This was a 1990 Kev Adams sculpt and has “Spider Tyranid” on the tab. It can be found in the 1992 catalogue under “Big Squig 2”.
I think this is the first Tyranid I have ever painted. It looks as though it appears twice in the Advanced Space Crusade rulebook (1990) – once on p.35 (left):
On p.57 there is some fluff text which seems like it describes the critter, along with another drawing of one that’s quite similar:
Painted 4th May 2026:
Paints used:
- Undercoat: Vallejo Grey Primer
- Skin: Kimera’s Ivory Light, Shiny Skintone, Middle Brown, Pale Carmine Red, Pumpskin
- Base: Kimera’s Red Oxide followed by Scale75’s Reddish Brown pigment, then Natural Soil
- Base rim: Vallejo Model Color Black Grey
- Eyes: Kimera’s Velvet Ink Black
- Veins: Kimera’s Pale Carmine Red and Velvet Ink Magenta
- Legs: Velvet Ink Turquoise Deep and Dark Ocean in the joints, and Ivory Light mixed with Cold Armour for the blue
- Glaze after all that: Citadel Stormshield
- Oil wash: Scale75 Floww Bronze Skin, mixed with Titanium White, with Rusty Brown for some of the recesses. Red was Vermillion, and the blue was Cobalt Blue Light.
- Tufts: Gamer’s Grass Brown 2mm and Tiny Beige 2mm.
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