Hive Fleet Spicula

Essentially, a fleet of misfits! All the “leftovers” from other defeated fleets got shoved into one fleet and it’s a jumble of mismatched (mostly) insect-themed nids…don’t think about it too hard, I’m just unable to commit to a single color scheme Species recommendations welcome!

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Not a Tyranid, but the inside of a house they’ll invade soon!

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Uh oh, some troops got genestolen

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First Genestealer I’ve painted, I went with testing out Leviathan, probably made him a bit too pink…

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This one is based off the Florida Predatory Stinkbug!

Irl he looks a lot better I think, the glistening green and blue stand out a lot better. The gun is regular shiny black, not iridescent but the color play is so faint it’s hard to tell any difference. Idk why it’s so difficult for them to show up when I take pictures with my phone but 🤷‍♀️ here he is!

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Just finished up a little test scheme based off a Jagged Ambush Bug:

Not sure I like the dots, might get the colors to play together how I want by striping the head if I do this bug again on a different termagant…

A different angle of light:

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Working on a new “pink lemonade” ‘nid based off the Five-lined Passionvine Beetle:

Might need a bit overall reddening?

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Gave him some ground :) and added just a lil shade

And then a tad of shiiiiiny:

And I think I’m done?

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Working on a new “pink lemonade” ‘nid based off the Five-lined Passionvine Beetle:

Might need a bit overall reddening?

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This cutie is based off an Emperor Butterfly 🦋

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Junebug-themed Gargoyle 😍

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Made a cute lil Ripper Swarm 😍

And I put the caterpillars that inspired me with them!

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First ever warhammer models!

Would I call them great? Not really. But they were really fun to paint. I put the bugs I based them on beside for comparison.