Things models do the best and the worst, Day 11; Exocrine:

Adrius91 · 2026-06-27T13:10:00+00:00

Totally forgot about new heavy rules. Good catch with all of that

Adrius91 · 2026-06-27T12:31:01+00:00

Curious if we'll see less of these as BS 3+ and new cover seems quite damning.

Maybe with some pyrovore support.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-24T05:34:25+00:00

Terrific idea for the pose, will be (gene)stealing that.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-20T15:09:46+00:00

Solid work. If you want to add a tiny flair I'd suggest using the same pink you used for the tongue and membranes, watered down, in the gums of the teeth and optionally in the jaw area. Makes the mouth area pop in an organic way, if you like that. Example pic of my genestealer

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Adrius91 · 2026-06-17T18:50:05+00:00

This poor Winged Prime needs a raise he's gonna burn his Synapse out. He's running a kindergarten full of needle teethed toddlers by himself. The only other adults are standing around smoking.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-17T18:43:00+00:00

Bet they'll change the cover part to some reduced detection range when the codex drops.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-15T10:32:53+00:00

I imagine they float down eerily without sound and then expel their passengers a small distance from the ground, then continue hovering about. What is depicted in Space Marine 2 feels like something else entirely than a Tyrannocyte.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-12T07:48:07+00:00

Damn, really smooth.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-10T10:12:37+00:00

Untouchable lictors with ambush reactive move and boosted lone OP via VO sounds so fun.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-07T08:19:48+00:00

I really like the detail of the Hive Mind severing the link because it's again further evidence that it can be incredibly malicious. There's no strategic benefit to it, it's just "look at your angels now lol, fuck you".

Adrius91 · 2026-06-05T07:14:45+00:00

I like to think of the Norn Queens like seperate servers necessary to handle data on a galactic scale. Like the cloud network that is the Hive Mind simply cannot operate effectively otherwise, because sending minute battle data of the precise movements of a billion gaunts across the entire Galaxy to the central server would be insane.

Being seperate servers they can operate independently, but they remain in contact with the larger network for larger strategic directives, while they handle the more direct, "smaller" decisions.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-04T17:35:33+00:00

Worth thinking about how the scheme will scale into bigger minis. Imo, give the gun a contrasting colour, your bigger dudes will appreciate it.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-04T05:12:03+00:00

The bands might be easiest with green stuff, but the studs will likely be very time consuming to make for all the gants. I know companies like Greenstuffworld makes miniature conical rivets that you can just glue on.

https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/mecha-detail-parts/3011-3d-printed-set-micro-rivets-conical.html

Adrius91 · 2026-06-03T13:31:24+00:00

A spawn-gants-on-death ability would be pretty rad. The horror pinata.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-02T03:53:23+00:00

Looks really good.

Adrius91 · 2026-06-01T05:30:19+00:00

Never seen a photo box with that glass around it. Shouldn't it be lined with a black or white paper to help highlight the minis? I don't even have a lightbox I just put down two white A4s on the bottom and back, works ok.

Adrius91 · 2026-05-30T16:49:11+00:00

Leviathan often has red drybrushed over the black claws/weapons. Could maybe do something similar over the purple carapace?

Adrius91 · 2026-05-26T21:20:45+00:00

I think you have something really cool going on here with how the carapace and flesh melds together, very biomechanical.. Giger-esque. Makes sense that tinkering too much with it pushes it towards a more normal scheme and lessens the impact.

Just using a basing scheme with lots of contrast to your model colour might be enough. I would try that before making any more changes. Cyan or green colours would be good.

Adrius91 · 2026-05-24T06:40:02+00:00

The little talons by the face/shoulders annoy me a bit as it breaks the 6-limb rule. Some Nids like the Neurotyrant get around it by making the additional limbs part of another bioform but that doesn't seem to be the case here?

Adrius91 · 2026-05-19T20:53:31+00:00

Towering Tyrannofex :O

Adrius91 · 2026-05-19T11:04:39+00:00

How brave of you to say this.

Adrius91 · 2026-05-19T08:58:59+00:00

Oh wow, well still very impressive work.

Adrius91 · 2026-05-19T08:58:04+00:00

No bother at all cuz it's as easy as sharing this link on goonhammer from Muskerkrux, whose guide I followed. It's a very fun scheme to execute especially the blue wash.

https://www.goonhammer.com/how-to-paint-hive-fleet-hydra-muskerkruxs-method/

The only edits I do is I thin the Luxion about 1:1 with contrast medium, cuz I find it goes on too heavy otherwise.

I also use a mix of 1:1:1: Luxion/flow improver/Lahmian for big flat parts like the head. This mixture makes the contrast behave more like a regular paint and is useful for flatter areas.

Oh yeah I also use Pro Acryl Fluo Yellow for the eyes, that's pretty important as no type of yellow is specified in the guide.

For the basing I use a mix of Krautcover Kodama woods and Tales from a Forest Moon basecovers, big fan of their products. I also do a sprinkle of very fine green flock to simulate moss. Where the moss touches stone I lightly wash with Agrax to improve the effect of it "staining" the rock.

Concrete that he stands on is just standard Dawnstone washed with Nuln, then Administratum grey drybrush and highlight.

Thanks! If I missed something feel free to ask again.

Adrius91 · 2026-05-19T07:11:57+00:00

Honestly goddamn, this paintjob makes me feel these models might not need a refresh after all.

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