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Hive Fleet Gorgon (Tyranids) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000

intermediate Tyranids

Flesh white with carapace ocre désert. Colour very uniques.

XV-88 + Agrax + Ushabti Bone = carapace d'a brown-ocre inhabituellement beautiful.

Recommended undercoat Wraithbone — Several priority paints in this army converge on Wraithbone.
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Flesh white + carapace

  • Corax White (Citadel) — Flesh/bone (base) · Primer + 2 coats
  • Screamer Pink (Citadel) — Flesh (layer thinned) · Thinned 1:3 on flesh
  • XV-88 (Citadel) — Carapace (base) · 2 opaque coats
  • Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Biological blades · 1–2 coats

🟠 Core

Shading

🟡 Recommended

Finish

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Step 1: white primer
2 Step 2: Screamer Pink thinned on flesh
3 Step 3: Carapace 2 coats
4 Step 4: Lames Leadbelcher
5 Step 5: Shade carapace
6 Step 6: Reikland Fleshshade flesh
7 Step 7: Carapace layer
8 Step 8: Pallid Wych Flesh + griffes bone

Tips

Hints for this army
1 White primer is mandatory.
2 Flesh : Screamer Pink very thinned on Corax White for the effect translucide.
3 The yeux orange (Jokaero orange) complètent perfectly the scheme désert.

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