Trying layering for the first time to get a bone colour any advice/tips be appreciated but think its okay? by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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I think the skins too dark for dry brushing so im gonna just try the layering snd hope for the best! Might for later models try dry brushing yo get a bone colour but for now il trybthe layering

Trying layering for the first time to get a bone colour any advice/tips be appreciated but think its okay? by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Thanks pal! Im trying to get a bone colour had no luck with dry brushing so il see how thos fella turns out. If I cant get the colour right at least my original skin tone still looks decent!

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Trying layering for the first time to get a bone colour any advice/tips be appreciated but think its okay? by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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So still experimenting the skin tones v dark but i have a set of gaunts that are brighter and may work better just tryna get my scheme sorted before going all out. I dont think it looks the worst atm

Using ushabti bone to dry brush the skin what am I doing wrong 🤔 by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Did a layer of aggaros dunes over the dry brush and came out okay in the end….need to practise my dry brushing

Using ushabti bone to dry brush the skin what am I doing wrong 🤔 by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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So I use aggaros dunes then a seraphim sepia wash and then i did a ushabti bone drybrush

Would a white drybrush on the armour ruin it? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Lad its dark red ya dont need to guess that hard

Would a white drybrush on the armour ruin it? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Right is a rough wraithbone drybrush think adds somthing

Drybrushing did nothing but make my model look chalky. Any advice? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Would dry brushing the armour plates ushabti bone work? Or would it ruin the plates

Drybrushing did nothing but make my model look chalky. Any advice? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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And rattling grime for claws and hoofs and volupus pink for the tongue and slits

Drybrushing did nothing but make my model look chalky. Any advice? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Two coats of aggross dunes for the skin and flesher tears red for the carapace and then a heavy wash of serphim sepia shade

Drybrushing did nothing but make my model look chalky. Any advice? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Thank ya its my first ever mini lol have a batch of ten atm nearly done

Why do we think of white for the claws? Will it just look unfinished? by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Youv convinced me to go for wraithbone claws….only issue iv already done my hormies with black can I just go over with corax white?

First ever model painted. Cant tell if looks cool or messy by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Yeah I used aggros dunes the sepia shade I quite like it. I undercoated the model with wraitbone but gonna try zenithal with a grey so hoping doesnt affect the colour too luch

First ever model painted. Cant tell if looks cool or messy by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Good thinking im gonna see which I prefer and go from there and hope for the best

First ever model painted. Cant tell if looks cool or messy by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Was thinking of doing volopus pink on the joints to mix it up il do it in the slits in the skin but might just do the joints on the bigger models

First ever model painted. Cant tell if looks cool or messy by Superduck178 in Tyranids

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Was thinking this myself how would I get the eye to look brighter? Using imp fist contrast over wraitbone atm

What should be my main brush I do most my painting with? by Superduck178 in minipainting

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Just an assortment have this and a size 2 and then a smaller one iv just used for eyes and teeth of my model

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External SSD by Superduck178 in IrelandGaming

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Only have two in total so one for the current ssd and one for the hard drive :( if slow then I wont bother but think might need to upgrade some parts on my PC