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local book enjoyer@asamar· 21h

#hobbystreak Day 2180: used some purple speedpaint to push the carapace towards the shade I want. A second coat should finish the job. I prefer using regular acrylics over speedpaints for ease of replication, but since I'd have to mix something up anyway there's no advantage to that.

A warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine with a dark, rich purple carapace

local book enjoyer@asamar· 1d

#hobbystreak Day 2179: painted the rest of the carapace the dark purple. It's not far off what I'd like it's just a bit too desaturated I think

A tyranid exocrine with dark purple carapace that is almost black in spots

local book enjoyer@asamar· 2d

#hobbystreak Day 2178: painted the very annoying ribs (tricky location + hard to get in the gaps!) a second coat of blue. May need to bust out my wet palette to help with my paints drying out as I paint each large section. Especially since I might use a mix for the carapace

A tyranid exocrine with dark red skin, a massive bone ribcage and biocannon, painted in a medium blue, and some carapace that is amethyst in some spots and a dark purple in others

local book enjoyer@asamar· 3d

#hobbystreak Day 2177: tried two quick coats of a darker purple on the main segment of carapace, first one was meant to be more of a glaze and ended up a wash so it's a bit patchy. Will try to find a slightly lighter, more vibrant purple to use

A tyranid exocrine model with a dark, almost black, purple carapace that is more of a medium amethyst colour in other locations.

local book enjoyer@asamar· 5d

#hobbystreak Day 2176: second layer of purple done, will see how it dries but probably going to darken it down a good bit

A warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine with a shiny, wet, bright purple carapace on its back and in patches on its legs

local book enjoyer@asamar· 5d

#hobbystreak Day 2175: painted the carapace purple. First shade I chose was far too bright so I swiftly abandoned that and went for a much darker one. It's still a bit lighter than I'd like but a second coat might help, otherwise I'll leave this as the highlight colour and darken it elsewhere

A warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine with a bright purple carapace, dark red skin and a blue cannon sticking out the front of its shell

local book enjoyer@asamar· 6d

#hobbystreak Day 2174: thinned down layer of blue on the ribbed areas and the cannon. Had a surprising amount of difficulty getting it in between the ribs. This isn't quite the right blue but it'll work for now

A shot of the underside of a warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine, it has blue paint on its ribs and bio-cannon

local book enjoyer@asamar· 7d

#hobbystreak Day 2173: quick layer of red contrast paint over the main fleshy sections. It's blending nicely with the blue underneath on the raised areas but it's a bit inconsistent in spots and the dark areas are maybe a bit too black for my tastes

a warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine that has blue grey carapace and dark red skin that is more pinkish/purplish red on the raised spots

local book enjoyer@asamar· 8d

#hobbystreak Day 2172: drybrushed the top of the model a bit more lightly with a light blue grey. Tried to hit some of the more prominent parts of the under areas too. A little daunted by how much work painting this will be!

A large warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine model with black recesses and shades of pale blue grey on the raised areas

local book enjoyer@asamar· 9d

#hobbystreak Day 2171: gave my arm a bit of a workout by heavily drybrushing the entire exocrine blue grey. I'll do another lighter layer along the top and some of the more protruding under areas, just didn't want it to be too dark beneath

A large warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine model which is predominantly black in the recessed areas and a dusty pale blue grey everywhere else, particularly vivid on the more raised areas

local book enjoyer@asamar· 10d

#hobbystreak Day 2170: keeping it simple today, primed the exocrine. Had some more basing ideas that aren't what I'd originally envisioned but might look good. Want to do something a bit different from the mud and blood of my last few

A warhammer 40k tyranid exocrine that has been spray painted black, standing on a base with an arc of foam at the front, with various off cuts of foam around it

local book enjoyer@asamar· 11d

#hobbystreak Day 2169: spent some time hacking away at foam to try and make the start of a little concealed emplacement for the exocrine. It feels like the claws get in the way and it's not working. I think I'd probably need a bigger base or adjust the model. Might just try to make it look overgrown

A side view of a tyranid exocrine with a small wall of foam in front of it that is sloped on front and back. There is a messy pile of various sizes of foam offcuts around it

local book enjoyer@asamar· 12d

#hobbystreak Day 2168: moving onto the exocrine for now. Filled in a few more gaps, then glued it down on the base for a sec to mark where it'll go. I want to make the model look like it's emerging from hiding in a swamp or a hill but might just be a bit tough. I'll keep it off the base to start

A tyranid exocrine model lying upside down on its back, with a base beside it that has a few dots of melted plastic on it spread in the pattern of a four legged animal

local book enjoyer@asamar· 13d

#hobbystreak Day 2167: highlighted and tinted the frills on the dog, then highlighted the blue parts of its skin. When I looked at the model with the lights low the dog was a bit muddy and hard to make out. I also did some highlights on the armour and bronze sections of the lord. May call it here

A khorne mighty lord with red armour and bronze trim, with bronze symbols adorning the model. They are wearing a white skull mask and have a few other skulls on them, as well as some silver chains. They are holding onto a large dog like creature. The dog has dark blue skin with bright white teeth, a massive bronze spiked collar and large purple frills standing out from its neck.

They are standing on a base covered in red gore with a few heads half submerged in gore. There is a horned skull standing out from the gore on a piece of rock.

