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GAAAAAARHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Why is choosing a color scheme so hard?!?!?!?!?!? I just cant decide...I kinda wanna do my Tau as Iceworld Tau...but I also wanna do them in a Kind of Swamp Theme...like with the Rotting Flesh and Brown Colors. IDK...any Ideas of what I should so for a color scheme? I really appreciate your input. thanks a bunch.

D6 it

I find that anything where I can incorporate purple is my favorite color scheme. Probably not helpful for you, but I chose crepe myrtle for my inspiration for my wood elf army because they occur in nature and they are purple.

I'd say a swamp theme fits with hovercraft better so would make a good theme, and kroot look like they could be indiginous to swamplands.

aerethan wrote:I'd say a swamp theme fits with hovercraft better so would make a good theme, and kroot look like they could be indiginous to swamplands.

yeah...I kinda liked the swamp idea also. But the first scheme i thought of was a Blue Angels theme.

but i could do something interesting for the swamp theme, browns and greens and really dirty kinda colors. mainly rotting flesh though.

I'd paint two min's up one in each scheme and try to figure out which you prefer once you have a good look at them but if your asking our opinion then swamp!

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/fwp.php

I wrote it, its a fire warrior painter ... its for trying out colour schemes.

Enjoy

Do a frozen swamp scheme....add a lil white maybe






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That was fun... thanks BrotherArgos... i dont even own a tau..

Depraved wrote:Do a frozen swamp scheme....add a lil white maybe






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That was fun... thanks BrotherArgos... i dont even own a tau..

I like that...but I am just starting and have never painted a model before. so i was going for something simple....like just a few colors that can easily be connected to a swamp theme...like rotting flesh and graveyard earth...but i really appreciate the input. Thanks

Graveyard earth + rotting flesh or camo green or catachcan green



dont mind me im just bored at work.lol

Depraved wrote:

Don't worry about difficulty, this can be stippled on with relative ease. Then you just need to pick out the details in a spot colour.

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Quotation fail.

S_P

Space_Potato wrote:

Depraved wrote:

Don't worry about difficulty, this can be stippled on with relative ease. Then you just need to pick out the details in a spot colour.

:EDIT:
Quotation fail.

S_P

I have absolutely no experience in painting whatsoever...lol. but I plan on making these models look good.

I've been having the same trouble determining the colour palette for my Skryre-based Skaven army. I'll probably have to try a few test models, as mentioned above.

Good luck with the ice camo. I think it can look pretty cool on Tau.

Elsbeth wrote:I've been having the same trouble determining the colour palette for my Skryre-based Skaven army. I'll probably have to try a few test models, as mentioned above.

Good luck with the ice camo. I think it can look pretty cool on Tau.

thanks...but now I am kinda leaning toward the Blue Angels Tau. I have a pic of how i am going to paint them...it is in my gallery

@ Depraved : This what you were looking for ?



You need to save the image .. the B&C doesn't allow Hotlinking the image

Thanks Brother, I figured that when it dissapeared after a few minutes..... lol

Have you browsed the dakka gallery yet? You could probably get a good idea of what looks good there. I'd go with the swamp look, lot's of people do the snow look. If you do the swamp colors, use something bright for the glyph lines and it won't look too drab.

Akaelus wrote:D6 it

+1

-- in the end its your army, the Tau army that 'you' will have to look at and field everytime you want to play. Dont deligate an important decision like color scheme to the dak community....go with what you like the best or...why not do 2 army's?

I find that Dawn of War's army painter is a great, great place to get your scheme down.
- If you need to see more models in the color scheme, simply look for SSpro (mod for DOW). That displays almost all units in every army available in DOW!