Starting my Army (Tyranid)

[Crotch Lictor]

There's a product in the Citadel paint line called 'Ard Coat. It's basically a clear gloss varnish that you can paint on to a surface that makes it look like crystal or glass. I use it for the Gems on Eldar models and Tyranid mouths/wet-icky parts. It works great, and is easy to use. You might check it out. Any other gloss varnish should work too.

[Emerald Rose Widow]

I am very glad I started this threat, you have all given me some really awesome ideas for everything, thank you all so much. I really can't wait to get started, but I need to get a few more tools before I can get started, and also need to pick up some green stuff and a few more paints.

Lets seen, I have a green for crystals, I need a good red and orange for the magma skin. I also will need a variety of other colours for the other crystals, for variety sake. I need green stuff, and a few more tools.

I also need some foam for what I am going to do for my tervigon, I plan to take after a certain one that I had seen.

[url]http://bloodofkittens.com/chaosgerbil/2010/02/08/more-tervigon-pics/[/url]

That is the inspiration I wanted to use for my tervigon, though I would put my own crystalline theme to the whole thing. I would need some insulators foam and a lot of green stuff to pull it off. For the carapace on that one I was thinking instead of just making my own carapace for the "womb" I wanted to take those excess carapace pieces that come with a carnifex, and just layer them all across the back of the "womb" which would create an interesting interlocked chitin effect.

What do you all think?

[Emerald Rose Widow]

Posting a little progress.

[url]http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=25867&id=100001728162489&l=266d00cba c[/url]

So far the one is painted red on the skin, though it was made purposefully dark, I will be later dry-brushing on brighter red, dark and bright orange, and a bright yellow to make it look like magma. I hope it works out well and I would love to take any advice, though I am only painting the Hormagaunts for now, I will move on to other things later.

Also saw something on blue table painting for a Tfex that is really giving me inspiration for when I make mine.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyOfnOfUvec&feature=feedrec_grec_index[/url]

Kinda like a pyrovore on crack, what do you all think though?