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keen epoch
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might need a deeper shade on that yellow section

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idk though since that bit's just meant to be the peel

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the carapace will be overripe peel

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once I've locked the yellow down I'll apply it to the rest of the skin sections and paint over the tail in green unripe peel

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the claws/hooves will all be peeled banana flesh, near-white

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tail itself is the only bit painted properly for the test, ignore the leg

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that's just pink underpaint + 1 halfhearted layer

keen epoch
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intensified the highlight on the skin

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did the carapace

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not really happy with the quality of the "spots", need to get the paint to flow better off a tiny brush so I can actually make them round

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or perhaps not since I think they read fine from the intended distance

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I'm thinking this looks very close to what the finished mini will look like

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what do you guys think]

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darkened the shadows a bit

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I think this is it

keen epoch
wet pine
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This is looking good. Is the plan to make it look like it's a peeled banana, or just using those colors in places?

keen epoch
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only the claws/hooves

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it'd be more noticeable on monsters/hormagaunts

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termagant isn't the best unit to show off the scheme tbh

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I think normal banana peel carapace and peeled banana flesh could also have worked but I wanted normal banana to be dominant

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and peeled banana carapace sounds weird as a concept

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loving the new tyranid models btw

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really distinct muscle groups for highlight placement

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makes it very easy for you

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I just did this one in global illumination/overhead lighting and I think it looks pretty decent even though I'm usually not a huge fan of that style

steel path
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Any updated pics?

wet pine
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What's the brown? Rhinox hide over black primer?

keen epoch
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probably tomorrow though

keen epoch
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then decided it wasn't dark enough so

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did a very thick wash of some ratio of flat brown and black

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so it tinted everything

steel path
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No worries, it'll let me know when u do so no rush

keen epoch
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if I were doing it again I'd start from brown, black, purple

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the mixture of that brown with black already appears quite purple but it definitely needs a bit more intensity

steel path
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V inspiring btw, got the tyranid half of the leviathan box and I didn't think of a yellow scheme

keen epoch
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I think if I wasn't doing it as a shitpost I wouldn't go for soooooo much yellow

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carapace would definitely be something else

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probably still something nature inspired though

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back in the day I had a display of gaunts and warriors done up in various insect/lizard bird schemes

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the way this is going I'll have a display of gaunts and marines done up in various fruit/vegetable schemes...

steel path
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That sounds awesome, please post pics of the when you get round to it

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I'm thinking of adapting the coconut crab scheme

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Not got colours down yet but I got 10 extra hormagaunts to test on

keen epoch
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oh yeah that's one of the ones I did

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my one was quite simple since my painting ability wasn't really good enough to form a gradient so it was just a red-brown with peach spots/stripes all over

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very shortly after I started painting lol

keen epoch
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just layering small strokes of yellow over a brown-yellow layer over the slightly purplish brown + black

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the combination gives it a slightly pallid green tinge that I hope is reminiscent of overripe banana when combined with the spots on top

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wait, realising now I forgot the flat brown layer before building up to yellow brown on the top of the carapace

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oh well it is what it is

keen epoch
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glazed the mid yellow of the carapace in lots of strokes towards the tail

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should have done the same with the highlights in hindsight

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will try that on the other side and see if it turns out better

keen epoch
wet pine
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"Eat me" - yellow tyranid

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This is looking very banana-y

keen epoch
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I need to paint the vents green

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I think

keen epoch
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did the other side and the head

keen epoch
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not overly happy with the detailing but I know what I'd do better next time

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don't have anything good to wash with so tried 3 different methods for the vents here

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only one I'm happy with is the one on the leg

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gonna use that on all future nids until I get some good washes to shade them with

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tried to just use thinned paint for the wash on those but was struggling hard with the consistency and coverage