Prime the miniature with Vallejo's Black Surface Primer

1. Skin/Flesh:

1. Apply a base coat with a 1:1 mix of Rakarth Flesh and Slaanesh Grey thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply a light dry brush, focusing on upper surfaces, with a 1:1 mix of Slaanesh Grey and Pallid Wych Flesh
3. Apply mottling effects to the skin with paints like Coelia Greenshade and Carroburg Crimson thinned 1:2 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply vein-like detailing with a 1:1 mix of Genestealer Purple and Macragge Blue thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
5. Apply a filter wash with Dreadful Visage thinned 1:1 with Contrast Medium and wick away any pooling paint with a brush/makeup sponge
6. Apply a 1:1 mix of Khorne Red and Incubi Darkness thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium to the flesh joints and ridges
7. Apply Black Legion thinned 1:1 with Contrast Medium to the hooves

1a. Skin markings:

1. Apply markings to the skin with a 2:1 mix of Genestealer Purple and Incubi Darkness thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Reinforce deeper areas of the skin markings with a 1:1 mix of Genestealer Purple and Incubi Darkness thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply a soft glaze to the skin markings with Druchii Violet mixed 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

2. Carapace:

1. Apply a base coat with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Naggaroth Night thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Glaze the Chitin plate recesses with Black Templar thinned 1:1 with Contrast Medium and feather the edges with a clean brush to create a clean gradient effect
3. Focusing on the more raised areas, apply highlights to Chitin plates with Naggaroth Night thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium building up the lighter tone gradually
4. Apply finer highlights to Chitin plates with Genestealer Purple thinned 1:2 with Lahmian Medium
5. Apply feather strokes to the Chitin plates with Dark Reaper thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium starting from the middle and lifting off at the edges
6. Apply feather strokes to the Chitin plates with Thunderhawk Blue thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium starting further down than the last strokes but still lifting off at the edges
7. Apply selective and sharp edge highlights to the Chitin plates with Fenrisian Grey thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
8. Glaze the Carapace with Druchii Violet thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium to create depth and saturation
9. Revive knocked back edge highlights with Fenrisian Grey thinned 1;1 with Lahmian Medium selectively focusing only on those sharpest edges

2a. Carapace tinting:

- For burrowing Bioforms like Raveners, selectively tint parts of the carapace with Agrax Earthshade thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For Harvester beasts like a Haruspex, selectively tint the carapace with Carroburg Crimson thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For Artillery Beasts like Biovores, selectively tint the carapace with Biel-Tan Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For Vanguard Infiltrators like Lictors, selectively tint parts of the carapace with Nuln Oil thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For Synapse Bioforms like Tyranid Warriors, selectively tint parts of the carapace with Athonian Camoshade thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For Tyranid Psykers like Zoanthropes, selectively tint the carapace with Coelia Greenshade thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

3. Mouth:

1. Base coat the mouth area with Barak-Nar Burgundy thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply shades to the mouth area with Carroburg Crimson thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply the first highlights to mouth area with 1:1 mix of Barak-Nar Burgundy and Screamer Pink thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply a second highlight with Screamer Pink thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
5. Apply a fine highlight with a 1:1 mix of Screamer Pink and Emperor's Children thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
6. Apply additional fine highlights with Emperor's Children thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
7. Apply a final edge highlight with Kislev Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

3a. Tongue:

1. Base coat the tongue with Caliban Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply shades to the tongue with Nuln Oil thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply the first highlights to the tongue with a 1:1 mix of Caliban Green and Warpstone Glow thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply a second highlight with Warpstone Glow thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
5. Apply a fine highlight with a 1:1 mix of Warpstone Glow and Moot Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
6. Apply a final edge highlight with Flash Gitz Yellow thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
7. Glaze the tongue with Biel-Tan Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

3b. Feeder Tendrils:

1. Base coat the feeder tendrils with Waaagh! Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply shades to the feeder tendrils with a 1:1 mix of Athonian Camoshade and Druchii Violet thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Re-establish the mid tones with Waaagh! Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium , leaving the recessed shaded
4. Apply the first highlights to the feeder tendrils with Ogryn Camo thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
5. Apply a second highlight with a 1:1 mix of Ogryn Camo and Nurgling Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
6. Apply a final edge highlight with Nurgling Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
7. Glaze the feeder tendrils with Athonian Camoshade thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

3c. Betentacled Maws:

3d. Bioplasma:

4. Teeth, Claws and exposed bone:

1. Apply a base coat with Ushabti Bone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply striations towards the sharpest point using a 1:1 mix of Ushabti Bone and Pallid Wych Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply thinner striations using Pallid Wych Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply a final highlight to the sharpest tip with a 1:1 mix of Nurgling Green and Pallid Wych Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

4a. Scything Talons:

1. Apply a base coat with Morghast Bone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply striations towards the sharpest point using a 1:1 mix of Morghast Bone and Ushabti Bone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply thinner striations using Ushabti Bone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply a final highlight to the sharpest tip with a 1:1 mix of Nurgling Green and Ushabti Bone
5. Glaze the connection between flesh and talon, while building an organic transition, with Magos Purple thinned 1:2 with Contrast Medium

4b. Bone Swords:

5. Biomorphs:

1. Base coat the main weapon body with Cadian Fleshtone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Apply the first highlights to the main weapon body with Kislev Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply a second highlight to the main weapon body with a 1:1 mix of Kislev Flesh and Emperor's Children thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Apply final edge highlights to the main weapon body with Pallid Wych Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

5a. Fleshborer:

1. Glaze the Fleshborer weapon body with a 1:1 mix of Drakenhof Nightshade and Druchii Violet thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
2. Base coat the Fleshborer tubing with Emperor's Children thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
3. Apply highlights to the Fleshborer tubing with a 1:1 mix of Emperor's Children and Pallid Wych Flesh thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
4. Glaze the Fleshborer tubing with Carroburg Crimson thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
5. Base coat the Fleshborer weapon nodes with Averland Sunset thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
6. Apply highlights to the Fleshborer weapon nodes with Ushabti Bone thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium
7. Glaze the Fleshborer weapon nodes with Plaguebearer Flesh thinned 1:1 with Contrast Medium

5b. Devourer:

5c. Spine Fists:

5d. Spike Rifle:

5e. Barb/Shard-launcher:

5f. Deathspitter:

5g. Barbed Strangler/Stranglethorn:

5h. Venom Cannon:

5i. Shock Cannon:

5j. Impaler Cannon:

5k. Toxinjector Harpoons:

5l. Spore Mine Launcher:

5m. Flamespurt:

5n. Bioplasmic Cannon:

5o. Acid Spray:

5p. Rupture Cannon:

5q. Spine banks/Stinger salvoes:

6. Eyes:

- For the masses of swarm creatures enthralled by the Hive Mind: Base coat the eyes with Caliban Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium , then dot the eyes with Warpstone Glow thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For the specialised creatures deployed by the Hive Mind: Base coat the eyes with Warpstone Glow thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium , then do the eyes with Moot Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium

- For the elite infiltrators hunting for the Hive Mind: Base coat the eyes with Moot Green thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium , then dot the eyes with a 1:1 mix of Moot Green and Corax White thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium