Seeder Fleet Penumbra - 5th April 24 - Tyrannofex

[Remalis]

So folks, that's it for my old original Army. Next up I'll begin posting up my new stuff as i paint it, Starting with my Recently finished Trygon prime.

Stuff i have bought and waiting to paint:

1 x Flyrant
1 x Broodlord
4 x Lictors
30 x Gargoyles
2 x Harpies
1 x Crone
1 x Malanthrope
1 x Exocrine
Some other stuff I can't remember right now..

Thanks for reading and stay tuned.....

Edit: Now I remember. Going to kitbash a pair of worms bursting up from ground using spare bits from trygon, harpy head, Haruspex mouth, etc..

[Moontyranid]

nice stuff man

[Remalis]

Thanks for the compliment!

[Remalis]

Trygon Prime:
First New Tyranid completed in my return to the Hobby. I wasn't going to start back with Tyranids y'know. A few reaper miniatures. Bit's and pieces here and there. Harmless right?
Then I saw the Trygon. Here on this forum. You bastards.  I was out. Three days from retirement! Then you guys managed to land the hooks and dragged me in for one last mission....
Now I've a war to win, a galaxy to consume and an entire bloody Skyblight Formation to paint. 
I've posted these pics elsewhere, but for posterity I'm dropping pics here too. You've only yourselves to blame...
I am proud of this Trygon. For my First bug back in the game, especially comparing it to my older work, I think age and patience shows through with a better result.
I named him Nom Chompski, thinking myself hilarious. Turns out Bukimimaru already came up with that one...(and no doubt others as well)
So For the sake of originality, I have named him Nom Chompski the Second. So there. 

[Remalis]

So that's the first Of my expanding army. Next on the cards is my Broodlord. First thing I've done is re-pose the thing crouched forward. I've of two minds whether to post actual WIP pics or just save this for finished items.. Hmmm.. he shouldn't take too long. The other stuff though? We'll see.
Thanks for reading. More to come when I make some progress.

[relentless]

Like it dude...very menacing!

[vespa]

Nice work! I love ther 3rd edition Nids!

[Remalis]

So I didn't Lie. Not Really. My Broodlord didn't take long to paint at all. It was all the RL stuff that passed between my last post and painting that held stuff up... <Sigh>

Anyway, He's done. Was pretty uninspired with him for a while. Had him posed, had him painted but he was just... meh. And I didn't just want 'Meh' for a BroodLord.
Looking through some of the painting blogs here, I was inspired by a couple of different folks who had dynamicly posed various models (usually Lictors) removing helmets or heads from victims and the effect looked awesome.  So I thought I'd try to capture the effect of a decapitated space puppy mid-air with wire and hot glue. I'm pretty happy overall and think I got it right.
Y'know, after all these years of painting, NOTHING is as cathartic as finishing off blood effects with Tamiya gloss clear red. When it's done, so is the model.

cheers and thanks for reading.

[Remalis]

Next on the list is my FW Flyrant. No promises this one will be done quickly    Resin has been cleaned up and I've started putting down a base coat.
Oh I have also had my first attempt at magnetizing (wings only) and it's worked out neatly. 6mm n55 magnets in the body. Originally put 2 x 3mm magnets side by side in each wing. Idea being to stop rotation. Unfortunately even combined they weren't strong enough to support the wing. I replaced them with a single 6mm held with 2 part resin including a thin layer across the face. When it all set, I scored some very light scratches in the epoxy to provide a grip surface. Worked like a charm. Magnets hold wings on tight with no rotation.
So, we'll see how far we get before RL drags me away again...

[seethe]

That is certainly a gnarly looking broodlord. Great model man

[Remalis]

Thanks so much. Appreciate the feedback. I honestly wasn't quite sure if I pulled the trick off right. That boosts my confidence immensely. :-)

[monkeychuka]

Nasty. In a good way. Everyone rates Tamiya gloss clear red but I've never used it. Is it better than 'Blood for the Blood God'? It certainly looks convincing here. Proper arterial gore.

[Remalis]

Again, cheers! I bought the tamiya just for this, remembering back in the day when I was first starting how well it worked for blood effects. Still swear by it. Not by itself mind,l have a mix of reds
As base colours. It really does finish the job though and leaves a convincing wet look IMO. Can't speak for GW paints, sorry (aside from the ones that survived 10+ years in storage - remember armour wash anyone?). Starting back again,
went all-in with a large set of reaper paints. Real happy with them FWIW.

[Remalis]

Ok. Next one up. Forgeworld Flying Hive Tyrant.  Some miniatures are a true joy to paint. Miss Flyrant here... not so much. I've *tried* to do her justice, but I suspect airbrushing could have done a better job. The amount of detail in the sculpt was awesome, but also very very painful, as I continually found small specks the brush had missed. Not owning an airbrush or having used an airbrush ever, was another impediment to the whole airbrushing caper.  Anyhoo... I've done about as well as I'm currently capable of - sincerely hope I haven't disappointed folk too much with my efforts on one of the more awesome FW miniatures to come out.  Technically I'm not -quite- finished, as I plan to add a Space Wolve slumped against the Dread arm later on, filling that large empty space on the base.. Pretty much as soon as I pick up said Space Wolve from somewhere...









There was some last minute unexpected Green-stuffing to do to extend the neck as I discovered I hadn't catered for enough clearance between shoulder carapace and wings to get the head posed how I wanted it, after having the body set so aggressively forward. Fairly happy with the results - I wanted her to look as if she is just about to push off and take flight.

As always, thanks for reading folks. 

Edit: image storage constraints - have removed most v1.0 images. See later post for New and Improved v2.0 images - 53% More unhappy space wolf remnants in every pic!!!

[Remalis]

Next up, I will be following advice given by Davor a while back which I've taken to heart. The First 10 of my many, many Gargoyles will be started before moving onto Crones and Harpies, to spare me the insanity of mass painting gribbblies all at the end. I'm sure he's not the first to make that suggestion over the years, but it was his post I saw first, so that's where the credit is going.

cheers folk. Wish me luck....

Edit: this may have been a slight fabrication of reality. ..