Gosh donkit thats purdy

@Pbobadomy3

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WAAAARLOOOORRRD TIIIIITAAANN

@drhapi5308

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Hey I know this guy!

@travis8106

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Hello Emil and Lukas!

@davidallen7053

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Quit licking you brush weirdo.

@BaconLordBear

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No you are ❤

I've really never cared for Tyranids, mostly because of the cartoonish paint schemes you usually see them with, but this was incredible! Honestly the best looking Tyranid paint scheme I've ever seen.

@exigo2625

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i second this, looks amazing and terrifying

@adammackrory655

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Thirded

@gilledgar2243

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Forthed? Almost went from Tyranic sceptic to tyranid curious.

@andivon8886

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There's a person who does Tyranids on YT that are based on real-life crabs (tiger crabs, I think) which are beautiful and scary. Ninjon's color scheme here reminded me of those.

@andivon8886

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Which if you liked this scheme, you might like that one.

P3 Coal Black (its a really deep desaturated Blue), Tamiya Black Panel Liner, selective edge highlighting with any warm gray, THEN gloss varnish (I actually prefer a Satin). This is a great recipe for easy black carapace.

@MaskedRiderChris

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Noted, and this is a capital idea that I'll try on my next major Cryx mini project....

This is one of the best schemes for tyranids I've ever seen, organic and realistic!

Love your direct nature and dry humor Jon, oh and your painting's great too!

Watching your videos recently has made me realize the important of light in miniature painting. Also what you mentioned about simplicity strikes deep. My first army that I painted up recently was Death Guard and as much as I love them, and there’s so much to appreciate up close, they definitely look a bit like a blob of green from far away. My next project is going to be an army of Imperial Fists and I plan to delve deep into underground the color scheme before I start painting. Thanks for the great videos!

Jon those are the best Nids I've eve seen! They really capture the horror vibe! The most I've ever thought of a nid scheme was to do an airbrush color-shift paint over the hard bits to give the kind of effect that a lot of dragonflies and beetles have

I like the gloss black carapace look but you are right that it doesn't quite pop at a lot of angles (when you did the rotation though it looks great at some angles when the light catches it and you can see the detail). I'm curious what it would look like if you tried to highlight it like you would with matte, then use gloss varnish to shine it up.

@robsilvester6213

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At least an edge highlight feels needed. Could do it in purples, bring in just that small touch of lore-accurate colour to this interpretation.

I think if you dry brushed some grey/light grey on to the carapace before you added the gloss it would have shown the detail a little bit better. But overall that is super dope! I dub it Hive Fleet Giger.

My trick for color schemes is using the older Dawn of War PC games, combined with mods those feature most of the factions and allow you to switch colors in near an instant in their army painter. That said, it is always still a good plan to get some sacrificial models like the Gargoyles from the old Tyrannid start collecting kit to try the scheme out on and make adjustments where necessary since those games are limited in what they can do.

you make the best miniature painting content by far.

This looks amazing! I particularly love the wings! If you're still keen to test ideas on the carapace, whilst sticking to the Xenomorph theme from Alien, maybe try adding some blues (particularly metallic blues) as the highlights, restricting the pure black to just the deepest recesses.

Looks freakin dope Jon. Will be interesting to see how you approach the more pysker based units

Love the video and message behind it! I don’t know how many times I’ve burned out because I’ve tried to paint an army at just under display level. Table top quality looks great for its intended purpose when done right and coming up with a scheme to get to the table fast is awesome. I like the rust on the carapace but would skip the blood on the wings.

That Eldritch Foundry add actually helped me out quite a bit. I've been looking so long for good STLs for Stargrave miniatures but I never find any that fit exactly what I want, and other "build your own" miniatures sites have always been so expensive. But with that monthly sub thing? I could make all the models I would ever need in a months time and boom, done. Will definitely check that out. Also, the 'nid turn out great! Very similar to my old scheme I painted my army with back in 7th when I played Tyranids. I applied some sandy paste to the carapaces to give them some more detail though, but they were still black with tan/beige bodies. Cool stuff.

Thank you so much Ninjon! We are starting tyranid army. I will watch the video several times 😍

Looks amazing!! Please do your whole army this way!

When painting the insect parts of my Nurgle force recently, I did something similar with the carapice elements. As you mentioned in the video I painted the black carapice as I would normally for black and then I applied a gloss red over them. This leaves the majority looking black (and glossy), but also gives the highlights more interest than just depending on the gloss to do all the work. You could use any gloss for the finish - blue with a bit of green over areas to really push those carapice images for example.

