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Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone could point me in the direction of achieving the colours of the Tau R'varna listed on the FW website, here is a screeshot of what I'm on about: http://imgur.com/a/Pj2y1

Would it be a white primed base with jokero orange over the top then another orange / shade to lighten it up?

Cheers

Sounds about right, though there's probably a red wash in the recesses involved as well.

Would a black base be a better idea so that I don't have to pin wash all the recesses in black? Can't decide if black or white are the better way to go.

I wouldn't recommend it, use white primer. Building up orange over black is going to be more tedious than mopping up excess wash.

Pin washing is ridiculously easy if you use oil shade instead of acryclic shade.

The investment is a dedicated brush (oil and water don't mix well), a tube of oil paint from the crafts store (I use neutral black, semi-opaque) and some terpentine-replacement thinner.

The advantage is that this dries slower, can easily be corrected even after it has dried with the thinner and won't in any way touch the acrylic paint under it.

For best results, a thin gloss coat is recommended before you do the shade. The shade dries matt, so that hightens the contrast between shadow and armour. Alternatively, hit it with a matt coat when you are all done to take down any unwanted shine.

Good point about the layering over black. White base it is!