Showcase: Tyranid Haruspex
Well its been about a week or so now since the new Tyranid models and codex appeared. So far I have managed to paint up the Haruspex, the Exocrine and a Hive Crone. But I’m certain by the time this is posted I will be…
Tutorial: How to paint Tyranids Hive Fleet Kraken
This is the second tutorial in this series. How to paint Tyranid Hive Fleet Kraken which is the current eavy metal studio Tyranid scheme. I’ve broken down their scheme and faithfully recreated here on Tale of Painters. Full guide after the jump. This tutorial assumes…
Tutorial: How to paint Tyranids Hive Fleet Behemoth
If the new releases have left you with a scratching behind your eyes as the Hive Mind instructs you to collect Tyranids, then look no further. Tale of Painters are proud to announce that we will be posting detailed tutorials for all three of the…
Showcase: Tyranid Hive Fleet test models
I’ve been collecting Tyranids since the mid 1990s. My current Tyranid collection is 15,000pts strong but the models were painted over the course of a decade so the quality varies completely. I’m tempted to start a new Tyranid army when the Codex is released, a…
Showcase: Tyranid Hive Tyrant
Another Tyranid from what feels like many years ago. Who now lives in Kansas of all places with his new owner, and I’m sure he is enjoying it:). I love this model, sure its a pain to transport, but the I think GW did a…
Showcase:Tyranid Tyrannofex
I painted the Tyranid Tyrannofex about a year ago with a whole bunch of other Tyranids. It was during this time that my wife also started taking a liking to the idea 40K, and now runs a Tyranid army. At some point I will try…
Showcase: Tyranid Attack Boxed Game
Who is old enough to remember this? Or perhaps you remember the same game of a different name called Advanced Space Crusade? I never had the opportunity to purchase this when I was in the hobby in the early 1990s, so when I saw this…
Showcase: Classic Tyranid Warriors
A quick post to show the finished Tyranid Warriors I’ve been painting this week. The scheme is reminiscent of the classic red warriors, but i’ve added the purple weaponry and spotted black carapace of my own Tyranid scheme to fit in with my current army….
WIP: Classic Tyranid Warriors
I have a soft spot for these models. I think they look really alien. I love the scaly hides and the bulbous heads perched on tiny turkey like necks. I recently painted eight Genestealers and these three warriors are the last models to paint to complete…
Showcase: 8 Tyranid Genestealers
This unit was a great distraction to painting my Dwarves. It’s such a lovely feeling finishing a batch paint and I’m really happy to have finished this unit. Like the rest of the models I’m painting from the classic Tyranid Attack boxed game, I’ve painted these…