Tyranids

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Tyranids

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    16 May 2026
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Hive Fleet leviathan

Spray

  1. Wraithbone or Wight Bone

Base

  1. Wash the model with 6:1 ratio or Contrast Medium and Volupus Pink
  2. Dry brush Wraithbone
  3. Spot highlight Screaming Skull not on gribblies

Characters Wraithbone highlight, then Pallid Wych Flesh bone highlight

  1. Volupus Pink joints and muscle and were white meets purple
  2. Clean up the base of the eyes with Wraithbone
  3. Paint eyes Iyanden Yellow

Carapace

  1. Paint the carapace with Leviathan Purple
  2. Next add thick chipping with Xereus Purple
  3. Add a thinner chipping with Genestealer Purple
  4. On normal troops edge highlight with Slaanesh Grey or for characters add fine chipping and highlight with this colour.

Guns

  1. Paint flesh parts or connections/tubes with Guilliman Flesh
  2. Paint the gun casings with Flesh Tearers Red
  3. Highlight with Mephiston Red
  4. Edge highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet
  5. Add Bugman's Glow to edge of guns on characters
  6. Highlight this with Cadian Fleshtone
  7. Paint the eyes by adding Wraithbone and the adding Iyanden Yellow

Boneswords

  1. Base with Flesh Tearers Red
  2. Wash with thinned Black Templar
  3. Thick edge highlight with Mephiston Red
  4. Edge highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet and push with Troll Slayer Orange

Scything Talons

  1. Base with Flesh Tearers Red
  2. Black Templar near the conection to the body and blend to red
  3. Thick edge highlight Mephiston Red
  4. Edge height light Evil Sunz Scarlet push with Troll Slayer Orange

Horns

  1. Base with Black Templar
  2. Highlight with Mephiston Red
  3. Edge highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet

Brains

  1. Base with Frostheart
  2. Shade in spots with Coelia Greenshade
  3. Highlight with Baharroth Blue

Wings

  1. Base wings with Cadian Fleshtone
  2. Deep shade with Guilliman Flesh
  3. Neaten up with Cadian Fleshtone
  4. Highlight with ??? Kislev Flesh

Base

  1. Paint the base and rim Steel Legion Drab
  2. Agrellan Badland
  3. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  4. Dry brush with Karak Stone
  5. Brush with Screaming Skull
  6. Finish the rim Steel Legion Drab
Citadel Painting System 27
Base 4
  • Bugman's Glow
  • Mephiston Red
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Coelia Greenshade
Layer 10
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Genestealer Purple
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Slaanesh Grey
  • Xereus Purple
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Texture 1
  • Agrellan Badland
Air 1
  • Troll Slayer Orange
Spray 1
  • Wraithbone
Contrast 7
  • Black Templar
  • Flesh Tearers Red
  • Frostheart
  • Guilliman Flesh
  • Iyanden Yellow
  • Leviathan Purple
  • Volupus Pink
Colour Forge
Base 1
  • Wight Bone
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