ALIEN style Genestealers

[odinsgrandson]

A little while ago, I got a project to paint up some Space Hulk Genestealers to match the Alien films. I guess since the game looks so much like Aliens, the theme follows pretty well. Now you just have to choose which version of Imperial Guard rules fit the theme best.

Here are a couple. I didn't get photos of the whole gang:

[Deamon-forge]

please put how you painted these.

really nice work

[xerxeshavelock]

Seconded. They're lovely!

[odinsgrandson]

It is black highlighted to gray. I just started with the darkest colors and mostly worked my way up. The first layer (very dark grey) covers most of the mini, and only left pure black in the recesses, which were picked out further with a black ink. After that, each layer really only covered very small portions of the mini, and he's highlighted all the way up to a bluish off white.

If you'd like the recipe, I used Thamar Black (P3), Greatcoat Gray (P3), Higgins black Ink, and Ghost Grey (Vallejo). Of course, there was quite a bit of mixing these paints together.

There really isn't a whole lot else on these minis. Just a little metal on the claws and teeth, and a yellow gloss on the tongue.

[gravengames]

Yery nice, they look great!