guess it's just pre-project nerves, spose i should just push myself to get into the swing of things.

Just sit and do a little pre-planning of what you want to do and how you going to do it. After that, just follow Nike's logo: just do it!

Cheers for the pep talk. Did a little more tonight and I'm getting into the swing of things. I already have my own painting guide to adhere to so the planning is already done I suppose. I just hope it works as well on a larger scale.
Only one way to find out.
It's all good fun!

i'm sure you'll do just fine. Lovin the slate work on the base, especially on your old one eye. The way its talon smashes into the rock floor really shows the power of a carnifex.