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Post by noobcake on Jan 25, 2008 11:18:18 GMT 9.5
Well, what i was thinking of doing is making my nids GREEN!
What im going to do is paint the carapace of the nids a darker green, with maybe a camo effect on it (that or just black - dark angels - snot+black) just so they arent too bright.
the under body is going to be obnoxiously bright, starting off with snot green, working up through scorpion green and finishing with rotting flesh as the highlights.
Hooves and claws are going to be done in Yellow, as are the eyes, teeth are going to be tooth coloured, and the tonge of those sticking it out is going to be tentacle pink! just because the colour doesnt get used that often... or at all realy...
but yeah, post me your ideas, what you like, and what you dont like here and if anything is what i would call good i might impliment it into the endless swarm!
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Post by hivemindintrainin on Jan 25, 2008 13:02:32 GMT 9.5
thats a different scheme, especially with the yellow claws/eyes. the green exoskeleton with with darker green carapace reminds me of turtles ;D have you done a test model yet  might be a gd idea methinks. any thoughts on basing. you have plenty of green with splashes of yellow, you're really gonna need a third colour. not including the base. maybe switch the carapace for a maroon colour, red gore etc. but that may make them look like christmas nids lol i know what that colour scheme reminds me of!! in the movie evolution, as barry cartwright is down by the water on the golf course, that alien that bursts out of the water and drags him back!! that how it gonna look, only greener?? |
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Post by draconis on Jan 25, 2008 17:22:59 GMT 9.5
Do a test model, then post a pic ya lazy bum... I wanna see what it looks like.
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Post by noobcake on Jan 26, 2008 16:34:31 GMT 9.5
Must get my Dark Angels Green from Michael... as well as a few other "green" paints lol |
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Post by ash on Jan 26, 2008 20:33:30 GMT 9.5
Well Nooby, what are you doing during the week?
We could always meet up and have a bit of a painting session. Then you can try out your scheme or two. Besides I need to get some stuff painted and some terrain finished (Yes, i know...)
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Post by alex on Jan 26, 2008 22:02:53 GMT 9.5
My advice:
defiantely a darker colour for the thicker carapace- thats a good idea.
I'd suggest you might want to consider toning down the brightness of the colour, choosing one a little more sedate, or mixing the bright green with a little brown to make it more of a natural colour liek you'd see in nature, alternatively a wash might do the same effect.
I regret doing my bugs so bright.
I think the earthy colours in the 4th ed rulebook are brilliant.
For inspiration flick through a book with insects, crabs, reptiles and such in it. There are lots of bring colours in the animal world but they are usually restricted to particular purposes, like red or orange on a bug is a warning to birds etc not to try to eat it because it has a sting (scientists call this Aposematic colouring). So you could consider doing something cool like having bright colours on your stingers or your weapons etc, or stripes or spots. Nature is a great place to look for inspiration.
post some pics when you've done some paintin'
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Post by alex on Feb 5, 2008 21:22:37 GMT 9.5
so I've always thought insects are cool, I studied entomology in undergrad, did my honours thesis on ants and have collect hundreds of species over the years, you've gotta read this article to get some ideas about how increadibly cool and scary insects can be don't read this article if your mummy doesn't like you reading curse words on the internets  www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.htmlthis is just the tip of the iceberg here folks! somewhere around 50-200 million different species, and this is just 5 of them in this cool article.  |
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Post by ash on Feb 6, 2008 17:12:01 GMT 9.5
(language warning for the article above)
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Post by ash on Feb 6, 2008 17:20:59 GMT 9.5
Some of that stuff I had heard of before especially the Bot Fly. That thing is nasty. A while back there was a show on tv called parasites and it had insects very similar to these.
One such worm was from Africa where its eggs lived in the water. People drink the water and the eggs hatch in you. The worm burrows into your flesh, usually ending up in you legs, where it feeds and grows. When its time for them to leave they create the sensation of your flesh burning.The infected persons natural reaction is to run into water to sooth the pain. The worm leaves and the cycle continues.
The most disgusting part of that worm is how they treat it. Every day an infected person (i say infected but really mean host) goes to a medical officer who draws the worm out of the flesh centimetre by centimetre. They have to do it slowly or else it will break and relocate itself. The process is highly painful and can take weeks.
There is an upside to parasites and some have their benefits. A lady was diagnosed with an auto immune system error and her own immune system attacked her own intestinal tract. The cure was a weekly dose of whipworm eggs which the immune system would attack instead of her intestine. After a week she would take a pill to kill the worms (this kept them managable) and she would pass them.
One interesting fact that I came across was since we as a species erradicated such things as worms and other parasites allergies have increased dramatically. Its like our systems have grown bored of not having something to fight so we have exagerrated responses to minor invaders... dust, pollen etc. Asthma is one of the things that has dramatically increased through this.
Oh well, its what we pay for a 'clean' society.
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Post by alex on Feb 6, 2008 22:58:16 GMT 9.5
I've heard that the symbol for the medical fraternity is styled on the treatment of such parasites, where they would tempt the parasite to come out of the host, with a tasty morsel of rotting meat or whatever, jam the forked ro to capture the head and rotate it to wind the body up along the shaft and out of the body. Never bothered to check if its BS or not, because its cool just how it is |
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Post by ash on Feb 7, 2008 9:08:36 GMT 9.5
Yeah, heard something like that but also heard some other stuff on what it means... Serpent brotherhood/reptilian type stuff...
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Post by calicojack on Feb 7, 2008 11:39:46 GMT 9.5
mmmmmm.....im gonna go gets me a nice big liver fluke to cure what ails me.
ask ash about his love of bugs.......caterpillar especially...
speaking of all things creepy crawly did anyone ever see a realy b grade movie about killer ants in alaska called marabunta? if so and you know how to get a hold of it let me know....i love that movie (one frame its just stock footage of some regular ants and the nextthe ants are viewed from a distance and they look like theyre 2 feet long!)
i always like the idea of making some reds, oranges and browns , like some kind of autumn themed stick insect.
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Post by alex on Feb 11, 2008 16:12:49 GMT 9.5
Well, what i was thinking of doing is making my nids GREEN! What im going to do is paint the carapace of the nids a darker green, with maybe a camo effect on it (that or just black - dark angels - snot+black) just so they arent too bright. the under body is going to be obnoxiously bright, starting off with snot green, working up through scorpion green and finishing with rotting flesh as the highlights. Hooves and claws are going to be done in Yellow, as are the eyes, teeth are going to be tooth coloured, and the tonge of those sticking it out is going to be tentacle pink! just because the colour doesnt get used that often... or at all realy... but yeah, post me your ideas, what you like, and what you dont like here and if anything is what i would call good i might impliment it into the endless swarm! how about some nice natural camouflage  |
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might be a gd idea methinks. any thoughts on basing. you have plenty of green with splashes of yellow, you're really gonna need a third colour. not including the base. maybe switch the carapace for a maroon colour, red gore etc. but that may make them look like christmas nids lol
