[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/tyranids":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":102,"description":103,"extension":104,"faction":105,"heroImage":106,"hex":107,"intro":108,"lastUpdated":102,"meta":109,"navigation":110,"path":111,"seo":112,"stem":113,"system":114,"__hash__":115},"factions/factions/tyranids.md","How to Paint Tyranids",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":94},"minimark",[9,13,18,34,38,60,63,67,70,74],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Tyranids are a horde army, so the goal is a striking, cohesive scheme you can apply quickly across dozens of models. The classic split is a hard carapace colour against a contrasting softer skin/flesh, and contrast paints make both fast.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20,21,25,26,29,30,33],{},"A hive fleet scheme is built from two or three colours: a ",[22,23,24],"strong",{},"carapace"," (the hard plates), a ",[22,27,28],{},"skin/flesh"," (the muscle and limbs), and ",[22,31,32],{},"claws/teeth"," (bone). Hive Fleet Leviathan, for example, pairs a purple carapace with pale bone skin. Pick a carapace and a complementary skin and you have an instantly recognisable fleet.",[14,35,37],{"id":36},"painting-a-horde-fast","Painting a horde fast",[39,40,41,48,54],"ul",{},[42,43,44,47],"li",{},[22,45,46],{},"Carapace"," - the recipe above gives the ramp; a contrast paint over the right undercoat does it in one pass on small models.",[42,49,50,53],{},[22,51,52],{},"Skin"," - a flesh or bone contrast over a light undercoat, shaded automatically.",[42,55,56,59],{},[22,57,58],{},"Claws and teeth"," - bone basecoat, brown wash, light drybrush.",[10,61,62],{},"A zenithal undercoat (dark up to light) under contrast paints does most of the shading for you - ideal for getting a hundred gaunts painted.",[14,64,66],{"id":65},"hive-fleet-variations","Hive fleet variations",[10,68,69],{},"Swap the two main colours to invent your own fleet, or follow the classics: Leviathan (purple/bone), Hive Fleet Kraken (purple/cream), Behemoth (red/bone), Gorgon (green/purple).",[14,71,73],{"id":72},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[39,75,76,82,88],{},[42,77,78,81],{},[22,79,80],{},"Two colours, applied well, beats five rushed ones."," Keep the scheme simple for a horde.",[42,83,84,87],{},[22,85,86],{},"Use contrast paints."," They are made for organic, textured models like these.",[42,89,90,93],{},[22,91,92],{},"Batch ruthlessly."," Do every model's carapace, then every model's skin - never one model at a time.",{"title":95,"searchDepth":96,"depth":96,"links":97},"",2,[98,99,100,101],{"id":16,"depth":96,"text":17},{"id":36,"depth":96,"text":37},{"id":65,"depth":96,"text":66},{"id":72,"depth":96,"text":73},"2026-06-28","How to paint Tyranids fast - the carapace-and-skin approach used by hive fleets like Leviathan, with quick contrast methods for painting a horde.","md","Tyranids","/images/factions/tyranids.webp","#6a4b8a","Carapace, skin and chitin done fast for a whole hive fleet",{},true,"/factions/tyranids",{"title":5,"description":103},"factions/tyranids","40k","Rh7QILW3Nl2Z_j2VSmtFy9iqj2-RWHSguSEheqIwe9k"]