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Tyranid Hive Tyrant "Finished" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ADapperOctopus to c/warhammer40k

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Painted up my Flyrant for the new edition! He's kinda flat though because I can't seem to figure out how to shade the white carapace without it looking horribly dirty. So I was thinking of giving him a glossy varnish to make him look shiny like some real life insects to compensate.

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[–] setsneedtofeed 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For white I usually paint some offwhite shade for the most part and then edge highlight with white. As you are now, you might try edgelining the recesses with a khaki to get a shaded but warm feeling.

Orange-red to orange highlights on the gun would be sick. Just saying.

[–] ADapperOctopus 2 points 1 year ago

I'll definitely try that with the khaki! Maybe I'll have better control than I did trying to use shades for depth. The orange to red highlights sounds good too, so I guess it has a little more to go before being done lol.