WIP - Tyranid Trygon Mawloc has just arrived!

 

The Warhammer 40k Tyranid Trygon Mawloc commission work has just arrived!

The client gave me the model almost fully assembled and was painted with Behemoth color scheme ( Red and Black ) already. This is painted with lacquer paints using an airbrush. He basicaly combined the huge arms of the Trygon and the nice head of the Mawloc. If I am not mistaken, this is the biggest Tyranid model in stores.

I just need to base this and paint. The base should arrive tomorrow and could start basing this monstrosity by then. After basing I could then paint the dang thing with my usual Vallejo recipe. No prep work! I just need to do faux painting, washes, highlights and detail painting and this should be done soon!

Great huge miniature model from Games Workshop. Easily my most impressive miniature to date. Lots of detail painting and faux painting ahead and my brushes are so excited after I finished dry fitting all the parts. I do not deserve to paint such a beautiful Tyranid and I hope I give this model some justice.

Anyways here are some photos of this impressive model towering over my lighter...

Lurking not far behind is a box of Space Marines Tactical Squad... stay tuned guys!

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Warhammer 40k Tyranid Trygon Mawloc commission soon!

Can't help but share with you my very first miniature painting commission coming up soon!

I have only painted a handful of Privateer Press Trollbloods miniatures to date but I managed to convince a friend from my old hobby ( Gunpla ) that I am good enough already to do miniature painting commissions. This should also be my first Tyranid kit and my first GW Warhammer 40k kit.

Lots of first from an old painter / hobbyist and this commission work should be fun!

I have a very courageous client / friend as he will trust me to work on this 96 dollar plastic model kit. I do hope I give justice to this model as there seems to be a lot of details to paint. I also need to pickup a couple of " reds " from the Vallejo Game color or Vallejo Model color range as I will be painting a lot of reds with this one.

My client wants me to paint this Tyranid Trygon / Mowloc with Tyranid Behemoth's red and black color scheme. The color scheme is kinda exciting to tackle as both black and red are difficult colors to effectively highlight and paint. Any experienced painter might agree.

Anyways will keep you posted once I get my hand on this beautiful plastic Tyranid Trygon / Mowloc kit. Here are some photos guys...

The photo below shows a custom made Tyranid modeled by ISLANDS with the Behemoth color scheme. I got the photos at Island's thread at The Tyranis Hive forums.

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