Speedpaint Tyranid Hive Fleet Leviathan for

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Hive Fleet Leviathan, the poster child for #new40k is super quick to paint with this scheme! These mini tutorials (there's 7 on my channel!) are perfect for army painting large numbers of little 'nids!
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Primers:
Chaos Black
Grey Seer (zenithal)
FAQ: Adding a light spray of Grey Seer over a full coat of black primer adds a small amount of texture to the primer which gives the contrast paint more to grip on to. It also adds light and shadows which helps define the model more.
Leviathan
Flesh Tearers Red (contrast)
Luxion Purple (contrast)
Nuln Oil (shade)
Pallid Wych Flesh (layer)
Khorne Red (base)
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[@JohnnyTightIips]

New tyranid models were made for contrast paint, love it.

[@MediocreHobbies]

They really are, anything natural suits them so well

[@TelepathicWeasel]

just picked up my starter tyranid kit and looking at what other people have done, i am blown away by it all. cannot wait to get stuck in

[@MediocreHobbies]

Enjoy the journey-it's a lot of fun!

[@carmelo2813]

Dude i followed this exactly and fell in love with the results thatnk you for posting this

[@MediocreHobbies]

Aw that’s great to hear, thanks for sharing that with me, and glad you liked the results!

[@justiniangoldrif]

@@MediocreHobbies what was the primer?

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@justiniangoldrif Chaos Black and Grey Seer!

[@justiniangoldrif]

@MediocreHobbies will the rattle cans work, or do I use an air brush to prime (sorry, new to this. Just got my first ever minis last week).

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@justiniangoldrif I just use rattle cans. So all good there.

[@pervyturtle2673]

Painted two Warriors in this scheme and it was great! Only dif was an edge highlight of wildrider red on some of the red bits

[@MediocreHobbies]

Sounds ace pal. Glad the video helped.

[@lampario2862]

Love it man, just went to my LGS and got the same paints. Wasn't sure how I wanted to do my 'nids out of the Leviathan box, and this looks quick and awesome

[@MediocreHobbies]

Glad you liked it pal.

[@JonDarais-p5z]

I love your contrast+ tutorials, it has helped me so much. Keep up your good work, cheers mate.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks so much for letting me know that! Glad I can help!

[@rohangaming5291]

Amazing. I use contrast for tyranids. Works very well

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yeah they’re perfect for it

[@deadmansswitch-xwingchanne637]

i painted my whole army using the advice i got from this video :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Haha there’s a full video too but that’s cool that you got so much from it!

[@kennyb0y1597]

Just did this paint scheme today! Just got back into 40k and got the board game for cheap, and picked your method for my tyranids. I think everything went well until the dry brushing. I think I went a little too heavy on the carapaces so they look pretty bright, but overall I think I'm going to skip the carapaces when it comes to the dry brush!

[@MediocreHobbies]

That’s awesome! Maybe the full video might help more with the dry brushing? Make sure you check it out in the channel! Just look for Tyranids schemes!

[@MariaOrtelloMeri63]

AMAZING

[@jdaws4896]

I will try this 👍🏻

[@MediocreHobbies]

Awesome pal.

[@TheSpectralFX]

Man, I want to make a Hive fleet Hydra with a method similar to this.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Go for it. It will look great.

[@oscarzaremba3351]

Omg it looks so good I’m defiantly going to try this! Thanks for sharing with the community!😊

[@MediocreHobbies]

Anytime pal.

[@UltimateDeathWorship]

Looks great! Painted body with Dreadfull Visage and Drucii Violet, but there is always another swarm to try! :)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks! Haha yes there’s always more ‘Nids!

[@ruex1234]

Love it.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Thanks so much

[@philip6136]

Thanks 😊

[@MediocreHobbies]

No problem 😊

[@halfknight2310]

Curious if this works on the larger models. Is it a similar process overall? Cause I want to get a norn model. Not sure which one yet. And I wasn’t so sure. (Also. Thank you for the Angron 40k model tutorial. It was a MAJOR help. Added my own flare to it. But it was a major help on getting a rough idea of what I wanted to to do.)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes, a lot of the steps are exactly the same, and it’s actually easier when the model is bigger, more room for details and it’s easier not to make mistakes as well! Aw I’m glad the angron tutorial helped! And yes, always add your own flare to tutorials and pick what you like/don’t like from them!

