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Starting a Tyranid army: Colorscheme

I've been a miniature hobbyist for over 10 years and have played a lot of different games (Warhammer Fantasy, Infinity, Frostgrave, Malifaux, Kings of War, etc.) but still hunger for more. In my gaming group, my friends convinced me to take a look at the Warhammer 40k lore. After reading a dozen books (Horus Heresy!) and pretty much got sucked into the crazy 40k lore, I decided to get into Warhammer 40.000. 

As for my first 40k army choice, I was torn between the Childs of Slaanesh and Tyranids. Really love both design and lore of these 2 armies. Finally, I went with Tyranids because they are easy to paint and I wanted to get more into the lore before heavily converting some Slaanesh forces. Also, there are some stunning non-GW Tyranid designs out there (check out this Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/artbyhalfpint/) and I was very curious how these models would turn out. To say it upfront: These 3D printed resin miniatures have some amazing details and very high quality of the print.

Regarding the color scheme, I tested 2 very different ones: A very dark Xenomorph one and a more vibrant and organic color scheme:

Instead of the black background I found a brown background better and went with it:


I really liked both paint jobs and the decision of how I should take on a whole army of these bugs was not an easy one. As an individual choice, I think I would prefer the Xenomorph one but as an army decision, I think 100+ purely black painted models are boring to paint and will look at an arm's length like a huge black blob. Therefore I went with the organic colorful one color scheme.


I couldn't wait and soon started painting one of the HQ choices of my Tyranid army: Old One Eye






Such an amazing beast! Next will be the backbone of the army: a lot of Hormogaunts.





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  1. IsperiaFebruary 19, 2021 at 12:20 AM

    Amazing color scheme! Are you disposed to share your colour recipe?

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  2. UnknownFebruary 25, 2021 at 10:47 AM

    wow what kind of Gaunts are those ?

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  3. AnonymousNovember 9, 2021 at 3:45 PM

    Where can these models be bought/downloaded?

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  4. MedduceaJanuary 8, 2022 at 12:18 PM

    Seriously where can i get these stls

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  5. MedduceaJanuary 8, 2022 at 12:18 PM

    Seriously where’s the stls for these

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    1. AnonymousJune 8, 2022 at 6:21 AM

      Bro, you need to buy it. Ofc not stls but set of WH40k if you want them so much.

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  6. AnonymousApril 4, 2024 at 10:17 AM

    I love Dave Martins sculpts. I lament he quit when he did. I'd really love to see his take on the parasite of mortrex. Did you re-size any of the minis before printing. I printed the OOE and he feels a bit big by comparison to regular carnifexes and the screamer killer.

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