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I've decided to eventually get around to making 1:1 colour schemes for all of the Tyranid Warrior art works of the 9 main Hive Fleets. Kronos is to be the first as it was the Hive Fleet I played during 9th Ed (that, and I am thoroughly biased for it haha).
For Kronos, the model used is a Norn Emissary as it is what I had at hand. I will eventually post a combined recipe for all 9 Hive Fleets, with the examples being 9 Tyranid Warriors, built (possibly cut up / kitbashed if necessary) and posed to be as close to the art as possible. Said combined post will also include Neuroloids to serve as examples for brain matter for each Hive Fleet, as close to the style each artwork was made with so to stay true to it.
The next 1:1 will be Jormungandr, followed by Behemoth, Kraken, Ouroboros, Hydra, Leviathan, Tiamat, and Gorgon in this order.
To keep things as simple to follow / do yourself, all paints used will be from Citadel, except for white. (Citadel white sucks, use literally any other brand)
Each ratio and mix has been tested multiple times, and is made to be exactly as shown in the art, so each ratio mentioned will be extremely specific.
If anyone has any questions or requests for artwork 1:1 recipes, feel free to ask me through Discord, located in my profile.
I wanted to replicate a classic 80's-90's style base with paints that are currently available. This is what I came up with.
Here is how I painted my first ever Questor Mechanicus Imperial Knight. I was really drawn to the colour scheme of this one and had to put something together.
This is how I paint a stealth oriented T'au Cadre. The scheme is based on desaturated grey-blues, greys, black, red wine (for some pop), bronze and night vision optics.
The recipe calls for wet blending, glazing, dry brushing and edge highlighting. Feel free to omit these techniques or replace them with one you are more comfortable with
The models are based in an environment resembling the setting of 'Spec ops: The Line', wherein a metropolis is in the process of being buried by sandstorms. These sandstorms are creating an artificial night and creating pockets of poor visibility in the urban centre. With that in mind, where reasonable, I've sculpted (poorly) some camouflage cloaks to protect the units from the sandstorm and provide extra concealment. I've tried my best to make the models look battle-worn and battered, hoping to illustrate the desperation of the situation.
The narrative I had in mind is based on this cadre's fire caste and air caste compliment using ambushes, surgical strikes, assassination, and other cunning tricks to delay an attacking force while the T'au evacuate civilians on a T'au assimilated Imperial world, now fully absorbed into the T'au Sphere, with T'au architecture and technology. The T'au are using an otherwise hostile environment to their advantage, using the sun blocking sandstorms as cover in their Kauyon doctrine to disrupt the enemy formations in a painful defence in depth.
This is how I painted the armor and trim on my models. Weapons will be in another recipe as I did those separately
How I painted my Gun Servitor for my Inquisitorial Agents Kill Team. I wanted an increased amount of vibrancy in the armour, which I think turned out well. The basic colour composition in the same as the box art though.
How I painted my copy of the official 'Assassin' model for the new game 1490 Doom. Not gonna lie, I was aiming for a medieval ninja here. I think he pulls it off, without looking out of place in the setting.
A clean Alpha Legion scheme meant for speed. The most important bit is the hue of the blue-green armour. Other paints or mixes may give different results.
It's divided in two workloads; airbrushing the armor and filling the details. Each can be done on different sessions and on different amounts of models. For instance, I do the airbrushing on 10 to 20 models at a time and then the hand painting on 5 models at a time.
For this scheme you'll need an airbrush and some skill with it!
Cherub with a palette inspired by the Eden panel in Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.