Tyranid color scheme help!

[White Tiger88]

I am trying to work out a tyranid army scheme similer to that of my first army which wax Necron Abyss with purple carapace. However I also want my nids to look like they are from a "dark world" full of purple crystals (would post pictures of an example but on my tablet atm) So at any rate I came up with a color scheme like this

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However I also want them to look like a Dark sinister Gem carpaced group of killing machines!

Anyone got suggestions on how I could paint something like above that would look awesome on the table top?

[White Tiger88]

Finally got the pictures to work! Any suggestions?

[daboarder]

Finally got the pictures to work! Any suggestions?

What do you mean "gem" like, do you mean a patterning on the carapace, or do you mean for the carapace with be shiney or pearlescent?

like the colour choice though, should look really good

[Lord Ezekial]

I think some bright green edging on the carapace would make them stand out.

[White Tiger88]

So trying to figure out what paints.......

Flesh
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Base: Kantor Blue
Wash: Druchi Violet?
Highlight:???
Edge: Teal???

Carpace
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Base: Daemonette Hide
Wash: Druchi Violet
Highlight: Xereus Purple
Edge Highlight: ???

[ElectricPaladin]

Hot damn, that's a gorgeous color scheme. I wish you lived in California so I could have the pleasure of blowing your 'Nids off the table with my brightly colored Knights of Blood!

Honestly, I think your best bet is to bring the pots of color you want to use over to your FLGS and do it by eye. Nothing beats holding that pot of Xereus Purple in your hand and eyeballing the various purples until you find the one you like. I don't have to do it like that, because the dudes who run my FLGS are veteran painters and they can usually interpret my vague color scheme meanderings... but if they ever fail me, that's how I do it.

[interrogator_chaplain]

For the Carapace, you could go one higher to Genestealer Purple and then go to the Citadel Edge line (You can get it on the GW website) and use Dechala Lilac. For the Flesh, you could go Kantor Blue, Druchii Violet, Altdorf Guard Blue, Teclis Blue for the extreme highlights and then finish with a glaze of Guilliman Blue. It would make for a very deep blue as depicted above.

[daboarder]

If you want the carapace to be shiney, throw a layer of ard coat over the top. Looks like this once its done



the blue sections, gives a nice "shine" effect could look really sick on that pinkish

[ElectricPaladin]

I do a similar thing with my Shaltari for DZC, and there's a guy here in Oakland who does that for Eldar ghost-style helmets. Using gloss to create different textures can be a really cool effect.

[daboarder]

There is also these guys.

[url]http://arcanepaintworks.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/pearl-and-color-shift.html[/url]

And these guys

[url]http://www.hobbyrecreationproducts.com/spazstixpaints-s/1724.htm?searching=Y&sort=5&cat=1724&show=60&page= 1&f-Aerosol=1707[/url]

who do airbrush and spray can pearlescent paints. pretty rocking way to do it.