First Post: Behemoth Pics

Your painting is amazing. I like.

Anyway just have a look through this forum about army builds and styles of play. Talonis has a really good thread on the use of lictors.
I play a swarm list. Maxed out broods with some supporting MC's. And I used to think i made a terrible choice when I started out with nids, but this forum has helped me with tactics and army builds. And such my nids are a formidable force, especially against non swarm armies.

Im not a competitive player, I tried playing against competition players and didnt enjoy the games.

Uungh! Amazing painting there! I love the carapace. What army did you paint before Nids?

welcome to the hive
that`s the best Behemoth i have ever seen(sorry guidebot you are still assume )

Excellent painting you got going on! It is always great to see another Behemoth-type army out there <3

we gotta stick together you know.

If there is one thing I don't like about the scheme it is the aqua "brain" and other "squishy bits" you have. They almost seem flat to me on the thropes :/ But hey, that is just my opinion so don't worry about what I think if you like it.

I do love the red you have going there, do you mind sharing your red recipe with me?

VoragoTitan

Thanks guys.

It's always inspiring to know someone likes your stuff when your pushing through a long haul project.

I'm ok with the brains. In person they are fairly vibrant, and I went back with a slick coat of hardcote finish and brushed it on. I could bring out the brain stuff a bit more I suppose..... We'll see if I get back to them. They were a fair amount of work.

The red is a convoluted process. I normally don't like complex base colours, but the 'grime' effect seems essential on the "reds" imo because other wise you end up with this very bright, plasticky red/pink model.

So I apologize in advance, but this is what I do:
+++ I airbrush a 'milk' thin coat of Blood Angel Red over black primed figs.

+++ the next day I take a heavier mix of approximately: 30% Mechrite Red base paint, 40% Red Gore, 10 % Scorched Brown, and 20% water.

This creates some very deep shadowing, and it might look too bright during application, but if you get the percentages right, it dries beautifully into the recesses of the sculpt with built in highlight/lowlights.

+++ After that dries, the base colour final step is simply a bit of Red Gore, a hearty dose of Devlen Mud wash, an equal amount of water to make it probably thinner than milk. And add a few drops of "Slo-Dri". This helps prevent water spots. The result deepens the darker areas without bringing down the reds too much.

+++ Now it's easy stuff... I finish by highlighting now in shades of red.... blood red/red gore to blood red, and then finally extreme upper surfaces get a watered down Blazing Orange.

I know it sounds over the top.... but I find mixing large batches of the process helps a lot. What you don't see here is the 20-30 failed experiments I had to get to this finished process!

Right now I'm plugging away at the new Fine Cast Hive Guard.... they are so nice in resin/plastic. No tipping!

Thanks for the welcome guys, and glad to see Behemoth still lives out there... somewhere!

The way you painted those models is just amazing! I wish I could paint anywhre close to that good!

Those models look very nice the pictures look like they were taken out of a codex. You got serious skills.