Completed Trygon

[nileftw]

Hello, I've mostly been a lurker for the past few months but I thought I would share my first tyranid model. I'm trying to build up a 10,000 point force and I thought that I might as well start big. I started painting seriously when i was 17, about a year ago. This is the largest model I have painted and I have spent more time on this model than any other, around 40 hours. I apologize if the pictures are poor or don't load at all (I've never posted my work on the internet before). Tell me what you think! By the time I'm finished with the whole army there will be around 10 carnifexes, 18 raveners, 3 hive tyrants, a hierophant, a scythed hierodule, and lots of other good stuff added!

[nileftw]

here are a few more pics, glad they worked first time around!!

[zark]

Those are outstanding mate, yet another reason for me to never post my painted nids on htese boards

[Julio]

what?!


no!

whered my comment go?!

ah jeez. im not re typing that. it was like two paragraphs long!

ughhhhhh.

well anywho this is what i said in a nutshell:

-scizor and kraken watch out.
-close ups of the talons and mouth please.
-i cant get over the talons how you made them look cracked.
-what colours did you use for the guey bits?
-and you better get more models done! is love to see a gaunt painted in that scheme....in fact a whole swarm of them.

[Tauranid]

Great job! That is one of the best Trygons i've seen painted! I'm hoping to convert a carnifex into a Trygon like Minimodeller did.

[The Tomato]

Its scary how much that looks like my shooty scheme..

Wonderfull work anyway, i like the dusty look of the ribbs.

Still, no worries?

[Sledgehammer]

Yummy.

I like that paintjob very much, just one thing: You should add a decent base.

[SteelTitan]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!! Did a great job!

[Scizor]

the black looks ok. but the blue,purple and the talons looks very very cool!

[The Great Devourer]

great job! needs a base though.

[krakenfiend]

hivefleetpandinus said:

-scizor and kraken watch out.

Watch out for what? Those guys are way better painters than me already...

Hmm now...about the trygon..where is his base???....the purple and blue colors look terrific. The black on the other hand....I would have done it differently...The highlights are too stark to me....highlighting black should be real subtle. I'm not really a fan of black skinned tyranids to begin with...just not my cup of tea...The talons look great...overall it looks fantastic....Interesting way to start your army...Everyone is making me jealous...I should probably find all of spiffy's parts and put him back together...

krakenfiend

[Scizor]

-scizor and kraken watch out.



Watch out for what? Those guys are way better painters than me already...

guys? i think with "kraken" he meant you and me. and honestly, you are a bit better than me!

[Julio]

such modesty...i'd say you guys are just about equal.

[rakados]

Wow. That is absolutely amazing. I am asking for a Trygon for the holidays.

[nileftw]

Don't worry I will be making a base soon. I'm thinking of making the landscape a black volcanic rock covered with snow. Guess I'm trying to make it feel like the land was once covered with volcanic activity but over the millennia cooled down and is now frozen or something. Regarding the skin, yes it is most certainly the weakest part of the model. I was trying to finish it for a painting competition at my local GW store in San Jose, (only 1 other person entered.....grrrr) which resulted in me rushing the skin. I finished at 3 in the morning the day of the competition. In the future i plan to be much more careful with the black skin. Thank you very much for all the kind responses and for the constructive criticism, I appreciate it!

@ Pandius:The talons are actually cracked in those areas! The model is extremely detailed. All the scything talons are covered in abrasions and cracks. For the "guey" bits I used warlock purple, purple ink, and tentacle pink, followed by a matte varnish (over the whole model) and then a coat or two of 'ard coat (only on membrane-like parts and carapace). Don't worry, more nids will eventually come, i just got 4 carnifexes in the mail today and for xmas i plan on getting the assault swarm, hive mind brood, and 1 or 2 endless swarms.