NEW guy in the Hive.

[kirkegaard]

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3 more painted, but it took 4 hours, and I have 35 to go!!

Hi Players.

Ive just started on my tyranid army, and I havent played 40k before at all.

Tyranids just have the best looking miniatures by far in the 40k World, I think, so it wasnt so hard for me to chose my army to come.

However, there is ALOT of miniatures to paint, as we only play with painted miniatures.

Last time I painted miniatures was close to 20 years ago, so Im practically starting all over in the learning process.

Well, here is my paintscheme "I think", and I look forward to get all the advice I can get from you Guys or girls, both witch miniatures to paint to build up an army, but also hints on painting and paints and basing etc etc.

I will post Pictures as I climb the wall of painting, nut here are my first 4.

Im not sure about the basses though, tried out the new GW paint, that were supposed to "crack", but didnt Work out like i thought.

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Kirkegaard

[sunshine]

Thos gaunts are awesome, as are the warriors. With a little better lighting I'm sure we could see all the great work you did there

[Yautja]

Welcome to the hobby mate, you paint carapaces like a boss.

[jawsgid]

Not gonna lie dude; those are some mighty fine nids! I really like the stripes along their craniums. Now we just need pictures in some solid lighting to appreciate them in all their glory,

[jaysic]

Buh. I wish I was painting like that when I first started. Well done.

[krakenfiend]

Very similar in technique to me....I looks like something I would do...just with different colors:



Your models look fantastic btw...very nice color scheme! I like the red band on the heads of your gaunts...very cool!

krakenfiend

[kirkegaard]

Wow, very inspiring. Those black spots really look much better than my random dots!
But thanks for all of your comments. I will try to get some more light on the next picture when my last warrior is done.

[biomega]

Wow, that scheme is bonkers good. Welcome to the Hive!

If I can give you any advice it would be to play test your units before you finish assembling/painting them so that you can have a somewhat WYSIWYG force that you don't have to rebuild/repaint later. However with GW changing the rules every two years, you will probably have to do that anyway. My Hive Tyrant has changed weapon load outs so many times his head is spinning, and I have a carnifex that's gone from a gunfex (BS and HVC) to a Tervigon to a Dakkafex over the past 5 years.

I'm repainting my army now and starting with primarily gaunts and warriors. It's a good way to refine your painting techniques before moving on to larger, more complex canvases. Not that you need too much more practice, anyway.

[gigasnail]

really nice; welcome!

[kirkegaard]

New picture on top, I cant put the picture in my reply for some reason.

[beefythepug]

They look great man, and yeah quick reply doesn't have the editor buttons to add images. If you click reply from top of thread it'll open up the window and let you post pics as you finish stuff.