WIP

Tyranid Scheme

  0
  • Written by
  • Published
    05 Jul 2023
  • Shareable URL

Skin

  1. Grey Seer base coat for skin, then tidy up/wet paint over with Grey Seer
  2. Basecoat underflesh Gryph-hound Orange
  3. Cover only skin with Dreadful Visage
  4. Gradient blend hands/claws/tentacles with Carroburg Crimson
  5. Highlights tbd

Carapace

  1. Base coat of Warpfiend Grey
  2. Wash whole carapace with Targor Rageshade letting it settle in recesses and indentations
  3. Warpfiend Grey to fix any shade mistakes
  4. Rough edge and flat surface highlight of Ushabti Bone
  5. Screaming Skull highlight or drybrush for the most raised edges / points
  6. OPTIONAL: Drybrush 1:1 Screaming Skull White Scar OR Praxeti White

Claws

  1. Base coat over Grey Seer with Black Templar
  2. Highlight edges Black Templar + Daemonette Hide
  3. Add Celestra Grey for further highlights
  4. Add White Scar for final highlights

Underflesh

  1. Layer Troll Slayer Orange
  2. Highlight Troll Slayer Orange + Lugganath Orange
  3. Add White Scar to highlights until reaching pure white for spot highlights

Teeth + Tongue

  1. Base coat teeth Daemonette Hide + Abaddon Black . Tongue Magos Purple
  2. Add white for both to highlight

Tyranid Brains (WIP)

Bases

  1. Base coat Abaddon Black
  2. Cover surface bits with Khorne Red
  3. Drybrush/stipple surface with Astorath Red
  4. Same again Ryza Rust
Citadel Painting System 21
Base 5
  • Abaddon Black
  • Celestra Grey
  • Daemonette Hide
  • Grey Seer
  • Khorne Red
Shade 2
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Targor Rageshade
Layer 6
  • Lugganath Orange
  • Screaming Skull
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpfiend Grey
  • White Scar
Dry 3
  • Astorath Red
  • Praxeti White
  • Ryza Rust
Spray 1
  • Grey Seer
Contrast 4
  • Black Templar
  • Dreadful Visage
  • Gryph-hound Orange
  • Magos Purple
Sign up to compare these recipe requirements to your own paint collection