Tyranid Warriors

The Three Tyranid Stooges.

Continuing the army of Tyranids being painted, three Tyranid Warriors are now complete. I could always do more on them, but reached a point where I simply thought they were good enough for tabletop and didn't want to do more.

The paint scheme is exactly as with previous models in the army. One difference is that some of the weapons here have what is perhaps meant to represent venom sacs. These were painted extremely simply with:

• Wraithbone base.
• Hexwraith Flame covering the desired area.
• Biel Tan Green shade to give some extra depth.

That's it. Nice and simple. The Hexwraith really is an excellent green for this, and is basically a precursor the Contrast range of paints.

I did use an artificer brush on the carapace this time around. There are fewer of these models, and with a larger carapace area, so I wanted the edging higlights to be more controlled. The highlights here are what really make the model, and the finer control paid off in the end.

Finally, the feet positions were difficult to get right, and they don't have a large surface area of attachment to the base. This is partially because I might have messed up a little owing to lack of assembly instructions in the box. I've tried to fix what I can, but if they fall off much then pinning will be required.

-- silly painter.