Hooves and Talons - Different colours... Heresy?

[ursusindignant]

Hi all,

I've created an account solely to ask this as I have found no discussion on the topic.

I'm trying out colour schemes for my first Tyranid army. I think I'm mostly happy with it now but what I'm finding is beyond bone and black, the hooves just do not look right if you match them with the talons. Say you go dark green or something for talons. The hooves just silly in dark green.

I'm probably massively over thinking this but I'm seriously considering making talons and hooves different colours. But I've never really seen anyone else do this.

I'm not sure the fluff makes sense either, why would the hooves be made of the same stuff as talons? Seems weird to me.

[garg]

I have the hooves the same colour as the carapace and the talons different. I wouldn't make them too different though because you may end up with too many different colours.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I've done hooves either matching talons or matching carapace. Both look good in my mind. I personally think that there is no heresy when it come to tyranids, only evolution! Paint how you want and post the pictures of the models.

[kingpram]

I've always tried to match the hooves and talons together, I think it really depends on what your scheme is.
Also feathering the hooves rather than painting the whole thing tends to look nicer. Especially when you consider bolder colors like green or bone.