T'au troops: green undersuit

T'au troops: green undersuit

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  • Published
    23 Apr 2019
  • Updated
    14 May 2021
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Undercoat with Mechanicus Standard Grey

Undersuit

  1. Basecoat with Kabalite Green
  2. Wash with Coelia Greenshade
  3. Highlight with Sybarite Green

Armour

  1. Basecoat with Celestra Grey
  2. Recess wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight with Ulthuan Grey

Weapon, armour detail and "socks"

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Highlight with Eshin Grey
  3. Fine highlight with Administratum Grey

Metal

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight with Stormhost Silver

Skin

  1. Basecoat with The Fang
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Layer with The Fang
  4. Highlight with Russ Grey
  5. Fine highlight with Fenrisian Grey

Nails

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight with Gorthor Brown

Hair

  1. Basecoat with Skavenblight Dinge
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Layer with Skavenblight Dinge
  4. Highlight with an equal mix of Skavenblight Dinge and Pallid Wych Flesh

Lenses

  1. Basecoat with Squig Orange
  2. Wash with Fuegan Orange
  3. Thick highlight on the bottom right with Troll Slayer Orange
  4. Thin highlight on the bottom right with Fire Dragon Bright
  5. Tiny dot in the top left corner with White Scar

Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Rakarth Flesh
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Layer with Pallid Wych Flesh

Sash

  1. Basecoat with Screamer Pink
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Layer with Screamer Pink
  4. Highlight with Pink Horror

Cloaks

  1. Basecoat with Kabalite Green
  2. Glaze the recesses with an equal mix of Incubi Darkness and Lahmian Medium
  3. Glaze the deepest recesses with an equal mix of Abaddon Black , Incubi Darkness , and Lahmian Medium
  4. Glaze the highest parts of the material with an equal mix of Sybarite Green and Lahmian Medium
  5. Glaze the cloak with an equal mix of Kabalite Green and Lahmian Medium to tie everything together

Sept markings

Freehand with Troll Slayer Orange

Andy Pearson

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Made Paint Pad. Paints T'au, Emperor's Children and whatever else distracts him.

Citadel Painting System 30
Base 8
  • Abaddon Black
  • Celestra Grey
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Leadbelcher
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Screamer Pink
  • The Fang
Shade 4
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Fuegan Orange
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 16
  • Administratum Grey
  • Eshin Grey
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Kabalite Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Pink Horror
  • Russ Grey
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Squig Orange
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Sybarite Green
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • White Scar
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Spray 1
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
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