I have one suggestion for the last finishing touch.

A visit from "Dr. Boot":




EDIT: kind of funny that the screamapiller has the same colors as your 'nids...

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As a Hive Fleet often referred to as Hive Fleet Dumb Ass it's fitting that they exhibit colors of a bug so inept at survival.

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Hey now - YOUR fleet is "Hive Fleet Unfairness," MINE is "Hive Fleet Dumb Ass" (for it's hive ships' numerous attempted 'couplings' with nearby stars, black holes, pulsars, etc.). My record as a 'nid general speaks for itself, haha. Don't be stealin' my army name

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Hive Fleet Otobouros, the hive fleet that harvests it's own ships...

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Work work on the Trygons, I did the black detailing and some red touch-up this week.



I also started detailing one of them. I used some purples/pinks for some detail parts, and some greys to feather the carapace. I'm considering doing one more grey highlight on them to make it stand out a little more. Thoughts?



I'm also trying to figure out how I want to do the bone. I think I found a color combination using flesh and white, but I need to figure out how I'm going to paint it. I'm thinking maybe crossed brush strokes or something. Suggestions?

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Some more pics of the six motherhumpers. (I couldn't make it through these guys without at least one reference to Tremors ). Another week will probably do it for these guys. The black needs to be highlighted on five of them, and then I have to do the bone parts and bases.



I finished the purplish-pink parts between the claws and put an extra highlight on the black this week. It's kind of hard to see however with the glare from the light.

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very nice beasts
intresting colorsheme too
the red, brown and white works well IMO

I finished up the Trygons this week. After painting the bone on these guys I think I'm going to head back to it on the Lictors and the Warrior's Boneswords and try it on them as well.



For the bone I ended up doing some feathering with two colors at the base where it meets the pink attachy bits and then blending up to white towards the edges.



Up next I think I'm going to work on building more of the bigger stuff and finishing up the Carnifex, Zoanthropes, Biovores and Hive Tyrants.

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they look excellent

Tim NZ

Thanks Tim.

I went back and touched up the bone on the Lictors after having painted it differently on the Trygons.



I also began work on the Harridan, after having her built for something like three years I think.



The block painting and washes are done. Next week I'll start the highlights.



Not sure what I'm going to paint the eyes. I'm leaning towards yellow at the moment. Also, I don't know if I'm doing to make the claws/talons underneath bone or black yet. We'll see how it goes.

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Nice work Dave
is this the Epic SM/TL era Harridan?

Yep, E40k/SM/TL. The wings are off of a D&D Dire Bat model though.

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OMG, I can't believe you're finally painting Harriet the Harridan! What's next, Dominique the Dominatrix?

You need to get some kids or something Dave, you obviously have far too much time your hands

I think I'll tackle the rest of the AVs before Dominique. Although for the rest of the month I wanted to make a couple of terrain pieces for my board before NEAT. After that I'm thinking the nids might get a break so I can work on the Elves.

Shouldn't you be having your kids paint for you or something? You'd double your output.

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well I guess you'll be using those more often than Dominique, so that makes sense. Bill was talking about dragging the Bethlehem crew down to State College sometime this summer, if you/ DS/ Matt/ Chris would be interested? There's plenty of room to sleep so it'd just be petrol (and a drag of a drive, admittedly).

Not a bad idea about the kids actually - it certainly wouldn't look any worse than my efforts