Tyranid Malanthrope done!

[swarmy]

It's been too long. I had a harlequin painting vacation from touching my tyranid army. Got tons of practice and applied my eldar level of detail to my usually tabletop quality nids. Mr. Squiggles is so pretty now I can't look at my old monsters the same...well at least I can see how far I've come as a painter from my first warriors to this model.

And bonus turn around gallery

[gigasnail]

great job!

[naviedzony]

Pretty boy

[terminatoruk]

Holy mother of the Norn Queen - this is absolutely incredible; I could only dream of this level of skill...wow many congratulations!!!

Care the share the method?

Please at least tell me you air brushed to put me out of my misery!

[swarmy]

Oct 2, 2019 12:34:35 GMT terminatoruk said:

Holy mother of the Norn Queen - this is absolutely incredible; I could only dream of this level of skill...wow many congratulations!!!

Care the share the method?

Please at least tell me you air brushed to put me out of my misery!

Thank you! It's a mix of things: airbrush, drybrush, washes, and wet blending. I usually only use the airbrush for big blocked in color or thin coats to blend back out rougher drybrushing...or for ruining my detail work and frustrating myself. I have a love/hate relationship with the airbrush. A wet palette is an absolute must for doing a ton of brush work like this.