Monday, April 30, 2012

The Hive Empire - my second bug fleet

Here it is, my Hive fleet, from Studio Bergstrom:








I got inspiration from Desertscribe's (Super Galactic Dreadnought) paint scheme for his entomolians, as I already mentioned here, but my bugs got a little more contrast between front and rear colors. Turned out nice, I think.

I also painted their underside on a different color, as he did to his. It adds a nice bug feel to the ships.


I liked that copper look so much that I ended up painting Pahoota's ships (Solipsist Gaming) on that scheme, as well:


More stuff out of my painting desk now, making space for the Warmachine models I recently purchased (man, painting 28mm is a chore...)

*End of Transmission*


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11 comments:

  1. Laughing FerretApril 30, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    I like it! Very effective with the light green at the front.

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  2. pahootaApril 30, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    Mat, I'm glad I sent you those ships. You made them look much better than I could. Great job!

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    1. MatgcApril 30, 2012 at 3:10 PM

      not at all. This is just plain simple drybrush. Anyone can do.

      Painting 28mm figures is a completely different thing, though. My experience with painting spaceships is worth little on that...

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  3. SamulusApril 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    I like the colour scheme. I'm not a fan of the ship aesthetics myself, never really liked those ships from Drew but I think you've gotten the best out of them. On a side-note I recently had a spurge of activity on my BSG ships so they should be appearing soon on the blog, you fly through and paint a fleet in the time it takes me to do a ship!

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    1. MatgcApril 30, 2012 at 3:19 PM

      Samulus, it took me 3 hours to paint the entire fleet.

      I follow Henry Ford's philosofy: Production line.

      When all ships in a fleet have got the same scheme, I apply each color on all ships in sequence, then go ahead to the next color, and so on. ;)

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  4. Herc WarriorApril 30, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    Great looking fleet, love the paintjob.

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  5. GonsalvoApril 30, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Very effective and oddly creepy paintjob that suits the designs well!

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  6. afterimagedanApril 30, 2012 at 8:21 PM

    Those look great. Would you be able to give us some of the dimensions of the ships? I am having a hard time perceiving the size of them. I am also wondering how well those would work for BFG Tyranid ships.

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    1. MatgcMay 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM

      I posted the sizes here:

      http://www.star-ranger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8612

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  7. Desert ScribeMay 2, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    Nice job! Thanks for sharing your pics.

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  8. Ismael (It´s)May 7, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Very nice painting job, congratz!

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