But I also spotted a chitinous armour plate on its back that needs to be blue, you can just make out how bright it is - that will need shading.
OMG how tedious are Von Ryan's Leapers? All the detail of a Lictor [and more] squashed into a 33% smaller model.
Genuinely these made me rethink how 'easy' I thought my Tyranid scheme was. It's another reason why I've not been painting much recently.
The tedium and endless detail just killed my mojo. That said, I bet Contrast paints work amazingly well on these...
What's worse though is I did get issue 2 of Combat Patrol and now I have another 3 of these to build and try to catch up as I dare not think about doing another 3 down the line when these are completed. I may as well get the paint out of the way now.
And the Barbgaunts weren't much better, makes me wonder why I'm doing 'nids for DreadTober.
And lastly the Winged Prime, but he's got his second layer of bone highlights.
Only marginally more entertaining. How many times have I heard people say painting shouldn't be a chore? Sure, I've not been painting recently because this was chore-like but eventually you have to wade through this and overcome.
Who knows when I will be motivated to finish these off but 'progress is progress'!
Great to see you're still churning out the 'nids Dave
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex, nice to hear from you again and I hope you're well. It'll be good to get my Leviathan bugs done. Although, that does mean I then have to consider all my old Termagants that need updating to current painting standards and then decide about making them bigger bases. I mean there are kits to extend, rather than remove and rebase which I would consider. But it's more that they fit so well in my foam trays at the moment and I don't know if the new size would impact that. So it's a balance between them staying in their boxes and never seeing the light of day or making the effort and maybe needing new trays! We shall see.
DeleteYes! They look great. The Von Ryan's Leapers put me in mind of the Deathwing Terminators I've been working on...I do like painting terminators...but the tedious details! And they are so much smaller than the Von leapers...good luck! You make a good call to carry on with the lot. I did the same with the termies - I never would have (willingly) gone back to finish them all otherwise.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, the Deathwing have so much detail. That's why I did all those Terminators in one batch to get them out of the way. Of course I then got another squad in the Leviathan box set, although they have a bit less detail.
DeleteThe over-sculpting of models is a little nuts these days. Where possible, I use vanilla marine models as the basis for my Dark Angels to avoid as much bling as possible. Hard to avoid with the Nids, though.
ReplyDeleteI think it was Peachy saying he and a few other army painters at GW were removing details where they could for the studio armies. That way they got them painted more efficiently and as they were often view from a distance in battle reports those missing elements didn't show up. It is hard to avoid on the nids, but they'll get done in time. I'll be slowly chipping away at them, maybe throw in some highlights while I'm doing my Norn emissary. Every little step forward is one less to do down the line ;)
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