Re: [Epic] Help needed painting Tyranid Army

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 20:10:09 -0700

John wrote:
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> I'm in big need of help painting my tyranid army. I need to know what color primer would be best to use for this particular army and what
other colors will i b
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> John
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> I'm in big need of help painting my tyranid army. I need to know what
> color primer would be best to use for this particular army and what
> other colors will i be needing. If any body knows of any other
> helpfull advice or tips for painting this army i would appreciate it.
>
>
> JohnI always use white primer, unless i just don't care about the final
product (sometimes you just want to play). You get the brightest colors
from a white primer (krylon anti rust works well)

I am personally against pink and lavender bugs, but anything else is
cool. Partha Astral Blue is a great color; you can get really rich
hybrid colors out of it with green and purple, and it looks fantastic by
itself. An excellent way to get a realistic bright green is to paint the
 model a bright yellow, then wash it with a thin green several times.
you can then highlight or shade certain body parts and the gun. I used
this for termagants. Hormagaunts are mostly black with a metallic sheen,
genestealers are purplish blue going to redder purple towards the claws.
 Gargoyles are yellow with orange washes, Lictors should be camoflaged,
so try to make them match the terrain you usually play on (sometimes
your opponent will lose track of them; but then sometimes I do too)

The Biotitans on the box and in WD's have a pastel look about them;
don't do it. Sometimes it will look OK, but rich colors with dark armor
plates or bone armor plates look better. Don't try to use every color on
them either. Pick two colors and stick to them (plus the armor plate
color), darkening and lightening them to pick out organs and detail.

Just in case you don't know this, to avoid "pastelling" your paints,
avoid lightening colors with white. Use brighter color to lighten a
paint; yellow for green,red, orange and brown, red or blue for purples;
using white usually doesn't hurt blue to much, especially if you're
going with an icy motif.

Bugs are cool to paint like natural animals, too. Try to look up some
nature picture books, especially those focussing on insects, spiders or
sea life (crabs, lobsters, snails, etc). You can also use such book when
painting a lizarman army for fantasy, or monsters of any sort. That can
give your army a unique look on the battlefield.

thane
Received on Sat Jan 10 1998 - 03:10:09 UTC