Post by ghostnids on Nov 18, 2014 19:46:21 GMT
Welcome to my painting thread!
If you are one of those people who got 2k+ points of unpainted nids lying around, this log might help you. I quit the hobby 6 years ago after spending hours upon hours trying to paint a hormagaunt. The poor little thing snapped where the claw connects to the base after being mishandled for several hours. I got really frustrated and very demoralized when I tried to imagine how much time I would have to spend to get all my gribblies done (if they even survived my abusive and clumsy hands!!). I realized I did not have the fine motor skills nor the patience to paint my bugs in the scheme I wanted. Around two years ago, a friend of mine was starting a new IG army. I took a look at GW.com and I fell in love with all the new monsters. Tervigon! Trygon! Tyrannofex! Hive guards! I was about to order some of these awesome models when I remembered the little gribbly lying in an empty ice cream box together with his grey brethren. If only I could find a VERY easy and good looking paint scheme... I started searching War-seer, the Hive and other sites on the web when I suddenly stumbled upon Hive Fleet Cronus: www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?130545-Hive-Fleet-Cronus-The-painting-and-development-of-a-Alien-Army This guy suffered from the very same condition, and had come up with a solution. Effective, unique (as far as I know), and cool looking. I very much like the slimy black monsters in the "Alien" movies, which this scheme draws inspiration from. I switched out the green and red for my favorite colors, namely purple and yellow. To soften up the contrasts, I use Pallid Wych Flesh on top of Dawnstone when dry-brushing (I dry-brush directly onto the Chaos Black primer). The purple is Xereus Purple highlighted with Genestealer Purple. The ink I use is Druchii Violet. The yellow areas are painted with Flash Gitz Yellow. After painting I use 'Ardcoat to get the slimy look. I know this kind of look is not for everyone, but I love it! I spend more time removing mold lines than I do painting the model. A monstrous creature takes me about 5 hours from primed to glazed.
TLDR: I suck at painting and found an effective scheme which I like. Here are some pictures.
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If you are one of those people who got 2k+ points of unpainted nids lying around, this log might help you. I quit the hobby 6 years ago after spending hours upon hours trying to paint a hormagaunt. The poor little thing snapped where the claw connects to the base after being mishandled for several hours. I got really frustrated and very demoralized when I tried to imagine how much time I would have to spend to get all my gribblies done (if they even survived my abusive and clumsy hands!!). I realized I did not have the fine motor skills nor the patience to paint my bugs in the scheme I wanted. Around two years ago, a friend of mine was starting a new IG army. I took a look at GW.com and I fell in love with all the new monsters. Tervigon! Trygon! Tyrannofex! Hive guards! I was about to order some of these awesome models when I remembered the little gribbly lying in an empty ice cream box together with his grey brethren. If only I could find a VERY easy and good looking paint scheme... I started searching War-seer, the Hive and other sites on the web when I suddenly stumbled upon Hive Fleet Cronus: www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?130545-Hive-Fleet-Cronus-The-painting-and-development-of-a-Alien-Army This guy suffered from the very same condition, and had come up with a solution. Effective, unique (as far as I know), and cool looking. I very much like the slimy black monsters in the "Alien" movies, which this scheme draws inspiration from. I switched out the green and red for my favorite colors, namely purple and yellow. To soften up the contrasts, I use Pallid Wych Flesh on top of Dawnstone when dry-brushing (I dry-brush directly onto the Chaos Black primer). The purple is Xereus Purple highlighted with Genestealer Purple. The ink I use is Druchii Violet. The yellow areas are painted with Flash Gitz Yellow. After painting I use 'Ardcoat to get the slimy look. I know this kind of look is not for everyone, but I love it! I spend more time removing mold lines than I do painting the model. A monstrous creature takes me about 5 hours from primed to glazed.
TLDR: I suck at painting and found an effective scheme which I like. Here are some pictures.
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