So, I'm new to 40k, and I'd like some feed back for my most recent tau figure.

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**Jaxler**

(sorry if the lighting/camera is bad)
It's supposed to be a tau pathfinder I made from spare bits. I wanted the guy to look like he was packing way more stuff than he actually needed, as if he was a pack mule or something. Maybe he has the extra gear in case someone in group's equipment malfunctions while they're deep behind enemy lines or somethin'

Anyways, what I tried to do was keep the figure as neat as possible and get as much of the details painted as I could. I feel like it's not the best looking model by far, but I tried to at least thin my paints and keep it from looking too bad. I'd rather like some criticism and suggestions and general some feedback.

**Jaxler**

Hive City Dweller wrote:

4) Base: Is that a piece of cork? It looks rather unfinished in its current state. I like the vegetation but it will look a lot more realistic if you have some dirt/ground etc underneath it and you can glimpse it through the pores of the vegetation. I also like to spray the base when I prime my miniature and paint a neutral color around the base edge, but his is once again personal preference.

I hope this helps you, good job so far and I hope to see more form you!

The base isn't cork. It's actually some turf/scatter grass powder held to the base with crazy glue. I probably could hit the spots where I'm gonna apply the plants with some sand/dirt though. Any suggestions for what I should use for the barren spots?

**Jaxler**

scuzz_bucket wrote:
Looks good, like the base, but even as a pack mule I feel the second carbine is a little much, and does he have two bonding knives? I thought only squad leaders carried those and even then only one. Without those the rest of the stuff would be more easily distributed around the mini and look more natural.

For the painting, its all nice and even and in place. Consistency always looks good no matter how basic. That said, its consistently dark for that matter. Maybe a few highlights are in order, just to bring out some of the shapes but not necessarily to make the mini brighter. You can clearly get the paint to go where you want it so im sure youd have no trouble with some practice.

Also, good color choice and layout. The red is well placed throughout the rest of the 'softer' colors. Lets see a whole squad now!

I have a /lot/ of bonding knifes hanging around, so I figured if I gave some of the mini's who weren't team leader the knifes it wouldn't be a big deal so long as the unit did indeed have a leader and it did have the bonding knife bonus thing. I really felt like my models would look bland and wouldn't seem unique if none of them aside from the team leaders had something about them that made them stand out at all.

Also, any advice for how to start doing highlights? I'm sorta afraid of just picking up a model and trying at it, messing up, and having my guy look sloppy.