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Tyranid Hierophant (Forge World)
This is my first attempt with an airbrush (bought one just for this Hierophant - as it would have taken ages to paint with a brush). It took me five nights to paint it using GW (Tausept Ochre, Iyaden Darksun, Hormagaunt Purple, Chaos Black, Bleached Bone, Orchide Shade, Knarloc Green, Scorpion Green) and Reaper (Dark Skin, Red Brick, Bloodstain Red, Carnage Red, Pure White, Amethyst Purple) colours and GW washes (Badab Black, Ogryn Flesh, Devlan Mud). The overall idea was to make a realistic looking tyranid, using mostly bone and dark brown, with sinew and flesh to add spot colour. I let the bone and "skin" go towards yellow and mixed purple and dark red tones into the brown. I avoid using black and red as I tend to add a lot of blood and gore to my tyranids (this mini, once finished, will get its share too - to make it look even nastier). The miniature is slightly converted (i replaced the bio cannons with extra scything talons as it don't feel right with bugs using guns...).
Posted: 21 May 2009
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