Tyranids and Blood Angels - 7th February 2010

Tyranids and Blood Angels have been standing shoulder to shoulder (chitin to ceramite) on my paint station this week. I’ve been trying a few new speed painting techniques to try and pick up the pace a bit and get more of my models up to a tabletop standard.

For the Tyranid paint scheme I’m going for Hive Fleet Kraken. This starts with an all over coat of Bleached Bone, then I’m painting all the chitin, claws and talons with Mechrite Red and washing the whole model heavily with Brown Ink. I’m not sure how well this is going to go on the bigger models, but I’m really pleased with the results on the Hormagaunts I’ve done so far.

For my Blood Angels I've gone with a Skull White undercoat, followed by a coat of Blood Red. I’m then painting Chaos Black rims on the shoulder pads and Dark Angel Green in the eyes. Bolters and Backpacks are being done with Chaos Black and a dry brush of Boltgun Silver on the metal bits. After a sepia ink wash, to give some definition to the lines and dull the red down a bit, they’re all done.

I'm hoping this approach will work quite well both in the short and long term. I’ll be able to get my figures painted and out of their birthday suits fairly rapidly, while also preparing them for me to add on the details at a later date.

Photos to follow soon!