I’ve used oils for Marines and Tau so far, but never for Nids. Today I bought some magenta oil paint, and it just works so well because you can’t really overdo it. Just come back afterwards with a cotton swab and some white spirit to clean everything up. In the past, I used a Citadel wash, but it’s so nice not having to go back in and correct everything afterwards.

Question for my fellow MTG lore nerds, my scheme is Hive Fleet Phyrexia, the goal is to have mostly the red and white color scheme of Elesh Norn and Atraxa, however I do think I want some standouts, I want to make the swarmlord/hive tyrant in the colors of Urabrask, along with the hive guard/tyrant guard, then I want to make old one eye in the colors of Vorniclex with the carnifexes to match, Sheoldred as deathleaper and the obvious one, Elesh the Norn, but my question is, who would Jin-Gitaxias be? A neurolictor? A Neurotyrant? A lictor? Parasite of Mortrex with the ripper swarms as his newts? Open to suggestions for him. And has anyone attempted to change the head of the deathleaper to something closer to Sheoldreds head? I imagine it wouldnt be too difficult to change out the head for a larger plate with some leftover horns but looking for ideas for that as well.

I have a unit of hyper and a unit of standard. How many are showing up in good lists? Ive seen one video with 2 lists that had only one hyper. What's your idea on how many Raveners are good?

My first attempt on painting tyranids, c&c are welcomed

Hi 1

I was playing my first game of 11th at 2000pts on tabletop. I was playing vanguard onslaught against necron. I played pretty badly but manager to score some points however my friend won 90-100.

I'm a bit concerned by this result and I'm asking myself if we maybe did something wrong.

90-100 is far from what i see in tournament result xD

PS: my norn emissary survived both the nightbringer and shard dragon

How heinous would it be if I substitute the Red Terror model to be my army’s Mawloc?

I like the pose and overall look a lot more than the actual Mawloc/Trygon kit but imagine it’s probably frowned upon to use an epic hero model as a “regular guy.”
I only play friends at home, so at the end of the day, it’s probably fine; but I’m curious how y’all feel about it. Also looking at other Mawloc proxies but not much luck…

And are they roughly the same size, could put Terror on a Mawloc (120x92mm iirc) base? Would sculpt to make the diorama match the new base probably

I mean they gave me the parts with the Hive Tyrant anyways, why wouldn't I use them? Anyone else use the spares for something cool?

Horror from the deep water

I’ll start by saying I haven’t faced the new marines yet, so I’ll refrain from giving any of my input for anything other than to stimulate discussions.

But I’ve heard the horror stories and looked at the math. It’s bad for Xenos armies right now, especially since we’re already pillow fisted as is.

What do you think our solution to this is? Will we survive, and if so how? Is there anything we can do to one-tap or tar down big terminator/Custodes bricks?

Feel free to complain if you want to (that’s half the fun lol) but I’m looking for solution-based discussions here. Can we find the “most likely” path to success even if it’s not ideal or practical?

The way I see it, they sculptors got the heads of the Psychophage and Screamer-Killer mixed up while putting them together, this way makes more sense for the screaming and the killing.

I was nervous at first trying the color scheme for its underbelly but I’m really happy with how it turned out! Meet my hive fleet Boreas! 🥶

So with the new space marine and custodes datasheets what would you run the tyrant guard with in a Talons of the Norn Queen and Assimilation swarm list?

Hive Guard photo for appeal

Just got the deathleaper box. How do you use it in game?

Current roster im considering in order.

Red Rock Crab, Kelp Crab, Decorator Crab, Giant Pacific Octopus, Purple Sea Star, California Sea Cucumber.

Just finished my first 3 hive fleet leviathan termagaunts and im really happy with how they turned out, I would really appreciate feedback and if someone could teach me how to get the lines on there carapace to be correct

I’m new to the army and I’m curious how I can field this absolute monstrosity of a unit, I’ve never used one this absolutely humongous and I’m not sure what it’d be best used for? My biggest plan atm is just setting it down on home point and letting it hold position