How I painted the Gorgon colour scheme, part of a larger video on painting a variety of Tyranid Hive Fleets.
Skin
- Start with Wraithbone .
- Cover the whole skin with a layer of Deathworld Forest . I used Death Guard Green in the video but don't do that, it's a bad paint that covers badly and is bad.
- Wash back over with Athonian Camoshade .
- Pass over all of the skin with thinned Elysian Green , relayering the skin but leaving some of that wash in the recesses
- Highlight up with Ogryn Camo .
Note: For characters, you might want to add a dot highlight of Flayed One Flesh for extra punch
Inner Flesh
- Carefully pass over all the splits in the skin and joints with Screamer Pink . If you overspill, cut back over with your previous greens as necessary. Might get quite messy, but stick with it!
- Wash all those areas with Carroburg Crimson .
- Relayer any ridges in those splits with Screamer Pink and a thin brush.
- Add a dot highlights of Kislev Flesh for some sheen.
Carapace
- Relayer over the carapace with Wraithbone to tidy up.
- I then washed Seraphim Sepia towards the adjoining surfaces of each plate, feathering the paint towards the ends.
- Carefully draw on striation lines with Wraithbone . I pick a spot and draw the lines toward myself when doing this, evenly spacing where I can but not worrying if they're not - It's meant to be biological, and biology is rarely perfect!
- Add a second line highlight with White on the striations.
Weapons, Claws and Hooves
- Relayer the whole weapon with Corvus Black , being careful about overspill (Painting with the gun off the mini is -very- advised)
- No need to wash back here, just an edge highlight and choice relayer with Skavenblight Dinge . I did this as a glaze on the hooves and claws.
- Edge highlight with Stormvermin Fur .
Eyes and Teeth
Note: As this goes along side a video tutorial on a wider range of Hive Fleets, I'm using pictures of 'Gants that aren't Behemoth. Colours are all the same though!
- Layer over the whole eye with Averland Sunset
- Relayer again with Yriel Yellow . It's quite easy to run out of control on these small areas, so take your time. I found that adding a wash into the socket and trying again with Yriel Yellow works well if it goes nuts and I don't catch it in time.
- Then coat all the teeth with Rakarth Flesh
- Wash back with Agrax Earthshade
- A quick highlight/relayer with Pallid Wych Flesh , leaving some of that washed Rakarth Flesh near the gum line
I'm a casual mini painter who's fallen into the tutorial space. Documenting my progress and recipes as I go!