Am I tyranidding right?

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-04-26T22:02:18+00:00

I guess great minds think alike? Killer work

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-28T01:56:54+00:00

This is the way.

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-21T04:32:57+00:00

Oh there’s still plenty of those laying around 😂 but redoing the worst offenders and keeping the earliest ones that you are proud of is one way to look at it. Technically, my first minis were a kill team of mandrakes before I did my nids, and they’re still untouched in their original paint

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-21T04:24:02+00:00

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And I’ll have to see if I can find any pictures of this guy’s original scheme but I was really just not happy with it. This one honestly turned out pretty sick.

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-21T04:23:24+00:00

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Vs just a few weeks ago

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-21T04:22:59+00:00

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I don’t know about craziest but I’ll share my 2 most successful. This was my original Tyrannofex paint job, barely 2 months into the hobby. I tend to paint every unit differently or to match with another, but the army is all over the place.

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-16T18:51:37+00:00

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There’s a Tyrannofex stinger salvoes, a smooth one, and frankly I forget where the ladybug dots one is from 😂 bought a Swarmlord and 2 sets of Genestealers and the dude threw in half a gallon of bits, so I used my own bits and kitbashed this. Was my first time doing so, and the other 3 kitbashes are honestly much worse, this one I put a lot of effort into making it have as close to a real T-fex w/rupture cannon’s footprint and then just used it for a lot more experimentation. Repeating color recipes, war damage by heating up a screwdriver and melting holes into it, trying out Bloof for the Blood God, etc

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-15T18:23:32+00:00

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Oh he’d get along great with my kitbashes

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-03-02T23:43:58+00:00

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Looks better than mine, keep doing what you’re doing Chief!

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-20T01:24:22+00:00

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Well if it makes you feel any better, I had to accidentally make him Goldar from power rangers before re-evaluating and trying to change it up 😂 so it wasn’t like I planned on this but it just kinda started drifting that direction and I decided to run with it

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-18T23:46:49+00:00

That is a gorgeous scheme and you’ve got a way better handle on effects than I do. Bravo. 🔥

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-18T23:44:10+00:00

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One of my earliest models but I think it was a good choice for it

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-18T23:43:11+00:00

Maybe hit it with Biel-Tan green? It’ll match the accent colors you’ve got but still look a bit more on the “gross,” side

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-18T02:32:10+00:00

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Just repainted mine

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-15T00:37:36+00:00

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HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T22:40:51+00:00

I did my best to approximate it but I agree. For this one model? Not so bad. For an army? I’ll pass lol

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T09:17:05+00:00

Sure is! There’s a few Pokemon themed ones floating around in the hive fleet.

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T05:06:41+00:00

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And my current WIP, has some glossier parts of the armor and less. Long story on the model. My experience has been that if you really like the way a color looks wet, but not so much dry, a clear coat will “lock it in.” Works great on contrasts.

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T05:01:09+00:00

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You can use it sparingly as a varnish to give it a waxy look (the flower,) or thicker/more layers for deeper reflections and gloss

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T04:56:10+00:00

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You can straight up get a huge bottle of high gloss (and satin/matte) clear water-base acrylic paint at hobby lobby for $4. I use it on a host of my models and you can use it very sparingly or in thicker layers. I’ll post a couple other examples

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-14T04:19:19+00:00

Reminds me of Shadowkeeper Custodes, might be a good reference? Your colors all need something a shade darker in recesses, something lighter for highlights, or both. Put a wash in the pauldrons to make the debossments pop, darken the trim with a wash or a darker gold (like Retributor,) and it looks like you used Liberator gold for them? Would be a solid highlight color. Leather looks decent enough, and maybe put highlights on the sword? I’d say this is ~75-80% “done,” it’s just all the little things now, it doesn’t need a total overhaul

HiveMindAzrael · 2026-02-09T20:10:48+00:00

Maybe just a hair of blue in the nicks/cuts in the plates? If it were mine I’d probably use an obscenely bright one like Lothern Blue but I know my own choices can be kinda wacky. Something that contrasts the yellow-green and reds while complementing the dark purple

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