I love it when you use an airbrush! It’s such a time saver and I want to understand how to paint an army as quick as possible!

I personally love to put a coloured glaze over some of the black; something like a dark blue, or dark green, give it a small bit of highlight on the edges, and THEN put the gloss varnish over it. This gives the armor some good details and more life than just shiny black plates.

Absolutely love the addition of that subtle rust color into the depths of the black carapace, makes it SO much more visually interesting and looks great!

Haven't even finished the video yet... THANK YOU for the update on the cheap airbrush! I've been wondering how that had worked out in the long term.

Probably the gnarliest looking 'Nid I've ever seen, the blood effect really does bring it together!

Love these videos. On my worst days they get me out of bed and at least printing and priming and a on good day painting.

Ninjon I want to thank you. I used your coupon code at Monument Hobby. I bought almost the entire line, including yours and Vinc’s set. It was a birthday present. It helped offset the fact that I’m old and washed up 😂. I’m not a Warhammer/Army genre painter. I’m more of the Kanaev, Shepard Paine, Bill Horan historical figures. I say this because I love your channel, and others (Vince’s) among them, for your dedication to education and learning, and striving to get better. I don’t think I’m the only one in this community who finds this art form as therapeutic. It’s important to me that you know you’re reaching beyond your genre. And thank you for all the hard work you put in to your channel.

Man, I'd love to see that carapace get highlighted with a deep violet, or even a violent with some pearl effects in it? Really, really great video. This has got me thinking!

@ionminiatures

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Yes the overall colour scheme is fantastic, I love it. But maybe a bit of highlights with some medium to light greys on the carapace would help with the definition after (or maybe before?) the gloss varnish.

This was great - I know the purpose of the video was to show a theory, but honestly just seeing you go through the steps of painting a single mini was lovely.

@chillausmc

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oh man so many prize winners! Ninjon da best!

Looks AMAZING, Jon, as always. I particularly like the addition of the eggs and the bloody strands of gore! You continue to inspire me!!!!

Great video. While not planning on anything in 10th edition, I have just recently found interest in Age of Sigmar and have a Nighthaunt army to paint. This video and many of your others are a great inspiration and are giving me much more confidence. Thank you!

After that original video on that small airbrush kit I bought one and...you were right, it's very useful. The biggest thing for me was the space required as I just don't have the room for a compressor. While that cheap kit is about a 6 inch by 4 inch box I can stick in a standard drawer. Really make an airbrush a viable option for me. Thanks Ninjon!

Absolutely - Im planning my second ever 40k army next to my Black Templars - Tyranids. Was thinking of a similar scheme, but with a lot more color in it.

Thank you for this video!!! I’ve been struggling trying to figure out these dang bugs for so long

Excellent work. I can see your point about more light values in the black sections. A contrast paint perhaps would've worked better. Love the perspective that its all about learning and becoming a better painter.

amazing model. Just a quick idea. I think that mixing a bit of a dark blue with the black could have been a great idea too.

I picked up that same air brush, the first one i got crapped out quickly, but after returning it I got a replacement and it has been working great, a really great starter tool

This video is what got me into mini painting and I’m almost finished with my Tyranid army

The black would look really good with some sort of prismatic effect where it shines purple and green like a beetle's carapace, but that's just my opinion. Nice!

@byrond1096

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That’s a great idea!

Great vid as always. I picked up that same Airbrush "kit" from your recommendation, glad to hear yours is still working, haven't had the chance to put mine through its paces yet though.

out of all the mini painers i watch you have the best style in my opinion. Your miniatures look great up close while many of the other ones have all these very noticable brush streaks all over the miniaturs

In the Alien footage/stills the Xenos had kind of a dark blueish sheen to their carapace. Maybe try recreating that with some highlights or washes? I'm a beginner level painter, so don't ask me how though.

Awesome video! One of my favourites. Inspired to pick up a brush again and paint 😇

The rust colour on the carapace looks awesome to me - and it feels somewhat thematic to the grossness of the nids. Almost like a toxic secretion. I'm currently painting some votann with inspiration from your vibrant zenithal videos - I've done purple from below, rose from above and a final high burst of pink for the very top. Basically they're synthwave Dwarves and I love them. Just need to decide on the actual armour colour over the zenithal - I'm thinking about a vibrant purple or pink to compliment the base shades. Thanks for all the inspiration dude

Adding the contrast with the rust effect looks great. Very noice!

This is the first time in 16 years since I got to know warhammer that I liked/ loved a tyranid just thanks to the paintjob. Awesome!

