Tyranids

Tyranids

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    21 Mar 2024
  • Updated
    21 Mar 2024
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Base scheme

  1. Black undercoat
  2. Drybrush Corvus Black all over
  3. Drybrush Rhinox Hide all over
  4. Light drybrush Stormvermin Fur all over
  5. Light drybrush Karak Stone on carapace
  6. Start blocking in Khorne Red on carapace. Make sure to include on any weapons, top of any claws, underneath eye & any tongues
  7. Start blocking in Averland Sunset on rest of the model (not on carapace), excluding any fleshy areas. Also include on underside of any claws.
  8. Wash the Khorne Red with Nuln Oil & Averland Sunset with Reikland Fleshshade making sure to blend between the 2.
  9. Highlight Averland Sunset with Yriel Yellow & then Flash Gitz Yellow in the raised areas.
  10. Highlight tongue & under eye Wazdakka Red
  11. Highlight Khorne Red with Evil Sunz Scarlet by doing closely packed lines
  12. Highlight under eye Squig Orange
  13. Paint eyes Abaddon Black
  14. Highlight by doing tightly packed lines on carapace (not over Khorne Red ) with Karak Stone
  15. Base any flesh with Rakarth Flesh
  16. Shade with Berserker Bloodshade
  17. Drybrush skin with Rakarth Flesh
  18. Lightly drybrush skin with Pallid Wych Flesh

Starred by andypearson

Citadel Painting System 17
Base 5
  • Abaddon Black
  • Averland Sunset
  • Khorne Red
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Rhinox Hide
Shade 3
  • Berserker Bloodshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 8
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Flash Gitz Yellow
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Squig Orange
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Wazdakka Red
  • Yriel Yellow
Air 1
  • Corvus Black
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