Barely Battle Ready

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Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt leaping forward on a grey base, shown from the left side with both scything talons raised. Bone-white skin with brown shading, red carapace with orange edge highlights, dark blue-green claws, and a purple tongue.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt mid-jump on a grey base, shown from the right side with its tail stretched back. Red carapace with orange highlights over a bone-white body, dark blue-green talons, and mottled spotting along the limbs and tail.

A tray holding ten painted Tyranid Hormagaunts on grey bases, arranged on a blue cutting mat. The models have bone-white skin, red/orange-highlighted carapaces, and dark blue-green claws.

Grey plastic Space Marine Assault Intercessor sprue on a blue cutting mat with five black round bases placed in front, showing unassembled bodies, arms, helmets, and chainsword parts.

10/10 Hormagaunts done.
Next up: a tray of Assault Intercessors that recently followed me home. They’ve got some nicely dynamic poses too should pair perfectly with the Gaunts on the Display. #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer #ArnyOnDisplay #Tyranids #Hormagaunts #Warhammer40K

Thank you BriBri 😃

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt mid-leap on a grey base, facing right with both scything talons raised overhead. Bone-white skin with brown shading, red carapace with orange edge highlights, dark blue-green claws, and a purple tongue in its open mouth.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt running low to the right, shown side-on. Bone-white body with mottled spots, red/orange-highlighted carapace plates, dark blue-green talons, and a long purple tongue, on a grey base with a small rock.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt leaping forward on a grey base, angled three-quarters to the right. One scything talon swings wide, the other tucked in; bone-white skin, red carapace with orange highlights, and dark blue-green claws.

Work-in-progress black 3D-printed terrain: a modular sci-fi ruin with floor tiles, partial walls, broken sections, and an upper level, arranged on cardboard on a tabletop.

9/10 Gaunts ready.
Too much adulting the last two weeks, so these three took a while. Terrain is moving along too… in small steps 😂 currently reprinting half the support poles because the building got way too wobbly. #ArmyOnDisplay #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt sprinting left, shown side-on. Bone-white skin with brown shading and red carapace plates with orange highlights; dark blue-green scything talons and a purple tongue, on a grey base with a small rock.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt running right in a low, forward-leaning pose. Bone-white body, red/orange-highlighted carapace, dark blue-green claws, and a long tail arcing behind, on a grey base.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt in a rearing, mid-leap pose with both scything talons raised. Bone-white skin, red carapace with orange edge highlights, dark blue-green talons, and a grey base with a rock under one foot.

Large black 3D-printed modular ruin layout with multiple floor tiles, partial walls, door panels, and broken sections, arranged on cardboard on a wooden floor as work-in-progress terrain.

6/10 Hormagaunts for #ArmyOnDisplay are done. Their poses are stupidly dynamic… I love it. Now I need to find a few Space Marines who can match that energy.Terrain is making progress too. I may have gone a bit overboard, but hey… I can always make the building smaller later. #WarhammerCommunity

OIC. I’m using a Bambu Lab A1 and for some reason I can’t reliably print more than one piece at a time, at some point I always get spaghetti. I was going to ask if you could share your settings, but I’m guessing you’re not using Bambu Studio :-)

It is! I grabbed WL 4.0 and 5.0 and now I’m slightly overwhelmed by choice 😂 Which printer are you using for the terrain?

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt leaping forward on a grey base, shown from the left side. Bone-white skin with brown shading, red carapace plates with orange highlights, dark blue-green scything talons, and a small rock under one foot.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt running low, shown from the right side with its long tail stretched back. Bone-white body, red/orange-highlighted carapace, dark blue-green claws, and a purple tongue curling from its open mouth on a grey base.

Painted Tyranid Hormagaunt in a charging pose, angled three-quarters from the left with both scything talons reaching forward. Bone-white skin, red carapace with orange edge highlights, dark blue-green claws, and a visible purple tongue on a grey base.

Work-in-progress terrain: a black 3D-printed modular ruin with partial walls and a round vent detail, placed on black industrial floor tiles sitting on cardboard over a wooden floor.