This looks disgustingly amazing! I also really love how that rust effect looks on that gloss black carapace. and for an idea have you ever tried to paint a miniature with watercolors? not sure if it would turn out cool or just like a crappy contrast wash mess.

It would be cool of you did a juxtaposition with the Leviathan box, painting the Space Marines like Tyrranids and the Tyranids like Space Marines. Seems like it would be a good way to practice painting both factions while also studying how painting a Tyrannid like a Space Marine could help you paint Marines in the future, and vise-versa.

This was a great video, I personally didn't care for the rust at the end... But it did need something. We are all different and that's one of things that I love in your videos.

Looks rad dude. How about if you just did some normal highlighting and layering on the black before gloss-ing it? Bluey black highlights might provide some fun extra contrast with the warm skin too

I've always loved Tyranids - they were my very first army in 40K and will always have a special place in my heart. Mini looks great (as always!) 😍🥰 I particularly liked the "unfortunately, my toothbrush appeared to be broken..."! 🤣

I think that by using a color shift paint as a highlight near the top of the gloss black section before you apply your finish gives it another quick contrasting element as well as helps make the black not feel so flat and more reflective.

Shout out to that entry level airbrush kit review - been using mine for a year and a half ish and still kicking

I can attest that the starter airbrush is a great buy. I still use mine for over a year being my main brush

My go to for shiny blacks is to edge highlight with Vallejo 309 Periscopes from the Panzer Aces line. It creates a beautiful contrast with black and gives an almost leathery appearance which when covered with a high gloss varnish should give you that nice Xenomorph carapace effect.

That paint scheme looks even better than I imagined!! Agree about the gloss varnish, something about the current effect makes it look like the paint is too thick and covering the details, maybe a slightly lighter shade of black would help, like a dark dark blue?

Love it! I think contrast / translucent paint on the black would be great, or layering and highlighting with some deep blues or purples. Something to allow some light and dark rather than the flat colour?

I think it came out beautifully. My favourite areas are the wing blends and the carapace.

THIS is currently the most important video regarding 10th edition. I appreciate the ideas provided here!

Hey Ninjon! As usual, a nice Paintjob! But here a little clue from me, i had a tyranid army a long long time ago and did painted them in a full Alien style. The way to go to get the realy nice carapax look is to add to the black a tiny little grey metal paint, after that applied and dryed i did added to the shadows some brown glaze and to the highlights some blue glaze, to get the full looklike of an Alien like carapax.

Used to have nids all black and shiny like the alien carapace, but with bright yellow lines on the carapace. Looked a bit like wasps and the contrast between black and yellow made them look really agressif.

one of the few content creators who compliments us on our intestinal fortitude😆, quality content fella and one hell of a paint job

Man, you are a proper professional. Your style is educational, entertaining and good for beginners and veterans alike. Good shit, dude!

I think it would be awesome to see a kitbashed Jeremy (aka psychophage) from the upcoming Leviathan box. Kitbash for first video and then painting for another are so much fun to watch!

Loved this video. Just what I needed. Idea for video on the box. How to find a paint scheme and then apply it to all of your army without everthing looking all the same. Mixin and matching the colours within the same scheme.

Fabulously done and looks amazing

I am absolutely in hysterics about how good this came out and you were just fuckin around hahahahahahaha. I need to keep painting. Loved this.

Great work ! An idea to make them look even more unsetteling would be to add veins texture / vascularisation to the wings. You could consider those color shift paints on the chitine and eggs to make them look pearlescent ?

My Giger Cryx army is a good example of how I'm trying something new in the spirit of what you were doing here, attempting to replicate H.R. Giger's artwork in 3-D, and it's going,...ehh. It could be better and it's making me crazy. If I played Tyranids, they'd definitely be Giger/Xenomorph-inspired, like this, for sure. It's me trying to push myself into doing something different in the spirit of what you spoke of here.

Awesome! Thank you for all your passion

Looks awesome I might try the black how you have but with a purple/blue body

Hey Ninjon, have you heard of the Eastern Hercules beetle. Classification: Dynastes Tityus Scarabaeidae. It matches your paint scheme pretty well. And spots would be a pretty easy addition to the paint scheme. Love you're channel man. Awesome work!

I go by the rule of when i am painting a group, i have levels of painting i do. For basic normal units i put on the base color scheme, add some detailing to get them in line with the overall look, and that's really it. For more elite units i do the same but then add that extra little bit of detailing here and there, more effort on the base, etc. And then for characters or big units in the army i put as much detailing in as i can, making them the crown jewel of the army. Then if i feel like it i can go back to the normal units and up the quality a little here and there, but i don't stress over it. Making the important units look the best is a good way to lower fatigue when painting a whole army.

