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Having painted a lot of Marines in various flavours so far this year, I wanted to do something different for the 50th mini of the year. Genestealers seem to be all the rage at the moment thanks to Overkill, so I decided it was finally time to make a start on my Space Hulk 'Stealers that have been collecting dust since I bought the set in 2014.

With the paintscheme, I wanted something very high contrast, very monochrome, and more than that, something that looked 'real', as I'm not a fan of the cartoony coloured Nids most of the time. Lots of washing and drybrushing here to build up the insect-like texture on the carapace here, then a liberal helping of Blood For The Blood God to add a dash of colour.



Had a bit of fun with the photo editor:


More will follow, this guy took just under an hour so I should be able to get another few done pretty soon, I shall update this thread as and when they're done. Thanks for looking! Any thoughts, comments, gallery votes or other feedback more than welcome!

Very nice mate.

Great job, Paradigm! I'm in the same boat; my Space Hulk set has received zero love since I bought it. However, if Overkill is to be bought and justified to the Mrs, some painting needs to happen!

I really like your scheme. It's simple but effective. That genestealer looks nasty vicious! Did you use GW colours?

Cheers guys!

@NLC: It's a mix of Vallejo and GW paints, mostly Vallejo Air. The white starts out as olive drab and gets increasingly light drybrushes of an increasingly bright olive/ivory mix, then a very thin purple wash, then a sand/pale blue drybrush or two. The black is a similar method, but mixing from black to grey and with a black wash. Then a liberal helping of GW's Blood For The Blood God paint on the stabby bits.

I like the color choices. It looks like something that has been surviving on a space hulk for decades or centuries in hibernation....

Cheers!

Added another Stealer, and some more edited shots: