That is absolutely amazing. I'll be at work Saturday, but I'll try to have you going occasionally.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Cheers pal

Cheers Andy! Your techniques have been a massive inspiration to get minis completed and to enjoy painting! Really appreciate the videos 👍🏼

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Your always so kind pal. I appreciate all the comments it really does help.

I'm so excited for these Tyranids the refreshed and new models make me want to start my own hive fleet. They look like they were made for contrast paints. Great video as always Andy

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

They are for sure great for contrast. Thanks pal.

Your tyranids just continue to be awesome. This model looks so cool. Can't wait to add one to my ever growing hive fleet.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

It’s a great model to have in your tyranids.

Very cool mini, great job done on him Andy.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Thanks pal.

Incredible paint scheme!!

@MediocreHobbies

9 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

I paint with a very similar methodology, so it's good to see it replicated by somebody else and reap great results from it. Norn looks marriage material

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Hahah cheers pal.

Great finish and guide

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Thanks pal.

This was recommended to me on redit and man it did not disapoint. Ive been staring at my norn for the last while trying to figure out the "skin" portions and was drawing a blank. All my nids are different but i think this will be the way forward for the skins. Always been the hardest for me. Sharp sharp and so creepy theres a point when its done and you show the right side and i get that unerving feeling looking at it

@MediocreHobbies

6 ай бұрын

Glad you found the videos, i have a lot of them based on this scheme! Glad you might have found your solution!

Dude, EXCELLENT. I'm using this on my Norn Emissary

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

That’s so cool to hear pal.

he looks amazing

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Cheers pal.

Thank you!!! :D

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Great scheme! canon worthy for sure

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Cheers pal. Appreciate it.

Obviously fantastic work...selfishly I would still love to see you do the other schemes of yours on large models....I chose third one you did with the ratling grime followed by the blue shade and it'd be great to see a large model enhancement of that scheme...selfish of me as it wouldn't match the rest of your army, but I'd get to see the one or two additional steps for the chitchin etc. Great work though dude, nailed it and the skin is superb.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Cheers pal. Maybe I have some spare big Tyranids around to do the scheme on.

@martineasterman5170

10 ай бұрын

@MediocreHobbies and his legendary kindness continues to grow. Your content really is great to watch and great to put to work.

So long i search an good farbscheme for ice tyranids and this is awsome❤

@MediocreHobbies

7 ай бұрын

Really Haiti you like it pal.

Model looks amazing I would looove to see some underworld models there’s not a whole lot of new painting content on them

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Interesting I can work with that.

Love this scheme! I think I’m going to use the for all the bone, skin and so on then go for more of a Levithan Purple for the armour!

@MediocreHobbies

7 ай бұрын

Oh that’s a cool plan!

@sebastian_paul

7 ай бұрын

Or maybe black armour 🤔

@lucamartone4395

4 ай бұрын

​@@sebastian_paul black is awesome ahahah, i went for it too

Love it. Coming from a procrastinator, I like to see someone who gets stuff done. Personally I think this is the best Nid I've seen you do so far. Not that you did anything different it just came together really well. Thought Deathleaper was a bit nice as well. I kind of think the space in a bigger model helps the colours contrast with each other. So even though it's the same technique because it's bigger and allows more space for the colours to contrast with each other and therefore looks better. What do you think of that assessment?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

I agree 100%. I think the colours on this one for sure turned out the best.

Incredible work! Your videos actually made me want to start Tyranids as my new army. I was wondering how you would paint a Tervigon with this scheme. Especially the bloated, almost ripped apart belly with the baby gaunt starting to show, and the blisters on the side.. Thank you!

@MediocreHobbies

5 ай бұрын

The psychophage video might help with that one? If not then let me know again!

@Blitzbjj

5 ай бұрын

I’ll make sure to watch it! Thank you sir!

Amazing as usual Andy👍🏻I’d love to know how long each stage and then total time you take to finish your model. I think I spend too much time on each stage when I’m painting. Good luck for your 12 hour stream tomorrow- my youngest has 3 friends staying over and there are 4 Rugby World Cup games to watch so I’ll have minimum hobby time. I’ll drop in and out of your stream to check your progress. I reckon you’ll be done in 10 hours 😊

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Enjoy your day pal and I hope you do drop by. Also i do paint fairly fast. But that just comes with time. Having said that I’d say 3 to 5 hours of Total brush time for this guy.

This is absolutely incredible my friend. I've just started painting and I'm currently unhappy with how my Nids look. This looks much more like the kind of thing I'm aiming toward. Have you got any paint recommendations for a lighter skin tone on this for Hive Fleet Leviathan? I was thinking Pallid Wych Flesh as the first drybrush but not sure how well it'll work. Again, incredible work man!!! Best Nid flesh I've seen.

@MediocreHobbies

3 ай бұрын

I’ve done multiple tutorials on different Hive Fleets on my channel, this is just my personal scheme! Check out the parasite of mortrex video as well! Thanks for the kind comment and glad you enjoyed it! If you still have questions after watching the leviathan tutorial let me know!

I have to say it looks really cool.

@MediocreHobbies

8 ай бұрын

It’s an awesome model!

Phenomenal, which snow do you use? I like Valhallan Blizzard but it's definitely a costly one in small bottles compared to what's available!

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I used to use Valhallan as well but I switched over to AK Terrain snow instead! There’s a few snow types depending on what you prefer!

Love your tutorials. I’m doing incubi darkness and was wondering what you would use to highlight it. Would the scale green your using work?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Scale green would indeed work.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

And thank you so much pal.

I’ve found it the paint scheme for my first nids army

@MediocreHobbies

7 ай бұрын

Awesome, I have so many videos on this scheme 😄

How did you go about highlighting the back carapace on this guy? It wasn’t really shown in the video. The Altiac Blue.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

It was pretty much a solid coat for the big flat Areas and the vents.

Also what did you use for the rocks on base and the metal part of the base?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

I have a rust receipt I have a video on check it out.

I am using shyish purle instead of the stegadon scale and xerxes purple for the highlightvwat would ypu use instead of doombull brown

@MediocreHobbies

3 ай бұрын

You could do like a black that would look really alien and cool.

@eugenecash2351

3 ай бұрын

Thank you love you videos

@MediocreHobbies

3 ай бұрын

@@eugenecash2351 glad to hear pal.

I have a question, I'm starting my first tyranids. Did you prime it with the black spray, and then spray again with the grey seer or did you brush that on?

@MediocreHobbies

6 ай бұрын

Yes both colours are sprayed on but you could brush on grey seer but it will take ages across a whole army 😄

Andy. I love your nid scheme man. I could watch you paint it all day... But every time you mispronounce Alaitoc blue it makes my eye twitch a little. 🤣😜

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Hahahhahaha sorry pal. It’s probably won’t change any time soon.

would it make a massive difference if I used skeleton horde contrast instead of guilliman flesh?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Guilliman flesh has more red tones in it, best thing to do would be test it on a small area where you can easily cover it or maybe on a spare model if you have one? If you decide to go with skeleton horde though it will still look great, just not the exact tone here but you can always use what you have instead of buying new paints for every tutorial, it can get expensive 😄

Too Random question but since im here kinda early you may see it- have you seen the Flesh Tearers banner than Archiesforge sells? You might want it in your army if you ever build an ancient

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

I have indeed and 100% intend on using it. It’s amazing.

Did you show in a vid how you do the bases?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

I think I did. Check my bases playlist.

I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong with my shade steps that I get much more "splotchy" results from my shades, very light spots very pooled spots, nowhere near the consistent coverage here.... what am I doing wrong?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Are you using the old 24ml pot? Or are you using the new 18ml. The 18ml is much thinner and better.

@grimdarkly

10 ай бұрын

@@MediocreHobbies they’re the new smaller pots of these! Are you keeping the brush fairly loaded and just letting thick pooling happen intentionally? Also newer to dry brushing, are you dampening the brush or anything? My dry brush steps ends up extraordinarily dusty looking and yours is beautiful!

You should make a # for the twelve hour stream for people to show off the stuff they painted during the stream.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

That’s a good idea.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

#combatthegrey will be the hashtag!

Do you pull your contrasts straight from the pot or do you mix with any mediums?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

straight from the pot pal.

Hi, that's a really good job, could I also replace Carroburg Crimson with Drakenhof Nightshade? What do you think about it, is it a good idea?

@MediocreHobbies

9 ай бұрын

It would indeed work it would just make it look a little colder again.

@xXShadowXx44

9 ай бұрын

​@@MediocreHobbiesThanks for your answer, I would make the carapace in a cream tone, do you have an idea for wings?

@MediocreHobbies

9 ай бұрын

@@xXShadowXx44 maybe check out my parasite of mortrex video

How long did this take to paint in total? I know you spend time fiddling with cameras and so on, but just generally speaking, how many hours was he? I paint in a similar style and I feel like I'm slow at it, so want to judge against someone who does this for a living :D

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

I’d say no more then 5 hours brush time for this guy. And by that I mean. Waiting for stages to dry doesn’t count.

@alexcross5916

10 ай бұрын

@@MediocreHobbies appreciate your reply, that's phenomenal for 5 hours brush time, bravo, it's almost like maybe you should make a career out of this? 🤣

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

@@alexcross5916 hahahahahha maybe one day pal…… maybe one day…

@mkulchar Chris Frozin did the Assimilator. Great guy.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Good to know.

@kombatwombat6579

10 ай бұрын

@@MediocreHobbies Sorry, I'm an idiot, I was trying to answer in another thread and started a new one. I will go to my corner now. -_-

Very gross I love it .

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Hahhaha cheers.

What brushes do you use?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Gamesworkshop brushes.

@jamesjohnson-xc5qm

10 ай бұрын

​@@MediocreHobbiesof course that's the only brand you push guess that's why you get sent models

I bought Leviathan specifically because of this video but trying to get drybrushing results similar to yours has been a NIGHTMARE. It always looks so dusty and either I have to put so little paint on the brush that it takes a full minute to get any kind of color whatsoever on the tiniest little portion of the model, or I add a tiny bit more paint and it just covers the entire surface, obliterating all the great colors underneath. It's like no matter what I do, what kind of ratio of paint and how dry or moist my brush & paint are, it always looks like I just sprayed it with water and dunked it in sand. It's incredibly disheartening. I don't suppose there are any tips you could give, or is drybrushing something that you just have to get a feel for?

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

That’s a real shame Pal. Make sure you check out the artis opus channel. He makes amaizng drybrushes and his videos on drybrushing have helped me so much.

Great - if not insane - work. I take offense to your statement " There is nothing natural about this thing" though. It is 100% nature at work. The creature is there to survive and expand.. Sound kind of familiar? It is not moving in any other direction than forward. While humanity - even in this future - is still moving in each and every direction. Nature just IS.. And they simply ARE!

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Fair enough!

How is that "easy"?

@MediocreHobbies

7 ай бұрын

How is it not easy? Contrast shade and a few drybrushes?

@TheJohnnyHansen

7 ай бұрын

I mean you have to consider that he used a pretty limited palette. Also it’s a big model, it won’t be easy compared to a gaunt. The look to effort ratio is pretty good here.

Seems like no one is doing the assimilator. Everyone's doing the emissary no love for him

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Hardly anyone has them yet, give it time! Painting guide would be the same anyway

Flat emmisary.

@MediocreHobbies

10 ай бұрын

Emmmm what?