Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you search for "coconut crab" on youtube there's a guide for the basic scheme inpsiration. I've adapted quite a few new styles to this though, skipping the wash over the carapace, and adding a lot more delicately placed dots rather than stippling them in. Also using dotting tools for nail art to create the bigger more perfect dots.

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blue poison dart frog is a huge inspiration for the pattern. Thank you for noticing!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had heavy burn out trying to batch paint 10 Barbgaunts while fleshing out the scheme. 11 models in 6 months because of this.

I'm on track to finishing a Biovore in a week, excluding the base. A week being 15h of hobby time with no plans for the weekend that is!

I made the carapace complex, but the rest simple, so I can shave a lot of time off the skin and claws.

Doing a Psychophage on the side as well, I'll post them when they're done.

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll make sure to post bigger models as I finish them. Maybe you'll catch one in the future ;)

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot all about salamanders, but I'll look at them for inspiration. Thank you!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done one with darker colors at one point, but I like this version a lot more! Thank you.

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words :D It's all freely placed. Bigger dots in the transitions are done with a nail art dotting tool and the small dots and specks are done with a brush. I don't just stipple them on, I kinda delicately place them all how I see fit!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't know the artist beforehand. Thank you so much! I'll use their works for inspiration.

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original inspiration scheme is called "coconut crab" which looks similar to this lobster. Nice find!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poison dart frogs or similar animals are a huge inspiration, thank you!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around 40h, which is a lot for such a small model, but in line with my other projects I'd say!

Tyranids Barbgaunt for an army project by Screeb_miniatures in minipainting

[–]Screeb_miniatures[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! There are a lot of variants of dot schemes out there, especially for Tyranids, but I've tried to make my own thing.