For my Arizona Iced Tau Army

Prime

1. Prime with White Scar

Base Coat Large Areas

1. Base Coat Evil Sunz Scarlet on the Underbelly, Neck, Waist, and bottom of the Feet
2. Base Coat Entire Figure with Averland Sunset
3. Base Coat Stormvermin Fur on the concrete slabs

Base Coat Small Areas

1. Create a 50/50 mix of Sybarite Green and Corax White and Layer on the weapon and small bottle on backpack (multiple thin coats)
2. Base Coat Abaddon Black on the Mandibles and Talons (hands AND feet!)
3. Base Coat Iron Warriors on the metal parts of the weapon and the backpack
4. Base coat Thousand Sons Blue on the energy spike of the weapon
5. Base coat Leadbelcher on any exposed rebar in the concrete

Layering

1. Create a 60/40 mix of Pink Horror and Averland Sunset and make a Thin Layer on Carapace and Top Edge of Wings
2. Layer Eshin Grey on the Mandibles and Talons
3. Layer White Scar on the energy spike of the weapon
4. Tiny Brush to put Abaddon Black dots followed by smaller White Scar dots for the eyes

Shade

1. Shade Reikland Fleshshade on the entire Carapace and Wings (more toward the tips of the wings than the base)
2. Shade Coelia Greenshade on the weapon and backpack bottle
3. Shade Nuln Oil on the backpack

Highlights

1. Dilute and Highlight Frostheart on the energy spike of the weapon
2. Highlight the small ribs in the wings on both sides with Flash Gitz Yellow
3. Dry Brush Pink Horror on the Carapace
4. Highlight Administratum Grey by stippling the Mandibles and Talons
5. Highlight 20/80 Sybarite Green / Administratum Grey (or use Gauss Blaster Green ) on the top edges of the weapon

Basing steps

Get a spoonful of [Vallejo's Diorama FX Ground Texture - Grey Sand (26.215)] into a small bowl and add 30-50% Elmer's Glue and mix it together.

This is because the texture by itself is too thick and leaves marks as it is being sculpted. Using water leaves bubbles and the sand doesn't hold its shape after drying.

Spread sand mixture on base, making light waves and hills. With a model spatula, pull the sand horizontally with the flat part, from low to high points, pulling the spatula up off the peak of the hill. If the mixture is soft enough, small peaks will form and then slowly sink back down to look like natural sand dunes.

Let dry for at least 24 hrs, just to be safe. Sculpt another layer on top if you don't like the way that it dried.

1. Use Desert Yellow to fill in the low parts of the sand dunes in shadow
2. Highlight with watered-down Auric Armour Gold at the peaks, and put a bit it on terrain that is up against the sand, so it looks like small granules of sand are stuck to the terrain

Varnish

1. Varnish with Satin spray