Tau Pathfinder (Showcase)

 

Finding a path...to becoming cannon fodder.

As a quick experiment I decided to use some paints normally not used and paint up a Tau that I had lying about. I have some more too, so might use them for playing around with rarely used paints in the future as well.

The model was painted with a Corax White spray to start with. I wasn't the one who did this, so I can only assume it was Corax White (it looks very similar).

The paints in question were:

• XV-88 on the armour areas and weapon.
• Fuegan Orange as a recess shade.
• Tau Light Ochre for initial highlights.
• Bestigor Flesh for edge highlights.

The XV-88 doesn't work with the other layer paints. It isn't a good base for layered blending, and I had real trouble with it. On the weapon it's not so bad because of the smaller surfaces, but the helmet was real troublesome. The layer paints would likely work better with Averland Sunset as the base paint, but keeping XV-88 on the weapon would make the weapon appear a little more separate to the armour.

The garment was quite simple:

• Basilicanum Grey over the entire area.
• Druchii Violet in some recessed areas.

And that's it. The Basilicanum Grey actually has a subtle purple tint anyway, so the shade just exaggerates that and makes it look a lot less like stone.

Blue tau skin:

• Kantor Blue over all the skin areas.
• Sotek Green to highlight.
• Temple Guard Blue as a final highlight.

A few other little bits & pieces for show, but I didn't go all out on this model. It's not for show, just for play, so I saw little point in giving it quite the same attention to detail as with the normal models I do.

Back to the Assault Intercessors, who won't be finished in a week, but I should have more to show by then at least.

-- silly painter.