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Always love how your warriors turn out. Such a great model too, one of my faves.

Nice, I like the black swords.

Fantastic looking army, the scheme is inspired

And now for some Hive Guard.

Very nice. I'm curious about how you're shading the black areas like the hooves (making black look good is something I haven't exactly figured out yet); is that done by hand or is it a wash or is it contrast paint?

 Soul Samurai wrote:
Very nice. I'm curious about how you're shading the black areas like the hooves (making black look good is something I haven't exactly figured out yet); is that done by hand or is it a wash or is it contrast paint?

There's a full tutorial video over in my project log, but for the hooves/claws it's just two washes of Army Painter Dark Tone over white, nothing fancy.

Most of what you have described as 'black' is actually varying shades of grey. On these models, which were painted more traditionally, the 'black' started as VMC Dark Grey, highlighted VMC Neutral Grey and then VMC Light Grey, and then given a thin black wash (2:1 water/VMC Black Glaze). The key to painting black is that 'black' objects only actually look black in their darkest points, so you generally should only use black paint for the very deepest recess shading. If most of the model is a dark grey with black in the deepest recesses, your brain perceives it as black.

Similar advice goes for white- only use it as the very lightest highlight. If the model is actually mostly light grey but highlighted with white on the extreme edges, it'll look 'white'.

If you want more advice, I'd suggest starting a thread over in the general modeling/painting subforum and I'd be happy to provide more examples.

Thanks!

Hierodule completed.

As said by others, this is the best looking Nid army I have ever laid eyes upon! The level of detail and the pattern on the carapace are stunning. Also very good work with the basing!

With the Hierodule I've just hit 2,000pts, so here's a group shot:

 catbarf wrote:
With the Hierodule I've just hit 2,000pts, so here's a group shot:

Fantastic FAMILY picture

I guess it's because of the larger surface area, but those heirodules seem to have a lot more of that deep reddish brown visible. It makes them stand out a little from the rest of your models. I do really like it, I actually think it looks even better than the smaller models!

 Soul Samurai wrote:
I guess it's because of the larger surface area, but those heirodules seem to have a lot more of that deep reddish brown visible. It makes them stand out a little from the rest of your models. I do really like it, I actually think it looks even better than the smaller models!

I agree, it makes the larger models look more mature, like they took longer for the Hives to grow and spawn. Which is probably true.

Congratz on 2000 points! it's an amazing milestone for an even more amazing force!

Fantastic scheme!

I really love what you've done here.

2,000 point milestone money-shot looks fantastic. Have to echo the statements re. the big beasty bois as they really do stand out and look nice and aged.

I love the crab-inspired patterns they look fantastic.

Oh man, what a color scheme. Terrific! I know someone else said this already, but for a relatively simple color scheme, it came out remarkable.

Best bug force ever...but every time I read "Heirodule", I think of the old Epic version:

Thanks all. Been dragging my feet a bit, but I finally got the last additions needed for my 2K list. These sub in for the Genestealers and Hormagaunts.

Biovores and Spore Mines done:

Still remains one of the most impressive ‘Nid armies I’ve had the pleasure of seeing.

Valete,

JohnS

It's not the absolute best Tyranid paintjobs I've seen on an individual level, but at an army wide level, this is unmatched for me as of yet. Maybe that guy with the DBZ paintscheme is probably the only one who matches it.

You've made this scheme so popular that I feel like we are two dexes away from it being an official scheme

The Hive Tyrant conversion is so good. very reminiscent of this old queen:




That purple tongue on the Carnifex with the claws, minor detail, but how did you paint this? I really love that purple.

Thank you both! Nitro, just to be clear, I did basically no conversion to the Hive Tyrant- it's just an old Forge World one with magnetized limb sockets, and then Broodlord arms (also magnetized) fit perfectly and really play up the Alien Queen look.

The purple tongue is just a coat each of Red Tone and Blue Tone over white (not mixed; applied separately so as to make that mottled look) and then liberally coated with gloss varnish.

 catbarf wrote:
Thank you both! Nitro, just to be clear, I did basically no conversion to the Hive Tyrant- it's just an old Forge World one with magnetized limb sockets, and then Broodlord arms (also magnetized) fit perfectly and really play up the Alien Queen look.

The purple tongue is just a coat each of Red Tone and Blue Tone over white (not mixed; applied separately so as to make that mottled look) and then liberally coated with gloss varnish.

Thanks mate - excuse my ignorance, but what paints are these?

 Nitro Zeus wrote:

 catbarf wrote:
Thank you both! Nitro, just to be clear, I did basically no conversion to the Hive Tyrant- it's just an old Forge World one with magnetized limb sockets, and then Broodlord arms (also magnetized) fit perfectly and really play up the Alien Queen look.

The purple tongue is just a coat each of Red Tone and Blue Tone over white (not mixed; applied separately so as to make that mottled look) and then liberally coated with gloss varnish.

Thanks mate - excuse my ignorance, but what paints are these?

Whoops- they're Army Painter washes. The entire scheme is Vallejo Model Color paints and Army Painter washes; if there's anything else you're curious about with the paint scheme I put up a pair of tutorials on Youtube. A search for 'coconut crab Tyranids' ought to return them.

First three Zoanthropes and a Neurothrope done.

Zoeys are already pretty sinister looking minis, but your paintjob somehow makes them look more evil than normal.

Beautiful work as always. I especially love the bit of flavour you put in with the water effect pushing away from them.

Probably the best Tyranids I have seen.