While in Virginia, I've started a Tau army. My color scheme is a dark bluish-gray with white details. I tend to favor a method of painting called blacklining, which involves simply laying color down on an area while leaving a thin line of black around the area to separate it from the rest of the model. I prefer it because of how nice entire armies painted in such a fashion look on the table.
Without further ado, here are some of my work in progress models:
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ReplyDeleteSeriously though, your painting style is ideal for the armor design. It's looking sharp, nice crisp contrasts. Have you considered a third color for sept markings? An orange might look hip.
I had considered another color, with orange being my first choice, but I really want to keep the two color contrast going. To counteract how flat the blue tends to lie, I've mixed a lighter blue that I'll use as a highlight in the same way the 'Eavy Metal team does to all of their Tau stuff. That, in combination with the white transfer sheets I'll order in the future, should be the small details that will tie the scheme together.
ReplyDeleteA Note On Markings:
I'm using armor panel markings to denote a models' place in my cadre.
For example, the Fire Warrior's armor panel on it's arm is divided into three sections. This model is part of the second unit of infantry in my cadre, since the second panel down is painted white. The next unit will have the top panel painted white, and the next the bottom. If I ever get somesort of elite unit of Fire Warriors, perhaps they will have their entire pauldron painted white.
The XV8 suit is similarly marked on it's legs. Read from left to right, it's white leg plates tell you that it is a member of the second unit of XV8s in my cadre, and is the first suit in that group. As the first suit, it will be the team leader, and will receive special white markings accordingly.
The vehicles in my army are a little simpler, since they aren't really divided into 'units' exactly. They will each have a different center panel colored white, just to set them apart. If I ever own enough Tau models to justify having enough vehicles to consider them 'units,' I will paint the new ones with the same center panels, with special attention paid to a single one to act as 'unit leader.'