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Yup, we sure did. Our favorite is probably keeping the AP detail brush for close encounters! 😂 Almost ruined the shot when we were filming, we broke when we cut 🤣
When I was 12, I was getting back in to warhammer with my dad, I collected tyranids and tried to make them like xenomorphs, god I wished I had this video to help me back then lol
I caught this too when he said he kept a brush for close encounters, I have no idea how he managed to deliver that line straight faced without doing a Hicks impression.
Duncan: “Now this mostly black… mostly.” Me: I see what you did there! 😂 I would have named them Hive Fleet Nostromo though… 🤔 I always wanted to do a Hive Fleet inspired by the Collectors of Mass Effect.
I’m going to admit, I like the idea of using the Collectors so much that I’m pivoting right now while I was picking paints. Welcome hive fleet Harbinger.
Fun GW fact, when Space Hulk second ed was being developed GW folks were instructed to never refer to the Genestealers as "aliens" as it was feared they were getting dangerously close to Fox's IP
Follow up fun fact about second Ed space hulk. The design brief for the miniatures in the box was that they be snap fit, it was being used as a gateway game into 40k and the idea was kids with no miniatures experiance could build and play with no glue or paint. The terminators worked great and even had a little action figure articulation.. The genestealers... Not so much.
That carapace though! That has to be the cleanest looking nid I've ever seen. Going with a black on black scheme always has the risk of it all looking too similar, yet here we find a Nid that is all blank and still visually interesting. Specular and volumetric highlighting is something I've struggled with, even more so on black. This tutorial is a godsend for me. Also never considered using a colour as strong as Kantor Blue for a highlight or glaze. This requires some experimenting!
I only ever bought one of the original Genestealers, during the eighth decade of the last millennium. I have been waiting 33 years for a suitable painting tutorial in 'Aliens' colouring. I saw the pics on Instagram yesterday, and hope you'd release the vid, thank you so much Duncan. Time to watch the betamax again.
First off, congrats on making the drool and the flesh of the gun look absolutely minging, you really got that effect achieved. Second, this guide will make a great starting point for an idea I've had for several years now of painting up some Tyranids like deep-sea creatures with bio-luminescent bits. Now the main things I'll need to do is decide which bits I want to glow, and get good at object-source lighting.
I would suggest the vent like gaps in the flesh and possibly the gun ammo. Deep sea creatures use their bio-lights for hunting and distraction so maybe the nids can hide their glow under skin flaps etc. Would look amazing
@@thomasstockdale1783 You know, I've tought about this, and what I came up with was that maybe these 'nids would use the glowing patches like zebra's stripes; to hide their numbers and confuse anything trying to attack them as to where one 'nid ends and another begins. But your idea sounds good, too.
Oh the puns, they hurt.... Hurt so good :D Thank you for an amazing, informative and entertaining video Mr Rhodes. This is one of those schemes that has often been attempted/replicated over the years and it's lovely to see it executed well and in such an easy to understand step-by-step format. Keep on being awesome and take care ;) (edited: bad wording, I was tired :D )
16:03 - "And is left mostly in that part where you move away from..." Damn it, you missed a chance to slip a second mostly in there. Aliens might just be one of the most quotable films of all time.
The carapace looks too blue or light to me and think a gloss coat on just the carapace would make it closer to the alien ..other than that it still looks stunning and very intimidating, as you said, you took inspiration from those creatures so doesnt have to be a one for one remake ....love the skin and everything else.
I always love Xenomorph style Tyranid colour schemes - a great way to acknowledge a huge influence on the Tyranid model range and lore, and a nice nod to a classic sci fi horror (and military sci fi action in Aliens) franchise.
@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I have been looking for a very dark Tyranid colour scheme for a Hivefleet of my own invention I am calling Hivefleet Umbra, a re-flavour of Hivefleet Jormanagdr that instead of tunnels specialises in using modified spores to create a pall of unnatural shadows and gloom that its bioforms lurk in and use to terrify, isolate and stalk their prey. I think this colour scheme will be perfect and will allow me to pay my respects to one of my favourite film franchises at the same time. It really is just what I am looking for, so thank you.
