Friday 25 February 2022

'nids part 333 - Tyranid Primes & Warriors - TO DONE!

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer on these #Oldhammer Tyranid Warriors, which I kitbashed into Tyranid Primes and refreshing my Tyranid Warriors. For some reason I didn't feel much need for my usual red pics, so I thought I'd combine them altogether.


There was a small drama with the varnishing at the end, which almost derailed my satisfaction of completing them. If I'm honest though it was a batch too far in some respects and I'd already felt it was becoming tiresome.


That said, I'm really pleased with the results and the consistency across all 9, the Primes, Spore Mine and the previous 'new' Warrior from December 2020.


Plenty of rumours are flying around about improvements to Warriors, which could be timely. I had only envisaged these as paying for a Crusher Stampede Battalion but if they're more useful in their own right that's just a bonus.


I may end up regretting some of the upgrades but with 10 done, meaning with 3 broods of 3 I can drop one heavy weapon if needed to recoup some costs. Otherwise there's variety should I ever consider a Kill Team - I keep saying this but we've only ever played Kill Team once and now I'm contemplating nids as well as my Death Guard for a game we never play! 😆


The Primes came out well. I had got Vallejo Environment Moss and Lichen to add yellow splotches on the slate on the one on the right. Although it didn't quite work on it's own - it looked like spilled paint, id did help blend the yellow flock onto the stone.


I spent far too much time debating the spore mine, the little red triggers and if they should be green when in reality it didn't matter. I've loads of these and never use them so I just took the simplest solution and boxed it off.


Primes and their Warriors, I'm so glad they stand head and shoulder above the norm. 


Just imagine if they'd kept the original Warrior proportions rather than going smaller. All of our nids would be so much bigger.


Although I'm really fond of the Venom Cannon Warrior the glow on the barrel isn't quite right, rushing again with the green highlights on the edges rather than in the hollows.


Nevermind, it's an epic brood by my reckoning and will give me plenty to think about in what needs updating from my other older figures.


There's around 30 Termagants that could do with a refresh, but as I have 40+ that don't, which I use ahead of the ones I do there's no urgency.


Pretty much the only things that need refreshing are the 4 frosted Warrior to Hive Guard conversions.


In the mean time I'm going to take a bit of a hobby break. I had wanted to finish the Talonmaster alongside the Tyranids but it was a disruption that might have derailed my progress. I feel forcing myself to delay going back to it will motivate me further to completing it when I do.


Now to explain why the last minute drama - at one point I was very slightly aggrieved that my Army Painter Anti-shine pooled and cracked, like the AK Interactive Matt Varnish. I think I've become aware this can happen with the batch I have at the moment. So I was trying to make sure that any pools of varnish were dabbed clear, but must have missed this - more haste, less speed! Taking into account one of the prime reasons for repainting these was the Purity Seal frosting, to have the varnish go wrong here was somewhat infuriating. Luckily it was only in a few places and easily covered up with a few dabs of paint, as you can see in the above pics.


Here's my Great Big BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamps of Approval! White pics to follow, which are a little more comprehensive as you get 4 profile views of each model.






8 comments:

  1. Loving the vibe and the old school ones fit in perfectly.

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    1. I agree, they really do. I was seeing the original model getting some shade thrown at it on Twitter recently while having the pictures at the same size as the new model. When you think on it as old skool warrior is the Primaris equivalent of the nu skool, it makes perfect sense to have it as a Prime.

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  2. That's a great looking bunch o' bugs! Congrats on the completion and the results.

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    1. Thanks, really pleased with how they're now consistent across all of them, not to mention much of my more recent Tyranid models. Having that consistency and higher quality is a really good feeling.

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  3. I like your old school conversions the best but didn't notice the fella on the infestation node before. Some cool little touches in your brood. The glow on the venom cannon looks great in the picture to me.

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    1. Don't worry, the white pics will have much more detail of the various models. I didn't quite go into as much conversion detail as a potential Kill Team allows but the node was worth it even if the pose feels a little off balance - like it's toppling backwards. Or, maybe that really big gun means it's perfectly balanced...?

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  4. Loving the old school bugs in there, fantastic stuff.

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    1. Cheers, I must have had all six at some point, as I did end up with Advanced Space Crusade somehow [2nd hand off someone else]. I think I have the torso of one more Warrior, some arms but it's the legs that are missing [alongside the three others]. You might be able to notice the Rending Paw Prime has actually got two right legs! It was the only way I could source enough bits to build it...

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