[40k] Tau Firewarrior

The muse struck, and this happened.

I purposely didn’t do any blending on this.  I wanted to go for a cell-shaded, anime feel.

It badly needs an oil wash to black line the armor panels.  You can see where I used a brush to black line the shoulderpad and helmet.  It’s a pain to do and requires touch-ups afterwards, but this particular model has been spray painted and airbrushed about half a dozen times, so there’s not much detail left for an oil wash to take to.  He’s a test scheme model, and thus has served his purpose.

The back’s a bit dark still.  I’d like to find one more teal spot back here, perhaps the hip armor?

Color recipes are petty simple (everything’s P3):

• Bloodstone, shaded with Battlefield Brown and highlighted with Heartfire
• Meredius Blue shaded with Coal Black and highlighted with Arcane Blue
• The leather is Thamar Black highlighted with Exile Blue and then highlighted again with Cygnar Blue Base
• The black plastic gun bits are Thamar Black, then Greatcoat Grey, then Greatcoat Grey with some Morrow White
• The hoofs are Hammerfall Khaki, highlighted with Menoth White Base, then Menoth White Highlight

I probably won’t be doing much Tau in the immediate future, I just wanted to paint a model from start to finish the other day, in order to feel a sense of accomplishment.  I have too many projects and haven’t felt like my time’s been productive, so a quick, easy win was just the morale boost I needed.

Lastly, here’s a pic of Libby in a cute red bandana (she has a cough again, so it’s also a warning while on walks), as an apology for springing this on you.

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