New Nid's army

[Lanius]

Hi guys, I'm Rob and new to the forum. I recently started a new Tyranid army having always had marines, but I have always loved 'em so thought it about time I took the plunge.

I've tried to imitate the colour scheme from the cover of the 3rd edition codex, (Didn't ever know what Hive Fleet that was supposed to be - anyone??) and thought I'd keep WIP track of it all up on here (I'm also over on Ammobunker) I realise that a lot of the newer tyranid armies favour brighter schemes etc, but for me, the representation on the cover of the 3rd edition codex conjures up memories of being 12 again and seeing that for the first time, so I've tried my best to paint a gritty, realistic type of nid, with very subtle highlights and shading. Painting the black has been the hardest bit, but I've managed to make sure that very little of the black you can see is primer at this stage. 

Here's the first carnifex, not far from completion. Hope you like it -



Have just ordered the new codex, so should get that in a few days, but quite sad to see a lot of bad feeling towards it online? Have been out of the hobby for years now, but always dip back in from time to time because I enjoy the painting and modelling side of things, so bit out of the loop.

[tylertt]

Really like the scheme you got there man. I'm more a fan of the darker schemes as well, and prefer them over the brighter ones.

Looking forward to seeing more, and welcome to the Hive.

[Moontyranid]

thats 1 nice beast you have there mate.(i think im gonna borrow that for my khorne nids)

i like the new dex at first glance it looks weak but im 8-0 so far.

and welcome to the Hive may you provide us with more biomatter.

[Davor]

Looks really good. Really tough to pull off black especially on such a big mini. It looks really good as I said, but for me, there is a but. On big minis I am use to feathering or outlining on what a lot of other people do on their Nids and bigger model. Then again, you are doing something different and not having the feathering or edge outlining is being different and cool as well

Looking forward to the gaunts. I think having a bunch of them together with this scheme will look awesome.

[Lanius]

Cheers guys, glad you dig. Davor, there is subtle feathering which I'll show a bit better when I finish it properly, but you can seen it to a degree on the hoof and the top leg plates of its right leg. Very subtle though so as not to detract from the mostly black scheme I'm going for. Know what you mean though. I'm toying with the idea of adding snow to the bases to add a bit of contrast to the models.. gaunts coming soon too.

[vespa]

Great looking carnifex! I look forward to seeing more of your army.

[hexter]

Awesome colour scheme!

[The Hive Norn Queen]

one of the best schemes if seen in a while! the only thing i would suggest is doing the hooves the same as the talons etc. but as your said it's near completion so maybe you were still working on them.

PS we would love more photo's

[relentless]

Wow, looks superb!

[The Hive Norn Queen]

also could you give us an exact how-to on this scheme i would love to try it out sometime

[Lanius]

Cheers for the kind words guys. Have been working on my tyrant lately. Unfortunately I went and assembled a cheap foot-slogger from eBay with a venom cannon, old school style, but a little dismayed to see its widely not really regarded as competitive. I've obtained a copy of the codex since my last update, and whilst it's quite a nice book, I was expecting more generally for the price tag. I haven't bought a dex since the days of 3rd, but they used to include a lot more than a lot of recycled fluff and then only a small amount of actually useful bits. There were painting and modelling tips for example.

Anyway, moans over. Still loving modelling and painting me some bugs.

[Lanius]

May 14, 2014 16:24:38 GMT The Hive Norn Queen said:

also could you give us an exact how-to on this scheme i would love to try it out sometime

Glad you like it, will post up something for you on the weekend.

[Lanius]

Hi all,

Quick rough n'ready WIP shot of a new Zoey for you here -





I've also decided to add snow to the bases of the army to add a contrast to the majority black scheme.

Also for The Hive Norn Queen, here is a quick how to on how I've been going about these, although apologies in advance, some of my paints are now years old so you will have to use the current versions if using Citadel paints.

1) Standard black undercoat.
2) Scab red on the chest/thorax areas, followed by liberal Nuln Oil wash.
3) Scab Red highlight to the area, followed by slight Blood Red final highlight.
4) Codex Grey base for the head areas, followed by several Nuln Oil washes in the deeper crevices, and also one wash of ogryn flesh to alter the tone slightly.
5) Codex grey highlights to the facial areas.
6) Front most face areas were then repainted black ready for a Scab Red base, with the treatment from step 3 again.
7) For the carapace areas, I've been painting a 3:1 Codex Grey/Chaos Black, leaving a pure black divide between the segments for definition, followed by a liberal Nuln Oil wash.
8) Still figuring out how best to highlight the carapaces without going for the standard feathering method, but more about that when I crack a method I'm happy with.

Hope that's helpful. Don't think I'll be winning any awards with this method that's for sure, but it's getting results I'm pretty happy with.   

 

[Davor]

Great base. Pic is a bit dark so hard to see. Good thing about dark pic, the teeth show up really good.

[Lanius]

Hi Davor, better pic here for you.