40k Hobby Weekend Tau of the Shattered Sword

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Project Entry by tathirach

Test Painting

August 7, 2019

Test paint of a fire warrior.

For easy of painting the volunteer fire warrior was blu tacked to the top of an old paint bottle. As it was a sunny day, took the miniature out side to prime with citadel Grey Seer Primer.
Wait 20 minutes for the primer to dry before proceeding to the next step.

The under suit was painted with Leviathan Blue contrast paint. The paint was not thinned. Watch for paint pooling; wipe excess paint if necessary. The plan was to paint just the under suit, but this proved somewhat difficult.

The contrast paint took several hours to dry before any other colour could be applied. While waiting for the paint to dry, took time to experiment with different blues for the armour plates. Decided to stick with the Vallejo Prussian blue.

Blocking out basic colours.

The armor plates where painted Prussian blue.

The leggings/putties painted a light grey; the grey almost matched the primer. Yellow to pick out some parts.

Yellow on a tab on the helmet to look like a samurai neck strap. Yellow on the shoulder guard in place of aiguillette (the braid worn on the shoulder on some military uniform).

Red was applied to the Tau logo on the shoulder pad. A bit of red was added to the helmet for a future squad marking.