Dirty and grimy Tau
Base Colours
- White Primer (whatever brand)
- Quick overall drybrush with White Scar
- German Grey for all the mechanical parts and suites
- Neutral Grey for drones rims, weapons details and other spots
- Drybrush all the mechanical parts and suites with Neutral Grey
- Mephiston Red on the icons and the heads of Very Important People
- Caledor Sky as base for all the lenses and lights
- Brass Scorpion to paint all the weird “cookie” shaped details
Shades
- shade all the mechanical parts and suites with Black Templar
- shade the neutral grey parts with Black Wash
- Apply overall enamel wash of AMMO Brown wash for German Dark Yellow
- remove the excess with cotton buds dipped in white spirit
Weathering
- sponge on some Rhinox Hide to simulate chippings
- Sponge again but this time use White Scar
- refine with the brush if needed
Lenses
- Broad highlight with Teclis Blue
- highlight with Lothern Blue
- glaze all over with Guilliman Blue
- apply a fine dot of White Scar to simulate the shine
Basing the model
- prime with AKinteractive Desert sand
- apply a coat of Screaming Skull
- Spot wash with both Agrax Earthshade and Seraphim Sepia diluted with water
- Light dry brush of Screaming Skull
- paint the rim with AK interactive black primer
- Apply some greenery like turfs
Additional details
- highlight red parts with Evil Sunz Scarlet
- highlight white parts with White Scar
- highlight brass parts with Dark Aluminum
- highlight grey parts with pure Neutral Grey