new tyranid paint idea

[micheja]

hi,

I am going to start my new tyranid army and for a long time I didn't know how to paint them. after a while i decided to look at insects for inspiration. suddenly i saw a ladybug and had an idea, why not make a ladybug paint schemes. i was thinking of painting the carapace red with dots and painting the main body and talons black. i am still not sure what colour i should make the eyes, i was thinking yellow but im not sure. if you have any suggestions, a response would be great.

thanks for feedback in advance.
ps. a bee/wasp scheme might also look good (^_^)

[halos]

Ladybirds have sort of tan markings around the eyes, but the eyes themselves are black. Not sure how that would scale on to the Tyranid models.

However using insect carapace markings as inspiration is a good idea and one I wish I'd had when I started. I would however suggest using a more threatening creature than a ladybird as your basis; ladybird are black and red to deter being eaten by birds, but there are plenty of more bad-ass markings out there.

Just use bright reds and yellows, potentially blues, over a dark base and you should have a pretty striking theme.

[Moontyranid]

ladyBUG

[albinoxeno]

its a good idea to seek inspiration from nature, but don't limit your search to just ladybirds and wasps. here are a few gribblies that wouldn't mind basing a colour scheme off if i had more nid fleets:

tiger stripes with dark blue claws, thank you mr. centipede
museumvictoria.com.au/custom/dialogs/thumbnail.jpg?&i=/pages/31703/webM-Norman-MV-centipede.jpg&resizewidth=true&w=475&h=300

interesting carapace designs from these tiger beetles:
assets2.wisconsinbutterflies.org/images/species/0000/4756/Six-spotted_Tiger_Beetle_giant.jpg?1237973764

www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/01/tiger_beetle_costa_rica_miles.jpg

why choose between a wasp and a ladybird, when you can have a wasp coloured ladybird
www.ladybird-survey.org/images/id/14-spot.jpg

ok I'm sure you get the hint, explore google images, your bound to find something you like. oh and why the hell does spell check not know how to spell coloUr, srsly its really annoying.

[ziyousansz]

Insects and lizards have some interesting color schemes to them. T'is the reason I keep this link in my sig: www.nature-pictures.org/en/Insects-macrophotography/

[webebuggin]

Nope all tyranids should be painted as such: img697.imageshack.us/img697/7417/orchid1u.jpg lol

[fatlittleripper]

I did something very similar with my Tyranids by looking to nature for their paint scheme. I searched through hundreds of images of insects, crustaceans, reptiles, and amphibians and spent so much time on the Tyranid painter program before I finally decided to base mine on the Dying Dart Frog or Dendrobates Tinctorius if you prefer the scientific name.

My best advice is to play around with the Tyranid painter (http://www.fallensunasylum.org/nids/online_painter.html) before you start painting.

[micheja]

thx allot guys,

i have tried the tyranid painter but i dont know if u can add special designs to them, also i dont know how to use it. when i paint my first model ill post it ( its gonna probably be a mawloc)

[fatlittleripper]

Unfortunately you can't do special designs with the Tyranid painter, it would be great if you could, and if it was up to date. Maybe someday it's creator will update it... or sell it to someone who will.

Looking forward to seeing a model wearing your paint scheme, but you may want to start smaller than a Mawloc for that. Termagants and Hormagaunts are much smaller and less expensive, so they make great minis for trying out your paint scheme on.

[Hive Fleet Cthulhu]

Why not this lovely beasty?

[tantalvesparus]

hang on that looks like the old 2000 old one eye pattern insparation there

[Xantige]

Why is everyone suggesting other bugs when this fellow's already set on a ladybug scheme? Are you guys hinting that you don't like the idea of Ladynids? I love the idea. It may not be my cup of tea but the more amusing, girly, whacky, epic, and original stuff out there the better!

As for the eyes... I think you could get away with using white or a light cream colour to minic the markings Ladybugs have, or yellow would work too. You could probably also make your claws/weapons red or yellow too. Another idea: Think about picking up a bottle of gloss varnish to paint onto the carapace of your bugs, it'll give them the same "sheen" that Ladybug shells have. Or not, it's just a suggestion.

[micheja]

How do I post pictures because I finished painting my first model, keep in mind that this is the first model I have ever painted.

[micheja]

ok, worked it out,

here are some pics. BTW i haven't done the spots yet.
plz give some constructive criticism

[micheja]

here is the front