Well, honestly i had higher expectations and hopes for it. But on the scale of craptasticeness of gluing process... crisis suit foot to leg joints come 3rd place on my list, right after any dark eldar infantry model with 2 handed gun, and eldar wraithguard hand - palm joints.
My hands cant bear the base -> paint -> glue process with this model... so the next batch is going to be glued right off the bat, then based and painted... screw lost details.
Starting tau as a weaboo grimdark comunists vietcong style... Crisis suits were to be painted green.
But as my only green experience are a few shiny dark angels a year back, and i never painted any historicall / tank green model - this was my first time trying to imitate green colored metal piece of machinery.
Came out below average as i used too many washes and too little layers of paint to give distinctive colors.
So any friendly advice about painting green metal machinery is very welcome.
Stuff to do till next time:
- come up with lightning effects (undecided on plasma/melta color to use yet... )
- try different wash / layer options on the other 2 suits... choose the best suit as the commander :D
- finish the squad and get to work on some other unfinished models...
Options for other models are:
- squad of dire avengers to match the serpent form previous posts,
- dark eldar squad in light colors which is half done
- newly ebayed tau infantry.
Oh yeah more pictures of glue heresy below the cut...
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1 Gray base, 1 coat of lead belcher, 2 coats of black shade, coat of green shade and few dry-brushes (and a few spots layered with just greens to check the difference from metallic parts) later...
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I started to remember how much I hate actual gluing process.
Hi, as a dark angels painter, I can say that painting dark green to a good standard is not difficult. As for crisis suits -- these models do have a lot of straight edges. Paint the plates in base green color of your choice and do edge highlights in two steps -- apply mid-color on every edge using flat of your brush, then apply next in brightness green towards the very edges. It will give you a nice basic tabletop look, which is easily improved in the future without repainting the whole thing. As highlighting with metallics seems to be tempting and an easy technique, try to avoid it in future.
ReplyDeleteAlso think about a contrast color to your dark green (like you used pale yellow for your red on serpent). I suggest white ( I think one on apoc. books features cool looking green with white tau, also check SM chapter "Mentors" as inspiration for white-green combo).
Hope it helps :)
Your input is invaluable ! huge thanks, i did rework the main part of the plates - will post a bit later. But the main theme I want to pursue in my tau is Vietcong army :) so i guess white details with some bright red and yellow will work good.
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