3/10 Hormagaunts for #ArmyOnDisplay are done.
Terrain is printing… I’m picturing a partially collapsed building, 2–3 Space Marines, getting swarmed by Nids.
Let’s see if I can pull this off… I may be slightly underestimating the work here 😅 #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer #PaintingChallenge

A grey plastic Tyranid Hormagaunt sprue from the Typhon box lie on a blue cutting mat, with the assembly instructions visible underneath on a hobby desk.

I really thought I was done painting Tyranids for a while after the Raveners… but for #ArmyOnDisplay it’s gonna be Nids again. I’ve still got the Typhon Box Hormagaunts, and honestly I should probably bring an army whose scheme I actually know. So… here we go again 😁
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Side view of a coiled Tyranid Ravener Prime on a rocky base. Bone chitin, red carapace with black-to-red gradient, bright turquoise brain-sacs on the back, black talons raised to strike.

Front view of a Tyranid Ravener Prime rearing up from a stone base. Bone body and ribs, red chest plates, black claws, purple and turquoise growths on the back, framed by coiled tail segments.

Right-side view of the Tyranid Ravener Prime. The long tail curls around the base, black scything talons point forward, red carapace and turquoise brain-like sacs dominate the hunched upper body.

Group shot of a five-model Tyranid Ravener Kill Team on matching rocky bases. One larger Ravener Prime stands in front, surrounded by four smaller red-and-bone Ravener warriors with black claws.

Turns out Felltalon isn’t the only Ravener without a premium base. But don’t worry, little friend… no one gets left behind on my watch. Uncle Battle Ready will craft you a proper dirt mound too.
And here he is: Ravener Venomspitter. Kill Team complete! 😁 #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer

Had to stop painting for a few days as well because of a sore wrist… dunno, is something like Nintendo thumb a thing in the hobby? Warhammer wrist or so? 😂

Harvesting DNA from people with diabetes to engineer the ultimate insulin-dependent killer cyborg?

LGS manager: “Hey BBR, wanna join the shop’s Army on Display competition?”

BBR (never painted terrain or built a display): Creating a display on top of my ever-growing pile of shame? In six months? Competing against people who’ve been in the hobby 10x longer?

“Sure, sounds fun. Sign me up.“ 🤪

Painted Tyranid Ravener on a rocky dirt-mound base; bone-coloured body, red carapace, black claws, turquoise bio-sacs and purple tendrils/tubes on the raised arms, against a dark background.

Rear view of the Ravener showing large red segmented back plates, a coiled tail over the base, black scything blades and turquoise details on the weapon arms; grey rocks and soil on the base.

Side profile of the Ravener in a dynamic pose with one arm raised and a black scythe blade; purple tubing and turquoise bio details visible, red carapace on the back, tail wrapped around the rocky base.

Angled front view of the Ravener on the dirt mound; multiple black claws, bone-coloured limbs, red armour plates and striking turquoise/purple bio elements, with grey stones and soil on the base.

Ravener #4: Felltalon. Now with a handmade dirt mound base. Turned out pretty decent considering he yeeted himself off the paint handle right before I finished and disintegrated into parts 😂 Managed to fix all the damage… I think. #WarhammerCommunity #PaintingWarhammer #Tyranids #KillTeam #Raveners

A painted 40k servitor model on a round base, wearing blue-grey camouflage trousers and a bulky cybernetic chest rig with glowing green lenses; one arm is a heavy gun and the other is a mechanical claw.

Side view of the servitor miniature showing the blue camo pants, exposed flesh arms, metal collar and cables, with the oversized gun held forward and the claw arm lowered.

Rear view of the servitor with a detailed backpack full of pipes and canisters, a copper cog-and-skull emblem, small green lights, and blue camouflage trousers over mechanical boots.

Opposite side view of the servitor, highlighting the weapon housing and mechanical details on the arm, the camo pattern, and the industrial round base.