[@pervyturtle2673]

I did two warriors in the scheme and I liked the result (not huge but bigger than this model)

[@Kyojuruzi]

would you show such a cheap version of tyranids from the behemoth swarm? and a cheap version of painting the Templars (I paint not all month long and I would like to paint them in addition to the orcs) Only less paints because I don't have that much money and I wanted a cheaper one... Thank you in advance

[@MediocreHobbies]

I have videos on all of these already. And I use as little paints as possible I’m afraid.

[@HallyFPV]

Looks class mate, what undercoat did you use? Wraithbone? Cheers,

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and Grey Seer!

[@Shrouded_reaper]

Looks amazing but missing the little vein/pipe bits is killing me 😭😭😭

[@MediocreHobbies]

It's a 3d print :D

[@willszymanski3231]

I’ve started with Grey knights but was thinking of having a Nid army! These look amazing! What colour did you spray the primer?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and Grey Seer, full video is on the channel!

[@taylorchinery6654]

What primer did you use for this? Such a great paint job

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos black and then grey seer. Cheers pal.

[@BigMan-cp4pi]

brilliant. Whats the base coat?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Solid coat of Chaos Black and a lighter coat of Grey Seer! There’s a few video on the channel if you want to see more!

[@328crash]

Hey just wanted to say i tried out your technique last night and it did wonders. Think ill switch the shade for the body to Druichi purple over Nuln Oil (still use the oil for weapons and teeth. But i appreciate the video giving me something to start from. Any recommendations for the dry brushing? Like do you have to thin the pallid wych flesh?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Definitely don’t thin it! You need as little of the paint on your brush as possible. I put paint on a dry palette, get a little of the paint on my brush and wipe any excess off on kitchen roll or a textured dry palette if you have one. With dry brushing the key is to build it up rather than applying too much. Apply it against the chitin/scales so the paint gets caught on the edges. I hope that makes sense?

[@328crash]

@@MediocreHobbies yes that makes complete sense to me. You want to apply as light as possible on the passes because you can add more but cannot add less for each pass

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@328crash Yes exactly!

[@chilledkermit4311]

I just bought some models for the first time and I’m nervous with painting for the 1st time, did you paint your model white first and then apply said paints or? I’m not sure if I have different models but noticed they are gray.

[@MediocreHobbies]

check my channel for the full tutorial!

[@MrElementronHimself]

Where is this Termagant model from? I've never seen this pose before from the 10th edition box but it looks cool

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s 3D printed!

[@1987nightrap]

Quite a pretty tyranid

[@MediocreHobbies]

Cheers man!

[@vault7837]

Has less steps than other How to paint for beginners videos, but I still cant dicide whats better for gun armor, purple like on tyranid armor or black like on hooves and claws.

[@MediocreHobbies]

Do a test model!

[@garricks9630]

How do you get the purple to go so smooth? I followed along exactly and mine looks splotchy as hell

[@MediocreHobbies]

You might not be using enough paint. Im doing a video soon on how I use contrast paints so look out for that soon!

[@cowleypaul1]

What are they based with? Grey Seer?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes indeed.

[@ChubbsMcgoo]

What did you use for the basing?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Just some textures paint and a little drybrush.

[@dantenero2762]

Nulon oil is MSG of minifig

[@MediocreHobbies]

Hahaha right?

[@Korhil2]

Did you mention the base coat ?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos black and then grey seer.

[@JoshAdamofficial]

Hey what was the basecoat used for this?

[@MediocreHobbies]

If you mean the primer it’s chaos black and grey seer!

[@skyraptor62]

What was that Rec color? It got obscured...

[@MediocreHobbies]

The what colour?

[@deadliftyournan3293]

Do you thin your nuln oil or just go for it

[@MediocreHobbies]

Straight oil.

[@cwmusicofficial.]

How did you go about priming these? Just sheer grey?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and Grey Seer!

[@cwmusicofficial.]

