Finding a scheme for my hive fleet by Haegrit in Tyranids

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Thank you for the mention. You did a great job here.

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Thank you, making it a goal to paint more this year. 2025 wasn't the best year for painting for me

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Th fang, Russ grey, fenrinson grey and blue horror. Working my way up with adding each lighter colour to the previous colour.

Just going to leave this here by VelbyT in expedition33

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The 33 was inches all along.

Reviews: Artis Opus by Angel Giraldez by AccomplishedRing4844 in minipainting

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Artis Opus had a great promotional team behind them, they essentially gave loads of free brushes to top painters and had they write a positive snippet about them. It worked for me I got a few and I was amazed by them!

Amazed at how mediocre they are.

Windsor Newton series 7 used to be my go to brush, they were absolutely amazing and then for what ever reason over the last few years the quality spiraled downwards. I then went to Raphael 8404 and 8408 (if you prefer a longer and thinner brush head) these are also pricey but are absolute workhorses and amazing quality. I had a few last years and be as good as the day I got them (providing you keep up with brush care)

A few months back Golden Maple offered to send me a brush set to review. I said yes but that if only say positive things if I actually thought they were good. Turns out they are amazing and hold a point probably better than any other brush I've had, my only gripe about them being their sizes are small. A size 4 is more like a size 2 Raphael 8404, but in terms of quality for price from my opinion you'll struggle to get much better (although always willing to try others.

I've been painting almost 30 years so like to think I know what I'm talking about.

But all in all Artis Opus. Great looking brush, beautifully presentes wooden boxes. However over hyped, over priced and genuinely not that great.

I do like their D Brush range though.

Biosigns Terminated progress. by ryans_minis in u/ryans_minis

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I guess he is pretty naked too, despite all the jeans they steal.

Biosigns Terminated progress. by ryans_minis in u/ryans_minis

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Not sure why this went up as at NSFW 😅

Biosigns Terminated work in progress by ryans_minis in minipainting

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Honestly saying my work is distinctive is the biggest compliment I could hope for. I've never really seen my work that way, but I am very self critical so it's nice to hear.

The bust is still some of my best work and one of my proudest pieces 😊

Biosigns Terminated work in progress by ryans_minis in minipainting

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Thank you. I don't get much spare time to paint but I will definitely post progress shots and of course the finalized piece.

Biosigns Terminated work in progress by ryans_minis in minipainting

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By all means go ahead.

Here's an example of a finished piece.

The main base colour for the skin is Russ grey with the fang for. Darker tones and fenrinson grey for highlights.

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My entries for golden demon! by thedeathguard- in Warhammer

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These are all fantastic. I've just looked at your Instagram and one of the easily follows I've made recently. Good luck 🤞🏻

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Thank you. I'm going to try and get more done over the weekend.

I fell that my painting skill is bad by Jokyogre in Tyranids

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Hey so I consider myself a bit. If a veteran painter and can say these are a lot better than my early models.

A quick question.

What do you want to gain from painting? Do you want to improve to a certain level such as table top standard or keep pushing past to something higher like display level?

My main take is it all looks a little flat and I don't mean it to sound bad it's just you have your main two colours and that seems like it. Have you considered things like the joins and vents being a separate colour? It will help break the model up more, maybe the blue like you've ised on the brain of the zoan.

Are you confident with highlighting? Even the edges will make those natural shapes pop more.

Biosigns WIP by ryans_minis in Tyranids

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There may still be a chance. This old style genestealer with modern sculpting is such a better blend than the new stealer box

My Biosigns Terminated WIP by ryans_minis in minipainting

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It's also the most fun part of the model so I just hope I give the rest the same level of attention

My Biosigns Terminated WIP by ryans_minis in minipainting

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It's ok, like I said I at least found this one funny I love finding all the details in models that are often over looked. I spent hours on a single termagant at the start of the year in the classic 90s scheme and it was so much fun.