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I saw that you mentioned trouble with metallic paints. Have you tried the semi-metallic metallic method? (Using a non metallic color, such as brown, and then drybrushing your metallic (in this case bronze) over it.) I've found that it eliminates clumping and streaking, and leaves a very subtle metallic finish. (Although it doesn't photograph as well as it looks, I nevertheless have several examples in my gallery.)

Good looking tau! I've got a large amount of the SWM swamp bases for my OWN Tau, actually. Good to see that they look so sweet.