Looks amazing overall! Not sure about the rust on the carapace because it looks flatter than the rest. Possibly not using full strength black and washing it with the coelia gs, or giving it some iridescence in a cool color to contrast with the fleshy parts could bring out some more of the sculpt in those areas. It still looks fantastic and one of the best tyranid schemes. It is always super inspiring and educational to watch your vids. Thanks!!

I loved the video. I plan on doing a bloody starship troopers theme and want to do some torn up space marine bodies on my character bases.

Been watching you all of 2022 and now 2023’ and I can say with confidence this is my favorite model you’ve painted.

Amazing Vid, I've also been thinking about how to do a paint scheme for the Tyranids in the Leviathan box so this video was right on the money. If you're wondering what to do when the actual box comes out, I've been wondering how I'm going to try and get the most out of all the small bugs without agonizing too much over every single model, and what are the details I should definitely not scrimp on to get the biggest effect at a distance, when painting hordes of absolute chumps.

Maybe do a quick light drybrush on the edges of those black carapaces to bring out the details before varnish? Might do something similar but in a deep dark purple.

Love this video! For a Leviathan box idea, maybe just a classic army in a weekend?

If I can get my hands on the Leviathan box to I will have a go with the 'nids. I already got me a box of Termagants to try out some schemes. From pictures I like them most in vibrant colours and I might try fluorescent ink for an aggressive acid-y look.

Just starting Warhammer/AoS and this is exactly what I needed. Great video

And just like that you did nids, ty dude. Love the painting of em

Looks awesome! I think that with a black contrast or some lighter edge highlight on the carapace, it would reveal those details and bring it up a notch. The rust effects look cool and like they belong, so probably can keep that one.

For the Nids while I stuck with the creamy white/purple for the main troops of Nids, when it came to the Genestealers and Broodlord I did a more facehugger like skin and the purples, it actually worked out well. However the Zoethropes I over used the volupus pink and the main head part stands out as a physic troop choice. If I was to start a new army like say Sisters of Battle then I know the colour schemes perfectly. Each element of the army would be differet Samus Arran power suits from the metorid Series so for exampe the basic troops would be in the Varia suit.

The thing that really sparked in my brain was doing a blue purple turbo dork paint over the gloss varnish. I think it may add more of the "xeno" shade from the picture you showed. Really cool model though! Inspiring for sure.

For the record picking up one of those portable airbrushes was an amazing step in my progress on learning new techniques and becoming more efficient. Embrace the psi, it calls you.

Awesome scheme! I love mine, but I really want to paint a tyranid army themed after Battra.

You should’ve used you’re logic for the coella green shade into the carapace recess, a few layers of nurgles rot and a thin wash of a darker green on top could have tied in the green more!

That is a fantastic looking tyranid. Some video ideas would be to do a few squad, multi model squads, followed by going to the nines on the tyranid prime. How it has more steps to be the focus of the army. And probably be the focus in the enemies shooting phase as well.....

Wonderful video, love your paintjobs and your tutorials 👍🤘

Yep I sure am I found a way to do simple fire style carapace with ghostly blue skin. It’s really cool look. IMHO of course.

already been debating starting tyrranids but this was the last push I needed to get started

I think that's a solid start for sure. I'm feeling a normal, non-glossy, edge-highlighted carapace instead with a blue tint to feed the color wheel, along with some mottling on the wings. But that's just me!

I've been thinking of what I'd do with the 'nids when I get the launch box too... I was thinking of trying those iridescent paints on the carapaces... Your scheme looks amazing though... I might just steal that!

Looks great Mate. Thanks for Sharing 🎉

I enjoyed watching you strike out on your own and end up back pretty close to the box paint scheme, but in its own way.

TY Ninjon been waiting for a Tyranid video for some time!

I love that mini airbrush btw works perfect for everything I need

Dude, I love the glossy black. The Xenomorph inspiration is spot on.

Not a Ninjon video without some good 80s montage music. Gimme More!😅 Actually liked the matte black better than the gloss but thanks for the video. Exactly what Ive been looking for as I take on some new armies. Had some painters block for a couple of weeks

Coincidentally, I just started painting a SM army with gloss black parts like the helmet, elbow plates, etc. I edge highlight and usually have some degree of light/dark modulation before I gloss coat, and it works well.

Finding a way to do an easily repeatable random pattern like so many real insects would be great. Awesome video, thanks for sharing.