In need of advice (large pics)

[nosociallife]

OK new to the boards here and looking for advice. I used to have a poorly painted nid army that was a rush job for a tournament. Now, years later, I am getting back into 40k and looking at repainting all of my old nids, plus both my wife and brother are getting me more nids for Christmas. I'm hoping to have a new paint scheme worked out before then.

Here is a side shot of my warrior Don't pay attention to the poor assembly (the gaping hole in the head) This is just a repaint to figure out color.



And here is a shot from the back.


I am primarily in need of help with is the weapons. I want them to stand out a bit, but not overpower or contrast too much with the other colors I have.

Thoughts, suggestions, criticism?

[Julio]

this my ideas for the weapons(by saying weapons im talking abot the deathspiter)


try mixing that red colour u got there with a bit o' bleached bone, but just a lil bleached bone
it wont stand out too much and it will match the rest of the warrior.

or try doing the same thing with black.....that would also look pretty sweet.

and for those stripes u have, what i would do with them is have one more layer on a dark grey on them.

like this: i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/julionicoletti217/leg.jpg


i know the drawing sucks but whatever you get the basic idea

[Pheonix]

seriously... nothing wrong with your color scheme... weapons shmepons... paint them flesh like the rest of the army and be satisfied that you paint as good if not better than most...

[Tauranid]

Yeah, it look great how it is now.

[nosociallife]

Thanks for the input ;D
As far as the stripes go.... well its kind of hard to see it all in these photos. I started with a black base coat and then went over all of the fleshy parts with a drybrush of Charadon Granite to help define the muscle tone. Then I did red spots. So there is a darker gray in the black stripes highlighting the edges.

That being said now I am going to play with the bone/red or bone/black idea on the weapons.

[Julio]

yay! i can have an impact on someone across the world!

!great success!

[nosociallife]

Well, after a few attempts I think I have it figured out. Looking through the codex I see that usually the gun is just painted the same as the rest of the flesh. I still wanted it to stand out a bit so I used a large spot of red along the front and bottom of the gun. I just did the scythe talons to match the carapace.

Ill get some pictures up ASAP, but with the holidays I have not had time Not to mention I need to shrink them down a bit... I did not realize how large the files were until after I had posted them.

[nosociallife]

OK, here we go..... I still have not been able to shrink the pics. But I figured I should at least get something posted.
I also took these in the daylight, not sure but I think the pics I took in artificial light came out better.

[wolffang]

i like the scheme.. it works well. for the weapon id paint it the same as the rest of the model only use a pinker red instead. this way it will stand out a bit however blend in at the same time

[nosociallife]

That's what Pandinus was recommending. I tried, but I think that I was having issues getting the color just right so it always looked funny. I'm planning on doing some more experimenting, but for now I want to get a playable army together.