A reverse angle of the same model. It shows that there is a head in a dull metal helmet, a gore soaked large gold coin, and a battered stone shield on the base. It also shows that the mighty lord has a dark red cloak, a reddish purple mantle above it and then a light reddish grape coloured sash around the mantle. The dog is shown to have a dark, blood-soaked axe tail, bright purple fur (I think) running down its spine and purple spiky/scaly sections on either side of the fur as well as on its upper legs.

local book enjoyer@asamar· 14d

Feels absolutely bizarre seeing all the glowing tributes to him and then seeing this part of his wikipedia page

local book enjoyer@asamar· 14d

#hobbystreak Day 2166: bit of work on the dog to try make it stand out more. Picked out the eyes, highlighted the frills around the neck, the face and the little bumps/spikes on the skin

A khorne mighty lord holding a large dog thing with dark blue skin, white teeth and red eyes. It has frills around its neck that are bright pale purple on the ridges and a dark purple in between. It has lilac fur on its back in a line and various spikes and bumps in patches on its skin, in particular on its back

local book enjoyer@asamar· 15d

#hobbystreak Day 2165: did some soft highlighting on the red armour sections and the back of the cloak. Not quite sure if I want to call it done yet, dog might need a little more work to make it pop

A khorne mighty lord with dark red armour that has some soft brighter red highlights on edges and raised sections

local book enjoyer@asamar· 16d

There was a similar one between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly that lasted for 335 years. Seems like small municipalities just love declaring war on things

local book enjoyer@asamar· 16d

#hobbystreak Day 2164: painted three layers on the various skulls, tan to re-establish the brighter areas, buff to make them a good level of brightness and then a mix of buff and white on some of the raised edges, particularly on the skull helmet (forgot to post this here last night)

A khorne mighty lord with various skulls on their armour and on their base, both human and non-human. The skull they are wearing as a helmet is humanoid and bright white in the raised areas

local book enjoyer@asamar· 17d

#hobbystreak Day 2163: darkened the sash down a good bit and then got distracted by trying to get some smooth highlights on the cape, think I've done well enough to be happy with it

A khorne mighty lord with a grape coloured sash with red edges, above a dark purple red cape

local book enjoyer@asamar· 18d

#hobbystreak Day 2162: lots of shading today, mostly just painting washes into the recesses. Tried to dull down the sash since it's a tad too bright, may need a layer to take it down a notch. Next up will probably be touchups and the skulls

a khorne mighty lord with cool dark red armour and a blue gauntlet. there is a bright red sash poking out over their back

local book enjoyer@asamar· 19d

#hobbystreak Day 2161: Tried to paint a dot pattern on the gauntlet like a poison frog but I didn't like how it looked so I painted back over it and just did some shading and highlighting

A khorne mighty lord with a blue gauntlet that has light turquoise edges and dark purple-blue recesses

local book enjoyer@asamar· 20d

#hobbystreak Day 2160: Painted the sash red and made some little cobblestone sections to use on a base someday

The back of a khorne mighty lord with a bright red sash over their dark maroon cape. On the palette in front of the model are two small pieces of foam with faint, rough cobblestone patterns carved into them

local book enjoyer@asamar· 21d

#hobbystreak Day 2159: fully assembled the exocrine. May pop back to the Khorne lord before I try basing this, also have a small terrain project in mind that I could take a stab at

A tyranid exocrine (big hunched over monster with a giant cannon jutting out of its back above its head) that is being held sideways

local book enjoyer@asamar· 22d

#hobbystreak Day 2158: still feeling the impact of the world cup on my sleep schedule, put together 4 limbs and glued 2 in. Have a grand idea for the base but not sure I'll be able to pull it off. It also might not be big enough

A tyranid exocrine with two small limbs attached to its lower body and two larger legs beside it on a paint palette

local book enjoyer@asamar· 23d

#hobbystreak Day 2157: assembled and glued on some vents and then spent some time filling in the gaps in the centre of the model with sprue glue. Covered up a little detail in spots, getting used to using it properly

A Tyranid haruspex body with large vent chimneys coming out of it at 45 degree angles

local book enjoyer@asamar· 24d

#hobbystreak Day 2156: taking a brief break from the Khorne lord to start putting this haruspex model together that has been lingering in a box for nearly 6 years

The body of a very large Tyranid model with no head or limbs

local book enjoyer@asamar· 25d

#hobbystreak Day 2155: tried adding a lighter layer and some shadows to the cape, not a fan of how abrupt the transitions are, wish it was a bit smoother but it'll do. I struggle a lot with layering because I really dislike having visible transitions between layers but I'm not great at blending

A Khorne mighty lord with a burgundy cape with dark purple shadows

local book enjoyer@asamar· 26d

#hobbystreak Day 2154: dulled down the highlights on the dog a little, painted the gauntlet and faffed about mixing up paints and blending and whatnot on the cape. Not sure I like the colour but I can always do more faffing

A Khorne mighty lord photographed from the back with a dark burgundy cape over a lighter maroon cloak. The lord has a medium blue gauntlet that looks a bit crab-like. Somewhat visible over the other shoulder is the rear of a dog with dark blue skin with blue highlights

local book enjoyer@asamar· 27d

#hobbystreak Day 2153: some quick highlights to the blue sections on the dog, will maybe darken that down. Also started painting the claw gauntlet blue too, going to try make it look a bit crab-like, similar to how some people paint nids