Hive fleet Celestus

[tyranique]

Hi there !

I just recently come back to painting. I changed my scheme because I wanted a challenge while painting.

I wanted a more "natural look" so I droped the straight lines for dots. I wanted to try a more interesting skin so I tried to simulate

muscle fiber and sinews.

So here is my new repainted trygon small details and claws not final I just excited to assemble him:

Currently working on my dima's base. I'm making a snotling hiding in a box but I dont know which pose is better. Tell me your opinion please !

Peaking coffin style:

Peaking no sight style:

If you want to see the rest of my army and my progress over the years check out the rest in my signature.

Thank you for reading.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Looks awesome!

[piersonsmuppet]

That carapace looks sick! I like the choice of basing as well, the color/highlights really does a good job of complementing the chest/arm exoskeleton while contrasting with the carapace to really make it pop. One criticism though, the talons & spines look really flat (and thus unfinished) compared to the shading on the exoskeleton and the detailing on the carapace.

[tyranique]

Jun 21, 2021 18:52:46 GMT piersonsmuppet said:

One criticism though, the talons & spines look really flat (and thus unfinished) compared to the shading on the exoskeleton and the detailing on the carapace.

Yes I only based them in evil sun red ^^.
The whole process was taking a long time and I am still thinking about how I should do the claws. So I just glued them and called it a day for now.

[tyranique]

Hey !
Sharing my progress on my dima:\
I really want him to be the centerpiece of my army so I wanted to "upgrade" him and make him stand out from the other dimas ^^
It kinda felt natural to me to add a boat spur. I just thought that he could really mess up an imperial knight if he charged him with that.

Also small progress on the snot:

If you have suggestions I'm all ears !

[yoritomo]

I’m going to be honest, I don’t like the snotling arm. I think it’s too big and the details look a bit off in the picture. I wonder if having a long gun (such as a lasgun) poking out of the crate wouldn’t be a better way to go?

[tyranique]

You're right, I had really trouble doing the arm.

I really like this idea,I'm going to try it thanks !

Edit: Here's some progress on the base (because I'm all about that base, 'bout that base)

I wanted to do a digestion pool with three capillary towers (I'm a sucker for those, love the tyranid infestation)

However three felt overcrowded.

Gave a gun to the little goblin so it would be a fair fight for the dimachaeron:

[tyranique]

Hey !

I was kind of excited to share my progress on the base.

I'm waiting to finish it before painting the dima.

I finished my little grot-in-a-box™ lunch box. The effect on the gun looks odd on the picture I might redo it.

For the digestion pool I bought some transparent 2 part liquid resin to fill it. It's no going to be blue in the end.

Tentacles still in painting process.

[tyranique]

Hey there !

It's been a while so I thought I'd give a little update on my fleet.

I have only finished the head of the dima:

Here is the rest still not finished:

Close up of the leg :

[tyranique]

Hey there!

Finally finished my dimachaeron! I'm so happy to show you what I did:

Thumbs up for being digested !

Look at this pretty mouth! Kisses only !

Who doesn't want to get eaten alive by this thing?

Also got arround to finish my trygon too:

Thank you for reading.

[garg]

These look great, the digestion pool as a lot of pop.

[Glaiceana]

Absolutely beautiful paint scheme! And I love your dimachaeron, I hadn't even seen them before this!

[tyranique]

Hey guys !

It's been a while, but I was still there, lurking in the shadows.

I've been busy with spawning new warriors. I've been experimenting with blue stuff. I'll give you my thoughts and tips on it when I'll finish painting the warriors.

Here is everything I have to paint : 

In the meanwhile I tried painting my new scheme on an hormagaunt. I tried to do as less as possible while still maintaining the overall look from a far.

It took me around 4-5 hours to paint this little cuttie. I'm quite happy with how I can optimize my scheme to paint in batches. This was only the first try !

I'm going to need a wet palette...

Thank you for stopping by ! If you have any questions I'm always happy to answer.

Here is a preview for what's to come:

                                  "To eat, or not to eat. That is the question." -Willieat Shakespeat

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Looks like a good scheme! What are the pain points for painting it? 4-5 hours is a time investment for a gaunt!

[tyranique]

It's mostly getting the first karak stone base right that takes the longest otherwise it's very quick. The rest is all about not overdoing it.

It was my first time trying it, I feel like I can easily get it down to 2 hour.