Otty's Tyranids WiP for Disillusional

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I recently shared some pics of my friend Otty's Tyranids and one of the comments from Disillusional asked 'how does he do that?' I've a few WiP pictures to share and a recipe from the man himself. It's not comprehensive because I think the paints have changed but this is his Sporocyst [or landed Tyrannocyte].

He starts with a Grey Primer, Halfords, but did you know the recipe has changed recently? I've seen a few people complain it's not as good and I can confirm the Red Oxide is now much glossier than previous cans.

He follows the grey primer up with a 'goblin green' spray - Colour Forge do a Salamander's Green spray that is ideal for this. He then washes this Biel-Tan Green Shade [or equivalent].

Apparently the Chitin plates are basecoated Tallarn Sand.

He then paints 'scorched brown' [Rhinox Hide] lines on the chitin, to make all the patterns.

This is then followed up by Bleached Bone lines inside the darker lines and on any raised areas. 

All the green is highlighted with 'goblin green' [Warboss Green] with some light yellow mixed in.

Finally, all the toxin sacs are picked out with red, Mephiston Red seems about right. Hopefully that helps, if not search for Jes Bickham's Tyranids. His Hive Fleet Eumenides was the inspiration for Otty. The Chitin may be very different but it's an alternative take on it with slightly similar results.