Age of Strife

Just thought I'd post it and see what use think

Was going to do some slime but lost my glue gun

love the colours and I like the glossy carapace. If i have a minor criticism, its the gap left by the two halves in the top tail segment of carapace. Liquid green stuff during construction can fix this. Its a common problem with the big tyranid kits. I'm building the crone at the moment and it has loads of this type of thing to fill in.

Has a very Aliens feel to it. I like it

Unfortunately got it of my brother mostly painted kraken so I restarted and painted it yesterday was thinking about the green stuff but then got carried away with painting it

I like to see more of a contrast in colours from the armour plate to the soft under flesh. This would have looked a lot cooler with a lighter green or sickly pale yellow

Apart from that it looks great. I particularly like to see lots of blood around the teeth and claws of nids. More splatter please.

From personal experience. All Nids need Airbrushing.

hunter101 wrote:From personal experience. All Nids need Airbrushing.

disagree - washes are your friend

Just need to find my glue gun and I'll add slime to him but for now he is like this just got my 6 genestealers and hive crone to do for my 500 point battle against my brother and friend

you should have joined the campaign blog painting thingy with DL

KInG wrote:I like to see more of a contrast in colours from the armour plate to the soft under flesh. This would have looked a lot cooler with a lighter green or sickly pale yellow

oh i don't know. I like the subtle colours, dark and sinister, but not just sprayed black and highlighted.

The only nids I have are from the Macragge boxed set.
I painted mine Aliens black with contrasting colours on the claws and mouths. Then highlighted with a mix of dark brown and grey with a dry brush. Much prefer the darker brooding look to some of the garish paint jobs you see.