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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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Just wanted to stop by and offer my sincere thanks as a brand-new mini painter! Everyone talks about thinning your paints, but you're the first i've seen that shows ideal consistencies. It's helped me out so much and i've now identified that everything i've done is faaar too thickly applied! Bleh.
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.
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.)
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 one was excellent, Duncan. Barring your now well known painting skills, I wish to point out the importance of your minimalistic use of green stuff, which has been placed on a detail, the eyes, that are something one focuses on so such small amount leads to a dramatic change.
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!
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.
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.
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
About two decades ago when I worked at a GW retail I did a conversion of the metal Tyranid Hive Tyrant so it was low and crawling with similar colour scheme to look like a large xenomorph. Always wondered what ever happened to the model after I left.
I just tried an alien tyranid scheme and I'm pleased to see that a lot of what I did is in line with your ideas. For the carapace I went for the Green Stuff World photochromatic paint - Darth Blue and Cellestial Azure highlights. Overall I really like the overall effect but it's just too dark for a whole army so I'll probably keep the test piece but do the rest in a different scheme.
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.
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My absolute all time favourite movie, I'm pretty sure I've still got kind of a crush on Ripley.
Now you heard the man, assholes and elbows!
How would you go about wings with this theme?
Love this. Seeing some tutorials to change their heads to be xenomorph like has really made me want some tyranids to make this way
Brilliant mate 👍👍
Lv-1 Nid Noob to Lv-426 Zenomorph Enjoyer!
Now we need some catachans/cadians bashed together, converted and painted up to be colonial marines. Smart guns are probably the hardest part though
“Apply the wash all over man, all over!” Lmao
Can tell you had just as much fun making up puns here as you did when painting Obi-Wan
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 🤣
He did the same thing painting Forge World Metalica XD
The way he said it in a monotone voice made it even funnier lol 😆
That extra "mostly" was 🔥
😁
I love how he tried his best not to crack at that line xD
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
Better late than never lol
*like xenomorphs I presume? :D
@@Willqer yeah I hadn’t even noticed I put tyranids twice lol
@@Willqer always one isn’t there
Best xenomorph painting tutorial I've seen. I'd love to see this colour scheme on a larger nid like a swarmlord.
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
Wow! That is interesting. It's a great game though, one of GW's best.
Dangerously tip-toeing around 🤣
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.
Since the original genestealers in the Rogue Trader book were pretty clearly inspired by "Alien" in the first place, the circle is now complete.
"Another glorious day in the Hive Fleet. A day in Hadley's Hope is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune."
Every formation a parade! I love the Hive Fleet!
Gorgeous work as always! The attention to detail in making the teeth 'shiny' like the Xenomorphs is a fantastic touch!
Thank you so much 😀, yes, we wanted to get that right, not just paint them 'silver' or else they'd look like kitchen knives.
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.
@@isgibson Hah that's EXACTLY what they would have been called. Maybe when I start collecting them proper.
Glad someone else got the “…..mostly” reference!
My man
You'll find plenty of awesome conversions in Hive Fleet Nostromo of a hobbyist I saw online.
I go with Hive Fleet Furie as a dual reference ti the prison planet in Alien 3, and to keep with the mythical monster motif of naming a Hive Fleet
loved the "all over man- all over" and I respect Duncan for providing alternative colors
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!
Damn you, Paint Man! I was just fine NOT having a reason to buy 'Nnids and exacerbate my crippling addiction to plastic!
🤣🤣🤣
The buttery smoothness with which Duncan dropped in call backs was perfect.
Duncan! It was right there! "Hive Fleet LV (Leviathan) 426"!
I can’t wait to cut through hordes of ‘Nids in Space Marine 2, I’d love to see a full army in this scheme! Love it.
Love how simple the grey is on the body, will be using the same method for my Corsairs of Umbar clothing!
I remember other yotubers doing a similarly inspired schemes. It's great to see people taking inspiration from others.
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.
Thank you
@@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'm going to have to bookmark this purely for the slime effects around the mouth and gun barrel. Genius.
I love it, when you casually sneek in those movie-references!
As a huge Aliens Fan this was gold for me. I don't even paint or play Warhammer anymore. Just like to watch painting
That double "mostly" at the beginning was
Nice touch on the eyes, really sells the xenomorph. That was a great idea.
Great to see the 'nids going full circle and returning to their true roots!
"In Space, no one can hear you pray to the Emperor!"
How do you make a Tyranids even more terrifying? Give it a Xenomorph paint scheme. Brilliant!
Probably the most natural and well executed Aliens scheme I've seen.Not surprised it was Dunc's take on it.
Well done. My friends and I always thought an Alien theme would look amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Love all the subtle references you inserted into this!
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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.
My cousin phoned me asking for advice last week about how to paint Tyranids as Xenomorphs. The timing of this is unbelievable. Thanks guys!
Perfect!
Having the gun muzzle "drooling" is a wonderful touch.
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!
The way you chuck in references so drily is amazing. Also awesome tutorial, I will totally be going with this scheme for my Nids!
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.
Eyes and claws, I did a couple deathwatch killing tyranids and use Vallejo fluo for edge highlights, it words surprisingly well
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.
