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Hey so my girl and I got in a fight about god knows what and apparently I was in the right "even tho I never knew wtf was going on" and came home with a bunch of tau models thinking I colleted them. Well like hell I am going to tell her I don't so now I need to paint them up. So I think I am going to try a ocean theme.

So who makes the best "fake water" water
What colours should they be I need them to stand out slightly but not you know bright pink in the waves lol.

Here is a scheme I did a few years ago. I used ultramarine blue (now Altdorf Guard Blue) and Regal Blue (Kantor Blue)



Here are also some I found through google:





Not Tau but the camo is cool.

Reaper Master Series has a triad of D9highlighteep Ocean (shade) MArine Teal (mid-tone) and Surf Aqua (highlight).

I've got the first two and they are nice turquoises with a touch of green, you can sort of see them in action in this tutorial (NOT my work):

http://www.fingolfin.net/sophie.php

Vallejo's Model Colour Range also features a wonderful deep Turquoise simply named Turquoisewhich I used to do the robes on my Inquisitor. It' reminds me of tropical waters.




I hope that was at least a little helpful.