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I wonder if some thin lines in a beige or in another contrasting colour on the carapace could look good...to add a bit of spice to the scheme....

and thanks mate...

I might use the half primed termagant as a test model as I had thought the same myself. I was thinking of a lighter yellow highlight or spots similar to how some butterflies have false "eyes" on their wings to scare predators.

that sounds interesting....could work!

Theo and the air brush, a love story!

Nice job, Theo.

messed up the eye and teeth,

I've done that on practically every single Tyranid I've painted so far... Good luck with the rest of them.

 Theophony wrote:
I might use the half primed termagant as a test model as I had thought the same myself. I was thinking of a lighter yellow highlight or spots similar to how some butterflies have false "eyes" on their wings to scare predators.

First off, I think they look great. The way you have it now really looks like a carapace, which makes sense. I really like the muted tones, though--you have edge highlights in there, they're just not bright. Thinking of these creatures as ones that are pretty "mass spawned" I think that's consistent. I mean, I could imagine a hive fleet designing/evolving some pattern of camouflage to assist in a given terrain...but I could just as easily imagine the Hive Mind ignoring survivability completely, and just designing billions of muted, dull Termagants. So I like it.

In terms of adding some bright points, I do think that single spots of color (beige/muted yellow would work, I think) would be better than other edge highlights. Otherwise, you could go with a darker spot, similar to the flesh, to make them look more camouflaged?

@pantheralegaionnaire, thanks, and welcome to the show.
@dr. H, we will just go with the fact that the hive mind has not assimilated any dentists yet. In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war....and over bites.....and cross bites....and periodontal disease....
@shaso, I do love it for base coating, but haven't tried any detail or smaller areas yet.
@vik, I think I'll leave off the extra color until I get up to the big guys.

Well my first army in miniature gaming 25+ years ago was skaven. After 30+ models and my army being nowhere complete I swore off horde armies. I'm beginning to remember why

Still a long way to go.

Fun Fun Fun!
Keep at it.

I asked Ifalna once, how she did 'nid teeth in the hope of a good quick way of doing them... The answer was to layer them up from brown to white (via cream) and paint each tooth individually.

Wasn't quite the tip I was after, but she did say that things like the teeth and the rest of the face are the important part of a model to get right as it's what people mainly look at and is the focus of the model.

Still, I don't have to tell you how many teeth a tyranid has...

At least 2 if I recall correctly.......

Quickie as I'm going out the door..... , I meant pictures of nids you sickos

7 of the 16 or so termagants are complete n the top row, the rest need the edge highlights, washes and dental work.

Of to work, see you next week

Well you have been a busy boy haven't you look great and I love the earthy tone really steers away from the over bright versions you normally see.

Glad the airbrushed is working out can be a great tool at times and absolute bloody tool at others LOL

Now get your mind out of the gutter we are all mature adults here, we new you meant some quick sex.......

I got a little concerned at work last night, I was realizing that I am almost out of my precious GW chestnut ink from 20+ years ago. It and the other inks are still good in their pots unlike other paints from GW history . But I found an article this morning talking about using liquidtex inks and the transparent burnt umber is identical to the chestnut ink . Now to find who sells them local, I think the local art stores have them, probably a trip there this week.

Trying not to stop at miniaturemarket on my way to work and buy the tyranid swarm
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Tyranid-Swarm
40 termagants
40 hormogaunts
10 gargoyles
4 bases of rippers
And a carnifex

Well, with the additional help of an AB horde armies are a rad less scary to tackle... But that be around what? 200 $ worth in plastic crack?...
Also, via eBay you can still get mint inks from ol citadel ... Was about to do that recently too...

Those were the days when GW knew how to put colours in containers properly Still have my chestnut, it's the red and particularly the yellow that I miss. Although I'm finding some of the P3 inks rather nice.

Good luck in avoiding emptying your wallet.....

Those little Nid's are coming along nicely Theo.

Just had a look, that's 135 € here in Germany...a pretty decent seal for a starter army...

Ah, Theo is descending into Bug madness!

