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Hi All,

I saw this old pic from white dwarf and wanted to replicate the carapace scheme for my behemoths tyranids, i tried to do some tests. White primer, yello and orange layers, bluetac as stencil, blue paint on top. But when i removed the bluetac a lot of the blue paint came off.

Maybe this way isn't suitable for my hormas, maybe bluetac is bad for stencils, maybe the poundshop colours is what made it go wrong, baybe the paint wasn't thin enough...

I ordered some new colours from vallejo with a thinner, but I was wondering, how would you guys go at it?



This the original pic:



I tried google-fu and search-do but didn't find anything particularly useful ("15 layers should do the trick")

Thanks!

oh 15 layers should definitely do the trick

I'd start with perhaps 3-4 layers of white, then an opaque yellow or orange, and build up the yellows from there

Couple of layers of khaki in your chosen pattern, then layer yellow over that. Jobs a fish

Yeah, but i wanted to protect the yellow patterns from the surrounding dark areas to make it neat, should I invest on masking fluid? Or is it just a matter of practice?

The way I've seen it done is be messy blocking out the pattern in thinned layers of yellow then use the darker undercoat color to go back and define the edges of the yellow.

I'd do this in reverse order. Paint the dark colour first. Since you don't want camo blobs, I'd use Tamiya masking tape to make stencils. Alternatively, use other adhesive tape or foil, but be sure to reduce the tackiness by sticking it on your skin or other stuff before sticking it on your model.

Blu-tac taking paint means the paint wasn't dry enough, or you pushed the blu-tac in too hard, left it on too long, or a combinatiion of those circumstances. I'd also advise doing a clear coat before you go to the next step. The blue-tac will stick less to a flat clear coat that it will to poreous acrylic paint.

I'd paint the main colors, the put a layer of medium (earthy) brown that's then covered with a layer of orange. Then two layers of golden yellow should do the trick with some bright yellow for highlights.

Paint your pattern over the blue, I should've said earlier. Use masking fluid when only absolutely necessary as it's a pain in the arse

Also, Pound Shop paints BAD!

You (and the rest of us) spend a fortune on those man-dollies. You want them to look great, don't skimp on materials.

It's like buying a really expensive set of golf clubs and then using Lake balls, occasionally there might be a good one, but really you should respect your investment.

Rik

£shop paint = pigment the size of an orcs gonad.

Model grade paint = finer pigment, actually a higher quality.

I'd prime black/grey and then highlight in grey (on black) or white (on grey) from above - you can do this with spraycans.

Then I'd do the yellow pattern, get a solid colour from MULTIPLE THIN COATS.

Then gloss the top.

Then mask the shapes over the yellow

Then do the carapace/rest and peel off the masking tape/fluid/blu-tac

The gloss will preserve the yellow and also make it easier for the tape to be removed.