My first Tyranids (Warriors)

[routeone]

These are my very first Tyranids. How do they look? I wish for brutally honest opinions. Is there anything I could improve on?

(I realize that the bases are not done yet. I'm in the process of thinking about what I am going to make them look like).


Also, how does the feathering look on the carapaces? First time doing it and I would like opinions on it. Thanks!

The three of them:

i.imgur.com/FUiwq.jpg


Their Backs (I didn't finish the feathering on the one on the left's head):

i.imgur.com/7yvZu.jpg


Different angle:

i.imgur.com/q0aYB.jpg


One standing alone:

i.imgur.com/hL5M1.jpg

i.imgur.com/cz9GO.jpg

i.imgur.com/LDoah.jpg

[Evan Quinn]

Afternoon!
First thing that Screems out to me is the prep work on the models. I see alot of mold lines which are exagerated further by your wash.
screencast.com/t/xTXGRvIcvE

Second, I feel like you started painting them but are letting the wash do most of the coloring which shows in the pooling on the skin. I would try doing a watered down coat of what your wanting the end color to be on the skin on top of that to clean up any extra splurges you have from the wash

Hope that helps!

Evan~

[routeone]

Thank you. Yeah, looking back i should have done more clean-up with the lines.

What do you think of the feathering?

[Evan Quinn]

Afternoon Routeone,
How are you applying it now?

Looking at them it looks like your doing a base coat, one layer then white highlights. I think that way would work if you diluted the white a bit and built it up rather then how it looks right now where it doesent really have a transition between the base and the white. I could be wrong on this Im looking at the pictures from a remote computer so it may not be displaying properly.

Enjoy!

Evan~

[wolfracer]

I think they look good. It really depends if you want to spend more time on them. A highlight on the skin would go a long way, but then that's probably gonna double the time it takes you to paint them.

The feathering looks ok, it depends what you want the final result to be. On my 'nids I spend a lot of time doing long careful strokes which gives the carapace a natural and grainy look, but is far more time consuming. Evan, from the looks of things the feathering has been built up in 2 stages, first a darker grey then the light grey (almost white).

I think the feathering looks best on the model's back where you've put more emphasis on the medium grey rather than the very light grey, but again it depends what sort of look you are trying to achieve.

You can see how I did my feathering in one of my threads here...

thetyranidhive.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=painting&thread=38858&page=1#673270

You can see I use very long and deliberate strokes rather than a gentle feathering, which is the effect I personally like, but it's totally up to you what you think looks best and also how much time you're willing to invest (be warned, if you paint them like mine, they WILL take you a lot of time!).

[cicada]

thats great, a little messy but great