On lunch right now, but have resisted the urge to buy the nids set so far.
@giraffex, thanks and welcome back to the madness
@shaso, not buying more really is bugging me, I'm torn between buying the set(but that would break my ban on GW), or saving for other things since I don't even play 40k.
@mt, thanks, the local flgs carries p3 so I'll try that sometime soon.
@ vik, it's a real deal as miniaturemarket down the street has it for 20% off too.

I am able to mentally adapt my minis to other games.

IG can be coporate troops and or rebel troops in Mantic or other futuristic games

I have regular Mantic enforcers, but space marines can also e adapted.

Ork can be Orx

Necrons......Asterian mechanoids?

Chaos lizards will be more interesting

Tau, another alien faction

My big problem shaso is that I work evenings except school night once a week(which is family night over the summer), and I have every other weekend off, which is also family time. I don't get to game much (ever) and my brother in law is cramming to get his CPA in record time. He is even using vacation time from work to study. I'm lucky to get one game of something in every other month. My kids say they want to learn, but then when we sit down to teach or show them they have no interest. So I can continue to feed my crack addiction hoping something changes, or I can just continue to paint up what I have. Money is always tight, so I'm thinking of selling these bad boys off on eBay when I'm done. I'm not a commission painter as most of my stuff is tabletop quality at best, but I have so much junk right now I could sell a bunch off and get more to paint up, and sell it.

Oh well, mid life crisis in full swing.

Meanwhile I finished the termagants today.

The horde as it stands, still have more genestealers to paint.

Anyone know a good dentist?


Off to work

I know only evil dentists...(I joke...my kids actually go willingly to the dentist...which tells you a story...)

and I feel your pain mate... money seems to be a plant growing in someone else´s garden...

my entry of the "I am not worthy " comp I will try to sell soon...
and I too have way more stuff hobbywise than I will be able to play/ paint in my lifetime already...but well....we see so many nice stuff... it is hard to resist^^

They do look great.

I hear you on the kids. Real shame, mine just have no patience, painting takes too long.

Extra shame, my daughter would kill me if I told you I have a large number of Nids boxed in my horders cupboard, I have to paint them for her, no hope of her doing it, and I do not relish the thought of about 100 nids.

hmmm.... what about a simple scheme... maybe black primer, then drybrushing with grey or beige or white... then dipping?... nids "can" work with just basic work...(for a certain amount of work...)

my youngest oskar is urging me on to have him join in on the painting... and I am very hesitant to let him start... control and patience might be too much for him and too less for me to have him start...I said he could join in on my next bigger thing to paint...a tank scratchbuilt...

My girls are into painting and art, my son is just lazy. When I do get a game in my son watches for three minutes then goes and does his own thing. Usually on the iPad. The girls prefer craftier things.....like painting rocks , yes they grab rocks out of the area by our driveway and paint them, usually pink.

In the last year or so I've given away a bunch of stuff, usually to other gamers. I've sent off my imperial guard guys, my orks(40k), my dark eldar, my eldar and assorted other things. And I still have too much left. Oh well I used to make six figure.

Those aren't just rocks....those are slaaneshi rocks.....soon they'll be lining up against the green nurgly rocks and the red khorney rocks.....mark my words

And no need to worry about any inappropiate imagery when it's only rocks involved.

Looking good Theo
shame about games, I also need to finish painting as I am at present not getting games due to the long distance of the stores to house.

Thanks monkeytroll, that's the right attitude , they can also be elemental a in KOW.
Shaso, there's also the problem of transporting your entire army. Soon you will need an 18wheeler to drag your army around.

Looking good and gribbly mate! And hey, if your girls like pink, there's pink nids, csm, deldar...

 Theophony wrote:
Thanks monkeytroll, that's the right attitude , they can also be elemental a in KOW.
Shaso, there's also the problem of transporting your entire army. Soon you will need an 18wheeler to drag your army around.

Right now a minivan would do

Last 15 genestealers have all basecoats applied. Now just need highlights, teeth and eyes done.