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Tyranid Barbgaunt Leviathan

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    19 Mar 2026
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Flesh

Skin

  1. Work your way around the with Screaming Skull , relayering over the skin but leaving the Contrast in the recesses. Watering down your paint more than usual will help to make an easier gradient from the shade.
  2. Highlight this with 1:1 Screaming Skull / Pallid Wych Flesh
  3. Add another mix to the current colour with Pallid Wych Flesh . Focus on hard muscles, edges and glazing where necessary to mimic where light falls on the skin
  4. Lastly do a 1:1 mix of on sharp edges with White Scar / Pallid Wych Flesh

Joints

  1. Wash with a 2:1 mix of Volupus Pink and Contrast Medium .
  2. Throw on a layer of Pink Horror to the higher up areas.
  3. Highlight these areas with a 1:1 mix of Pink Horror and Kislev Flesh . Thin this out to start building in a gradient.
  4. Add a further highlighting to all the joint areas now with more Kislev Flesh to the mix.
  5. Lastly, add Pallid Wych Flesh to the mix and do a last dot highlight to make the flesh look a bit shiny.

Details

Teeth

  1. Basecoat each tooth with Rakarth Flesh
  2. Shade the mouth with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Paint the front surfaces of the teeth with Ushabti Bone , leaving the shaded areas near the gums.
  4. Lightly pick out the tips and the front ridges with Screaming Skull
  5. Add a small amount of White Scar to the Screaming Skull and add a tiny dot on the sharpest tip. [On models with small teeth, this step isn't really needed]

Claws

  1. Paint the hooves and claws with Corvus Black
  2. Shade with the areas next with Nuln Oil
  3. Lastly, highlight the areas with Dawnstone

Weapon

Weapon

  1. Base coat with Khorne Red
  2. Cover in Carroburg Crimson
  3. Highlight the upper areas on the weapon with Wazdakka Red
  4. With a mix of 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Wild Rider Red further hightlight these areas.
  5. Add selective highlight with Wild Rider Red
  6. And then add a spot highlight with White Scar

Casing/Claws

  1. Start with a basecoast of Corvus Black
  2. Add a coat of Nuln Oil
  3. Then highlight edges with Dawnstone

Nozzle

  1. For the very tip of the nozzle, use Ushabti Bone
  2. And highlight with White Scar
  3. For the rest, base coat in Mephiston Red
  4. Highlight this then with Wild Rider Red

Gems

  1. Add a coat of Fuegan Orange pooling heavier at the top of the gem.

Brain

  1. Basecoat the area with Celestra Grey
  2. Next apply Coelia Greenshade directly from the pot to these areas. Apply heavily so as to bring out the raised areas.
  3. Now apply a very heavily watered down Ulthuan Grey for selective highlighting
  4. Lastly, add White Scar to Ulthuan Grey and add a dot to raised areas.
Citadel Painting System 25
Base 5
  • Celestra Grey
  • Corvus Black
  • Khorne Red
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rakarth Flesh
Shade 5
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Fuegan Orange
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 10
  • Dawnstone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Pink Horror
  • Screaming Skull
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Wazdakka Red
  • White Scar
  • Wild Rider Red
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Air 3
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
  • White Scar
Contrast 1
  • Volupus Pink
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