Grey tide finding its color

[charon]

I just recently started working out the color scheme for my Tyranids, after a very long stint of just building and converting a fairly large swarm. Being quite critical of my own work, I tend to get my own way of finishing things - mainly due to jumping from one color to another or painting technique to another.I could use others help in judging and/or providing suggestions on ways to tweak my work.

Currently this is the only Tyranid i have gotten painted up so as to have less to fix later down the road. I chose to do the Tervigon since it basically covers the majority of "surfaces" i will be dealing with among the Tyranid models ("skin", carapace, fleshy areas, etc.).

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[tylertt]

Beautiful. It is somewhat similar to my scheme except I use a dark greg in place of your black.

One suggestion or thought, I painted my claws a dark red and it really made the model come together. Maybe a color on the claws could toss a little extra in.

[mattblowers]

Looks really nice!

[beefythepug]

Looking good man, can't wait to see more in this scheme.

[charon]

For the talons and claws I was considering appling a fade using the same greys that were used on the carapace. It would be more of a solid paint job compared the my attempted feathering along the carapace edges, the fade should help the talons and claws stand out without adding anymore colors to the pallet used. At last count I was up to around 29 paints/washes so far used on this line model.

[tylertt]

Yeah, even that would look awesome. Be sure to share your results, as your style is one of my favorites for Nids.

[charon]

Here is a picture of what the carapace and talons currently appear as, but i have since decided to try these another way.


And here is what I am changing the rest of the model to have.

[monkeychuka]

hehe I can't decide which I like best. Nice work sir.

[jawsgid]

Looks awesome! Very cool! I really like it. Quick question though. How did you paint the flesh bits, like birthing sack and the joints? It's very striking!

[charon]

The joints were painted the same as the "Skin" of the model ( Abadon black primer, rakarth flesh applied as first layer, screaming skull applied next over previous layer, agrax earthshade added to recessed areas only )with a final addition of carroburg crimson.

the egg sac was done by with a abadon black primer, bugman's glow applied first, carroburg crimson was then applied to recessed areas only, cadian fleshtone is then painted over the raised fleshed areas leaving the lower washed areas showing, then a kislev flesh to the smaller bulges and veins, and to finish it off with adding a final wash of carroburg crimson to recessed areas.

[gigasnail]

looks good.

[Davor]

Apr 3, 2015 3:05:59 GMT charon said:

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How did you get the fleshy pink part? I am trying to do that and I keep failing every time.

[charon]

The joints are a wash of carroburg Crimson over the colors I used for the overall skin tone

[charon]

Sorry for taking so long to post any progress, been a bit busy with other things.
Anyways here is what i have gotten done on the carapace with the "new" feathering paint job. There are two darker shades of grey under the lighter one along the edges but they don't show up very well.




Here are pics of the Tervigon with various magnetized options and my attempt at fading the greys on the talons.




To help me and other players keep track of which Tervigon has "popped" during the game, i've magnetized a Termagaunt on the base.



Here is a pic of the current options i have for my Tervigon. If wondering what the "larger" tongue is for, i chose to use the Hive Crone's Drool Cannon to represent the "flamer" weapon options of the Thorax gun upgrades.I know there isn't many options done here, but this is the start of them.

[almostmercury]

The larger tongue is actually for the tyrannofex. The Tervigon tongue is the ropey one with the talon on the end.

Either way, awesome work!