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Classy Black and white!

I am rendered speachles by the perfection of your nids' evolution!

WIP shot of Cataphract/Centaur/Zoat - looking Tyranid Prime.







This one is going to be the Swarmlord's Herald; joining the Swordguard deathstar to catch Krak missiles and nerf IC's with Lash Whips. I plan to add a Gargoyle perched atop his bonepike to give the appearance of an army banner, and slightly reposition the right forelimb as it appears a bit wonky. Also going to raise the elevation of the left hindlimb to make it rear up straight.

Tyranids Prime will have the old school Warrior head and carry a shield; regular Warriors will have the current plastic Warrior head and a wrist-mounted Devourer.

I want to sit in a corner and cry - very nice work....

Nice looking prime! Looking at your latest pic, I noticed the bottom of the pike almost looks like claws on the front hoof. Maybe you could try modelling large toenail like claws on your front hoofs to make the rending claws? I'm not sure how well it would work, but at the moment I can picture it better then on the gargoyle...

Love the previous work to - just gotten through it

Your painting technique on the carapace is great. I'm currently in the process of trying to master smooth transitions of colour on my carapace, but I keep on finding that I run out of room very quickly for the final colours... will have to keep working on it.

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slice'n'dice wrote:I'm currently in the process of trying to master smooth transitions of colour on my carapace, but I keep on finding that I run out of room very quickly for the final colours... will have to keep working on it.

Try this:

- paint on base colour
- paint on final colours in the place where you'll want them to be
- use that as a guide for where the other gradient steps should be and what colour they should be

News for Nottinghamshire types: I'll be on the Mansfield Artists stall in Nottinghamshire Pride this Saturday, with Alien Hoplite weapons and Alien Monster guns (that are definitely NOT Boneswords or Rupture Cannon, GW legal bods) and castings of 20mm / 40mm / 60mm infested ground bases, and actual built T-fex conversions and alien (not Mycetic) spore conversions built, based and undercoated. Also loads of non-gaming related paintings and jewellery on sale!

('T-fex' is not copyright GW, so screw you legal bods.)

Remember this li'l fella?



He just won Mini of the Month July 2011

I've got more gribbly goodness coming up soon; halfway through painting my first Tervigon of five, and the Zoat-looking Tyranid Prime.

Gratz! Even after reading your tutorial for your painting technique I'm still in awe of the paint job.

Can't wait to see how your Tervigons will come out.

Looks great. Nice work!

Great work I am just getting into nids and I love your creativity. Keep up the amazing work.

lindsay40k wrote:WIP shot of Cataphract/Centaur/Zoat - looking Tyranid Prime.







This one is going to be the Swarmlord's Herald; joining the Swordguard deathstar to catch Krak missiles and nerf IC's with Lash Whips. I plan to add a Gargoyle perched atop his bonepike to give the appearance of an army banner, and slightly reposition the right forelimb as it appears a bit wonky. Also going to raise the elevation of the left hindlimb to make it rear up straight.

Tyranids Prime will have the old school Warrior head and carry a shield; regular Warriors will have the current plastic Warrior head and a wrist-mounted Devourer.

Look, Lindsay! It's PUMPKINHEAD!

Lindsay, your talent with painting and originality with your conversions never cease to amaze. The thread is quite fascinating, keep it up! I particularly look for to seeing the old school stuff with a lick of paint on it!

Are you a lawyer, or something? Because how on earth did you manage to get your hands on the funds for all those Archanoraks?!?

Anyways, LOVING the painting here, everything looks perfect!

_Tim?

Possibly ebay and Hoard'O'Bits. At least that's what I do.

I am in awe! Awesome stuff here! Keep up the good work.

Well thanks for the influx of positive comments folks.

I'm halfway through painting my Prime (who's been tinkered with a bit since the undercoated shots) - and lookie here, Mini of the Month for August is for single HQ figures

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Are you a lawyer, or something? Because how on earth did you manage to get your hands on the funds for all those Archanoraks?!?

Anyways, LOVING the painting here, everything looks perfect!

_Tim?

Landlady evicted to sell, and I ended up getting back my full deposit plus a month's rent. Combine with a FLGS that gives a 15% discount on GW (with free UK/ £2 EU postage), and I finally have up-to-date rulebooks and new toys

Lindsay....For the Zoat-Prime...I might, might just forgive the butchery of that poor 3rd ed. Zoey.

Might.

Waiting to see what a lick of paint does. (Don't worry...you're safe from me. I won't lick it...unless it's blue. Then it gets licked.)

DarkStarSabre wrote:Lindsay....For the Zoat-Prime...I might, might just forgive the butchery of that poor 3rd ed. Zoey.

I will remark that in UK copyright law it is permissible to clone intellectual property as much as you like for the purpose of non-profit personal private study - so long as none of the clones end up in the possession of others - and leave you to draw your own conclusions

I'm starting to succumb to hobby fatigue with my Tyranids, so to keep myself frosty I'm getting cracking on the Ork Genesteela Kult I've been promising myself for a decade. Click the teaser pic below to go to the P&M blog!

This thread's been hibernating a while, now. But I'll be returning to the project pretty soon, probably gonna get them Tervigons painted up. In the meantime, whilst Old One Eye is (1) rubbish, (2) already represented in my army, and (3) unique and thus cannot be taken twice even amongst an allied list in Apocalypse, I really wanna get a retrofex and give it big ol' claws and an appearance of a beard, to field the ZANGIEFEX:

Hahaha That is hilarious. Just picturing the 360 suplex and laughing

A challenger appears!



I always thought the third Calgar sculpt looked a bit Zangief-y. Sure he could out-piledriver Old One Eye.

Its all so beautiful...

Love the crisp painting Lindsay. And the ultra-zangief is just fantastic. I get you...I get you...

So I pre-ordered Shield of Ball and I guess I'll be reviving this blog. In the meantime, enjoy:

Glad to see you reviving the thread!

As am I

By the way, my main active blog atm is my Word Bearers. Link's in my sig - but if you can't see it, http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/619108.page