(pictures) help deciding Tyranid Color Scheme

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pest947

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I need help deciding on a Tyranid Color Scheme, I\'m getting the Army Box from the Warstore late this week or early next :)

So Far I have, these are all rough ones I painted up to get an Idea of what it would look like:

Black and Bone(picture is a little blurry, I like it but kinda hard to see details from a distanceI dont think I love the bone shell with this one though and ideas for shell colors with the black purple?)


http://www.pbase.com/pestario/image/43480635


Dark Purple and Bone(This picture turned out the best, and I think it brings out the details a little more)

http://www.pbase.com/pestario/image/43480631

Red and Bone(actually using a darker mahogany brown as a base color and could use different shade of red for different bug types)

http://www.pbase.com/pestario/image/43480640

light brown\\bone(A Hybrd of Hivefleet Albino and the Altanta gamesday new nid army. Used the Light brown bone for the Skin and black with purpule highligh shells. I like that this scheme brings out the details in the figs, but seems like it could get boring)

http://www.pbase.com/pestario/image/43480627

What you think of these schemes? Also open to other ideas
 
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AngryGangsta

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The first one i think looks a little to plane and dark for a tyranid...... thats my taste black isnt my favourite colour for painting.

The second one i think is the best beacuse i think purple and the bone go nice together.

The red one would be my worst because i think the colour isnt that nice and doesnt go to well with the bone colour!

If i could see the last one a little better it could be the best from this angle but i dont know because the mininture is facing another way!!

I hope this helps but remeber this is my taste!!!!!

Good luck deciding on a scheme is a tedious thing but which is still a heap of fun to do so ENJOY!!!!!
plus with a bad scheme comes a bad mini:D
 
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Wolf_Fang

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i too was having a hard time coming up with a paint scheme... however i ended up deciding on red blended into green skin with green carapace... looks good irl but does not photo well... lol

this is just a test run model (ive yet to start the actual army) (also the neck will be painted red like the skin)

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green stuff

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Two schemes I\'ve used :
*) http://www.coolminiornot.com/72796
*) http://www.coolminiornot.com/64334

I think the main thing is to choose 2 contrasted colors to make it readable or 2 closely realated colors to make it more \"natural\" and linked to its surroundings.
 
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