Desert-Themed Guardsmen - Painting 'Chocolate Chip' Camo [How I Paint Things]

Blotches, squigglies, dib-dabs - be prepared for extremely technical language. Desert camo is as complicated as you want to make it, so take it from me: don't! Blotches and squigglies, folks. They'll set you free.

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Just as Ultramarines have, over the years, changed slightly in GW's house style, so too do Tyranid Hive Fleets occasionally switch up a colour or two. I'm a sucker for the red hooves and dark chitin of Hive Fleet Leviathan, so if you prefer the slightly older style with the raft of new paints that're available these days, check this out!

00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Basecoats
09:40 - Shading - Marine Juice
11:20 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
16:11 - The Finished Guardsman

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THE BASE: Vallejo 'Brown Earth' texture paste applied in a thin layer, drybrushed with Dark Sand. Paint the base rim in XV-88 and add tufts to taste - these are the Army Painter 'Mountain Tufts.' Done!

PAINTS USED:

PRIMER:
Zandri Dust (Citadel Spray Can)

CITADEL:
Zandri Dust (Base)
Tyrant Skull (Dry)
Knight-Questor Flesh (Layer)
Corvus Black (Base)
Pallid Wych Flesh (Layer)
Morghast Bone (Base)
Steel Legion Drab (Base)
Leadbelcher (Base)
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)
Evil Sunz Scarlet (Layer)
White Scar (Layer)
Talassar Blue (Contrast)

ARMY PAINTER:
Monster Brown
Tanned Flesh

VALLEJO:
German Camo Black Brown
Steel (Model Air)

VARNISH:
Varnish+ (Instar)