I love how the paint he does not give a citadel option for is pure white... good looking out duncan :). I sadly own a jar of that chalky blue cheese dressing they call white scar.
Ahh awesome job! The Aliens films (or the first 2 anyway) are amazing and it makes complete sense to carry the aesthetic over to 40k on a 'Nid. Now all we need is some Guards painted like Marines (and a deck of cards.)
Thank you for the video. I'm doing a xenomorph themed tyranids army as well. I didn't want to do all black so I painted the flesh a dark blueish/black and the claws, talons, and weapons a dark purple. It's sorta similar to hive fleet hydra's color scheme. I wanna call it hive fleet nostromo.
A potential idea for the Hive Fleet Name: Hive Fleet Hunbaba. Hunbaba was a monster from the Epic of Gilgamesh to fit with the classical monster naming convention of the Hive Fleets and Hunbaba had a Snake for his… you know… which considering the very Freudian design of the Alien it makes sense.
When I first saw Tyranids I immediately thought of them as Xenomorphs. Happy to see someone take that to the next step and paint them that way. Great tutorial. I might try this if I get some Tyranids myself.
Classic and totally awesome! "The sarge is still alive, man. His vitals are real low but he's alive!" "You can't save them, thy are being cocooned just like the others." Thanks for sharing.
This was sooooo cool Duncan! I have been painting my Tyranids like Xenos for years but not like this! I decided to use purple as the carapace color and a bright plasma green for the weapons and maws. this gives me great ideas for changing up the scheme a bit. Thanks again for all that you do, cant wait to get my grubby American hands on your paint when its available!
Man that reference when the washes started was outrageous. The detail brush one made me actually groan. Awesome scheme though! It's the one we've all never got round to I'm sure, and it being so uniform in colour is definitely a factor. Cheers for the ideas and techniques!
Aaaand now I wish I could paint some of my Nids like this! Too bad I'm way too far gone with my scheme to switch! But I do have some interesting idea for a small detachment of Alien models in there, so those could benefit from it! Basing will make sure they fit with the rest of my army :D
Hey Duncan. How much of a Trekkie are you? I'd love to see you do a Painting tutorial on an army that you think would fit The Borg! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
hey Duncan, you just made my day.... as an old (really old) lover of the ALIEN-Movies, (Aliens just running now), I always played with the idea of an Aliens-themed tyranid army... that "fire" was restoked, with the anouncment of the Leviathan-Box.... Let's pray, I can get the hands on a box... cursed be all the scalpers... Nids for me, Marines for my son! Greetings from grimwarden
You should have expanded past the movies because there was a series of action figures that had very Xenomorph colorschemes despite being green and red and blue
Personally I would have gone with 'paint scheme double X one two one', but that's just me... 🤣😘 Yeah back late 90's I painted my Nids blackgreen with that dark blue, worked a treat. The brown looks good too, thanks for posting!
Love it, personally I paint mine jet black, dry brush silver, black wash. The carapace is painted dark bronze then brown washed to hell. Lastly you may varnish the whole thing but then go back with a satin varnish making your goo bit slippery. Go crazy with uhu
As a fan of the Alien franchise, I would have done a couple things differently. The gun I would have used a paler flesh tone for and highlighted it up more brightly for contrast after shading it down. I would still have used a sepia tone wash for it, but I'd have used, say, a slightly yellower tone like P3 'Jack Bone and highlighted up with that and then something like Flayed One Flesh. I also would have made the teeth metallic silver, since Xenomorph teeth always seem to have that bright metallic gleam to them. Other than those two small things, I really like how you did this, Duncan!
Yeah, that’s was……… good….. I do like most of the Alien movies but I think the starship trooper’s version was definitely way better! And made more sense. But it’s still a cool technique for painting black!
Love this scheme! painted about 2500 points worth of my Nids in this style so far and loving how they've turned out. The highlights somehow manage to keep the xenomorph 'feel' whilst simultaneously giving a nice dash of colour that prevents the model from looking like a tryanid shaped black void on the tabletop. Thanks for creating this!
Something like is the colour scheme I have been looking for to do my 3rd ed inquisitorial storm troopers. Think I will go greenish black instead of blueish black for their carapace armour and metallic black for guns. Thank you.