@@MediocreHobbies thanks!

[@MrRoman0629]

What undercoat did you use?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and then a coat of Grey Seer!

[@MrRoman0629]

@@MediocreHobbies Ty!

[@Mafty_0105]

Does Contrast and Layer paints need to be thinned?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Depends on the project for the layer paints but I never thin contrasts!

[@skellybone_09]

what spray did you use for the prime

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and Grey Seer! There’s a full video on it

[@skellybone_09]

@@MediocreHobbies thanks I've actually already seen it I liked all of the versions

[@agm1392]

could i spray this in coral white to start with or would this not look very similar thankyou

[@MediocreHobbies]

It would look similar enough. Just a bit brighter.

[@camy252camy3]

What is the undercoat colour/style? (slapchop or zenithal etc)

[@MediocreHobbies]

Grey seer zenithal over chaos black!

[@camy252camy3]

@@MediocreHobbies perfect thanks!

[@Mackenzi]

What kind of texture paint did you use on the base or was it something else? Also, that is absolutely gorgeous. :-)

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s just some PVA glue and thin sand. Then pained dale grey drybrushed a lighter grey black rimmed and then some snow texture pal. Hope that helped.

[@Tekkaman76]

what priming color did you use? grey?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos black and then grey seer.

[@TheCrudcrayon]

Did you prime this mini? if so which primer did you use, i'm just getting into war hammer 40k

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and a lighter coat of Grey Seer! Check out the full video on this guy for more details if you’re just getting started! Look it up on my channel under ‘tyranid schemes’!

[@TheCrudcrayon]

@@MediocreHobbies thank you and i will

[@bigduff470]

Did you prime that white?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos Black and Grey Seer, the full video shows that part!

[@maxgarcia2536]

What primer is that ? Chaos black & grey seer?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yep indeed.

[@Millyboy224-mq7sd]

What base do you use

[@MediocreHobbies]

There’s a full video on it with the basing in description!

[@metalblizzard6024]

What's the prime coat?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos black and a lighter coat of grey seer! There’s a full video on the scheme too!

[@argowen]

This one still start with the deepshade?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Deep shade? It’s primed with chaos black and grey seer if that’s what you mean?

[@Titus_Vespasianus]

@@MediocreHobbies Andy, perhaps he means the new AK Interactive deep shades???

[@moosejordan7125]

How do you get the black shading on the arms

[@MediocreHobbies]

There’s a full video on it if you can’t see all the steps properly, just look for Tyranid schemes on my channel!

[@vixen3559]

​@@MediocreHobbies I'm curious how you get the lines on the carapace, specifically the leviathan theme. I checked the longer video and seems like you only apply the 1 contrast paint. Do the scales on the new models really create the lines on their own with contrast paint, or do you do some layer paint too? If so, which? Looks really good!

[@NoonCall]

what did you use for the skin?

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s all there in the video and description!

[@supervega73]

Just a white undercoat?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Black and then grey seer.

[@lukedixon2747]

What colour did you prime it?

[@MediocreHobbies]

It’s all in the description!

[@marcoeichhorn6938]

can you do the same with the other figures with exactly this color scheme? please 😁✌

[@MediocreHobbies]

What do you mean?

[@marcoeichhorn6938]

@@MediocreHobbies For example Barbgaunts in the color scheme pls I'm a total beginner when it comes to painting but I really like your color scheme it's easy and fun I started the color scheme yesterday

[@MediocreHobbies]

@@marcoeichhorn6938 All the steps would be exactly the same for the different models, use the same paint for the same parts like armour etc!

[@marcoeichhorn6938]

@@MediocreHobbies ok i'll try my luck anyway thanks a lot😁

[@mastodonseven]

​@marcoeichhorn6938 Also don't drink the paint

[@ritterds3886]

is this 3D printed?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Yes indeed.

[@ritterds3886]

@@MediocreHobbies nice i love this creators modells. i have a hole army of just his stuff

[@mybuttcheeks11]

what primer did you use?

[@MediocreHobbies]

Chaos black and grey seer-it’s in the description!

[@mybuttcheeks11]

@@MediocreHobbies ahh ok thank you!