Nice, I’ve been sitting on the Space Hulk genestealers for ages with no idea how to do them. This scheme is just perfect for them
Trying to paint like Duncan...I can't lie about your chances but you have my sympathies.
You can do it 😊
I gave this a thumbs up before I even watched it. Anything with Xenomorphs in the title is awesome!
Nicely done, Duncan……mostly!
Funny how taking the eyes away makes the model look infinitely less silly.
This Termagant and it's brood will make a great representation of the Parasite of Mortrex.
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!
Brilliant and really enjoyed the subtle quotes from the films too! Would love to see more content based on this theme
Just wanted to stop by and offer my sincere thanks as a brand-new mini painter! Everyone talks about thinning your paints, but you're the first i've seen that shows ideal consistencies. It's helped me out so much and i've now identified that everything i've done is faaar too thickly applied! Bleh.
Keeping the detail brush for close encounters. 10/10
Your videos are always so beautifully edited. It's awesome.
Rog knows his stuff
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.
Wait, we're genestealers out back to in the seventies?
I usually paint Space Marines but it’s always fascinating to see tutorials for other factions.
Really enjoyed this one Duncan!
Using a Xenomorph inspired scheme for Tyranids, on Xenomorphs :D Honestly this is the best painting guide I've found for the actual Aliens figures ;)
Lol man I love the fact that we can tell you have seen Aliens far to many times.
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.)
I have always wanted to do a xenomorph army. This is perfect.
Some interesting additions to the hobby toolbox in this video. I'm surprised the carapace plates didn't get a gloss finish.
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.
Coloring the gun like a facehugger is genius, especially since nid guns are a separate tyranid organism
Love to see more of these guys! More Hive Fleet Hadley's Hope!
Magnificent! It looks perfect. The perfect organism.
I feel like youd like the minis from another glorious day in the corps.
Might use this for those I have to paint!
The casual drop of quotes from Aliens make this video mostly hilarious, mostly. Really cool scheme, and great video as always!
this is the best xeno paint job ive ever seen!
i didnt think a good paint scheme was possible. duncan did it again.
I've been doing a scheme like this for a while, I call it "Hive Fleet Giger"
As a bug player, seeing this video made me smile. Still plugging away on my Hairydan in Hivefleet Hydra colours. 👌🏻
I love it! You blended the two styles together so well, it looks awesome!
This one was excellent, Duncan. Barring your now well known painting skills, I wish to point out the importance of your minimalistic use of green stuff, which has been placed on a detail, the eyes, that are something one focuses on so such small amount leads to a dramatic change.
Now I am waiting for a video where you paint Tyranids like the bugs from Starship Troopers
This is exactly the video I needed. I had an idea and been too scared to put paint to plastic. Brilliant 👏
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!
This is great! Got the Aliens boardgame and it's expansions recently and was wasn't sure how to paint the aliens. This is a big help
"painted mostly black. Mostly." Well done, sir.
Excellent, now 300 more just like it.
YES! If I go Nid I’ll try this
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.
I’ve been thinking of a good way to do this for some time. Glad a much better painter than me did it first
This was very helpful and the model looks great! I can this technique would look good on any black armor. Thanks for sharing this.
Mostly black, mostly. I love that I get the reference and also think seen Aliens too many times 🤣
This is my favourite painting tutorial EVER!!
Wow, thank you! We are glad you enjoyed it 😊
"They are mostly black... Mostly"! Love those little references to a movie. ;)
So, Starship Troopers Imperial Guard next?
Thanks so much for this! Loved all the subtle nods to the movies as well. Great work, as always mate.
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.
Mostly black... Mostly....
That line cracked me up.
Painting a warrior like this as a gift for a family member who likes Tyranids and loves the Aliens franchise!
I needed my daily dose of Dunc.
Thank you Dunc!
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
Mostly black... mostly.
Nice reference 👌
About two decades ago when I worked at a GW retail I did a conversion of the metal Tyranid Hive Tyrant so it was low and crawling with similar colour scheme to look like a large xenomorph. Always wondered what ever happened to the model after I left.
“Mostly” haha nice touch there sir ;)
I love the drool effect, might steal that for my own bugs.
Awesome. Now just paint 59 more and you'll be all set! :)
Brilliant and lost count how many times you gave a nod the Aliens 😂😂
I just tried an alien tyranid scheme and I'm pleased to see that a lot of what I did is in line with your ideas. For the carapace I went for the Green Stuff World photochromatic paint - Darth Blue and Cellestial Azure highlights.
Overall I really like the overall effect but it's just too dark for a whole army so I'll probably keep the test piece but do the rest in a different scheme.
Very cool! I gave this a shot over on my channel a while back as well. Nice work
How about Hive Fleet Giger?
The puns were absolutely fantastic.
Hey Duncan! Any chance of painting the Tyranids in the Starship Troopers Arachnids? Love the work!
😎😎
You can use black automotive car paint for the carapace, injunction with normal paint, gives the xeno more of realistic bug look.
"This is black, mostly." 🤣 smooth as the paint job!
As a big fan of the first 2 alien Movies, I have to say that your work is awesome, super🤘🤘... Mr patton would say.... game over man😁
I know I'm late to the party but man, this was what I've been looking for! Spot on mate!
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.
splash gel is the same as Arylic Gel for nails...if you can not find the green stuff world one.