Hive Fleet Oroboros

[Nightmare20]

Thanks for any feedback but mostly looking for techniques, tips, and tricks improving on the look I'm going for.

Also not a huge painter and living in a community with very few Nid enthusiasts so it is cool to hear people liking my stuff besides from my obviously biased fiancee.

Neurothrope:


Gargoyles:


Exocrine:



Ravener:



Broodlord:



Carnifex:


Termagants:



Hive Guard:

[Nightmare20]

Some Broodlords and my Patriarch who I painted up for the Fate of Konor Campaign.

Trying to sway the favor for Chaos seeing as how we have next to zero Chaos players in our tiny town.

[butter]

Sweet, love the blood and rust and skulls. I just bought the pack of skulls myself and am excited to use them! How metallic are you going for? There are some awesome metallic paints by tamiya which might further enhance the...metalness? of it. I think they look good as is, though. It's hard to give feedback if I'm not sure what kind of feedback you're looking for --also I'm not super experienced with metallic paints so take it with a grain of salt.

[Nightmare20]

Aug 24, 2017 8:01:30 GMT butter said:

Sweet, love the blood and rust and skulls. I just bought the pack of skulls myself and am excited to use them! How metallic are you going for? There are some awesome metallic paints by tamiya which might further enhance the...metalness? of it. I think they look good as is, though. It's hard to give feedback if I'm not sure what kind of feedback you're looking for --also I'm not super experienced with metallic paints so take it with a grain of salt.

Thanks! First time trying out rust and was super impressed with the Ryza. Super easy to use. I have been using old resin skulls I bought from a chinese company off of ebay years ago. Looking forward to what GW can produce but I'd be lying if I said I paid much for these ones.

As for feedback, looking for techniques, tips, and tricks improving on the look I'm going for.

I have been trying to go for a metallic sheen without making the Nids look like robots or artificial. Leadbelcher drybrushes, Nuln Oil washes, and 'Ardcoat finishes have done wonders so far. Honestly about the only thing I'm not thrilled with is the feathering. Always ends up super time consuming and never looks as good as i would like...although my Neurothrope is pretty close. I need to go over the Broodlords with 'Ard Coat still, touch up the cobwebs on the Patriarch, and darken/feather the plates on the Broodlords.

He still needs his feathering finished and darkened, highlights on his eyes, defining on his points (claws & teeth) but here is my current project:












Also not a huge painter and living in a community with very few Nid enthusiasts so it is cool to hear people liking my stuff besides from my obviously biased fiancee.

[Koyori]

Overall looks quite good.. the only thing I can think of is that they kinda melt together color wise. Not necesarily a bad thing, but I dun know.. I just feel they lack a extra color that pops out some..

[Nightmare20]

Aug 25, 2017 11:20:08 GMT Koyori said:

Overall looks quite good.. the only thing I can think of is that they kinda melt together color wise. Not necesarily a bad thing, but I dun know.. I just feel they lack a extra color that pops out some..

Agreed. The unfinished guys have that issue worse especially. Pictures aren't great showing it but the black carapace and grey/metallics are a bit more defined then appear here. On the bright side, having a homogenous paint scheme means they have a very cohesive, swarmy feel on the table.

[Koyori]

Aug 25, 2017 18:06:12 GMT Nightmare20 said:

Aug 25, 2017 11:20:08 GMT Koyori said:

Overall looks quite good.. the only thing I can think of is that they kinda melt together color wise. Not necesarily a bad thing, but I dun know.. I just feel they lack a extra color that pops out some..

Agreed. The unfinished guys have that issue worse especially. Pictures aren't great showing it but the black carapace and grey/metallics are a bit more defined then appear here. On the bright side, having a homogenous paint scheme means they have a very cohesive, swarmy feel on the table.

Yush.. my nids are black as well, so I for sure know it tends to look better irl then in images.