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Bought a fine detail marker to do the recesses on some tau, but it's not coming out right. Is there a preferred pen to use? Preferred size?

What pen did you get?

A micro sharpie with a ultra-fine point should work just fine.

Failing that, you can always go "old skool" and let capillary action do the work with black ink...

Sakura Pigma Micron .2mm is exactly what you want.

It turns lining Tau into an easy and gentle chore as opposed to a "kill me now" experience.

if you use a standard mechanical pencil you get a reflective metalic effect on the edges of the lines. its subtle but quite futuristic too and you can erase it if you dont like or slip.