Parked the Ravener to squeeze in the Mini of the Month and test my Battleclade camo idea. The servitor came out pretty decent (minus a missed mould line), but I don’t think it’ll work for the Battleclade… Servitors have too many bits that are neither armour nor uniform.
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Thanks mate! I picked up the Typhon box last year and started with the Raveners, found them really fun to build and paint.

Thank you.

Unpainted Tyranid Ravener model on a small round base with a rough dirt mound and rocks; the miniature is held between fingers in front of a blue gridded cutting mat.

Can’t have Felltalon-bro be the only Ravener without a premium dirt mound base. Time to rock‘n Milliput! 😁
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Sounds rough brother. Get well soon.

Painted Tyranid Ravener with red carapace and antler-like horns, bone-coloured body, black claws, and a purple tongue, posed on a rocky base with yellow details.

Side view of the same Ravener “Tremorscythe,” showing the layered red carapace, multiple scything talons, and the rocky base with scattered yellow structures.

Rear view highlighting the segmented red back carapace, curled tail, and outstretched claws over the rocky base.

Front view of the horned Ravener standing tall on rocks, with red armour plates, bone limbs, dark talons, and a vivid purple tongue against a plain light background.

Ravener #3: The Tremorscythe. Antlers included. Very festive. Basically Rudolph, the red-carapaced Ravener.
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Thank you :-)

A painted Tyranid Ravener bursts forward over a rocky base, with bone-coloured flesh, deep red carapace, black scything talons, and a bright purple tongue.

The Ravener is shown from a slight angle, highlighting the layered red head and shoulder plates, multiple black claws, and the curled tail arching over the rocks.

Side view emphasizing the stacked red back carapace and scything forelimbs, with the coiled tail behind a grey rock marked by bright yellow organic structures.

Opposite side view showing the hunched carapace, clustered claws, and tail curling around the rocky base with the yellow organic pattern visible in the foreground.

The Ravener Wrecker is done.
How many claws would you like? Yes. 😂
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A beholder with two mechanical arms and four tentacle arms, sitting on a keg and holding a mug of frothy tentacle brew.

Beerholder - A gift for my neighbor - hope he likes it! He printed it earlier this year and then gave it to me when he saw me admiring it. He hosts our weekly Shadows of Brimstone games, and is an all-around great guy. #beer #beholder #minipainting #gift #d&d #miniaturepainting #3dprint #beerholder

First stormtroopers unit ✅ #starwars #swlegion #amg #warhammer #40k #painting

Painted Tyranid Ravener Prime in a custom Kraken-style color scheme, front view, rising from a rocky base with scything talons raised.

Side view of a Tyranid Ravener Prime miniature showing bone-colored flesh, red carapace plates, black claws, and a purple tongue.

Rear-side view of a Tyranid Ravener Prime with layered red carapace, segmented tail, and organic details on a rocky base.

Back view of a painted Tyranid Ravener Prime highlighting the red carapace spine, curved talons, and textured base terrain.

The Ravener Prime is done. I briefly considered a different colour scheme for Typhon, but in the end I stuck with my homebrew Kraken colours so the Hormagaunts fit right in with the rest of my Nids.
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They are! That said, I really like their colours. Vallejo and Army Painter are great too, but most of the time I still end up buying Citadel – all while constantly wondering how they can justify selling the best paint in the game in the worst possible container 😂

Same here when I first used paints other than Citadel. I feel like they’re the only ones you have to thin down that much. You’d think, “cool, more paint for the money,” but those crappy pots cancel it right out… 50 percent of the paint just dries out on the rim and the lid 😂

I usually draw a small line on my wrist. If I only see colour with no skin texture, it’s too thick. If the skin shines through, it’s too thin. If it’s evenly covered but the skin texture is still visible, it’s perfect.

Three painted miniatures from the Slaanesh faction from Games Workshop. They are all demonic. One plays a harp made out of a still-living human thrall, one dances, and the much, much larger leader of the group does not look impressed.

Here’s the whole Slaanesh gang. It looks like quite the party. #minipainting #miniaturepsinting #warhammer

Why have you stopped painting 30 year ago?