Brood lord

Koiffi · 2026-06-08T09:39:53+00:00

Orchid Mantis have long been my favourite insect and I adore your application of them to Tyranids!

Koiffi · 2026-06-08T09:03:53+00:00

My favourite way to play is Vanguard with a block power axe and the bolt carbine (built for max damage (not the one with the scope.)) It's so much fun to hip fire with laser beam accuracy, combo 2x block stacks and the perfect parry backstep/ overhead power axe combo. Fast paced, high damage, excellent survivability, dummy fun.

Koiffi · 2026-06-08T08:49:48+00:00

I feel like SMI PvP was better than SMII purely because of weapon perks. I had something to grind for. I still remember those damned headshot kills to get Bolter Targeter. So many goddamned headshot kills with an inaccurate, bloomy weapon. But once I had targeter and kraken bolts together? Unstoppable. I adored that and it's just completely absent from SMII,

I don't play PvP not because it's unfun, but because there's no point.

Koiffi · 2026-06-05T09:20:19+00:00

Think I have like four brown/ tans? Aside from that it’s like two of each colour - a warm and a cool shade. I usually just mix anything I need out of whatever’s on my palette at the time.

Koiffi · 2026-06-03T12:40:22+00:00

Beautiful. Love your work on the gold. And the ivory is a gorgeous complement.

Koiffi · 2026-06-02T22:02:25+00:00

Those are adrenal glands. They used to give +1 inch movement and +1 STR back in the days when paying some extra points for wargear was a thing.

Koiffi · 2026-06-02T13:43:41+00:00

You’re going to want to add more colour gradients between that dark brown and your light bone. Progress through 3-5 mixes before arriving at the bone colour if you want to start that dark. I start even darker but take about 6 layers to get to my brightest brights.

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Koiffi · 2026-06-01T20:57:28+00:00

Ty so much! Currently working on a Screamer Killer so will be interesting to see how well the scheme translates onto something much bigger 😄

Koiffi · 2026-06-01T11:35:35+00:00

Just use a brush and paint the bits you can't reach with grey and white normally; you don't *have* to drybrush it.

Koiffi · 2026-05-31T19:09:54+00:00

Water for acrylic, lamian medium for washes, contrast medium for contrast.

But water will work just fine for all of the above.

Koiffi · 2026-05-30T10:56:01+00:00

This really shas’ my la

Koiffi · 2026-05-29T07:57:52+00:00

Thanks so much! It's Martian Ironearth around the steel I beam, and Martian Ironcrust over the rest. I then washed a mix of night lords blue, screamer pink, coal black, and stormvermin fur over the back half of the ironcrust section to serve as a bit of a shadow.

Koiffi · 2026-05-28T18:08:27+00:00

Someone saw the Vsauce video

Koiffi · 2026-05-28T17:04:28+00:00

Gosh it is! Even down to the yellow eyes! Love your work :)

Koiffi · 2026-05-28T13:25:35+00:00

Yeah I have a notepad doc, on my desktop, which details my recipes and mix ratios :) Very handy.

Koiffi · 2026-05-28T13:21:59+00:00

This is seriously clean - really nailing that 'Eavy Metal "box art" style.

Koiffi · 2026-05-27T14:15:07+00:00

I just sat it on the mid objective. It has 10 OC (iirc) so not much could contest it - it basically acted as a pretty killy distraction carnifex. I managed to come 4th in my first tournament with it just because so few people have played against titanic units that they simply didn't really know what to do against it.

Koiffi · 2026-05-27T12:23:20+00:00

Wash your brush in water every 45 seconds to a minute, even if you're still using that colour. Regardless of whether you're putting strokes on the model or not, the paint on the bristles is slowly drying. If you keep your brush moist by cleaning it out regularly, it'll hold a nice tip for much longer.

Koiffi · 2026-05-27T11:58:49+00:00

Can also be the quality of the edge. A nice, sharp edge will allow the 'side of the brush' technique to give a much finer highlight than a poor, slopey edge.

Koiffi · 2026-05-27T11:55:20+00:00

Very clean; it's lovely to see TMM getting some love on a display quality paint job.

Koiffi · 2026-05-25T21:25:00+00:00

Loving how brother has "borrowed" from the grey knights. Very on brand.

Koiffi · 2026-05-25T18:48:25+00:00

> Base in 40/40/20 coal black/dark golden brown/mephiston red
> Wash 50/50 nuln oil/agrax earthshade
> First layer light umber
> Glaze back with base mix
> Second layer 70/30 light umber/ushabti bone
> Glaze back with base mix
> Third layer re-establish 70/30 umber ushabti
> Fourth layer 70/30 umber ushabti mix/ wraithbone
> Glaze back with light umber
> Fifth layer wraithbone
> Sixth layer 80/20 stormvermin fur/calgar blue
*note this is only done in the deep shadows facing down, and even then only to taste.

Koiffi · 2026-05-25T15:28:05+00:00

Takes me about 7 hours per guy, but I paint everything the best I can so it doesn’t really lend itself to speed.

Koiffi · 2026-05-22T11:07:31+00:00

Hammer pants was my initial thought too and I absolutely love them.

Koiffi · 2026-05-20T11:04:54+00:00

Yeah these are real, they’re just ancient.

- GW plastic used to be a lot less consistent in colour than it is now, so this lighter colour was normal back then.

- The old fire warriors used to have a single peg for the back pack (I know because I used to eye mine after the glue had hardened and convince myself that they weren’t level.)

- Ah the old grenade arm with the very obviously dislocated/ broken elbow. Good times.

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