which color sheme should I use?

[zargnath]

So yeah. The title pretty much says it all. I have tried some colors and I'm not really sure which one I should use. The carapaces are done but the "regular" skin needs some high lightnings and and I'm not really sure if the green one is that good(still needs a wash).



Left:
Chaos(abaddon black)
Codex grey(dawnstone), highlights
Skull white(white scar), fine highlights
Gloss varnish

Middle:
Painted with a dark green and highlighted with lighter and lighter.

Right:
Same as green(except with blue colors) and then the blur glaze all over.



Left:
Skull white
Nuln oil(badab black)
Probably gonna have a skull white highlight.

Middle:
Ushabti bone(Bleached bone)
Gryphone sepia(Seraphim sepia)

Right:
Scorpion green
Needs some sort of wash or alike.

What do you think? Have any tips?Should the green and blue Carapaces look better with a gloss?

any help is appreciated.

[Hive Fleet Cthulhu]

I like the Carapace of the one on the far left... yet I like the skin of the one in the middle.

[greatescape13]

May 23, 2012 14:36:57 GMT Hive Fleet Cthulhu said:

I like the Carapace of the one on the far left... yet I like the skin of the one in the middle.

I'm going to second that opinion. I like contrast on 'Nids, and while the carapace on the left is the best looking, the skin is too close in my opinion. A lighter, brown with a hint of light orange, would really pop them. That or brownish yellow lightened to white.

Cheers.

[swarmy]

My pick is the middle; Both skin and carapace. I like it because it's unique looking. It seems fitting for one of the hive fleets not shown yet like Gorgon. I'd like to see it on a whole model to get a better idea what it would look like though.

[avsimone]

It depends on what you are going for. I personally like the one on the left because of the bug like colours, however if you wanted to go for something more like a stereotypical alien, the far right matches it more. the middle is more of a dull colour scheme and would work as anything

[evilfighta]

May 23, 2012 14:40:42 GMT greatescape13 said:

May 23, 2012 14:36:57 GMT Hive Fleet Cthulhu said:

I like the Carapace of the one on the far left... yet I like the skin of the one in the middle.

I'm going to second that opinion. I like contrast on 'Nids, and while the carapace on the left is the best looking, the skin is too close in my opinion. A lighter, brown with a hint of light orange, would really pop them. That or brownish yellow lightened to white.

Cheers.

Me too.... Erhm I mean me three

[TheContortionist]

me four. but if i had to pic one of the three i'd go with number 1.

[zargnath]

thanks alot for the feedback guys. i will try to get a gaunt painted as you sugest. will prbably be by monday or tuesday. will also try to get some more highlights on them as well.

[rebecca]

me 5!

[wolfracer]

I like the one on the left... but is there something wrong with the photo? The colours you described are all greys, but the final result looks very blue. Or did you do a blue glaze over it?

I would like to see the green skin with the wash. My own 'nids are bone coloured, but I've long regretted it Just picked bone because it was the colour in the codex.

[The Hive Norn Queen]

definitely first one love the skin and the carapace!

[squidrog]

i say you should do the carapace on the far left on and skin of the mid

[rpricew]

This would make me 7... I think Left Carapace and middle skin

[zargnath]

As you wish my lords.







Still not sure about what color I should have in the cracks. so far it looks ok with blood red(Evil Sunz Scarlet). what do you think?

[albinoxeno]

devlin mud wash on the skin?
i liked the far left warrior head, it was more blue, those bugs seem rather bland with the grey carapace imo. they still look way better than my first gaunts, they were buried in paint *shudders*