How to Quickly Add Detail to Your Warhammer 40K Tyranid Army

You have a large Warhammer 40K Tyranid army and you want to add quick detail. But your dilemma is you’ve got to sacrifice a good paint job in order to save time, right? Wrong! In this article you’ll learn tips and tricks on how to quickly add detail without spending a ridiculous amount of time on painting. And the best part is that it won’t look like a quick paint job.

For this article we’ve chosen to paint a termagaunt.
PAINTS
-bubonic brown
-bleached bone (optional)
-brown ink
-yellow ink
-red gore
-scab red (optional)
-blood red

Step 1 Paint bubonic brown

Simply begin by painting a layer of bubonic brown on the skin of your termaguant.

Step 2 Dry brush (optional, you could skip this step to save time)

Next, dry brush equal amounts of bubonic brown and bleached bone to your termaguant.

Step 3 Light dry brush (optional, you could skip this step to save time)

Now a light dry brush of bleached bone.

Step 4 Wash

(NOTE: Make sure your termaguants are completely dry before ink washing them or you’ll smear the paint. Trust us, you’re better off to wait a few minutes first.)

Here’s the fast detail part. Wash your termaguant with 2 parts brown ink, 1 part yellow ink and 2 parts water.

Step 5 Paint armor
Paint a solid layer of red gore onto your guants’ armor.

Step 6 highlight armor (optional, you could skip this step to save time)

Now add some highlights of scab red.

Step 7 highlight some more

Finally, add some last highlights of blood red.

There you have it! Quick details in half the time, looking twice as good. Here’s some cool pics of a brood swarming a Cadian. Enjoy!

(Special thanks to the Miniwargaming Webmaster for painting these Tyranid guants. Fantastic job!)